Crash ~Justin Bieber~

Chapter 76 ~ The Hidden Me

(Rachel's POV)

Justin and I shared our own type of language. It was coded in history and childhood games. Every word had a story and every story had hidden a meaning. I liked this about us. It made me feel safe.

"Dustin, you gots to hidden me!"

'Hidden' was a phrase that I made up when I was five. Just like all of my sayings back then, the word was stuttered and used only when it was grammatically incorrect.

"Rachel, he can't hide you!" Randy would yell, "Justin's the seeker and he can't break the rules of the game!"

"But I gots to be hidden!"

I used the word most when Justin, Randy and I were playing hide and seek. The game was much too old for me and the concept was still foreign and not easily understood.

"Hide yourself!"

Randy would always get frustrated with me and insist that I learn to keep up. But Justin always came through for me, and when nobody was looking he would throw me in the same old hamper, and cover me with towels.

"Stay hidden," he would say, "I won't tell anyone that you're there!"

Unlike Randy, Justin knew what the phrase 'Hidden' really meant. Hidden didn't mean lazy.

'Hidden' meant lost.

'Hidden' meant vulnerable.

'Hidden' meant 'I'm out of place right now, I'm scared, stand in front of me and teach me what to do'.

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(Rachel's POV)

I really didn't know what was happening with the Hen's party.

Every time someone spoke about it I remembered the coupon book and I started to cry.

Justin said he would take care of it and that I didn't have to worry.

"No porno pens," he promised, "And all lollypops have been banned"

About an hour before we left Justin mentioned that he had hired out a water park and a bus. All of our friends had been invited, and a group of security guards had been asked to come too.

Justin and I didn't meet Lexy or her friends at the hotel. We left them behind when they boarded the bus. We were driving ahead and stopping at a bakery on the way.

"Seatbelt?"

"It's on"

"Okay, lets go"

Justin turned the radio on and put the car into drive.

I liked driving with Justin. I liked the way the leather seats mixed in with the scent of his cologne. I liked pretending that I was cold just so I could see him reach across and turn the heat on. He seemed more grown up in his car. He made me feel mature. Oddly enough we both liked driving, even when driving was the one cause that took everything away.

"So, I researched party games" Justin said, "And they were all perverted"

"I told you"

"So I asked Chow to make some up"

"Great"

Justin smiled, "He came up with three or four"

"Were they any good?"

"Yeah, they sound fun. They'll be even better seeing as we have a whole park to play in"

Justin said that a lot of the games involved running and hiding, which made the park the best place to be.