《Soulmates | S.M.》42
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I unzipped the black garment bag that was laid down on top of the grey comforters in Shawn and I's bedroom. I took the dress out of the bag and brought it with me into the bathroom, hanging it onto the towel rack next to the shower. I took off the fluffy robe I was wearing and slipped on the dress. I pulled the sleeves up and allowed the lace fabric of the dress to rest on my shoulders.
I looked at myself in the mirror and fluffed the dress a bit, walking back into the bedroom to look at the dress in the vertical mirror that hung on the wall. It still fit perfectly like I glove, surprisingly. I was actually doubtful that the dress was going to still fit after all this time because the amount of food I've eaten over the past year or so raises some eyebrows.
I started shimmying around in the dress, happy that I managed to keep the dress in the same condition that I bought it in.
I was in the middle of practicing walking around with the dress on when I heard the front door open downstairs and someone walk into the condo. "Alanaaaaaaaa" Shawn called out.
My eyes widened. "shit" I mumbled to myself. "UH SHAWN STAY DOWNSTAIRS" I yelled.
"WHY?" He yelled back. I then heard his footsteps coming up the stairs. "DON'T YOU MISS ME?"
I started to scramble. I ran to the bathroom and locked the door behind me. I quickly got out of the dress, put it back onto the hanger that was hung on the towel rack, then wrapped myself into the robe again. I walked out of the bathroom, swiftly opening and closing the bathroom door behind me.
Shawn was sitting at the foot of the bed, next to the protective bag that I needed to hide the dress. "Hi honeeyy" He smirked, his eyebrows raised.
"Heyyy lovebuugg" I imitated his tone.
"Whatcha doin'?"
"Nothing" I walked over to where he was sitting and wrapped my arms around his neck. He lifted his head to be able to look at me and I leaned down and placed a small kiss on his lips.
He pouted. "That's it? I haven't seen you in like three days and all you give me is a teeny weeny kiss?"
I shook my head then leaned down giving him a more passionate and heartfelt kiss.
He smiled and pulled away. "That's much better" I smiled back at him, kissing the top of his brown, curly head. I pulled away, grabbed the garment bag next to him, then ran to the bathroom.
"Heyyy. Where are you going?" I could hear the pout in his voice.
I closed and locked the bathroom door and placed the dress back in the bag. I went back out into the room and headed for the bedroom door. I felt Shawn's presence behind me so I turned around. "Why are you following me?"
"What's in the bag"
"Something you aren't allowed to see for a while"
Shawn scrunched his eyebrows. "What?"
"I do" I hinted, giving him a wink and a pat on the head before continuing my route to the basement. "Stay there" I said loudly, making my way down the stairs.
"OH" He exclaimed when I was already halfway to the basement. I hung the dress back in the storage closet and made my way back upstairs. Shawn was sitting on the couch in the living room so I went over and sat next to him.
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He pulled me in for a hug, resting his chin on the top of my head. "Mmm. I missed this. I missed you"
I smiled, clasping his fingers into mine. "I missed you too"
"Señorita comes out tonight" He announced.
"Oh really? That's exciting. You two are going to break the internet"
He chuckled. "We have to go on Instagram live in a bit for it. Do you wanna be in it?"
"I'd be honored to" I pulled away from him, rested my elbow on the top part of the couch, and watched as he pulled out his phone from his red hoodie to check the time.
"Gerty said we have to do it about an hour before the release time, which means that we have a bit of free time. Want to watch a movie?"
"Sure" I reached over to the coffee table and grabbed the remote. "What do you want to watch?" I asked.
"Anything you'd like"
'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?" I suggested, happily.
"What is up with you and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory? I feel like you watched it at least ten times since I've seen you"
"Since Netflix added it, I've been taking advantage. Charlie is my favorite childhood movie. Have you seen it?"
"No"
I gasped, shocked that he hasn't seen the movie. "Then that settles it. We're watching Charlie and four other obnoxious children go to a chocolate factory with a weirdo who probably has mental problems"
"Great description. I'm intrigued"
I pressed play then sat back on the couch. I felt a pair of eyes watching me as my eyes stayed on the screen. I looked over at Shawn, his hazel eyes glowing brightly towards me. I stared back at him and his lips slowly started to curl.
Then, his head went back and he started laughing. "I'm sorry" He panted, out of breath.
"What?" I asked, the corners of my lips started to curl.
"Nothing. I just- The way you were looking at me. You looked so confused. It was great"
I put my right foot up onto the couch cushion and rested my head on my knee. Shawn brought his right hand to my hair and tucked a strand of it behind my left ear.
"Can I hug you?"
I grinned. "Why do you need to ask?"
I moved towards him, sitting myself on top of his lap as he stretched his legs out onto the couch. I wrapped my legs around his waist while my arms hugged his torso. Shawn's arms wrapped around my torso, his hands resting on the small of my back. I rested my head on his left shoulder and he reciprocated the action.
We immediately melted into each other's warmth and we stayed silent for a little while before Shawn's phone started ringing next to us. I pulled away from him and Shawn answered the call.
"Hey Gerty, is it time?" Shawn continued to nod his head while Andrew talked him through some stuff. "Yeah, I already asked her"
"Okay, sounds good" He hung up the phone then went onto Instagram.
"Sooo. We're going to go live and we're going to get Camila to get on with us"
"Sounds good" I sat closer to Shawn and he pressed the button to go live.
As more and more people started to come on, the comments started piling in.
"Hey guys" Shawn said. "I'm trying to add Camila to the live" He pressed a button on the screen. "It says she's unable to join. I'm not exactly sure how to do this, this live thing. Hold on, I'm trying to figure out how to get Camila in here"
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"Here let me see" I looked at the screen and there was a button that said that you can add people onto it. "I think she has to request to go on?"
Shawn looked at me. "Honey, can you call Andrew?"
Then a notification went on the screen that Camila started a livestream. "Hold on. Camila started a live"
"Here. Can I see your phone?" I handed him my phone, he turned it on, and FaceTimed Camila.
She answered and Shawn faced the screen towards the camera. Camila started laughing. "Oh my gosh. I don't know what's happening right now"
"Guys this is bad. I don't understand how we don't know how to do this" Shawn said. "Camila, I invited you to be on the live video. Go check to see if you got it"
"I'll check right now!"
I looked at the screen the whole time, Shawn doing the same. "Woah. 4 thousand people requested to join the live" I said, amazed.
Shawn looked at the requests and furrowed his eyebrows. "We're struggling right now. We really don't know how to do this"
"Okay. Why don't we just talk about the song through the FaceTime. We're doing it, this is how we're doing it"
"Alright" Shawn agreed.
"So. The video is out right now. That's so cool"
"The video isn't out yet. Camila has no idea what's going on. The video comes out in an hour"
"I'm going to go answer some questions on Youtube!" Camila announced.
"Okay guys. So here's what's going to happen. Camila is going to go answer some questions on Youtube and Alana and I will stick on here to answer questions. Is that alright with you?" He looked over at me.
"Mhm" I smiled.
"Bye Instagram" She blew kisses to the camera. Shawn and I said bye to Camila and started to look through the comments.
"Go ask some questions!" Shawn commented.
I rested my head on Shawn's shoulder as we waited for questions to come in.
"How did Alana react to Señorita?" He read the question out loud. I looked at the phone screen to see Shawn looking down at me. I looked up, making eye contact with him and grinned.
"Well" I started. "I listened to the song and I absolutely loved it. The music video was.. interesting to say the least"
"In conclusion" Shawn continued. "She freaked out"
"All right. Next question" I changed the subject. "How long did it take to make the song?" I read.
"Around ten months, I believe? A really long time"
"Will you be singing Señorita when you come back on tour in March?" I continued to read the questions as they popped up on the screen.
"I don't know yet" Shawn answered. "Maybe?"
We sat in silence, reading the comments. "Which is better?" Shawn spoke up. "If I Can't Have You or Señorita?"
"Ooo that's difficult" I replied. "I love both but I'd have to say 'If I Can't Have You' because it's more personal to me"
"Give us some fun facts about the music video!" I read, excitedly.
"How am I going to do this without spoiling it?" Shawn thought for a second. "Oh! When Camila and I were filming, whenever there was a stressful scene to film, we would just yell and scream. It truly helps actually. Relieves the pressure and pushes it off your chest"
"Thanks for the tip, Dr. Mendes. We appreciate it. Why did Señorita take so long to put together?"
"I'm actually not sure. I think it was the brainstorming process that was the most difficult. Camila and I were actually wanting to do 'I Know What You Did Last Winter' but our labels didn't think it'd be good idea at the time"
"Alana. How's your relationship with Camila?"
"I love Camila. She's a sweetheart. While Shawn was gone in Vegas a couple days ago, she actually came over and we bonded"
Shawn smiled at me. "I'm glad"
I smiled back at him, staring deep into his eyes. His eyes moved from my eyes to my lips. Shawn was about to lean in when I stopped him.
"Hold your horses cowboy" I looked at the phone screen. "111 thousand people are watching" I raised my eyebrows.
He shook his head and chuckled. "She always does this. Ruins a perfectly good moment" He said to the camera.
I scoffed. "You just choose the wrong moments" I scrunched my nose and rested my head on his shoulder once again and went back to reading the comments.
"Show us the butterfly tattoo" I read aloud.
I took the phone from Shawn and he took off his red hoodie to reveal a white tank top. He grabbed the phone from me and moved the camera so that it showed his left arm.
"That's the tattoo" He said. "I'm slowly growing to love it" He brought the phone back up to where we were both in the frame.
Shawn looked at the clock that hung on the wall and saw that there was five minutes till twelve. "Alright guys. We have time for one more question and then you guys should go watch the video! The question could be about anything"
Shawn and I looked through the comments and the questions. "What's your favorite thing about each other?" Shawn read the last question.
"Can I go first?" Shawn looked at me.
"Go for it"
"My favorite thing about Alana is how understanding and forgiving she is. You really have to know her for awhile to understand what I'm talking about but when stuff would happen, she'd forgive you no matter what. That's something that I've always admired about her" He looked down at me and smiled.
I grinned back. "My favorite thing about Shawn is how passionate he is about whatever he's doing, whether it's singing or learning something new. He won't stop working on it until it's perfect and once it's perfect, he works even harder to make it even better. Also" I held my pointer finger up. "Sometimes, he smiles super big and scrunches his nose. It's the cutest thing ever. Smile for me, bub"
Shawn smiled, scrunching his nose. "Look how cute he is" I said in a babyish tone and held his head, bringing it closer to mine.
Shawn chuckled. "Thanks guys for asking questions. We love you" He started blowing air kisses towards the camera.
"Go stream Señorita everywhere! Amazon Music, Apple Music, Spotify, Pandora, the list goes on and on" I said, excitedly.
"Wowww. I didn't even ask her to say that" Shawn said in response.
I giggled then waved to the camera. We said bye one more time before ending the livestream.
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