Seth Bishop - Shawn Mendes, Jonas Brothers - X, Ofenbach - Paradise.

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Two weeks have passed and Shawn is driving into the small town just at the edge of Morocco, it's next to the border of Algeria. 

The houses are small and when we drive through the village I can already see the end of it. Shawn turns right and we arrive at the hotel we will be staying this week. 

It was a long drive from Rabat to Merzouga. Merzouga is a small town in the desert. On our way here we drove through a couple of big cities where we decided to spend the night. 

'We're here.' Shawn says with a smile when he parks the car.

I smile at him and quickly climb out of the car, pulling the suitcases out of the trunk.

'Beth, I can get those.' He says, putting his hand over mine.

I feel the wind in my hair and see the dark yellow sand surrounding us and for once I don't even fucking care about the suitcases. I remove my hand from my suitcase and walk away from the car.

'Welcome!' A man with a low voice says.

When I turn around I see a tall man with a dark blue djellaba standing a couple of feet away from Shawn. I smile at him.

He must be somewhere in his mid-thirties. He has a very handsome and well-groomed face. I don't think I've ever seen such a perfect beard. My dad's beard is grey and messy and let's not talk about Lucifer's beard.

'Heeey.' I say with a big smile while walking to him.

Shawn turns to look at me with shock spread all across his face. He is not used to me being this friendly. 

I walk to the man and stick my hand out to him. He shakes it with a firm grip and a big smile. We talk for a little bit and he asks me where I learned to speak Arabic and for the hundredth time this vacation I explain it again.

'Hey, baby.' Shawn puts his hand on my lower back.

He never calls me "baby", only when I'm mad at him or in the bedroom. 

Shawn puts the suitcase down onto the ground and sticks his hand out to the man.

'Hello, sir. My name is Ibrahim and I will be your host during your stay.' He says while shaking Shawn's hand.

'Hello sir Ibrahim, my name is Shawn and this is Elizabeth.' He points at me.

Why is he acting so strangely? The man fucking knows I'm Elizabeth, we just talked and I pretty much told him my whole life story in five minutes.

'He knows, Mendes.' I smile at Shawn.

We follow Ibrahim inside and he shows us to our room. When we put our suitcases down onto the bed he gives us the complete tour of the hotel. 

He shows us the swimming pool, the tents where people sit in after they've been under the sand, the public showers by the pool, the breakfast room and the bar.

'I have arrived in heaven.' I whisper when I lay down on the bed in our room again.

'How do you know about this place? I mean, it's pretty far away from the big cities.' I ask Shawn.

'Brian came here with his friends a couple of years ago and he told me it was amazing, so I wanted to take you here.' He looks around the room. 'And he was fucking right.' Shawn spreads his arms in the air.

'And tonight we'll have a romantic dinner at the pool with candlelights and a homemade meal.' He lays down next to me on the bed. 'And after that, you'll love me even more...' He whispers in my ear.

'Oh shush.' I laugh. 

'I want to swim.' I say while climbing off the bed.

'Now? We just arrived.' Shawn says.

'I don't care.' I open my suitcase and pull my purple blouse over my head.

'As long as I can watch you undress I'm okay with everything.' He smiles.

It feels good to let go. Two weeks ago I was really stressed out about Shawn lying to me and all, but now I really don't care. It's good, we're good, what we have is good, and I don't want to ruin that.

I roll my eyes at him and fish a bathing suit with swim shorts out of my suitcase. I put on the tight black bathing suit with a lot of straps and Shawn's jaw drops when I turn around to look at him.

'You are not wearing that.' He says.

'I am...' I smile. 'And there is nothing you can do about it.'

'Fucking hell... then I have to come with you.' He climbs off the bed.

'You were not planning on swimming with me?' I say, a little insulted.

'No.' He pulls his jeans down his legs. 'But I am now.'

I chuckle and pull the tight shorts over my ass. When Shawn and I leave our room I run back to grab the towels. 

The pool is empty when we arrive and only the man at the bar waves at us.

I jump into the pool, immediately regretting it. I forgot to put my hair into a bun so now it will get all wavy and Shawn won't shut up about it. 

When I come up for air I look at Shawn standing at the edge of the pool.

'Jump!' I swim away, making place for him to jump.

He jumps into the pool and the water splashes everywhere. I smile, trying to get the water out of my eyes. When I open my eyes again I see Shawn swimming my way and he wraps his arms around me, his wet curls all over his forehead.

He stands in the pool and I try to do the same thing, but when I don't feel anything underneath my feet I almost drown, making Shawn laugh and wrapping his arms around me to keep me above water.

'I can swim!' I say with a smile.

'Doesn't look like it.' He chuckles.

I stick my tongue out to him in a playful way and he puts his lips on mine, catching me off guard. I moan against his lips and wrap my arms around his shoulders.

'Is that Shawn?!' I hear a guy yell. 'Hey! Mendes!'

Shawn opens his eyes and looks to the right, I follow his eyesight. I see a guy standing next to the pool in his swim shorts. He has blue eyes and blonde/ginger hair. He looks at me for a second and then again back to Shawn.

'Brian?' A smile forms on Shawn's lips.

'Shawn!' The other guy says again with a big smile.

'That's Brian!' Shawn practically yells in my face.

'I can see that...' Shawn lets go of me and swims to the side of the pool. 

'And hear it...' I sigh before following him.

That's what you're supposed to do, right? Or should I just stay in the pool? Probably not. My social skills are not that good. I climb out of the pool and walk to Shawn who is hugging the guy named Brian. 

Oh wait... that's Brian! Shawn just told me about him.

'Hi, I'm Liz.' I look at Brian when Shawn stands next to me.

'That's Beth!' He yells again, but this time at Brian.

He looks like a little boy that just got a brand new bike. He has a big smile on his lips and his whole face is shining.

'Hi... Lizbeth?' Brian chuckles.

'Yeah...' I look at Shawn for a moment. 'My name is Elizabeth, but everyone calls me Liz... except this guy.' I point at Shawn. 'He calls me Beth.'

'Can I call you Beth?' He asks.

'No. You can call me Liz.' I smile at him, trying to be polite, but I'm afraid I already failed at that.

'Nice to meet you.' Brian says, stepping closer for a hug.

I cringe and almost step away from him, but when I see Shawn's look I decide to let him hug me. I don't want to ruin things. 

Brian wraps his arms around me and I tap his back, twice, very fast, before stopping the hug.

'Nice to meet you too.' I whisper.

Brian looks at me with his bright blue eyes and I feel violated. I got used to looking into Shawn's brown eyes and with Brian standing so close, hugging me and looking at me like that makes me feel uncomfortable.

'Stop looking at her or I will kill you.' Shawn says with a serious expression.

He must have picked up on how I felt... I see Brian staring at him and they both start to laugh really hard.

Ok. Nope. I was wrong. They are just crazy.

'I'm going to... yeah... no I'm just going.' I whisper, trying to get away from this awkward situation.

I walk to a table next to the pool and sit down. I see Shawn and Brian talk to each other. I want to feel happy with Shawn that he's catching up with a friend, but somehow all I feel is jealousy. This was supposed to be our vacation and now this guy, Brian, comes here to make it all about them. 

While thinking that I'm ashamed of my own thoughts. I should be happy for him, he also brought Zayneb to Paris to give me a good time. I wish the same to him.

A few minutes later a man brings me a bowl of cold delicious food. It's really hot in the desert and I was craving something cold. I order a drink and put a grape in my mouth.

'Hey, Liz right?' A guy sits down next to me.

I put a second grape in my mouth.

'Who's asking.' I say without looking up at him.

'I'm Wren, Brian's friend.' He shows me his hand.

I look up at him and see a beautiful man sitting next to me. He has a beautiful skin and the dimples in his cheeks make him fucking hot. He has short brown hair and green eyes. I shouldn't be thinking this, god, what is wrong with me? I have a boyfriend.

I shake his hand with a smile on my face.

'Hello Wren, how are you?' I turn my body to face him.

'I'm good. I saw Brian recognizing Shawn and after that I saw the awkward hug and you walking away, and I was just standing there not really knowing what to do, so I decided to follow you.'

I didn't even notice him.

'Nice. Yeah, I didn't want to break up the bromance.' I chuckle.

The guy named Wren chuckles too.

'Yeah... anyway... are you a friend of Shawn?'

'I'm his girlfriend.' I put another grape in my mouth.

He looks at me and I offer him some fruit. He eats some grapes with me and we talk about Brian and Shawn. 

Wren is a nice person. He doesn't try to hit on me or anything, he's just nice and talks to me like a normal person. I'm happy it's not awkward.

'Isn't Wren a name for girls?' I ask. 'A Welsh name to be precise.'

'It is.' He chuckles. 'But I go by my last name. My first names are Barry Junior. I was named after my grandfather, but I don't want to be called "Junior" all the time or "Barry", so I decided to go by Wren.' He smiles.

'Interesting...' I narrow my eyes.

I see the waves of my hair resting on my shoulders and I decide to pull it into a ponytail.

'You got nice hair.' Wren says. 'It looks really good on you.'

Shit. Now he made it awkward. I need to get rid of him. 

Too bad, I just started to like him.

'Thank you.'

I look away from him and stare at Shawn and Brian talking on the other side of the pool.

Is he seriously not coming over here? I mean I like Wren, but he keeps staring into my eyes and I just want to eat my fruit.

'So Wren...' I put my hands together. 'Do you have a girlfriend?'

'No I don't, but Brian is dating my sister.' He says.

'Oh...' I look away from him. 'That's... that's... something...'

'It's weird. I know.' He chuckles.

I see Ibrahim appearing behind Wren and I give him a sign with my eyes. He walks up to us and sits down next to me on the other side.

'What is wrong?' He asks in Arabic.

'I need to get away from here... to my boyfriend.' I respond in Arabic and I know he knows what I mean.

'Ah, ok. Give me a moment.'

Ibrahim stands up again and for a moment I'm afraid I insulted Wren, even though I don't really care if I did. 

A few minutes later I see Ibrahim talking to Shawn and Brian. They get up and walk into our direction while Ibrahim follows behind them.

'Hey, babe.' Shawn says, sitting down behind me and pulling me between his legs.

'Hey.' I whisper, taking his hand in mine.

Brian takes a seat on the chair across from the table and Ibrahim stands at the head of the table, waiting until he can say something.

'Ok, so... tonight we will be hosting a dinner for everyone at the pool. Do you want to eat together or separate?' He asks, pointing at Brian and Shawn.

'I want to eat with my girlfriend.' Shawn responds.

I let out a breath I didn't realise I was holding in. 

Shawn puts his big hand on my belly and puts his head down on my shoulder. Wren stares at us for a moment and I'm glad Shawn is't uncomfortable with showing affection in public.

'I mean, it's our first day together here, maybe later this week we can have dinner together.' Shawn says to Brian.

'Ok, that's settled then.' Ibrahim puts his hands on his back. 

'And tomorrow we will be going out in the desert with camels and we will stay there for two nights under the stars. I would like to know if you are up for that. You have to do that as a group because there will be three different groups if I'm correct.' Ibrahim says, looking at one of the employees.

'Would you like to do that?' Shawn whispers in my ear.

'Yes! I would love that, oh my god.' I smile.

'And you guys?' Shawn asks Brian and Wren.

'Yeah, sure.' They both say at the same time.

I can't believe we will be going out to the desert and we'll be sleeping under the stars! I cannot wait! I smile at Shawn and he kisses me on my cheek. 

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