They're Like Us [Part 3]

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POV Shawn

It broke my heart when Indy wasn't immediately enthusiastic about my proposal to come live with me again. I should've asked her personally, but I just can't wait that long anymore. Days have passed before I'm back in Canada. I can't wait that long. I need to know.

I've two hours before the meet and greet starts. I've already changed clothes, neatly done my hair and am now drinking a cup of tea. It's special soothing camille tea which should calm me down a bit. Isn't that ironic? Since Camila has given me a lot of stress lately.

She has been a huge burden on my shoulders lately. I get a text from her almost every day asking her to meet. She doesn't quite understand what our fake relationship means. We would only meet up a few times, purely to generate enough publicity to get our number 'Señorita' to number 1. It was a bad idea, I know that now, but when I first heard it sounded pretty simple.

I just should've read better. I should've let Andrew read the contract, but no I didn't, I just wanted to take care of it and put my signature on it as if it were a poster that would be hung in the room of one of my fans. I haven't seen the small print. Stupid.

Jake, my security guard, knocks on the door frame and thereby awakens my attention. "Shawn, there's someone at the front to see you." He tells me. I sigh deeply. If this is who I think it is, I'm really going out of my plug. If Camila really has the guts to appear here, I will be completely crazy.

Without asking who it is, I rush down the hall. I really don't feel like seeing Camila now. If she dares to dive for this, I'll immediately cancel that stupid contract. I'd really pay millions of euros for it.

Jake apparently ran after me and stops me, completely out of breath, before I walk into the hall. "Slow down, son," he tries to calm me down, "keep your calm."

I look at him angrily. I've never had such a short fuse like today. Camila works on my nerves too much. "Keep your calm?" I repeat his words. I sigh angrily and storm into the hall.

The hall is completely empty. "Where the fuck is she?" I say out loud.

"Dad!" Shouts a high boy's voice. I stand still and turn to the right. My son stands there with a big smile and runs towards me. Before I even know it, he holds my legs to hug me. I'm shocked and look at Indy, she is wearing a white t-shirt with jeans, and has the most beautiful smile ever.

I gratefully lift my son and kiss him on the cheek. "What are you doing here?" I ask him. "Kijken dada singing." He answers my question. It's half in Dutch, but of course I understand immediately. They are here for my performance.

Indy looks at me awkwardly and so I open one of my arms to be able to hug her. I take a few steps in her direction and as soon as I'm with her I kiss her on her beautifully full lips. I missed her lips so much, nobody can kiss as good as she can.

"What's going on?" Asks Andrew, who is suddenly standing in the doorway. I look from him, to Indy, to Jake, to Nathan and then back to Andrew. This'll probably look very strange to him.

"Indy and I are back together." I admit immediately. Andrew is quiet and seems to put everything in a row in his head. "But you have a contract with Camila Cabello?", he says, "Did you manage to get out of it?"

I shake my head and explain that Indy and I are together in secret again. Andrew mentions all kinds of rules from the contract. I know I'm breaking them all, I really know, but love conquers everything.

Indy looks at me questioningly while Andrew has his say. Shit. I still have to explain everything to her. She deserves a decent answer. "I'll explain it later tonight," I tell her right away, "we'll go somewhere private after my concert."

She nods and smiles sweetly. She always said that I've dimples in my cheeks while laughing, but Indy has them too. And when I look at Nathan, he also has them.

"Wanna see backstage?" I ask my son to escape this conversation. He jumps up and down enthusiastically and cheers. "Follow me." I tell him as I grab his hand. I also reach out to Indy, she grabs it uncomfortably. It's not how it was before our break up, but we will get there.

We love eachother and it'll take some time. But I'm a patient man. I can wait as long as she needs me to. That's all we need: patience, time and love.

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