Chapter 28 I WAS SEATING THERE IN MY SEAT WAITING FOR THE CEREMONY TO BE OVER WITH SO I COULD MARCH RIGHT OVER TO JUSTIN AND FINDOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON.AFTER AN HOUR IT WAS OVER AND WE THREW OUR HATS IN THE AIR.BEFORE I COULD MAKE MY WAY OVER TO JUSTIN I GOT POUNCED ON BY PAM AND MONIKA.THEY BOTH COULD TELL I WASNT IN THE BEST MOOD AND THAT SOMETHING WAS BOTHERING ME.MONIKA FOLLOWED MY GAZE AND FOUND WHAT I WAS STARRING AT."MARY DONT WORRY ABOUT IT I KNOW THERES A LOGICAL EXPLANANTION THAT JUSTIN BROUGHT BRITNEY WITH HIM." "HE WHAT?! ...HE ACTUALLY BROUGHT HER WITH HIM!I THOUGHT SHE FOLLOWED HIM OR SOMETHING BUT HE BROUGHT HER!?" "MARY CALM DOWN YOU KNOW HE LOVES YOU,HE SAID SO HIMSELF THIS MORNING HE COULDNT HAVE CHANGED HIS MIND THAT FAST.JUST BREATH AND DONT DO ANYTHING STUPID." PAM SAID AS SHE SAW THAT THEY WERE WALKING TOWARDS US. I THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT SHE SAID AND SHE WAS RIGHT HE DID SAY HE LOVED I EVEN HEARD HIM.SO I PUT ON A SMILE AND HEY I COULD ALSO KEEP HER AWAY FROM HIM AS LONG AS I WAS NEXT TO HIM AND IN HIS ARMS.HE WAS MINE AND I WAS GOING TO GET THAT POINT ACROSS TO HER EVEN IF IT WAS THE LAST THING I DO.I QUICKLY RAN OVER TO JUSTIN AND JUMPED INTO HIS ARMS.I HUGGED HIM TIGHT AND KISSED HIM."BABY IM SO PROUD OF YOU!!YOU WERE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PERSON UP THERE." HE SAID AS HE KISSED ME ON MY CHEEK.THEN HE PRETENDED AS HE HAD TEARS IN HIS EYES AND SAID "MY MARY IS ALL GROWN UP AND READY FOR THE REAL WORLD."I LAUGHED AS I PLAYFULLY PUNCHED HIM IN HIS ARMS.THEN OUR FUN WAS INTERUPTED BY BRITNEY CLEARING HER THROAT.JUSTIN TURNED TO FACE HER AND SAID "OH IM SORRY,MARY THIS IS BRITNEY,BRITNEY THIS IS MARY." HE SAID INTRIDUCING US AND WE SHOKE HANDS."IVE HEARD ALOT ABOUT YOU.YOU ARE ALL WHAT JUSTIN TALKS ABOUT."BRITNEY SAID AS SHE SMILED."I HOPE IT WAS ALL GOOD AND NOTHING BAD." I SAID NERVOUSLY AS I LOOKED AT JUSTIN."OH DONT WORRY I WOULDNT SAY ANYTHING BAD ABOUT YOU BABY, THERES NOTHING BAD ABOUT YOU." HE SAID AS HE CAME BEHIND ME AND WRAPPED HIS ARMS AROUND ME.I KNEW FROM THAT, THAT I HAD NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT.THEN PAM AND MONIKA CAME UP BEHIND ME AND THEN WE INTRODUCED THEM TO BRITNEY."SO BABE WHAT WAS THE SURPRISE THAT YOU HAD FOR ME?" I ASKED AS I TURNED MY HEAD TO LOOK AT HIM."WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT,BRITNEY IS THE SURPRISE." I JUST GAVE HIM A LOOK LIKE WHAT!?!?! HE GOT MY DRIFT AND SAID "THERES ALSO..."HE LET ME GO AND TURNED ME AROUND TO SEE THE REST OF THE GUYS WALKING TOWARDS US.I JUMPED UP FROM THE EXCITMENT AND RAN TO THEM.I JUMPED UP AND HUGGED EACH ONE OF THEM.I WAS SO HAPPY THAT ALL OF US WERE BACK TOGETHER.THEN I TURNED AROUND AND SAW BRITNEY WHISPERING SOMETHING IN JUSTIN'S EAR AND THEN JUSTIN SMILING AND LAUGHING.MY BLOOD STARTED TO BOIL BUT THEN JOEY PICKED ME UP AND SPINNED ME AROUND.JUSTIN SAW THAT I WAS STARTING TO GET NAUSEOUS SO HE CAME OVER AND SAID"JOEY DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED THE LAST TIME YOU TRIED THIS ON HER?" "OH YEAH SORRY MARY." HE SAID AS HE PUT ME DOWN ON MY FEET.I GRABBED A HOLD OF JUSTIN."THANKS BABE." I SAID AS I GOT SO CLOSE TO JUSTIN THAT THERE WAS NO SPACE BETWEEN US.HE WRAPPED HIS ARMS AROUND ME SINCE I WAS MILKING MY NAUSEA.WE WALKED BACK TO OUR CARS.JUSTIN WAS GONNA DRIVE WITH US AND THAT BRITNEY WAS GONNA DRIVE HIS CAR TO MY HOUSE WHERE WE WERE ALL GONNA MEET UP.MONIKA AND PAM WENT WITH THE OTHER FELLAS SO JUSTIN DROVE MONIKAS CAR.THE CAR RIDE BACK TO THE HOUSE WAS AKWARD.I DIDNT KNOW WHY I WAS GETTING SO JEALOUS."MARY?" "YEAH"I SAID AS I LOOKED AT HIM."IS THERE SOMETHING WRONG?CUZ YOU ARE ACTING DIFFERENT.""OH,WELL I..UMM.. WELL THERE IS SOMETHING THAT IS BOTHERING ME." MIGHT AS WELL TELL HIM NOW AND GET THINGS STRAIGHT NOW THAT WE ARE ALONE."I KNOW THIS IS GOING TO SOUND WEIRD BUT .." (WE PASSED BY A PARK)" JUSTIN, CAN YOU PULL OVER HERE AND TAKE A WALK IN THE PARK?" "HE PULLED OVER AND PARKED THE CAR."SURE, BABE WHAT EVER YOU WANT." I KNEW HE WAS FEELING CONCERNED.WE STARTED WALKING AROUND THE LAKE.WE WERE HOLDING HANDS."SO MARY WHAT DO YOU WANT TO TALK TO ME ABOUT." "LOOK JUSTIN I AM A LITTLE BLURRING ON WHY YOU BROUGHT BRITNEY WITH YOU?" "WHAT?" HE SAID ASHE STOPPED AND TURNED TO FACE ME."LOOK I JUST HAVE BEEN HAVING THESE DREAMS THAT YOU LEFT ME FOR HER AND NOW THAT SHES HERE ITS KINDA WEIRD AND SCAREY." I SAID AS I LOOKED OUT ONTO THE LAKE."MARY, TRUST ME YOU HAVE NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT,THERES ONLY ONE PERSON I LOVE AND THATS YOU."HE SAID AS HE BROUGHT MY FACE CLOSER TO HIM AND THEN KISSED ME.I WRAPPED MY ARMS AROUND HIS NECK AS HE WRAPPED HIS ARMS AROUND MY WAIST.I FELT BETTER NOW THAT I KNEW HE WASNT GOING TO END UP WITH HIM.WE STARTED WALKING BACK TO THE CAR.I STARTED LAUGHNG AT MYSELF.HE LOOKED AT ME AND THEN SAID "WHY ARE YOU LAUGHING?" "WELL ITS BECUZ I WAS JUST A LITTLE JEALOUS WHEN I SAW YOU WITH HER." I BLUSHED.HE LAUGHED WITH ME."WELL LIKE I SAID YOU HAVE NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT NO ONE OR NOTHING WILL EVER TAKE ME AWAY FROM YOU." WE FINALLY REACHED THE CAR AND WE GOT BACK TO THE HOUSE WHERE EVERYONE WAS WAITING FOR US.WE WERE SMILING AS WE WALKED UP TO THE FRONT PORCH. EVERYONE LOOKED AT US WITH A STRANGE FACE.ME AND JUSTIN JUST LAUGHED AS WE WALKED INSIDE."WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM?THEY ARE WAY TOO SMILEY!"JOEY SAID AS HE WALKED IN BEHIND US."LETS JUST SAY WE HAD A LITTLE TALK."JUSTIN SAID AS HE STOLE A KISS.WE SAT DOWN TOGETHER ON THE COUCH,MORE LIKE I WAS ON HIS LAP SO WE HAD ENOUGH ROOM FOR EVERYONE TO SIT DOWN."SO WHAT ARE THE PLANS?" JOEY SAID AS HE SAT ON THE OTHER END OF THE COUCH. "WELL WE WERE PLANNING ON GOING TO HIT SOME CLUBS AFTER WE EAT DINNER.WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK?" "SOUNDS GOOD TO ME!" JOEY SAID AS HE JUMPED UP AND HAD THAT TWINKLE IN HIS EYES."YEA THATS KEWL.WE HAVENT GONE OUT IN A WHILE." LANCE SAID AS HE SAT NEXT TO PAM. "WELL I KNOW THAT ME MONIKA AND PAM NEED TO CHANGE AND THEN WE CAN GO." I SAID AS I SLIDE OFF OF JUSTINS LAP."WE WONT TAKE LONG." WE SAID AS WE RAN UP THE STAIRS TO MY ROOM.AFTER 35 MINUTES WE HAD CHANGE AND WERE ALMOST DONE DOING OUR MAKE UP. WE WALKED DOWN THE STEPS TO FIND THE GUYS PLAYING VIDEO GAMES AND EATING SOME JUNK FOOD,OF COURSE IT WAS JOEY.I CLEARED MY THROAT AS THE GUYS TURNED AROUND TO FACE US."WOW!YOU GIRLS LOOK GREAT."JUSTIN SAID WALKING OVER TO ME AND WRAPPING HIS ARMS AROUND ME."YOU LOOK HOTT!" JOEY SAID AS HE WALKED OVER TO MONIKA."AND YOU LOOK ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL." LANCE SAID AS HE KISSED PAM.AS JUSTIN TURNED AROUND TO SEE WHERE BRITNEY WAS(ME STILL IN HIS ARMS).I SAW SOME JEALOUS TOWARDS ME FROM HER."YOU GUYS ARE ALL PAIRED UP, I KINDA FEEL LEFT OUT."SHE SAID LOOKING DIRECTLY AT JUSTIN."WELL I CAN HELP YOU OUT THERE." I SAID THINKING YOU ARE NOT GOING TO EVEN GET CLOSE TO MY MAN."IM SURE CHRIS AND JC COULD HELP YOU OUT THERE.COULDNT YOU GUYS?" "YEA ID LOVE TO." CHRIS SAID WALKING TOWARDS HER."SHALL WE?" JC ASKED AS HE OFFERED HIS ARM."YEA OK." SHE SAID HALF HEARTEDLY.I JUST SMILED. "THEN WHAT ARE WE WAITING FOR LETS GO." I SAID AS ME AND JUSTIN STARTED WALKING OUT THE DOOR AS EVERYONE FOLLOWED."ILL TAKE MY CAR." JUSTIN SAID. "EVERYONE ELSE CAN GO IN JC'S BIG SUV." I SAID. "WELL I THOUGHT I WAS GONNA RIDE WITH YOU JUSTIN,"BRITNEY SAID,"SINCE YOU BROUGHT ME WITH YOU." SHE WAS GETTING VERY SNOTTY AND I COULDNT STAND IT."WELL THERES ONLY ENOUGH ROOM FOR TWO AND THAT WOULD BE HIM AND ME.PLUS WE'LL ALL BE TOGETHER THE WHOLE NIGHT." I SAID WITH A VERY BIG SMILE."SHES RIGHT BRITNEY IT DOESNT MATTER ANYWAYS.ILL GO AHEAD AND GET A TABLE FOR US.WE'LL SEE YOU THERE." JUSTIN SAID AS HE CLOSED HIS DOOR AND TURNED ON THE CAR.SHORTLY WE PULLED OUT ONTO THE STREET AND I JUST WAVED GOODBYE TO BRIT WHO WAS JUST STANDING THERE WITH HER MOUTH WIDE OPEN. "SHE IS REALLY GETING TO YOU ISNT SHE?"JUSTIN SAID STARTING TO LAUGH. "NOW WHERE WOULD YOU GET AN IDEA LIKE THAT?" I ASKED. "OH JUST THE WAY YOU RUBBED IT IN HER FACE THAT YOU WERE RIDING WITH ME."I JUST GIGGLED."IM SORRY JUSTIN IM REALLY TRYING TO BE NICE,BUT CANT YOU SEE HOW SHES TRYING EVERYTHING SO YOU TWO CAN BE ALONE OR THE FACT SHE WANTS ME OUT OF THE PICTURE? YOU SURELY CAN NOT BE THAT BLIND THAT YOU CANT SEE THAT." "WELL NOT REALLY.SHE CAN TRY EVERYTHING BUT IT WONT CHANGE MY FEELINGS FOR YOU.MY FEELINGS FOR YOU ARE ROCK SOLID SHE CANT BREAK OR CHANGE ANYTHING BETWEEN US." HE HELD MY HAND AND I SQUEEZED IT AS I SAID " I HOPE YOUR RIGHT ABOUT THAT." WE PULLED UP TO THE RESTAURANT AND WE WENT TO GET SEATED. WE HAD TO GET TWO TABLES PUT TOGETHER. I SAVED SEATS FOR MONIKA AND PAM TO SIT NEXT TO ME AND FOR JOEY AND LANCE TO SIT ACROSS FROM THEM.THEY GOT THERE A LITTLE WHILE AFTER AND OF COURSE BRITNEY WENT TO SIT ON THE SAVED SEATS I HAD.SHE HAD GOTTEN THERE RIGHT BEFORE MONIKA AND WENT TO SIT DOWN."UMM. BRITNEY THAT SEAT IS FOR MONIKA."I SAID IN THE NICEST TONE POSSIBLE."OH SHE DOESNT MIND DO YOU?" SHE SAID TURNING AROUND TO MONIKA."UMM.. ACTUALLY I-" "SEE SHE DOESNT MIND." SHE SAID AS SHE SAT DOWN.I TURNED TO FACE JUSTIN. "SEE WHAT I MEAN?" I WHISPERED TO HIM.JUSTIN JUST SAT THERE AND SHRUGGED."DONT LET THAT RUIN YOUR NIGHT.GIVE ME THAT BEAUTIFUL SMILE OF YOURS." HE WHISPERED IN MY EAR. I SMILED FOR HIM.WE WERE ALL SEATED AND HAD ORDERED. WE SAT AROUND TALKING ABOUT THE FUNNY THINGS THAT HAD HAPPENED ON TOUR.THEN WE HAD FINISHED EATING. WE HEADED OUT TO THE CLUBS."ARE YOU READY TO KEEP UP WITH MY LATIN SPICE?"I SAID WITH A BIG DEVILISH SMILE."I DUNNO IF HE CAN BUT I SURE CAN!" PAM SHOUTED. I LAUGHED. "I KNOW YOU CAN AND SO CAN MONIKA BUT THE QUESTION IS CAN THE GUYS KEEP UP AND IF THEY CAN HANDLE IT?" MONIKA PAM AND I BUSTED INTO LAUGHTER.THE GUYS JUST LOOKED AT EACHOTHER AND SAID "OH WE CAN HANDLE IT."THEN BRITNEY SPOKE UP AND SAID,"LATIN SPICE??" WE ALL LAUGHED." I THOUGHT I TOLD YOU THAT MARY WAS HISPANIC." JUSTIN SAID."UMM. I DONT THINK SO." "OH WELL THATS THE BEST THING I LOVE ABOUT HER.I JUST LOVE HER LATIN SPICE." HE SAID WITH A BIG SMILE."DONT YOU AGREE JOEY AND LANCE?" "OH YEAH DEFINETLY." THEY BOTH SAID IN UNISON.WE ALL LAUGHED."WELL THE THING I LOVE ABOUT MARY IS HER SUGAR." I JUST BLUSHED."JC!" "WHAT!? ITS THE TRUTH.YOU ARE ONE GREAT DANCER." "WELL THANK YOU.BUT IM NOT HERE TO TALK IM HERE TO GET IN ACTION AND PARTY."I GRABBED ONTO JUSTINS' HANDS AS HE LED ME IN THE CLUB AND TO A TABLE.AS SOON AS EVERYONE SAT DOWN THE GUYS EITHER WENT TO GET DRINKS OR HEAD TO THE DANCE FLOOR.JUSTIN AND LANCE WENT TO GO GET DRINKS WHILE MONIKA,JOEY,CHIRS AND JC WENT TO DANCE.(JC DRAGGED BRITNEY WITH HIM.YAY!!)WHEN JUSTIN AND LANCE CAME BACK WITH OUR DRINKS.I COULDNT FIGHT MY SPICE ANYMORE SO JUSTIN LED ME TO THE DANCE FLOOR. ME AND JUSTIN WERE DANCING REALLY CLOSE.BRITNEY CAME UP WITH JC BEHIND HER AND SHE CUT IN BETWEEN ME AND JUSTIN.THERE WAS NOT MUCH I COULD DO SO I JUST DANCED WITH JC.I WAS REALLY MAD BUT ONCE I WAS IN THE GROVE WITH JC I LET IT SLIDE AND BEGAN ENJOYING MYSELF ONCE AGAIN.THEN A SPANISH SONG CAME ON AND ME AND JC WERE ON THE SAME PACE.HIS HAND WAS ON THE SMALL OF MY BACK AND THE OTHER ONE WAS HOLDING MY HAND.HE KNEW HOW TO DO TURNS AND SPINS.AFTER THE SONG WE REALIZED THAT WE HAD PEOPLE WATCHING US DANCE.WE TOOK A BREAK AND HEADED BACK TO THE TABLE,WHERE MONIKA AND JOEY WERE SEATING. "WOW!CAN I GET A TURN?"JOEY ASKED EAGERLY."YEA ANYTIME JUST LET ME TAKE A BREATHER." "YEAH GIRL YOU LOOKED GOOD OUT THERE." MONIKA SAID,"I EVEN THINK YOU GOT JUSTIN A LITTLE JEALOUS." SHE WHISPERED."WELL THATS WHAT HE GETS FOR LETTING BRITNEY CUT IN." I WHISPERED BACK TO HER BUT JC AND JOEY HEARD ME."IM SENSEING A LITTLE JEALOUSLY." JOEY SAID."ITS NOT THAT ITS THAT SHE KEEPS TRYING TO SEPERATE ME AND JUSTIN.LIKE SHE KEEPS TRYING TO TAKE HIM FOR HERSELF." "I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN,WEVE ALL NOTICED IT,DONT ORRY WE'LL HELP YOU OUT." "THANKS GUYS." "HEY YOURE ONE IN OUR GROUP WE WATCH OUT FOR EVERYONE IN THE GROUP AND THAT INCLUDES YOU MONIKA AND PAM." JC SAID. "THANKS GUYS IT MEANS A LOT TO ME." I SAID AS I GAVE THEM HUGS."HEY NOW DO YOU THINK I CAN GET A MOMENT ALONE WITH MY GIRL?" HE SAID AS I PULLED AWAY FROM JOEY."HEY SHE IS YOUR GIRLFRIEND YOU CAN TAKE HER WHEN YOU WANT,SHE WAS WAITING ON YOU SINCE YOU TWO WERE SEPERATE FOR SOME REASON." JOEY SAID LOOKING OVER AT BRITNEY.JUSTIN GRABBED MY HAND AND LED THE WAY TO THE BACK OF THE CLUB TO WHERE THE BEACH WAS.WE GOT AWAY FROM THE NOISE LEVEL AND JUST GOT SOME FRESH AIR.THEN JUSTIN SPUN ME AND THEN PULLED ME CLOSE TO HIM WHERE WE STARTED SLOW DANCING. "SO ARE YOU HAVING A GRAT TIME ON YOUR NIGHT?" "I COULDNT ASK FOR ANYTHING MORE.IM JUST SO HAPPY AND THE BEST THING IS THAT I GET TO BE WITH YOU."HE LEANED DOWN AND KISSED ME SOFTLY."HEY MARY I NEED TO TALK TO YOU."HE PULLED AWAY FROM ME AND PUT HIS ARMS TO HIS SIDES AND DUG HIS HANDS INTO HIS POCKETS.OH NO,THIS SOUNDS JUST LIKE MY DREAM,NOW HES SUPPOSED TO SAY HE NEEDS TO TELL ME SOMETHING IMPORTANT AND THEN HE DUMBS ME FOR BRITNEY."OK." I SAID NERVOUSLY."I HAVE SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO TELL YOU." OH NO HERE IT COMES.HE PULLED HIS HAND OUT OF HIS POCKET AND SAID " MARY I CARE ABOUT YOU VERY DEEPLY AND SINCE THIS IS YOUR NIGHT I WANTED TO MAKE IT SPECIAL BY TELLING YOU HOW MUCH YOU MEAN TO ME.YOU ARE THE WORLD TO ME AND I LOVE YOU SO MUCH YOU WILL NEVER KNOW HOW MUCH."THEN I SAW HIS RIGHT HAND AND IN IT WAS A RING."MARY I WANT YOU TO HAVE THIS,ITS A PROMISE RING,ITS A WAY TO SHOW THE WORLD THAT YOURE MINE AND HOPEFULLY SOMEDAY WE WILL BE TOGETHER FOREVER." BY THIS TIME I HAD TEARS COMING DOWN MY CHEEKS.I GAVE HIM MY RIGHT HAND.HE SLOWLY SLIPPED THE RING ON MY RING FINGER.HE LOOKED AT ME IN THE EYE AND I PULLED HIM CLOSE AS I HUGGED HIM TIGHTLY. THEN WE KISSED AND IT GOT DEEPER AND MORE PASSIONATE.THEN ONCE WE PULLED AWAY FROM THE CORNER OF MY EYE I SAW BRITNEY STANDING IN THE CORNER OF THE CLUB WATCHING US."JUSTIN,YOU ARE THE BEST THING THAT HAS EVER HAPPENED TO ME IN MY LIFE.YOU MEAN SO MUCH TO ME THAT I GET JEALOUS EASLIY BECUZ IM SCARED THAT ILL LOSE YOU." I STARTED TO CRY."OH MARY, YOU WILL NEVER LOSE ME AND YOU ARE WHAT MAKES MY LIFE LEVELED AND YOU KEEP ME SANE.EVERY TIME I HAVE YOU IN MY ARMS THE WORLD COME COME CRASHING DOWN AROUND ME AND IT WOULDNT MATTER AS LONG AS I HAVE YOU I KNOW EVERYTHING WILL BE FINE." "I LOVE YOU JUSTIN." "I LOVE YOU MARY." THEN WE JUST STOOD THERE LOOKING OUT INTO THE OCEAN AS WE WERE IN EACHOTHER'S ARMS.AFTER AWHILE WE HEADED BACKTO THE GROUP AND WE TOLD THEM WE WERE GOING TO GO."ILL SEE YOU GUYS LATER TOMORROW, IF NOT ILL SEE YOU OVER THE WHOLE SUMMER SINCE IM STAYING WITH JUSTIN." I SAID HUGGING JOEY,CHRIS,LANCE,AND CHRIS.THEN I TOLD MONIKA AND PAM ID CALL THEM TOMORROW.IT WAS FUNNY THAT BRITNEY WASNT AROUND SO I COULD SAY GOODBYE TO HER. JUSTIN AND ME HEADED TO THE CAR AND AS SOON AS WE GOT TO THE CAR WE SAW BRITNEY AND SOMEONE ELSE.I COULDNT RECONIZE WHO SHE WAS WITH BUT AS WE GOT CLOSER I STOPPED WALKING AND JUSTIN TURNED AROUND TO SEE MY FACE WITH TERROR. |
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