Stay With Me § BWWM JB

22 • Sleeping Beauty

"Jesus Christ.
Are you trying to kill us?"

Holy fucking shit.

"Justin, are you okay?" Aaliyah asks quietly as we're standing outside of the room.

"Yeah," I lie and reach for her hand. "Looks like we're gonna meet the boyfriend."

"Cue the awkwardness," she laughs. "I wonder if Scooter did this on purpose."

That fucker. I mutter, "He did." Then I reach for the handle and open the door, letting Aaliyah walk in first.

"Justin Bieber," Sam's boyfriend says, standing up to his feet to greet me with a handshake.

"That's me," I chuckle at the nervousness in his voice and shake his hand. "You're..." I trail off. I could care less about his name, especially since I already knew it because him and her were all over the tabloids.

"I'm uh Sam's boyfriend, Jared." I nod my head and he motions to Aaliyah. "Is this your-"

Aaliyah cuts him off and holds her hand out, "Best friend. I'm Aaliyah."

Oh, right. We haven't made anything official...yet.

"Nice to meet you two," he smiles, letting go of Aaliyah's hand. "Sam's session is almost over. She really wanted to get this song done."

I look over to the booth and link eyes with Sam. She sends me a small smile, but I quickly look away. "We'll wait outside," I mutter and pull Aaliyah back out of the room before he can say anything. Just hearing him talk and being around him pissed me off.

"What?" Aaliyah asks.

"I can't do it. I can't be in there with him," I say lowly. I don't want to come off jealous, but I am.

She rubs my arm, "Okay, we can stay out here until she's done."

"I thought that I could handle it, but I just can't."

"That's fine, Justin," she runs her thumb across mine. "We can go back to the lobby if you want."

I nod my head and we walk there to sit down on the couch across from Sue at the front desk.

"I'm gonna strangle Scooter," I mumble. "He did that on purpose, knowing that I would run into them."

"Maybe he did, but you can't let all this ruin your night."

I turn my head to look at her and smile, "You're really great, you know that?"

She shakes her head, "I'm not anything special."

"You are, though. At least you're special to me because you're the only one who has stuck with me through all of my bullshit."

"It's just in my nature to be there for people even if they aren't there for me," she says quietly.

I bring my hand up to her face and brush my thumb along her cheek, "I'm here for you." She smiles and I lean in to kiss her. "Always." She giggles, but it's cut short when she looks up.

"Hey guys," Sam cheers as she grasps her boyfriend's hand. "Sorry, I was in there longer than I expected."

I look down at my Timberlands, "It's fine."

"Hey Sam," Aaliyah says politely. "You look nice."

Sam sends her a small smile, "Thanks, so do you." If this could get any weirder...Sam clears her throat after a few seconds of silence, "It was good seeing you."