The next day I watched Justin do his performance scenes, and then we went out to eat. He said that since we were “official”, we needed to go on an official date.
I have to admit, Justin was quite the gentleman. I’d noticed this before, but I suppose that actually being my boyfriend brought it out even more in him. He opened doors for me. He pulled out my chair for me. He was so sweet and I was so glad we were really together.
We ate at a restaurant close by the hotel. People noticed us, and I even saw a few camera flashes. But luckily, the manager arranged for us to eat in a secluded room of the restaurant, so we weren’t bothered. I was worried about what would show up on gossip sites but it was hard to stay that way. Justin distracted me from my worries.
After we finished eating, we came back to the hotel. He said that we should give all the cameras a rest; people had been snapping shots of us all day. I found it really awkward, but I didn’t care. I had Justin, and that was all that mattered.
We didn’t do much that day. But when night came, Justin had an idea.
“You wanna go to the pool?” I looked at the clock. It was 10:00pm.
“Isn’t it a little late? Won’t it be closed?”
“It won’t be closed for us… I have a feeling they’d let us in.” He had that sneaky smile that I’d come to love.
“Alright then, let’s go.”
I was a little worried. This was the first time Justin would see me in something so revealing. I
mentally cursed myself for bringing a bikini instead of a one piece. I was freaking out. I wasn’t a confident person anyway. Add in the fact that the boy whom I cared most for in the world would be seeing me like that for the first time, and I was overcome with nerves. I pulled a t shirt and shorts on and met Justin back at his room.
We got to the pool, and while I waited at the door, Justin talked to the guy at the desk. Just like he said, the guy let us in and turned on the lights.
The pool looked really pretty. It had an ocean view, so it almost felt like we were swimming in it. Justin sat our towels in a chair and took his shirt off. I tried to keep myself calm because the moment
I was dreading was there. He smiled at me and got in the water.
“C’mon, Em! Get in!” I smiled a nervous smile and took my only cover ups off. I probably should have gotten a tan…
I stepped into the pool and Justin swam over to me and put his hands on my waist.
“What’s wrong?”
“Nothing. Water’s a little cold I guess.” I could tell he knew better. But instead of drawing attention to my obvious insecurities, he acted like he believed me. He whispered in my ear.
“You look beautiful.” He swam to the other side and beckoned me over. I couldn’t keep the silly grin off my face.
As soon as I got to the other side, he pulled me to him and kissed me gently.
“What was that for?” I asked, smiling.
“I just don’t want to stop doing that now since you’re really mine. I can’t get enough of you.” The butterflies stirred. All I could do was smile back and tag him on the arm.
“Come get me.” I taunted, and then swam off. He chased me down and hugged me from behind, holding my arms to my sides.
“Gotcha. I knew I would, eventually.” He kissed me on the cheek and let go.
Justin and I swam for about an hour before going back up to our rooms. He walked me to my door, came in long enough to say goodnight, and went back to his room. We were being extra careful about giving people things to gossip about now that we were together. That was surely going to be out in a short amount of time. We didn’t want anyone getting the wrong idea about what we were doing.
The next morning, I was flying back to New York, and Justin to Atlanta. We both had a bunch of things to do in the next few weeks. It was going to be hard to see each other. I worried about that until Justin reassured me that morning at the airport.
“It’ll be ok. ‘Distance makes the heart grow fonder.’ Isn’t that what they say? I’ll call you and skype you and text you… it’ll be just like I’m there with you.” I smiled despite what I was feeling.
“I’m going to miss you.” I said, finally looking back up into his eyes.
“You don’t know the half of it.” He grinned and kissed me once again.
“Ok love birds, it’s time for your flight.” Justin’s bodyguard said.
“Whose?”
“Yours.” He answered, pointing at Justin.
Justin looked at me with a sad expression.
“Remember everything I just said. Take this, too.” He handed me one of his chains. This particular one had a chess piece on it. “Anytime you get to missing me, just get it out.” He smiled.
“Thanks.” He pulled me to him once more, kissed me, and then pulled me into a big hug.
“Bye sweetheart.” He let go and walked away with his bodyguard. I couldn’t help but feel a little lost.
I turned around to look out the window to see his plane take off when my phone vibrated in my pocket.
New Text from: Justin
Smile, babe. <3
I did what he said, and locked the message so I couldn’t delete it on accident. I took his chain and put it on. The flight I was going to be on was called over the intercom, so I grabbed my bag and walked away just as Justin’s flight took off.
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The next few weeks were so hectic. I shot my first music video… well second if you count Justin’s. I was doing so many things that talking to Justin was hard. I found that I missed him even more than I expected. I also wore his chain more than I expected I would.
Just like I thought, Justin’s fansites blew up with the news of our new dating situation. Not all of it was bad, though, and that kept me satisfied. I didn’t really care what people thought to an extent. Most of them were just jealous. None of them really said anything that bothered me. Justin was happy that I wasn’t letting anything they said get to me.
As imagined, I was getting no slack from my band. They reminded me daily how they “told me so” and what an adorable couple Justin and I made. I let it slide, though. I felt much more… happy. I couldn’t explain it. I was more carefree, I was more excited, I was more alive. I had a talk with Billy one night about this exact thing. He said that it was Justin. I think I knew that all along. He promised he wouldn’t tell any of the other guys what I said while we talked, so I confided in him that I thought I was falling for Justin. I also told him how scared that made me. We hadn’t known each other that long, but I couldn’t deny it. He didn’t think I was silly or stupid for thinking that. He just told me that if it felt right, and it was real, I’d know it. Billy was like my psychiatrist.
I finally got to talk to Justin for more than 20 minutes the day after mine and Billy’s talk. He filled me in on what he’d been doing, and I did the same. We looked over our schedules and tried to find a time where we could see each other. The best we could do was in a week and a half, and I couldn’t help but feel a little down. But as always, Justin made me feel better.
“My team said they’ve noticed a difference in me.”
“What do you mean?”
“I don’t know… they just said they can notice a difference in me since we’re together. They said I’m different, but in a good way. They said it’s like I’m lovesick.” The butterflies took flight with just the mention of the word.
“Really?”
“Yeah.” I smiled. “What do you think?” I paused.
“The band has said the same thing about me. Well, mostly Billy because he’s the only one that would probably understand why I’m acting differently.”
“Awesome.” He said, giggling slightly. “You know I miss you like crazy?”
“I miss you two.” The butterflies were doing laps around my insides.
“I just wish I could kiss you right now.” You’re done for, Em.
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