Nervous (A Shawn Mendes x Niall Horan Fanfic) ✅

(Part 24)

Shawn’s POV

It had been a while since I left the guitar shop and I decided to finally get around for dinner. I went into the bathroom and took a long, warm shower before walking into my room to get dressed. I grabbed my plain white button-up shirt before grabbing both bottoms. After putting those on, I walked back into the bathroom to style my hair. What? These fabulous curls don’t happen on their own. Once my hair was done, I sprayed my curls with my hair spray before wandering back into my room to grab my leather jacket and my watch. Looking into my full-length mirror in my room and finally deciding that I looked good, I grabbed my phone only to see two missed calls from Niall.

I quickly dialed his number and waited for him to answer. After two rings, he picked up.

“Hello?” Niall asked.

“Hey,” I said, smiling at my boyfriend’s voice. “I saw that you called twice, is everything alright?”

“Yeah, I just realized that you didn’t have my address. When you didn’t answer I decided it would be best if I texted it to you,” Niall said.

“Yeah,” I said. “Thanks.”

“So, I’ll see you at 5:30?” Niall asked.

“Yeah, I’ll see you then,” I said.

“See you then,” Niall said.

I hung up the phone smiling like a little kid on Christmas morning. Niall makes me so damn happy!

After I hung up, I checked the time to see that I still had half an hour before I had to get Niall. I then decided to read a book. Walking over to the bookshelf, I grabbed a book before tossing myself onto the couch only to send myself into a coughing fit. I then felt bile rising into my throat and ran to the bathroom. As I was over the toilet, I realized that I hadn’t stopped coughing and just ended up coughing up blood. I felt more scared than I ever had before.

I didn’t hesitate to grab my phone out of my pocket as I flushed the toilet and rinsed my mouth out. Instead of calling an emergency number, as I should have, I called Cameron.

“I’m getting around Shawn, what do you want?” Cameron snapped as I leaned against the counter.

“I don’t think I can go to dinner tonight,” I said, realizing how raspy my voice sounded after coughing.

“What do you mean?” Cameron asked. “Are you chickening out?”

“No. I uh, I don’t know how to say this,” I said, sounding as scared as I felt.

“What is it, Shawn?” Cameron asked, sounding worried.

“I coughed up blood,” I said. “I don’t know what to do now, I’m scared.”

“Well, first you have to calm down,” Cameron said, hearing that I was freaking out.

I took a few deep, shaky breaths, trying to calm down.

“Are you feeling calmer now?” Cameron asked.

“A little, yeah,” I said.

“Okay, now you have to call Niall and tell him that I called the dinner off, or tell him the truth if you’d like. Then you have to call the hospital, okay?” Cameron asked.

“Okay,” I said.

“You know that I could take you but I have dinner to get to soon,” Cameron said.

“I get it,” I said. “It’s totally fine.”

“Anytime. Now, go call Niall,” Cameron said, hanging up.

I hung up too before I grabbed a bottle of water and took a few sips. After shakily putting the bottle down, I called Niall again, deciding to tell the truth.

“Hello?” Niall asked, answering the phone.

“Um, so I kind of need to tell you something,” I said, realizing how timid I sounded.

“Are you okay?” Niall asked, sounding worried.

“I’m sure it’s nothing, but I had a coughing fit and kinda sorta coughed up a bit of blood,” I said.

“Shit, Shawn, are you okay?” Niall asked.

“I don’t know, I’m going to head to the doctor’s office though,” I said.

“Are you still at your apartment?” Niall asked.

“Yeah, why?” I asked.

“Wait there, I’m on my way to get you,” Niall said.

“No, you-,” I said before getting interrupted by the dial tone.

I sighed and hung the phone up before placing it on the counter and drinking some more water.