chapter seventy-nine
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[anya rose steinburg]
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after dropping aaliyah back off at shawns parents house, going to a target, then back to shawns house, we both are back on a drive to his parents house for dinner. aaliyah ended up staying the night, instead of going home last night, so shawn decided to drop her off today, also considering she's meeting up with one of her friends.

"i booked tickets to london, by the way." shawn announces, turning down the radio slightly.

"what? just like that? when?" i question, looking at him, as he lets out a chuckle, sighing.

"in three weeks." he turns to me briefly, before looking back at the road. "this time we can be tourists, instead of trailing around with press."

"oh thank god." i breathe a sigh of relief. "i mean not that i don't love press, because it is decent, but it just gets so boring, and it's the same thing every interview and it's just really stupid." i rant, making shawn laugh.

"well, we will go to new york first, for that event with elle, then stay there for a bit, before going to london for a week, from the 19th of october to the 27th, which our anniversary also falls into." he mentions, a faint blush on his cheeks. "we also have to plan my year off, and where we're gonna go and stuff like that."

"aw, shawn." i beam. "god, i can't believe it's almost been a year since we basically started dating."

"neither can i, it's insane." he smiles, turning off the highway onto a road, starting with houses. "i'm so grateful that you're still here with me."

"me too." he reaches for my shawns, intwining our fingers, and placing them on the armrest in between us. "it's a year since illuminate tomorrow, too."

"there's so many things to celebrate, i can't wait." i smile, getting excited.

"and i was also thinking, i know it's way too early, but a christmas thing at my place?" he asks. "maybe on christmas, and we can bring the two families together?"

"that's such a great idea!" i burst. "and some friends of course, because brian will probably kill you if he's not invited to a party at yours."

"i guess, but both of our families haven't met yet, and this could be a perfect opportunity." he says.

"well there's about twenty of yours right?" i ask, as shawn nods, thinking for a few moments. "okay there's about thirty for mine, plus lets say ten friends, and i'm pretty sure we're forgetting about ten people, so seventy all together, plus us two, so seventy-two." i calculate. "lets think about this in november."

"lets go to rome next year, in the spring." shawn states after a few silent moments. "and then to barcelona, and madrid, and then to paris, and berlin, and we could go skiing in the swiss alps, and back to london for a bit, then to maybe japan, india, moscow, singapore, thailand, manila, australia." he lists.

"lets go on a safari." i say, smiling. shawn sends me a soft smile, nodding his head. "i've always wanted to go to alaska too, leave out canada and the rest of the us, but alaska seems amazing."

"and south america, i have to take you there." he tells me, squeezing my hand.

"but what about you? how are you gonna keep working?" i question, letting go of his hand and putting my hand on his thigh.

"i have plenty of unreleased originals that can entertain people for a while, other than that i'll just write whenever i can, but i want next year just to be me and you." he whispers, parking the car. "anya, it will just be me and you, i promise."

"okay." i mumble, nodding my head in confirmation. "i can't wait."

"neither can i baby." he smiles gently at me, holding onto my hand, and bringing my hand to his lips, kissing it gently, and sending me a soft smile. "come on, lets go in."

"i'm gonna have to get warmer clothes, it's freezing." i mumble, pulling shawns hoodie closer to me, as we walk up the drive to his old house.

"anya, it's pretty warm still." he laughs, taking out his keys.

"i'm used to new york septembers. canada is a different story." i shrug, as shawn unlocks the door, letting us both in.

"we're here!" he calls, as karen comes running to the door, greeting me with a hug immediately.

"hi anya, how are you?" she asks me warmly, as shawn takes off his shoes and denim jacket, putting the jacket on the coat hooks, and his shoes next to the wall.

"i'm good, how are you?" i ask back, letting go of her and taking my shoes off.

"i'm great, shawn honey, go talk to your sister, i think she's upset about something." karen tells him.

"why? what's happened? is she okay?" he asks, suddenly looking concerned.

"i guess she's just stressed with school, but go up." she tells him.

"alright, anya i'll be down in a bit, okay?" he pecks my cheek gently, as i nod. he rushes past me, and up the stairs quickly. he trips over on the last step, and i sigh, a small chuckle at my lips, but then i realise he's not getting up from the floor.

"oh god." i put down my bag, running up the stairs next to him, seeing aaliyah standing at his head, looking at him with a smirk on her face. "shawn, don't miss out steps when you walk up stairs!" i moan, as he sighs, grimacing in pain. "what hurts baby?"

"i think i sprained my wrist." he grumbles, turning over to sit on the step. "hi aaliyah."

"hi shawn." she laughs. "i'm going back into my room, and hey anya! how are you?"

"oh so nothing for me?" shawn hooked, making us all share a laugh.

"bye shawn." she teases, walking away, as shawn sighs, rolling his eyes.

"come on, lets get some ice on your wrist." i say, standing up and pulling shawns not hurt hand with me, making him stand up. "one step at a time, remember."

"yeah, yeah." he grumbles, holding onto my hand as we make out way down the stairs and into the kitchen.

"shawn mendes, what did you do now?" karen sighs, as i head to the freezer and shawn sits on one of the bar chairs.

"i fell and i think i sprained my wrist." he says, as i take out an ice pack, wrapping it in a towel, and placing it on shawns wrist. "thanks hun."

"anya you're gonna have to keep him from running everywhere now." she sighs. "shawn, it really does look pretty swollen, are you sure you don't want to go get it checked out?"

"i'm fine mum, it's just a small sprain." shawn shrugs, taking the ice pack from my hands and him holding onto it instead. "what's for dinner?"

"chicken casserole, and for dessert, chocolate cake." karen answers, taking out a tray from the oven, a waft of great aromas immediately coming into the kitchen.

"wow karen, this smells amazing." i say, getting out five plates from one of the cupboards to set the table.

"anya stop setting the table." karen warns me. "and thank you, it's simple but this was pretty last minute."

"mum, where's dad?" shawn asks, wincing slightly as he moves the ice around.

"he's at the store, he'll be back in about ten minutes." karen answers. "how long are you staying in toronto, anya?"

"as long as shawn wants me here really." i chuckle. "no, probably another week or so? i'm running out of clothes, and it's getting cold here."

"we're going to london in a few weeks, mum." shawn pitches in. "it's for our anniversary, go to where it all started." he explains.

"oh wow, a little last minute?" she chuckles, as i not, letting out a breathy laugh, and smiling.

"shawn surprised me." i say. "to be honest, i thought we would just book a fancy restaurant and have a date night."

"geoff said the same thing!" shawn moans. "and i was like, are we in our 30's, because seriously what 19 year olds do that? and then he suggested go back to the place where it started, so i was like hey, that's not a bad idea, and booked the tickets."

"when did he say that?" i ask, sitting next to shawn on one of the bar stools.

"literally when we were about to get the flight back to canada from mexico city." he tells me with a laugh. "remind me, i have to take you to mexico next year, too."

"sure." i smile at him, placing my hand on his thigh. he looks at me, smiling back.

"i'm just gonna quickly go to the bathroom, i'll be back in a few." karen says, as shawn and i nod.

"i'm really proud of us." shawn sighs, leaning forward and pecking my temple. "we haven't fought in ages."

"me too." i smile back. "lets keep it like this, please." i whisper, as shawn nods softly at me, cupping my cheek with his non hurt hand.

"i love you." he whispers, pecking my lips gently. "so much." he kisses me once more, before pulling away and settling back into his normal position.

"i love you," i repeat, smiling. "also we're gonna have to stay in a hotel in new york city, i kinda sold my apartment."

"that's fine, i'm sure andrew has us booked somewhere." shawn chuckles, holding onto my hand. "will you go get me my phone? it's in my jacket pocket."

"sure," i nod, walking out of the kitchen to the coat rack, going into the pocket of shawns denim jacket, and taking out his phone, before walking back into the kitchen and handing it to him.

"oh my god." shawn mumbles, scrolling through his phone, a shocked look on his face.

"what?" i ask, confused, as shawns face falls, before he turns off his phone, putting it on the island.

"three of my songs have been leaked." he says quickly, standing up, and taking the ice pack off his hand, running his good hand through his hair. "i need to call andrew, and get island to try and get it off, oh god, why?" he curses, going back onto his phone.

"give it to me, i'll do it, you sit and ice your hand." i take his phone from his hands, unlocking it and going straight to call andrew.

"what happened? shawn why are you upset?" karen and aaliyah walk in, aaliyah immediately realising, probably from her own twitter.

"three of his songs have been leaked." aaliyah mumbles. "shawn, it's fine, i'm sure your fans are doing something right now to get it taken down."

"i know, i know, it's just these three were supposed to be on the new album, and having your song leaked just ruins everything." i press shawns phone to my ear, and sigh, placing my hand on shawns shoulder, and rubbing it gently. he shuts his eyes, holding onto my hand with his other one, and squeezing it softly.

"hey shawn." andrews voice from answering the phone says.

"not shawn, it's anya." i say. "andrew, three of shawns songs have been leaked."

"we found out about a minute ago, tell shawn not to worry, we're on sorting it out." he reminds me.

"okay, that's great, thank you." i say. "see you soon, then."

"i'll see you two at the elle event, bye." he says, before hanging up. i put shawns phone back on the table, before sighing and turning to shawn.

"they're sorting it out, they found out only a minute ago." i say softly. "andrew said not to worry, they've got it under control." shawn breathes a sigh of relief, looking at me, with a sad smile on his lips.

"you keep me sane." he mumbles, linking his arms around my waist, and pulling me in between his legs. "love you."

"love you more," i mumble back, as shawn peppers kisses on my forehead, gently smiling at me.
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