Chapter 12

DEMI'S POV:

I'm really mad. This is so irritating.

Why did Justin choose Blaire over me? I thought.

Then an idea hit me. I pulled out my phone and called Chaz.

It rang once, twice, and then he answered.

"Hello?" he said.

"Hey, Chaz! I have to tell you something. Can you meet me at the mall in 10?" I asked him.

"Uhh, yeah. I'll be there. Bye."

I put my hair in a side ponytail and headed out the door. I got a taxi and rode to the mall.

When I got there, I saw Chaz at the entrance. I walked over to him.

"Hey!" I called to him.

"Hey." he said. "What did you want?"

"Well, you know how Blaire and Justin are dating?" I asked him.

"Uhh, yeah. Why?"

"Do you like the fact that they're together?" I asked him.

"Well, I think she's hot. But I've never spoken to her before."

"Oh. Well, I don't like it. I don't want them together. I thought of a way for her to think that Justin doesn't like her." I told him.

"Demi, that's not a good idea. Aren't they happy together?" he asked me.

I thought about that.

"…Yeah." I said, looking down.

"Okay then. Leave it alone." he said to me.

"Well, if you help me with me plan, then they might break up and you could end up with Blaire! Because her friend is dating Ryan now…"

"Wait, what?" he cut me off.

"You didn't know that?" I asked him.

"Honestly, I didn't even know that Justin was dating Blaire. Nobody's said anything to me." he said.

"Oh, well, there's room in this plan for you."

"What about Caitlin? She still likes Justin too. I'm pretty sure of that. Caitlin has a better chance with Justin than you do, because they've dated." he said.

I looked down. "Yeah, but, still. It's worth a try. I don't want some random girl in the group all over Justin."

"But you were the new girl in the group not too long ago. You just…started hanging out with us. It was a little weird. But Blaire didn't just you know…walk in." he said.

I glared at him. "Whatever. Will you help me or not?" I asked.

He shrugged. "That depends on what the plan is."

"Alright here's the plan: since Justin is in L.A. for like, four more days, we can text Blaire from a random number and pretend it's we're Justin. We'll text her all this stuff about how he supposedly thinks that they shouldn't be together because he's too busy. And so we can end the relationship and then Blaire will be out of the equation."

I smiled at him. "What do you think?"

He shook his head. "Nah, I don't wanna do that to them Demi. It's like you're obsessed with Justin. If he liked you, than he would have let you know by now."

And with that, he put his hands in his pockets and walked away.

I sighed. I guess I'll just ask Caitlin to help me.

I pulled out my phone and texted her.

Hey Caitlin, meet me at the entrance of the park, kay?

Within seconds, she replied: Kay.

I got another taxi and rode back to the park. When I got out of the taxi, I saw Caitlin standing at the entrance.

"Hey!" I called to her.

"Hey!" she said. "What's up?"

"I have an idea. You don't like the fact that Blaire and Justin are dating right?" I asked her, full of hope.

"Uhh, not really, no. Why?" she asked.

I smiled.

"Okay, here's that plan."

I told her the plan and she smiled when I finished.

"Yeah, I'll do it!" she said.

"Alright! Let's go to my house, kay?" I said.

"Kay."

BLAIRE'S POV:

I got tired of watching Ryan and Nikki love on each other, so I excused myself and left.

As I was walking home, my phone buzzed. I looked at the screen.

It was a text from some unknown number. I opened the message.

Hey, it's Justin. This is my other number. How's my baby doing?

I smiled, then typed my reply:

I'm fine, thanks. (; How's everything over there?

Within seconds, he replied.

It's great. Still pretty busy. But um, there's something I need to tell you.

I frowned. This couldn't be good.

What is it?

A minute later, he answered.

I don't think we can be together anymore. I'm really sorry, it's just, I don't think I have the time for a girlfriend right now. I'm way too busy. I'm really sorry. I still love you. Xx

My eyes started to water and I felt short of breath. This is ridiculous.

Why me? I thought. I put my head down and power waked all the way home.

I got home just in time. The tears overflowed and I ran up to my room, closed the door, and flung myself onto my bed, face first.

I sobbed for a long time. I must have cried for about an hour. I was really starting to feel a special connection with Justin. And he just ended it.

When I stopped crying, I just laid there on my bed, unmoving.

I had no desire to do anything.

Then my phone started ringing. I looked at the screen.

Justin was calling me. I hit ignore and went into the bathroom to wipe off my smeared makeup, and take a shower.

JUSTIN'S POV:

I was starting to get worried. I've called Blaire like, ten times, and she hasn't answered.

I was thinking about calling her again when my mom told me that I had to get ready for a meet and greet.

I'll just call her when I get back. I thought.

CAITLIN'S POV:

I looked over at Demi and smiled.

"Whoo hoo!" we shouted.

"I bet she's crying her eyes out right now." Demi said to me, laughing.

I laughed with her. But then I felt guilty.

I stopped laughing and looked at Demi.

"What's wrong?" she asked me.

"I feel bad. We just broke them up. And soon enough, Justin will come in and say that he never broke up with her." I said.

She considered that.

"Well, lets just see what happens. I mean, what if Justin comes back and tries to explain to her, but she doesn't wanna hear it? Then he'll leave, and then he'll be back with us." she said.

I nodded. "I guess you're right."

"Yeah, and if that doesn't work, we can always go for plan B." she said.

I just looked at her with an eyebrow raised.

BLAIRE'S POV:

When I got out of the shower, my phone screen was lit up. I walked over to it.

I had ten missed calls from Justin. I sighed.

What does he want? I thought to myself.

I picked up my phone and called him back.

He didn't answer, so I just left it at that.