Just Friends

Chapter 18

Chapter 18

A quiet sigh escapes my lips as Justin turns another corner which seemed unfamiliar. Probably because it was dark and I couldn't see anything. He quickly stopped and I gave him a confused look. Why was he stopping? I looked ahead of us and saw that there were 2 large signs with the words 'Road Closed.' written upon it. Here we were stuck in the middle of the high way with about five other cars. Great.

"There has to be another road." I say eagerly hoping I'd be able to get home tonight.

"There's not. We have to stay here for the night. Hopefully it'll be cleared by tomorrow." He replies, turning the car off. He doesn't look at me and I'm not sure why.

I sigh quietly, wrapping the towel Justin gave me tighter. I had to get home. At least let my parents and friends know that I'm okay. How could this happen? Why were the roads even closed? Out of all the people I could be stuck with, it happens to be Justin.
A long silence falls between us as the night goes on longer.

"Ariana."

"Yes?"

"We haven't really talked about things." He says eyeing my slowly and I know exactly what he's talking about. That day. That horrible day.

"I'd like it to stay that way." I reply, looking out the window.

"But Ariana, you told me you loved me."

The words cut through me like a knife and I felt. myself getting hot. I just wanted to get out of this car and run as far away from him. Really, I had no where to run. It was just bushes and trees out there.

"I didn't mean it." I lied. I had no reason to tell the truth.

"Ariana, I miss you. I don't care if you don't believe me. I really do miss you."

I stared at him for a while. God, I missed him but there wasn't much I could do about it. I had to stay away from him and somehow I only seemed to be getting closer. However, he made it all about him. How could he miss me so much when he doesn't even want to know how I'm going?

"I don't think you've ever cared about my feelings. It's all about you and how you feel." I said to him more harsh than I intended.

He didn't say anything, instead he quickly turned his car on, turning it around. I didn't want to say anything incase I'd made him uneasy but I was really curious where he was taking us.

"Where are we going?" I asked him nervously.

"I'm going to get us a hotel so we don't need to sleep in the car."

I felt a shock of happiness rush through my body. It was like I was excited about the whole idea of going with Justin. My whole body just was telling me to stay and spend the night in the hotel with Justin. I was just afraid what might happen between us but I needed to find out. He slowly pulled up to a tall building and we both got out of the car heading into the lobby.

"Room for two." He asked the receptionist impatiently.

After Justin paid, the man gave us the card to our room which we quickly made our way to. I felt bad after he paid. He didn't have to do this.

"Thanks for this." I said quietly.

He didn't reply as he struggled to open the door. As soon as it flung open I almost died. The room was one of the flashiest hotel rooms I'd seen. A big bed sat in the middle of the room with a bathroom to the right side of it. On the other side of the room was a small kitchen.

Justin turned around with a small smirk. "Do you like it?"

"It's amazing."

I realised how tired I was. I slowly fell on the bed, hopping under the covers completely forgetting about Justin who was standing there awkwardly.