Chapter 25 - Backstage Frolics

Four months later

"Thank you Lisbon!" Shawn ran off stage while waving to the screaming crowd.

I was there to greet him with a hug and a kiss as soon as he came backstage. Sweat poured down his forehead and he was panting.

"You were awesome Shawn!"

"Thank you Lil," he smiled and kissed my cheek.

Vivian handed him a bottle of water which he began chugging. I sat down on one of the sofas and looked down at the food on the table, "Ice cream and pickles sounds really good right now."

"Oh my god, that's disgusting," Shawn puckered his lips.

"What? It's the perfect balance of sweet and salty," I shrugged.

"No, Shawn's right. Ice cream and pickles sound disgusting." Vivian nodded in agreement.

"Here, I'll make a poll on Instagram to see what everyone thinks." I pulled out my phone and set up a poll.

Within a few minutes, 97% of people had agreed with Shawn and Vivian. What I didn't realize was that ice cream and pickles was one of the most stereotypical strange pregnancy food cravings.

Shawn started walking to his dressing room, singing Love Story by Taylor Swift. Vivian and I stood there smiling at him.

"God I love him," I hugged Vivian.

"I bet you do! You guys are perfect."

"Well, I better start planning his outfit for the next show."

"Hey, after you're done, do you want to go pick some things up from the store with me?"

"Sure! See ya in a few!" I started jogging toward Shawn's dressing room.

It was at the end of the hall of rooms. I knocked on his door, which he opened immediately.

"What's up?" He closed the door behind me, "You want a mimosa?"

"No thanks, I'm good," I stood in front of his closet of clothes.

The strong scent of Shawn Signature was wafting around the small enclosed space. Since we were jumping on a plane to Berlin tomorrow, I had to start thinking of some preliminary outfit ideas early.

"Can I wear the red shirt?"

I turned to face a shirtless Shawn, "Oh, yeah sure."

"Cool."

I walked over to him and he pulled out his phone.  I smiled and he snapped a picture.  We stood together in front of the mirror and he wrapped one arm around my waist.  The shirt I was wearing was fitted so I could feel his warm fingers.

Shawn took another picture of us, "That's hot."

"Um, I think the correct words are 'you're' not 'that'," I chuckled.

"Oh ha ha very funny Lily."

"Just saying!"  I put my hands up defensively, "Oh, I gotta go. I'm going out with Viv to get some stuff from the store."

"Okay, see you later hun." Shawn pecked my lips and let me go.

I searched around for Vivian and found her taking shots with Josiah. The two of them were starting to get intoxicated, but they were definitely still fully functional.

"I'm ready... and I should probably drive."

"Wanna take one shot with us? Oh wait you can't, you're pre-"

"OKAY! Um," I cut her off before she could spill the beans. I just hope Josiah didn't put two and two together, "I'm driving. Yeah I shouldn't drink."

"Have fun you two," Josiah smiled at us.

We walked out to the parking garage where the rental cars were waiting for us. A matte blue Fiat was calling my name so I dragged Vivian over to it.

It was about 11 when we pulled out of the arena. The streets were still jam packed with people even though the concert had ended half an hour ago. I remember when I went to see Shawn for his first concert in L.A. there was maybe almost a thousand, now, there's over ten thousand at each concert.

After we'd past the congestion, the streets were pretty empty. Granted, it was really late.

"Where did you want to go again?"

"Oh I don't know, a grocery store. Or somewhere that has both food and clothes."

"So you mean something like Target?"

"Yeah, exactly."

I nodded and looked around. Since I didn't take a foreign language other than French, I couldn't read any of the Portuguese signs. Outside, the world was slowly falling into a deep slumber.

I was getting tired of searching for a store that met Vivian's needs. All the stores that met her expectations were closed so I suggested we wait till tomorrow morning before our flight to do some last minute shopping.

We drove back in the direction of the arena but decided to go to our hotel because we were tired. There was three more weeks of the European leg of the tour before we took a break for a month. I was now used to staying hotel to hotel.

Fans were waiting outside for Shawn but smiled and waved at me. Vivian and I ran to catch the glass elevator as the doors began closing. We missed them so we took the stairs instead. Our rooms were on the next level up so it wasn't a big deal.

While climbing up, a mom and her daughter were on their way down. The girl must have only been about 7 or 8 years old. She immediately recognized me, "Lily Ryder!!"

"Hi darling! How are you?"

"Oh I'm good! My name is Isabella, it's very nice to meet you!"

"It's nice to meet you too Isabella.  I love your name, one of my old friends has the exact same one."

"That's really cool!  Well, I just wanted to say that I think you're really cool and Shawn did an great job tonight."

"Thank you so much!  You're really cool too.  And I'll tell Shawn you loved his performance."

Her face lit up, "Thank you!"

Her mom smiled at me and guided her daughter down the steps.  I waved goodbye to Isabella and continued up the last few steps.  A few of the crew members were talking around the doors to our rooms when we got there, but they parted to let us through.

The room was just how we left it, not that I expected anything to be different.  I quickly changed into pjs and snuggled into bed.  Vivian was close behind and we lay there talking and giggling.

"So you haven't told Shawn about the baby?"

"No, I would have said something to you."

"Right, of course."

"He offered me a drink earlier and I turned it down, which I mean I know is totally normal, but I, being the queen of overthinking things,  can't help but feel that he might have thought it strange."

My phone buzzed.  When I turned it on, the picture Shawn took of us in his dressing room was there.  I smiled to myself and saved it.  Obviously I had to post it, so I opened Instagram and saw that he had put it on his story already.

I captioned the picture '💕💕💕' and posted it.  After turning my phone off, I faced Vivian again.  But to my amusement, she had just drifted off to sleep.  I decided not to wake her, so I hit the lamp switch and fell asleep as well.

Little did I know that the events of tonight would very soon set me down a track of suspicion, jealousy, and discovery.

A/N:

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