You Can't Take Him Away

Chapter 7

"Aria, what is he talking about!" Justin says. I try to choke back the tears but they've just spill out my eyes. "I-um-I used to..cut" I say. "What! Ari why would you cut yourself!" Justin says grabbing my hands. "I used to get bullied a lot, they would call me a fat, ugly, nerd, loser, I had no friends" I say wiping away my tears. "Aria, you know your beautiful, please don't ever cut again! you are the most amazing person I have ever meet and I'm not just saying that. I love you so much and I can't lose you" he says almost crying. I laugh a little and hug him tightly. "I love you too Justin, thank you" I mumble into his chest. Justin kisses my head and rubs my back. "But wait, that still doesn't explain why he calls you Bella" Justin says. "We'll, Austin, being my best friend, calls me Bella because in Italian, Bella mean pretty" I say looking at Austin. Justin cracks a smile at me. Justin grabs my phone and starts texting someone. When he's done he hands me my phone back."Thanks man, for keeping her safe when I wasn't here-Justin" I smile at Justin and hug him.

I'm practicing my flips on the floor when I see him. What the hell is he doing here! I stare at him, walking with his hands in his pockets, looking for someone. I'm paying so much attention to him that I trip over my gym bag."Aria!" Justin yells. "What's wrong?,are you ok?" Justin asks while helping me up. I stand up and brush myself off. "I'm fine, I'm fine" I say walking towards him. I cross my arms glaring at him. "Hey cutie" he says smirking. I fell my cheeks burn up but I try to hide it from Justin but he notices. "What are you doing here?" Justin says putting his arm around me. "My sister is a gymnast here" he says staring at me. "Who are you?" I say getting impatient with him. Justin rubs my arm making me relax in his arms. "Riker" he says.

Justin leads Riker up on the stands to watch while I put on the grips for the bars. "Hey who's that? I've never seen him before" Austin says walking with me to get powder for my hands. "Riker, he uh kissed me at the movie theaters" I say while staring at Riker. "He what!" Austin yells a bit to loudly. "Oh would you keep it down!" I say. "Did Justin found out" he asks. "He actually pulled him of of me" I say waving at Justin. "Yeah well your lucky he was there" Austin says walking to the bars. "Yeah" I whisper to myself. I look up at Justin and see him cheering for Jazzy. God I love him.

When I'm about to get on the beam I look back at Justin and see he has his head hanging down. I look at him confused and walk over to him. "Hey" I say softly putting my hand on his cheek. Justin looks up and smiles weakly at me. "You okay?" I ask. Justin nods. "Justin..Talk to me" I say "I just miss you" Justin sadly. "What do you mean I'm right here" I say stepping closer to him. "I just miss you" Justin says quietly. I just stare at him for a moment and I wipe some of Justin's hair away from his face and notice him getting pale. "Justin?" I say. Suddenly Justin runs out of the gym fast. I run out the door and look around. I finally see him throwing up. "Oh Justin" I say and walk over to him. I rub his back softly until he stops. I reach my hand out "lets go home" I say.