A/n: Once again, the picture has nothing to do with the imagine, but this is definitely one of my favorite photos of Shawn! I love it SO MUCH! Explicit language in this one! Anyways, please enjoy this imagine. Okay, without further ado, let's begin, shall we?

I recently got my associate's degree in psychology, and I transferred to another school to get my bachelor's degree in psychology. After I get my bachelor's degree, I need to get my master's degree in school counseling. As I entered this college, I hit the ground running. I was taking four classes, and had a job on campus. I want to a club fair early in the semester and joined the psychology club and the photography club.

"How are you liking the adjustment to your new school babe?" Shawn Mendes, my boyfriend of almost two years asked me. He's currently on tour. I was Facetiming him while I did homework.

"What?" I asked as I looked up at my phone instead of my homework. Shawn chuckled and smiled at me.

"I asked how you're liking the adjustment to your new school." He said.

"Oh. I like it. I told you that I joined those two clubs, right?" I asked. He nodded.

"Yup, and I'm very proud of you for that. Just please don't overwork yourself, okay?" He asked. I smiled at my precious man. We recently moved in together and I was doing my homework in his office.

"I won't baby." I said and then looked at my homework again.

"What homework are you working on baby girl?" He asked.

"It's homework for my bio-psychology class." I said.

"You're taking three classes, right?" He asked. I felt irritated. I love Shawn, I do, and I know that he's asking because he cares and because he loves me, but I needed to work on homework. I sighed.

"Babe, I have homework to do and then something for my photography club. Can we talk later please?" I asked, still looking at my homework.

"Honey you've been saying that for the past five days. When are we going to talk?" He asked. I sighed and looked at him.

"I can take a break from homework for a little bit." I said as I set my pencil down.

"How long have you been working on it for today?" He asked. I thought for a moment.

"Um, well I've been working on my homework for almost three hours today." I said. Shawn's eyes widened.

"Oh baby. How about you stop for the day?" He asked. I shook my head.

"I'm fine Shawn, I promise." I said, trying to ignore how tired I was. He sighed and ran his fingers through his hair.

"Is this the life of a college student?" He asked. I nodded.

"Yup." I said. I didn't tell him that for the past week or so, there had been absolutely zero nights where I had gone to bed before midnight or one in the morning, just to wake up at seven in the morning.

"So you're taking three classes, right? Just like you did at your old school?" He asked. I shook my head.

"No, I'm taking four." I said. His eyes widened.

"I thought that you were taking three?" He asked. I shook my head.

"No. At the last minute I added an extra class. Didn't I tell you about this?" I asked. I had told him, right? He shook his head.

"No. Wait, so what classes are you taking?" He asked.

"Bio-psychology, Research Methods in Psychology, Sensation and Perception, and I'm taking a course called Introduction to Canadian Studies." I said. His eyes widened.

"You're taking a class about Canada?" He asked with a smile. I nodded.

"Yeah, that's the one that I added at the last minute. It's my minor." I said. He tilted his head in confusion.

"Minor?" He asked. I nodded.

"Yeah. I'm majoring in Psychology but minoring in Canadian Studies, so the minor is like a secondary concentration. I'll have more classes in the Canadian Studies program to take as I go on." I said. Shawn nodded.

"Why did you choose Canadian Studies?" Shawn asked. I stared at him for a moment.

"Shawn, we want to get married someday, right?" I asked. He nodded.

"Yeah, of course." He said.

"Well I want to learn more about where my future husband is from. I have to take the course on the Introduction to Canadian Studies, and then I can take other courses." I said.

"What other courses?" He asked. I pulled out my laptop.

"Hold on, let me find the school website and I'll tell you which ones I'm thinking about taking." I said.

"Okay darling. How was your day?" He asked as I started up my laptop and went to google chrome.

"Good. Long. How was yours bubs?" I asked.

"Good. I miss you." He said.

"I miss you too baby. Oh, I found it. Ready to hear what courses I'm thinking of taking?" I asked.

"Yup." He said.

"Okay so, Canadian History to Confederation, Canadian History since Confederation, History of Canadian-American Relations, and Quebec and Canada since 1867." I read. I looked over at Shawn who had tears in his eyes as he smiled at me.

"You're amazing and the sweetest person ever. If you and I had never met, would you have taken a course in Canadian Studies?" He asked as he wiped some tears away. I shook my head.

"No, probably not. I want to learn more about Canada since that's where my man is from." I said.

"Babe you're going to make me cry." He said.

"What? How?" I asked.

"That's just... so sweet of you. You're taking psychology classes because it's your major and you have to, but you don't have to take classes about Canada, but you are because of me. I love you baby girl." He said. I smiled at him.

"I love you too. I should probably get back to homework bubs." I said. Shawn shook his head.

"No darling, let's keep talking. I've missed the sound of your voice babe." He said. I sighed and thought for a moment before chewing at my bottom lip. If I say no, and I keep pushing back our conversations, we're going to drift apart, and I don't want that. I held back a yawn and then picked up my phone.

"I'm taking you with me while I get some coffee." I said. He smiled but then frowned.

"Wait, baby, what time is it at home?" He asked. I walked into the kitchen and check.

"Like, five in the afternoon." I said as I set the phone down so I could get my favorite coffee mug.

"Y/n it's way too late for coffee." He said.

"Not for a college student." I said. He sighed.

"Honey, if you drink that now you won't sleep tonight." He said. Oh right, I had forgotten about the fact that he didn't know about how late I've been staying up recently.

"I'll be able to fall asleep, it just won't be until later. Honey, do you have your laptop near you?" I asked, trying to switch the subject.

"Yes. Have you been going to bed later than usual?" He asked.

"Yes, but it's fine. So much to do, such little time. Anyways, you should go on YouTube and look up Wouldn't Mean A Thing by Bruno Major. It makes me think of you so I've been listening to it a lot lately." I said as I made my coffee. I heard him sigh.

"Okay, I'm getting my laptop out now. What time have you been going to bed at lately?" He asked and I could hear him shuffling around.

"Around midnight or one in the morning." I said.

"WHAT? Babe you need more sleep." He said. I shrugged.

"I'm fine." I said.

"Baby, just, please listen to your body. If you feel like you're too tired and things are getting to be too much, please drop something." He said. I looked at him, he was looking at something else, probably his laptop.

"Okay." I said.

"Do you promise?" He asked as I finished making my coffee.

"I promise Shawn." I said, just wanting to get back to doing my homework.

"Okay baby. Tonight I want you to take a nice, warm, relaxing bath for, like, an hour." He said as I grabbed my phone and coffee, took a sip of the coffee, and then began to head back upstairs.

"Shawn, I don't have time for an hour long bath." I said with a bit more of an attitude than I had meant. When I looked at my phone, he had his head in one of his hands. I stopped walking to his office. "Shawn?" I asked. He looked up at me and I could tell that he had tears in his eyes.

"Y/n Y/l/n, I care about you more than anyone else. I love you more than anyone else. All I want is for you to take care of yourself. Is that too much to ask? Is it too much for a boyfriend to want his girlfriend who has a job, is taking four classes, and is part of two clubs, to take care of herself?" He asked, his voice shaky as tears fell onto his cheeks. I shook my head, feeling bad.

"No. I'm sorry Shawn, I didn't mean to say it with an attitude." I said as I continued to walk to his office.

"It's okay babe, just, please don't have the coffee because you'll have trouble sleeping tonight and please just relax for the rest of the night." He said. For the past four or five nights, we had pushed back our conversations because I was too busy with either school or work. I felt guilty, and I wanted to relax, I really did, but at the same time, I needed to finish some more homework. I sat down at his desk and sighed.

"Shawn, let me just work for like, one more hour, and then I'll stop." I said, and I meant it. Shawn banged his fist on his laptop.

"Dammit Y/n! For fucks sake I just want you to be healthy!" He yelled and I jumped, startled that he had yelled at me. The coffee mug slipped out of my hand and smashed on the floor.

"Fuck! Thanks for scaring me Shawn, I just dropped the coffee mug and now it shattered on the floor. That was my favorite coffee mug. Now I have to go pick this up." I said.

"I'm sorry. I'll let you go." He said, but before I could say anything in response, he had hung up. I sighed and carefully walked around the glass. I got something to pick it up, and I did. I sat down and looked at my phone. I hit the home button, hoping that maybe Shawn had texted me, but there was nothing but his smiling face as his wallpaper.

Tears ran down my face and onto the paper of my homework. I tried wiping them away but they wouldn't stop. Shawn wouldn't break up with me for this, right? I mean, he's always know that I'm a hard worker, so should it really surprise him that I'm part of two clubs, take four classes, and have a job? I can't see myself dropping any of those things. I definitely can't drop school or the job, and I don't want to drop the clubs. Right now I'm fine... right? I got a text, it was Andrew Gertler, Shawn's manager.

Andrew: What the hell happened between you and Shawn? He's upset and frustrated. I asked him why and he said that he's frustrated with you and upset with himself.

Me: Why the hell is he frustrated with me?

Andrew: He said that you weren't understanding what he was saying and you don't get how worried he is about you.

Me: Well I'm sorry, but he KNOWS that I'm a hard worker. All of the things that I'm doing right now, they're going to look good in the future. I understand that he's worried about me, but I'm fine. I don't want him frustrated with me, but I'm doing what I feel is right and what I feel is best for me.

Andrew: Okay. He's about to head into his question and answer session.

Me: Okay, please tell him I love him.

I didn't get a response. He knows that I love him, right? I sat there, still crying as I worked on my homework. At one point the tears blurred my vision too much and I couldn't see my homework, so I put my pencil down, put my head in my hands, and cried. My phone rang after a couple of minutes. I couldn't even see who it was, but I answered. Whoever it was would have to deal with me crying. I was just so scared that Shawn was going to break up with me.

"Hello?" I asked.

"Baby? What's wrong?" Shawn asked. I cried harder.

"I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. I never meant to upset you, I promise. It's just that, you know that I'm a hard worker. I always have been. Doing all of this stuff is going to look good for things in the future, so I need to do it." I said as I cried.

"Honey, I know that it's going to look good in the future, but you have to think about your health. Maybe drop a class." He said.

"No. Which one would I even drop?" I asked.

"The Canadian Studies class. You don't need it to be an adjustment counselor." He said. I shook my head even though he couldn't see me.

"No, no, no. Don't you see Shawn? I'm doing that one for you. I have to, I have to make you proud, I have to do this." I said as I cried.

"What? No. Babe -" He started but then I heard him sniffle. He was crying.

"Aren't you in a q and a right now?" I asked.

"Yes I am, and I'm crying in front of my fans right now because I'm so worried about you. Honey, you don't need to do a damn thing to make me proud. All you have to do is be you. Please honey. Be honest with me, do you feel overwhelmed by everything?" He asked. I sighed.

"Shawn, baby, you should get back to your q and a. We'll talk about this later, okay?" I asked as I wiped some of my own tears away.

"No. We keep saying that we'll talk later and then you're busy with work or something for school. I know that I'm in a q and a right now, and I know that some fans are probably live streaming or videotaping this, but we need to talk. Please honey, tell me, are you feeling overwhelmed by everything or even just one thing?" He asked and I could tell that he was still crying a little bit. I sighed.

"Yes. It's too much, it's too much, and I'm trying to push through and be strong, but I can't do it." I said. I heard Shawn sniffle.

"Honey, drop a club, or the Canadian Studies class, or both. Please honey." He said.

"Which club would I drop?" I asked.

"I don't know. What about the psychology club? You're already majoring in psychology." He asked and said. I thought for a moment.

"Are you sure that you would be okay about me dropping the Canadian Studies class?" I asked.

"Yes." He said.

"But you seemed so happy when I told you about it." I said.

"I know, but I would be even happier if I knew that you weren't feeling overwhelmed by everything." He said. I sighed, closed my eyes and thought for a moment.

"Okay. I'll drop the Canadian Studies minor and the psychology club." I said.

"Thank you baby. I'm proud of you. I'm sorry that I got upset with you earlier, I just, I didn't feel like you were understanding what I was saying and feeling." He said.

"It's okay. I'm sorry that I made you feel frustrated with me and everything." I said.

"It's okay babe. How about date night when I get home?" He asked. I slowly stopped crying and smiled.

"Yeah. Um, how am I supposed to drop my minor? Like, what do I tell the person in charge?" I asked.

"Just tell the person that it was too much. I have to go, but we'll talk later, okay?" He asked.

"Okay. Are you still crying?" I asked. He chuckled.

"No, I'm not crying anymore babe." He said.

"Okay, good. I don't like it when my bubs cries." I said.

"I know honey. I love you." He said.

"I love you too." I said, and we hung up. I put my homework away and turned my laptop on again. I get ready to email the person who was in charge of the Canadian Studies program, but I froze. Couldn't I set up a meeting in person? I wasn't strong enough to do this on my own. I wanted Shawn there. I closed my laptop and laid in bed. Shawn called me later on. "Hi."

"Hi honey. I'm in my dressing room now. What are you up to?" He asked.

"Well I put away my homework and stuff when we got off the phone so I'm just laying in bed now. Um, when's your next day off? Like, is there a day that you could fly home, even if it's just for a little bit?" I asked.

"Um, I think so. Yeah, I have a day off coming up in two days." He said.

"Can you fly home that day and I'll see if I can schedule a meeting with the director of the Canadian Studies program please? I can't... I can't do it on my own." I asked and said.

"Of course baby. You email the person to set up a meeting and I'll be there for it. Sound good?" He asked.

"Yeah. I miss you honey. The bed gets so cold without you." I said.

"I know honey, I miss you too. But the second that I get home, I'm going to hug and kiss you and make sure that you're okay." He said.

"Oh Shawn, I'm okay as long as I have you. That's why I was crying, because I was so fucking scared that you were going to break up with me." I said.

"Oh honey no, I could never break up with you. You're my love." He said.

"Well you're my love too. I love you baby." I said.

"I love you too honey. I'll see you when I get home, okay?" He asked.

"Okay." I said and we hung up. I couple of days later, Shawn flew home and I practically jumped into his arms.

"Hi honey." He said.

"You're home." I said as I closed my eyes and buried my face in his neck.

"Yup. But my plane leaves tonight at nine thirty." He said. I picked my head up and looked at him.

"That's okay. I have you for now, and that's good." I said. He smiled and put his lips on mine. I felt my heart race as if I had just run a marathon, I felt butterflies erupt and fly around in my tummy, and I felt sparks shoot through me like fireworks. Shawn and I pulled away and smiled at each other.

"Come on babe, let's go to that meeting." He said. I nodded and we went to the meeting and I dropped Canadian Studies as my minor. Shawn explained to the person that with everything that I was doing, I wasn't able to make time for self care and for loved ones. The professor understood and let me drop it as my minor. I then emailed the person in charge of the psychology club and let them know that there was too much on my plate. I was able to show Shawn around my campus and he liked it. We soon went home.

"Shawny I want to cuddle with you." I said. Shawn scooped me up in his arms and I squealed since I hadn't been expecting this. He carried me to the couch and we sat down.

"Lean on me darling." He said.

"Can we lay on the couch in cuddle? Or maybe we can cuddle in bed? I want to stay awake but I want to put my head on your chest. I've missed listening to your heartbeat." I said. Shawn smiled and nodded.

"Of course baby girl. Let's go upstairs to bed and cuddle. Do you want to know something?" Shawn asked as we got up and held hands as we walked to the stairs.

"Yeah." I said.

"My heart beats for you and only you." He said. I smiled and squeezed his hand.

"Well my heart beats for you and only you too honey." I said. He squeezed my hand, and once we had walked into our bedroom, he picked me up and laid me down. I got up so I could get under the covers, and then I smiled at Shawn, who instantly reached for me and pulled me close to him.

"Come here babe." He said. I put my head on his chest and he wrapped his arms around me and began to rub my shoulders and arm.

"I want to stay awake." I said.

"I know, but I also know that you're tired." He said. I sighed and closed my eyes.

"If I fall asleep, which I don't want to, please wake me up before you leave. Please. If I wake up and you've already left, I'll be heartbroken." I said as I held him tighter.

"Okay baby, I'll wake you up." He said.

"Promise?" I asked as I looked up at him. He kissed my forehead and then nodded.

"I promise. Now rest my love." He said. I looked at him and shook my head.

"No, I want to spend time with you." I said.

"I know, but you're exhausted my love, I can tell." He said. I sighed and nodded.

"Okay. I love you." I said. He kissed my forehead again.

"Oh my sweet, sweet, precious girl, I love you too. More than anything in this whole world." He said. I smiled and closed my eyes. I fell asleep pretty quickly, and Shawn woke me up when he had to go. I'm so glad that we worked everything out and that he was able to come home for a little bit.