OUT OF PLACE || JUSTS SIRMAIS
"Want to go through it one more time?" Justs asks me, softly squeezing my hand in comfort. "Or are you good?"
"One more time." I whisper.
I was accompanying Justs to some event. He'd asked me to come with him, and at first I didn't want to. I'd never been to something like this before, and besides, I didn't like being in the spot lights at all.
Good job, choosing a rising singer to date.
But I realised how much this means to him. So even if this wasn't my scene at all, I'd agreed.
He'd been ecstatic, almost, and I knew I'd made the right choice.
Yet, that didn't mean I wasn't scared to death.
"Okay. We have to go over the red carpet part first. It's nothing big or fancy, only a small Latvian event remember? So, we only pose for a few photo's and we're fine." He looks at me, and I nod, telling him that I understand.
"Then, we're going inside and just mingle with everyone else. We can just walk around for a bit and-"
I cut him off, "In these heels?" I say jokingly.
Justs smiles at me, "I'm glad you can joke again. I was getting a bit scared."
"Hey!" I hit his arm lightly, "I wasn't that bad."
He raises his eyebrows at me, "Are you sure about that?"
I don't answer, knowing that he was most probably right.
"How long 'till we're there?" I ask. It felt like we'd been in this car for hours, just going over what was going to happen.
"We're here actually." He smiles, and it's only then that I realise that the car has stopped moving.
I let out a long breath, "Okay."
I take my seatbelt off and sit up. I look at him, and wait for him to get out first, but he stays seated.
"What?"
He pulls me close to him, and presses a soft kiss to my lips.
"Thank you." He says when he pulls back a little, keeping his hands on my cheeks.
I place my own hand over his wrist. We stay like that for a few more seconds, until I remember what we were actually here for.
The event.
"Come on, we have to go now." I say, ushering him out the car.
Justs holds my hand tightly, as he leads the way to the red carpet. I felt intimidated once I saw all the camera's.
"You okay?" He asks one more time. I was grateful that he kept checking, and cared enough to make me feel comfortable despite this being the complete opposite of my thing.
I nod my head and let him lead me onto the red carpet.
We had only taken a few steps, before camera flashes started to go off. Justs had put his arm around my waist protectively, and that was what made me feel safe.
Every few seconds we took a step further onto the red carpet. I smiled, mostly, and stayed close to Justs.
He seemed a natural at this. Smiled effortlessly to all the camera's. Moved easily to the end of the carpet and just seemed so in his element.
"Now, that wasn't that bad, right?" Justs says, once we get inside.
"I suppose not." I admit.
I felt a rush of adrenaline after getting through my very first red carpet ever.
Justs stops walking, and throws his arms around my neck. "I really admire you."
I place my hands on his waist, shortly aware of how our position were turned around. I raise one eyebrow at him questioningly, "Oh yeah?"
"I'm serious. You came here for me. I know you didn't want to, yet you put that aside for me." He smiles down at me.
Justs leans down and kisses my forehead.
"I love you." He says, his face suddenly turning serious.
Did he just?
I'm shocked for a moment, before regaining my composure. My face broke out into a grin before saying, "I love you." Right back to him.
He lets a breath of relief. "Say it again."
"I love you, Justs Sirmais." I repeated, the smile on my face matching his.
Sure, it wasn't my scene, but this was for damn sure one of the best nights of my life.
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daaaamn gurl where have you been
(I promise I've done productive things)
aaanyway, I said I would do a Justs one shot so here it is & I hope you enjoy 😊
It's kinda short but eh 🤷🏼♀️
