BOMBSHELL...SHAWN MENDES

xxi. something better

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Phoebe's phone rang as she was in the shower, Shawn took it in his hand and looked at the name. 'Vince' appeared on the screen, making him gulp.

He inhaled, answering. "What do you want?" He asked straight away.

Vince laughed. "Hey Shawn, nice to hear your voice again." He told him. "But, can you tell Phoebe to come pick up her clothes at the apartment?"

"Yeah." Shawn replied, almost fuming. "I will."

"Preferably today because after, I'm busy." Told Vince.
Shawn groaned and hung up, totally fed up about the fact that they have to go to Vince today.

He put the phone down, sitting back on the couch and patiently waiting for his love to walk in the living room. Minutes later, Pheebs walked in wearing Shawn's shirt.

"Hey, you okay?" She queried, sitting down.

Shawn shook his head, hiding his face with his hands. "Babe... Vince just called..." He explained.

Phoebe froze, widening her eyes. "V-Vince?"

"I know..." He replied. "He wanted you to come to his house."

Phoebe choked, shaking his head. "For what?" She almost yelled.

Shawn wrapped his arms around, bringing his girlfriend closer. "Honey, calm down." Cooed Shawn. "We will go and, I will come with you. He won't do anything to you or to me." He added, running his fingers through her hair.

"What if — he tries anything?" She gulped. "I don't know if I want to go..."

Shawn cupped her face, kissing her lips sweetly. "We will go, grab your clothes then you will come back here with me." He whispered. "Forever."

She gulped, meeting his eyes. "You— You want me to move in?"

Shawn shrugged with a lovely smile. "You already live with me, Pheebs." He pointed out.

Phoebe nodded, letting herself fall into his arms. The strong arms wrapped around his girlfriend, allowing her to breathe out. Both of them sat there thinking, they rarely spent time on the sofa only to rest and, spend time in each other's arms.

"Alright." She inhaled. "You come?"

"I am." He replied, kissing the top of the head.

She nodded, sitting down and watched the wall for a minute. "And, I will live there with you?" She asked, Shawn nodded again.

"Until we find a new place to ourselves." He proposed.

The proposition sounded dreamy. Them looking for a new place, their place just like before but, this time it wouldn't be temporary.

She smiled warmly, pecking his lips. "Sounds good, really good." She admitted. "Let me grab my phone and— uh— we can go."

"I'm waiting here for you." Replied Shawn, grinning like a mad man.

One hour later, Shawn was parking in front of Phoebe's old building. Shawn could feel that Phoebe was nervous, her hands were sweaty, her breath were short and she looked on the verge of crying.

He stopped the engine, turning his body towards his girlfriend. "Babe?" He asked, she turned her head meeting his eyes. "You ready?"

She took a deep breath, closing her eyes. "Yeah, lets go. I want it to get done already." She mumbled, walking to the lift, Shawn running after her.

As they stepped into the elevator, Phoebe immediately wrapped her arms around Shawn's torso. She inhaled his perfume, trying to calm herself down.

"I'm here, okay?" He whispered, kissing her forehead gently. "I'm by your side until the end."

She murmured a 'thank you', going to the front door. Shawn knocked on the door, impatiently waiting. Two minutes later, Vince opened the door a smirk on his face.

"Hello." He said, watching Phoebe. "Come in, guys."

Shawn's arm wrapped around his girl's shoulder as they carefully walked in the apartment. Photos of them were still on the wall, up the fireplace. Vince walked to the bedroom, the room didn't change at all.

"As you can see nothing changed." Laughed Vince, he cleared his throat.

Shawn hummed. "Where are the clothes?" He asked.

Vince pointed underneath the desk, multiple boxes were there, 'Phoebe's stuff' was writing on it. "Here."

Shawn thanked him, grabbing the boxes. "We can go, love." He said to Phoebe.

"Already living?" Queried Vince, still the same annoyed smirk. Phoebe nodded not able to say something. "Oh, that's too sad..."

Pheebs' boyfriend groaned. "Shut up, Vince."

Phoebe went straight away in the car as soon as she was outside. Shawn joined her, seeing her cry. "I can't believe he was okay even after what he did." She told him.

"Hey, hey..." Started Shawn. "Don't cry, honey." He commented. "We're moving on to something better." He told her, leaving a sweet kiss on her temple.

She looked up and dried her tears. "You're right. Something better." She repeated, nodding her head. "Thank you for coming."

"It's nothing, Pheebs." He responded, starting the engine.

She scoffed. "Its a lot for me." She replied. "So, thank you."

Shawn leered. "I love you, babe." He told her putting his hand on her knee.

"I love you more." She uttered. "So much more."