When In Paris

Chapter 12

JUSTIN

Crystal stops crying eventually after she started crying again after she told me what happened with Rachel finding out about us. Of course, I'm surprised that our secret didn't last for at least a whole day after agreeing we would keep us a secret for a while.

But my main concern right now is making sure Crystal is ok.

She doesn't move as I run my hand up and down her back trying to comfort her.

After another moment, her arms begin to loosen around me and then she takes a step back. Our arms drop to our sides.

"I'm sorry," she says quietly, looking down. "I just feel so stupid for what happened and having a fight with Rachel didn't help."

"Hey, its ok," I tell her softly. "This was bound to happen."

She frowns, keeping her gaze down. "Yeah but not right now, you must hate me."

"What! Never, Beautiful," I say in disbelief that she would even think that.  I lift her chin up with my thumb so she's looking at me. "What happened wasn't really your fault, sure I should've never texted you when I knew you were with Rachel and you should've not left you phone out but as much as we are at fault, Rachel is too," I point out. "She should've never looked at your phone without your permission in the first place."

"Yeah, I guess," she says with a shrug. "But Rachel knowing about us isn't the problem, it's what she's going to do now that she knows." She continues clearly panicking. "She may already be telling my mother and Liam for all we know."

"Hey, it's ok, Beautiful. I'm sure that's not the case and even if it is just know we are in this together and I'll be right by your side through it all," I assure her.

She sighs. "I just wish we didn't have to deal with this at all." She puts her arms around my neck and faintly smiles at me. "I kind of loved having you as my little secret."

I sigh. "Me too, Beautiful."

As much as I want to be angry at this whole situation with Rachel finding out about us I'm more sad then anything, that my plan to keep Crystal to myself and my personal life as private as I can failed and we couldn't enjoy the time together without all the worry and stress of that part of my life following us around. Of course I wish we could've enjoyed spending time together in secret but if this incident has made me realise something it that I don't care if only a few people or the whole fucking world knows about my relationship with Crystal - I am more determined then ever to make this work and I need Crystal to know that. 

So I look at her and tell her. "But if you think this changes anything between us, it doesn't, not even in the slightest," I say to her as I put a tuck a strand of hair behind her ear. " You aren't going anywhere."

"Is that so?"

I grin at her as I grip her waist. "Yes."

"Show me then." She says with a teasingly smile.

I shake my head still grinning at her then immediately pull her close to me.

Pulling her even closer to me, I lean in and press my lips against her. Deepening the kiss when she responds and then slide my tongue inside her mouth and kiss her harder and harder with each stroke of our tongues.

I've been aching and yearning to touch ever since she left and now that I have her back in my arms, I can't help but grin like an idiot when I think back to that time and now that she is ok all I want is to repeat what happened last time now that we are together again.

So before she can pull away from me I put my arms around her and immediately pick her up. She gasps in surprise as I put her over my shoulder and walk back to the car.