Chapter Ten:
I Need...Space
Justin was stroking my hair when I woke up. It was like two in the afternoon. I turned around and looked in his eyes. I still couldn't believe what had happened in the past few days. I needed to be alone for a while. He tried kissing me but I pushed him away. "What's wrong baby?" "Go...away." I said. I could see tears starting to form in his eyes. "W-why?" he stuttered. "I just...need to be alone for a while." I said back. "I understand." he said. He started to get up and leave when I reached for his arm. I turned him around and cuddled into his chest. I sobbed right there with him holding me in his arms. He stroked my hair as he blubbered. "I'm sorry girl, I love you and I never wanted this to happen." "I-I just need y-you but ca-can't be with you n-now." I sobbed. "What do you mean?" Justin asked worriedly. He wiped away my tears and sat me down on my bed. "I love you Justin but you don't understand how bad you tore my heart. And I can't stand you right now. I love you so much. Please, understand you can't be here right now. I need time to heal." He kissed my forehead and got up to leave. "I love you shawty." he said before he left. Then he closed the door and was gone. Probably going back on tour. What have I done? Should I run after him? No. I need this time to heal. I laid back down and sobbed into my pillow. My chest hurt so bad. It was unbearable.
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Text from Laney: "Hey wanna hang? :)" I smiled and replied, "only if you come here". "okay can I bring Chaz?" "Yeah." texted back.
When she got here she took one look at me and asked, "What happened?" I laughed and said, "I told Justin that I needed time and space." "Looks like it." Chaz said. Laney slugged him and I threw a pillow at him. "What'd I say?" Laney and I laughed and she said, Guys don't know anything!" Chaz apologized and handed me something. It was a camera. I looked through the pictures and they were the pictures Justin and I took on his tour. "Where did you get these?" I asked. "Justin kept them and wanted us to give them to you." Laney said. I didn't even care that Chaz was there I started crying. "That boy is so sweet." I called Justin and when he answered he asked, "You okay Babe?" "Yes I need you. Come back." "I was hoping you would say that." Justin said. "Kay, I'll be there in a few." Then I hung up. "I need to get out." I said. "Should we go see another movie?" Chaz asked. "Sure. What movie?" "Anything you want." Laney said. Then Justin walked in. "Justin!" I ran into his arms as he picked me up and twirled me around. "Let's go see a movie Babe." I said to him. "Kay." He said.
We all got into Justin's car and I tweeted, "Going to a movie with my boy :)". Then Justin's phone beeped. He pulled out his blackberry decked out in Canadian swag. He looked at it and smiled. Then he tweeted back, "Having some fun with my lady(;". He showed me what he tweeted and I rolled my eyes. "Seriously? You have notifications for my tweets?" "Of course!" He laughed. We pulled into the back and snuck through the back. There didn't seem to be a lot of people but we wanted to be safe. Laney ran around the front to pay and we all settled in to watch 'Limitless'. Laney came back with soda and candy. Of course she brought sour patch kids for Justin but I snatched them from him. He gave me puppy eyes and I kissed his nose. "Oooh that works too." He said being pervy. I laughed and kissed his lips. The movie started and we all watched. Justin holding my hand the whole time.
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The movie ended and we all got up. We snuck out the back once again. But this time there were paparazzi. Everyone was freaking out and there were hundreds of pictures being taken. "We saw your tweets" "Are you two in love?" "How long have you been dating?" "When did Chaz get a girlfriend?" There were way too many questions being asked at one time. I started getting really nervous. They started sticking cameras and microphones in my face. "Back away from my girlfriend. Yes we're dating and we're in love. Now go away." Justin pushed through the crowd of people and we ran to his car. "We gotta get outta here." Justin said panicked. He sped through the streets and pulled into a hotel. He quickly checked in and we ran upstairs. All of us. He looked out the window and there were masses of paparazzi waiting outside. He pulled the curtains down and turned to me. "They're following us and I don't want them to know where you and Laney live so we're gonna have to say the night here until they leave." Laney and I called our moms and worked it out. "This is crazy." I said. "I know." Justin said. "I'm only freaked out because you're involved and I don't want you to get hurt or violated." "I'm really sorry girls. I didn't want this to happen. But just to be safe you might want to delete your twitter. And if you make a new one DON'T put your city or state in the location." "Okay." Laney and I said. "I can't believe you just told the whole world that we're dating." I said amazed. He smiled and went to the bathroom. He came out with a band-aid and grabbed my arm lightly. "You got hurt girl." He put the band-aid on a scratch that was on my arm from pushing through the crowd. "It's not that bad." I said. "That's not the point. The point is you got hurt and I can't live unless I know that you're going to be alright." He said seriously. I laughed and asked, "You're kidding right?" "Kind of." he said smiling. "But seriously are you alright?" "Maybe...if you kiss me." I said flirty. He started kissing my neck and holding my back. "Get a room." Chaz said sarcastically. "We are in a room. Feel free to leave." Justin said. We all laughed as Laney and Chaz went into the other room. I had a feeling they were thinking the same thing me and Justin were.
Justin and I started making out and I pulled away after a while. I pulled him towards the couch and sat on his lap. We made out some more. I ran my fingers through his soft hair as he trailed my bottom lip with soft kisses. I kissed his neck as I felt him smirk against my cheek. He took my hand and kissed it as he looked into my eyes. "I love you." "Love you too." I said. He kissed my shoulders and I said, "Justy?" "Mmm?" He asked. "I'm hungry." He kissed my lips one last time and called for room service. What do you want Ali?" He asked me. "Pizza!" I laughed. He ordered pizza for all of us and a lady came in with our order. We knocked on the door of the other room and brought in their pizza. I sat down on the couch and said, "I think we need to hang out more often. Like all of us." Everyone nodded in agreement. When we all finished I decided to take a shower. I got in and washed my hair. I mindlessly started singing as that's what I love to do. A couple minutes later there was a knock on the bathroom door. "Can I come in babe?" I heard Justin ask. "Mmhmm." I said. "I heard you singing." he said. I blushed glad he couldn't see. "You're wonderful just thought I'd let you know." "Thanks?" I said. "Just speaking the truth." he said. "Babe can you bring in one of your t-shirts?" I asked. "Sure." He came back and set it on the counter then left. I couldn't believe he thought my singing was good. Was he just saying it? I had no idea.
I got out feeling refreshed. I guess that was the point of showers. I pulled on Justin's shirt over some shorts I had left in his car from the beach. I walked out and Justin was on the bed. "Come here sexy." He said smiling. I cuddled up into his chest as he wrapped a blanket over us. "Tomorrow, we're meeting with Scooter to see if we can work something out. Because a voice like that can't be hidden inside that beautiful body." I smiled and kissed his cheek. We talked for hours until I fell asleep.