Love Me Harder || A.G & J.B ||

|4| Love Me Harder

Ariana::Grande

"Thank you." Justin spoke as we walked to the jet. "For?"
"Persuading Scooter." He chuckled. "I know how you get when you don't sleep so." I shrugged. "Yeah."
Things are becoming more awkward between us. We don't know how to act around each other, it's like all our years together never happened. Now that we are "faking it till we make it" I feel that it's pushing us father and farther away. "Ariana when can I explain my side?" He asked.

I gazed at the floor, not giving him an answer. "When I'm ready to hear it." I replied walking into the jet. Scooter was already sitting down. I waved at him and walked straight to the back.
Justin still on my tail, "When will that be? Because it's been weeks."
"Maybe weeks is what I need."
Justin rolled his eyes and plopped down across from me. He wasn't going to let this go. And I didn't really want to let him go.
"Ari? I said I'm sorry...Like countless times." I shrugged and continued to look out the window.

I could feel him staring at me, his gaze felt like lasers were burning through me.
I reached in my bag and placed headphone on to drown out the noise of the plane and Justin's voice.
For a fact, I'm sure I'm being completely petty when it came to our situation. I could just let him talk, but I don't want to. Though it is better than trying to talk to Selena, all she's trying to accomplish is trying to take him back. Sometimes I regret giving her my number because it is just her trying to set up lunch dates so we can "catch up" with each other.

I ended up shaking Selena out of my thoughts and pulled out my notepad to write some lyrics down.

"You weren't the boy I thought I knew
Maybe I was blind, I was young
I didn't have a clue"

I glanced up at Justin after I wrote those few words. Making me think about my actions with him and how I used to be so hung up on him. When these last couple of interviews wrap up, I'm taking a break from Cali and going somewhere to relax with some friends in hopes to get over this boy that I ended up being so attached to.
I still remember the first time he tried to ask me out, but I turned him down, to be fair it was a cute idea.

~4 years ago~

He sighed and faced toward me. "I really wanted to tell you this Ariana...I think I'm into you." His voice was shaky. "Justin.." I removed my hand from his leg. "I'm sorry I-I just needed this off my chest, it's just that every time I see you, I feel like a better person when I'm with you." He explained his feelings to me, I didn't know how to respond to this.

The first thing that came to mind was to kiss him because I felt something with him last night, more than I felt with Jai. I feel like I formed feeling for him when I first met him in New York and I spent more time with him than my own boyfriend I had at the time.

I still was thinking to kiss him, but I couldn't move it was like I was frozen in time and just wanted him say what he told me again. My thoughts were interrupted by Justin cupping my face and my body automatically moved closer to him and kissed him back. I was confused about what I was doing with my life right then and there, but I didn't care.

I pulled away from him, "Can I tell you something?" I looked at his lips then his eyes. "Umhm." "I'm into you." I smiled against his lips and he smiled too, then pressed both our lips back together.

"Should I ask or is it too soon?" He asked me. "Too soon for what?" I titled my head slightly and smiled.

He smiled and bowed his head then looked up again...

"Will you be my girlfriend?"

"Justin, I would be, but I just broke up with Jai...Trust me I would love to go out with you just not at this moment in time." I looked down.

"Don't worry Ari, I knew it was too soon anyway."

"But you can ask me again in a couple of months." I smiled and tightened the grip. "Sounds good." He  grinned and nodded his head.

"Remember I never said no." I winked. He checked the time and started to get up from the bench. "I should get back to the studio." He shoved my hands in my pocket. "Oh okay."

~End Of Flashback~

Smiling at the thought of that, he was so sweet about it. I missed that Justin, I'm sure he is the same Justin. He's just buried underneath this new one.
I felt a tap on my knee, making me remove my headphones from my head. "Hmm." I hummed, looking in Justin's direction. He pointed to my notepad, I slightly shook my head. "Not this time." I grinned, remembering that he helped me write "Into You" and I'm still grateful for his help on that.
"Not even a peek?" He raised an eyebrow. "Yeah. No." I closed the pad and stuffed it back into my bag. "We go good together." He smiled, causing me to smile a bit. "Musically. We do." I crossed my arms. "I'm not sure about physically."

"Come on Ari." Justin sighed. "We go great both ways."
Rolling my eyes, I raised my voice a little. "How much longer do we have on here?!" I yelled to Scooter. "Another hour. Just sit tight Ariana." I felt a smiled creep up on Justin's face.
"Seems like a good amount of time to let me tell you what really went down at Selena's house." He smirked. "Fine tell me, but just letting you know that I have the right to not believe anything you say."
Justin nodded and proceeded to tell me about that night.

I sat there listening, I wasn't going to believe half of it because I know for a fact he was drunk the majority of the night. I know this because I saw him loopy with my own damn eyes.
Besides that I listened to ever single word he said and believed everything except the end.
"So you're saying you and Selena just went to sleep...in the same bed?"
"Yes."
"That's hard for me to believe, but thanks for telling me your side of the story." I smiled. "Should I go get Selena's side as well, she's been dying to have lunch with me so." I trailed off. "Go ahead but I'm sure she'll lie straight through her teeth." Justin shrugged, I nodded and placed my headphones back on. Then prepare to put my acting face on for this interview.

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Flashbacks from "Chapter 24: I'm so Into You & Chapter 25: Is this okay?" From the first book "Crush"

Song lyrics from the song "Teenage Fantasy" by Jorja Smith
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When I was getting those pieces I looked at the word count and it was over 5000+

Should I go back to writing long chapters like that?

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