When She Is No Longer Mine «Jason McCann & Justin Bieber»

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Leigh

I groan, shifting in my seat. I open my eyes to see I'm in a cab. "I said to wake me up," I shove Nezther playfully.

She nods, looking down at her phone. "I know, we tried to wake you but you wouldn't get up. We still have an hour drive to the airport. Go back to sleep," she tells me. I look over to see Kinsley sitting on the other side of her. Jason sits behind us between Jenny and Jasper with Grace in his lap. "Leigh, you need your sleep," Nezther says warningly.

"Can we switch seats? I wanna cuddle with Kinsley," I mumble. She nods, we slowly and complicatedly move seats. I cuddle against my girlfriend's side. "Hi," I stare up at her.

"Hi, beautiful," she kisses my head. "Didn't get much sleep last night, huh?" I just shake my head in reply. "You can sleep now and on the plane. I think Jason called for his jet."

"I did. I wanted to make the trip back comfortable since the one here was horrible," he pipes up.

I nod, leaning my head against Kinsley's shoulder. "I love you," I take her hand in mine. "I just hope you'll love me afterward too."

"What?" She furrows her eyebrows. "What does that mean?"

"We'll talk on the plane," Nezther says sternly. "Not another word about it until the kids are sleep on the plane, in the room with the door shut."

I look down at our hands, playing with her fingers. "Did you do something bad?" I shake my head again. "I will love you no matter, baby," she leans her head on mine, "you know that."

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Just as we're about to board the plane, Nezther stops walking. She pulls her phone from her pocket and answers it. "Hello?" I look at Jason with furrowed eyebrows. "Jay! Oh my God, of course!.... no, I'm actually boarding a plane to come home right now. Can I call you when I eat back?... great, thank you! Bye."

"What was that?" Jason sets Jenny down.

"Remember how I told you I contacted the author of 13 Reasons Why to ask if I could make it a show?" Jason nods. "HE WANTS TO MEET WITH US AND THERESA!" She exclaims.

She runs into Jason's arms and he lifts her up off the ground. "Like you guys need more money," Kinsley scoffs.

"They're paying for my cancer treatment," I snap at her.

Her eyes go wide. "Wh-"

"Leigh?" Grace tugs at my hand. "You're sick like me?"

I lift her up. "Kind of, baby. But you're getting better, I don't know if I can," I kiss her cheek.

"C'mon, guys!" Jason calls to us.

I walk away from Kinsley with my niece. "You okay?" Nezther helps us up the stairs.

"I told her," I grumble as I walk in. I set her down as my girlfriend and sister walk on. Jason takes her to buckle her in a seat with her siblings. Kinsley tries to grab my hand, but I pull away. "Don't," I snap again.

"Babe–"

"Stop," I choke out. "Don't you get it? I'm scared to death right now and you making snotty, bitchy comments isn't helping. So please just back off, get away from me."

Nezther sits on the seat next to me as I start crying involuntarily. Kinsley sits across from us, next to Jason. "Leigh, please don't shut me out," she begs.

"This isn't working. We're done, Kinsley."

She gets up and walks out of sight. "Baby," Jason pulls me into his arms after sitting next to me. "You're just hurting yourself. Don't shut Kinsley out, don't shut us out, don't do this to yourself. You're going to hate yourself if you don't have anyone to turn to." He rubs my arm. "It's going to be okay, I promise. If you really love Kinsley, you'd know that you need her, especially now."

I lean my head on his shoulder. I stretch my legs across Nezther's lap. She places her hands on my shins. "I'm sorry." I look up to see Kinsley above us. "I'm sorry for whatever I did. But I love you, I know that. And I'm like ninety nine percent sure you love me too, but hey, if you need me as a friend more than a lover, I'll be what you need."

"I think I need a break from all responsibility right now."

"Okay, so..."

"So I want to take a break."