A/n: I know that I've already done two imagines about Shawn and Y/n going public, but two things: one, these pictures with Camila have me wanting to do another one, and two, I had this idea and had to get it out. I personally really like this one. Also, I'm feeling better so that's good! I'm not one hundred percent, but I'm getting there, and I feel good enough to get out of bed and write! Also, explicit language in this one. Anyways, please enjoy this imagine. Okay, without further ado, let's begin, shall we?

March of 2020

I've been dating the singer and songwriter Shawn Mendes for about three months now. We started to say I love you to each other two days ago after Justin Timberlake encouraged me to tell Shawn how I feel about him. I've met his parents, his sister, and some of his friends. Shawn and I were cuddling on his couch in Toronto as he rubbed my back soothingly. I had my eyes closed, content in the arms of the man that I love. Some random tv show was on, but I don't think either of us were paying attention to it. I certainly wasn't. I was too focused on the shapes that Shawn was tracing on my back. I heard Shawn's phone go off. He had gotten a text from someone. I kept my eyes closed.

"Baby girl?" Shawn asked.

"Hm?" I responded.

"Some of my friends are in Los Angeles and they want to meet you. Do you want to meet them?" Shawn asked. I picked my head up and looked at him. I had already met some of his friends earlier today.

"I would have to ask my mom if she's okay with me being on the other side of the country from her, but considering the fact that she's okay with me being in another country, I think she'll be okay with it." I said. Shawn smiled that damn beautiful smile and nodded as he continued to rub my back.

"Yeah. How about you go call your mom and ask her if she's okay with you coming to LA with me?" Shawn asked. I nodded and got up. I went into the other room and called my mom. I asked her if she was okay with me going to LA with Shawn and she said that as long as I stay with Shawn or someone that Shawn trusts, she doesn't mind. We soon hung up and I ran over to Shawn and jumped onto the couch. He laughed.

"My mom said yes!" I said. Shawn's smile widened as he pulled me into his lap.

"I'm so happy honey! I love you so much." Shawn said. I smiled back at him.

"I'm really happy as well and I love you too babe." I said. Shawn 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.

"I'll book us a flight right now. When do you want to leave?" Shawn asked. I got off of his lap so he could grab his laptop.

"I don't know. When do you think we should leave?" I asked.

"Well, today is Tuesday, and you leave on Sunday morning because of spring break ending. If we leave tonight, we'll get there early in the morning on Wednesday, and that gives us about four more days together. Or, we could wait until the morning and then leave and we'll have a little less time, but I think we'll be okay either way." Shawn said.

"Well you fly way more often than I do. When do you think we should leave?" I asked. He thought for a moment.

"I wouldn't mind leaving tonight. We just have to pack and get a ride to the airport." Shawn said. I nodded.

"Do you want me to text Brian?" I asked.

"Sure. I'll book the flight now." Shawn said. I nodded and then texted Brian. He soon responded and said that he would be at Shawn's place soon.

"Brian will be here soon babe." I said. Shawn nodded.

"Okay. Shit, I have to pack, and I have to pack quickly." Shawn said.

"I think that I'm all set for packing because I haven't really taken much stuff out of my suitcase." I said. Shawn nodded and then gave me a quick kiss before standing up.

"Okay babe. Want to sit with me as I pack?" He asked. I nodded and stood up.

"Yeah. Do you need any help?" I asked as we walked towards his cozy bedroom. Shawn shook his head.

"No, but thank you." He said. I nodded and sat on his bed as I watched him pack his suitcases. A thought came to me.

"Shawn, what do we do if the paparazzi see us and take pictures of us?" I asked. Shawn and I have yet to go public. Shawn thought for a moment or so as he packed.

"Well, then we don't say anything to them and we walk the other way. I still want to hold hands with you in public and I want to show you around, we just won't say anything about our relationship to anyone unless it's my friends. Does that sound good?" Shawn asked as he looked over at me. I nodded.

"Yeah. Ever since you followed my private Instagram on Valentine's Day, people have been requesting to follow me. They're mostly fan accounts of yours." I said. Shawn nodded.

"Do you decline them?" He asked. I nodded as he folded some clothes and put them in his suitcase.

"Yeah. The only time that I've ever posted about you was the day that we met, but when I wrote the caption, I left out the fact that you had asked me out on a date pretty soon after that." I said with a smile. Shawn smiled back.

"I loved that date. I've loved all of our dates." Shawn said. I nodded.

"Me too." I said. He soon finished packing, and Brian arrived.

"Ready?" Brian asked. Shawn sat in the back with me. I nodded and so did Shawn.

"Yup." We said. We got to the airport, and Shawn didn't hold my hand while we were there.

"I'll hold your hand when we get to the airport in LA because I don't know if there's going to be a lot of people there or not and I don't want you straying away from me." He said. I nodded.

"Okay. What about when we're on the plane? Will you hold my hand then?" I asked. Shawn smiled at me.

"Do you want me to?" He asked. I nodded and smiled at him.

"Yeah." I said.

"Okay, then I'll hold your hand on the plane." Shawn said. My smile widened. We soon boarded the plane.

"Which seat is mine?" I asked.

"The window seat." Shawn said.

"Oh yay!" I said. Shawn chuckled and we sat down. Shawn interlaced his fingers with mine, and as our skin touched, I felt electricity spark through me, yet I felt safe and warm at the same time. We talked a bit on the plane, but then I fell asleep on his shoulder. After a bit, I felt someone lightly shaking me.

"Baby, wake up. Y/n, wake up honey, we landed." Shawn said. I opened my eyes.

"Hi." I said before yawning. Shawn chuckled.

"Hi baby. We landed. Justin Stirling is going to pick us up." Shawn said. I nodded.

"Okay." I said. We got off the plane and Shawn held my hand. He soon spotted Justin and they bro hugged.

"Hey man, what's up?" Justin asked.

"Well, this is my lovely and amazing girlfriend, Y/n Y/l/n. Babe, this is Justin." Shawn said. I shook Justin's hand.

"Hey, nice to meet you. Shawn never stops talking about you." Justin said. I felt my face turn red as I looked at Shawn, who was already smiling at me.

"What can I say? I'm a lucky man." Shawn said, and even though he was saying it to Justin, he was looking at me.

"That's cute. Let's get your luggage." Justin said. I continued to hold Shawn's hand as we went to get our luggage. I saw some people looking at us, and a few of them were taking pictures. I just looked away and we soon grabbed our luggage. I looked at Shawn.

"I'm tired." I said. Shawn dropped my hand and put his arm around my shoulders. I put my arm around his waist.

"We'll rest when we get to Justin's." Shawn said. I yawned and then nodded.

"Okay." I said. When we got in the car, I put my head on Shawn's shoulder again, and then fell asleep.

"Baby, we're here." Shawn said after a bit as he lightly shook me to wake me up. I nodded and we got out of the car and went to a guest bedroom. We cuddle up to each other.

"Good night Shawn. I love you." I said as I rested my head on his chest. He held me close to him.

"Good night Y/n. I love you too." He said. I smiled and then we fell asleep. When I woke up, Shawn was already smiling at me.

"Good morning handsome. What are we doing today?" I asked. He brushed some stray hair out of my face and then kissed my forehead. The spot that he had kissed was left feeling tingly, even after his lips were no longer there.

"Well, I know how much you love to read, and there's a great bookstore here in LA. Want to go there?" Shawn asked. I nodded.

"Yeah." I said.

"Okay. Let's get ready babe." Shawn said. I nodded and we both got out of bed and got dressed. I put on light blue jeans and a gray long sleeved shirt. Shawn got dressed into black jeans and a blue long sleeved shirt that accentuated his muscles.

"You look so good babe." I said. Shawn smiled at me.

"Thanks darling. So do you. Should we go out to breakfast first and then go to the bookstore?" Shawn asked as I got my makeup out of my suitcase. I nodded.

"Yeah, I'm hungry." I said.

"Okay. I know a good place that we can go to." Shawn said. I nodded and then went into the bathroom to put on a little bit of makeup.

"Okay." I said. Shawn had a car there in LA, so we got in his Range Rover and went out to breakfast. We had to park a bit of a ways away from the restaurant, meaning that we had to walk, but I was okay with that. What I soon realized was that the paparazzi were everywhere. As Shawn and I walked to the restaurant, I looked over and saw someone taking our picture. I quickly looked away from them and squeezed Shawn's hand.

"What's up my love?" Shawn asked as he wrapped his arm around my shoulders. I wrapped an arm around his waist.

"I think that someone is taking our picture. Should we let go of each other?" I asked.

"No, let's just ignore them. I know that that's easier said than done, but we're almost at the restaurant." Shawn said. I nodded.

"Okay. Plus, if we're really going to be together forever like we say we want to be, then I need to get used to this." I said. Shawn stopped walking, so I did too. He put his hands on my waist and I put my hands on his shoulders. He smirked at me. Oh gosh.

"If? What do you mean if we're really going to be together forever? It's not an if, it's a when. We're going to be together forever my beautiful girl, I promise." Shawn said. I smiled and nodded before hugging him.

"Okay. Sorry that I said if." I said. Shawn rubbed my back a little.

"It's okay baby. I love you." He said. I pulled away from the hug and smiled at him.

"I love you too." I said. He smiled and we interlaced our fingers again as we walked to the restaurant. After a nice breakfast, we left the restaurant, still holding hands. Whenever we were together, we were inseparable.

"Ready for the bookstore my beautiful girl?" Shawn asked. I felt so happy and I began to skip, which caused Shawn to laugh.

"Yes!" I said as I stopped skipping and looked at Shawn. His smile was huge.

"You're the cutest human being ever." He said. I blushed.

"Nope, that's you." I said. He chuckled and shook his head.

"You're crazy." He said.

"Yeah, crazy in love with you." I said. Shawn stopped walking and picked me up and spun me around a little as I laughed. He then set me down as we laughed.

"I'm crazy in love with you too." Shawn said. I smiled at him. We held hands, got to the car, and then drove to the bookstore.

"Woah. This is amazing." I said as we walked into The Last Bookstore. It was the most beautiful bookstore I had ever seen.

"You like it here babe? Actually, don't answer that. You like anywhere that has books." Shawn said. I laughed and nodded.

"It's true!" I said. Shawn laughed and we walked around the store.

"Get whatever you want babe, I'm paying." Shawn said as we browsed the books. I looked at him.

"What? No. I can't do that to you. I don't want you spending money on me." I said. Shawn waved his hand.

"It's fine darling. Don't worry about it." Shawn said.

"I don't like it when you spend money on me." I said. Shawn held my face in his big hands and he placed a gentle and reassuring kiss on my lips.

"Don't worry about it. I love you and I want to buy you however many books your beautiful heart desires." Shawn said. I finally nodded.

"Okay. I love you too. Thank you." I said. Shawn rubbed my back a little as we went back to looking at books.

"Of course honey. Anything for you. Do you want to go to the park after this?" Shawn asked. I nodded.

"Yeah." I said.

"Okay. Pick out however many books as you want." Shawn said. I nodded and got a lot of books. We soon left the store and went to the car. I put my two bags of books in the backseat.

"Thank you for getting me those books." I said as we began to drive away.

"You're welcome honey. Are you having fun so far?" Shawn said and asked. I looked at him, my amazing, wonderful, and let's not forget handsome boyfriend.

"I always have fun with you babe." I said. Shawn smiled as he held my hand. We drove to the park.

"We're here." Shawn said.

"Wait, before we get out of the car, are we going to hold hands and stuff?" I asked.

"Do you want to?" Shawn asked.

"I do, I'm just worried about people seeing us." I said. Shawn leaned over and kissed me. It wasn't a long kiss, but it wasn't a short kiss either. We then pulled away and Shawn rubbed my cheek with his thumb as he spoke to me.

"Baby, forget the world. It's just us, okay? We only have a few days together, let's just focus on each other, okay?" Shawn asked. I nodded and kiss him. He smiled into the kiss, and so did I, causing us to pull away.

"Okay. Sorry about being so worried. I'm just not ready to go public yet." I said.

"That's fine honey. We'll go public when you're ready." He said. I nodded and we got out of the car. Shawn went to his trunk and got out a blanket.

"When did you put that in there?" I asked. He smiled at me, closed his trunk, held the blanket in one hand, and used the other hand to hold mine.

"Earlier when you weren't looking. I figure we could find a nice spot, put the blanket down, lay down, and just cuddle and talk." Shawn said. I nodded.

"Yeah, that sounds wonderful. I love being with you." I said.

"Good because I love being with you too babe." Shawn said. We walked a little bit before finding a spot.

"Should we put the blanket down here?" I asked. Shawn nodded and laid the blanket down. He then laid down on the blanket.

"Come here babe." He said. I smiled and laid down with him. He laid on his back, and I put my chin on his chest. We wrapped our arms around each other and talked. I kissed him a few times, and I even traced his beautiful lips with my index finger at one point. I then looked up a bit, and saw a girl with her phone aimed at us. I sighed and looked at Shawn.

"A girl over there has her phone aimed right at us." I said. Shawn turned around and looked. He then turned back to me.

"It's okay honey." Shawn said. I was propped up on my elbow, not leaning on Shawn anymore.

"Shawn, I'm not ready to go public yet. I don't want people filming us and taking random pictures of us. Now rumors are going to start." I said. Shawn nodded and we sat up. Our backs were to the girl and we looked straight ahead as we talked.

"Well, we're going to go public eventually, right?" Shawn asked. I looked at him and nodded.

"Of course. I'm just... I'm not ready yet. But I promise that I'll let you know when I am, okay?" I asked. Shawn nodded as he put an arm around my shoulders. I leaned on him and closed my eyes.

"Okay baby." He said. We stayed there for a bit longer and then went back to Justin's place. I looked at Instagram. Oh my gosh, so many pictures of us were all over Instagram. Pictures from when we were walking to and from the restaurant, including when Shawn picked me up and spun me around, and pictures from the park were everywhere. I gasped when my eyes landed on a picture from the bookstore.

"Fuck." I said.

"What?" Shawn asked as he looked at me. I showed him the picture.

"Someone took a picture of us kissing in the bookstore and put it on snapchat. It's very clearly you. They even wrote that you said I love you to me and called me honey. There's so many pictures of us all over Instagram." I said. Shawn looked at the pictures and sighed.

"Okay. What do you want to do?" He asked as he handed me back my phone. I put my head on his chest as he held me close to him and I closed my eyes.

"I like having you to myself." I said.

"So, if I get asked about our relationship, or if someone comes up to us and asks if we're dating, do we deny it?" He asked. I thought for a moment as I chewed on my bottom lip.

"I guess so. Or maybe we just won't say anything and just keep walking? I don't know." I said.

"Okay, yeah we'll just keep walking and we won't say anything." Shawn said. I nodded. Later on, we both tried falling asleep, and we just couldn't.

"Shawn?" I whispered.

"Yes baby?" He asked.

"I can't sleep and I'm hungry." I said.

"We could go to West Hollywood. There's a nice diner there." Shawn said. I sat up and nodded.

"Okay." I said. We got dressed.

"Ready to go babe?" Shawn asked. I nodded and gave him a kiss.

"Yeah. I love you." I said. Shawn smiled at me.

"I love you too." Shawn said. We headed out to the diner and sat across from each other. It was about two in the morning and there were very few people there besides us. We got some food and talked as we ate. I then noticed that someone behind Shawn had their phone aimed at us. They tried to be sneaky about it, but I could tell that they were snapchatting us. I sighed.

"Someone is filming us." I whispered to Shawn. He sighed.

"What do you want to do babe?" Shawn asked.

"Can I sit next to you so they don't see my face?" I asked. Shawn nodded.

"Of course babe. Come here." He said. I moved my food over and I sat next to Shawn. I leaned on him and he put his arm around me.

"You're cozy." I said. Shawn chuckled and rubbed my arm.

"Thank you my beautiful girl." Shawn said. We stayed at the diner for a bit as we talked. I forgot that someone had been filming us, I forgot about everything else but Shawn. I love him so much, he's my whole world. We eventually went back to Justin's place and fell asleep. The next day, I was on Instagram. A couple of pictures of Shawn and I at the diner had been posted around the internet. Oh well. I then saw something and began laughing. Shawn gave me a funny look, like he was confused.

"I'm sorry, this totally isn't funny, but it's just crazy for me to think that someone actually did this. Look." I said as my handed my phone to Shawn. Someone, the person who had been sitting near us at the diner, had made a bullet point list of things that they had heard us say and talk about and they posted them online. I read all of what it said. Instead of my name, since they didn't know it, there was a question mark. Shawn read it out loud.

"What I have learned from sitting near Shawn Mendes and his mystery girl at a diner at 2 in the morning in LA:

- She's from Massachusetts

- They met in Boston LAST AUGUST!!!

- Shawn: "It was so cold out the day I asked you to be my girlfriend. I was really happy when your brother answered the door." ?: "That would make sense that it was cold babe, it was late December." S after he laughed: "You're cute." ?: "You're cuter. You're the cutest thing ever." S: "Nope, that's you my love." ?: "oh my gosh."

- They're very affectionate with each other

- Shawn's nicknames for her (that I heard him say, I didn't hear him say a name): babe, baby, beautiful girl, my love, darling

- Her nicknames for him (she mostly just called him Shawn): babe, Shawny baby, my love, honey, handsome

- Shawn had a bouquet of pink tulips with him when he asked her to be his girlfriend because pink tulips are her favorite

- THEY SAY I LOVE YOU TO EACH OTHER A LOT

- They kept saying how happy they are to be together & to have found each other

-He got her a promise ring & she said that she loves it so much & that it's beautiful & she'll never take it off. Shawn said that she'll have to take it off WHEN HE PROPOSES TO HER!!!

- They want to be together for 2 yrs before they get engaged but Shawn said that she's the one for him, she's it!!!

- S: "Marrying you is my biggest goal. That's what I want. I want to be married to you someday." ?: "We'll get there my love, we just have to take our time & enjoy life together for right now. I always enjoy life with you." S: "I always enjoy life with you too my beautiful girl."

- They want to move in together once they've been dating for about a year!!!

- She's met his fam! Shawn said that they love her & she said that she loves them too & she's met some of his friends!!!

- They seem really, really happy with each other

- ?: "I'm really in love with you." S: "Well that's good because I'm in love with you too babe."

- Shawn said that every love song he's written since they met has been about her!!!

- She's nervous about going public because of the hate but Shawn said that he'll protect her as best as he can. He wants to go public so he can show her off to the world because he loves her so much but she's hesitant.

- Shawn told her that she has his whole heart & she said that he has her whole heart too

- She's in college & on spring break right now

- Shawn wants to be with her on her birthday next month, she said that she would love that and seemed really excited for that.

- Shawn said he "obviously" values her privacy & how she's feeling so he'll wait until she feels ready before they go public. She thanked him. He said 'anything for you my love.'" Shawn read.

"This is crazy to me." I said. Shawn nodded.

"I know. Honestly, our relationship is basically already confirmed. People have seen us kissing, they've seen us holding hands and they've seen me picking you up and spinning you around, and now this. We've basically confirmed it without officially confirming it." Shawn said. I nodded.

"Okay." I said. For the rest of my time with Shawn, we just relaxed. The next month was my birthday month. Shawn called me.

"Hey baby, um, I feel really bad right now." He said.

"What? Why?" I asked.

"Because I want to be with you on your birthday but Andrew really wants me to record some stuff. He's quoting that Patriots coach, Bill Belichick and saying 'No days off.'" Shawn said. I felt sad, but there was no way that I could tell him that. Then he would just feel bad.

"Oh, that's okay honey. We'll see each other again. I was thinking, and um, maybe next time we're together, we could go public?" I asked.

"Wait, really?" Shawn asked.

"Yeah." I said.

"That would be great babe!" Shawn said.

"I love you." I said with a smile.

"I love you too honey." Shawn said. We soon hung up.

April 11, 2020 (A/n: I know that this isn't everybody's birthday but it's mine and I needed and example)

I woke up to my mom singing happy birthday to me. I laughed and got up.

"So what do you want to do today?" My mom asked. Spend time with Shawn.

"I don't know. I think that I just want to relax." I said as we went into the living room. My mom nodded.

"Okay." She said. We sat on the couch and turned on the television. Soon, there was a knock at the door. Mom paused the tv and got her phone out. I gave her a funny look.

"Do you know who it is?" I asked as I got up.

"You should answer the door." My mom said. I opened it, and there was Shawn, standing there with a bouquet of pink tulips.

"SHAWN!" I yelled as he came in. He immediately set the flowers down on the couch and picked me up. My legs wrapped around his waist.

"Happy birthday baby girl!" He said.

"Oh my gosh thank you! What are you doing here?" I asked as he set me down. He smirked at me.

"Why? Do you want me to leave?" He asked.

"No! No! I just thought that you were recording stuff." I said. Shawn smiled at me.

"Nope, that was a trick so I could surprise you. Did you really think that I would miss my girl's twenty first birthday?" He asked. I giggled.

"No, I should've known that you would do this. I'm so happy you're here!" I said as I hugged him. He held me close to him and rubbed my back.

"I'm happy to be here with you babe." He said. I smiled.

"I just took a video of that. You guys are so cute." My mom said. I blushed as I pulled away from the hug. Later on, Shawn and I were sitting on the couch as we talked.

"Ready to go public babe?" Shawn asked. I got my phone and nodded.

"Yup. I'll make it so my Instagram isn't private anymore." I said. Shawn nodded.

"Okay. I'm going to make my post about you, but you can't see it until I post it, okay?" He asked. I nodded.

"Okay." I said. I felt a bit nervous, but I knew that as long as I have Shawn, everything will be okay. Soon, I got a notification that Shawn had posted. He had posted ten pictures. One of them was me sitting on my bed, surrounded by my Kennedy posters. The second was when we were hanging out at my neighbors house and I was sitting on Shawn's shoulders. The third was me reading a book as he smiled at me. The others were us cuddling, eating ice cream sandwiches, me giving him a massage, dancing, a picture from the MFA, us talking and the last one was us kissing. I read his caption.

"Happy 21st birthday to my Kennedy enthusiast, shoulder riding, bookworm, cuddle bunny, ice cream sandwich eating, personal back massager, forever dance partner, Museum of Fine Arts loving, best friend, magical kisses giving queeeeen of my world!!! You deserve the world & more babe!!! Y/n Y/l/n, I love you more than any words or songs could ever express. I always have, ever since I laid eyes on you in Dunkin Donuts last August & my love for you has only grown since then. Thank you for saying yes to being my girlfriend on December 22, 2019!!! Happy birthday my beautiful girl!!!" Shawn wrote. I liked it and then posted the video that my mom had taken of Shawn surprising me.

"My best friend surprised me for my birthday and I couldn't be happier! Shawn, my sweet man, I love you so much. Thank you for surprising me!" I wrote.

"Perfect. Now you're not my mystery girl anymore." Shawn said before giving me a kiss.

"I love you." I said.

"I love you too babe. Happy birthday." Shawn said. I smiled and leaned on him. I love Shawn so much. Later on he gave me a ring with an S on it, and a necklace that said "LOVE" and had an S on it. I'm the luckiest girl in the world.

The present Shawn got you: