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City Of Love

City of Love (Personal Assistant AU—Reversed Roles)

A/N: So, in this imagine, Shawn is Y/n’s personal assistant and Y/N is the popstar. Andrew is still her manager, but Brian is a girl, and his name is Brianna. Haha, hope you like it

Summary: Shawn is Y/N’s assistant and he’s head over heels for her. Does she feel the same for him?

Warnings: Swear Words

There was no doubt in anyone’s mind that Shawn was in love with the Y/N L/N. It was a known fact. The team knew, the fans knew it, hell even Y/N herself knew it. And it wasn’t like he tried to hide it either. Not in the loving glances he sent to her. Not in the long hugs he pulled her into at the end of her shows. Not in the soft kisses he planted on her forehead when she was feeling extra stressed. He was completely transparent.

Y/N on the other hand was a different story. No one could really tell with her how she felt for him. And she did it on purpose. She couldn’t date her personal assistant. It would be too messy. Plus, he was her best friend. She couldn’t ruin that friendship for a relationship that might not even last.

So, when Shawn would give her those glances, she would roll her eyes at him and act oblivious. When he would pull her into those bear hugs, she would pat his back in a friendly way. And when he would kiss her on the forehead, she would brush it off as a kind act.

She was chastised by her friends, her team, and her family. “You can’t keep letting him wander around you like a lovesick puppy. Just put poor Shawn out of his misery. You have to tell him that you don’t feel that way about him.”

But she did feel that way about him. She just couldn’t. And she knew it was wrong to lead him on like she was, but she couldn’t do anything. She wanted him in her life. She wanted him in any way that she could get. And if that was just as a best friend/personal assistant then that was how it would have to be. And it wasn’t like he had ever told her about his true feelings for her. He had never actually said the words “I love you in more than a platonic way.” So, until that happened, she was perfectly fine with the way their relationship was.

*****

Shawn was mesmerized with the way she sung to the crowd so passionately. It honestly put him in a daze. “You’re so whipped,” Brianna laughed.

“Shut up,” he blushed. “If only I knew she felt the same. Does your best friend really have to be the most confusing women on this planet?” “I ask myself the same question every day. I’m not even sure how she feels about you. She hasn’t ever come out and explicitly said she likes or dislikes you. It’s almost like she doesn’t know if she should like you or not. She’s undecided. It’s weird and so unlike her. You know her probably better than me. You spend more time with her. She’s never indecisive. She always seems to know what she wants. It’s only when it comes to you that she doesn’t. I can’t tell if it’s a good or a bad thing.”

Shawn sighed. “Somedays I wonder if she even wants me here. And then others, it’s like I’m the only person that exists to her.”

Y/N finished her last song and came running off the stage. Shawn pulled her into one of his famous hugs while she patted his back. “You were amazing! Not that I don’t think every show is fantastic, but I think this one is your best one yet!”

“You say that every night,” she chuckled.

“Cause it’s true! It gets better every time you preform.”

She pulled away from the hug. “You’re only saying that because I am your boss.”

And there she went ruining a sweet moment. She always had to bring up her job around him and frankly it hurt his feelings. She was more than just his boss to him. She was his confidant, the person who knew him better than anyone else, the person who helped him through his anxiety.

She didn’t seem to notice the shift in his demeanor as Andrew patted her on the shoulder congratulating her. Brianna sent him a sympathetic smile and rubbed his arm.

This small gesture caught Y/N’s attention from the corner of her eye. She felt a small pang of jealously go through her, but it faded quickly when Shawn turned back to her and sent her one of his signature smiles.

*****

After showering and getting back on the tour bus, Y/N headed for the back of the bus towards her room. They were going to Paris the next day, the city of love. It had always been on Y/N’s bucket list to go there, but they had skipped it her last tour. To say she was excited was an understatement. She had even convinced Andrew to give them three extra days after her show in Paris for her and the team to explore. Andrew obliged even though everyone knew that he secretly wanted to explore France just as much as the rest of them.

“Knock, knock,” Shawn said outside her door.

“Come in.” She was laying on her bed reading a book in her sweatpants and one of Shawn’s old band t-shirts. And that was another thing that confused Shawn. She and Shawn would often sleep in the same bed together because they both enjoyed the comfort. Occasionally Shawn would lend her his shirts (which he thought she looked adorable in), and she would willingly accept. Which probably wasn’t an odd thing for best friends to do, but she rarely gave them back which pulled on Shawn’s heartstrings, making him think that maybe he had a chance.

She glanced up at him and felt her heart stop. He was shirtless, which wasn’t a new thing for her. But damn did he look fine tonight. His hair was a tousled mess, and it was so extremely attractive to her. She tried to hide her infatuation by glancing back down at her book, but she couldn’t focus on the words.

“Are you going to stay the night in here,” She asked him to try to seem nonchalant.

“Obviously! We still have that season of the bachelorette to finish! I’m so excited to see who she’s going to choose.”

Y/N shook her head at him. “And to think that three months ago you thought this show was obnoxious.” She thought it was sweet that he wanted to watch something with her.

“Hey, once it gets started it’s actually kind of entertaining. But at first glance it doesn’t seem that way.”

“Just quit lurking in my doorway, it’s rude. Get in this bed right now!”

She didn’t have to tell him twice. He was under her covers in the blink of an eye.

“So, Mr. Mendes, what’s on the schedule for tomorrow,” she questioned while she turned on the T.V. and hit play on the episode.

“You’ve got an online interview at 10:00 am and then you’ve got soundcheck at noon. The meet and greets at 4:30 and you’re show starts at 7:30 tomorrow. A little later than usual, but we’re not getting to Paris until like 11:00 am so…late show it is.”

She sighed laying her head on his bare chest and placing her book on her nightstand. “How would I ever do it without you? You’re the best. Thanks Shawn.”

Shawn hummed a your welcome and felt his heart rate increase. He hoped she wouldn’t be able to hear it thudding against his chest.

*****

“Y/N, honey. It’s time to wake up,” a soft voice filled the room, shaking her from her sleep. She sat up, her hair a mess, and her eyes half closed. Shawn let out a little chuckle. She was adorable.

“Sorry to wake you, but you’ve got that interview in an hour and I didn’t know how long you wanted to take to get ready.”

“You’re good Mr. Mendes! Thanks for always keeping me on schedule.” At this point she had stood from the bed and was walking towards him. She placed a kiss on his cheek as she walked towards the shower.

The second the door closed to the bathroom, Shawn went to the living quarters of the bus. “I saw that, you know,” a sly voice said from the corner of the room. Shawn turned to see Brianna.

“Saw what?” He could feel himself blushing.

“You walk out of her room. Her kissing your cheek. The basics.”

“Well, she kisses my cheek a lot, it’s nothing new. And we sleep in the same bed a lot. It’s honestly become rarer for us to not sleep in the same bed.”

A pregnant pause went through the room as they heard the shower in the background.

“I was thinking of ways to get her to confess her feelings to you. Or at least drop a hint of something. It’s getting so obnoxious seeing you follow her around like a puppy.”

“I’m listening.”

“In high school, she really liked this boy. But no one knew because she never acted like she did. Well anyways, one day we were playing spin the bottle and I was chosen to kiss him. She was insanely jealous and hardly talked to me the next couple days. I finally confronted her about it, and she told me she had a massive crush on him.

“I thought she was so mad at me. But she had distanced herself from me because apparently, she couldn’t get the image of me and him kissing out of her head. If she reacts the same way with you, it means she really likes you.”

Shawn hesitated. “Look, you’re an amazing girl, but I just don’t want to kiss anyone besides Y/N.”

Brianna laughed. “I have a boy that I’m talking to. I know the feeling. We don’t have to kiss, but we should make it seem like we’re flirting or something. Maybe you could hug me like you always hug her. Maybe a few forehead kisses, some holding hands, and voila, if she has feelings for you, all will be revealed. If she doesn’t, then she’ll probably try to encourage our relationship or something.” “It doesn’t hurt trying.”

They both turned their heads as they heard the door to Y/N’s room opening as she stepped out. A light blue blouse adorned her beautiful figure and complimented her eyes. Her hair lay in soft curls framing her face and Shawn couldn’t help but be breathless for a few seconds.

“Sorry, am I interrupting something?” Y/N asked as she stared between the two. Brianna had moved closer to Shawn to make it seem like they were having a more than friendly conversation before she walked in.

“Nope, not at all. Need help getting ready?” Brianna quickly asked to draw the attention away from Shawn who had his mouth slightly open as he stared at Y/N.

*****

“Oh my gosh Shawn, you’re hilarious,” Brianna had said while they ate lunch at the stadium where Y/N would be performing later that night.

Y/N looked across the way at Brianna and sent her a questioning glance. She hadn’t thought Shawn’s joke was funny enough to warrant a reaction like that. But that most likely meant that Brianna was flirting with Shawn. Which was a new thing.

A very new thing. Y/N wondered when her friend had developed this flirty relationship with her assistant. Before today, Brianna would always roll her eyes at Shawn’s cheesy jokes. Now she was sending googly eyes at him.

A pang of jealousy coursed through her. But she didn’t have much time to dwell on it before Andrew was walking over to the trio to tell them that Y/N’s sound check was supposed to be starting in ten minutes.

“Shawn, why didn’t you tell me sound check got moved to thirty minutes earlier?”

Shawn stared cheekily at Brianna. At this point, they had let the whole team in on their plot and everyone was working hard to play it off. They all wanted Y/N’s feelings to be revealed once and for all.

“I guess I just got distracted, sorry,” he sent a wink to Brianna that didn’t go unnoticed by Y/N.

She scoffed. “Well try to not to get distracted again. You are working right now, not trying to get a date for tonight.” She stood from the table and walked away calmly.

Shawn pointed his thumb after her and looked to Brianna. “She seems more pissed that I wasn’t doing my job than about our flirting.”

“Just give it a few more days. She’ll eventually crack. Either by threatening to fire you or telling you she loves you.”

Shawn’s eyes grew twice in size. “She wouldn’t actually fire me though. I’m basically as close to her as you are.”

“No, she’ll definitely fire you. But then she’ll rehire you once she’s calmed down a bit. You know how she is.”

That he did know. She was the most kind-hearted person he knew. She would do anything for anyone. But she was a very feisty women who wasn’t afraid to fight for what she believed in. And to top it all off, she had a mean sense of humor. And sometimes that could make her a little scary.

Shawn remembered the first time he ever met her. He thought she was going to fire him on the spot. He had bumped into her when she had been walking out of the recording studio and he had been walking in. It was his first day on the job and he had brought hot chocolate as a kind gesture.

The scorching hot chocolate had spilled all over her clothes. After looking down to assess the damage (her white shirt would probably have to be thrown in the trash) she glanced back up at Shawn. “Watch where you’re going,” she had scoffed.

Shawn felt his cheeks burn with embarrassment. “I am so, so, so sorry. I will pay for a new shirt. Please forgive me.”

She crossed her arms over her chest, reading his name tag. “So, you’re my new assistant. Looks like you’re off to a rough start. The shirt is 150 dollars. Cough it up,” she held out her hand, as if she was waiting for cash to be placed in it.

Shawn scrambled to get his wallet from his back pocket when he heard Y/N laughing. It was a melodic noise, but it surprised him. She hadn’t sounded angry. He dared a look at her.

“I’m sorry but the look on your face was priceless. Don’t worry about it, this shirt was only like 20 bucks and it’s a few years old. It might’ve been time to donate it anyway.”

Shawn was shocked. Her sudden change in demeanor threw him off guard.

“I’m Y/N by the way. And sorry if I scared you about that, but I have an awful sense of humor. Sometimes it’s just funny to be serious and play into the diva stereotype. I hope I can prove to you that I’m not actually like that. Forgive me?”

He stared at her for a few seconds as she held out her hand to him. “…I already knew who you were,” he chuckled. “You’re like my favorite celebrity so it’s really a huge honor to be working for you. And I’m the one that needs to be forgiven.” He reached out and shook her hand.

“Don’t worry, I forgave you the second I saw that smile. You should look into modeling.” And with that she brushed past him and walked into the bathroom no doubt to try and clean off the spill on her shirt.

*****

When Y/N ran off the stage after her performance that night, she was disappointed to not see Shawn standing right by the stage where he usually was. Instead, she heard sounds of laughter and rounded the corner to find Brianna and Shawn sitting on a couch and watching a show together.

“No way she said no! I totally thought he was the end all be all!”

Y/N was confused. She didn’t remember Shawn and Brianna ever being this close of friends. He had his arm around her shoulders and a blanket rested over their legs. Her head was on his shoulder.

Y/N was upset. Not only because she was jealous, but because her two best friends had somehow gotten close to each other overnight without her knowing. And to top it all off, they hadn’t even told her that their relationship was changing. It would’ve been a nice warning for Y/N before she got her heart broken.

Andrew observed Y/N’s reaction quietly from behind her. A smug smile played at his lips. Y/N stood there for only a few seconds, but he could tell she was not happy with the two’s proximity. She turned to walk back to the dressing room.

“Hey when they get out of their googly eye love land will you have both of them come to my dressing room. Looks like they forgot to include me in our after-show celebration,” she forced a smile onto her face that didn’t go unnoticed by Andrew.

As Y/N walked away, Brianna slid out from under Shawn’s arm and shudder. “Ew. That was weird.”

“Yea, seriously. Notice anything Andrew?” The two looked up at him.

“She just seems upset. I’m assuming you guys heard what she said to me?”

They both nodded. “Tell her we’ll meet her on the bus.”

Andrew sighed. “Are you kids sure this is a good idea? How long are we going to let this go on for?”

“Just until she does something about it.”

“Alright then. “

*****

Y/N walked onto the bus a half an hour later. After hearing that her two best friends had bailed on their tradition of celebrating after a show, she had broken down in the dressing room.

The show hadn’t gone as well as she had hoped. She had missed a few notes and being the perfectionist that she was, it really upset her. She craved one of Shawn’s hugs. He always noticed when she was feeling down about her performance. But instead, he was off swooning her best friend.

She dried her eyes and walked onto the bus, hoping they weren’t still red from crying. Brianna and Shawn were on the couch cuddling and asleep! Shawn had his arm wrapped around her middle and they looked so peaceful. It was hard to find a time where Shawn looked so relaxed. She didn’t even think he was that laid back with her.

And then it hit her. If they were both going to make the other person happy, she should quit being a jealous and selfish friend and let them do what they want. She wouldn’t try to force them into being around her if they didn’t want to be.

She felt a stinging sensation in her eyes, and she knew she was about to cry again. She lost her chance with Shawn and there was nothing she could do about it. She walked to her room, turning off the light and instantly falling asleep. She even forgot that the last episode of the Bachelorette was on that night!

*****

For their first day in Paris, Shawn had found a small Parisian café to eat breakfast in. He knew Y/N was somewhat fluent in French and she wanted to get the full experience. It originally was only going to be the two of them going to the café, but he decided that Brianna needed to come so they could keep up their act.

“Knock, knock,” Shawn said opening her door. He had a terrible night’s sleep. His insomnia flared up (she usually helped with that), and he was exhausted. He and Brianna had faked being asleep on the tour bus couch, but she hadn’t even spared them a thought. She had just walked to her room.

“Hey, you look tired.” She herself didn’t look to awake either. Her eyes were a little bloodshot, but makeup did a good job covering up the bags under her eyes. Her hair was flawless like always and she wore a white sundress. She was breathtaking.

“Yeah, I didn’t sleep too good last night.”

“Me either. I was planning on watching the last episode of The Bachelorette with my best friends, but y’all already watched it without me,” she chuckled to play it off as a joke, but he could hear the sadness seeping through her voice.

He scratched the back of his neck guiltily. Truth be told he didn’t really want to watch The Bachelorette without her, but Brianna convinced him it was a good idea. “Yea, sorry about that. I was just too excited to see who she chose. But I’ll watch it with you tonight if you’d like.”

“Yea, that sounds nice.”

There was an awkward lull in their conversation until Brianna popped up next to Shawn. Her hair was in perfect curls. Her makeup was flawless. And she was wearing a blue dress that complimented her eyes and red hair.

“You guys ready to go?”

Y/N tried to hide her surprise at the question. She assumed Shawn had invited her which was fine. She just had to act like it didn’t bother her. Shawn looked at Y/N shyly, trying to silently apologize.

“Yea, let’s go,” Y/N said brushing past Shawn and walking to the front of the bus.

*****

The café had only a few people in it when they arrived. “Bonjour!” Y/N said to the waitresses. They smiled at her, and she held a light conversation with them in French before they were seated. Shawn would never stop being impressed at the many talents she had.

Shawn and Brianna chose to sit across from each other leaving Y/N to sit by herself. She felt like the third wheel on a date. Funny how it was supposed to be just her and Shawn, but she’s the one who feels like the third wheel, not Brianna.

Y/N was quieter than usual which didn’t go unnoticed by her two best friends. But instead of bringing it up, they decided to let her fester in her emotions. She would eventually say something, they concluded.

But that went on for the entire day. They went sight-seeing in Paris with the rest of the team, and Y/N tried to avoid being around the two. She went to hang out with Connor, her photographer, who sent Shawn an evil eye. He looked after Y/N like his little sister. While he agreed that Y/N needed to fess up, he didn’t like the way she as being manipulated into doing it.

“Just ignore him,” Brianna whispered.

“Yea, ok.” That didn’t stop Shawn from feeling like a piece of shit for treating Y/N like this.

That night, Y/N got ready for bed hoping that Shawn would eventually come into her room to watch The Bachelorette, but that never happened.

*****

The next day went almost the same as the first. But by the last day, Shawn and Brianna were getting sick of pretending to like each other.

“You know what, scrap that dumb plan I made up a few days ago. Clearly, it’s not working and it’s just making her more and more upset. Which is not something we need. I never wanted to hurt her feelings and I’m sure you didn’t either. Take her to the Eiffel Tower tonight. Just you two. No one else.”

“…I’m guessing you’re going to say I should confess my love to her like in all those cliché love stories,” he chuckled. “Well, it’s better than your first plan.”

“Hey, you agreed to that!”

“Yea, yea. More like I got pressured into it.”

Brianna crossed her arms as Y/N walked out of her room. She was wearing a brown cardigan over a light blue dressed. She stared between the two before walking towards the small kitchen and pulling out some cereal and a bowl.

Brianna tilted her head towards Y/N, insinuating that Shawn should talk to her. She walked away and Shawn went to the kitchen.

“Hey, what if I took you out for dinner tonight?”

“Well actually I just wanted to stay in and rest.”

“Yea, but you can do that all day tomorrow when we’re heading to the next city.”

“Yea, but my bed is so warm and cozy, and I just want to lay down in it.”

“Nope, you’re coming with me. I’ve barely spent any time with you this whole trip.”

Shawn grabbed Y/N’s hand and pulled her towards the exit of the bus. She pulled back with a force just as strong.

“No! If you wanted to spend time with me, you and Brianna would stop making me feel like a third wheel. I don’t want to even be around you guys because you leave me out. It’s not fun!”

“Brianna isn’t coming. It’ll just be me and you.”

Y/N raised her eyebrows at him. “Uh huh. And Brianna is ok with this?”

“Yea, why wouldn’t she be?”

“Just seems like you two have to do everything together since we got to Paris.”

Shawn turned away to hide his smile. Maybe their first plan had worked a little. Y/N definitely did seem a little jealous.

“Well, I promise she’s not coming. Let me take you to dinner and we can go see the top of the Eiffel Tower. It’ll be fun. Please,” he used his puppy dog eyes on her. The ones he knew she couldn’t resist.

“Fine,” she rolled her eyes, but was secretly excited for their little outing.

*****

“Notre Dame was so pretty. I think it’s been my favorite place so far.”

“Yea Notre Dame was cool. I just wished that I got to spend more time with you,” Shawn said as he took a bite out of his food.

Y/N scoffed. “If you wanted to spend more time with me, you would’ve spent less time flirting with Brianna.”

“Hey! It’s not like you weren’t flirting up a storm with Connor!” That wasn’t an entirely false statement. Y/N had tried to make Shawn jealous, but she didn’t think it had worked.

“Please Shawn,” she waved her hand at him, “he’s like a brother to me. You know that.”

“Ok and you’re like a sister to me! Brianna…” he paused. He didn’t know why he had said that. In a round-a-bout type of way, he was trying to insinuate to her that his relationship with her was like her relationship with Connor. They acted like siblings but would flirt. Connor knew Y/N was off limits though because Shawn had already staked a claim.

“Brianna what?” She was red in the face from arguing with him.

“She’s like a friend to me. I mean I don’t really know her that well. I spend more time with you than with her.”

“It sure didn’t seem like it this week. You know what though, I think we need to leave. Let’s just leave this argument in the past and have a good time tonight. You ready to go?”

Shawn nodded his head and placed a bill down on the table. Y/N tried to beat him to it but he said, “Nuh uh. I’m paying for this.”

*****

The air was cold at the top of the Eiffel Tower and Y/N shivered in her dress as they stared out at the city lights. It was a beautiful sight, but Shawn couldn’t tear his eyes away from Y/N’s figure. She looked so free and happy. Something he hadn’t seen on her the entire week. He knew he was to blame for that. It was now or never that he told her his feelings.

“Here, you look cold,” he draped his jacket around her shoulders.

“Thanks.”

“Look Y/N, the real reason I took you up here tonight is because I have to tell you something. It’s kind of a big deal. It’s a secret I’ve been keeping from you since I first met you,” he grabbed her hand and she glanced at him.

“I know Shawn. I know that you used to love me, but now your feelings have shifted, and you want to figure out whatever it is that you have with Brianna. I’m not offended or hurt or anything. And if talking to mean is your way to find closure, I’m here for you. And if you want my advice,” she paused and looked back out at the city, “I would resolve the fight you two were in before we left.”

Shawn stared at her dumbstruck. She was letting him go so easily. No fight. Nothing. That surely meant that she didn’t love him.And she already knew that he loved her. It wasn’t like he hadn’t made it obvious, but he just thought she didn’t know.

Shawn didn’t say anything for a few seconds and Y/N tried to stop the tears from coming to her eyes. She had once again lost something to her best friend and she once again, couldn’t be mad at her for it.

“You know, I always pictured myself up here with a man I had fallen head over heels with,” she took a deep breath. It was now or never. She had nothing to lose. “I guess I just didn’t realize that he would’ve fallen for my best friend instead.” Shawn’s mouth opened in shock. “I was such an idiot. I thought that by hiding my feelings and waiting for you to confess first to me I would have it confirmed that you loved me back. I wouldn’t have to make that leap of faith. But I waited too long, and I lost my chance.” She looked into his eyes, into the very depths of his soul.

And at the top of the City of Love, she whispered, “I love you, Shawn. As more than a friend. More than you’ll ever know. And I am so, so sorry that I was a coward about all of this. I cost us a beautiful relationship. But I want you and Brianna to be happy. It’ll give me peace of mind knowing that I didn’t screw everything up.”

And with that, she pulled her hand away from Shawn’s and turned to walk away. Shawn went after her. “Where are you going?! We’re at the most perfect spot in the city! You can’t just drop that on me and walk away!”

She turned around. “Please Shawn, I can’t have you doing this. Don’t get my hopes up. I’m tired and I want to go back to the bus.”

“Y/N wait—”

“Please! I can’t do this tonight!”

He wrapped his arms around her waist and turned her around to face him. He didn’t waste another moment before capturing her lips in his. She wrapped her hands around his neck and tugged on his hair. She finally pulled back, slightly pushing him away.

“I love you ok. If you just would’ve let me talk, I would’ve gotten to that point. This whole week me and Brianna have been trying to make you jealous,” he chuckled at her appalled face. “We just wanted you to break first and confess to me. We realized we had taken it too far when you distanced yourself from us. Me and Brianna were arguing because she was trying to pressure me into telling you my feelings tonight. I promise she is just a friend. Nothing more.”

There was a long pause and Shawn watched something shift in Y/N’s eyes. “You are such an idiot! You know what, you’re fired!” She stared at him with crossed arms, a red face, and angry eyes.

Shawn couldn’t tell if she was being serious or if she was joking.

“You’ve pushed me too far this time. That was so dumb of you! I don’t care if you say you love me, you wouldn’t have done that if you did! I expect your things to be packed up. You’re leaving at the next city!”

Shawn scrunched his eyes at her, and she turned away, starting to walk down the steps of the Eiffel Tower.

By the time they had made it to the bus (which was in walking distance), Y/N hadn’t spoken a word to Shawn. Even though he had begged and begged for forgiveness.

When they got on the bus, Brianna waited for them on one of the couches. “So…I’m guessing by Y/N’s face it didn’t go too well,” she said to Shawn.

“NO! He’s fired! And how dare you do that to me!”

Brianna made eye contact with Shawn and her eyes widened when she realized that Y/N wasn’t joking.

“Woah Y/N, think about this for a second. Shawn is your best friend.”

“Yea and you guys are such idiots to think that I would actually fire you!” She turned around laughing at Shawn.

He rolled his eyes. “I guess we kind of deserved that. But I hate your sense of humor.”

“Oh, shut up! You love it like you love me!”

“Hmmm, I don’t know about that. We were having a sweet moment and you had to ruin it.”

“Maybe just be transparent next time and I won’t have to use my ‘mean humor’ on you.” She threw her (his) jacket at him with a smile on her face and walked towards her room.

“You better go be with your girl,” Brianna sent him a wink and he rolled his eyes at her.

“Thanks for everything!”

“Don’t mention it. It is the city of love, it was bound to happen.”

A/N: lol what is this garbage. I loved the plot but executed it so badly. Thanks for reading anyways. Feedback is appreciated.

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shawnmendesbuddy · 2 years

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Realizations: Doubts Part 2

Summary: Reader is tasked with the job of being Shawn’s attorney for his lawsuit in a plagiarism case.

Warnings: Swearing, cheating, angst

Part 1

Two years had passed since the dreadful fight between Y/N and Shawn. After he walked out of the door, he also walked out of Y/N’s life.

Two days after the breakup there was a knock on her door. Brian stood on her porch holding a box full of her stuff that she had left at Shawn’s. He looked sheepish (but anyone would if they were sent with this task).

Brian and Y/N had met through Shawn, but they instantly clicked and became close friends. Y/N and Shawn always made sure to keep Brian out of their arguments so that he wouldn’t have to pick a side, but now that they were broken up, it seems that Shawn didn’t care about following this rule anymore. However, Brian was Shawn’s friend first so Y/N wasn’t going to fight over him.

“Woah, you look like shit,” Brian chuckled to lighten the mood, but Y/N shot him a death stare.

“Yea well that’s what happens when you break up with someone who you thought would be your end all be all. But thanks for the compliment. Is this the stuff that I left at his house?”

Y/N felt a pang of sadness jolt through her. She knew she should probably grab all of Shawn’s hoodies to return to him while Brian was here.

“Yea. He said that it hurt too much to look at.”

Y/N sighted. “Let me go grab his stuff while you’re here. I don’t want to have bring it over myself either.”

“No, don’t! He ummm he said that he didn’t want his stuff back.”

Y/N was confused, but nodded her head taking the box that Brian held out.

“I’m gonna miss you Bri.”

Brian smiled sadly at her. “Hey, it’s not the end of our friendship. I just don’t think we should talk for a few months, you know. Just til you both have some time to heal.”

Y/N nodded and Brian pulled her in for a hug. “You know he never wanted it to end this way. You can still fix this,” he whispered.

“I…he was right. I wasn’t spending as much time as I should with him. I got too busy. Maybe will find each other again someday, but for now, we both need to focus on our stuff.”

“You know he said the same thing.”

Y/N chuckled. “Guess that’s one of the things we can agree on then. Tell him I wish the best for him.”

“Of course.”

Y/N sat in her office pouring over a case when her phone rang. She quickly picked it up. “Hello this is Y/N L/N from L/N Law Firms. What can I do for you?”

“Umm hi. It’s been a while. This is Andrew.”

Y/N furrowed her eyebrows in confusion. “I’m sorry. Andrew who?”

“Oh! Sorry! This is Andrew Gertler. I’m Shawn’s manager.”

Y/N felt a pang of guilt run through her. She and Andrew hadn’t been particularly close, but Shawn had seen him as a brotherly figure and he was very fond of him.

“Oh my gosh! I’m so sorry! How are you?!”

“I’m doing ok. And actually that’s why I called you. I have a huge favor to ask and you can decline, but I would really appreciate if you didn’t.”

“Alright. What can I help you with?”

“Well, you probably won’t want to take this case, but we recently decided that Shawn should do a duet with this new upcoming artist. She agreed to it, but after the duet, she released new music. But it wasn’t hers. She stole Shawn’s music. But now it’s gotten into legal matters and…well Shaw was wondering if you would be the attorney for his case. He said that you are the best and he knows that he has a good chance at winning with you.”

Y/N silently sighed. If she took the case, the press would go haywire. She could see the headlines forming in her head.

Shawn Mendes’ ex-girlfriend Y/N L/N is his attorney for his court case. Are they together again? And should she be allowed to be the leading attorney in the trial?

“Look, I know it’s risky with your law firm and the media and everything, but if you win this trail think about all the good publicity it would bring to you. And we should win because all the evidence shows that Shawn is in the right. So what do you say?”

“I need time to think about it. How long until you need to know by?”

“Umm by tomorrow morning. The trial is supposed to take place in six months in LA.”

“Alright. I’ll call you when I’ve decided. Sound good?”

“Perfect. Thank you so much Y/N. I know it’s a huge favor, but Shawn wanted to ask you first before anyone else.”

“I…don’t know how to feel about that, but thanks and I’ll get back to you. Bye.”

Y/N hung up her phone and rubbed her temples. It had a been a stressful two years setting up her own law firm and managing it by herself.

She had been in lots of student debt and had just barely paid it all off. If she accepted this proposal, she would make lots of money. More than she had seen in her whole career since it was a high profile case.

Regardless, she didn’t want the paparazzi all over her again. It had taken a while after breaking up with Shawn to get rid of the paparazzi and the people that wanted to work for her only because she knew Shawn.

It had even been hard for her to move on from Shawn, because most of the men she went on dates with were nuts using her to get to Shawn. Needless to say, breaking up with him and caused her more grief than she thought it would. Her life became more difficult and she struggled to navigate it.

She heard a knock at her door and then it opened. In walked her boyfriend Grant. He was one of the only good things that had happened in her life. He wasn’t with her for the fame or to get a connection to Hollywood.

“What’s up babe?” He went behind her chair and rubbed her shoulders. He placed a kiss on her head.

“I’m just got asked to do a case and I’m not sure if I should accept. It’s going to be tricky and it’s going to cause some stress.”

“Well if there’s anything I know about you, it’s that you can do it.”

“Yea. Maybe I should just take it. It’s going to pay really good.”

“Well then go for it.”

She nodded. “You know what, you’re right. I’m gonna call them up really fast and accept. Just give me a minute and I’ll be out to the car.”

He nodded his head as she picked up her phone redialing Andrew. “Y/N, hey.”

“I’ll do it. When do you want to meet up to discuss everything?”

“I know it’s soon, but could you meet on Sunday. I’ll get you a first class flight to LA by tomorrow morning so you can get settled in. Does that work for you?”

“Sounds great!”

“Oh and Y/N, I know that you and Shawn broke up two years ago, but there might be some old feelings involved. I just ask that you keep it professional.”

Y/N sighed. “Andrew, I don’t know how Shawn feels. I haven’t spoken to him since that night. Regardless though, what I do know is how I feel. And I have a boyfriend who I’m very serious about. So I can assure you that there will be no feelings involved on my part.”

Andre nodded his head on his side of the phone even though Y/N couldn’t see it. “Well…I can’t say the same for Shawn. Look, let’s just say that he still is hung up on you. The break up really ruined him. Just go easy on him and…don’t tell him you have a boyfriend. I don’t want him stressed more than he already is.”

Y/N grimaced. She knew that Shawn hadn’t had a girlfriend since her. Or hadn’t made one public at least. She had a slight suspicion that it might’ve been because he wasn’t over her, but she wasn’t that conceded.

“Andrew if he asks me if I have a boyfriend, I’m going to tell him. I don’t want him thinking I’m single and trying to pursue me.”

“I understand. Just don’t bring it up. I’m sure he won’t either. I’ve told him to keep it professional.”

“Ok. I get it. Umm get me a flight for 10:00 am tomorrow. Or at least as close as you can to that. Thanks Andrew.”

“Yep. See you soon.”

The next day, Y/N was on a flight across the country to help her ex-boyfriend win a lawsuit. The whole thing was comical.

Andrew picked her up at the airport and took her to a restaurant where she would be meeting up with Shawn and some other people from his team. To say she was nervous was an understatement.

When they arrived, the host led them to a private room that had been reserved for them. Shawn was already there and the minute he saw her, he stood from the his chair, breathless.

All his old emotions came rushing back and he didn’t know if he should hug her or kiss her. He chose the former because he didn’t want to make it awkward.

He embraced her in his long arms, inhaling her scent. “Y/N! Thank you so much for agreeing to help me! I know you’re going to win this for me.”

“Yeah, anything for you.” She couldn’t help but feel a twinge of guilt for feeling so comfortable in his arms.

Lunch was a long and grueling meal full of Shawn trying to catch up with Y/N while she tried to do her job. Needless to say, Y/N was happy to be leaving back to her law firm the next day.

“I’ll keep in contact with you guys and we’ll meet up once every few weeks to the trial. Sound good?”

“Sounds perfect,” Shawn said with a large smile on his face.

Shawn held the door open for her as they walked out of the restaurant and grabbed her elbow, pulling her aside. “I know you’re here for business, but I…it’s just been so long and I want to catch up. Me and some of the other people on my team are going to the beach tonight. Do you wanna maybe come?”

Y/N didn’t know what to say to him. As much as she missed him, she didn’t want a relationship with him. She was happy with her boyfriend. If Shawn and her were going to be anything to each other, it was going to be friends at the most. But Y/N knew he wanted more than that.

“I didn’t pack a swimsuit. Have fun though!” Y/N went to turn away to call an Uber, but Shawn grabbed her hand again.

“Well let me take you to get one then. My treat since you’re doing me a huge favor.”

“Well you are paying me for it, so it’s not really a favor,” she chuckled.

His face flushed red. “Well you should still let me buy you a bathing suit. Please,” his eyes did the familiar begging face that she remembered him doing when they were dating. He knew that during their relationship, she couldn’t resist his begging face.

“Fine. But I owe you one. I’ll buy you dinner or something at the beach.”

Shawn shook his head. “Just let me do this one thing for you.”

Shawn told his team that he was going to take Y/N shopping and now they were at The Grove in a swim wear shop. Y/N had no idea what she was looking for, but she knew that it was a really expensive store so her plan was to go for the cheapest thing.

“I know what you’re thinking, but it doesn’t matter the price, promise. Get whatever you want.”

Y/N just nodded secretly wondering how he still knew what she was thinking by simply glancing at her.

After looking around the store for a while, Y/N settled a on a red high waisted bikini. It wasn’t too expensive and she knew it would look good on her. She pulled it off the rack and showed it to Shawn.

“Are you sure that you want to buy this? I still feel really bad,” Y/N smiled sheepishly at him.

“Of course! Plus, you’ll look great in it,” and he sent her a wink.

Another pang of guilt shot through her along with butterflies that appeared in her stomach. She realized that she probably shouldn’t have been out with Shawn without other people around, but she wasn’t thinking rationally. Her mind was taken back to when they were in a relationship and her old feelings that had been dormant had started to return.

***

When she returned to her law firm on Monday, her boyfriend confronted her when they went for a lunch date.

“So you say you’re on a business trip, but really you go and hangout with you’re ex, he buys you a swimming suit at the mall and then takes you to the beach?!”

Y/N sighed. She wasn’t allowed to tell her boyfriend who her clients were due to the law and all, but he should’ve at least trusted her to know that she wouldn’t cheat on him like he was accusing her of.

“Grant, it’s not like that! He’s my client ok! He’s in a lawsuit with another celebrity. His manger asked me to be his attorney because he knows me and knows I’ll do a good job.

“Shawn invited me to go to the beach with his friends, but since it was a business trip, I wasn’t expecting to go to the beach. I didn’t have a swimsuit so Shawn offered to buy me one. I wasn’t trying to sneak around behind your back.”

Grant sighed. “I’m sorry for assuming, but it’s hard knowing that he’s your ex. I mean have you seen the man,” he scoffed to himself, “of course you have. He’s built like Hercules. I…I just feel like I can’t compete.”

He sat down in the chair across from Y/N and put his head in his hands.

“But I’m with you, not him. He’s my ex-boyfriend. You are my current boyfriend. I’m sorry that the paps made it look like something it wasn’t, but you just have to trust me ok? They’re probably be lots more photos of me and him coming in the future, but I promise that I love you, not him.”

Y/N’s life became extremely hectic in the months leading up to the trial. She flew out to LA at least once every two weeks. However, she made sure that she scheduled things for after her meetings so Shawn couldn’t try to drag her along with him wherever he went.

In fact, she was so good at avoiding spending time with him outside of their business meet ups that Andrew even pulled her aside to talk about it.

“So why have you been avoiding Shawn?”

Y/N scoffed. “He’s not my boyfriend anymore. We hardly even have a friendship. To me he’s just my client. Plus, I don’t really want to be in the public eye.”

“That’s understandable, but he was going though a depressive phase and since you came back into his life, it’s the happiest I’ve seen him. You should at least try to be friends with him. I mean come on, the man even bought a bathing suit for you. He clearly misses you,” he folded his arms across his chest.

“I feel bad, I really do. But again, I need to keep this professional. My boyfriend didn’t like it the last time I hung out with Shawn. And I don’t want to risk our relationship for a friendship with a client,” she turned her back on him and walked away.

The week before the lawsuit case, Y/N went to finalize her plans with Shawn and his team.

“So the facts that we mainly need to focus on that will be the foundation of our argument is that she had access to this song and you gave her a copy. It’s simple. We should win this,” Y/N said more to herself than anyone else. To be honest, she was feeling really nervous with a high profile case such as this.

“I know you’ll do great Y/N.”

After the meeting the team went to get drinks and Y/N retreated to her hotel. She heard a knock on the door and hurried to answer it. Shawn stood on the other side.

“Hey…I feel like I’ve hardly talked to you since this whole thing started. Just wanted to see how you’re doing.”

“What do you mean? We’ve talked lots.”

Shawn chuckled and pushed his way into the room, closing the e door and sitting on the couch. “You know what I mean. We’ve only talked about business. But I want to know what you’ve been up to these past two years.”

Y/N sat on the opposite side of the couch from Shawn. The TV light illuminated his face and she smiled softly to herself. He was really handsome.

“Well, I started my own law firm, but you know that. And yea, I’ve been really invested in being a good lawyer.”

Shawn nodded his head. “I should’ve never left the house that night. But gosh babe! You don’t even know how bad I was hurting! I just wanted to be with you! But looking back I realize where I went wrong.”

Y/N shifted uncomfortably on the couch. They were entering into dangerous territory and she didn’t like it.

“I just feel like you deserve to know that I was going to propose,” he chuckled to himself as Y/N gasped, feeling the air being knocked out of her lungs.

“I had it all planned out. It was going to happen two days after we broke up. I have still have the ring. I couldn’t bring myself to get rid of it. I kept telling myself that one day we would cross paths again.”

Y/N was too stunned to speak so Shawn continued staring into the depths of her beautiful eyes. “I haven’t been with anyone seriously since you. But I still feel like you should know that Camilla,” the girl that Shawn was suing,”well me and her had a fling. It was only for the time that I was working with her. It meant nothing though. I know we weren’t together, but it still felt so wrong. It felt like I betrayed you.”

Y/N still didn’t speak. Her old feelings for him boiling over. She started to cry. She was hit with the realization that she was still in love with him and wanted nothing more than to be with him, but she had a boyfriend.

“Oh shit babe! I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to make you cry! Did I overwhelm you?!” He scooted closer to her and wiped her tears off her cheeks.

“Hey, hey. It’s okay. If you feel the same I need you to tell me because I can’t keep living like this. I need to know. I need to move on with my life.”

Y/N shook her head. “I was so horrible to you. I just let you leave. I…I was so selfish. I’m so sorry that I did that to you.”

She looked up and Shawn was inches away from her face. His breath was mixing with hers and the next thing she knew was Shawn’s lips on hers.

He tasted just like she remembered, but she quickly pushed him off of her. He liked at her confused, eyebrows furrowed.

“Did I read the situation wrong?”

“Shawn I have a boyfriend,” she whispered into the stale night air.

Shawn inhaled and quickly pulled back from her. She missed the warmth of his touch.

“So…wow okay. Umm this is really awkward. I’m so sorry. I really thought that you hadn’t moved on from me,” he sighed. “And here I was pouring my heart out to the girl that I love. Telling her I felt guilty for kissing a girl who wasn’t her when she’s been in a serious relationship.”

“Shawn,” she reached for him, but he pulled away.

“I think I’m going to go. Have a nice night,” he stood up from the couch and watching asked out on her once again.

Y/N and Shawn hardly talked in the days leading up to the trial. Even after the jury had decided that Camilla had in fact plagiarized his music, they only shared a soft ‘congratulations.’

Y/N left promptly after the trial was over back to her hometown. She knew that she needed to break up with her boyfriend even if Shawn and her didn’t end up together. She realized she was in love with him.

But when she went to Grant’s house, she saw him making out with another girl on his couch.

“What the hell is going on here?!”

Grant shot up pulling away from the girl. “Shit! Babe you weren’t supposed to be back for another day!”

“Well you weren’t supposed to be kissing another girl so I guess we both are surprised! Goodbye Grant, have a nice life!” She slammed the door shut and took a breath of relief.

Even though she was sad that Grant hadn’t been faithful to her, she knew that her heart never belonged to him in the first place.

“Hey Shawn, it’s Y/N. I know you’re in your hotel room and you probably don’t want to talk to me, but I…I broke up with my boyfriend.

“And I’m not saying that just because I’m using use as my safety net. When you kissed me that night, all the feelings and emotions came rushing back. I want to try and make this work if you’re willing to.”

She waited for a few minutes. Nothing. And then finally the door opened and a shirtless, puff eyed, but smiling Shawn came out into the hotel hallway.

“You really mean that? Cause if you do, I’m ready to pick up where we left off. I’m ready to be engaged. And I’m sorry if that’s too forward but—“

He felt a pair of lips press onto him and he wrapped his arms around her waist. “Marrying you is all I’ve ever wanted. We’re going to make this work. I’ll move my law firm to LA. Hell I’ll even quit if I have to. I just want to be with you.”

Shawn smiled at her as he heard the words fall from her lips. “You’re all I’ve ever wanted. Let’s get married.”

A/N: Sorry it took me so long to write a part two. I’ve had no motivation. Anyways, hope you enjoyed. I know it’s really sucky, but oh well. Please give me feedback and tell me if there are any mistakes. Thanks!

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