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WE WERE AT THE TERMINAL AT THE AIRPORT.WE WERE WAITING
IN THE LOUGE AREA FOR OUR FLIGHT TO BE CALLED.JUSTIN
WENT TO GET ME SOME COFFEE."HERE YOU GO JUST THE WAY
YOU LIKE IT 100% COLOMBIAN COFFEE." "THANKS JUSTIN." I
SAID TAKING IT OUT OF HIS HANDS AND BRINGING IT UP TO
MY MOUTH. "UMM..MARY I NEED TO TALK TO YOU." I LOOKED
UP AND KNEW THAT COULDNT BE GOOD."OK." I SAID AS HE
TOOK ME ASIDE FROM THE GROUP."I KNOW WE JUST GOT
TOGETHER AND IM HAPPY THAT WE DID BUT I GOT A CALL
FROM BRITNEY LAST NIGHT WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING AND
AFTER ALONG TALK I DECIDED TO TAKE HER BACK.IM SORRY
MARY BUT IM IN LOVE WITH HER.I DIDNT REALIZE IT TIL I
HEARD HER VOICE LAST NIGHT AND I ALSO REALIZE HOW MUCH
I MISSED HER." I DROOPED THE COFFEE ON THE FLOOR AS I
STOOD THERE.IOULDNT BELIEVE WHAT HE JUST SAID. "YOU
MEAN YOUR TELLING ME THAT YOU PICK HER OVER ME?" I
QUICKLY TURNED AROUND AND HEADED STRAIGHT TO THE
FLIGHT GATE AS IT WAS BEING CALLED.I TURNED AROUND TO
SEE HIM FOLLOWING ME,"I DONT EVER WANT TO TALK TO
YOU,SEE YOU AGAIN.WHAT YOU DID WAS LOW!" I TURNED
AROUND AND GOT ON THE PLANE WITH TEARS IN MY EYES.I
COULDNT STOP CRYING I COULDNT UNDERSTAND WHAT OR WHY
HE WOULD DO THAT.I WAS CRYING UNCONTROLLABLY.
I FELT SOMEONE CALLING MY NAME AND LIGHTLY SHAKING ME.
I OPENED MY EYES TO SEE JUSTINS CONCERNED FACE.I WAS
CONFUSED."ITS ALRIGHT MARY IT WAS JUST A DREAM,BABY."
"A-A-A DREAM?"I SAID AS I WIPPED AWAY MY TEARS.I JUST
HUGGED HIM TIGHT AND HE ROCKED ME BACK AND FORTH
REASSURING ME THAT IT WAS OK.AFTER I HAD CALMED DOWN A
BIT I ASKED JUSTIN, "WOULD YOU EVER LEAVE ME FOR
BRITNEY?" AT MENTIONING HER NAME HIS HEAD TURNED
SHARPLY TO FACE ME. "WHAT? WHAT WOULD MAKE YOU THINK
SUCH A THING?" "I DREAMT THAT YOU LEFT ME FOR HER."
"NO BABY, I WOULDNT EVEN THINK OF DOING SUCH A
THING,ALL THAT MAKES ME HAPPY IS YOU,I LOVE YOU AND
ALWAYS WILL." WITH THAT SAID I FELT BETTER."I LOVE YOU
TOO."HE THEN LEANED IN AND KISSED ME.IT WAS ONE OF
THOSE LONG SOFT KISSES.AS WE BROKE APART I CUDDLED
CLOSER TO HIM AND HE PLACED HIS CHIN ON TOP OF MY
HEAD.HE RAN HIS FINGERS THROUGH MY LONG BROWN HAIR.I
SLOWLY DAZED OFF,HLDING MY PUPPPY IN MY ARMS,GLAD THAT
IT WAS ALL A DREAM.I THOUGHT ABOUT HOW HE KNEW
EVERYTHING IVE BEEN THROUGH AND THEY BOTH HAVE COMED A
LONG WAY TOGETHER AND SHE KNEW HE WAS ALWAYS THERE FOR
HER TO TURN TO.HE WAS ALWAYS STANDING BY HER.SLOWLY I
BEGAN TO FALL ASLEEP THINKING ABOUT ALL THE TIMES SHE
HAD BEEN IN JUSTINS ARMS.MEANWHILE AT THE BACK OF THE
BUS MONIKA HAD JUST WOKEN UP AND BEGAN GETTING THE
THINGS SHE BROUGHT WITH HER TOGETHER.THEN SHE WOKE UP
PAM AND SHE STARTED TO GET HER THINGS.AFTER THEY HAD
EVERYTHING THEY HUNG OUT WITH THE GUYS WHO WERE
WATCHING TV.PAM SAT NEXT TO LANCE AS THEY TALKED ABOUT
HOW THEY WOULD KEEP IN TOUCH WHILE MONIKA WAS JUST
FLIRTING WITH JOEY AND THEY GOT INTO A PLAYFUL
WRESTLING MATCH .LANCE,PAM,JC,AND CHRIS JUST SAT THERE
LAUGHING AT JOEY GETTING WHOPPED BY A GIRL.JUSTIN WOKE
ME UP AND HELPED ME GET EVERYTHING IN MY BUNK PACKED.I
WOULD SOON BE BACK HOME AND AWAY FROM JUSTIN. THAT
THOUGHT BOTHERED ME BECAUSE OF MY DREAM.I JUST BLOCKED
THAT THOUGHT OUT OF MY HEAD.I KNEW HE WOULDNT DO
THAT.THE GUYS AND US WENT IN DIFFERENT WAYS THE GUYS
HEADED TO THE ARENA WHILE PAM,MONIKA,AND ME HEADED TO
THE AIRPORT.IT WAS HARD TO SAY GOODBYE TO THE GUYS UT
I KNEW I WOULD BE BACK."BYE,MARY,IM GONNA MISS THE
LOVELY TALKS WE HAD." JOEY SAID AS HE GAVE ME A
WINK.HE HUGGED ME AND KISSED ME ON THE CHEEK,"TAKE
CARE OF YOURSELF." "JOEY IM GONNA BE BACK IN A COUPLE
OF WEEKS." "BYE MARY,TAKE GOOD CARE OF YOURSELF AND
WATCH OVER MY BABY OVER THERE."LANCE SAID AS HE
POINTED TOWARDS PAM."DONT WORRY I WILL." I SAID AS I
GAVE HIM A HUG AND A KISS."BYE MARY,ILL BE WAITING FOR
A REMATCH IN THAT PILLOW FIGHT!" "YOU GOT IT CHRIS!" I
SAID AS I HUGGED HIM."BYE MARYIM GONNA MISS THE
CLOSENESS WE SHARED OVER THESE PAST COUPLE OF
WEEKS."JC SAID WITH AN EVIL GRIN.AND AS HE HUGGED ME
HE WHISPERED IN MY EAR "IF IT DOESNT WORK OUT GIVE ME
A CALL AND IF HE DOES ANYTHING WRONG CALL ME AND ILL
KICK HIS ASS!" I LAUGHED."I LOVE YOU TOO,JC." MONIKA
AND PAM GAVE THEIR GODDBYES AS THEY GOT A LOT OF HUGS
AND PAM WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO STEAL A FEW KISSES FROM
LANCE.I WALKED OVER TO JUSTIN AND HUGGED HIM TIGHT AND
DIDNT LET GO.THEN HE SAID "NOT THAT IM COMPLAINING BUT
WHY ARE YOU HUGGING ME IM GOING TO THE AIRPORT WITH
YOU.IM NOT ABOUT TO LET MY GIRLFRIEND AND HER FRIENDS
GO ALONE.WHAT KIND OF BOYFRIEND WOULD I BE??" I PULLED
BACK JUST ENOUGH TO SEE HIS FACE.I KISSED HIM."IM SO
GLAD YOURE MINE."HE SMILED DEVILSHLY AND WRAPPED HIS
ARMS AROUND ME AND THEN PICKED ME UP,"YOU HAVE NO
IDEA."HE SAID AS HE PUT ME DOWN INSIDE THE SUV THAT
WAS TAKING US TO THE AIRPORT.THEN MONIKA AND PAM
CLIMBED IN AND WE WERE OFF TO OUR FLIGHT BACK HOME.WE
SAT DOWN IN THE LOUGE AND I GOT A LITTLE NERVOUS AS I
GOT A DASAVO FEELING.WE DIDNT HAVE LONG TIL OUR FLIGHT
NUMBER WOULD BE CALLED.I SAT THERE LOOKING INTO
JUSTINS EYES."I DONT WANT TO LEAVE,ILL MISS YOU SOOOO
MUCH." I SAID AS I HUGGED HIM AND FELT TEARS RUNNING
DOWN MY CHEEK.HE PULLED BACK AND LOOKED AT ME.HE
WIPPEDD MY TEARS AWAY WITH HIS THUMB AND TOLD ME,"ILL
BE THERE FOR YOUR GRADUATION THEN ILL WHISK YOU AWAY
BACK TO MY HOUSE FOR THE SUMMER.IT WILL ONLY BE A
COUPLE OF DAYS.BUT IM GOING TO MISS YOU SO MUCH NOT
HAVING YOU HERE." I JUST HELD ONTO HIM TIGHTER.OUR
FLIGHT WAS CALLED AND WE GOT UP AND WALKED TOWARDS THE
GATE.WE HELD HANDS TIL WE GOT IN FRONT OF THE
GATE,THEN HE LEANED DOWN AND WE KISSED PASSIONATLY MY
NOSE WAS FILLED WITH HIS SCENT OF HIS COLONGE.I HUGGED
HIM ONE LAST TIME AND STOLE A SMALL KISS BEFORE I
WALKED INTO THE GATE.THE WHOLE WAY HOME I WAS SAD THAT
I HAD TO GO BACK HOME. THE FLIGHT WAS LONG AND I JUST
WANTED TO GET OFF SO I COULD AT LEAST HEAR HIS VOICE
AGAIN BUT BY THAT TIME  ALL THE GUYS WOULD BE ON STAGE
PERFORMING.WHEN WE FINALLY GOT HOME I DROPPED ALL MY
BAGS IN MY ROOM AND I LOOKED FOR MY PUPPY.I PULLED HIM
OUT AND I LAYED ON MY BED.I CALLED JUSTIN'S CELL PHONE
AND IT WENT STRAIGHT TO HIS VOICEMAIL. "HEY JUSTIN,I
JUST GOT HOME AND I MISS YOU ALREADY.I HOPE YOU CALL
ME SOON.LOVE YOU!!*KISS KISS*" I HUNG UP THE PHONE AND
WALKED DOWNSTAIRS TO GET SOMETHING TO EAT.I SAT ON MY
COUCH AND TURNED ON THE TV EVEN TOUGH I WASNT PAYING
MUCH ATTENTION TO IT.I LAID ACROSS THE COUCH AND
LOOKED UP AT THE CELLING.I WAS BORED OUT OF MY MIND.I
GOT UP AND WALKED TO THE BIG WINDOW IN THE ROOM AND
SAT THERE LOOKING OUTSIDE THINKING OF HOW I MET THE
GUYS FOR THE FIRST TIME.IT BROUGHT A TEAR TO MY EYE SO
I WENT BACK UP TO MY ROOM AND BEGAN UNPACKING.I GOT
TIRED AND I TOOK A NAP.HOPING THAT JUSTIN WOULD CALL
SOON.
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