Shoot Your Shot (Hockey/Fratboy Shawn AU)

Part Three

When you woke up this morning, you had every intention on spending your Saturday laying in bed, sulking. However, Bella had different ideas. Somehow last night, you were able to get Geoff and Bella to take you home without noticing the state you were in, and you were quick to get right in bed. You woke up this morning to Bella hovering over your sleeping body and gently shaking your shoulder. She had reminded you that there was hockey practice at 2 today, and that it was already 1.You quickly threw on a pair of clothes and wrapped a scarf around your neck to hide the prominent bruises that were given to you last night.
Of course, you had no desire to go to the practice, the chance of somehow running into Shawn making it even less desirable. But there was no way Bella would let you skip out unless you were literally dying. So, here you are now swallowing your pride and walking up the bleachers.
Some of boys were walking out one by one slowly making their way onto the ice, the others still getting changed in the locker room. You guys take a seat halfway up the bleachers and Bella turns to look at you. She begins to speak, but stops herself taking a moment to think before looking at you, "Okay, what's wrong with you?"
You furrow your eyebrows and feign shock, "Nothing, why would you think there was something wrong?"
She rolls her eyes and gives you a look that lets you know that she doesn't believe you, "I know you y/n, I know something's off with you. Plus you basically stormed out of the party last night and that's very unlike you. You seemed to have been enjoying yourself with that guy you were dancing with."
You let out a tiny laugh and move your eyes towards the center of the rink where Shawn is now standing, you quickly look away and smile at Bella, "I'm fine Bell, really I am."
She nods slowly, turning her head to watch Geoff skate onto the ice. He walks right past Shawn not even acknowledging him and to the bench, joining the rest of the team. After stepping in the middle of the fight between you and Shawn yesterday, Geoff hasn't spoken a word to him. You hated that voice in the back of your mind that was telling you that it's all your fault Geoff lost his best friend. Yet, Geoff was quick to reassure you on the car ride back from the party that he was completely on your side with the whole Shawn scenario after the fight in the kitchen.
Bella pulls her bag up in between the both of you, reaching in and pulling out a water for the both of you and then a granola bar and a bag of chips. She offers you a granola bar and you laugh, "You are such a soccer mom," You say taking the granola bar from her. "Why do I feel like your here to watch your son recieve his participation trophy?"
She giggles in between taking bites of her own granola bar, choking on a small piece. She grabs her water, taking a sip before glaring at you, "Don't make fun of my son Geoff like that ever again."
You are just about to come back at her with a witty comment when a loud voice makes the both of you jump.
"What the hell is this Mendes?" Brian screams from across the rink, exiting the locker room. You and Bella are both quick to stand up and prepare yourselves to run onto the ice if necessary.
Shawn's head shoots up from looking at his skates and his eyes narrow in on Brian. "Oh quit your whining, what's your problem now?" Shawn scoffs at Brian who is quickly making his way towards Shawn.
Brian holds his phone up for Shawn to see, the rest of the team is now off the bench and on the ice, but near the edge of the rink, watching for their next move.
You watch Shawn's face as his eyes scan over the screen, eyebrows furrowing, a frown present. Slowly, his face begins to turn red and he looks up at Brian who is waiting there expectantly, he shoves the phone at him and yells, "How the hell did you get that?"
"That's what you're worried about? Who fucking sent it to me?" Brian bellows, shoving Shawn backwards.
Geoff is now making his way towards the center of the ice yelling, "What's wrong?"
Brian snaps his head towards Geoff, thrusting the phone in his direction. Geoff grabs the phone and stares at it for a moment.
"G it's not what you-" Shawn starts only to be cut off by Brian.
"Shut the fuck up, Mendes!" He basically growls.
Bella taps you on the shoulder and you look at her, "What do you think it is?"
Something in your gut tells you it's exactly what you think it is, but you don't tell Bella this, "I honestly have no clue."
Bella grabs your hand and the two of you make your way over the the rest of the team to watch all of this play out. Geoff's eyes shoot up to stare at you, the phone in his hand dropping to the ice.
"Really Shawn? What kind of sick fucking bet is this?" Brian asks, confirming your suspicions. Suddenly, breathing gets hard and you feel the need to sit down. You quickly make your way over to the bench,a hand cupped over your mouth. The guys ask if you're okay as you pass by them, and a couple of the members of the team come to sit with you, silently comforting you as they watch intently.
"Why the hell do you care so much? Cause you're infatuated with her?" Shawn says shoving Brian back. He falls to the floor, face red with anger looking up at Shawn as he continues to spit harsh words at him. "I don't even know how you got that video. Hell Brian, I didn't even know there was a fucking video!"
"That's not my point you asshole." Brian yells, getting up from the ice.
Geoff stands a couple feet away from them, ready to jump in if things get too heated, but also trying to keep himself from killing Shawn with his bare hands on the spot.
Shawn lets out a laugh and takes a step back before pointing a finger at Brian, "I know what this is about," He pauses looking in your direction, pointing a finger directly at you causing some of the guys to look over. "You are just fucking jealous y/n would fuck me any day of the week, when she won't even look your way."
"Fucking watch your mouth Mendes!" Geoff warns, taking a step closer to him.
Shawn throws his hands up and rolls his eyes, "Get the hell over yourselves. It's not like I forced her to do something she didn't want to, hell you should see the way she's been looking at me for the past year. Not my fault that last night she realized her place was on my bed with my face between her-"'
Geoff quickly pulls his elbow back and slams his fist into Shawn's face. He stumbles back a bit but is quick to try to retaliate. He swings at Geoff, hitting him in the chin before taking a blow to the stomach from Brian. Both Geoff and Shawn are on the floor when three teammates are finally getting there to break up the fight.
A hand is grabbing at your arm and you look up to see Bella tugging you off the bench. You let her lead you back up the bleachers to grab her bag before she yells out to Geoff to meet the two of you at her car. A couple of the guys try to stop the two of you on your way out to ask if you're okay, but Bella continues to yank you towards the exit.
When the two of you finally make it to her car and are settled inside of it she looks over at you, anger showing through her eyes, "What the hell happened at that party last night?"
You begin to cry a bit, non-intentionally, and quickly wipe your tears and look back up at her, "Can we wait for G to get here so I don't have to explain more than once?" You whisper to her through hiccups.
Her expression softens and she nods, reaching out to hug you over the center console of the car. You sit there, crying into her chest as she holds you tightly whispering that it's going to be okay over and over again. For the first time since last night, you let your tears consume you and your guard fall down completely.
You don't even here the car door open, but Geoff is quick to make his presence know by reaching out to pull you from Bella's grasp and hug you. Your head begins to hurt a bit from the crying, and your body is now full on sobbing, shaking now and then when you go to inhale. You pull away from Geoff and take a tissue from Bella who is holding out a mini packet of them. You look at Geoff and ask the question that's been scratching at you, "What was on that video?"
He sighs, leaning back and crossing his arms, eyes roaming outside the window as a way to try and avoid the question before looking at Bella and then back to you. "The video starts off with Shawn getting down on his knees in front of you and hooking his hands into the waistband of your shorts. It looks like he is about to pull them down until Charles barges in and tells you that it was a bet. Then Shawn pushes you and the video ends with Charles picking up the phone and laughing."
You lean back onto the door of the car, folding your legs underneath of you. Bella is quick to pipe in, "This happened last night?" She asks, her eyes wild and staring directly at you. You nod gently, biting your lip to try and stop the tears. "And that's why you wanted to leave so abruptly." She says putting two and two together.
Geoff leans onto the center console from the back seat and looks at you, "Tell me your side of the story, I want to hear everything."
You gulp down a sob and wipe your nose before asking, "Where do you want me to begin?"
"From when Shawn approached you in the kitchen." Geoff replies, running a hand down his face, a habit you noticed he does when he is stressed.
"Um, well you pretty much saw all of it but I only really snapped when he started harassing Brain cause that's unfair to-" You jump, startled by a knocking on the car window. You look at the window behind Bella's seat and see Brian standing there. He asks to come in and Bella looks at you for approval before unlocking the door.
"Hey," He breathes, getting in and closing the door. He looks over at you and smiles, "You okay?"
You roll your eyes lightly with a small smile before gesturing to yourself, "Do I look okay?"
He smirks and grabs your hand, running small circles over the back of it, "Look pretty damn good to me."
Bella interrupts your little conversation and is quick to get you back on track. "Right, so as I was saying, Shawn wasn't really bothering me any more than usual until he started making indirect comments towards Brian and harassing him, and that's when I snapped."
"What indirect comments?" Brian butts in looking at you with curious eyes.
"Shawn was asking you about the beer," You state with a shaky voice. Regaining your composure you look back at him. "Remember how he said that you really seem to like beer?" Brian nods eagerly waiting for you to finish, "He was basically saying that you really seem to like me, he was harassing me about you all day yesterday, started in the rink after the game."
Geoff shoots out of his seat and looks at you in disbelief, "What happened at the rink?"
You avoid looking at Brian while you talk, knowing that he must feel uncomfortable knowing that you're aware of how he feels towards you. "I told Bella this before the party but um, Shawn sort of blackmailed me into going to the party, said that if I didn't he would tell Brian that i'm interested in him as more than a friend."
You look over at Brian who lets go of your hand and sits back in his seat, avoiding looking at you, "And you went to the party, huh? Glad to know its not mutual." He murmurs.
You don't know whether or not to apologize to Brian but are luckily saved by Geoff bashing his fist into the headrest of your seat. Bella is quick to grab his fist and yell at him for hitting her car to which he apologizes and looks up at you. His voice sounds a little broken as he speaks, "Why didn't you tell me?"
The tears threaten to come back as you stare at Geoff and wonder how to phrase your next words. Bella grunts and looks at you quickly saying, "I'm sorry for exposing your secret y/n, but I'm your best friend and I think it's time I stop sitting here watching you fall victim to Shawn's dumb games." She turns to look at Geoff and Brian and you brace yourself for their reactions, "Shawn has been harassing her since they first met, always trying to tell her what to do, or touching her inappropriately, anything really to make her uncomfortable. She hasn't told you because she knows how good of friends you and Shawn are and being the person she is, she didn't want to ruin your friendship with Shawn just because he's been an ass to her."
You can tell Geoff is trying his best not to flip out on you for keeping this from him, Brian however decides to speak up, "So he treats you like a complete and utter asshole and then you go and sleep with him?"
Geoff snaps his head towards Brian and punches him in the arm, "Fucking watch it."
Brian rolls his eyes, anger clear on his features before muttering something under his breath and getting out of the car, leaving the three of you alone once again.
Bella taps you on the shoulder and smiles lightly, "I know this is a lot but I still have no idea what your side of the story is."
You nod and catch another tear with your tissue before shakily saying, "I was dancing with that guy, ya know and Shawn just came over and shoved him away from me saying that he needed to talk. I said that I wanted him to let go of me but he just dragged me towards the stairs and somehow got me to stop fighting him." You sniffle and clear your throat, pulling your jacket tighter on your body, "Next thing I know he has me pinned to his bedroom door and his lips are all over my neck," You say, pulling your scarf down abit to show some of the bruises for emphasis. Bella and Geoff both scan your neck eyes widening at the amount of hickey's scattered across it. "Then I was on his bed, and he was getting on his knees like in the video before Charles barges in."
Bella sits there silently, staring at you with a blank face, but Geoff gently touches your arm and asks, "Just reassure me, was this all consensual?"
You nod violently, blowing your nose into a fresh tissue and laughing a bit, "Don't know what the hell I was thinking."
Geoff chuckles softly and Bella butts in, "What happened after the recording ended?"
"I slapped him and just told him I fucking hate him before storming off to find you guys," You mutter, throwing your used tissues into a bag on the floor of the car.
The three of you sit in comfortable silence, Geoff pondering how he didn't know about the way Shawn treated you, Bella pondering how she couldn't tell you weren't okay last night, and you finally breathing freely a weight lifted off your chest, your biggest secret out for good.
Geoff takes a deep breath and looks over at you with a lopsided grin, "How about we try to get our minds off this and go see a movie together tonight?"
Bella quickly pipes in, "That sounds amazing, what do you think?"
They look at you expectantly and you take a shaky breath, "I don't really want to go out tonight, but you guys can go, I wouldn't mind some alone time. No offense Bell."
"Are you sure?" Bella asks, placing a hand on your shoulder.
She offers you a light smile which you return gladly before continuing to speak, "I know this is all a wreck right now, but I am more than positive that it will all brush over. I want my best friend back in tip top shape, so if you need your time, then please take it. I'll stay over G's tonight to give you some space."
It's right around 7 when you're helping Bella pack a bag for overnight. She is roaming her closet for an outfit to wear tomorrow while you grab her toothbrush and other toiletries from the bathroom. She's singing along to a song playing on the radio and dancing around the room. You exit the bathroom with everything you think she's going to need and place it into her bag. She looks over at you and reaches over to turn the radio down, "Are you positive you don't want to come to the movies with us?"
You brush your hair back behind your ear and smile at her, "Bella, please have fun tonight with G." She goes to interrupt you but you hold a hand up to stop her, "I can tell how excited you are to spend time with him, you guys barely have time for dates let alone sleepovers, so just enjoy it, okay?"
"If you say so." She sighs, looking over her shoulder at you before grabbing a shirt to pack. She moves across the room to her dresser and starts going through her underwear drawer, "So, you wanna talk about Brian?"
You exhale and throw yourself onto Bella's bed, rolling to sit on you stomach and look at her, "Not really, but I have a feeling that you're going to make me."
She chuckles and throws a pair of socks at you, "Can you put those in the bag? And yes I am going to make you talk about it. How are you feeling now that he knows you don't feel the same?"
You shrug and pick up a shirt she put on the bed, folding it and putting it in the bag. "I feel nothing really, usually I would feel guilty after what happened but I think my mind is just subconsciously distracted with everything that has happened with Shawn that I haven't really had the chance to feel bad."
"I think he was a bit dramatic about it," She says grabbing her mascara off her desk and throwing it in the bag, zipping it up. "Plus he completely flipped the hell out about you sleeping with, or almost sleeping with Shawn."
You groan and roll onto your back staring at the ceiling. "I don't know what to do Bell. I have Brian pissed off at me for a reason I can't control, Geoff and Shawn are fighting because of me, and you guys are all treating me like I'm broken. I just want things to go back to normal."
She lays a hand on your head and runs her fingers through your hair, "And I get that, I really do. But, that doesn't change the fact that this is all happening, ignoring it won't make it go away."
"I know Bell," You pause looking at her. "I don't want to ignore it completely I want to deal with most of it but I just need a couple hours of pretending everything is okay, acting like nothing happened."
"You need a break, that's understandable." She murmurs, grabbing her bag and standing up. Geoff knocks on the door and comes in slowly to make sure he's allowed to, Bella waves for him to come in and he makes his way over to her and takes her bag from her.
"Hey, y/n." He smiles waving at you. You pick your hand up and salute him with a smile, "You ready Bell?"
"Yeah, we can get going." She breathes, taking one more glance over the room before coming over to the bed to hug you. "I love you."
"Love you too Bell." You whisper into her ear, watching her walk towards the door.
"Bye!" Geoff calls, closing the door behind them leaving you in the room alone.
You stand up off the bed and go to grab your phone to play music. You set it down on the bathroom sink and start the shower, turning the knob all the way to the left. You pull your hair tie out letting your long brown. Slowly, you pull your clothes off one piece at a time before throwing them in your hamper. On your way back to the bathroom there is a knock on the door. Quickly, you grab a towel to cover up and adjust the shower temperature yelling out, "One second." You assume it's either Bella or Geoff and they forgot something so you don't bother putting on actual clothes before answering the door. However to your surprise you open the door to see the last person you wanted to see.
Shawn.