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       Ariana's POV
I hear Justin coming back upstairs. Slowly. He opens the door not saying a word. I fold a shirt and look at him and he doesn't look back but I know he knows.
"What happened? What's wrong?" I asked. He didn't say anything. He just completely ignored the fact that I asked anything, and just packed faster.
"Justin..." No response. I put down my stuff, and walked over to him.
"Justin!" He finally looked up at me.
"What the hell is up?!" I asked, furiously.
"S-Sofia..." He stuttered in a low voice.
"...What?" I asked.
"She, uh... she came by the house." He laughed and continued and I tried to understand.
"She-she yelled. And she, uh, she said she loved me." He said, looking me in the eye. I took a deep breath, looking at him.
"But I don't. I never did." He said, finally. I shut my eyes in relief.
I grabbed his hands, interlocking our fingers, and I looked into his eyes and grinned.
"We'll get through this. Together. We're a work in progress." I told him.
I wrapped my arms around his shoulders and kissed him, then gave him a tight hug. He slowly wrapped his arms around my waist, hugging me tightly.
"Thank you."
I ran my fingers through the back of hair holding his head.

Shortly after, we continued packing. As we were about to step out the house, Justin shut the lights off and we headed into the car.
The whole car ride, Justin and I were sitting side by side even though there was plenty of space in the car. He kept his hand on my thigh and I leaned on his shoulder as we arrived to LAX in the busy L.A. traffic.
Once we got on the jet, we sat down and pulled out some cards, to occupy our time, for our long flight.
I snapped a quick photo for Snapchat, since I haven't been too active on social media lately:

I snapped a quick photo for Snapchat, since I haven't been too active on social media lately:

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He looked so adorable, I just wanted to pinch his lil' cheeks.
Since our flight is about 12 hours and a half, and we were staying cooped up in the airplane the whole time, there wasn't much to do. I sat there for a whole reading the new Harry Potter book, while Justin was on his phone.
About 5 hours left of the flight and it's around 3 pm in Los Angeles. I go to grab a quick snack out of pantry on the airplane, and head to bed.
I missed my puppies. Well, not really puppies. I missed my lil' goats. I missed everything. I hope they're okay. I wish I could have brought them on this trip, but I won't be gone too long. I will leave in about 2 months, and Justin will stay until November. My thoughts drew me to sleep. I was comfortable surprisingly. Suddenly, I felt hands slide down my hip, and I turn my head to see Justin trying to sneak in a little nap too. He nuzzled his head in right above my shoulder keeping me warm. And we stayed like that until the flight ended.

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