Present...
~Shawn~
"I will take the flight tomorrow night so I'll be in LA on Tuesday morning." I say as I sit down on the white couch in my living room.
"Great. See ya!" Andrew answers and hangs up the call.
I take my iPad from the coffee table and scroll through my Twitter, reading some tweets from my fans and reacting to them.
Suddenly I hear a knock on my door which is quite weird because I don't expect anybody on a Sunday morning.
I hear the knock again, this time it's louder...
"Coming." I say as I stand up and open the door.
"Jess?" I ask confused but she just pushes me out of the way against the doorframe to enter my condo.
She seems angry.
"How could you possibly do that to Brook?" "I- I don't really get what you mean..." I answer confused and shut the door behind me.
"You know exactly what I'm talking about! A few weeks ago you visited Brook in her apartment, right?" She asks furiously so I slowly nod.
"She told me about what you said back then. Who do you think you are?!" She asks and stares into my eyes.
"Calm down... I'm sorry for how things ended between us but I really can't do anything anymore. I tried to talk to her, she didn't let me." I answer, shrugging my shoulders before I sit down on the barstool in front of the kitchen counter.
"Oh and that's all you wanna do about it?! Just leave it like that, not caring about how she felt after this fight?!"
"Jess, what do you want from me?! Brook and I are done! We'll never ever be a thing. We never were and we never will be and you should accept that, just as Brook did." I answer annoyed and take a sip of the tea I just made.
"Oh, you think she accepted that?" Jess asks and shakes her head while laughing sarcastically so I nod slowly.
"She was never as heart broken as she was after your last fight. She almost cracked under the pain and loneliness. She's not over you and she also hasn't accepted this. She's still madly in love with you but she doesn't want to admit it. She also doesn't know I'm here, she didn't want me to but I have to help her so please talk to her again Shawn. It's the least you can do." She recommends seriously and walks up to the door.
"Oh and Shawn..." Jess says and turns around another time.
"You were one of my best friends back in school and you know why?" She asks so I shake my head and cross my arms in front of my chest.
"Because you were loyal, honest and cared for your friends. Now you're a popstar who obviously forgot about the only person that stayed with you in one of the worst situations in your career. Elena isn't the right one for you. And you will notice that the sooner or later too." Jess says, opening the door and leaves before I could even answer on this.
Wow.
What was that?!
I never thought Brook suffered from this so much...
Suddenly my phone rings. It's Elena...
I'm honestly not in the mood for talking to her but I guess I have to answer it...
"Hey..." I answer a bit annoyed and mad at myself.
"Hey what's up?" She asks worried.
"Nothing... I- I'm just a little stressed right now... I need to hang up but I'll text you later. Bye." I say and hang up the call.
I just started lying to my girlfriend... Super, Shawn...
I throw my phone on the couch and cover my face in my hands.
Maybe I just pushed my feelings for Brook to the back of my mind all these years...
Maybe I still like her but just in a different way...
Maybe I should really talk to her for another time...
5 years ago...
~Brook~
It's been almost a week since I stayed over night at Shawn's place but we haven't talked since this day...
We had a fall break so we didn't see each other and I also don't have his number so I guess I'll have to wait till tomorrow in school.
"Brook, dinner is ready!" Mum screams so I pull the laptop screen down and walk downstairs. "Coming!"
I already smell the sent of my favorite dish in the hallway: pizza!
"That smells awesome..." I sigh and sit down at the table.
"Why are we having pizza? Any specific reason?" I ask and look at my mum who's placing a piece of pizza on my plate.
"And where's dad?" Aileen, my lil sister, asks confused and points at his seat.
"Girls, I have to tell you something..." Mum starts, sitting down on her chair and looking at us sorry.
I already know where this is going...
"Dad and I decided on taking a break. I think you already noticed that we had a few... a- arguments so we wanna take a break and get some distance from each other." She explains and the previous hunger turns into anger.
"This is a joke, right?!" I ask shocked and stare at my mum.
"You can not do this to Aileen and me. You just can't! What is the next step? Getting divorced?!" I ask furiously and stand up.
"Brook... Please sit down. The past few weeks haven't been easy for us and this decision wasn't easy for neither me nor your dad."
"You think it was easy for me?! I spent the last few weeks crying because I don't want my parents to get divorced! And now you're just telling us that dad moved out and you take 'a break'?! I hate you!" I yell and run to the front door, put my shoes and a jacket on before I run away.
I just hear my mum screaming my name but I don't react to that. I just run away from home, the problems, everything.
I don't even know where I'm running to.
After a while I see a familiar house at the end of the street and I fastly recognize it. It's Shawn's place.
Should I ask him to stay over? Or should I just go back home...
I stand in front of his house for a while, thinking about what I should do until I decide on knocking on his door.
It isn't too late to knock on someone's door but it's still too late to walk back home alone.
"Brook?" Shawn asks confused as he opens the front door.
"Hey... C- Can I stay over tonight?" I ask with a crying voice and red and puffy eyes.
More tears come to my eyes the longer I stand in the cold of the night and look into his eyes, wanting him to hug me.
Suddenly he wraps his arms around me tightly as he sees the tears rolling over my cheeks and just strokes softly over my back.
"of course you can." He answers and looks at me after a few moments of hugging.
We enter his house, taking my shoes and jacket off and enter the living room.
"Mum, Dad, Aaliyah? Guess you remember Brook. May she stay over tonight?" Shawn asks while I try my best to not cry in front of his family.
"Sure. Are you okay, Brook?" Karen asks worried so I nod without saying a word and feel how my eyes fill with water again.
"We're upstairs." Shawn says before he places his hand on my lower back, guiding me to his room.
"Have a seat." He says and sits down on the couch so I sit down on his bed.
"You have to tell me what's going on. I'm seriously worried about you..." He says and seems truly worried about me.
"It's just..." I sigh and try not to cry.
"My parents are taking a break because my dad cheated on mum but my mum also cheated on my dad so it's all so messed up..." I say as new tears are hitting my eyes.
"And the worst part is that I know they are getting divorced but my mum doesn't want to admit it..." I add with a crying voice and more tears rolling down my cheeks, falling onto my thigh.
"Oh no..." He says sorry and sits down next to me on the bed, wrapping his arms around my body, filling me with warmth.
"I'm so sorry..." He whispers while he still hugs me tightly, not letting me go.
"But I'm sure they won't get divorced." He adds, still whispering but now looking into my puffy eyes.
I shrug my shoulders, not knowing how to answer on this.
"How's your sister dealing with this situation?" Shawn asks softly after a few minutes of silence.
"I- I have no idea... I just ran out of the house, not knowing where I'm going and for how long..." I answer, still having this crying voice and rosy cheeks.
"Your nose is red." He suddenly says out of nowhere and smiles at me.
I look at him confused but he still smiles.
"It's cute." He adds, making me blush.
"Thank you..." I answer quietly, looking down to the ground with a smile on my lips.
"I know they'll make it. I promise everything will be good in the end." Shawn whispers as he pulls me in for another hug but this one lasts longer than the others. Feels like he's never gonna let me go which is the best feeling i felt in a long time...