Chapter 14: The Mistake?
Natalya arrived at the hotel restaurant a little late. As she scanned the dining area, she pulled at the hem of her pink silk mini dress nervously. Finally spotting him at the bar, sipping on a scotch, her heart started fluttering and a smile appeared across her face as she walked over to him.
"Is this seat taken?"
"Yeah, I'm supposed to be meeting this woman who told me that she loved me a little over a month ago. Do you see her anywhere?"
"Why did you have to bring that up?" Natalya asked with a chuckle as she sat down.
"I just wanted to see your reaction." Justin said with a smile.
"Whatever. Do you wanna go and grab a table?"
"Yeah, just let me order another drink. Do you want anything?"
"Are you buying?"
"I guess so."
"Well in that case, I'll take a diet coke and whiskey."
"Somebody likes the fire, huh?"
"Wouldn't you like to know? I'll go get the table." Natalya said, walking away and resisting the urge to look back.
Once she found a table, she was finally able to catch her breath.
"So how was Raw when you first arrived?" Justin asked as he sat down across from Natalya.
"Terrible. Everyone was rude and they blamed me for you getting hurt." Natalya said, taking a long drink, letting the whiskey settle in to her system.
"Why would they do that? It's not like you were the one who threw me over the top rope."
"I know, but rumors start and no one stops to find out the truth."
"I'm sorry. I should have found out the truth about what happened between you and Tyson before I went with him to Vince about you. In that month, I missed you a lot." Justin admitted.
"I missed you too. When everyone was giving me a hard time after the trade, it took all of my strength to not call you and talk to you about it."
"Why didn't you?"
"I was still pissed at how you handled the situation and in a way; I just wanted to get over all that had happened. If I would have called you, it would have stirred up all of the emotions again."
"I'm sorry; I wish that I could go back and fix this so that we would still be together." Justin said, grabbing Natalya's hand and squeezing.
"Me too, but I'm with Heath now. I care about him a lot."
She knew that she should pull her hand out of his, but it felt so right. After hesitating, she pulled away and hung her head down.
"Did you care about me when we were together?"
"Of course I did, and you know that. I felt more for you than anyone. We were together for just over a week and I told you that I loved you. I have never done that before." Natalya confessed as she looked up and looked him straight in the eyes.
"Have you told Heath that you love him?"
"No."
"And why not? Haven't you two been together for a while?"
"I don't know why I haven't."
"That's bullshit and you know it. Why haven't you told him?" Justin asked again, finding that he was raising his voice.
"I haven't told him because I don't love him! I still love you!"
Hearing those words shocked Justin. He wasn't expecting to hear her say those words. Taking advantage of his silence, Natalya knocked back the rest of her drink and stood up from their table.
"I have to go wash my hair." She said lamely as she started to walk away.
"Wait, Nattie!" Justin said grabbing for her hand but he missed.
"Shit!" he muttered, throwing some cash down on the table to cover for their drinks and turned around only to find that Natalya was nowhere in sight.
Thinking quick, he headed towards the front desk. After some explaining and pleading to the clerk, Justin boarded an elevator heading towards the eighth floor. Once the elevator stopped, he exited and turned left looking for room 814. Coming to a stop outside of the door, he could hear crying coming from inside. He took a deep breath and knocked.
"Who is it?" Natalya asked as she downed her third mini bottle of vodka.
She needed to dull her thoughts once again.
"Room service."
"I didn't order anything did I?" She thought to herself as she stumbled to the door and opened it.
"What are you doing here? How did you find my room? She slurred.
"I used my boyish charm and good looks. Do you mind if I come inside?" Justin asked.
Not waiting for an answer, he slid past her, walked over to the bed, and sat down.
"What do you want?" Natalya huffed as she sat down next to Justin.
"I want you to look me in the eyes, and tell me how you feel."
"How I feel about what?"
"How do you feel about your relationship with Heath?"
"My relationship with Heath sucks. It feels like he is always on top of me when we are backstage. Clingy is the understatement of the year."
"How do you feel about me?"
Natalya took in a deep breath and prepared herself for what she was about to tell him.
"I…I love you Justin. When I told you the first time, I meant it."
"I know you did, and so did I."
"Huh? I know I'm drunk right now, but I'm pretty sure you never told me that you loved me." Natalya said with a scrunched up confused look on her face.
"I did, you just didn't hear me." Justin whispered.
"I'm still confused here."
"After you told me and walked away, I said 'Ek is lief vir jou ook'."
"I recognize that dialect! What did you say and what language are you speaking?"
"It means 'I love you too' in Afrikaans."
Without thinking, Natalya put her arms around Justin's neck and pulled him into a passionate kiss. Instantly feeling the spark, she fell into his body. Continuing her attack on his lips, she unwrapped her hands and pulled away at his t-shirt. Running her hands over his abdomen, she moaned. Next thing that she knew, his hands were unzipping her dress but he suddenly pulled away.
"Are you sure that you want to do this?" he asked, holding her face in his hands, running his thumb over her bottom lip.
"I'm sure." She replied running her fingers through his hair.
Justin the pushed Natalya back onto the bed and climbed on top of her. They interlocked their fingers as he leaned down to kiss her. In the background, Natalya's cell phone started ringing, but she did not care. She was on cloud nine being in bed with the man that she really wanted to be with.
"Natalya, I love you." Justin said looking deep in to her emerald green eyes.
"I love you too."