Chapter 15- Tourbus

An hour or so after I had gotten aboard the bus I had gone to what I suppose I could call my 'bedroom' and I had fallen asleep, however right now I rubbed my sleepy eyes getting up and hearing Shawn strumming on his guitar and singing a song I am unfamiliar with in a low voice. Shawn was, well is, annoying, but I couldn't deny that I love the sound of his voice. It was so soothing and instantly brought a smile to my face. I take a literal step and I am in the living room, one thing you should know about tour busses is that everything is really close together meaning that it is almost like one large moving room.

Upon seeing me Shawn stops singing and places his guitar down next to him and rubs the back of his neck awkwardly

"Hey," he says and I don't know whether it's the fact that I just woke up from my slumber and I was still sleepy but I could trace a smile on his face.

"Hi, what were you singing?" I reply taking a seat across from him, crossing my legs.

"Oh that's just some new music that I'm working on,"

I look at him and nod, and suddenly I somehow manage to pluck up the courage to ask him the question that had been bugging me since the interview.

"Hey Shawn?" he says nothing but looks up from what I'm assuming is his songbook and raises his eyebrows whilst smiling.

"Look, I know this is going to seem like a stupid question but I had to ask anyways. What did you mean yesterday when you said that there isn't a new couple not "yet"?" I say making air quotes while I try to get my point across, looking him in the face and seeing a blush creepy up on his face.

"Um," he nervously laughs "Well-"

"It's not that it's that big a deal, I mean I just wanted to say I'm not available. I didn't think you'd care because you hate me but I needed to let you know I don't have a tendency to lead people on," I take in a deep breath finishing my rant, finally giving Shawn a chance to talk.

"Uh-yeah-no I mean it's fine I didn't really want to know if you were available um you see-" A stumbling Shawn is cut off once again by my phone ringing

"Go ahead take it, we can talk when you come back. I mean I can't exactly go anywhere," Shawn says gesturing around the bus, re-assuring me to take the phone call and grabs his guitar once again. 

I smile and head into the "bedroom" finding my phone, seeing that I had three missed calls from Noah. It would have been four but I answered on the last ring, after debating for a short while whether to answer or not, of course.

"Hey Noah," I breathe down the line

"Eva," I could tell by his clipped tone that there was something was wrong

"What's up?"

"Eva," he expresses that one word, well name, to me in such a sad tone making my heart break "I can't do this."

"Noah, hun. What can't you do?"

"Us. This. Whatever we had it's gone isn't it?"

"No, what are you talking about?" I feel tears build up in my eyes

"I saw your interview earlier. You're with him aren't you?"

"Well I kinda have to be considering we are sharing a tour bus. But not in a relationship! You know that I love you and only you,"

"Eva, this isn't fair on me."  I hear a girls voice, that did not belong to anyone in his family faintly shout his name.

"Noah, who's that?"

"It's no-one Eva, stop avoiding the topic."

"No, Noah. Tell me who that is."

"It's just a girl from school, we're doing a Geography project,"

"Noah how stupid do you think I am? You don't even do geography,"

"So what? I just wanted to hang out with her. What I want to know is why my girlfriend is cheating on me,"

"I'd love to know the same for my ex-boyfriend," I hang up and throw my phone across the room feeling more frustrated than ever and slide down on the floor refusing to cry. I just broke up with him...

Half an hour later, when I had managed to calm myself down from my anger I walk back to Shawn trying to look as happy as I could in the process. He was exactly where I left him, doing the exact same activity as before. He looks up when I sit across from him,

"Everything okay Eva?" I give him a small nod alongside a smile "So, where were we?"

"Why you said what you did in the interview," I say trying to be helpful, I don't know why I came out when I didn't want to talk to anyone at the moment.

"Oh yeah, um I've had time to come up with my excuse," He says giving me his famous smirk "No I'm just kidding, the truth is Eva you just have to keep them, the interviewers and the public, on edge. Give them gossip. You get me?"

"Yeah, that makes sense."

"Okay so, my turn,"

"Your turn?" I ask confused

"To interrogate you, after all you just had your chance to interrogate me."

"I wouldn't call it an interrogation Shawn,"

"No no of course not, but anyways let the interrogation begin!" He gives me a cheeky smile before continuing

"Why are you like this?" I say interrupting

"Why am I me? Well you see, I'd rather be a wizard but my parents had-"

"No! I don't want the details, I did biology in school!" I say cutting him off again, I have a bad habit of doing that.

"I was just gonna say my parents said I couldn't jeez! I thought it was my turn to interrogate you anyways?"

"Please stop saying interrogate, and answer my question first. Why are you like this? You like me one second and then the next you hate my guts,"

He leaves my question unanswered and asks me his own "Nope, it's my question now. Why were you crying yesterday?"

"Shawn that's none of your business," feeling myself get upset again thinking of Noah

"Eva, it is my business. Was I the reason you were crying?"

"No, you weren't."

"Then why were you crying?"

"Like I said that's really none of your business, why do you care so much?"

"It really is, I care because when I saw you like that I felt something. I don't know what because I've never felt it before but I didn't like it,"

"Shawn it's called guilt, remember you were a complete douche to me."

"It wasn't guilt trust me. Please stop changing the subject, tell me what's wrong."

The more he kept probing me the more memories of Noah and I came to my mind, making me realise the two years we had were for nothing. It was all gone, and right now he didn't care, he was probably back at home with his new girl. I let my walls break down and cry, I had held it in for so long but I couldn't anymore. I broke down into hysterical sobs, hiccuping every now and then for air.

"Oh Eva, don't cry. I did something again didn't I? Look you don't have to tell me, why don't we get ice cream."

"We-we b-br-broke u-u-p,"  I manage to choke out, wanting nothing but comfort.

"Come here," Shawn pulls me into his arms holding me tight, in a bone crushing hug, giving me the comfort I craved. I melt into his arms inhaling his intoxicating scent and sob into his chest.

"Shhh," he coos into my hair "Whatever it is, it's going to be alright yeah?" I shake my head and cry even more, if that is even possible.

"Hunny, tell me what's wrong. Let me try help you Eva, I know I've not been the best person towards you since we met but that's not me. Please just let me do something, anything."

I sigh, trying to calm my sobs down and tell him the whole story from yesterday, which explained his question about my teary face during breakfast. Once I am done explaining the story, I'm still held tightly in his grasp and I'm curled up on his lap.

"What an idiot," Shawn mumbles "I want to hit him."

"Please don't Shaw-"

"Eva, he can't just treat you like that, I've only just met you I realise that but I also know that you're an amazing girl. He's an idiot to let go of you."

"Just please don't do anything Shawn,"

"I need to Eva, I can't just sit here."

"I know what you can do,"

"What?" He says looking down at me, into my eyes

"Just hold me tight, please."

Shawn gives me a small sad smile and pulls me closer and tighter to him, if that was even possible and in my comfort my eyes that hurt from crying slowly shut and soon I was into a deep slumber.

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