Love for Rent

2

I got home and told my brother about my new job.
"Sam! I'm gonna be a guitarist for Shawn Mendes! That's insane right?"
"Uhm... yeah yeah... could you please walk aside. I'm watching the TV", he just answered.
"Fuck you", I said and walked up my room.
No one here was actually paying attention to me and I was the one working all day to get the damned money together. My brother does nothing and my mom is sick. I am the only normal one in this house.
I got ready. I wore a black tight dress and made my long brown hair look curly or some type of wavy. I wore my Adidas under the dress and picked my bag.
I almost forgot my guitar as I walked out of my room but then I picked it up my bed. I also got my vine red lipstick on.
I walked to the next bus station.
I waited for like 10 minutes for the next bus. It was almost dark outside and almost 8 o'clock.
The bus left me right in front of the Television Tower.
I saw Andrew talking to a tall guy there. He looked familiar to me.
I walked towards them and shook Andrew's hand.
"Hey!", he said, "Shawn"
The guy next to him faced me and looked as shocked as I was.
"That's the girl I told you about. Your new guitarist..."
"Let's just see if she can play well", Shawn said, "let's walk to my Condo. It's right there"
He guided us to his home and as we arrived he brought his guitar into the living room where Andrew and I were waiting.
He played some cool melodies.
"Wow... that sounded amazing", I said.
He looked a bit arrogant so I quit the compliments.
"Now you", he said pointing on my guitar case.
I opened it and picked my guitar up.
I had listened to 'Bad Reputation Live' on the Internet at home... to have something to play in front of him. So I played the guitar solo in it and he looked amazed.
"Ok... well then I think that's enough. She's good, Andrew good job", he said holding his shoulder.
Andrew smiled.
"Welcome to the team", Andrew said.
Then Andrew left us two alone to talk about guitar stuff.
"You!", I said pointing at Shawn as Andrew closed the door behind him.
"You!", Shawn said.
"You... I saw you! You were disturbing me."
"Disturbing while smoking? Now tell me how old you are"
-1 day later-
I got up from bed, got ready and walked out of the house.
Then I saw Andrew waiting there with a car.
"How...?"
"You gave me your adress yesterday", he said winking.
I got into his car.
"Celine... I need to tell you something. I researched about you and your family. And I know that your mom's about to die if you can't pay the operation. And I want to help you... if you help me."
"Well it's creepy that you researched but how could you help us?"
"I would give you more money than you need", he said.
"Go on"
"The only thing you have to do is making Shawn to fall deeply in love with you. And after a few big hits of him you'll have to leave him."
"Okay... I don't think that he would ever love me but I'll try to. And... why do I have to leave him?", I asked.
"I want his heart to break. When Shawn's heart is broken he writes more sad hits and gets more attention. That means that he gets more rich and me as well."
"That sounds evil..."
"Please!", he begged.
"Okay! Okay. I will do it."
He left me in front of Shawn's house. I got in and rang the doorbell. He opened the door.
"Hi", he said.
"Hey", I said, "uhm... I don't want to come in"
"I thought that we would work on a song together"
"Not like that, Shawn. You first need to go out and have fun. Let's go to the fair."
"I don't know..."
"Shawn Mendes! I did not ask you!", I said turning my back to him and walking downstairs. "Wait! I am just taking my jacket with me!", he said and I smiled.
We walked towards a meadow. "Take your shoes off", I said and took mine off.
I felt my feet touching the grass.
"Why?", he asked.
I closed my eyes. "Just do it. Mom brought me here in the past... we played here for hours with my brother. Barefoot feeling the ground. Feel the coldness of the grass warming your inner"
He did what I told him. And I did what people wanted from me... Love for Rent.