11:11 (A Shawn Mendes Fanfiction)

Chapter 8

"We should probably work on our biology project soon." I said after we finished our jam sesh.

"Ok, let's go to my house." Shawn looked up at me from the piano bench be was still sitting on.

"Lemme just change really fast." I was still in my dance clothes. I wouldn't want to meet the rest of Shawn's family while wearing spanks. I ran up the stairs to my room, making sure I didn't fall again. I put on a pair of light blue jean shorts, a white long sleeve shirt, and a simple gold necklace. I took my hair out of my bun, revealing wavy strands of hair. I went back downstairs, wrote a note to my mom, telling her where I was, before walking with Shawn to his house. We walked up his front steps and I exhaled a deep breath, before following him inside.

"Hi, I'm home!" Shawn yelled out as we enter the foyer.

"We're in here!" I heard his mom call from the other room. Shawn walked to where the voice came from and I trailed behind. We entered the living room, and I couldn't believe my eyes. My mom was sitting with Mrs. Mendes drinking coffee and talking.

"Oh, hi mom, hi Mrs. Mendes." I greeted them. I was so confused so I continued, "Mom, what are you doing here?"

"Mrs. Mendes invited me over for coffee." She smiled at me. After we talked to them for a while, we left to go work on our project.

"You kids can work in the basement, Shawn don't make a mess." Mrs. Mendes instructed. I let out a little laugh. We walked down to the basement.

"Got it Nicki, don't make a mess." He warned me.

"No, that was directed at you. She said SHAWN don't make a mess." I clarified. We finished our project about 2 hours later. We would have been done sooner, but we goofed off a little too. I was surprisingly pleased with how good out poster turned out. I couldn't imagine getting anything less than an A on this. Suddenly Shawn's sister came running down the stairs.

"Hey guys!" She said, jumping on the bean bag chair that laid on the floor next to the couch.

"Nicki, this is my sister Aaliyah." Shawn told me. She is the one who answered the door the other day. She was the youngest and super cute. She told me all about how she plays hockey and is gonna be a professional one day. His sister was super sweet and cool. I wish my sister was home to meet all of them. After talking with her for a while, we all decided to go out for ice cream. We said goodbye to Mrs. Mendes and my mom who was surprisingly still over. Shawn drove us all in their jeep to the ice cream shop about 5 blocks away. We spent most of the day with Aaliyah. While we were driving home I got a text from Logan. It was in a group message with me, Morgan, Talia, Sophie, Emily, Jackson, Colin, and Logan. A few more replies came up in the group message.

Logan: Bonfire at my house tonight?

Morgan: im down!

Talia: sure! what time?

Logan: idk prolly like 7:30ish

Colin: I'll be there

Sophie: Em and I are totes comin

Emily: ^^

Jackson: yeah sounds good

Logan: Nicki you should ask shawn to come also

Sophie: ^ yeah you should;)

Me: Ok I'll def be there and I'll ask shawn!

I smiled down at my screen before locking my phone.

"What?" Shawn asked looking over at me while he was driving.

"Huh?" I questioned.

"Why were you smiling at your phone?" He replied.

"Logan invited us to a bonfire at his house tonight, wanna go?" I asked, smiling at him.

"I'll go if you're going." He smiled back. "What time?"

"I think like 7:30." I answered.

"Perfect, I'll take you home then drive her home." He said pointing at his sister sitting in the back seat. He drove me home after that.

"Bye guys, it was so fun hanging out with you today!" I said hugging his sister goodbye before getting out of the car. We said our goodbyes and I hopped out of the jeep.

"I'll pick you up around 7:20 so we can go together." Shawn said before I closed the car door.

"Ok, see you then." I said shutting the door and waving goodbye. As soon as I walked in my house I went to my room to shower. I still felt gross from dance this morning. Even though I would probably smell like bonfire after tonight, a shower still sounded nice. It was already almost 6pm, so I got ready pretty fast. I put on a song Shawn showed me in the car, to jam out to as I got dressed. It was called Paradise by these guys Jack and Jack. It was a really good car jam and these guys were really talented. I'm surprised I've never heard of them before. I brushed my hair and left it straight, put on jean shorts, and one of my cheerleading tshirts. I left my face makeupless and put on my gray converse. Shawn picked me up at exactly 7:20 to head over Logan's house. I directed him there and plugged my phone into the aux cord in his car, playing Paradise once again. We jammed for the short length of the car ride. Once we got to Logan's we walked straight to the backyard where everyone was. They all greeted us, the girls with hugs and the guys with waved and head nods. I sat next to Sophie and Shawn went to sit with Colin. As the night went on we all sat around the bonfire, telling jokes, talking about the most random topics, then talking about life, it got pretty deep. Then before I knew it, we were all laughing again. Talia was sitting next to Logan with his arm around her. I guess they were a thing now. Emily was now talking, well more like flirting, with Colin. Sophie got up to go talk with Jackson and Morgan. Shawn looked over at me from across the fire, so I waved him over. He sat on my side, replacing Sophie's spot. Shawn and I talked about my friends and I explained him the little drama that has gone on. None of us liked drama, so we didn't allow ourselves to get caught up in it. I looked around Logan's backyard to see everyone having their own little conversations. I checked my phone screen, and it read 9:30pm. The brisk September breeze sent a chill down my spine, resulting in a shiver. I wasn't that cold out, but the windchill made it worse. Shawn must have seen my shiver because the next thing I knew, he was handing me his sweatshirt to put on. I wanted to resist his action because I would feel bad if he were cold. Ugh, I should have brought my sweatshirt.

"No, you should keep it, I'm not that cold," I lied.

"Nicki, you're shivering. Please just take it." He said pushing it towards me. I resitated, then finally took it and put it on. It smelled so good! What ever cologne he uses smells amazing. I was actually glad I got to wear it because I felt safe and warm inside of it.

"It smells really good, plus it's super warm," I laughed, "Thank you."

"Anytime, I wouldn't want you to be cold." He smiled at me before reaching and putting his arm around my shoulder. I nestled my head into the crevice of his shoulder, leaning against him. He rubbed the side of my arm as we continued talking about random subjects. I was mainly focused on how good I felt, being held by Shawn. Suddenly we were blinded by a flash coming from across the backyard. Sophie had taken a picture of Shawn, Logan, Talia, and I, all cuddled up close to the fire.

"Sorry guys, this was to cute not to capture it." Sophie admitted. We all laughed.

"You better send that in the group message." Talia said.

"I will! And don't worry Shawn, I'll add you to the group message right now." She ashured him.

"Oh, I wasn't worried." He said and we all laughed. Sophie added the picture to her snapchat story too, with the caption '5th wheelin'. Even though Shawn and I technically aren't a couple, I don't mind if people think we are. Shawn and I said goodbye to everyone at around 10:30 and he drove me home. He kissed me on the cheek before I got out of the car.

"Oh, I almost forgot to give you your sweatshirt back." I said as I started taking it off.

"No, don't worry, keep it." He replied.

"No, it's a really nice sweatshirt, I'm sure you want it back." I insisted.

"Nicki, don't feel bad, I want you to take it." He smiled. And with that, I kissed him again and walked inside. I'm not really sure what Shawn and I are right now, but I have his sweatshirt, so that must mean something. And it smells like him, which is a bonus.