patience

Chapter Six

I stood still staring at Shawn. His hair was a curly mess, and sweat was dripping down his forehead.

"Way to surprise someone" I say. He smiles.

"Does that prove it to you?" He asks.

"I guess it does" I say. He was still smiling.

"I'll see you in Detroit" He says before disappearing into the darkness again.

I walked to Alessias tour bus. I was hoping that maybe she would be asleep, but I knew she wouldn't be.

"How was Shawn?" She asks. She was sitting in the back lounge area.

"Pretty good. He remembered to sing that song for me" I say sitting down across from her. I don't know why, busy something in me said not to tell her about the kiss.

"Well, he's sweet like that" She says.

"Yeah, he's sweet" I say. I felt bad because of not telling her about the kiss, but it was soon. We met not even a week ago. I would tell her when Shawn and I figured out what it was that we had going on.

***
Alessia and I both fell asleep in the lounge area of the tour bus. When I woke up, she was still asleep. The buses were stopped at a gas station just outside of Michigan. I decided to walk outside a little to stretch my legs. When I walked outside, Shawn was standing up against his bus.

"Good morning" He says. I smile and walk over and stand next to him.

"What time even is it?" I ask. I hadn't looked at my phone before I left the bus.

"It's 5:00am" He answers. I groan.

"I'm going back to bed" I say. She laughs.

"Not a morning person?" He asks.

"If the sun isn't out yet, I shouldn't be either" I say.

"Interesting point of view" He says.

"I'll be in a better mood later" I say. He nods.

"Okay, you go on to bed now" He says. I smile and walk back into the bus. Alessia was still out. I rolled over and drifted off again quickly.

***
I was woken up again by Alessia jabbing me in the ribs.

"We're in Detroit" She says. I groan and get off the seat.

"It's like 8:30. Do you want to see if Shawn wants to get breakfast?" She asks. My heart dropped when. She mentioned hanging out with him. I knew she would be able to tell that something was up.

"Uh, I'm not really hungry. I'd rather just... sleep" I say.

"Well, do you want me to bring you something back?" She asks.

"No. I'll be fine. Thanks" I say. I roll over until I know she was off the bus. I sat up and shook my head. Why on Earth didn't I want her to know? Something I my head told me that she shouldn't know. I never kept secrets from her, and I hated that I was now. I knew I had the power to tell her the truth, but Shawn had a hold of me, and I had a hold on him. Believe me, I wasn't going to do anything to let go of that.