Just Friends

Chapter 43

f o u r t y t h r e e

↳ "this love is unfair."

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It took me a while to process what had I had just heard as I looked at Justin in front of me. A worried look pulled over his face as he eyed me, but I switched to look at the blonde pulling her suitcase towards us, eyes glared on me. I bit down on my cheek as a sick feeling washed over me. Please tell me this wasn't what I thought it was.

"Justin, baby. What are you doing?" The girl spoke, her voice dripping with bitterness as she stood next to Justin. She continued to give me a dirty look and I felt my heart sink.

I felt so lost.

So hurt.

"Hang on." Justin growled at her, looking back at me but I faced away.

I couldn't even look at him.

"Well, aren't you going to introduce me to your friend." The girl spoke again, looking over at me. "I mean we were transferred here and I'll probably be seeing a lot more of her."

I quickly looked back at Justin, a curious expression on my face. Was he going to tell her the truth? He hadn't even told her about me. His own fucking best friend. I wanted to slap him, but at the same time I wanted to wrap my arms around him. I had missed him so much - this wasn't what I was expecting when I would've seen him next.

"This is, um, Ariana." He spoke as he shifted uncomfortably. I shook my head, running a hand through my messy hair.

"Well, Justin, baby, aren't you going to introduce me?" She asked him, wrapping her arms around him and by now, I was biting on my trembling lip. This was becoming clear but I didn't want to believe it. Every part of me wanted none of this to be true. I was trying to convince myself that what I was assuming this was, wasn't the truth.

I mean, she couldn't be his girlfriend. Justin wouldn't do that.

A silence fell, and the girl in front of me shrugged, flipping her hair over her shoulder. Justin's eyes wouldn't leave mine, like he was trying to tell me something. But I couldn't even face him anymore. My heart was aching with curiosity, but mainly with a sick feeling of false hope.

"Fine, I'll do it myself." She whined, pushing her hand out. "I'm Monique, Justin's girlfriend."

Justin's girlfriend.

Those words were enough to make me shut the door as quick as I could as I clasped my hand over my mouth. I felt everything in me literally hurt and I was so confused. I pulled myself to the ground, letting a small whimper escape as I leaned my head against the wall.

What happened to be together between college breaks? What the fuck happened to all the Skype calls we had? What happened to everything he promised me? Everything that we fucking had seemed like nothing now.
He moved on that fast. He hadn't changed and here I was, so fucking confused at what had went wrong.

How could two and half months be so long for him to just completely find someone new? I felt so lost. And now he was transferred here. I felt utterly pathetic.

"Ariana, please open up." Justin's raspy voice caused my eyes to widen. He was still here? Ignoring him, I wiped the tears on my cheek away, trying to hold back the tears that still were ready to fall. "Fuck, baby girl. Please let me see you."

Baby girl? He can't do that. I loved when he called me that, but now.
I opened the door after standing up, facing Justin and surprisingly, no Monique.