better than this

3 weeks and 5 days later...

When I wake up I turn over and look at my phone to turn on music only to see that I have a missed FaceTime from Hunter. I look at the clock and it's 10:30AM. Why's he calling so early? I walk over to the mirror and attempt to fix my appearance slightly in case he calls again. He calls again just as I'm finishing tying my hair into a bun. I walk over quickly and answer it.

"Hey babe." He says and I furrow my eyebrows and smile at him. He is in a recording studio. I'm so glad that he's doing so well in his career but man I miss him. He looks amazing as usual and his cheeks are kind of flushed, he looks so happy. "So Island is getting me to meet all these great people for, you know, good publicity and stuff. And I am meeting this guy today. He's, you know, pretty cool I guess." I hear a laugh from someone in the room with him and my face falls. I know that laugh. "Hunter..." I warn him and he grins at me. "So this guy, you've spoken about him a couple times and I thought you might enjoy seeing him?" He says and his eyes keep darting between the phone and the person behind the camera like he's sharing a joke that I'm not in on. His eyes are dancing like some schoolboy. "Hunter if that's who I think it is I will love you forever." I squeal at him, feeling my excitement bubbling up. "I really hope that you don't think it's the queen or something." He says, his eyes still beaming as he watches my jaw drop. "Here you go." He says and the camera switches.

Shawn Mendes' face takes up the screen and I freeze. Oh. My. God. I can't get my words out and I just stare at him on the screen. "Hi." He says to me in his gorgeous Canadian voice. "Umm hi." I respond shakily after a few moments of just staring at the phone and let out a nervous laugh. He smiles at me and I shake my head. This is actually happening. "I should probably say something." I snap myself back into reality. If you would call it that because right now I'm pretty sure I'm dreaming. Shawn laughs and nods his head. "How're you doing?" He asks me and I nod my head. "Well I'm great now." I glance around and catch a glimpse of myself in the corner of my screen. "Hunter I hate you. I just woke up!" I whine as I realise that of course the only time I'm pretty much meeting my idol has to be when I look like shit. "You look gorgeous, Hun." Shawn says and I freak out a bit inside. "Shawn Mendes just called me gorgeous!" My heart skips a beat as I realise. "Shit. I just said that out loud." I say and bite my lip Shawn laughs.

"So your boyfriend is pretty great, huh? He's a really talented artist, I really like him." Shawn says, ok good we have something to talk about, I hear Hunter squeal. "Did you hear that babe? Shawn Mendes just said he likes me." Hunters face appears in the corner of the screen as he pretends to jump up and down. I laugh along with Shawn at him. "But seriously. This dude has great things going for him. So you might be seeing some more of me." Shawn says and winks at him as he walks out of frame. My stomach literally flips. He just winked. "Don't you start dating him." I say jokingly and he laughs. "I mean, he is a good looking guy." He says and laughs, me joining in with him. I look through the screen at him, still in shock that this is happening. "Oh no. They're falling in love over there." Hunter says from behind the camera and I glare at the corner of the screen even though he's not there. "Shut up Hunter! I'm having a conversation with Shawn Mendes." I snap and I hear him pretend to wince. Shawn laughs at us and then turns back to face the camera. "So how's the music going? Are you two planning anything special?" I ask both of them and Shawn shrugs. "You'll just have to wait and see..." He says and it takes everything inside of me not to start jumping up and down like a six year old. I can not believe this is even happening right now.

The door opens in the corner of the screen and Hayes walks in holding sandwiches. "All they had was cheese and tomato, that ok?" He asks and sees me on the screen and waves.
"Oh I don't like tomatoes."
"Shawn doesn't like tomatoes."
We say in unison except he says
'tom-ay-toes' and I say 'tom-ah-toes'.
Everyone turns to look at me on the screen I shrug and laugh. "What? I watched him eat one in an interview." I admit and blush, Shawn just smiles at me and I feel my heart flutter ahhh this is so surreal. "Sorry that's weird." I say and look away from his face for a second. "No. It was cute." Shawn says and I look back at the camera, he gives me a reassuring smile and I smile back timidly. "Mate. Back. Off." Hunter says sternly and Shawn's face almost turns serious as he struggles not to laugh. I see Hunter watching us cautiously and when Shawn looks back at me I wink at him just to be annoying, he laughs but Hunter just shakes his head at me, his signature playful smirk on his face.

I wish I was there with Hunter. I miss him. I miss that stupid smirk that I find both annoying and attractive at the same time. Also he's with Shawn freaking Mendes which is obviously a bonus. "Great. Well keep him safe for me. Try not to let him get into any more trouble I've already had about twenty drunk phone calls." I say and Hunter appears on the screen, taking the phone from Shawn. "Well bye Blair." Shawn shouts even though Hunter is right next to him. I wave at Shawn at the edge of the screen. "How many times did you stroke the screen, nervy?" He asks me and I roll my eyes. "Just when it was passed back to you." I joke and he laughs and rolls his eyes playfully. "Of course." He says and I laugh, he stares at me for several seconds in silence.

"I miss you." He says, his face turning to a sad one. "Me too. You're coming back in two days though so you won't be waiting for long." I say and he smiles at me. We're both going to this party thing that he's hosting in my house for us both leaving. I stare at his face on the screen, wishing I could kiss him right now. "I still miss you. A lot." He says and I smile at him. "I miss you too, Hunts." I say and he grins like he always does when I say his name. "I can't wait until I get there. Can't I just come now?" He says and winks at me. I laugh at him, forgetting Shawn is even there in the room with him. Which is saying something. "Hey man we have work to do you can't bail." Shawn says, causing me to fall out of my trance of being a sad teenager who misses her boyfriend. He brings the phone close so that only I can hear him and his mouth forms a smirk as the camera moves closer to his lips. "Oh just you wait. The things I'm gonna do to you..." He whispers before bringing the camera back to his face. I feel myself blush a deep red and open my mouth to scold him but he puts a finger to his lips. "Shh. I know you'd love to say something dirty to me but Blair there are other people around." He scolds me as if it's something I do a lot and sits next to Shawn on the couch so he's in view. "Did you hear that?" I ask him and Shawn goes bright red, smiling awkwardly. "Not if you didn't want me to..." He says and I laugh and shake my head. I'm currently laughing and joking with Shawn Mendes. WHAT. How do these things happen. All thanks to Hunter.

"I love you." I say and realise that they both think I'm talking to them. "Love you too." They say in unison and I laugh. "Which one of us was that directed at?" Hunter asks, giving me a stern look. "Both of you." I tease and wink dramatically, he glares at me. "I'll speak to you about this later Mrs. And don't you doubt that" He says firmly and something about his smile made it look and sound sexual. I roll my eyes and laugh. "Bye. I love you." I say and he grins. "That better be aimed at me." He says and I smile affectionately at him, "It was." His grin widens and he nods his head in approval. "I love you Blair. Bye." He says and hangs up. I immediately feel a pang of loneliness at the fact that he's not here with me. He's coming back for that party in two days I can survive until then. Two days Blair. Two days.