Chapter 9
I walked through my kitchen into the living room where Selena and Jamie were watching The Hangover. They were all laughing and eating popcorn and candy and drinking soda.
"What are you so happy about?" Selena said
"We kissed." I said happily
"Ahhh." They both said
"So what's up?" I asked them
"I think you should be asking Jamie." Selena said as Jamie blushed
"What happened?" I asked
"Chaz asked me out! Can you believe it?" she said jumping up and down
"I mean we're not like boyfriend and girlfriend yet but still!" she said
"OMG! That's great!" I said
"I know!" she squealed
"Oh and Ryan called here a couple times asking for you." Selena said
"Really? He knows I was out with Justin and he called him me during dinner. He couldn't just wait." I said annoyed
"I'm going to see him tomorrow night so he couldn't wait until tomorrow!" I said agitated
"Wait. Why are you seeing Ryan tomorrow?" Jamie asked
"Just to talk." I said
They just looked at me.
"Justin's going to be here so everything's going to be fine." I said
"Are you sure? The last time they were together they were punching each other." Selena said
"I know but we're just talking and stuff we'll be fine. You guys can be like upstairs or something." I said
"Fine." Jamie said
"So what do you want to do today?" I asked Jamie
"I want to be there when you guys talk!" she said loudly
"Well too bad!" I said sticking my tongue out
"So what are you guys doing today?" I asked
"Chaz is taking me to lunch! He's picking me up in like a hour." Jamie said happily
"I got to go finish recording 'A Year without Rain'" Selena said
"Ok, cool. So you guys are going to be fine that I'm going to visit Justin?" I asked
"Ya. What are you doing?" Jamie asked
"I'm going to visit him on the set of CSI! I'm so proud of him!" I said excitedly
"Wow! Cool!" they said
"Yup! So I will see you guys later." I said as I grabbed my car keys and said goodbye
*Ryan's POV*
Tonight's the night I am going to tell Lauren that we are totally OVER… I think. After spending so much time with Marissa, I have really fallen for her. I still have feelings for Lauren but those are feelings from what we used to have. She's moved on from me so I am moving on from her.
*Regular POV*
I arrived to the gates and the front of the studio. I gave them my name and then the gates opened and I drove right in. I hopped out of my car and walked towards the set. They were finishing up one of the scenes that he was in. He looked so HOT! My badass boyfriend.
I went over to Pattie and gave her a hug.
"Hi sweetie! How are you?" she said
"I'm great! How are you?"
"I'm fantastic! I'm so proud of Justin!" she smiled
"I know! He's doing amazing!" I exclaimed
I suddenly feel my feet coming off the ground and there I am picked up bridal style in Justin's arms with my arms around his neck. He still had his red jumpsuit on.
"Hey beautiful!" he whispered
"Hey handsome!" I giggled
"You looked badass up there." I whispered
"I AM badass." He said as he leaned down where I filled the space between us.
"I finished filming for the day so what would you like to do?" he asked as he put me down
"I don't know. What do you want to do?" I said
"Hmm. Maybe this." He said as he leaned down and kissed me
"Justin!" yelled the director
"I'll be right back." He said as he ran off
I looked at my phone and checked my text messages and there was one from Ryan saying that he will be at my house at 6. Hopefully he won't be too mad that Justin is going to be there.
Justin ran back to me dressed in his regular clothes and put his hands around my waist and said, "Where were we…" as he started to lean in. I let him kiss me once and then I leaned back and said, "Maybe later." And I took Justin's hand and led him over to my car and I hopped in the driver's seat and Justin got shotgun and we drove off.
Justin was still pouting because I wouldn't kiss him.
"Where are we going?" he asked
"I think you deserve a day off so I am taking you out to lunch wherever you want to go. My treat." I said smiling
"Hmm. How about McDonalds?" he said excited
"Really? Ok!" I said
We arrived at the nearest McDonalds and we were about to finish ordering when Justin said, "Can we take it to go?"
"Sure." I said as he grabbed the food and sprinted to my car getting in the driver's seat.
"What are you doing?" I said laughing and shaking my head
"Oh nothing…" he said as he started the car
We drove along the coast until we made a turn and started going up this HUGE hill. We drove for another twenty minutes or so and I swear I could see the whole city of Los Angeles. Justin stopped the car and ran around to open my door and he took my hand and told me to close my eyes and keep them shut. I hear him open a gate and he lead me down a hill and he told me to open my eyes.
There we were with a blanket set up with a music player softly playing with the Hollywood sign behind us. It was amazing! I could see the waves crashing on the shore and all the tiny people.
"Wow." I finally said smiling
"I know." Justin said taking my hand and leading me over to the blanket.
We got the food out and we started talking and laughing and listening to music. It wasn't until the sun started to go down that I realized how late it was. I look at my phone and it was almost 6:15!
"Oh shoot!" I said getting my stuff together and telling Justin we had to go
"What's going on?" he asked
"Ryan's coming over at 6 and its 6:13!" I said panicky
"Why is Ryan coming over?" Justin said agitated
"We all just need to talk. I want you two to be friends again." I said
"Lauren, we are not going to be friends again. I think that was established a few days ago."
"I want to make things right. I'm the reason that you two aren't friends anymore and I feel really bad." I said
"You shouldn't be the one feeling bad. I'm the one who split you two up. I'm the one who screwed everything up. I'm the one who ruined everything." Justin said
"Justin you didn't do anything." I said giving him a hug
"Come on. We need to go. Ryan's at my house." I said quietly
"Lauren I don't want you near him." He said protectively
"Justin we need to talk."
"I don't want him making a move or anything on you!" Justin said
"Justin he has a girlfriend! He's not going to make a move." I said and Justin relaxed
We walked in silence to my car and put everything in the trunk. Justin got in the front seat and I got in the seat next to him.
We drove for about 15 minutes silently until Justin broke the silence with "Are you ok with Ryan having a girlfriend?"
"I'm fine. I don't care about that anymore." I said
"Selena said that you were upset when you found out." He said softly
"I honestly don't care about it anymore." I said
Justin took my hand up to his mouth to kiss it and then I heard the crushing of metal and pain surge through me then everything went black.
