Fake Dating My Bestfriend Shawn Mendes

Chapter 5

"Adonde vas?" (Where are you going?) my dad asked. He was watching some soccer game in the living room.

"I'm going to Shawn's for a little while. Is that okay?" I asked.

"Sure, but don't be too late. You still have to finish your homework."

"How did you know I still had home- ...you know what, never mined, I'll be back in an hour." I said before I closed the door behind me and made my way next door.

I was kinda scared of what Michelle wanted. Ever since the whole Anna situation, Shawn and I have become very overprotective of each other. For example, I have to be careful of who my real girl friends are, or else they'll just use me to get to Shawn.

There was a girl a couple months ago, where we'd do everything together, spend all of our summer days together. She was funny, and never took me too seriously. I absolutely loved her.

One day, I overheard her conversation with a girl, where she was transferring from another call because she was also talking to someone else. I think she thought the phone clicked on me, but no, I heard the whole conversation. The part I remember the most was 'I'm so tired of playing her friend! I'm only doing this crap to get closer to Shawn.'

I was heartbroken, but I confronted her. I was proud of myself when I got home, but just knowing she was using me sucked ass. I never cried, but I was sad for a couple days. I felt used.

When all of this was happening, Shawn was out with family visiting somewhere else in Canada. He told me they were going to be there for about 3 weeks. So the day they all came back, mine and his family all went out to dinner. That was a really good day. It helped me forget everything that happened.

I realized I was at his front door and snapped out of it and knocked and then I walked in. His dad was also in the living room watching a movie, and his wife was with him.

"Hey Nicole!" Karen said when she saw me. She got out of her husband's embrace and we hugged.

"Hey 2nd mom and dad." I said and they started chuckling. I went over to her husband and we also hugged.

I excused myself from the living room and headed upstairs.

"Shawn! Office or room?!" I screamed up the stairs.

"Room!" I heard. I've learned to always ask where he was. He was mostly in the office, but sometimes Aaliyah had friends over and I didn't want to disturb them. I walked up the stairs and made it to his room. He wasn't even in here.

He was probably in the bathroom. I jumped on his bed even though it was done. Oops... I grabbed the guitar and started strumming. I've never learned, so I just did random cords.

"Nicole put Taylor down!" I burst out laughing.

"Taylor?"

"Yes Taylor. Don't judge me." He came into the room with no shirt and his hair wet.

"Dude, put a damn shirt on." I said and threw him a shirt he had on his bed already. He chuckled and put it on.

"Don't act like you didn't like it." He said and started to dry his hair with a blue towel.

"Ew, I'd rather eat dirt." I said and continued to strum on 'Taylor'.

"But you already have." He said and started laughing.

"Shut up. That was once in the 1st grade. Sorry for being a curious child. You eat dirt once, and you never hear the end of it." He just continued to laugh. I rolled my eyes.

"Why did you name the guitar 'Taylor' anyways?" I asked.

"I wanted to name her, but I couldn't think of anything. And the name Taylor is on it, so her name is Taylor." He said and got his backpack from his bed. I stopped strumming and put Taylor down.