Chapter 54

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Demi's POV

Justin and I were getting ready for a late movie night. The kids were asleep so we don't have any disturbances, when randomly he turned me to face him and started kissing me. I didn't object one bit and I didn't even realize what he was doing until I heard a loud smack. I jumped away from him, "What the hell was that?" I questioned.

"I saw a spider and didn't want you to see it cause I know you and your fear of spiders so I had to distract you so I could kill it." Justin smiled at me sheepishly.

"That is the cutest thing you have ever done for me." I say grinning and kissing him again.

"Any time beautiful."

"So, what movie do you wanna watch?" I watched him grab a DVD.

"How about...Getaway? Selena's in it, it's really good." He waving the case in my face.

"Sure."

"Popcorn?" He asked.

"Yes please."

"I'll be right back, don't miss me too much." Justin said jokingly slowly getting up.

"I'll try not to..." I replied dramatically, giving him a smile. He smiled back and went to go get everything ready. I haven't watched this movie yet, only Justin has. I was excited before I haven't seen Selena act for a while.

Justin returned with the popcorn just as the opening credits came up. I turned down the lights and my eyes glued to the screen.

Demi's POV

Justin and I went straight to bed after watching the movie, Sel was so good. That movie was so intense. But for some reason, I just couldn't get myself off to sleep. It was really weird.

Sluggishly, I dragged my feet along the floor towards the kitchen after not being able to sleep. I made myself a hot chocolate and sat down trying to keep myself even warmer wearing one of my fuzzy jumpers. I could hear footsteps travelling down the stairs, it was Joseph. What's he doing up?

"Joey...what's going on?" I asked inching closer to where he sat as he shrugged in response.

"I don't know Mom..." he mumbled with his chin resting on his hands, his hair a little messy at the front, it looked a lot like his father's. "Didn't know when you asked the other day either." he sighed with a frown on his face. There was a moment of silent before his whispers filled the room again, "My mind just stop racing." he whispered allowing his eyes to fall shut, "I can't get my thoughts to stop." he said as he slumped against me gently. I rubbed his back as a comfort and kissed his head. He continued as I put my arm around his back.

"I wish I could just turn my brain off and...and..." he stammered while I rubbed small circled on his back. "I'm tired." he breathed as I nodded although he couldn't see me and I gently pulled him closer to me.

"How's about I make some hot chocolate and you tell me what's been keeping you awake, alright?" I asked quietly peering down at him to see him nodding his head slowly.

We had finished our drinks and were just sitting on the sofa. I could tell that something was off. Joseph hasn't really been acting like himself. Like some days he'll be happy and smiling and laughing with everyone and everything, but then he has those days where he can't sleep or he just looks like he's about to cry or doesn't feel like going to school and doesn't know what to do. This needs serious sorting out.

"Something's bothering you... remember what I told you Joey, you know you can talk to me about whatever it is," I reminded him sweetly.

"I know I can..." he replied quietly. He cleared his throat before speaking out, keeping his voice low.

"Mom, I have something to show you." he reached out for his phone and moved his finger across the screen to unlock it. He handed me the phone and I took a good look at what was on the screen. It was Twitter. There were like never ending hate tweets in his mentions.

"@josephbieber I feel sorry for your parents they have to put up with an disgrace like you"

"@josephbieber you seriously suck"

"@josephbieber your sister's so beautiful though, what happened to you #ugly"

"@josephbieber go jump off a cliff"

"@josephbieber no-one likes you not even your sister or your parents eww"

I could never wrap my head around the fact that people would take the time to make such remarks to him or call him names because I know how sweet and genuine he truly is. It hurt me to see this happening to him. He made no move to take the phone back, he just let his hands fall and closed his eyes.

"Joey..."

He opened his eyes and it pained me to see the tears start falling. He didn't deserve of this hate, he's does nothing wrong.

"I just don't understand...why me Mom? Why me?" Placing my arm around him, I brought him closer to my body and gave his cheek a light kiss. Shaking my head, I made sure I was looking into his eyes as I spoke.

"You don't have to understand anything sweetie. All you have to know is that you are doing what you're so good at and you're doing it as good as anyone else would. And if people hate you for that, ignore them. You're not ugly at all. You're amazing. All that matters is you know you're doing nothing wrong, who cares what others think. I hate seeing you so depressed like this. You mean the absolute world to me as well as your Dad and your sister, I don't hate you, I could never hate you, I'm actually really proud of you because you open to me so much. Just be happy with yourself and don't let others bring you down, okay handsome? I love you..."

"Alright...I love you too Mom, thank you for making me feel better." he said sniffing. A little smile crept on his face.

"Anything to see my gorgeous boy smile." I said pinching his cheek and then brushing back the hair in his face. We hugged each other really tight and I gave him back his phone.

"Just remember, don't let the haters get to you, I had them when I was your age, I still have them today but I don't pay as much attention as I used to and manage to get over it. Your Dad gets hate too, he doesn't really care too much either. We're all here for you, Joey." I told him honestly, wiping a tear from his eye.

A quiet "thank you so much" escaped his lips and I felt him let out a huge sigh of relief. It's always good to open up, Joseph does this all the time with me and I feel like we're getting closer and closer everyday, I loved that feeling. Slowly and steadily we're getting somewhere. We stayed close and I shut my eyes letting my mind wander off into another world.

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