I'm a singer and songwriter, but I'm taking a break from music to get my associate's degree in psychology. However, I was still attending award shows and things like that. At one award show, I wore a long red dress and during the show I sat next to my manager. On the other side of me was my celebrity crush: Shawn Mendes. When I first sat down, he immediately introduced himself, and I was instantly smitten with him.

"Hi, I'm Shawn Mendes. You're Y/n Y/l/n, right?" He asked. I nodded. He looked so handsome in his gray suit.

"Yeah. How did you know?" I asked. He smiled.

"Well my sister and I are big fans of yours." He said and I smiled.

"Well thank you. I'm a huge fan of you too." I said and his smile widened. I could have sworn that I felt butterflies in my tummy when he smiled at me.

"Thank you. Um, would it be crossing a line to say that you look absolutely stunning right now?" He asked and I blushed and smiled as I shook my head.

"No, not at all. Would it be crossing a line to say that you look extremely handsome right now?" I asked. Shawn shook his head.

"Not at all. Hey, would you mind taking a quick survey for me?" He asked. I shook my head.

"No." I said. He then took out his phone and made a new contact and handed it to me.

"Here you go." He said and I laughed.

"Smooth. That was smooth." I said and filled out his survey - basically I put my contact information in his phone - and then gave his phone back to him.

"Thank you. We should go out sometime and get to know each other more." He said. I smiled but I wanted to figure out if he was asking me out on a date or not.

"Like, just hang out or, I don't know, what would we do?" I asked. Shawn smiled at me.

"Well I would really like to make it a date if you're okay with that." He said. I nodded.

"Okay." I said.

"You'll go on a date with me?" He asked. I nodded.

"Yup." I said. He smiled. The next day, we went out on our first date and within a couple of months, on August fifth, Shawn asked me to be his girlfriend and I said yes, of course. We had been dating for four months when I was hanging out at his place in Toronto. We were cuddled up on the couch together. I wondered when we were ever going to go public. I picked my head up and put it on Shawn's chest. He smiled at me and brushed some stray hair out of my face.

"Hi love. You okay?" He asked. I nodded.

"Yeah. Shawn, when are we going to go public?" I asked. Shawn sighed and rubbed my back.

"Well, I was originally thinking that we should keep a relationship a secret until we know that what we have is serious, but considering the fact that we've talked about marriage and kids and spending the rest of our lives together, I know that it's serious. But now I'm thinking that we should wait until you're done with school to announce our relationship." He said.

"But I'm on break from school right now." I said. He nodded.

"Yes, but I mean like, wait until you're done for the summer. Darling I know that you're going to get hate from my fans and I hate that. I want to protect you for as long as I can, so I think that we shouldn't go public until May or June." He said. I sat up a little.

"You want to wait that long?" I asked.

"Yes but it's because I don't want you to be in class at school while worrying about hate from fans." He said.

"I'm a big girl. I can handle it." I said.

"Please honey. I don't want to fight. Let's just wait a little bit longer. How about we announce it on our ten month anniversary?" He asked. I sighed and nodded.

"Okay. I just hate the fact that we have to sneak around." I said. He nodded.

"I know baby, and I don't like it either, but I know that I'm also not going to like you getting hate from fans. How about you come up here for our ten month anniversary?" He asked. I nodded.

"Okay." I said and put my head back on his chest.

"I love you honey, I really do. I just don't want to see you stressed or overwhelmed or hurt." Shawn said. I nodded.

"Okay. I love you too." I said.

The day of your ten month anniversary

I woke up in Shawn's arms. He was still sleeping, and he looked so peaceful. I smiled. We have now been together for ten months. This means that we get to announce our relationship today. Fans have noticed me flying to Toronto a lot, and they've noticed Shawn flying to Boston to visit me. Rumors have been going around, but we haven't really acknowledged them. Today though, we will. Shawn soon opened his eyes, rubbed the tiredness out of them, and smiled at me.

"Good morning gorgeous. Happy ten month anniversary." He said.

"Good morning handsome. Happy ten month anniversary to you too." I said. Shawn smiled at me and put his lips on mine. I felt butterflies erupt and fly around in my tummy, I felt sparks shoot through my body like fireworks, and I felt my heart race as if I had just run a marathon. We soon pulled away.

"I love you baby." He said.

"I love you too honey. We get to announce our relationship to the world today." I said and he nodded.

"Yup. I have to figure out what picture of us to post." He said as we sat up in his bed.

"Me too." I said. We both got out our phones and started looking for the right photo. I then looked at him. "You should post first."

"Are you sure?" He asked. I nodded.

"Yeah." I said.

"Okay. I think that I found the perfect picture." He said and then showed it to me. I smiled.

"Oh I love it." I said. He nodded and then went to Instagram. I found the perfect picture that I wanted to post but I waited. "I'm going to make myself some coffee while you do your post. Do you want anything?" I asked. He shook his head.

"No I'm good. Thank you though baby girl." He said and I smiled.

"You're welcome." I said. As I made myself some coffee, my phone lit up. When I saw the notification saying that Shawn had made a post, my heart began to race as nerves set in. Shawn came into the kitchen and I unlocked my phone to see the post. I smiled at the picture. Him and I had gone out to dinner, and our managers were there. His manager, Andrew Gertler had taken a picture of Shawn kissing my cheek as his hand rested in my lap. I read the caption.

"So I've been keeping a bit of a secret from you guys. Last year, I met the AMAZING singer and songwriter, Y/n Y/l/n at awards show, and we immediately clicked and connected. I'm so beyond lucky to say that her and I are celebrating our ten month anniversary today. I know that fans have noticed me flying to Boston a lot, and you guys have noticed her flying to Toronto, and that's because we obviously wanted to see each other.

I know that I can't control it, but please, do NOT send Y/n hate! She is an extremely important person in my life. My family loves her, my friends love her, and of course, I love her. How could you not love her?

Obviously you guys don't know Y/n as well as I do, but let me tell you about her. She is kind and caring and loving. She's compassionate, empathetic, sweet, and gentle. She would give the shirt off her back to anyone that needed it, and she would do anything to help her friends, family, or even a stranger. She's beautiful, and stunning, and gorgeous, and she may not believe me when I tell her those things, but it's true. Yes she looks beautiful when she's all dressed up for an awards show or some event, but she's the most beautiful when she's wearing one of my t-shirts (which is like a dress on her) with sweatpants, no makeup, and her hair is up.

Let me explain why we kept our relationship a secret for so long: not only is she a singer and songwriter, but on top of that, she's a college student and she works at her school. I told her, when we had been together for about four months, that we should wait until summer break because I don't want her to sit in class and worry about hate from fans. I'm sorry that I've kept her a secret for so long, but I'm finally telling you guys about her. Her and I are extremely in love and happy. I love her with everything in me, so please don't send her hate.

To my darling Y/n girl, who's currently in my kitchen making some coffee: I love you so much. You have my whole heart, but you already knew that because I tell you that all of the time. Y/n, I'm madly, deeply, crazily, insanely, head over boots in love with you, and I'm so glad that the whole world knows now. I love you honey." Shawn wrote and I smiled when I finished reading it.

"That was beautiful." I said. He smiled at me and gave me a kiss.

"Not as beautiful as you. I'll finish making your coffee, I know how you like it, and you can make your post." Shawn said. I nodded and picked a picture of us at a sports game. We had kissed quickly, just in case anyone saw us. I wrote my caption.

"To my amazing boyfriend, Shawn Mendes: we've been together for ten months now, and I swear that you make everything better. You make me smile more, you make me laugh more, you make me squeal when you randomly pull me onto your lap or unexpectedly pick me up and spin me around. I love you more than words will ever be able to describe. Just like you said about me, I'm madly, deeply, crazily, insanely, head over heels in love with you.

Thank you for making me so happy. You make me happier than I've ever been in my whole life. I love how kind and caring and sweet you are. I love the fact that when you perform, you put everything you have into it, and it's beautiful. I love everything about you.

Thank you for all of the late night phone calls, no matter what it's about or what time it is. Thank you for reassuring me that yes, I am good enough for you, that I'm perfect for you. Thank you for all of the pep talks when I was convinced that school was going to be the death of me. Thank you for loving me the way that you do, and for loving me for who I am. But most of all, thank you for being you. I love you my sweet, amazing, hunk of a man." I wrote. Shawn smiled when he saw the post and kissed my cheek.

"I love it, and I love you too. Do you feel better knowing that the whole world knows about us now and we don't have to keep our relationship a secret?" He asked as he wrapped his arms around my shoulders and I wrapped my arms around his waist. I nodded.

"Yeah. Want to sit on the balcony with me?" I asked. Shawn smiled and nodded.

"Of course darling." He said, and that's exactly what we did. I love Shawn so beyond much and I'm so glad that our relationship isn't a secret anymore.