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CHAPTER 27

I CRIED MYSELF TO SLEEP WHILE MONIKA WAS TALKING TO
JUSTIN.THAT NIGHT I KEPT TOSSING AND TURNING.I KEPT
REPLAYING THE WHOLE NIGHT OVER AND OVER IN MY HEAD.I
KEPT WAKING UP AND MONIKA AND PAM WOULD WAKE UP WITH
ME BECUZ OF MY CRYING OR SCREAMING.I FINALLY GOT SOME
SLEEP AFTER MONIKA CRADDLED ME IN HER ARMS WHILE PAM
SANG ME TO SLEEP.AFTER THAT ALL I REMEMBER IS WAKING
UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BED WITH MONIKA.I WALKED TO
THE BATHROOM TO BRUSH MY HAIR AND WASH MY FACE.I WAS
SHOCKED AT WHAT I SAW IN THE MIRROR.I RAN MY FINGERS
OVER MY LIPS AND THEN I MOVED MY HEAD TO LOOK SIDEWAYS
AND THERE WAS A BIG DARK MARK WHERE HE LEFT THE
IMPRINT OF HIS HAND ON MY FACE.WELL AT LEAST HE DIDNT
GIVE ME A BLACK EYE.I THOUGHT TO MYSELF.THEN THAT
WOULD REALLY RUIN MY DAY BY WALKING ACROSS THE STAGE
WITH A BLACK EYE.THE CUT ON MY LIP WAS PRETTY BAD I
KNEW I COULDNT HIDE IT AWAY FROM JUSTIN BUT I CULD AT
LEAST COVER THE MARK ON MY FACE WITH MAKE UP.I WALKED
BACK OUT OF THE BATHROOM AND INTO THE ROOM TO SEE
MONIKA STILL SLEEPING.ILL LET HER SLEEP GOD KNOWS I
KEPT HER UP LAST NIGHT AND WE DONT HAVE TO BE AT THE
SCHOOL TIL 6 TONIGHT.I WALKED OUT OF THE ROOM AND DOWN
THE HALLWAY.AS I WALKED DOWN THE STAIRS I HEARD PAM
TALKING TO SOMEONE.I RECONIZED THE VOICE PREFECTLY IT
WAS JUSTIN.I WANTED TO RUN DOWNSTAIRS BUT INSTEAD I
WALKED QUICKLY BACK TO MY ROOM MAKING SURE I DIDNT
MAKE ANY NOISE AND TRY TO COVER UP THE MARK ON THE
SIDE OF MY FACE BUT BEOFRE I HAD A CHANCE TO GET TO MY
ROOM MONIKA HAD GOTTEN UP TO GO TO THE BATHROOM AND
SHE WAS ALARMED THAT I WASNT IN THE ROOM SO SHE OPENED
THE DOOR QUICKLY TO MAKE A LOUD CREEK AND SURELY
ENOUGH THE TALKING STOPPED AND I HEARD FOOTSTEPS COME
TOWARDS THE STAIRS."HEY MAR YOU UP ?" NERVOUSLY I
DIDNT KNOW WHAT TO DO.THEN MONIKA SAW I WAS IN PANIC
AND SHE ANSWERED FOR ME."NO SHES STILL ASLEEP."I
BREATHED A SIGN OF RELIEF."WELL IF YOU DONT MIND I
WANT TO SEE HER.I FEEL SO BAD FOR NOT BEING THERE.I
WOULD OF KICKED HIS ASS!!" HE SAID THAT AS HE MADE A
FIST AND TIGHTEN IT.I WALKED PASS MONIKA TO MY ROOM AS
I HEARD THEM WALK UP THE STPES.I QUICKLY JUMPED INTO
MY BED AND GOT UNDER THE COVERS."POOR THING HAS GONE
THROUGH SO MUCH LIKE THIS HELPS ANY."AS HE OPENED THE
DOOR THERE WAS A SHORT PAUSE OF SILENCE."SHE LOOKS SO
PEACEFUL AND ANGELIC I DONT UNDERSTAND HOW ALL OF
THESE BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO HER.SHE DOESNT DESERVE
IT."HE SAID AS HE WALKED TOWARDS THE BED AND SAT DOWN
ON THE BED."WELL IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT SHE IS VERY
FORTUNATE TO HAVE IN HER LIFE RIGHT NOW ITS
YOU,JUSTIN.PLEASE JUST PROMISE US THAT YOULL STAY IN
HER LIFE AND THAT YOU WONT HURT HER.CUZ THATS THE LAST
THING THAT SHES NEEDS RIGHT NOW AND WE ARE NOT ABOUT
TO LET THAT HAPPEN." PAM SAID AS SHE LEANED AGAINST
THE DOORWAY."I DONT KNOW IF YOUVE NOTICED IT BUT YOU
HAVE MDE HER WHOLE.SHE DOESNT WORRY ANYMORE.SHES
FORGOTTEN ABOUT ALL HER PROBLEMS WHEN SHES WITH
YOU.SHE REALLY DOES CARE MUCH ABOUT YOU AND SHE LOVES
YOU JUSTIN.THATS WHAT SHE TOLD MIKE LAST NIGHT THAT
SHE LOVED YOU AND THAT YOU LOVED HER.I JUST HOPE THATS
TRUE FOR HER SKE BECUZ SHE BELIEVES IN IT VERY
STRONGLY." MONIKA SAID AS SHE SAT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF
ME."I DO LOVE HER.MORE THEN ANYONE WILL EVER KNOW.AS
SOON AS I HEARD LAST NIGHT WHAT HAD HAPPEN I WANTED TO
RUSH TO BE BY HER SIDE AND IT HURT ME BADLY TO KNOW
THAT I COULDNT."HE LOOKED DOWN AT MY FACE AND RAN THE
BACK OF HIS FINGER DOWN MY JAW LINE.WITH THAT I ACTED
LIKE I WAS JUST WAKING UP.I COULDNT PRETEND TO BE
ASLEEP ANYMORE WITH THOSE WORDS THAT HE JUST SAID.I
WANTED TO KISS HIM BUT I DIDNT WANT TO LET HIM KNOW I
WAS AWAKE SO I DECIDED TO PLAY IT OFF.I SLOWLY OPENED
MY EYES TO SEE HIS BABY BLUES LOOKING BACK AT ME.I SAT
UP REALLY QUICKLY AND HUGGED HIM TIGHT."JUSTIN?" "YEA
BABY IM HERE."AS I HUGGED HIM I GOT TEARY EYES AND
BEGAN TO CRY."BABY, PLEASE DONT CRY YOU BREAK MY HEART
WITH EVERY TEAR YOU SHED."HE SAID AS HE PULLED BACK
AND WIPED MY TEARS AWAY.MONKA AND PAM DECIDED TO LEAVE
SO WE COULD HAVE SOME TIME ALONE.JUSTIN NOTICED RIGHT
AWAY MY CUT LIP.HE LOOKED AT IT AND VERY GENTLY RAN
HIS FINGERS OVER IT."AWW! BABE I CANT BELIEVE HE DID
THIS TO YOU.DOES IT HURT?" HE ASKED WITH HIS PUPPY DOG
EYES.I JUST NODDED."HMM." "WELL LET ME MAKE IT
BETTER." HE SAID AS HE PLACED BOTH OF HIS HANDS ON MY
FACE AND CUPPED IT."OUCH!"I SAID AS I BACK AWAY FROM
THE KISS."WHATS WRONG?" HE ASKED AS I PLACED MY HAND
OVER THE SIDE OF MY FACE."DONT TELL ME HE..." HE
STOPPED AS HE SAW THAT I LOOKED AWAY FROM HIM AND DOWN
TO THE FLOOR."HONEY PLEASE SHOW ME."I LOOKED BACK UP
AT HIM AND TURNED MY FACE AND PUT MY HAND DOWN AS
REVEALED TO HIM THE DARK MARK OF MIKE'S HAND PRINT
ACROSS MY FACE.I CAN TELL HE GOT PISSED BY THE WAY HE
CLENTCHED HIS LEFT HAND WHILE HE GENTLY TOUCHED IT
WITH HIS RIGHT."OH BABY,IM SO SORRY THIS HAPPENED TO
YOU." HE SAID AS HE HUGGED ME TIGHT."DONT WORRY NOW
THAT IM HERE NOTHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO YOU.IM
GONNA TAKE CARE OF YOU."HE KEPT SAYING THIS AS HE JUST
HUGGED ME."JUSTIN?" I SAID IN A WHISPER." YEA BABY?"
"YOU PROMISE NOT LEAVE MY SIDE?IM JUST SO SCARED THAT
WHERE EVER I GO HES GONNA BE THERE." I SAID AS A TEAR
ESCAPED MY EYES.HE HELD ME TIGHT."I PROMISE.IM NEVER
GONNA LEAVE YOU.AFTER TODAY WE ARE GOING TO BE OUT OF
HERE AND YOULL BE SAFE AT MY HOUSE WHERE ILL BE WITH
YOU ALL THE TIME.OK?" "OK." I SAID AS I PULLED AWAY
AND WIPED MY TEARS."YOU HUNGRY?" JUSTIN ASKED AS HE
SMILED."YEA I AM." I SAID AS I GOT OUT OF THE
COVERS."GOOD CUZ I MADE YOU YOUR SPECIALTY.""YAYY!!" I
SAID AS WE WALKED DOWN THE HALL AND DOWN THE STAIRS.WE
ATE BREAKFAST IN SILENCE.NO ONE WAS SURE WHAT TO SAY
BECUZ OF THE INCIDENT OF THE NIGHT BEFORE.WE ALL
TALKED AFTERWARDS WHEN WE WERE SITTING IN THE LIVING
ROOM WATCHING TV.WE HAD MADE PLANS OF WHEN MONIKA AND
PAM WERE COMING OUT, AND WHERE THEY WERE GOING TO
STAY.MONIKA,PAM AND I ALL SHOWER AND CHANGED.WE ALL
HEADED TO THE SCHOOL TO GET READY AND FINGOUT LAST
MINUTE CHANGES.AS THE TIME CAME CLOSER AND CLOSER WE
ALL GOT MORE NERVOUS.FINALLY THE TIME HAD COME AND I
KISSED JUSTIN ONE LAST TIME BEFORE I HAD TO GO TAKE MY
SEAT.THE CEREMONY WAS SLOW AT FIRST AND I KEPT
THINKING ABOUT WHAT JUSTIN HAD SAID IN THE MORNING. I
WAS HAPPY THAT AT LEAST I HAD 2 SURE THINGS IN MY
LIFE,JUSTIN AND MY FRIENDS MONIKA AND PAM.AS I GOT
READY TO GO UP ON STAGE IT HIT ME,I WAS FINALLY OUT OF
HIGH SCHOOL AND WAS GOING TO HAVE THE BEST TIME BEING
WITH JUSTIN AND THE GUYS.IT WAS GOING TO BE A GREAT
SUMMER.ALL OF THAT CAME CRASHIING DOWN JUST AS I
WALKED ACROSS THE STAGE I SAW JUSTIN WITH A GIRL BUT
NOT JUST ANY GIRL. IT WAS BRITNEY.THIS CAN NOT BE
HAPPENING. THIS HAS TO BE A DREAM I KEPT TELLING
MYSELF.BUT IT WASNT A DREAM.I SAT BACK IN MY SEAT AND
NOW I WAS THINKING EVERYTHING MY WHOLE LIFE HAS JUST
GONE DOWN THE DRAIN WHAT AM I GOING TO DO.JUSTIN LEFT
ME FOR BRITNEY?!