Be Alright: Somebody To Love #6

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Madelyn’s POV

            The rest of the weekend I spent trying to get Justin to sleep with me. I tried unsuccessfully, trying to convince him that it would be okay. He remained unconvinced. I knew he was just saying no because he didn’t want to hurt me any more. But the fact was, he was hurting me by not wanting to sleep with me.

            On Monday, Justin took Stella to her first day of work. I was disappointed I didn’t get to go, but Justin and I had both agreed that I wasn’t ready. If I couldn’t be touched yet, how was I going to handle the paparazzi in my face? I knew they would be even worse than normal, since I hadn’t left the house since my attack.

            “So, you know what’s coming up?” He asked me one day after all of the kids were in bed.

            “No?” I thought about it, and couldn’t think of anything.

            “Our tenth wedding anniversary is on Friday.”

            “Oh yeah, I’m sorry. I didn’t forget, I’m just,” I tried to apologize, but he stopped me.

            “It’s fine. We’ve been through a lot in the last couple of weeks. I almost forgot. But, here’s the thing.”

            “What?”

            “For the last two years I’ve had this weekend planned for us. I could cancel, but I really don’t want to. I think this is just what we need right now. A weekend to get us back, to get our relationship back.”

            “A whole weekend?” My first thought went to the kids. They had been so emotional in the last few weeks, how would they respond to me leaving? And, how would I handle being away from them? How would it be with Justin and I, alone, all weekend? We hadn’t exactly been getting along in the recent weeks.

            “Mads, I know you don’t want to leave the kids, but you have to leave them eventually. They’ll be fine. They can stay with my mom, or Ashley, or Selena, whoever they want! Just think about it, babe. You’ve been begging me to sleep with you for the last week. But this is so much better. Let me take you away. Let’s go fall in love all over again.”

            “Okay.” I agreed. He was right. We needed to work on our relationship, so I might as well give him the chance to woo me.

            “Really?” He smiled, obviously shocked.

            “Really. Let’s go fall in love all over again.”

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While Justin took Stella to film on Thursday morning, I had my own surprise for him. I’d asked Jack, one of his less frequented bodyguards, to come over and go with Justin, so I could have Kenny and Moshe. I knew they were both nervous about letting me actually go out in public, since I hadn’t been out since the accident. But it didn’t take much convincing to get them to take me.

            “Alright, we’re taking my car, right?” Kenny asked as he came into the house that morning. Moshe was already there and we had been waiting on him. We had decided it would be best to go in his car, since it was a lot less recognizable than mine.

            “Yep! Let’s go.” I grabbed my purse and walked towards the door. I could see Kenny eyeing me, still nervous about it.

Justin’s POV

            “I’m home, Mommy!” Stella bounced into the house when we returned from the set.

            “Hey baby girl!” I heard Madelyn greet her from the kitchen. As I walked around the corner I was stopped in my tracks to see no cast on her arm. But a white bandage was covering a portion of it.