He's Still The One

Chapter 41 - Down to Earth

Justin.

My mind is clearly a mess right now. Maria, Ash, the fans, everyone. I just don't know what to do with it anymore. I did shut off everyone, including Ashley. I know it was unlikely of me but I did it. I hate to admit it but I did. Now, I regret it big time.

It hasn't been 24 hours yet since I found out about the Maria thing but it is now all over the internet. My phone buzzed to every notification I get on twitter, facebook, and what other sites that mentioned my name and the said matter. I haven't even talked to Maria, now they're making up false information about the situation.

I am not mad nor was I frustrated. I was confused.

I laid on my bed, thinking of possible things to say to her that wouldn't make me look bad. Was I going to ask her why she did this? Why is she claiming that I am really the father of the child? Is she just doing this to ruin my reputation? A lot of questions occupy my mind.

As I was busy contemplating, I hear a knock on my door. Fredo came in and told me there was someone to see me. I can't help but think, who is here to see me? If it's someone from the management, I would know. They would just tell me who it is right away but Fredo didn't. It has got to be someone else.

I walked out of the room and went to the living room to be greeted by the most unexpected person. I was in a state of shock.

"Christian? I haven't seen you in so long. What are you doing here?" I mean, I was glad that he's here but I can't help but wonder why. I miss him, I haven't seen him in like forever.

"Am I not allowed to see you anymore? Just kidding, I'm here to talk to you about something." He said in a serious tone. I know him, when he means serious, he really is serious. Fredo seems to have noticed it so he excused himself to go out and leave the both of us.

"So, what's up man? How you've been? I've missed you." I said, trying to lighten up the conversation.

"Well, I've been good. Keeping it lowkey. What is up with you? Hate to offend you or anything but, man, you're always on the celebrity gossip scene. Justin Bieber here, Justin Bieber there; sometimes good, the other times, bad. First the reckless driving, secondly the driving over the speed limit, then the piss and egg incidents. Now, you got a girl pregnant? I am not saying I believe in these things because I know you but bro, what has gotten into you?" What he said rendered me speechless. Everyone does know.

"I seriously do not understand myself. I shut everyone out for no apparent reason. The reckless driving and the driving over speed limit are true, I won't deny it. I have made bad decisions in the past year. Decisions I am not proud of. But, I'm trying so hard to revive my ways but then this Maria thing happens. What did I ever did to people? Do they really hate me that much? I just don't know how to deal with this anymore." I knew I could trust Christian. He was always there to listen to me in everything I tell him.

"I get it. I totally get it. Living under the spotlight has a lot of kinks. People judge you before they even get to know you. Just don't let the hate get to you, okay? They say mean shit about you because they see you as a threat. I know how hard it is to see yourself getting victimized by cyber bullying. I know deep down, your are a good person, Justin. I've known you since we were kids for pete's sake. I know, and I am most certain, you have a pure heart. All you want is to make people happy. Your mistakes don't define who you are. You are human after all. People make mistakes. We aren't made perfect, we are made to be real. Just always remember that me, and everyone close to you are always here to keep your feet planted on the ground, okay?" It was weird that Christian is doing this because one, he isn't this sentimental, two, he isn't a talker but hey, people change and I can't complain because what he just told me was what I wanted to hear.

"Thanks, man. Thank you for telling me to stay down to earth. Now, I have to do something. Something I should've done in a long time. Will you help me out?"

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A/N:

What's Justin got up on his sleeves? Hmmmmm..

Finally an early update. Thank goodness! :)

The Christian I am talking about is Christian Beadles, you know, Justin's best friend when he moved to Atlanta? They started hanging out again and what better way to celebrate it is by getting him a role HAHAHAHA

QOTC: Do you believe Justin and Selena are hanging out again? Why and why not? comment your thoughts.

Thanks for all the support. Love you guys a lot.

- G