The Tour

Chapter 2

Justin stood in front of the bathroom while sharing his facial hair. He mistakenly pressed down harder, scraping his cheek with the shaver. “Shit.” he glimpsed in the mirror to gaze at a red coloring on his cheek. “Damn.”

“Are you okay?” he gawked to the side to focus in on Mandah.

“Um…yeah. I just…scraped myself with this damn shaver.” she chuckled. “I’m a rookie to this. Haha.”

“Aw…that’s okay. I could help you.” she entered the bathroom and stood in front of him. “Let me see that.” he hesitantly handed her the shaver. “Okay…keep still.” he scrutinized her face as she carefully shaved his cheek. “I’ve been doing this since I was six. My father had gotten sick so…he couldn’t do too much for himself.” she rinsed the shaver and continued from where she left off. “He…was diagnosed with cancer.” she paused. “Lift your head up.” he slightly lifted his head up as she shaved underneath his chin. “A year after that…he passed away.” she released a loud sigh. “I was always…told to never give up on your dreams, and that’s where Britney came in. I met her when I was at least eight or nine. One of ‘em. She made me completely get over my father. I love that girl too death. She’s like a sister to me.” she chuckled and lifted her eyes to gaze in his. She smiled and bit the bottom of her lip. “You have beautiful eyes.” she looked away and rinsed out the shaver.

“Thank you.” she shaved once more under his cheek.

“Um…I heard about…the break up with you and Shakira. I knew you too were very close. Did it affect you in any way?”

“Well…at first, but…I got over it. You get over things at some point in your life.” she nodded while drying his face with a hand towel.

“I understand. You know…” she giggled. “…when I found out I was going to share a room with you…I almost FREAKED out. I thought I was going to LOSE my cool, but you know I couldn’t let you see me like that. I didn’t want you to think I was another once of those crazed fans.” he chuckled. “I thought you would be upset that you had to share a room with a complete stranger, but…everything turned out to be the opposite.” he crossed his arms over his chest, and held his head down. “So tell me…do you have a girlfriend?”

“Um…” he looked up to lock eyes with hers. “…no. I don’t.” she nodded while sizing him up.

“Why are you so quiet? I’m use to seeing you…blabbering at the mouth. You seem…tensed.” she brushed pass him, and exited the bathroom.

“I know. I’m just…normally quiet when I’m off stage. I keep to myself.” she laid on her bed, and gazed at the ceiling. He sat on the foot of the bed, and glared at her.

“Justin…have you ever…fallen in love before?” he scratched his chin in thought.

“Um…no. Not really. You?” she rolled on her stomach, and gazed at him.

“Yeah. With this guys…I thought was the one.” he laid on her back as he listened closely. “He use to tell me he loved me, and…we would always go places. I LOST my virginity to him. I just knew he was the one. Then…one day…I came home after work…and I caught him…having sex with this blond chick.”

“Oh man.” he mumbled.

“Do you know how hurtful that was? I was CRUSHED!” tears poured down her cheeks. “I LOVED him…with ALL my heart and SOUL! I did anything for him. He was my first love.” he slowly sat up with a depressed look on his face. “’Til this day…I haven’t dated ANOTHER GUY!” she cried silently. “Men are dogs. That’s what I can ONLY see, because…he broke my heart.” she sniffled. “I’m not saying ALL men are dogs, but you know what I’m mean. The majority of them.” he handed her a tissue and took a seat beside her. “Thank you.” she wiped underneath her eyes. “I must say…some women are dogs too.” she exhaled. “I just don’t wanna go through that ever AGAIN! It was the worse experience.”

“I understand.” he skimmed her back soothingly.