He grabs my hand, leading me to a big door at the end of the hallway. Before going inside, I remove my heel and smash it on the lock of the bathroom, breaking it.

'Oops.'

'Liz! What the hell?! This is the house of her grandparents.' Ludovic whispers at me.

'I'll pay for it.' I groan, opening the door.

Ludovic hands me the bag with my clothes in it and I walk into the bathroom. The bathroom is very small and I try to unzip the dress, hitting my elbows everywhere. 

Ludovic is standing outside, waiting for me to finish changing my clothes. I don't want to, but he needs to help me out of this fucking corset, or I'll rip my way out of it - it probably won't work - like the Hulk. 

I push at the door, getting Ludovic's attention.

'Can you please help me out of this fucking dress?' I ask.

He nods and steps into the small bathroom, stepping into my personal space. I turn my back to him and he unzips my dress before loosening the corset. I can finally breathe again!

'Thank god!' I pull the corset away and turn around.

Ludovic is staring at me and when I look down, I realise I'm only wearing a bra and the dress rests on my hips. Oh fuck.

His eyes roam over my breast, but I don't mind, I think I even like it.

'Just kiss me already!' I say, throwing my hands in the air.

He looks into my eyes with a troubled look, but he doesn't hesitate. 

He softly puts his hand in my neck, pressing his lips on mine. His small lips feel different from Shawn's and not in a good way. He tries to slide his tongue into my mouth but I keep my lips together. 

Before I can break off the kiss, the bathroom door flies open. I slowly pull my face away from Ludovic's and when I look at who's standing in the door opening my stomach drops.

'Shawn?!' I lift the top of the dress over my shoulders and push Ludovic away.

'What the hell Beth?! Why aren't you picking up your phone?' Shawn asks, trying to ignore what he just saw.

'Because I didn't fucking want to.' I walk past him, out of the bathroom.

Shawn looks at Ludovic, but he doesn't recognise him right away. There is an awkward silence in the air for a moment before hell breaks loose.

'Ludovic Ryder! You were making out with Ludovic fucking Ryder?!' Shawn raises his voice and turns around to look at me before closing the door in Ludovic's face.

'Yes!' I yell.

People turn around to look at us. 

Shawn is looking very different from the other people in this house. He is the only one wearing a hoodie and a pair of black jeans. Why the hell is he wearing a hoodie? It's summer!

'And who the fuck do you think you are?' The door flies open again and Ludovic starts to yell at Shawn.

Not a very wise thing to do...

'I'm her boyfriend!' Shawn yells back.

'Hey! Hey! Listen to me. You are not my fucking boyfriend!' I yell standing in between them.

'We'll see about that.' Shawn lowers himself a little and when I realize what he's doing, it's already too late.

He grabs my legs and throws me over his shoulders. I am going to fucking kill him!

'I will stab you to death, put me down!' I yell, pulling at his hoodie.

'We're leaving.' Shawn turns around, almost hitting my head against the staircase.

Everyone is walking to the hallway now to watch the spectacle. Well, this sure is the drama and the scandal I asked for, but I didn't want it to be this bad.

'Put her down!' Ludovic says. 'I don't want to fight you.'

Shawn scoffs, bursting out into laughter.

'Oh please, you should worry about your finance who's sleeping with everyone but you.' Shawn says, walking out of the front door.

How the fuck does he know about that?! I sure as hell didn't tell him and I can't imagine Lucifer telling him. Maybe he's not only tracking me but also put a bug in my phone so he can hear everything I say.

'Shawn. Put. Me. Down.' I say again.

I regret wearing this goddamn dress. If I was wearing a pair of jeans - like I normally do - I would've been able to bring Shawn to the ground within seconds. If I do that now, I might hurt myself along the way and I don't want that.

'I'll put you down in my car.' He says.

Oh, I am going to kill this man one day. 

The sound of his boots on the wooden floor silences everyone around us. Even the music has stopped. 

Ludovic doesn't say anything, he just stands there, saying nothing. He's quite disappointing I see now.

Shawn opens the door of his car and throws me onto the backseats. My head is hurting like hell and I'm a little dizzy from all the blood that rushed to my head. 

He closes the door and gets behind the steering wheel.

'I swear to god, I am going to skin you alive.' I say, trying not to vomit.

This is too much.

'You won't do that.'

'Why the fuck do you think you were allowed to drag me out of there like that? You're a misogynistic dick and now I realize you never deserved me.' I say, rubbing my temples.

Shawn hits the breaks and turns around to look at me.

'That may be true, but I didn't know a better way to get you out of there. I tried calling, I tried texting and nothing worked.' He says with a soft voice.

'I want nothing to do with you if that wasn't clear yet.'

'Oh, and you want something to do with Ludovic?' He asks, driving again.

'Yes. I needed someone to take my mind off of your shit, be glad I didn't fucking kill you.'

'So? You chose Ludovic? The first breathing man on your path that looks good?!' Shawn raises his voice a little.

'Excuse me?' I pull at the dress, shifting on the backseat. 

'He is kind, funny and quite charming if you ask me. And oh...' I chuckle. 'He is not lying to me, he's not tracking me and most important of all, he's not fucking using me!' I yell.

Shawn clenches his jaw and his grip around the steering wheel tightens.

'He was using you! Just like you were using him to forget about me! What would've happened if I hadn't shown up in time, huh? What?!'

'Maybe I would've fucked him in the bathroom of his best friend, so what?! You are not the boss of me and we are not together! I can fuck whoever I want. You certainly did.' I exhale sharply

'I what? I did not fuck anyone!'

'Suuurree.' I mock him.

'I did not fuck anyone, Elizabeth.'

'Why am I even in this fucking car?' I say my thoughts out loud.

I am so angry and hurt right now I'm not able to think clearly. What Shawn did is the worst thing he could've done. The way he treats me aggravates every complication that already existed between us. 

Without thinking clearly, I open the door of the driving car. I am done with this shit.

Shawn hits the breaks and the door shuts closed again.

'Are you crazy?' He yells.

'Yes! Maybe I fucking am!' I open the door again now Shawn stopped driving.

I drag myself and the horrible dress out of his car and look around to see where the fuck I am. This dress... this dress!

'Aaagghh!' I scream out of frustration.

The amount of emotions coursing through me are so painful and I can't focus clearly.

I pull at the beautiful fabric, tearing the bottom of the dress apart after pulling at it with every power in me. I hear the sound of another door closing and I look up at Shawn.

'What you did was wrong...' Tears roll down my cheeks. 'It was the worst thing you could have possibly done and you did it anyway, not giving a fuck about me.' I say, continuing to tear the dress apart.

'I'm sorry, but I told you--'

'No.' I interrupt him. 'It was wrong! And you need to leave me the fuck alone.'

I stumble away from him, looking around. 

We are surrounded by meadows and I groan again, walking through a fence onto the grass. The sun is setting as I walk through the meadow, looking at the sheep. 

I start to cry out loud this time, lowering myself to my knees and crying into my hands.

Why can't he just leave me alone? He already ruined me and he's making it even worse. Who would have known that was even possible.

I hear Shawn walking up to me as I cry in my hands. The red sun colouring the grass in front of me. I haven't cried this hard since my mum died.

'I'm sorry, Beth. I never wanted to hurt you.' He says, getting down on his knees next to me.

'You did not only hurt me, you humiliated me in front of everyone! Like you were my dad, picking me up at a party after I disobeyed him. It's not healthy, Mendes! This is not healthy!' I sob, pointing at him and myself.

'I read your letter. I had to speak to you. It was not what it looked like, please, Beth, believe me.' He pleads.

'When I read that you still loved me, holding you was all I thought about... but I couldn't find you--'

'Just stop. Stop! This is not going to work. We are not meant to be together. You're not right for me and I'm not right for you. You have no idea how many times I imagined breaking your face and how much effort it cost me not to do it. I can't be with you.' I say, tears drying.

I stand up, starting to shiver. The sun is almost gone and it starts to get cold. This shitty dress is not warm and I tore it a little too short.

'Please put this on.' Shawn pulls his hoodie over his head, handing it to me as he's shirtless.

'You'll catch a cold.' I say, not accepting the hoodie.

'How can you still think about me after everything I did? Please put it on.' He says again.

I take it from his hand and put it on, not to please him, just so I can get a little warmer.

I sit down on the grass again, pulling my knees to my chest, watching as the sun slowly drowns in the horizon. Beautiful.

'We don't have to be together, you know?' Shawn says, just as I was starting to feel a little better.

'What now?' I sigh.

'We can be just friends.'

'I don't even want to be your friend. I had you as a friend and a boyfriend and you sucked at both.' I say.

'Not true. I was amazing at both until you learned it was all a lie.'

How can he say that without being ashamed of himself?

'Not helping.' I sigh.

I've spent too much energy being mad at him. I still want to kick him in the face and scream my lungs out, but I'm too tired, I'm too broken. I have no time for this. 

I have to get back to work tomorrow and I have to explain this shit to Ludovic.

No. Fuck Ludovic too. He didn't even try to help me. He and Shawn should start a "How to be a terrible (boy)friend" club. Suckers.

'Drive me home.' I stand up.

Hello hello hello? Can I hear an echo?

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