chapter sixty-two
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[shawn peter raul mendes]
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i swig a large gulp of water down, prepping myself for my soundcheck, slinging a guitar around my neck, before i walk out onto the stage in front of the 200 or so fans who are here for the q&a soundcheck event.

"shawn you're on in ten." geoff tells me, walking away to prep a few more things.

glasgow already sounds loud.

"hey dave, do you have my picks?" i ask him, approaching dave and mike who are in deep conversation.

"yeah, hold on a sec." he walks away for a few seconds, coming back with a black box. "there you go."

"thank you." i smile softly. "alright, i'll see you two in a bit, keep rehearsing if you can." i say, walking to the side of the stage entrance again, while christina and josiah are fussing over a laptop, and my visual team prepping the set visuals for each song.

my phone starts buzzing in my pocket, and i shrug, taking it out and seeing anya requesting a facetime. wait, didn't she block me? and why is she asking to facetime after what happened?

sliding my thumb across the screen, i brace myself for whatever she's about to say, but instead i'm face to face with a toddler, tommy. "shawn!" he squeals, making me smile immediately. it's his birthday today, isn't it?

"happy birthday tommy!" i cheer, chuckling softly. "how are you big guy?"

"i'm four." he holds up his hand, showing four fingers, as i laugh softly, shaking my head. "i miss you!"

"i'll see you soon, i promise." out of all of anya's cousins, i didn't think i would bond closest to a four year old, but i guess i did. somehow he reminds me of myself.

"say good luck to him tommy." i hear anya say softly, as tommy giggles, shaking his head. oh anya, she sounds still like a goddess.

"good luck shawn!" tommy shouts, picking up a box. "look i got a car!" he opens it up, revealing a toy car, and i smile at him.

"oh wow, that's a great car." i compliment, making him laugh. "what else did you get?"

"anya got me this!" he says, holding up a superhero costume, and a few action figures.

"oh wow, can i play with them when i see you next?" i ask, knowing i probably won't see him again.

"yes! only you though." my heart swells, and i feel my cheeks heat up. "bye bye shawn!" tommy stands up, rushing off, carrying his things with him in his small hands.

"anya?" i whisper softly, leaning against the wall next to me.

"shawn." she mutters, looking down at the floor. "i've got to go, i did this for tommy."

"tell him i say happy birthday again." i mumble. she nods, moving her hand to hang up, but she freezes.

"good luck tonight." she croaks out, hanging up the phone.

"i miss you." i mumble to the black screen, sighing again, and putting my phone back into my pocket.

"shawn, you're on stage in 2." geoff tells me, handing me my earpiece and setting it all up for me.

"thanks man." i say, picking up my guitar again, getting ready to run onto stage.

"six questions, two songs." he reminds me. "don't kill it yet, but break a leg." i chuckle gently, rushing onto the stage, and getting situated on the stool next to the microphone.

"hey glasgow!" i say into the microphone, as cheers are heard all around me. "so how is everyone?" i begin to strum a few things on my guitar as they all shout out random things. "we're gonna be playing a bunch of songs off of illuminate and a few new songs tonight so i hope you all enjoy!" in my earpiece i can hear geoff babbling on about getting the q&a started. "so this is basically a q&a, so i'm gonna answer some questions and perform a couple songs and stuff like that." i explain, as they all cheer again.

"i think some of you would have some questions so put your hands up and i'll answer some of them, and then i'll play a couple songs, before it's over."

i end up answering seven questions instead of six, and playing stitches and life of the party, before i say my goodbyes, telling them to be extra loud tonight, before walking off stage and back into the busy life of people preparing for later.

i'm just praying this tour goes fast.
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ik ik really short chapter but i'm gonna do a time skip to the us leg of the tour haha