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Forgive Me
THE NEXT MORNING (7:00 A.M.) Justin and Christina were still cuddled, lying on the bed. Justin opened his eyelids and looked around. He carefully slipped out of Christina’s arms, and got up. He still kept asking himself. Did he really do what he thought he did last night with Christina? He looked on the floor. There was know clothes splattered anywhere. So it must’ve been just a dream. Christina woke up. “Um…Justin?” he turned around to see Christina rubbing her fore head. “Yeah. What’s wrong baby?” he walked towards the bed and sat down. “I have a headache. Could you get me some aspirin please?” she started to moan. “Sure. I’ll go to the grocery store and get some”. “And could you bring me back some juice?” “Yeah. I’ll be back” he put his clothes on and washed his face and brushed his teeth. He put his shoes on and went to Christina. She was sleeping silently. He kissed her on the forehead and left out the door. ~~**~~** AT THE STORE “That’ll be $10.90” Justin pulled out a 20. “Keep the change” and he hurried out the door. He was on the road. He was near his house so he decided to stop by and get some clothes since he was by that way. So he was heading to his house. He turned the radio on, and kept flipping the channel until he got to a familiar voice. They were playing Christina ‘Genie in a bottle’. “Damn this song is old. I didn’t here this in a long time”. He started bopping his head to the beat. After the song went off a news update came on. ON THE RADIO: “Yes there are rumors about Britney and Justin breaking up” “Fuck. How did they find out so quickly? How did that rumor spread?” ON THE RADIO: “Were not sure about it yet, but we we’ll find out. and that’s it for the news topic of the day right here on Y100” Justin reached his house. He parked in the front yard and got out. He walked in the house and went straight to the room. Britney wasn’t in the room and Justin was happy for that. “Justin is that you?” he turned to see Britney standing by the bedroom door. She even looked worst than last night. She was holding tissue in her hand, and she was sniffling. “What happened to you?” “Nothing happened to me. I just couldn’t sleep”. He looked her up and down. She really looked terrible. He never saw Britney look this bad. “Well I have to be hurrying. I just came by to get some of my things” “Justin are you serious? Please don’t leave me. I don’t know what…” “LOOK WOMAN. I DON’T HAVE TIME TO HEAR YOUR MOUTH ANYMORE. IT’S OVER. YOU EVEN SAID IT YOURSELF IN THE CAR LAST NIGHT. SO I’M JUST GONNA GET MY THINGS AND BE ON MY WAY!” “But Justin…” “ENOUGH. ME AND CHRISTINA ARE TOGETHER NOW. I EVEN HAVE A BABY GIRL OF MY OWN. NOW I REALLY CAN’T TURN BACK. SO YOU HEAR ME? IT’S OVER. AND THAT’S THE END OF IT!” He quickly grabbed some of his things and rushed out of the house. He was just fed up with her mouth. He couldn’t take any more of it. ~~**~~** AT THE HOTEL “Christy are you up?” she was sitting up in bed watching TV. “Yeah…I’m up” Justin sat on the bed next to her. He gave her a kiss on the lips. “I got the aspirin for you. Here. Let me go fix you something to drink”. He went in the kitchen to fix her juice. He came back with the juice, and as soon as he was about to sit down the phone ringed. “I’ll get it” he picked the receiver up. “Hello. Who is this?…Britney?..How did you get this number?” “From the caller I.D. when the last time she called here”. “Well what do you want? I’m busy” “I wanted to tell you from the bottom of my broken heart that I am truly sorry. You have to believe me. Please take me back” “How lame can you be to use one of your song lines to talk me into going back with you. You know it’s too late for me to do that Brit. But I accept your apology. Now I have to go. Bye”. He hung up the phone. “What do you want for breakfast?” “I don’t care. Anything”. “Okay. Well, do you wanna go out to eat?” “I guess. Sure” “Well get dress. We can leave in about an half an hour” “Yes sir, daddy”. Christina obeyed and got dressed. They left a half an hour later to go to breakfast. ~~**~~** AFTER BREAKFAST~AT THE HOTEL “Christy, you wanna go to a carnival or something before we leave tonight. You know, hang out?” “Justin, why are you keep doing all of these good things for me. STOP DOING THESE THINGS TO MAKE ME FEEL BAD!” “What are you talking about?” “It’s just that…I can’t stand seeing you spend all of your money and doing all of these good things for me. Let me spend my money once in a while”. “Baby, you don’t UNDERSTAND. I enjoy doing all of this for you. Now stop complaining. The only time you could use your own money is when you’re by yourself, but when you’re with Justin I’m going to spend my money on you. No matter how little I have”. He gave her a kiss. “I know what we can do. Lets go shopping. You know how a shopping freak I am”. He released her and headed for the bathroom. Christina could still hear him saying in a singing tone: ‘We’re going SHOPPING!’ she was just cracking up. They both were ready to go. “Are you still leaving to New Jersey from dinner or you’re gonna come back to the hotel first?” “Whatever you want, but I think we should leave straight after dinner. I just miss my baby J” “Whose baby J?” Justin was hoping not some other man. “You know my baby J” she paused to see what he was going to say. He just had a questionable look on his face. “I didn’t tell you? Well what I meant about my baby J is my baby…I mean our baby, Jennifer” “Oh. Okay. Well…” Justin sighed. “Well what? Who do you think I was talking about Justin?” “Well…nobody in particular that I knew” Christina was confused. She didn’t understand why he was acting weird. But it didn’t bother her that much. “Okay well we shall be going” Christina grabbed her things and left the hotel. On their way out, they gave the keys to the lady at the front desk. IN THE CAR “Is Jennifer our baby name? “Huh?” “Jennifer. Is that our baby’s name?” “Oh. Of coarse Justin. I told you that already. But if you noticed I named her with a J like yours. I call her my baby J. you’re my baby J also”. “I am?” “Of coarse…Baby J” Justin kept silent. All he could think of is his baby girl. How bad he couldn’t wait to see her. “Justin…Justin. What’s wrong?” he turned around to see a concerned look on Christina’s face. “Huh? Oh. Um…nothing. I was just thinking about some things?” “Do you mind if I ask what kind of things were you thinking about?” Christina was hoping he didn’t mind. “Uh…well…I was just thinking about the baby. how she looks and where would we be. You know, ten or five years from now”. “Well I could answer them for you. Let’s see…she has your mouth, eyes, and hair. She has my face structure and my nose. So you could say she looks more like you. That’s what people say. And I think we would be married, living in a big house, with a couple of more kids. Probably 2 more, in about 5 to 10 years. Anything else you need to know?” Justin was stunned by her response. “I didn’t know you wanted to do those things. You really wanna do all that?” “With my baby daddy of coarse”. Christina made a hard u turn. And they were there, at the restaurant. They both got out and approached the restaurant. ~~~~~~~~ AFTER DINNER “Dinner was great. What was the name of the restaurant called again, J?” Christina asked from the passengers seat. “AL CACHOBE. Why? You would like to go again?” Justin gave her a sexy grin. “Sure. They have the best ribs in town”. Christina chuckled. “Man oh man. I miss Jen so much. You know this was my first time ever leaving Jen with her grandma for this long”. “Oh really?” Justin’s eyes expanded. “How long has it been since you left her?” “About…” Christina looked up at the roof of the car to try to remember how long has it been. It was a big habit of hers. “…3 months”. She said normally. “WHAT? THREE MONTHS?” Justin was getting a little angry. “Well…yeah” “Damn Christina. How could you?” “How could I what?” she didn’t get him at all. How he was reacting to what she said. “How could you leave her for 3 months. WITH YOU MOTHER?” “Well. I HAD TO. I MEAN WHO WAS GOING TO KEEP HER WHILE I WAS IN CONCERT?” Christina was on the verge of crying. Justin was still looking at the road, that he didn’t even realize Christina was about to cry. “YOU COULD’VE FOUND SOMEBODY TO watch her”. Justin turned around to see christy with water all clogged up in her eyes. Christina didn’t respond to his comment. All she did look out the window of the car. “I’m sorry Christy. I don’t know what came over ME. I shouldn’t have blamed you for leaving the baby with your mother”. He rubbed her shoulder to comfort her. Christina pushed his hand away, and turned back to look out the window. “I’m sorry okay. You did the right thing leaving him with your mother. How stupid I was to yell at you for doing the right thing” he paused to see if she was going to respond, but she didn’t. “I’m sorry, baby. Okay? I’m sorry”. Christina finally responded. “I thought I would never be able to get close to you again. The only way I…” she sniffled to hold the tears back. “…I could have made you get close to me again was only one way. And that was to tell you about the baby. I want us to be a happy family J. that’s all I want. I’m not asking for much, but that”. “Oh baby. We could be that. We could be everything you and I want us to be. And the baby also”. Christina finally formed a smile upon her face. They pulled up to the airport. “We’re here” “Yes I know” Christina smiled happily. “But I just can’t wait to get there”. “You ain’t lyin’. I can’t wait to see my baby”. “You’re gonna fall in love with her the minute you see her. Trust me”. They boarded the airplane and flew off. ~~~~~~ ON THE PLANE “Christina I have to tell you something…about Britney, but you have to promise me you won’t get MAD, Okay?” “O.K. I promise” “Remember a promise is a promise”. Both of Justin’s eyebrows went up. “Okay. Okay I PROMISE” “Okay…” Justin exhaled. “…Remember in the hotel room when Britney called”. He waited for a response. “Well she asked me if I would give her another chance. And I said,…” He took a deep breath. “…Yeah”. Christina’s mouth dropped open in surprise. Her eyes expanded also. “How could you?” all Justin could do was bow his head down in ashamement. |