Innocence

38. "Nu-uh! I'm s-sexy."

(Gracie Adams)

"Donut." Justin giggled.

I raised an eyebrow at him.

"Craving donuts?"

He shook his head. "No, it's just a funny word. Dooonnnuuuttt."

I chuckled and shook my head.

"Wanna go to the mall with me?" I questioned, realizing that Nick's birthday was coming up.

"Mall?" He furrowed his eyebrows.

"Yeah. Where you buy things." I giggled.

"Okay." He mumbled. "As long as you're there, I'll go."

I felt my cheeks turn red.

"Just go get ready." I smiled.

He nodded and saluted me before stumbling upstairs to his room. I sat down on a stool in the kitchen and waited for my weird boyfriend to get ready. It feels weird saying that.

"Gracie!" Justin came stomping down the steps.

"What?" I asked.

He continued to run until he stopped right in front of me, literally inches away from me.

"I'm ready." He informed.

I looked him up and down. He was wearing a pink shirt, black jeans, and pink Jordan's. I see what he did there. I was wearing a pink shirt, black skinny jeans, and pink Jordan's also.

"We show love to everyone." He spoke up and I laughed.

"Ok. Did you tell mommy where we're going?" I inquired.

He nodded. "Yeah! Can we go now?"

I laughed. "Well someone's excited."

I grabbed his hand and my purse. I found my car keys in my purse and unlocked the car. We got in and I started the engine.

I looked to my right to see Justin in the passenger seat staring from me to the front window and then back to me continuously. I raised an eyebrow.

"Seatbelt." I ordered and he quickly put it on.

"Ok then..." I trailed off, driving out of the parking lot.

When we got there, Justin instantly grabbed my hand.

"Let's go in there!" I suggested, pointing at Claire's.

He nodded.

"Anything for you." He whispered making my heart skip a beat.

I went on my tippy toes since he was pretty tall and kissed his cheek gently.

His cheeks instantly turned pink as he looked down, trying to get me to not notice.

"You're so cute!" I squealed, pinching his chubby cheeks.

"Nu-uh!" He shook his head. "I'm s-sexy."

I laughed. "Sure you are, buddy."

He pouted. "Sure you are, buddy." He mimicked me under his breath and I giggled.

We walked into Claire's and I began to look for anything that I liked.

"Gracie, look!" I heard behind me.

I spun around to see Justin wearing pink nerd glasses. I chuckled as he smiled widely. He looked so adorable!

"Damn! Look at this sexy lady!"

Both mine and Justin's smiles dropped as I turned to my left to see a guy smirking at me.