{emma pov}
 
 
 
Today is my birthday. The thing I hate about my birthday is that my mom always comes in and - oh great, here she is now.

"Happy birthday to you," she starts to sing, coming into my room. I completely immerse myself under my covers. "happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Emma, happy birthday to you. Happy birthday sweetie!"

I groan, pulling my head out of the covers. I see she has made me breakfast in bed.

"Wow, 17 years old," she shakes her head.

"Yep, I'm getting pretty old," I joke. "Thanks mom," I smile, starting to eat the pan-sized chocolate chip pancakes she made me. My siblings and my dad also come in and give me a hug. Then I am left in peace to eat.

Incoming FaceTime call from: Rachtopus 🐙💕
 
 
 
"HAPPY 17TH FRIKKING BIRTHDAY EMMAPHANT!" she yells, laughing.

"Thanks Rachtopus!" I laugh. The other day she came over and we got bored so we came up with animal nicknames for each other, and put them as the contact names for each other in our phones. It was pretty funny.

"Wow, 17. Youre getting so old!" she laughs. Her birthday is in February, so she turned 17 awhile ago.

"I know right!" I giggle.

"So, any big plans for the day?" She asks.

"No, not yet,"

 
"Shawn hasn't called you yet?" She furrows her eyebrows.

"No," I sigh.

"Oh," she says awkwardly, "Changing the subject now, let's go to the mall, you seem like you need some cheering up."

"Oh, you know me so well." I smile.

✦

Four hours and 18 shopping bags later, we finally decide that we are all shopped out. Rachel drives, and I check my phone. Still absolutely nothing from Shawn. I'm actually kind of pissed off, like shouldn't he have at least called or texted me?

And it's not like he forgot, because he was just talking about it the other day, so there's only one explanation: he's avoiding me.

"Shawn's avoiding me," I say to Rachel.

"Um, no he's not-I mean, why would he avoid you?" she says fast, making me the slightest bit suspicious.

"Rachel?" I ask.

"Yeah?"

"You know something," I say, just the slightest bit confused. "So why is he avoiding me? I didn't do anything, I don't think."

"Well, uh, he..." She pauses.

"He what?"

"I don't know exactly what happened, but he was just asking me for advice since I'm your best friend."

"Okay," I sigh. One part of me thinks there's something she's not telling me, but the other part of me knows that my best friend wouldn't lie to me like this.

We go back to my house and decide to watch some Gossip Girl on Netflix. I absolutely love that show. I still feel unsure, confused as to why Shawn would be avoiding me? I try not to think about it, but the thought keeps coming to me. I just don't understand at all.

"Hey, Emma" A very familiar voice breaks me from my thoughts.

"Um, Shawn?" I ask, looking up and seeing him at my bedroom door. He is wearing a grey shirt with a leather jacket and jeans. Looking pretty hot I must say... He has a huge grin on his face, while to be honest, I'm kind of scared. Because I know why he's here. He's here to tell me whatever I did and we're going to talk about it.

But that doesn't explain the smile on his face...

"I know you're here to-to lecture me on whatever I did, but-"

Shawn cuts me off. "Emma, you never did anything. That was just the excuse we made so that you wouldn't know about the surprise."

"What surprise? Who's we?" I asked, confused as ever.

"I'm taking you out for the best birthday dinner you've ever had." he explains, grinning widely. I look at Rachel, and she smiles and nods. "Happy Birthday, baby," he smiles, opening his arms.

I gladly run into his embrace. "I actually hate you so much," I laugh into his chest.

"What, for pretending that I forgot your birthday? That's a pretty valid excuse," he nods, chuckling. "But I can assure you that tonight will make up for it,"

"Okay, so you know that dress we bought you today?" Rachel asks and I nod. We had bought a dress at the mall when we were there, it's plain black, and the front is pretty plain, while the thick straps come around the shoulders and cross at the back, leaving the back partially open. The top of the dress is skin-tight, and it drapes out a bit at the hips.

"Yeah,"

"That's the dress you're wearing tonight," she smiles.

"Oh, so going to the mall today was part of this big plan too?" I laugh.

"Yeah, pretty much," Shawn laughs. "Basically this whole day was.

✦

As I walk out of my bedroom after getting dressed, Shawn's jaw drops. "How is my girlfriend so beautiful? Darling, you look stunning."

I blush. "Thank you."

"And the award for cutest couple goes to..." Rachel says in a deep voice, pretending to hold a microphone. She's standing in between us, with her arms around both of our shoulders. "You know who it goes to, now go and show your affection to the world." she giggles.

Shawn and I hold hands and walk downstairs, and she says bye to her parents.

"Have fun!" my mom says excitedly. "Just so you know, I ship it."

"You ship what?" I giggle.

"Shemma."

"What's that?" I reply, shrugging.

"It's our ship name, silly." Shawn tells me. I giggle.

"Mom, how do you know what a ship name is?"

"Instagram is pretty great," she says and Shawn and I try to stifle a giggle. I set up my mom on Instagram awhile back.

"Well I think we're gonna go..." I mumble.

"Okay, bye!" my mom replies.

"I think we all ship Shemma," Danielle whispers to us as we walk to the door. "You guys are perfect together, who wouldn't?"

Rachel nods, agreeing with her.

✦



The restaurant is beautiful. I've never been here before, but it's very fancy. We chose a table outside, and I can't stop smiling.



"Oh, by the way, this is part of your birthday present," he says, handing me a Pandora bag. I blush, then open it. It is a Pandora charm bracelet, and it has an acoustic and electric guitar on it, as well as a music note.



"Shawn, it's beautiful, thank you so much," I smile.



"You're welcome," he grins. "Here, let me put it on for you," He takes the bracelet and puts it on my wrist. "The electric guitar represents me, and the acoustic represents you, if you didn't notice," he laughs, and I nod. "Now, the rest of your birthday present is a surprise still, I'm taking you somewhere special during the second half of the tour." he smiles.



"I hate this suspense! But the bracelet would've been more than enough, it's absolutely beautiful," I smile.



"I know, but as you probably already know, I love spoiling you," we both laugh slightly.

Shawn asks to excuse himself almost right after he insisted to pay for our wonderful, romantic dinner, so he heads to the restroom, leaving me alone.

A couple minutes later, I hear his phone ding. He must've left it here. I look at the lit up screen and see a new message. I open his phone with my fingerprint and read the whole message.

From: Laur 😘💦

I've been meaning to talk to you, because I feel like this has been eating away at me. And I've realized something. I still love you Shawn. I hope that kiss we had the other day showed you that.



Tears start to well up in my eyes as I read it, but I blink them away. I start to feel lightheaded. I set his phone back on the table and start to walk out the front door.

"Emma!" Shawn calls, following me out the door. "Where are you going?"

I turn around and he sees my face, that has a single tear streaming down it, and that's when the tears start to flow out. "I was just leaving."

"What is it? What happened?"

"When were you planning on telling me?"

"What? Tell you what, baby?" He says, putting his hands on my shoulders.

"Go get your phone and you'll see," I say, crossing my arms.

"It's right here," he pulls it out, opening it and seeing the message.

"So? Care to explain yourself?" I cross my arms over my chest, the pain taking over me.

"I-I swear I was going to tell you tomorrow, I just wanted to wait until it was a good time. I'm so sorry baby." He frowns, running his hands through his hair.

"Yeah, I'm sure you were," I say, the pain hitting me so hard. "You know Shawn, I thought you were different, I never thought you'd hurt me. But it turns out that I was wrong. You're exactly like everyone else. Congrats, Shawn Mendes, you just broke my heart." He looks stunned, but all I do is turn and start to walk away, wiping the tears from my face. I find a garden on the other side of the building and sit down on a rock so I can call Dani to come pick me up. When Shawn came to my house today, I really thought this would turn into the best birthday ever. But now it's the absolute worst one.

a/n

ooh Shawn, get a taste of your own medicine! guess you should've told her...

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I just wanted to say, happy 18th birthday Shawn! I am so incredibly proud of how far you've come, and you never seize to impress me. From when I first heard about you, to now, it's amazing how much you've grown, in the music, and as a person. And I know you'll never even end up reading this, but who really cares. There's always hope, right? I hope you have an absolutely amazing day, because you deserve it so much. I love you! 😍😭❤️


~em 💗