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starssformendes · 1 year

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Unsettled

Boys night. The 3rd Saturday of every month was the boys dedicated to spending time with each other with no distractions or at least not major distractions. This time it was being hosted at Shawn’s house and the 5 of them (Shawn, Connor, Brian, Geoff, and Zubin) were lounging on the sofas with the hockey on tv whilst beers waited on the table, ready to be sipped from.

Daniella, little 2 year old Daniella was upstairs in bed having been tucked in by Shawn around 7pm with a story and song whilst her mum went out to do her Night Shift as a nurse at the local hospital. Shawn made sure the boys weren’t too loud and the tv was turned to a suitable volume and he’d take the boys teasing ‘over protective dad’ jokes if it meant his little girl got a good nights sleep. What Shawn didn’t know was that despite being quieter than usual the noise they made still woke Daniella up from her sleep.

Daniella slept like a light; it didn’t take much noise to wake her up and sometimes Shawn wondered whether she was only pretending to sleep with how easily she was awoken. Of course like any child she had her nights where she slept like a log and could only wake herself up but those were rare nights. With a purple blanket hooked on her arm and a stuffed rabbit in her left hand and pacifier in mouth, Daniella slowly climbed down the stairs despite knowing she wasn’t to go on the stairs alone. Her parents weren’t overly over protective but like all parents they wanted her to be safe and that meant assisting the toddler up the wooden large stairs.

“Dada” The whine left her lips as she walked into the living room where all the boys were. Her feet halted when her dad was nowhere in the room all the noise was coming from.

“Hey Dani.” Brian smiled as he noticed her in the doorway.

“Dada” The recently turned 2 year old repeated, not knowing many other words to explain herself. Before anyone could reply to her, she turned around and headed off to somewhere else in her house. Her playroom. Spending hours a day in there she never got bored and she knew her dad would think she was in bed still so she decided it was time to play again.

Shawn returned to the living room after heading to the bathroom and before he could sit back down and sip his beer Brian piped up, “Daniella’s out of bed man in case you wanted to go find her.” Shawn groaned playfully as his lips turned upwards at the thought of seeing little Daniella.

“Daniella where are you honey?” Shawn called out through the house checking the playroom first.

“Dada!” She clapped when he came inside the room. She toddled over to him and pulled his hand Trying to bring him into the tea party she was hosting.

“Oh no, no missy it’s bedtime. You’ve gotta go night night.” He cooed as he lifted her up onto his hip. Her bottom lip pushed out and wobbled as her eyes widened.

“No. No. No. Dada no sleep!“ she cried as he carried her out the room and as he reached the bottom of the stairs she started hitting his back. Obviously it didn’t hurt him seeing as she was only 2 and wasn’t very strong like she thought she was. But it shocked Shawn nonetheless considering how against hitting and violence he and his wife were and never expected his daughter to hit him.

“Daniella we do not hit other people, okay? That’s not nice.” Shawn informed sternly. At his stern tone the tired girl started crying and Shawn sighed when she rested her head on his shoulder and sobbed.

“Come on, don’t cry sweet girl, it’s okay but hitting isn’t okay so you need to say sorry to daddy.”

“I’m sorry dada. Mumma home?”

“Mummy won’t be home till the morning Dani. Do you wanna come cuddle with daddy or do you want to go lay in your bed?”

“Warm milk” Daniella wasn’t usually given warm milk at night anymore seeing as it was making her wake up more in the night but Shawn wanted her to settle which meant he was going to give her warm milk tonight. Shawn carried her into the living room and handed her over to Brian who took her blanket and put it over her head as a joke. It didn’t take long for Shawn to scoop his kid up with one arm and her bottle of milk in the other before sitting down on the sofa making sure Daniella was comfy and warm next to him in the corner.

Sipping on the straw of her cup, she watched the men laugh and talk and laugh some more and she wiggled her hips trying to get comfier. Instead of continuing to get comfy on the sofa she climbed onto Shawn and snuggled her head into his chest. It only took a minute. Just a minute of Shawn lightly rubbing her back and being there for her to fall asleep on him like he was her personal bed. The boys night continued and Shawn took Daniella back up to bed when he was sure she was definitely asleep. His phone ring and an unknown caller flashed on the screen. Answering it he was skeptical as to who it was and why they were calling, his heart dropped further than his stomach when it was the hospital. He’d watched greys anatomy with his wife Olivia, sure, but he never expected he’d feel as if he was living in an episode himself.

“If you could come down to the hospital as soon as possible that would be great” the nurse on the phone said calmly as if she didn’t just inform Shawn his wife , the love of his life, was currently laying in bed in the icu fighting for her life after a freak accident occurring during her Night Shift.

“Of course.” Shawn hung up the phone and looked at his friends before standing up and announcing to his mates, “You guys have to go, I’m sorry but liv’s in the hospital and I need to be there.” Everyone understood of course and saw shawn beginning to panic and knew better than to push for questions.

“What are you doing with Daniella?” Brian asked as shawn pulled a hoodie on.

“I have no idea Bri, I don’t know what shape she’s in so I don’t wanna bring Dani if she’s in a bad state up there.”

“Yeah, I can stay here and watch her and just make sure she’s okay if you want me too.”

“Really? I’d owe you big time, she’ll stay asleep for the night till around 7 and if she does wake up just try filing her bottle up with warm milk and ready a story and I’ll call her in the morning.” Shawn said giving Brian a hug before he rushed out the house and to the hospital.

“Mama? Dada?” Daniella yelled as loud as she could as she walked out of their empty bedroom. Brian hearing her awake walked out the guest room and held her small hand.

“Mummy and daddy aren’t here at the moment Dani, mummy got hurt so dad’s gone to check she’s okay.”

“Mumma” she cried plopping down to the floor and Brian sighed as he didn’t know what to do now. Thankfully Shawn seemed to come right at the perfect time as he called Brian.

“Hey shawn, how is she?”

“She’s good, resting right now. How’s Daniella?”

“I think she’s confused as to why you aren’t here, here Daniella look it’s your dad” he said crouching down to Daniella on the floor.

“Hey Dani bear what’s the matter? Why’s my baby crying?”

“Mumma”

“Mumma’s here look honey, she’s sleeping but she’s a little hurt. Do you want some breakfast?” He asked trying to distract her and make sure she ate.

“Mumma dada no here”

“I’m right here Dani, Brian can you get her dressed and bring her to the hospital?” Shawn finally asked seeing she obviously wasn’t going to settle not that he blamed her; Waking up to neither parents at home was very unsettling. Brian nodded immediately and hung up the phone saying a goodbye and taking Daniella to get dressed.

“Dada!” Daniella cried as she ran over to him once her eyes caught sight of her father in the hospital waiting room. Crouching down Shawn picked her up and cuddled her close and inhaled her fainting baby scent. Brian said a quick goodbye to the two before heading home to his girlfriend.

“Miss dada.” She spoke resting her head on his shoulder.

“Missed you too honey.”

“No leave ‘gain!” She pouted, pulling her head back to look at his face.

“I promise i’m not going to leave you again. Neither will mummy”

“Where is mummy?”

“Come on let’s go find her, you’ve got to be quiet though because she got hurt and needs to rest.”

Shawn carried her down the corridor with a small smile on his face as he listened to his little girl tell him all about her dream.

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starssformendes · 2 years

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Just an accident

Creeping into her dad’s home studio, Aladdin cup filled with water in hand, a soft smile spread on her little lips. 4 year old Daniella was missing her dad greatly. Shawn was on tour in America at the moment and called everyday but to try give Daniella the best chance at a normal childhood, he and his wife Emily decided she would remain at home with their child. Daniella had nursery too now so they definitely didn’t want to pull her out off that when she enjoyed playing with a group of kids her own age and not adults preparing for a show later that day.

She shut the door as quietly as she could and grinned when she didn’t hear her mum coming to find her. She placed her cup on the table where she saw all the recording equipment. A soft gasp left her lips when she noticed Shawn’s favorite notebook resting atop of all the buttons. Soft small hands reached across to get the book so she could write her own songs just like her daddy did. Fate wasn’t on her side today though as when she reached over the cup full of her drink tipped over and soaked through the buttons. Staring in shock, she jumped when a small spark elicited from the wet electrics. In her defense, the toddler did try clean it up as she brought her favorite blanket - the same one Shawn gifted her the day she was born - and placed it over the buttons in order to try dry them all.

Her young mind wandered off and instead she wanted to go play one of Shawn’s guitars; At least this way she could still be like him even if the journal he wrote his songs in was now dripping from the pages and practically falling apart. Grinning she walked over to the martin acoustic guitar hung up on the wall. Placing her small hands onto the bottom of the wood she pushed up, stepping up onto her tiptoes, and released a sigh of relief when she felt it lift above the hook. Unfortunately, Daniella hadn’t accounted for how she was to get the guitar down safely and watched with wide eyes as the guitar fell forward and down towards her. The bottom of the guitar slipped from her fingertips and before Daniella could move out of the way, she felt the guitar hitting her face. The weight and impact of the guitar pushed Daniella to the ground and the guitar strings scratched her face before it turned and the side of the neck of the guitar cracked down onto her head. Laying on the floor with the guitar covering her small body, she let out a blood curling scream.

“Mummy!” She cried loudly as the tears streamed out of her eyes and blood out her head. Her mum dropped the plate she was washing up onto the floor and ran upstairs with panic in her blood.

“Daniella! What happened honey?” Emily asked trying to remain calm for her child. Her heart broke as she listened to her daughter’s distressed screams and cries. Emily picked the guitar up off of her and moved it to the side before sitting Daniella up. Emily bit her lip and ran to the bathroom to get a damp cloth and ran back placing it onto Daniella’s head in attempt to stop the bleeding.

“Come on Dani, we’ve got to go to hospital sweetheart.” Emily picked Daniella still holding the cloth against her head.

“It hurts mummy” The sob left her mouth and Emily wished Shawn was here to help them as she slipped her shoes on and grabbed her keys.

“I know baby, I know. But I need you to hold this cloth against your head for me while we’re in the car.” As she strapped Daniella into her car seat in the back of the car, Emily heard the sound of another car pulling up.

“Did I get the wrong time?” Karen asked stepping out of her car and heading over to Emily’s range rover where Daniella could be heard crying.

“No you didn’t but Dani’s had an accident and I need to take her to the hospital.”

“Oh no, do you need any help with her?”

“Do you mind sitting in the back with her and holding the cloth against her head?” Karen smiled softly and nodded before climbing into the backseat.

Karen and Emily sat by the hospital bed as they waited for the doctor to bring Daniella’s prescription of painkillers she could take over the next few days if she needed to. Daniella had stopped crying a little while ago and had fallen asleep after they had stitched her head back together.

“Does Shawn know what’s happened yet?” Karen asked taking a sip of her coffee. Emily shook her head slowly, “I’m gonna tell him but everything happened so fast that I haven’t found time to do it.”

“Mrs. Mendes, here’s the prescription for Daniella and I need you to sign the discharge papers here and then again here.” The doctor said as he returned and handed over the papers to Emily. After signing the discharge papers, Emily picked Daniella up whilst Karen gathered all their belongings and the three headed out to the car and back home.

“Thank you for your help today.” Emily voiced as she hugged Karen before she left not long after they’d gotten home seeing as it was getting late. Daniella remained asleep so Emily tucked her into her bed for an early night before going to have a tea with Karen. Emily cautiously walked upstairs to the studio room where she found Daniella. Everything was how they had left it: Daniella’s blanket covering the button, martin guitar tossed to the side on the floor, drops of blood staining the white carpet. With a sigh Emily dialed Shawn’s number and put it on speaker.

“Hey Em, you okay?” When Shawn’s voice met her ears Emily broke down and started crying.

“Baby what’s going on? Shawn questioned as he stood up in the dressing room getting dressed for tonight’s show.

“It’s Dani, Shawn.”

“Is she okay? What’s going on?”

“I thought she was playing with her toys still and I was doing the dishes and she just screamed Shawn. She was in your studio and she was laying on the floor with a guitar on top of her and there was blood and she just kept screaming.”

“What was she even doing in the studio? You and her both know you don’t need to go in there when I’m not at home.” Shawn snapped.

“What? Shawn why is that the first thing you ask. Your daughter was hurt and had to go to hospital and you only care about why she was in your studio?”

“Well she’s okay isn’t she?”

“She is now but that isn’t the point Shawn. Do you even care about what happened to her or wanna know how bad she was hurt?”

“I’m kind of busy at the moment, I’m about to go to a meet and greet. Can you just tell me if anything in my studio is broken?” Shawn asked with a blank look on his face.

“All the buttons are probably broken, looks like she spilled her drink on it and the guitar probably needs replacing or fixing.” Emily sounded defeated as she spoke; This wasn’t the same Shawn she had married or the one who vowed to never prioritize anything over his daughter. She comes first no matter what, is what he whispered at 2:48 am on the 2nd of may 4 years ago when he held her in his strong arms for the very first time.

“Fucks sake,” He cursed to himself quietly as he mentally counted how much it would cost to replace and how long it’d take, “She didn’t touch my journal did she?”

“Yeah she has. Spilt her drink on it too, it’s pretty much destroyed because it’s so wet.”

“I’ve got to go.”

And that was all she heard from him the rest of the evening. The next morning, Daniella climbed into Emily’s bed and cuddled up next to her.

“Can we call daddy? We didn’t talk to him last night.”

“Sure but then we’re going over to Grandma’s and Grandpa’s house on the train so we’ve got to get ready.” Emily decided planning a last minute trip to her parent’s house and to take Daniella out of nursery for the day. She facetimed Shawn and pulled her laptop up from the floor to book train tickets.

“Daddy, daddy, daddy.” Daniella sung softly as excitement coursed through her at the thought of talking to her father.

“Why isn’t he answering mummy?” Dani asked her mum with glazed eyes and pout.

“Maybe he’s just sleeping.”

Shawn didn’t ring them the rest of the day or the day after that one and Emily had had enough. She booked 2 plane tickets so they would meet Shawn in Vienna. They were only going for 2 days however because Daniella needed to be back for her stitches to be removed the day after they return. Brian knew they were flying out and met them at the airport. After greetings and lots of jokes between Daniella and Brian in the car, the three of them were walking in through the backstage entrance of the arena.

“Daddy” Daniella squealed excitedly when she saw him walking down the corridor on his phone.

“What are you doing here Dani?”

“We came to see you.” She replied frowning when he didn’t pick her up.

“Is daddy mad?” The question left the toddlers lips as her arms lowered when she realized he wasn’t going to pick her up.

“Daddy is mad, yes.”

“Why?”

“Because you went into my studio when you aren’t supposed to and broke my guitar, recording equipment, and notebook.”

“But I didn’t mean to”

Daniella ran back to her mum and cuddled her leg as she tried to hide from her dad’s bad mood. Brian smiled softly at Emily before taking Daniella’s hand and going to show Conner her big plaster on her head.

“What is going on with you? She is your daughter and you care more about your stupid replaceable music stuff, you can’t replace her Shawn. She didn’t mean to break your stuff but did you even stop to consider that she may have been in there to be closer to you?”

Shawn stood with his mouth gaping and guilt swimming in his eyes. Having his wife here and hearing her words just then were like a slap in the face.

“I’m sorry. I don’t know, I guess I just didn’t want to believe she got hurt and I wasn’t there and I know it isn’t an excuse but I’m so sorry.”

“You don’t even know how hard it’s been. You weren’t there to hear her scream over and over and not be able to help her or calm her down. You didn’t have to worry about if she was losing too much blood or if she was going to be okay.” Emily started crying as she looked at Shawn who bit his lip and pulled her into a hug, holding her close.

“I know I wasn’t there and I’m so sorry for how I acted after it.”

“I haven’t been able to sleep or send her to nursery since that day. I just hear her scream in my head every time I close my eyes and I’m terrified she’s going to get hurt and I won’t be there.”

“Baby you need to take care of you too. I’m gonna speak to Andrew and talk about postponing the next month of shows so I can come home and make this up to you.”

“It’s not just me you need to make it up to. She was so excited to see you again, wouldn’t stop talking about how she was going to tell you all about how brave she was at the hospital for at least an hour on the plane here. She needed you or to just at least talk to her after the accident Shawn.”

“I know, I’m going to make it up to her and you. I’m going to go find Andrew now so I can tell him I’m going home for a bit if you wanna come with?”

“Are you scared?” She teased him as they walked down the corridor to get the manager.

“Dani bear!” Shawn yelled excitedly as he ran up to her from behind and picked her up after he’d spoken to Andrew.

“Daddy! Tell Uncle Geoff he’s old” she giggled putting her arm round Shawn’s neck. Doing as the little girl demanded him to do, Shawn looked at Daniella with nothing but love and awe. The boys were about to begin soundcheck so Shawn placed his girl up on his shoulders.

“Okay so we’re doing-” Zubin began but Daniella stole the show and gasped loudly before bending her body so she was staring at Shawn upside down.

“Daddy I gotta tell you what happened”

“What happened pirate?”

“I went to the hospital and they gave me stitches and it’s like your song, remember it daddy?”

“You had stitches because you didn’t have my kisses?” He teased as he held her gently but firm to make sure she wasn’t going to fall off.

“No I got stitches cause I cut my head silly. But now you’ve write a song about me.” she grinned.

“They’re all about you now baby.” Shawn said helping her sit back up straight and getting ready to soundcheck the first song.

“Daddy do you wanna a secret?” Daniella whispered into his ear.

“Of course” he whispered back.

“I went into your studio cause I wanna be just like you.”

Shawn was left speechless; he could have thousands and millions of fans that admired him but knowing his daughter admired and adored him meant a whole lot more.

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