Yet Alone || Shawn Mendes

Chapter 4 ~ Please

*After School*

(The Texts)

Shawn: Hey it's Shawn

Kaelen: Hey! Wat time are u coming over?

Shawn: Around 6ish-7 is that ok?

Kaelen: Yea! It's fine. here's my address. (Random Address😂😂) 123 Sesame Street, Towncity, California.

Shawn: Alright, Cya!

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Shawn's POV

I arrive at Kaelen's house. Dang, this house is huge! I step on the front porch and ring the door bell. Seconds later, Kaelen opens the door to invite me in. The walls of her house were painted white, when you walked in, you can see the living room from afar. The kitchen area left of the living room and stair case railing leading up stairs.

"Hey Shawn", She greeted.

"Hi, " I greet smiling.

"So, are we gonna head to my room?" She asks

"Yeah, I guess." I respond.

"Lena! Shawn and I are gonna go upstairs, we have a science project!" She informs to someone.

"Alright Hon, who's Shawn?" The lady asks

"My science partner," Kaelen responds.

Kaelen lead me up the stairs through the halls through her room. I remain quiet, not knowing what to say.

"So who's Lena?" I finally decide to ask.

"She's my mom,"

"Oh, you call you from her first name. Cool." I say awkwardly, not knowing how to keep the conversation going.

"Yeah..I was uh.." She started, obviously finding something hard to tell. "adopted" she finished half whispering. "Um..sorry but I wasn't paying any attention when Ms. Woods explained the project, can you please explain to me?" She quickly changed the subject.

Kaelen's POV

I told Shawn I'm adopted! I've never told anyone ever. What the hell is wrong with me? He's almost a complete stranger to me! I tried to change the subject. Hopefully, he didn't realize what I just told him.

"We're suppose to research about a types of bacteria and present what different types do to the human body" Shawn explains. (A/N lmao this science is literally 5th grade stuff😂😂 I couldn't think of anything lol)

"Wow, that's pretty easy." I was relieved. "Shawn, I don't want you to think I'm those type people who would use you though, I swear I'll do work." I vowed.

"You know, You're nothing like what people say" he cracked a real smile.

"Thanks, I guess I'm just misjudged." I shrug.

I sat on my bed, gesturing fit shawn to sit next to me. As he sits down, I see him glance over at something. It was a notebook. He picked it up to the page it's opened on.

"What's this? I had no idea you could draw, what does it mean?"

The drawing was of a girl hanging from the ceiling with a rope wrapped around her body, not her neck. She hung her head down low.

"Well, I guess it represents the fact that the girls wants to die. Yet can't exactly die because her breath isn't taken away. Only her will I live is gone...she's slowing dying, with torture. She hangs her head down low because she doesn't want people to see her story.." I explain, water pools in my eyes as I hang my head down. I don't know why I keep telling Shawn things, but he's a good listener. I wasn't able to hold it in, no matter how hard I tried. He looks at me in deep concern and empathy.

"Kaelen..don't cry." He lifts my chin up and looks into my eyes. "Please." He wraps his arms around me as I cry silently on his shoulders. We stayed quiet for about a minute. He just let me cry. And it felt good to finally cry, but I barely knew Shawn. Yet he's already more trustworthy than my other "friends".

Shawn's POV

I let her cry on me for about a minutes. She needed to let it out first. "Kaelen, I don't know you, or your story. But You've made it this far strongly. Just keep going. And it's not any of my business, I know, but if you feel comfortable enough some day, you can tell me. But as of right now, just stay strong. Please"

I barely know the girl, but I want to help her. I know yet so little.

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