Chapter 20
Recap:
when we walked in the house Justin was sitting on the couch, waiting for us.
"hey babe!"
I said enthusiastically, leaning in for a hug and a kiss.
He hugged me back, but when I gave him a peck on the lips he pulled away a second too fast, looking pained.
"Tina, there's something I need to talk to you about"
**
I instantly got nervous.
"what is it Justin?"
He looked at me for a few seconds, and seemed to be looking for the right way to say it.
"I'm just gonna get right to the point: I have to leave for my tour in two days."
"oh... Okay well... Oh."
"yeah. Scooter just phoned me and told me."
"only two days?? What the hell Justin?"
"yeah... I'm really sorry Tina but it wasn't my decision."
"it's fine I guess but your tour will be the same length right?"
"well, no. It's going to be longer because we added some extra cities. It will be two weeks longer..."
Wow. A whole two more weeks without Justin? It was already bad enough...
"okay... Well this sucks but I guess there's nothing I can do about it."
"yeah, I'm really sorry. I wish there was something I could do but, there isn't. Well I have to go now Tina. Prepare and pack and stuff. I'll come say bye tomorrow night."
"okay"
I jumped in his arms and gave him a huge hug, realizing it might be one of our last for months. I wanted to savor every moment I had with Justin. I leaned in to give him a kiss and made it last as long as possible. Justin didn't seem as tense this time since he already told me what he needed to tell me and then he left.
**
I was lying in my bed with Kaley. I had managed to hold myself together all day except right now, I couldn't hold it in any longer and I let a few tears go. I was gonna miss Justin so much.
Kaley just said some comforting words and reassured me.
"after this tour Justin will come back, this time with not as many interruptions and you guys can finally be together! You don't need to worry."
"but I do need to worry! His home is in Atlanta Kaley, he's eventually gonna have to go back home and unless I can convince my dad to let me move to Atlanta, it's hopeless. I might as well say goodbye to Justin for good."
"don't say that. Things will work out if you two really like each other, trust me."
I didn't believe her, but I wasn't gonna waste my breath trying to convince her, so I just lay there silently again, thinking about what the heck I was gonna do. After a couple hours sleep finally came to me and I drifted off into dreamland.
**
The next morning I woke up and Kaley was sleeping next to me. I guess we both fell asleep. I got out of bed, trying not to wake Kaley up, and showered and got dressed. I didn't bother putting makeup on or styling my hair because I didn't feel like going out.
I went downstairs and read Seventeen magazine while waiting for my oatmeal to be ready.
I had a huge pot of oatmeal ready and some toast with a glass of milk when Kaley finally woke up. No matter what she always wakes up later than me.
"mmm something smells good. Watcha making? Porridge?"
"yep. Haven't had it in a while."
She made herself a bowl and sprinkled milk and brown sugar over it, and we made smalltalk as we ate, neither of us bringing up the situation with Justin.
When we finished we sat there and wondered what we were going to do today.
"wanna just have a spa day? We can go get manicures and pedicures and a facial and maybe a massage, then come home and watch cheesy horror movies?"
"that actually sounds awesome. I don't know when Justin is coming over but hopefully we will be back by then. Let's go!"
I grabbed my phone and purse and we headed off to the spa. I was so ready for a day of rest and relaxation.
**
When we got to the spa there was barely anybody there. It was a school day so there were only a couple middle aged women. I ordered the big spa package which came with a deep tissue massage, teen facial, manicure (I hate pedicures) and a detox body wrap.
I got into one of those massage bed things and the lady came in. I tried to completely relax during my deep tissue massage, but all I could think about was Justin. After the massage I still felt stressed, maybe a modicum more relaxed, but it's hard to relax when you know your boyfriend is leaving you for months.
I moved on to my facial and it was better. I almost fell asleep when she was massaging the cleanser into my skin, but woke right up again when she started doing extractions. Ow!
Then we moved on to the body wrap, and it was probably my favorite. My skin felt really nice and moisturized. Then I got my nails done. I chose a bright purple colour, then I got some white flowers to add a girly flair. Then we were finally ready to leave, so I bought the nail polish colour they used on me and we left the spa.
I got home and my body felt refreshed and relaxed, but my mind was racing.
"so that was awesome huh?"
Kaley said enthusiastically.
"yeah it was great. I feel rejuvenated."
I didn't wanna tell Kaley I was still stressing, because quite frankly I didn't wanna talk about it.
I still didn't have any makeup on because of the facial, so I got my hair done up in a ponytail and got some pajama pants and a tank top on. I didn't really care anymore how I looked in front of Justin.
