Free (Sequel to Trapped)

Ch. 71

Ariana

Wednesday, 3:01 pm

"Mommy, Bella has dimples." Aviella says.

"Wait, she has what?"

"She has dimples. Look." I look down at Bella and notice the small indents in both of her cheeks.

"Oh my God, she does. How did I not notice that?"

"They don't always appear right after the baby is born." Justin says.

"How the fudge do you know?"

"Because my brain contains common sense."

"That makes no sense." I say.

"Haha, you're so funny." He says sarcastically.

"I know. I've been told that multiple times."

"By the same person."

"My friend Tessa has dimples." Aviella says out of nowhere.

"That's nice." I smile.

"Speaking of Tessa, can I do gymnastics?"

"What does that have to do with gymnastics?"

"Tessa does gymnastics, and she said it's really fun."

"So you wanna play soccer with Alexa, and do gymnastics with Tessa?"

"Exactly."

"Dad, what do you think?" I ask.

"I think it's fine. If she wants to do it than she can." Justin looks at us in the rear-view mirror and I laugh.

"That is so weird."

"No it's not. He does it to me all the time." Aviella tells me.

"I'm sure he does. Anyways, I'll sign you up for gymnastics and you can see if you like it or not."

"I'm pretty sure I will. Tessa showed me some of the stuff they do, and the I did it. She says I was a 'natural'."

"That's sweet of her."

"It's not just sweet, it's true. I think I'm pretty good at it."

"Well isn't that great?"

"Yeah, it is."

We sit in silence for all of three minutes before Bella starts crying. I know she's not hungry, which means she needs her diaper changed or she just wants to cry.

"Is it safe to change a diaper in a car?" I ask.

"I don't know, but we're not gonna find out. We're almost there." Justin answers.

I take Bella out of her car seat and rock her in my arms until we arrive at Justin's parents house.

"Jazzy!" Aviella gets out of the car and runs to the porch where Jazmyn is sitting.

Justin insists on opening my door, even though I'm fully capable of doing it myself, but I don't complain.

We walk to the front door together, but Justin stays behind to talk to Jazmyn, because she was upset about something.

"Why is that chukd screaming in my house?" Pattie meets me at the door and I laugh.

"Because she needs her diaper changed."

"Ooh, let me do it. I haven't changed a newborns diaper in so long."

"Suit yourself." I hand Bella to Pattie and follow her into the living room.

I give her the diaper and wipes and sit on the couch while she changes Bella.

"Ariana!" Justin yells.

"What?"

"Come here." I leave Bella with her grandma and find Justin.

"What do you want?"

"Do you have an attitude, Ariana Grande?"

"No, of course not, Justin Bieber."

"Well, I need your help with Jazmyn."

"What do you mean?"

"There's something wrong with her and she won't talk to me. She said she'll talk to you." Justin pulls me onto the porch where Aviella and Jazmyn are still sitting.

Jazmyn is crying and Aviella is trying her hardest to comfort her. She is the cutest six year old ever.

"That's not very nice." Aviella says.

"Jazzy, what's wrong?" I sit on the opposite side of her, wrapping my arm around her shoulders.

"These g-girls at my school were b-being mean to me and they said that my parents should abandon me. They're always trying to come here and see Justin, just because he's a model and I always tell them no. Then they call me names and I ignore them but then they try to be my friend just to get to Justin."

"Well the first thing I have to ask is did you tell your parents?"

"No. They're too busy with Jax and his baseball." Justin immediately walks inside the house.

He was definitely very irritated.

"Jazmyn, this is definitely something you need to tell them about, and your principal/teacher, but let me just tell you now, those girls are not worth your tears. I know you tried to ignore them, and it's obviously not working, but you keep doing that. If you do anything else but tell an adult, then you could get in trouble. But I dealt with those types of girls all the time. And you know what I did? Nothing. And that wasn't good, because it allowed them to continue what they were doing."

"Girls were mean to you too? Why? You're so pretty, and nice. How could anyone not like you?" I smile, pulling Jazmyn in for a hug.

"That is so sweet, but it's called jealousy. Those girls are obviously very jealous that your brother is a model. A very handsome model, might I add."

"Eww!" She laughs, burying her face in her hands.

I smile, kissing her head.

"Jazzy, all I have to say is don't let them keep doing it, but don't try to take matters into your own hands. They are not worth it. You are a beautiful, intelligent little girl, and anyone who thinks otherwise is obviously lying, and not worth your time."

"Ari, you're the best. Thank you." Jazmyn wraps her arms around me and I smile.

"Jazmyn, mom wants to talk to you." Justin comes out of the house, holding Bella.

"Can we go inside now? It's cold out here." Aviella says.

We all laugh and stand up. I wipe the tears from Jazmyn's face and she goes inside first. Aviella follows her, but me and Justin stay outside.

"You did a great job. I did not know you could do that."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"Nothing more than I love you." Justin leans down and kisses me.

"Excuse me, I'm hungry, and obviously so are you." We pull away from the kiss and see Aviella standing in the doorway.

"Right." I blush, laughing from what Aviella said.

"We should feed her." I say.

I walk inside followed by Justin, who closes the door.