They're Like Us [Part 3]

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POV Shawn

As I walk into the dressing room, I find Indy sleeping on the couch. See, she was tired, I was right. I could see it at her eyes, they were dark. But she's just so enormously rebellious, especially now that she's pregnant, and therefore doesn't want to admit it. She has her closed laptop next to her, so I already tidy it up for her. I clean up all the things that are ours and put them in the bus, then I'm ready to cary Indy to the tourbus.

She sleeps through for the first time when I lift her. Normally she always wakes up when I lift her up, but she's probably just too tired for that now. It's also not nothing to go on tour with me. You're in a different country and a different city almost every day. It's already difficult if you're not pregnant, let alone if you carry a child and also take care of one. Or two if you include me.

Once on the bus, Brian opens the sheets for her so that I can lay her down right away. Once she is lying down, she independently pulls the sheets over her and hides her swear in her pillow. Mike starts to blast out of nowhere.

"Have you seen what your wife did?" He asks me. "What do you mean?" I ask him. He shows me a video that Indy has posted on her Instagram.

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Indy: Made this edit while I was waiting for you. Don't ever pull a prank like this on me again, or else... @ShawnMendes x your wifey (PS: I still love you Mendes)
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I'm also laughing now. My wife is really wonderful. Not only does she always support me and is she taking care of our children, but she also has great humor. Never has anyone made me laugh as often as she has. Only because of that I already love her.

I watch her sleep for a couple secondes. She looks so peacefully and I'm so grateful to have her in my life. She's absolutely beautiful and wonderful. She's the love of my life and my rock. I can always count on her and I hope she knows she can count on me as well.

I give her a kiss on her forehead and whisper that I love her and that I'm thankful for all the sacrifices she has made to be with me, to be a family. Then I walk to the front of the bus where Brians's waiting for me.

Mike is also coming on the bus. "Hey, is Indy here?" I point to the bed where the curtains are closed. "Good." He says while trying to walk towards her.

"She's asleep, sorry dude." I say while I shrug my shoulders.

"Oh okay, she seemed very tired back there." Mike tells me. "Have you seen her video yet?" I look at him and I see that he's trying to guess what my answer is.

"You did," he laughs, "I saw her video too and I wanted to thank her for her great mastermind." I give him a teasing tap on his arm, making the three of us laugh.

"Do you guys like a beer?" Jake asks who's also coming on the bus. He has a six-pack of beer in his hands. "Yes." We almost answer in choir. He hands all of us a bottle.

"The driver is here, ready to drive to Balogna?" Andrew asks us. We hide our beers as soon as possible, 'cause Andrew doesn't like us to have a drink. He actually forbid it to me. But it's a seven hours drive and he'll stay in another car. One beer won't hurr anyone. "Yeah, we'll keep in touch." I say to him.

He nods and closes the door. We all open our beer and toast quietly.

"Off to France." We whisper.