sorry // justin bieber

54.- sunshine and warm

Halley

I feel like this is the worst.

Justin left twenty minutes ago and I'm still looking at the door. He walked down the stairs, got into his car and then he just left. Waving at me from the drivers seat while he made his way out of my street, I let my heart sink.

He looked at the time and said he had to left if he wanted to be in L.A by three, that he already would have to deny her mom their birthday lunch. "I'll just grab something in the way" he added when he saw a concerned look on my face. So he put his jacket on as I followed him down the hall.

"Thank you, Halley" he said once we were both standing in front of the door, "For everything".

"Thank you, Justin" I said as well, "For being you again" I added in a shy voice.

He smiled and put his head on the back of my head to pull me closer, placing a kiss on my forehead as I closed my eyes tightly and tried to save that moment forever in my head.

"See you" was the last thing he said before walking out the door.

And like that, he was gone. And I couldn't move, fearing waking up from an incredible dream.

I look around, wondering when did my house get so lonely and empty. Maybe when my dad left for the first time and my mom started taking longer shifts so she wouldn't be here to feel his absence. But I felt it every day.

Except Justin's presence lift it up a little bit. It brought a little bit of sunshine and warm I haven't felt in a long time. The kind of sunshine I was missing when I didn't have a reason to live anymore and everything felt grey and dull. The kind of warm I was looking for on the lips of a boy I barely knew. Justin was a big smiley face over the fat red letter F on my exam.

My eyes meet the glasses and plates, still over the counter in the kitchen and I smile at them because they let me know this wasn't a dream and he wasn't a ghost. He was here. He was here and he was real.

He is real.

I look at the time: 10:07. Crap. I already lost a few classes.