It had been a little over 2 weeks and Justin and I hadn't talked to each other. I actually hadn't even seen Justin in the school. Not sure if it's because I had been looking too hard for him or if he was avoiding me. I actually got super upset one day because I hadn't talked to him. My family was constantly bombarding me with questions about how he was and I had to make shit up about him because I didn't have the real answers to their questions. I had decided to give him a call. ~ring...ring...ri-~ "Hello?'a very raspy and deep voice had answered. I froze in my tracks. "Oh..uhm Justin?" I heard a sigh. "Yeah?" "Hey, Justin. It's Lily." "Yeah I know. I have this cool thing called caller ID." He said in a sassy tone. "Oh...right. Anyways, I was just wondering if you were okay? I havent seen or heard from you in 2 weeks." "Yeah. I'm fine. Do you need anything specific from me or are you just calling to be my mom?" Wow this is a side of Justin that I've never seen or really wanted to see. "Alright Justin, fuck you then. I was just calling to see if you were okay. Sorry I haven't heard from my friend in a minute and I just wanted to make sure you were still alive damnit. You don't have to be a big piece of shit about it." I raised my voice. "Whatever." He said then hung up. "Wow. What a shit." Just as my feelings for him began to grow more and more this turned me all the way off about him. As I was just about to go downstairs to grab something to eat, I got a text from Justin. -Please come to my house. Im sorry :(- . I rolled my eyes and debated it. I didn't answer him for a good 2 hours. and then I got another one. -please. I really need you here right now- . I stared at my screen for a while then grabbed my keys. "Hey kid, where are you off to?" My mom asked. "Just gonna go see Justin for a bit. I'll let him know you said hi." "Sounds good. Have fun." I put my shoes on and got into my car and dove off to Justin's friends apartment.
The ground was cold. The atmosphere was cold. My whole body was cold. Everything was so cold. I sat in my living room on the ground with no heat. No TV. Nothing. In complete darkness and silence until I heard a knock on my door. "Justin? It's Lily." I heard the voice from outside say. I was too weak and tired to get up and open the door. Then the door knob turned and the door jolted open. "JUSTIN!" Lily screamed. "Justin why are you so pale? And cold? Oh my gosh we need to get you to the hospital asap." "No I'm fine." "Shut up no your're not. I'm no doctor but I know that people aren't supposed to be as pale as you are. I can practically see your veins." While she was talking to me, I was falling in and out of consciousness. Then everything turned black.
BEEP...BEEP...BEEP...BEEP. I opened my eyes and saw a bright light above my head along with curtains surrounding me in my bed. I looked to the right and an IV machine had a tube leading all the way to my hand. I threw my head back and sighed. I then looked to the left and saw Lily on the chair on her phone. She glanced up and saw I was awake and smiled. "Hey. How are you feeling?" "I'm in the hospital hooked up to an IV, how do you think I feel?" She looked down. "Look I'm sorry, it's just that I really do li-." "Well hello sir." A man in a white lab coat walked into my room. I assumed he was my doctor. "Hi. So what's going on?" I asked. "It appears that you had come down with pneumonia Mr.Bieber." My heart sank. "How did I get it?" "Well thats what we're still researching. You're lucky your girlfriend over here got you here as quick as she did, had you waited another hour or so, you would have been gone." I glanced back over at Lily and she had watery eyes. I don't know what it was that made me realize it, but at that moment, I knew I had wanted her to be in my life. For a long time. "But lucky for you sir, you'll be good to go in another 2 to 3 weeks as long as you keep up with your antibiotics. I'll be back later to give you any more results we find." He turned and left the room. Lily wiped her eyes and blew her nose. "Lily please come here." I motioned for her to come next to me. I reached out my hand and she grabbed it. "I just want to thank you so much for what you did. I really do think you're an absolutely amazing and beautiful person. I haven't been talking to you for a while because after the dinner, my feelings for you escalated super quick and I wasn't sure how to tell you that I really do like you and want for you to be my girlfriend. Typically in these situations, I avoid the person and I know it's not a good habit but I'm trying to work on myself and better myself. So...will you be my girlfriend?" She gave a slight smile with slightly squinted eyes. She then busted out into laughter. "Of course I will be Justin." She said then leaned in and gave me a kiss. "You're a good person deep down who is struggling with someone and I want to be the one who you can talk to about this. I want you to know I'll always be here for you." She smiled. "Thanks." I replied. "So when did these feelings finalize? I'm gonna assume when you had to pretend that you were my boyfriend?" I chuckled a little then nodded my head. " After that kiss , you won me over." "You're so crazy." We talked and laughed for a bit until she had to go back home. As soon as she got home, she gave me a little text to let me know.
I drove home with such a giant smile on my face. I think Justin and I will last a good amount of time. But I really wanted to know what is bothering him too. I could definitely tell that he wasnt avoiding me for 2 weeks because he liked me, but because there was something else that's on his mind and I would love to get to the bottom of it. It's only a matter of time before he cracks unless I crack him before that. All these thoughts circulated in my mind as I drove home. "Mom?!" I yelled out as I opened the door. "Hey kid. How's Justin?" She yelled back. "Well, he is sick. He's in the hospital with pneumonia so yeah..." I told her. "Oh no. I hope he's going to be okay." I put on a smile. "Yeah doctors said he should be fine in the next couple of weeks." I explained. "Well that's good." She said. "We're having company over for dinner so go clean your room." I looked at her funny. "I dont understand why I have to clean my room if we have guests, they aren't having dinner in my room." I said walking away. I could feel her giving me THE LOOK. But I just kept quiet and cleaned my room.
As the night went on, the guests showed up and had dinner at our house. I hadnt heard anything from Justin since I left. I wasn't too worried since he was being monitored but it was still something that was on the back of my mind. I decided to call it a night early. I slipped my pjs on and brushed my teeth. I got back into my room and watched Fresh Prince of Bel-Air until I fell asleep.
Chapter 9 coming up at the end of the week.
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