Crash ~Justin Bieber~

Chapter 6 ~ Team Green

(Randy's POV)

"She's going to be alright," Ben told me, "I don't think he broke it"

I sat in the car and watched the press carpet through the window. Our car was last to pull up and the queue was agitating me. Not only was I stuck but I was stuck next to Justin. He was sitting next to me and I couldn't get away.

"So I feel like thank you is an understatement..." he began.

"I told you" I said, "We're even"

"How are we even?"

The idea seemed ridiculous to him.

"You didn't kill me this week" I said, "That makes us even"

"Was I supposed to? Kill you - that is,"

"You could of" I muttered, "It was three against one,"

Justin scrunched up his face to show that he didn't think about it that way.

"No, it was fun having you around this week" he told me, "I didn't want to kill you. It was nice to just... hang out"

I hated to admit it, but this week had been fun. Ryan and the others had stopped bothering me and Justin, Rob and Ben had acted like my friends.

"So why did you do it?" Justin asked.

"Do what?"

"Burn the photos"

I wasn't sure yet. I hadn't had time to think about it.

"I don't know"

"Yeah you do,"

"I'm trying to change i guess. I'm trying to do the right thing"

If Ben and Rob weren't so far away from us, I would never have said it out loud. Having Justin hear me say it was bad enough. I sounded like a wimp.

"Why now?" he asked.

"I don't know"

"Yeah you do,"

"I just didn't like how things were"

"With Tanner?"

"Yeah with Tanner. But it's more then that"

"So tell me,"

"Why?"

"Because," he said, "I want to know,"

And I believed him. Justin was one of the rare people who knew both the old and the new me. And I could understand how confusing it was for him, because honestly, it was confusing for me too.

"You don't know how much it sucks Justin. You don't know how bad if feels standing on opposite sides all the time. We were friends"

"No - we were brothers. And yeah, I do know what that feels like. I know exactly what that feels like"

He was the only other person who would.

"But Randy, you have happily stood on the other side before, fighting me every step of the way.... So why does it bother you now?"

"And you have happily done the same thing" I defended, "You love watching me get my ass kicked here. It's revenge"

"I don't want revenge. And no, I don't love it. I hate it. When have you seen me laugh or take part in anything that's happened here? Never, because I don't do it. I don't want too"

Justin didn't need to want revenge, it was happening with or without his involvement.

"Once this week ends, it's all going to go back to the way it was. But now I won't just won't have your guys coming after me, Tanner will be after me too"