Love and Consequences.

Chapter 15.

(Justin) 

I collapsed on the couch. My feet were basically dead from walking all day. Emily fell beside me. I got up and cuddled her. I didn’t want to let go either. 

“What do you want to do in 10 years?” she randomly asked. 

I looked at her frowning. “What do you want to do in 10 years?” 

“Be married, have a few kids. Have a reasonably good job, maybe a teacher or something. I want to be happy” she spoke, almost looking away in distance as if picturing it. Her eyes twinkled in the light. 

“And yourself?” she asked, smiling. I brushed a strand of her face.

“I want my fame to die down a bit, but I want to still make music. But I want a family.” 

She touched my face and I shivered. She kissed me then, but I could feel her crying beneath them. I hated making her feel this way. Making her cry, was the worse thing in the world. I felt so responsible. I wanted to stay with her for longer. I wanted to be with her for longer. I wanted her for myself. 

And then, I knew what I had to do. 

(Emily) 

Justin broke the kiss, and wiped the tears from my cheeks. 

“Don’t cry.” 

“Justin, I..” 

“I have to go, go get something” he trailed off, looking amused with his thoughts. 

“What? Why?” I was scared of him leaving me. 

“I’ll only be gone for half an hour okay? Justin tried to reassure me, but I was worried. 

“But..” 

“Shush” he kissed me. “I’ll be back soon.” 

And in the quickest of moments he was gone and I was alone.

I turned the tv on, but I couldn’t concentrate. I began to become drowsy so I fell asleep on the couch, with a racing mind. 

I woke up with two warm arms around me. 

“Hey sleepy-head” he smiled, and kissed me on the forehead. He was on twitter on his phone. 

“Where did you go?” I asked immediately. 

“I had to see..someone.”

“Who?” 

“Old friend.” 

I sighed, knowing I probably wouldn’t get out anything else. 

“What’s the time?” 

“10:30” he gazed back to his phone. 

“Wow. Why didn’t you wake me up?” 

“Because you looked happy. And you were talking in your sleep.” Justin giggled. 

“What? What did I say?” I asked embarrassed. 

“Enough.” 

“What’s that supposed to mean?” I asked sitting up seriously. “Did I talk about you?” 

“Yeah.” Justin bit his lip. 

“What’d I say?”

“You said you were in love with me.” 

I didn’t speak. I was so scared. I didn’t even know what he was thinking. I knew why, he wasn’t in love with me, I could tell. Oh no. He was going to break up with me. 

“I’m sorry. Just say it. End it now. I understand.” 

“What?” 

“My dreams don’t make sense. I mean..” 

“What are you on about Emily? End our relationship? You think I’d do that? 

Emily. You’re mental.” He laughed, hugging me closer. 

“So wait. Your..” Justin cut me off. 

“I’m..in love with you, yes. I’ve been since the day I met you” he told me and then kissed me. Nothing in the world could have made this moment any better than it was right now. 

I must have fallen asleep on the couch with Justin, because that’s where I woke up. 

I could hear sizzling coming from the kitchen, and the aroma around the house almost made me melt. I dawdled my way into the kitchen to find Justin making eggs for us both. 

“Morning” he remarked, and kissed me on the forehead. The sun shone into the kitchen window. It was a hot day today. 

“Wanna go swimming after breakfast?” I suggested, taking a bite of the eggs he’d just placed on the counter. He bent over onto the bench, using it as support and began eating too.

“Yeah, sounds good as.” 

After breakfast I headed upstairs to put on my bathers. As I got in, I noticed that Justin’s bags were all packed. I couldn’t help myself but collapse onto the floor in tears. I couldn’t let him leave. I couldn’t bare it. 

Justin bursted through the door to see what was wrong. He knew instantly as soon as he saw me crouched next to his suitcase. He came and comforted me. He just held me until I began to calm down. This was the day. The day I had dreaded all summer. And it had finally came. It wasn’t fair. 

Justin lifted my head up and wiped the tears from my face. I could see he was hurting too. 

I threw my hands over his shoulder and I cuddled up to him and buried my face in his shoulder. He picked me up and put me into the bed, where he didn’t move. 

After a while, I turned around to face him. 

“I’m sorry.” 

“Don’t be.” he cradled my face and kissed it gently. “Be happy babe. Today’s going to be good okay.” 

I nodded and kissed him gently. 

It was 2 o-clock already, and I had just gotten into my bathers. 

I hopped down the stairs, but I couldn’t find Justin. I looked in the lounge room and kitchen but it seemed the house was empty. 

“RAAAAAAAAAAH” Justin roared, from behind me and picked me up ran outside to the beach. 

I could feel myself feeling better already. I laughed with him as we hit the water. 

We collapsed under the water. He pulled me out deeper, and he didn’t let go of me. Not once.