Sorry • Jariana Story

14

"Ariana, wake up." Justin shook me lightly.

I flutter my eyes open and felt a wet substance running down my chin.

"You're drooling all over me and the pillow." Justin laughs.

"Oh shit." I mumbled.

Justin grabbed some tissues and helped me clean up. He lays back down and I dig my face into his chest. I felt him rub my back.

"I thought Josh left town." Justin says.

"Yeah. I know." I said.

There was a brief moment of silence.

"I can't wait to meet him or her." Justin says.

"I know." I said.

"Do you want to find out the gender or keep it a surprise until birth?" Justin asked.

"I really need to find out the gender. And, it's good to know the gender of our baby because we have to buy stuff for the baby." I said. "We find out the gender of the baby next month."

"That's true." He says. "What do you want the name to be if it's a girl?"

"I don't know. Maybe Luna?" I said.

"Luna?" Justin furrowed his eyebrows.

"Luna means moon. I really like the moon. It has a special place in my heart. Every good thing for me happens under the moonlight." I smiled, looking into his sparkling eyes.

"I love it." Justin says, caressing my cheek. "What if it's a boy?"

"Jason." I said.

"Why Jason?" Justin asked.

"Because it starts with a J. Like his father's name." I said.

"You're adorable." Justin says.

"What about you?" I asked. "The names?"

"Oh. I'd like the girl name to be Ally or Ashley. And for boy's name, I want the name to be Alex or Aiden." Justin says.

"Good name choices." I said.

"I love you." Justin says, always making my heart flutter and growing butterflies in my stomach.

I was so tempted to say it but I couldn't. I can't fall in love again. But I always think of what Alisha and Justin said. I do love him.

"I love you too."