Down The Drain {S.M}

Chapter 35: Million Years

{Shawn Mendes}

"Are you ready, angel?", I ask Grace. She rolls her eyes. "Not ready to see that bitch Pam.", I mumble. "I know. You don't have to talk to her." "Oh, don't you worry. I won't. But, you better start praying if she does come up to me.", she says, grabbing her purse and walking out of her room. I sigh and grab my phone and wallet, stuffing them in my pockets, walking out of the room.

"Sarah?", Grace asks, seeing Sarah sitting alone in the living room. She doesn't even glance at us, her eyes just staring straight in front of her. "Sarah, come on. It's time to go." Grace says. Sarah shakes her head. "I can't do it." she whispers. "I can't do it, Grace. I just can't see him like that." she says, her hands shaking.

Grace smiles sadly and sits next to her sister. "I know. I don't think I can do it either." she says honestly. "But, you have to go. For the both of us. He needs you, Grace." Grace smiles and kisses Sarah's head.

"Don't you worry. I'll be there for him. I'm going to tell him how much you love him." Sarah smiles. "You will?" Grace nods. "Yes, I will."

"Hi, Shawn.", Mrs. Nicole says, as I walk into the room. "Hi, Mrs. Nicole." "Are y'all ready?", she asks me. "Yes." Grace says, walking into the room. We start walking towards the door and I slip my hand in Grace's hand, her sighing in relief. "Thank you.", she whispers. "For what?", I responded. "Your touch calms me down. I don't know. I just had to say thank you.", she says. I smile and kiss her head.

We ride in silence the whole way to the hospital. Me and Grace, sitting hand in hand and Grace's mom in the front with the radio playing in the background.

We pull up to the hospital and wait for Grace's aunts and Maw Maw to arrive. We walk into the hospital seeing who I assume is Pam and her family, because Grace and Maw Maw say at the same time, "Shit.", which I wanted to laugh at but that's not the point.

{Gracelyn Adams}

"Hi, Adams family!", Pam exclaims. "Hey, Grace!", Nicki, Pam's daughter, says, walking over to me. She wraps me in a hug before I can say no. I say, "It's Gracelyn." She looks at me confused. "You've always been Grace.", she says. "That changed for y'all when you took my grandpa away from 12 years.", I say, my face already red with anger.

I feel something slip into my hand and I sigh. Shawn. Nicki looks at our hands and lifts an eyebrow. "Gracelyn, who is this?" "This is Shawn, my boyfriend.", I say. "Hi, nice to meet you.", he says, shaking her hand.

"Hey, you look familiar.", she says. "Shawn. Shawn. OOH, that Shawn. You are Shawn Mendes!", she says. "Yeah, I am.", he chuckles. "Wow, Grace how did you snag him up?", Nicki says.

I roll my eyes and start to walk away. "Hey, why are you treating me like this? I understand about my mom, but I didn't do anything to you.", she says, grabbing my free hand. I quickly snatch my hand from her. "Don't touch me. You are just like your mom. Acting like he was your dad. Well, guess what, Nicki? He isn't your dad. He is my mom and Anthony's dad. But, not yours. So, get over it. Stop acting like he is your family.", I say, walking away, dragging Shawn behind me.

"Gracie!", I hear the most terrifying voice in the world say behind me. I whip around and put my hand up in a stop sign motion. "Stop. Do not touch me.", I say, seeing Pam's arms open wide. "Well, okay, then. It feels like it's been forever since I saw you last!", she exclaims. "Yeah, because it has been. Don't you remember taking my grandpa away for 12 years? That's the last time we saw each other.", I say. She ignores my statement and says, "You don't look a day over 17!" "Well, you look 20 years older than what age you claim to be.", I say, rolling my eyes.

"Grace, that's enough.", Shawn whispers, making me instantly stop. He's got that type of hold on me. I walk away, once again, dragging him behind me. "Gracie, is that your boyfriend?" Oh my gosh, she is literally following us. "Yes, now can you leave us alone? I'd very much like to get away from you.", I say with a sarcastic smile on my face.

She sighs and walks away, going to visit with my aunts. "I hate that bitch!", I scream-whisper to Shawn. "Okay, you were totally right. She is extremely annoying and hard to take seriously.", Shawn responds. "I told you! She is the devil.", I exclaim. "Yeah, you are right. But, you can't be mean to her like that.", Shawn says. "Who says?" I question him. "Me." he says, kissing my head. I melt at his touch.

"Grace, we are going to head up to his room." Aunt Peanut says, coming up to me and Shawn. I nod and sigh. "Shawn, I don't know if I can do this." I say, tears forming in my eyes. "Shh, shh, shh, you can do this, my darling." he says, wrapping his arms around me and kissing my head. I kiss his cheek and unwrap myself from him, but firmly grab his hand and we walk towards the elevators.

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"Hi, we are here for Tony Adams." my mom says to the nurse. She nods. "Of course. You know the way.", she says, pointing down the hall to what I assume contains rooms. My mom nods and leads the way. "Why don't y'all wait in the waiting room while our family goes in?", Maw Maw suggests to Pam. Clearly, me and her agree on things.

"Of course, y'all take all the time y'all need.", she says, leading her family outside of ICU. I grab onto Shawn's hand and grip onto him tightly. He looks down at me and wraps his free arm around me. "Are you okay?", he asks. I look up at him. "I'm so scared." I whisper.

He leans down to where his mouth is at my ear. "I know, darling. I'm scared, too. But, I'm here for you. I love you.", he says, kissing my head. I sigh in relief at his kind words and hug him. "Thank you." I say. "I'm here for you.", he says, squeezing my hand, not letting go.

We walk through the door to his room and see him hooked up to wires that are literally keeping him alive. I put a hand over my mouth, choking down a sob.

"Oh my gosh.", I whisper. "Oh, Paw Paw.", I say, walking over to the side of his bed, with Shawn by me, and my mom, Maw Maw, and my aunts on his other side. "Tony, it's Mom. We are here to see you."

Everyone talks to him but it's all one big blur. In my ears. In my eyes. It's just a blur. "Why don't you talk to him, Grace." Maw Maw says, snapping me out of my thoughts. Shawn rubs my back as I sigh. "Maw Maw, I don't know if I can." I say, sobbing. "Okay, you don't have to." she says.

"I want to try.", I say. I grab Paw Paw's hand. "Hi-h-hi, Paw Paw. It's Grace. I miss you a lot. I, um, I really wish you would wake up.", I say, tears pouring down my face. "I have someone here with me that I want you to meet.", I say, looking at Shawn. Shawn smiles at me and grabs onto my free hand. "Paw Paw, this is Shawn, my boyfriend.", I say. "Hi, Mr. Tony. It's nice to meet you. I've heard so many great things about you.", Shawn says to him.

"Well, he has heard many great things about you, too.", Maw Maw says to Shawn. I chuckle. "Yeah, you have, Paw Paw. This is who I've talked about for so long. The boy I've liked for so long. The boy I now love.", I say. "Don't worry about me. I'm in great hands." I feel a squeeze and look at our hands, sobbing at the action.

"What?", Mom asks me. "He squeezed my hand.", I say. "Well, Shawn, I think he likes you.", Aunt Joni says. I smile up at Shawn. "Yeah, I think he does.", I say.

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We walk into my room and I quickly change into night clothes. I lay on my side of the bed and Shawn lays next to me. "Shawn, can you hold me?", I ask. "Of course, love.", he says, wrapping his arms around me from behind. I turn around to where we are facing each other and look at him.

"Shawn, he likes you. My Paw Paw liked you.", I say, laying my head against his chest. He rests his head on top of mine and says, "Yeah. I'll never forget that, darling.", he responds. "He's gone.", I say, soft tears trickling down my face.

"I know. And I'm so so sorry about that, darling. I'm going to be here for you through it all. I'm never leaving your side.", he says, kissing my forehead. "Please, don't leave.", I say, drifting into sleep. "Never in a million years."

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This is sad but wholesome at the end :):

Final edit of chapter 35!

So, obviously her grandpa passed away. I would write about the funeral, but we are kinda getting a lot of chapters and I don't really want to relive my grandpa's funeral, since this is all based off of real life events.