They saw each other first on the train. And then in the same cafe, and then in the same meeting room. He disliked her loud music, she disliked his attitude. Their opinions will have to change when she's hired to work with him.
Rules will be broken...
Faith Elizabeth "Do we have to go out tonight? I'd really rather stay in" I asked for the tenth time. "Just us tonight" Tess said and Ryan nodded. It was just a best friend night out instead of raging parties. "Fine" I sighed. "Isn't it early to be getting ready? It's only like 4" "Stop asking questions and just get ready" Ryan said fiddling through my beside drawers. I rolled my eyes and picked out the dress I wore when I went out with Shawn for my birthday. The blue velvet with puffy sleeves and pink roses over it. I slipped on my vans and went to go and put on my makeup. I put on a little more than I would on a day to day basis and brushed through my already straight hair. "Is this ok?" I said walking back out of the bathroom. "Gorgeous. Just put a smile on your face and we're all set" Tess said and I shook my head. "You guys aren't as dressed up as I am" I pouted. "Oh well. Let's go" Ryan said and pulled me down my own stairs. "Bye mum. I don't know where we're going or when I'll be back. Love you" I shouted. "Good luck" she shouted back and I frowned. "What?" I said to them but they just pulled me out of the house and into Ryan's car.
"Where are we going?" I asked from the back seat. "It's quite a way away. Like an hour and a half" Tess said and I rolled my eyes. "What is wrong with you two today?" I asked not expecting an answer. "Shhh" Ryan said and I rolled my eyes again before staring out the window.
It was five thirty by the time the car stopped. "What the actual fuck?" I said as they turned back to me. "Surprise!" They both yelled. "If you think I'm getting out of this car you're wrong." I sighed. Before long they were in the back with me, Tess undoing my seatbelt as Ryan tugged me out of the car. "I hate you both. I'm not going in" I said as we all looked up at the Shawn Mendes billboard. "Stop being a baby about it" Ryan said tugging a lanyard over my neck. "This is kidnapping" "Shut up" Tess sighed. "I will never speak to either of you again." "We're already late" Ryan said evidently trying to navigate around the large arena. "There!" Tess said pointing to a large black door that was about to shut. We ran until at the door. "Passes?" The man asked and Ryan held up mine. "Have fun!! Don't come home!" Ryan said giving me a little shove through the door.
"Well you're the last one" the man said and I nodded. "Nervous?" He asked and I scoffed. "You could say that" "You don't seem overly happy to be here. Most girls would die for this" he chuckled. "Yeah they wouldn't if they had the history me and Shawn do" I sighed. "You guys know each other" he questioned and I nodded. "Wait in here. Good luck" he smiled and I nodded joining the group of people. I pulled out my phone and brought up Ryan's number. "Are you guys just going to abandon me here?!" I whisper yelled down the phone. "Pretty much" Ryan laughed. "What are you thinking is going to happen?! This isn't some film!" I said earning a few looks from the people in front of me. "Whatever. We love you. Byeeeee" he said down the phone before hanging up.
I couldn't suppress the feeling that I was extremely nervous. I went over and over what o was going to say in my head. But nothing would come together properly. And by the time I was the last one waiting to go in I had almost driven myself into panic attack. Here we go.
Shawn Mendes "Last one" one of the security team said and I sighed. As I heard the sound of the curtain open along with a familiar sounding, "fuck" my head snapped up to the entrance of the room. A sense of familiarity filled my head as we locked eyes. It was as if the world had just slowed down. She was beautiful. Beautiful in her own way and that drew me to her. But the sense that I had met her before kept clouding my thoughts. "Hi" she breathed and I smiled. "How are you?" I asked opening my arms. She put her hand on my chest and leant backward. "You don't know who I am do you" She said and I shrugged. "I meet a lot of people everyday" I said. "You're such an arse" she scoffed. "Bit unnecessary" She fiddled with the back of her neck and handed me a small pendant necklace. I didn't even have to open it to remember.
Immediately a sinking feeling came into my chest. I thought she wouldn't come. I thought I would avoid this conversation. "Oh my god. I thought you weren't going to come" I said running my hands through my hair. "I wasn't going to. My friends basically kidnapped me and dragged me here" She sighed. "I haven't heard from you in like over a month" I said. "You have. I rung you last week. You've obviously deleted my number" she said and I frowned. "Can we go somewhere and talk?" I asked. "If you have time then I'd love to but I don't want to fuck any plans up" she smiled and my heart fluttered. "You're not. Come on" I said.
As we walked through the back stage area, we both received looks from the crew. I just blanked them and we continued to walk. My heart was pounding. I didn't really know what I was going to say to her. "In here" I said and closed the door after we both entered. We sat on opposite ends of the couch and just as I was about to open my mouth a knock sounded. "Yep!" I yelled and Andrew stuck his head round the corner. "You have an hour and a half. I'm letting her be here and I know you guys need to talk. Hi Faith. Please make sure Shawn gets ready in time" he said before leaving.
"You look different. Good different" I managed to push out and she shrugged. "Thought it would be nice for a change. Tour looks like it's going well" she said and I nodded. "It's going really well I love it. How's school?" I asked. "Fine. I've got exams and prom then I'm done" she said and i smiled. "Prom? Sounds fun" "I don't think I'm going to go" She said tucking a piece of hair behind her ear. "Why?" "No one to go with. I don't have a dress" She shrugged sadly.
"Can I just say, I'm sorry. I just, I don't know what happened." "I really liked you Shawn. People just say I was interested in you because of your fame but I didn't fall in love with the famous Shawn Mendes, I fell for just you. Just who you are. Most of the time I forgot. It just felt normal. I trusted you" She said and I knew that I fucked up. "I know. I felt normal with you to. You've probably seen from Q&As I've been asked about you and I said, if we just had that little bit more time I would have asked you to be my girlfriend" I said honestly. "It May sound harsh, but I haven't really been looking at your tour stuff. The only thing I saw was that circulating video with the girl, leaving the club" she said cautiously and I knew exactly what she was talking about. "That wasn't great." "Bet you got a bollocking for that" she giggled. "A bollocking? What's that?" I asked and she laughed even more, my heart went again. "Like a huge telling off" she said and I slid along next to her. I took her hand in mine and she quickly moved her eyes up to meet mine. "I'm so sorry. You have to believe that I'm so so sorry and I hate knowing that I hurt you. Let me make it up to you" I said and she sighed.
"Please"
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