The One? //Shawn Mendes

•chapter 31•

Morgan's POV

At Henry's party we just spend the night having fun. Henry, Macey, Lexi, Gavin and Shawn. Shawn. I still can't believe he's here. I'm like the happiest person on the planet right now. Nothing could ruin my mood.

"Hey Morgan." Someone says from behind me. I turn around to face him.

I don't say anything. I just stand there looking at him for a good ten seconds. Shawn pulls me behind him.

"What do you want?" Shawn asks angrily. "Woah. Calm down. I don't want to cause any trouble. I just wanted to say that you guys sounded really good. Singing and all." He says.

"You don't actually mean that. And that's not why you're here. So what do you want Alex?" Macey says.

"That is why I'm here Macey. Can't a guy give a compliment once in a while." Alex says. "Yes but not you so you can leave." Gavin says. "Or what? You'll beat me up." Alex asks laughing. "Yes. Have before. I can do it again." Gavin says.

Alex just shakes his head chuckling. "Why are you really here, Alex?" Henry asks. "Just tell us so we can get on with our night." Lexi says.

"Fine. I'm here because I needed to talk to Morgan." Alex says. "So talk." I say. "In private." He says. "Hell no." Shawn says. "Come on man. Don't be such a dick." Alex says. "You're the only dick here. There's no way in hell I'm letting you talk to her alone. So if you don't want to tell her here then you're not gonna tell her at all." Shawn says.

"I don't really think Morgan would want me to say it out loud. Might cause some...things to happen." Alex says looking at me. What? What could he possibly know about my life that's bad? I don't even know anything about my life that's bad.

Shawn looks back at me and my friends turn towards me too. I look at Alex. "Fine we'll talk in private." I say. "Good." Alex says. He starts walking and I start to follow. Shawn grabs my arm before I can go. He gives me a concerning look. "I'll be fine, Shawn. I'll be right back." I say. He nods his head and lets go of me. I continue to follow Alex to wherever.

I follow him outside into the front yard. We stop when we are at the sidewalk in front of Henry's house. "So what's this thing that's apparently so bad that things would happen if you said it in front of my friends?" I ask him.

"Not your friends per say. Just Shawn. Or maybe your friends too." He says. "What do you mean? I have nothing bad to hide." I say. "Well...you might think that. But. Um. Let's just say we did some digging." Alex says. "Who's 'we'?" I ask. "Me, Darcy, Kiara, Jenna. We did some digging." He says.

"About what?" I ask. "Your past life. And it seems pretty rough." He says. "I-I don't know what you're talking about." I stutter. Man. Why'd I have to stutter.

"Oh yes you do. Do I have to remind you?" He ask. I stay silent not giving an answer. "Guess I have to." He says.

"So remember in freshman year. Before we were dating. Or you and Shawn even met. It was in the summer before we started freshman year I should say. Remember that kid? That kid who moved. Because of you. Because of what he did to you." He says. I look down. "Derek." I mumble under my breath.

"Exactly. You remember what he did to you and what you did?" He asks. I keep my head looking down. I really don't want to remember all of this. "Seems like you do. I just want you to know. If you don't break up with Shawn and get back together with me than I will tell Shawn and all your friends what happened." Alex says.

A tear starts to form in my eye. I look up at him. "You can't do that. That's in my past anyway. You can't just bring it up all of a sudden. How do you even know about this? My mom made sure no one would ever know." I say. "Kiara's mom is a cop. Let's just say we got into her account and looked at your life." He says. "But why?" I ask.