Eden - Sex, Shawn Mendes - Wonder (live lounge), Maître GIMS - Origami

I changed one little thing in the story. They aren't in the Western Sahara, Shawn and Elizabeth are in Merzouga. It's also a desert but on the other side of Morocco, next to Algeria. It doesn't have a lot of impact on the story, but I didn't want you to get confused.

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We all finish dinner at the same time. I see Wren and Brian stand up at the same time as us and I chuckle. Pretty much all the tables are empty and most guests have left the pool.

The sun has set and there is a pleasant breeze in the air, making me feel good. Shawn takes my hand in his and we walk through the hotel on our way to our room.

'Shawn!' I hear Brian say.

I open the door of the hotel room while Shawn walks back to Brian to talk to him. Five minutes later Shawn enters the room and looks at me with a smile.

'Do you want to go for a late-night swim, and maybe a drink? Tomorrow we will be staying in the middle of the desert for two nights. I don't think there's a pool there.' Shawn says, taking off the jacket of his suit and I chuckle.

'That sounds nice. Just us? Or will Brian and Wren also be there?' I ask, my tone snarky.

'Brian and Wren will also be there, but Brian asked Ibrahim if we can have the pool to ourselves and he agreed! So it will just be the four of us.'

Doesn't really make it better...

'I will change into my swimsuit. I'll see you there.' I take the earrings out of my ears.

'You're annoyed. Why?' Shawn says, touching my shoulder.

'It's just that Brian and Wren are everywhere, all the time, every second of the day. It's like I'm in a relationship with all three of you!' I look into his hazel eyes.

His eyes dart from my right to my left eye every second. I've noticed it's something he does when he's nervous. It only happens when we're standing really close to each other, but it's kind of cute.

'I know, but I got a nice surprise for you when we get back that will make you relax.' He smiles. 'And I promise it's without Wren and Brian.'

'Shawn? Do you know the concept of a "surprise"?' I ask, holding his hands in mine.

'Yes...' He looks at me with question in his eyes.

'Because you are not supposed to announce them before they surprise someone, that's why it's called a surprise.' I chuckle.

'I know, but I can't keep it in! I'm too excited all the time!' He smiles big and my heart smiles back at him.

I look into his eyes and wrap my arms around his waist, resting my head on his chest. I inhale the scent of pine needles and think about that day in the pool back at Shawn's house in Amsterdam. The way I could still smell the pine needles while we were in the pool and he wasn't wearing anything except a pair of swim shorts. This vacation is the perfect opportunity for me to find out where that amazing smell comes from.

Twenty minutes later I arrive at the pool and I see Shawn, Wren and Brian already swimming - not really swimming, they're just chilling at the side of the pool drinking their drinks - in the pool and I walk up to them.

'Can I get one Hawai please?' I ask the man at the bar.

He hands me an ice-cold can of the tropical drink and I walk to the guys in the pool. I feel so out of place right now. If my father would see me now, in a pool with three guys, barely wearing any clothes, he would be a little disappointed in me. Not a little. Very disappointed.

'Hey, guys.' I sit down on the edge of the pool with just my feet in the water.

'Come inside the water!' Brian says, putting down his drink on the edge of the pool.

'Yeah, give me a second.' I chuckle.

Shawn swims to me and puts his wet hands on my bare legs, making me smile. I kiss him on his lips and open the can before taking a sip.

Minutes later he pulls me in the water and I climb on his back, wrapping my arms around his neck and my legs around his waist.

He puts his hand on my legs underwater and stands next to Brian in the pool, looking at the phone in his hand. It's like Brian reads Shawn's brain because ten seconds later he explains that his phone is waterproof.

'I know that, dumbass.' Shawn responds.

I play with Shawn's wet curls while he taps on my legs every second. It feels like he's nervous or something. I look at his curls as if it's a project. Somehow I find them very interesting.

Why does water make people's hair curl? I should look into that. I narrow my eyes and twist a curl around on my index finger.

'Stop fucking staring.' Shawn growls at Wren out of nowhere.

My eyes leave Shawn's curls and I immediately look at Wren.

'I wasn't staring at Beth--' Wren starts, but Shawn cuts him off.

'Liz.' He says, clenching his jaws. 'You call her Liz.'

'I wasn't staring at... Liz... I was wondering where the necklace I gave her went.' Wren smiles at me and I rest my head on Shawn's wet shoulder, opening my mouth to answer.

'She already has a necklace around her neck as you probably noticed. There is no place for two.' Shawn says again, cutting me off.

'Guys! Guys! Calm down. Liz is Shawn's, and Wren you need to calm your fucking hormones.' Brian says.

'I beg your fucking pardon?!' I stare at Brian.

'I am not Shawn's.' I put my hands on Shawn's shoulders and lift myself in the air a little.

'I'm no ones fucking property, you better take your words back before I break your nose.' I raise my voice at Brian.

'Damn... I'm sorry Liz, I didn't mean it like that.'

'Then you shouldn't fucking say it like that.' I see Shawn smiling in the corner of my eye.

'What are you smiling for?' I ask him.

'Nothing important.'

The ambience becomes a little less tense after a few minutes and Brian starts making jokes. Shawn drops his brand new phone in the pool by accident and he quickly dives down to retrieve it. I told him to leave it in the room, but he wouldn't listen.

'It still works.' Shawn puts it down at the edge of the pool. 'Cuz it's waterproof.' He smiles.

I laugh and lean onto Shawn, feeling the warm water between our bodies. This whole time Shawn hasn't even once attempted to let me go so I can swim by myself and I somehow appreciate it.

'We should make a video underwater.' Brian's eyes are big with a smile on his face.

'Yeeeaaah!' Shawn and Wren both say at the same time.

I try to climb off of Shawn but when I do so he holds my legs even tighter and turns around to look at me.

'Where are you going?' He asks with a soft voice.

'Swimming by myself so you guys can make the video.'

'But you can't stand here.' I see his pupils dilate, but the amount of light around us doesn't change.

This means one other thing.

'Awh.' I put my hand on his jaw. 'I love you too!' I kiss him on his lips.

'Gross.' Brian whispers.

'I am so, so, sorry you don't have a girlfriend!' Shawn says, exaggerating every word with a smile on his face.

'I love you, Beth.' He kisses me again.

I smile from ear to ear and Shawn lets me go. I swim to the edge of the pool and lift myself out of it, sitting down at the edge before standing up.

'I'm going to talk to Ibrahim about tomorrow.' I say before walking away.

Shawn's POV

I see Beth walk away from the pool, the water still dripping from her body. The shorts she's wearing sticks to her beautiful ass and when I turn around to look at Brian and Wren I see them both staring at her.

I swear to god if they stare at her one more time I'm going to punch them in the face. I snap my fingers and they both look at me at the same time.

'What the fuck is your problem?!' I look at them both with my hands in the air. 'Why are you constantly staring at my girlfriend?'

'I haven't had sex in a month and he...' Brian looks at Wren. 'He hasn't had sex in... forever.'

'That's not my fucking problem. This is the last time I'm going to tell you to stop fucking looking at my girlfriend because I'm done.' I look at them and they keep their mouth shut.

'And you.' I point at Wren. 'You are not even my friend, so I would watch out if I were you. I only tolerate you because Brian is my best friend and you're his... friend... or whatever the fuck you are. So you better stop buying her necklaces before I fucking break your face.'

'Bro, chill out.' Brian says. 'We'll stop looking at her. Don't freak out.' Brian tries to keep the peace.

Wren is such a pussy, he doesn't even talk back. I'm not a violent person but if someone would talk to me the way I just did to him I would fucking break their jaw, but maybe that's just me...

After we made some underwater video's Beth finally returns and slowly lowers herself into the pool again. She swims to one of the seats at the beginning of the pool and sits down.

When I swim to her and sit down on the seat next to her, Brian and Wren follow me. I see Ibrahim walking past the pool and Beth calls him, he turns around and walks to her. She asks him something in Arabic and hands him her phone.

'What did you say?' I ask.

'I asked him if he wanted to take a picture of the four of us.' She smiles at me and her whole face lights up.

'Come here.' She says, wrapping her arm around my neck and she yells "Smile!" as if the whole hotel needs to hear her.

'Cheese!' Brian and Wren say in unison when we see a flashlight.

Ibrahim hands Beth her phone again and she looks at the picture. You see her kissing me on my cheek and on the other two seats you see Brian and Wren smile like two crazy people, but it's a nice picture anyway.

'Oh, my dad is calling.' Beth says.

She stands up and walks from seat to seat until she's out of the pool. I see her picking up the phone when I turn to look at Brian.

Elizabeth's POV

'Hey dad, how are you?' I ask when I pick up the phone.

'You disappoint me Elizabeth Mina McCullen.' He says.

He used my full name, fuck, I'm in trouble.

'Why? What did I do?'

'First of all!' He yells in my ear. 'You lied to me!' I hear him inhale sharply.

'Second. You are dating a client!' He exhales.

'And you lied to me!' He yells again.

'Dad, please, let me explain.'

'I am not done yet!' He stops talking. 'Video call me! I want to see you when I yell at you.'

'Ok, give me a second.'

My hands start to shake a little out of nervousness and I quickly video-call my dad.

When he picks up I see him walking around the living room of my childhood home. He must be staying in Edinburgh. I take a seat at the empty bar and wait for him to continue yelling at me.

I quickly stand up again and run to Shawn's phone, picking up his brand new earplugs. I don't want everyone to hear our conversation.

'I'm sorry I lied, but you guys showed up out of nowhere and--' I stop myself.

I see my dad still walking around the living room, but I could swear I just saw Ludovic sitting in the armchair in our living room. What the fuck is Ludovic fucking Ryder doing there?!

'What the fuck is Ludovic doing there?!' I yell through the phone.

'Excuse me, young lady! I am the one who has the right to be angry here, so you better change your fucking tone!' My dad yells.

'I'm sorry.' I inhale. 'What is Ludovic doing there?' I say again, calmly this time.

'He stopped by to wait for Lucifer because he will be home in ten minutes... that isn't relevant information.' My dad says and I nod, rolling my eyes. 'Let me finish!' He yells again.

'And he didn't mind catching me up on your relationship and more importantly, how it started!'

'One second.' I mute myself and turn off the camera.

I yell out of frustration before turning everything back on.

A few seconds later I stand up and also start pacing alongside the pool while talking to my dad. Why does Ludovic always have to ruin everything? This guy doesn't seem to fucking disappear out of my life!

Shawn's POV

I stare at Beth who is angrily walking around the pool while raising her voice over the phone. She stops to say something to her dad.

'Listen, dad, Shawn wasn't my client when--' She stops for a moment. 'Mr. Mendes! Fine!' She raises her voice.

Yup, this is about me.

'Listen, Mr. Mendes, wasn't my client anymore when we got together!'

She stays silent for a bit. Maybe I shouldn't be eavesdropping on her phone call, but I'm way too curious.

'Yes, dad.' She throws her hand in the air and her eyes widen. 'No! You shouldn't be listening to what everyone tells you! Especially Ludovic!'

Of course, that asshole has something to do with this. Now the call has gotten even more interesting.

'Yes, I know. But--' She sighs. 'Ok, sorry. I never lie to you, you know that!' She stops walking.

'Yes, dad.' She sounds like a little girl. 'Just don't listen to Ludovic, please.' She says again.

I look at Wren and Brian and they're both listening to Beth's conversation, just like me. I splash some water Brian's way, so they stop listening to her.

They don't know what profession Elizabeth has and they also don't know about the murder trial. I would like to keep it that way. A few minutes pass and her phone call starts to sound less angry.

'Say "hi" to my dad!' She smiles, pointing the camera at us.

I smile at her and wave, so do Wren and Brian.

'No dad! I know those guys!' She says through her teeth.

'Do you really think I would be swimming with strange men this late?' She's whispering now.

She doesn't say anything for a couple of seconds.

'Thanks a lot.' She rolls her eyes.

I chuckle and when Beth ends the phone call, she apologizes for all the drama and whispers in my ear if we can go to our room. I won't let her ask me that twice. I climb out of the pool and wave at Brian and Wren before grabbing Beth's hand.

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