Lonely Together (Justin Bieber Fanfiction)

Chapter 5

We still sat on the couch, my legs crisscrossed with my mug wrapped in my hands meeting somewhere in the middle. Justin sat up straight with his right arm wrapped around me in a comforting manner.

"I can't believe I walked out on her last night," I finished. "She's just always been so threatening, and I'm almost scared for myself."

"Don't be." He whispered. "She can't do much."

I took a deep breath and shook my head. We stayed seated with the dim fireplace before us.

"I never wanted you to think I was mad at you." He whispered finally.

"I know." I looked at my lap. "I didn't want you to think I was mad either."

"What about Jake?" He looked at me now. "Who killed him?"

The question hit me deep. "I don't know," I whispered.

He nodded. "I'm sorry."

I just slowly nodded, not wanting to think about it too much.

"So," I said, wanting to get the topic off of myself. "What about you? Have you ever had a girlfriend?"

He glanced at me briefly. "Uh, yeah."

"Oh," I said. I didn't want him to feel like he had to tell me things just because I did. I know what it's like to be pressured into talking about certain stuff and I didn't want him to feel that way. "You don't have to talk about it. I get it."

He took a deep breath. "Nah, it's alright. It was just hard, ya know?"

"The breakup?"

"Yeah. I guess it's never easy though." He twiddled his thumbs.

I nodded.

"I really thought I was going to marry her." He laid his head back on the couch.

I felt a pang in my heart. "I'm sorry," I whispered. "What happened?"

"She just wasn't feeling it I guess." He shrugged.

"That's too bad. I'm sorry," I said, wanting him to know I meant it.

"Me too," he said quietly.

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I woke up to the sound of birds chirping. Sitting straight up, I almost had a panic attack when I realized where I was.

I looked to the left and saw a sleeping Justin next to me. We were still on the couch from last night.

"Shit," I muttered and stood up, trying to find my jacket.

I obviously wasn't very quiet however, because Justin woke up.

"What are you doing?" He rubbed his eyes.

"I need to go," I hurried to find my shoes. "Shit! It's the Friday sale!" I jumped around the room trying to get my left shoe on. "No no no no no," I whined.

"Where are you going?" He stood and stretched now.

"The shop. Shit shit shit," I hissed.

"What's the big deal?" He walked over to me now.

"No one can know about this!" I spun around. "Please."

"Can you just tell me what the hell is going on?" He tried to catch my attention.

"This is a small town, Justin. If people find out I spent the night here, my reputation is ruined. Okay? Please keep this to yourself. I didn't mean to fall asleep-"