Falling- Shawn Mendes

Chapter thirty six

Shawn's POV

She compared me to my dad. My dad. That narcissistic asshole. I'm nothing like him. I'll never be anything like him. I've caught him cheating on my mom before when I was younger. He manipulated her into staying with him. I only cheated on Alex once. She made the decision to come back to me. I didn't force her. Yeah I asked for forgiveness, but did I ever do it again to her? No. Did I ever lay my hands on her? No nor will I ever.

Before I know it, I'm speeding down a random neighborhood and end up at a house. Before I know it I remembered whose house this was and was walking to the front door. I knocked on it and there she was.

"Shawn?"

"Hey Anna." I said and she smiled softly.

"What are you doing here?"

"Can we talk?" I asked and she nodded. As much as I don't want to be here, she's the only person I can talk to when I'm upset with Alex.

We walked up to her room and that familiar scent of vanilla kicked in. I sat on her bed and I began to explain what happened.

"She had no right to say that to you, you're nothing like your father. You're sweet and caring. She doesn't deserve you. You've been nothing but kind to her, except for that video thing, but other than that you've been nothing but kind to her. She takes advantage of that." She said resting her hand on my thigh and quickly removes it.

"Sorry." She apologized "but as I was saying, she doesn't deserve you. She takes advantage of you shawn, you obviously don't see it because you're blinded by love, but I do. Everyone does. You're whipped Shawn. You're a nice guy and that's the easiest way to be taken advantage of." She continued and I rolled my eyes.

She looked at me and rubbed my shoulder "you're tensed." She laughs softly. "Is it hockey that's stressing you out or Alex?" She jokes

"Both." I said truthfully and she laughed again. "Take off your shirt." She said and I stood up

"I don't know what you think is gonna happen, but I'm not gonna-"

"What? No. I was just gonna rub your shoulders to free the stress. Shawn, I'm not gonna hook up with you." She said and I sighed and nodded

"Right. Sorry." I said and took off my shirt and laid on my stomach on her bed. She sat on top of me and put lotion on my back that made me flinch due to the coldness of it. She rubs her hands all over my back and rubs my shoulders. I groaned as the stress was being released from my shoulders.

She got off of me "all done." She said and laid down next to me. I thanked her before putting my shirt back on. I laid back down and we looked at each other before laughing.

"I don't understand why we can't be friends." She blurted out.

"What?" I asked

"I miss you, why can't we be friends?" She asked and I sighed

"Alex.. that's why." I said

"So? Who cares! You should be able to be friends with whoever you want. She shouldn't have no say." She said and I laughed

"You're the one to talk. Remember Elizabeth? When we were dating you didn't want me talking to her because I slept with her before you." I said and she rolled her eyes.

"That's different." She said

"It's really not." I said "I can't be friends with you out of respect for Alex. You talked badly about her mom. To be honest, I've would've done the same that she did to you if I was her." I said remembering Alex fighting her in school.