Beneath Your Beautiful

Chapter 23

July 30th, 2012

3:04am

“Justin… Justin… Justin…”

I nudged Justin’s shoulder repetitively to get him to wake up. I felt like absolute crap and I had no idea why this was happening to me. I felt like I was going to throw up but I also felt like I couldn’t make myself throw up and it was all just so bad. I winced in pain and squeezed Justin’s arm and accident because it was around me. He jumped awake and was fully alert for some reason.

“Woah, what’s going on? Are you okay?” he said as he sat up.

In complete darkness, I could sense that he had been worried from the start. I groaned and He sat up and turned on a light, causing me to also squint.

“No, I’m not. My stomach- it’s killing me.” I whispered.

“What can I do? Do you need something? Anything?” Justin talked fast and I could barely understand him. Wow, I wasn’t expecting him to be so aware of the situation, I wasn’t dying yet, I just felt like shit.

“I don’t know something for my stomach.”

“I can run to the store real quick and get you something.” Justin asked as he peeled back the covers.

“I don’t want you to go now, I can wait until morning-“

“Nope, I insist.”

Justin went to get out of bed but I grabbed ahold of his arm and pulled him back towards me. “Please don’t go.”

“How about this… I’ll go get you something for your stomach and I’ll be back as soon as possible. Then I can come home and take care of you until you fall asleep and then all day tomorrow.” Justin suggested as he slipped a pair of slippers on.

His eyes were tired but he looked ready to go. He had some sweats and a tank top on and he pulled a beanie over his bedhead. When he grabbed his keys and put them in his pocket, I knew that he was seriously serious about this trip.

“But-“

“No ifs, ands, or buts. I’m going, okay?”

“Fine. Be back soon.” I groaned.

He walked around the bed and leaned down and kissed me before leaving. Ugh, I wanted him to just stay and take care of me but instead he would go to the end of the world to make me happy, I just wish I could do the same.

I felt around for my phone and grabbed it to check it seeing I had nothing better to do. I checked Instagram and saw that Justin had posted a picture. I waited until it loaded and read the caption: for you, I would walk a thousand miles #bealright. It was a picture of him with a bottle of some type of syrup for my stomach. I smiled and didn’t bother commenting on it, I’d just thank him when he got back.

When Justin got back he snuck back into our room, making sure to be quiet. His family was over, Jeremy, Jazzy, and Jaxon. His mom was on a business trip so she couldn’t come. They’d been here for- well only since tonight. I didn’t even get to see them because I was already in bed when they came. We were all going out to lunch later today, if I felt better. If not, then they’d have to go without me, which I was hoping wasn’t the case.

“Here babe, I got you a few different things.”

Justin presented a few different bottles and boxes before me and I checked them all out, reading the warnings and everything. I took one of them and it settled my stomach after some time but I was still a little uneasy.