You Light Up the Sky Like Lightning

Chapter Forty

Chapter Forty

*Justin's POV*

I half-assed my whole concert. I just didn't care. 

Landry wasn't here to watch me. It may sound like I am overreacting, but I just can't get my head around the fact that she was gone. As cheesy as it may sound, I felt like my heart was shipped back to Atlanta so I had no purpose here anymore.

I was about to kill Scooter. This was the last straw. 

When we got back to the hotel, I went into mine and Landry's room and slammed the door. Yes, it was still both of our room. 

I am going to get her back. 

. . . I just had to figure out how first. 

I started pacing across the room, but for the life of me, I couldn't figure out how I could bring her back without Scooter getting mad and sending her away again. It was driving me crazy!

I threw open my suitcase and picked up a random thing out of my suitcase and threw it roughly across the room out of anger.  

I sniffed as I realized what I had just thrown. I knew that I was now going to lose it any second. 

I slowly walked over to where it was laying sideways on the ground. 

It just so happened to be the gift that I was going to give to Landry tonight after the concert.

I sat down right across from it and took it slowly in my hands. Opening the little gift bag, I slowly pulled out the little velvet box inside. 

I popped it open, and stared at the necklace inside. It had the word 'forever' written on the little heart charm that hung from the silver chain. 

My tears gathered in my eyes, and I touched it lightly with my index finger. 

"Justin," Scooter said from the now open bedroom door. 

"Get. Out. Of. Here," I snapped as I wiped my eyes. I quickly shut the box and put it back in the bag. I got up off the floor and stormed back to my suitcase, but I very carefully put the present back in the suitcase before shutting it. 

I ignored Scooter as I walked to the bed and did another face-plant into it. The covers caught the tears that were leaking out of my eyes. 

I don't know what it is, but I normally never cry. I've only cried a few times in my life, and that was before I met Landry. Ever since then, anything bad that happens to her makes me cry. She must be something, huh?

"Justin," Scooter said to me. "What's the matter with you? You only half-assed the concert!"

I shot up and spun to face him. He only cares about the concert?! Go fucking figure!

"What's the matter? What's the matter?! Are you really asking me that?! Well, the matter is that you took Landry away from me! You sent her back to Atlanta! You ask me why I half-assed the concert after you take my girlfriend away from me?! What the hell is wrong with you?!"

That’s when Scooter got even more angry. "Justin! I did it for your own good! She was distracting you, as I said before!"

"Is that really the only excuse you can come up with?!" I yelled. “I’m so sick of hearing that! She was the only reason I’ve been trying as hard as I can! She was the only thing keeping me sane here on this tour! She was the reason I was always in a good mood! And you took that away from me.”

Scooter had nothing to say about my rant. Instead, he simply turned and walked back to the door. When he got there, he put his hand on the side of it. 

"Justin, you will not see Landry for at least another month because you will finish tour before you go back to Atlanta. You will not see her until then."

Right as he was about to walk out, I growled out, "Give me my phone."

Scooter looked at me. Fury was bright and visible in his eyes. 

"Give. Me. My. Phone," I repeated. 

Scooter dug his hand into his pocket and pulled out my phone. He tossed it to me, and I caught it. Shooting me one last glare, he slammed the door behind him as he walked out.