Nervous (A Shawn Mendes x Niall Horan Fanfic) ✅

(Part 10)

Shawn's POV

I woke up to hear my alarm blaring. Looking at it, I saw that it was my alarm for ten o'clock in the morning. However, when I looked at the time, I saw that it was 11:30 in the morning.

"Shit," I said, turning the alarm off and running to the bathroom to shower.

"I'm going to be late," I repeated over and over as I ran out of the bathroom ten minutes later and got dressed.

Once dressed, I grabbed my phone, my keys, and my jacket before running out to my Jeep. I put the key in the ignition, started the Jeep, and drove down to the guitar shop. Quickly parking my car, I ran to the guitar shop and saw Niall in his usual spot.

"I am so sorry I'm late," I said, walking over to where Niall was sitting.

"It's fine, Shawn," Niall laughed. "Just be glad I didn't get lunch without you."

"Shit, we were supposed to get lunch at 11:30," I said, smacking my forehead in realization.

“It’s okay,” Niall said, checking his phone. “It’s 11:50, why don’t we just go get lunch now?”

“You sure?” I asked.

“Of course I am. I wouldn’t joke about food,” Niall laughed.

“Okay,” I chuckled. “Where to?”

“Nando’s!” Niall shouted.

I laughed. “Nando’s it is.”

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Nando’s was packed when Niall and I walked into the restaurant.

“How many?” the waiter asked.

“Two please,” Niall said.

“Right this way,” the waiter said, leading us down the rows of tables.

“Not to bother your seat finding, but can we get a seat in the back please?” I asked.

“Of course,” the waiter said. “How far back?”

“Doesn’t matter, we would just like a seat in the back,” I said, as Niall looked at me as if I was crazy.

Once we were seated, the waiter gave us our menus and Niall kept staring at me.

"What?" I asked, trying not to sound rude.

"Why would you want to sit in the back?" Niall asked.

"Because I want it to be just us," I said. "I don't like lying to our fans, it feels weird."

"I'll agree but it's not like we're on a date," Niall said.

"Yeah, it's just lunch," I said, my heart breaking.

"What would you guys like to drink?" the waiter asked, coming back to our table.

"I'll have a beer please," Niall said.

"A beer?" I asked. "It's like noon."

"Anytime is beer time," Niall shrugged.

"Okay and I'll have a Cola," I said.