the boy next door

Chapter 12: The Confession

Ashley's POV:
I opened to the door and my mom walked in with a smile on her face. "Hey sweetie!" she said while kissing me on the cheek. I gave her a fake smile because I was dying inside. My hands were sweaty and I was really nervous. I took a deep breath and walked after my mom into the kitchen. My mom and Pattie hugged and greeted each other while Justin and I gave each other looks. He could tell I was nervous so he shot me a "it's going to be okay" look and I nodded. We walked to the table and sat down, me and Justin sitting across Pattie and my mom. "So Justin, how are you liking your new school?" my mom asked softly while taking a sip of tea. Justin nodded and licked his lips. "Yeah it's pretty cool I guess." and looked down to grab my hand. He squeezed it tight and looked back at my mom."It's a way bigger campus compared to my old school." he said quickly. I think I may have made him nervous too. I looked over to Pattie and she raised her eyebrows and nodded. I took a deep breath."Mom I have something to tell you." I said slowly as my heart slowly dropped to my stomach. Justin's jaw clenched and he look at my mom for her reaction. My mom nodded and stared at me, hoping it wasn't anything bad. I took a deep breath. "Um... Justin and I are seeing each other." I blurted out. All three of us looked at my mom for her reaction. Her eyes widened. "Oh wow..." she said while putting her fork on the plate. I bit my lip and held onto Justin's forearm. She looked back at me with an uncertain look."How long has this been going on?" she asked while furrowing her eyebrows. "A while..." Justin blurted. My mom took a deep breath and looked up back at me with a frown. Oh god...a part of me knew this was a bad idea. "I'M JUST KIDDING! LOOSEN UP!" she exclaimed laughing. "Aw honey I'm so happy for you..." she said while getting up and hugging me. What just happened. She pulled away and walked over to Justin. "Oh my oh my...thank you for making my daughter happy..." she said while hugging him tight. Justin looked over at me and winked."My pleasure." he said, nodding. I took a deep breath. "God mom you scared me...I thought you were gonna go full rage mode on me." I said while putting my hand over my heart. Pattie chuckled."See I told you." she said with a huge smile. Justin looked over at me and smirked. I loved the way he looked at me. It made me feel magical, like I meant so much to him. I pulled him into a hug and whispered into his ear. "I love you." His muscles tensed up and he hugged me even tighter. "I love you more." he whispered back. 30 minutes later, my mom and Pattie stood up to take the plates to the sink. They washed up all the dishes while Justin and I were on the couch, and I was lying in his lap, while he played with me hair. "Did I tell you that you look beautiful today." I blushed and giggled while touching his arm. "Yes, several times actually." He smiled and twirled my hair with his finger. He bit his lip and took a deep breath."Can you please stay the night?" he pleaded. I groaned. "But I don't like your bed, I like mine!!" I whined. He rolled his eyes playfully. "Why don't you come over to mine?" He smiled. "Okay fine..." he said in a childish voice. Sometimes I feel like Justin is a 5 year old trapped inside a 17 year old's body. A few minutes later, Justin and I walked outside and it was raining hard. We were trying to run, but of course I fell because I was running in 6 inch heels. I fell straight into a puddle and splashed everywhere."Shit." I groaned. My dress was all muddy...I hope it will come out." Justin picked me up and I wrapped my legs around him. His hair was completely drenched, and I found it really sexy. I giggled. "This is actually pretty romantic." He chuckled as if I said something extremely stupid...but it was true. I felt like we were in one of those love movies where the couple was drenched in rain and made it look really romantic. I pulled him into a kiss and he kissed me back hard. Wow I never thought I'd kiss someone, while drenched in rain. I pulled away and hopped down. "Okay it's getting cold." He gasped loudly which made me laugh."I don't want my princess to get sick." he said while pulling me into my house. We ran upstairs and changed into some comfy clothes. Finally I felt comfortable...I was wearing that hella tight dress all day. I threw my dress into the wash and grabbed a towel to dry my hair a bit more. When I walked into my room, Justin was already lying in my bed shirtless, staring at his phone. I turned off the light and slid under the covers next him. I wrapped my arms around his warm, muscly body and he kissed me one last time on my nose before we both passed out.