Leaving Justin Bieber

Chapter 21

Natalie P.O.V

I woke up and it was pretty light in my room. My eyes weren't open but i could feel the heat of the sun on my face from the window. I turned over and stretched, the smell of smoke filled my nostrils and my eyes immediately opened. The room was quite misty but it wasn't enough to make me cough. I ran to the guest room and Justin wasn't in there, i ran down the stairs where the smoke became thicker

"Justin? Justin!! What are you doing!!"

He turned as i ran down the stairs opening the windows and wafting the smoke out of the back door.

'I was trying to make you bacon, but i dont think i did it right'

He began coughing and spluttering. I pushed him out of the kitchen and pointed up the stairs

"Open all of the windows upstairs, doors, everything! The house is full of smoke and disappointment!!!"

He looked at me with sad eyes

'Why disappointment?'

"YOU DONT BURN BACON? BACON IS TOO DAMN GOOD TO BE BURNT AND WASTED!!"

He started smiling and i smiled back at him, signalling for him to go upstairs. I binned the bacon and put the pans in the sink, running them under cold water. The smoke was clearing up and there was nothing but the smell of burnt bacon, i closed the doors and left the windows open. I ran up the stairs to see Justin sat cross legged on my floor, looking thru my box that Nolan dropped off for me. He was smiling at a photo of me and Adi at a competition when i was 12. I was wearing a black competition coat and cream jodhpurs with a bright red tie and my black riding hat, my hair was fastened into a corn plait with a black and purple ribbon on the end. Adi was strapped up in her new tack and i'd clipped our big red rosette on her bridle. She looked beautiful. It was Harry and my mums favourite photo of us, it was her wallpaper on her phone and she had it put into a large photo frame to put into her room. He was stunned by it.

"That was a great day"

His head snapped up and he looked embarrassed that i'd caught him. He went to stand up but i came over and sat with him on the floor. I stood the photo up as we both looked at it

"It was in July, 4 years ago. It was the championships and i was so nervous. Mum was sat in the stands of the arena with the other crowds of people and Harry was helping me get ready. He was only 16 and he was willing to make sure i was safe on Adi considering she was still quite big then. The commentator called out my name and Adi's name and i rode out into the arena and it was silent, total dead silence. I ended up with a clear round and i scored the highest in the competition and i was the youngest competing, the eldest was 15"

Justin's eyes widened, he was amazed

"Later on i was called to the winners circle, yano for rosettes and things? And thats what the red one was for. I was so proud of her that day, she was amazing and so well behaved for me. Mum and Harry were so proud too, mum cried"

I started quietly giggling to myself and Justin smiled at me, he looked into the box and pulled out a few more rosettes and some little pieces. We found a photo book and we were looking thru it for over 15 minutes, laughing and joking and talking about my memories and growing up. Justin turned the page to a photo of me with Harry cuddled into me as i'm laid in a hospital bed. His face dropped and his eyes became watery

"Justin are you-"

'What happened?'

I looked at my lap and i played with my fingers. I breathed in and let out a small sigh, he placed one hand on top of mine and stroked my skin gently with his thumb.