I..umm, well love you..:)

"the happy ending to your story!"

jeremie returned to the group with 3 heavy bottles in her hand. 

"let me help you" said justin and took two of the bottles.  she smiled at him and she seated herslf on the wooden log. justin passd the water bottlesaround and kept one in his hand as he seated himself next to jeremie. she was still lost in thought. not thinking about anything particularly but just upset because this had to happen when she was enjoying herself so much. she was having such a nice time and then this..uh. she looked at justin who was looking at the outstreached ocean. his eyes semmed to have a sparkle. they looked beautiful with the moon light in contrast. she felt helpless, it was like she couldn't break the gaze. until justin's phone buzzed and he answered it with a very happy 'hey' . once again jeremie wondered who it was. "i miss you too sweetheart" he added. jeremie had this sudden feeling that she should get away and just enjoy this night alone. it was like she wasn't meant to be there. everyone, like every freaking one was happy. she almost stood up but then stopped. she was too scared to go out there alone now. justin cut the phone and looked at jeremie who was sitting there like she just got grounded by her parents and can't attend her bestie's birthday party. her chin rested on her knees and she looked really cute. thought justin. like really, really cute. wait. why were these thoughts running around in his mind? he thought. whatever. he shooed them away. "who was it?" jeremie asked now no more in a mood to torcher herself by wondering. "it  was my sister jazzy" he said smiling. was she jealous? he thought. was i jealous? she thought. "oh." replied jeremie with a smile. she could not describe the relief she felt when he said he was on the phone with his sister. what? why am i so relieved? i wasn't feeling jealous...right? she thought. whatever it was she'd figure it out later. justin's sister jazzy was 6 aand was the cutest toddler jeremie had ever seen, she decided after seeing jazzy's picture in justin cellphone. they talked about random stuff until finally it came to family. jeremie was speechless. what could she say? hey, justin. did you know my parents acn fight upto 25 times a day? she just couldn't tell him about anything. nothing. she let him speak about his family. pattie, who was justin's mother was a really sweet person she thought after hearing her decription. jazzy and jaxon who were justin's siblings were adorable none the less. justin's granny seemed like the cutest thing she had heard about. jeremie was smiling ear to ear by the end of it all. she almost envied him. she spoke less about her family and she could say he understood by the way she decribed it. she didn't talk much actually, only about the times she was 11. before all of this had started. before the fights. her family almost seemed like justin's. she smiled as all those memories flooded back and she had to control he tears. why did everything have to mess up now? especially when she was on a vacation with her friends. thinking about what happened today was the last thing she wanted to do, but she couldn't help it. she was still scared even if she hadn't showed it at all. she could still feel steve's cold eyes peering into hers. that moment she had experienced panic. pure and simple panic. she wanted to hug someone and stay like that for a while. but she couldn't do it right now. justin who probably could see all of this was at that moment wondering what was wrong. why was jeremie so quiet? it was not like her. the other day when he had seen her at the kennel. she looked so happy, so alive. he wanted to ask her what was wrong but he waited for the right moment. 

"jeremie, i know this is awkward but you look upset. or maybe you're not and i'm just imagining things but if there's anything you can tell me." justin spoke hesitantly. 

jeremie smiled at him, she wanted to tell him. she wanted to tell him about steve if not his family. she had this sudden urge to but she controlled it. this beautiful night, was supposed to be a nightmare just for her. not for eveyone else. she gently shook her head. he smiled. 

"alright." he said with a smile. he wasn't the slightest bit convinced though. her eyes spoke the truth. he looked into them and they looked back at him as if pleading him to ask her once more so that she could talk to him. open up and forget. he quitely added.

"jeremie."

"mm?" she asked.

"tell me?" he pleaded.

"tell you what?" she asked trying hard to stop the tear that was dancing around the edge of her eye. she could feel the drop out of her eye and below her lashes now, claerly visible. busted. justin's hand quickly shifted to jeremie's cheek and he wiped the tear away. his touch stirred somthing inside her. like her tummy just flipped and her heart skipped a beat. 

"don't tell me the truth but don't lie atleast." justin said with a smile

a smile formed on jeremie's too and she looked at him one last time and poured out the story.

she saw justin's jaw clench and unclench as she finshed telling him. she placed her hand on his and smiled. that softened his expression a bit. "just don't tell anyone about it. infact i'm sorry that i told you, i dont wanna ruin this trip for anyone." she said

"you've not ruined it for me, alright? and jeremie, that guy is not worth your tears. they're precious." he said said wiping another one away. she smiled at him. her strong smile was back. all beacuse of justin.

"thank you." she said

'for what?" he asked.

"for listening to this sad story." she smiled.

he shook his head and smiled at her. "juustin just don't let this affect the friendship between you and steve okay?" she added.

"actually jeremie, we don't have any kind of friendship u see, it just looks like we're the best buddie but i always thought he was an ass." justin amiled and jeremie giggled

"justin, would you pass me the bottle of water?" justin turned his head tos ee who it was asking for the bottle. steve grinned at justin.

"sure" justin replied and threw the bottle with such a force it hit steve on the chest and he was practically rolling on the sand in pain. jeremie looked at steve and then back at justin who was smiling. jeremie's mouth was wide open. did justin just do that? he hit steve. okay, not literraly but yeah. she looked at justin and he winked at her.

"sorry!" justin yelled so that steve could hear.

"the happy ending to your story!" he said. "totally" she nodded