Rose [S.M]

Game plan

"Mr. Mendes."- the receptionist says as we walk out of the elevator. "Mr. Gertler and your guests are already in de congress room."

"Thanks Shirley and for the last time, call me Shawn." She turns her head away quickly but not quick enough to see a blush on her cheeks. I have to hold back the urge to laugh. Girl... I know. We all have been there. Nobody is immune against his charm. I cannot blame you.

Before Shawn can open the door For me, like he usually does, I do it for him. "After you."

"Rose, that is my job."

"You're the star here. So, go on superstar. They are waiting for you." And I don't want to walk in first. That shit is awkward.

He rolls his eyes and walk into the room.
"Shawn! Rose!."- Andrew says enthusiastically.
I certainly didn't expect this reaction.
"How are you guys?." He says as he man hug Shawn first before he wraps his arms around me. "Are you okay? I saw the video of earlier today."

"Yeah. They can say whatever they want." There it is: the big girl face.

"Luckily that you take it so lightly." Dude... you should have seen me earlier. I was crying my eyes out like a baby.

"Let's start with the meeting. These guys have amazing ideas for the show."

So far, the small talk. Back to work as usual...

"Can you take notes, Rose?." Shawn pushes his MacBook to me, without waiting for my answer.

"Yes, of course." I don't have much of a choice, do I? I open the Word application as I wait who is going to speak up first. My eyes are automatically drawn to Shawn, who is sitting at the head of the table. As I look at him, I see that he is already looking at me. We smile at each other like to fucking love sick teenagers. I look away and shake my head. This is so unprofessional.

"So, we first want to say how extremely grateful we are that you have given us the opportunity to work for you. We are extremely excited and we cannot wait to work together to make the most amazing decor there is." One of the three of the creative designers says. In a matter of a couple of seconds, I have decided that I like this man. He seems nice.

"The pleasure is all mine. Andrew showed me some projects of what you guys did before and I am really impressed."- cutie pie. It's so attractive if a guy is an genuine nice person. It says a lot about himself. "So, tell me. What did you guys came up with?."

"Well, we thought..."- holy shit... this guy talks fast.

"So, if I understood you correctly, you want to do two stages?." Andrew says. After today I don't think I have any fingers left.

"Yeah, correct. We thought that maybe somewhere halfway through the show, you can run to, let's call it stage B and sing a couple of songs there. So, that you can really connect with the crowd."

"I like that idea."- Shawn mumbles, mostly to himself. "I want that in the show. Can you write it down?."

"Already on it." I say without looking up.

"You had some drawings, right? Some ideas for the B stage?." Andrew continues.

"Yeah."- the guy opens his folder and hand Shawn the drawing. "Because the poster of the tour is with flowers, we thought that it would be cool to have a huge flower hanging above the B stage. Maybe daisy or a violet?."

"A rose." Shawn says immediately. I stop with typing but don't move.

"A rose? Yes, let's do that. Roses are the most beautiful flowers in the world."