Road Trip (original version)

Chapter 23- Sanctuary

Vanessa.

I unhooked Justin's arm from around my waist and quietly got out of the bed. I took my phone off of the nightstand and checked the time.

3:27am

I made my way downstairs carefully not making any noise.

This feels like a dream. This is my fairytale and in a couple of hours it has to end.

I grabbed a water bottle from the refrigerator and sat down on the counter.

I should have told Justin that I'm leaving tomorrow- well today. I should have told him and asked if he still wanted me to be his girlfriend.

This vacation was fun but now I have to go back to Phoenix and all the drama that comes with it.

I need to tell Justin. I-

"Ness? What are you doing up?" I lifted my head to see Alex starring at me.

"I could ask the same."

"Well, I couldn't sleep." She sighed and sat down next

to me.

"Neither could I," she pulled her hair up in a pony tail.

"What's wrong? And you better not say 'oh nothing's wrong Ness, I'm just tired'" I raised an eyebrow at her.

"Ryan's coming back tomorrow." Her head stayed down.

Ryan's coming back? But we're leaving. "Oh.."

"Yeah..and well.. Something happened between Za and I.." Her cheeks flushed. "He kissed me, and I kissed him back.. And I feel terrible about it."

I suspected that something was going on between Za and Alex ever since they stopped bickering about every little thing.

"Are you gonna tell Ryan?"

"Of course I am.. I have to." She sighed. "So why are you up?"

Oh there are so many reasons why I'm up right now.

"Well uh, I guess I'm just thinking about the last couple hours and how everything is gonna change in a few hours."

"Last couple of hours? What did I miss?" She rose an eyebrow.

I felt all the blood rush to my face. Thoughts of me and Justin tangled up in his bed sheets filled my mind as my heart raced just thinking about it.

"Oh nothing, just how Justin's fans keeps tweeting me." Well that wasn't completely a lie. My twitter has been blowing up all night.

I could tell that she sensed my lie but accepted it for my sake. "How?"

"They just found me I guess." I shrugged.

"Hold on, let me see your phone." I handed it to her and watched as she typed away. "I'm googling your name," I bit my lip. I know people are saying stuff about me but I haven't had the courage to google myself. "Vanessa you're everywhere."

I grabbed my phone from her. I looked at the first picture of me and Justin. My heart dropped. "That picture is from inside the house, how.." I trailed off thinking about how the security guard knew my name yesterday. The picture displayed me and Justin in the recording studio making out, my legs were wrapped around his waist. That picture is from a little while back when Justin first kissed me. That was supposed to just be our moment, just ours. It wasn't meant to be shared with the world.

I scrolled a little more reading the caption

"Who's Bieber's mystery girl?"

I skimmed through the article seeing that they found out my full name, what town I live in, how old I am, and that Justin's been "shacking up" with me for weeks.