Best Friends Chapter 10

CHAPTER 10
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> JUSTIN TOLD THE GUYS THAT WE NEEDED TO TALK SO JOEY
> AND CHRIS LEFT THE ROOM.JUSTIN SAT NEXT TO ME ON THE
> BED AND ASKED ME " WHAT ARE YOU KEEPING FROM ME,YOU
> KNOW WHATEVER IT IS IM NOT GOING TO GET MAD OR
> ANYTHING SO WILL YOU PLEASE JUST TELL ME?" I COULDNT
> STAND LYING TO HIS FACE SO I LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW AND
> REPLIED"I DONT KNOW WHAT YOURE TALKING ABOUT." "MARY
> LOOK AT ME AND TELL ME THE TRUTH." HE WAS PLEADING
> WITH ME. HE KNEW I WAS DEFINETLY KEEPING SOMETHING
> AWAY FROM HIM,AND I HAVE NEVER DONE THAT BEFORE. HE
> JUST COULDNT UNDERSTAND WHY I WASNT TELLING HIM
> ANYTHING NOW.WE'D TELL EACHOTHER EVERYTHING. I DIDNT
> TURNED MY HEAD TO LOOK AT HIM.I JUST KEPT LOOKING OUT
> THE WINDOW AS I SAID " YOU BROKE YOUR PROMISE TO ME
> ABOUT KEEPING IN TOUCH AND THAT NOTHING WOULD CHANGE.
> IT HURT ME SO BAD AND THEN AFTER 6 YEARS YOU COME BACK
> AND EXPECT EVERYTHING TO BE LIKE IT USED TO." BY THIS
> TIME I WAS CRYING.I KNEW HE WAS REALLY SORRY ABOUT
> BREAKING HIS PROMISE AND ALL. HE LOOKED AT ME AND
> SAID"I DIDNT WANT TO HURT YOU AND IT HURT ME JUST AS
> BAD AS IT DID YOU.IF I COULD CHANGE ANYTHING ITS HOW I
> DIDNT KEEP MY PROMISE.MARY I KNOW I WAS WRONG BUT
> COULD YOU FORGIVE ME?" I DIDNT SAY ANYTHING OR MOVE.I
> FELT HIM GET OFF THE BED AND WALK TOWARDS THE DOOR.AS
> HE TURNED THE DOOR KNOB HE LOOKED AT ME AND SAID" IF
> YOU DECIDE TO TALK TO ME YOU KNOW WHERE TO FIND ME."
> THEN HE WALKED OUT AND SHUT THE DOOR BEHIND HIM. I
> LAID THERE ON THE BED FOR AWHILE JUST CRYING AND
> REGRETING WHAT I HAD SAID. I SLOWLY GOT UP FROM THE
> BED AND INTO THE SHOWER.AFTER I GOT OUT I WAS MOPING
> AROUND IN MY ROOM. I DECIDED TO CALL MONIKA AND TELL
> HER HOW EVERYTHING WAS AND IF SHE COULD HELP ME WITH
> THIS SITUATION.AFTER A HALF AN HOUR TALKING I FELT
> BETTER.SHE TOLD ME JUST TO GO UP TO HIM AND TELL HIM
> THE TRUTHAND TO DO IT SOON.MEANWHILE JUSTIN WENT TO
> JC'S ROOM AND TALKED TO HIM ABOUT WHAT HAD
> HAPPENED.JUSTIN DIDNT KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO TO GET ME
> TO OPEN UP.BY THIS TIME IT WAS TIME FOR DINNER AND
> JOEY POKED HIS HEAD IN AND TOLD ME I HAD 10 MINUTES
> TIL THEY WOULD LEAVE.I CHANGED INTO MY HIPHUGGERS AND
> A BABY BLUE HALTER TOP.I HEARD ANOTHER KNOCK AT THE
> DOOR WHILE I WAS PUTTING ON MY EARRINGS."COME IN." I
> SAID AS THE DOOR OPENED AND AND JUSTIN WALKED IN."ITS
> TIME TO GO." I STOPPED AND LOOKED AT HIM. AFTER A
> AKWARD MOMENT OF SILENCE I FINALLY SPOKE UP AND SAID
> "UMM.. GO AHEAD AND ILL MEET YOU GUYS DOWN IN THE
> LOBBY." JUSTIN THEN TURNED AROUND AND WALKED OUT. I
> COULD TELL THATS NOT WHAT HE WAS EXPECTING TO HEAR.I
> LOOKED AT MYSELF ONE LAST TIME IN THE MIRROR AND FELT
> BAD BECUZ I KNEW JUSTIN WAS WAITING FOR ME TO OPEN
> UP.I FINALLY WALKED TO THE ELEVATORS AND WENT TO THE
> LOBBY.WHEN I GOT TO THE LOBBY ALL THE GUYS MOUTHS
> DROPPED EXCEPT FOR JUSTIN.INSIDE HE ALWAYS KNEW SHE
> WAS BEAUTIFUL NO MATTER WHAT SHE HAD ON OR HOW SHE
> LOOKED. THEN JOEY WALKED UP BESIDES ME AND SAID" SINCE
> ME AND CHRIS FEEL REALLY BAD ABOUT THE FOOTBALL
> INCIDENT WE ARE GOING BE YOUR DATES FOR DINNER."HE HAD
> A BIG SMILE ON HIS FACE."I MEAN IF THATS ALRIGHT WITH
> YOU." CHRIS SAID STANDING TO MY RIGHT.I SMILED AND
> SAID "WHO IN THERE RIGHT MIND WOULD PASS UP THE
> OPPORTUNITY TO GO ON A DATE WITH 2 OF THE CUTTIES OF
> NSYNC?"WE ALL LAUGHED AND JOEY OFFERED HIS ARM AND I
> TOOK IT.AS CHRIS OPENED THE DOOR FOR US.WE WENT TO
> THIS LITTLE RESTAURANT AND SAT I A BIG BOOTH IN THE
> BACK.IT WAS LANCE,CHRIS,MA,JOEY,JC,AND JUSTIN ON THE
> END. WE ALL ORDERED AND WHILE WE WERE EATING THE GUYS
> TALKED ABOUT WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO WHEN THEY GOT
> BACK HOME.THEY ALL AGREED THAT ON THEIR FIRST NIGHT
> HOME THEY WOULD SLEEP IN.THEN JOEY LOOKED AT ME AND
> SAID "SO HOWS YOUR SCHOOL WORK COMING ALONG?" I LOOKED
> DOWN AND SAID "I REALLY HAVENT HAD MUCH TIME TO DO
> IT." JOEY LOOKED AT ME AND SAID "SHAME ON YOU." I JUST
> STUCK OUT MY TNGUE AT HIM. WE ALL ATE DESERT.IT WAS
> REALLY GOOD STRAWBERRY CHEESECAKE. THEN WE ALL DECIDED
> TO GO CLUBBING.WHEN WE WERE IN THE CLUB JOEY LOOKED AT
> ME AND SAID "WE KNOW WHAT A GREAT COOK AND WHAT A
> GREAT STUDENT YOU ARE,BUT HOW GOOD ARE YOU AT
> DANCING?' I LOOKED AT HIM WITH A DEVILISH GRIN AND
> SAID "WELL YOURE ABOUT TO FIND OUT."AS HE TOOK MY HAND
> AND LED ME OUT ONTO THE DANCE FLOOR.WE WERE TEARNING
> UP THE DANCE FLOOR.WE WERE DANCING NONSTOP.JOEY WANTED
> TO GET A DRINK SO WE CAME BACK TO THE TABLE THE GUYS
> HAD GOTTEN.THEN II WHISPERED INTO JOEYS EAR "YOU KNOW
> YOURE NOT BAD YOURSELF." WE BOTH LAUGHED AS HE SAT
> DOWN BUT I WASNT TIRED AT ALL.I LOOKED AT THE GUYS AND
> SAID "WHOS NEXT?"THEN ME AND CHRIS WENT OUT TO THE
> DANCE FLOOR.A SLOW SONG CAME UP AND WE CAME
> BACK.ILOOKED AT LANCE AND SAID "I KNOW YOU WONT DANCE
> TO ANYTHING ELSE SO AT LEAST LET ME GET TO DANCE WITH
> YOU ONCE?" HE SMILED AND WE DANCE 2 SLOW SONGS.WHILE
> WE WERE DANCING I TOLD HIM I DIDNT KNOW WHAT TO DO TO
> FIX THE ARGUMENT THAT ID HAD WITH JUSTIN.HE TOLD ME
> THE SAME THING MONIKA DID.TO TELL HIM THE TRUTH AND TO
> JUST FLATOUT TALK TO HIM.IT WAS GETTING LATE SO I
> DANCE SOME MERENGUE WITH JC AND THEN HEADED BACK TO
> THE HOTEL.EVERYONE HAD,HAD A GREAT TIME DANCING EXCEPT
> FOR JUSTIN.HE JUST SAT THERE AT THE TABLE THE WHOLE
> TIME.YOU COULD TELL SOMETHING WAS ON HIS MIND.WHEN WE
> GOT BACK TO THE HOTEL THE DATE HAD BEEN BUMPED UP A
> DAY AHEAD AND THE VENUE HAD BEEN CHANGED SO WE HAD TO
> GET ON THE BUS AND LEAVE AS SOON AS WE COULD.ALL THE
> GUYS WERE REALLY TIRED SO THEY WENT STRAIGHT TO THERE
> BUNKS.I WASNT TIRED SO I PULLED OUT MY CELL TO SEE IF
> I HAD ANY MISSING CALLS AND I DID JUST ONE.I LISTENED
> TO THE VOICE MAIL.IT WAS THAT ASSHOLE MIKE.HE SAID HE
> TOOK ALL OF HIS STUFF BACK AND THAT HE THREW AWAY ALL
> MY STUFF HE HAD AND TO NOT TALK TO HIM EVER AGAIN.HE
> WAS GOING BACK OUT WITH HIS EX AND WAS HAPPY TO BE
> WITH HER AND THAT IT WAS OFFICALLY OVER BETWEEN US.I
> WAS IN SHOCK .I JUST COULDNT BELIEVE HE WOULD LEAVE ME
> JUST LIKE THAT.I WAS REALLY UPSET AND I FELT TEARS
> WATERING UP IN MY EYES.I JUST COULDNT TAKE IT
> ANYMORE.I HAD TO TALK TO SOMEONE,BEFORE I BLEW UP AT
> SOMEONE I REALLY CARED ABOUT.I WRAPPED MY BLUE SILKY
> BLANKET AROUND ME AND I WAS HOLDING CHARLIE IN MY
> ARMS.I LOOKED INTO EACH OF THE GUYS BUNKS.
> JOEY,CHRIS,LANCE,AND JC THEY WERE ALL SLEEPING.I
> FINALLY CAME TO JUSTINS BUNK.HE WAS IN A DAZE.HE
> LOOKED UP TO SEE ME THERE CRYIING.I LOOKED AT HIM AND
> SAID I..I..I..GOTTA...TALK...TO....YOU.."IN BETWEEN
> SOBS.HE JUMPED OUT OF HIS BUNK PUT ONE ARM AROUND ME
> AND WALKED TO THE BACK OF THE BUS.WE SAT DOWN ON THE
> COUCH AND I TRIED TO STOP CRYING BUT IT WAS REALLY
> HARD. JUSTIN JUST WRAPPED ME UP IN A BIG HUG AND I
> CRIED ON HIS SHOULDER.I FINALLY STOPED AND I PULLED
> AWAY TO TELL JUSTIN WHAT WAS REALLY BOTHERING ME AND
> HOW MY BOYFRIEND DUMPED ME AND WENT BACK TO HIS EX AND
> HOW HE GOT RID OF MY STUFF.HE EVEN PROMISED ME HE
> WOULD NEVER HURT ME.(RING A BELL PPL?) I TOLD JUSTIN
> HOW I WAS SORRY FOR KEEPING THIS FROM HIM.I JUST
> STARTED CRYING AGAIN AND JUSTIN PULLED ME CLOSE TO
> HIM.MY HEAD WAS ON HIS CHEST AND HE HELD ME TIGHT AS
> IF HE WAS PROTECTING ME FROM SOMETHING.HE TOLD ME NOT
> TO WORRY ABOUT AND THAT I NOW HAD 5 GUYS THAT WOULD BE
> ALWAYS THERE FOR ME,NOT TO MENTION THEY WERE CUTTIES!!
> I LAUGHED AND JUSTIN WAS HAPPY TO HEAR ME LAUGH.I
> CRIED ON HIS SHOULDER MOST OF THE NIGHTAND I FELL
> ASLEEP IN HIS ARMS.I ALWAYS LOVED BEING IN HIS ARMS,I
> ALWAYS GOT A SENES OF SAFETY AND ANOTHER FEELING I
> COULD ONLY DESCRIBE AS A FEELING THAT ALWAYS FELT LIKE
> I WAS HOME.
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