Nadia Grace Collins knew little about love, but just as every girl she thrived to feel it. Moving out of her hometown of Columbus, Ohio to a city half way across the country to Calabasas, she hoped she'd learn what love meant. What it felt like. She...
The house was quiet since everyone was still recuperating from Disney and our hour long drive home. We were all currently scattered around Justin's home theater that was very pretentious with various awards that he had won displayed around the room.
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Although Straight Outta Compton was playing no one was paying attention to it. Justin and I laid at the end of the large sectional that was in the front of the room. My head was on his chest and my legs were tangled with his. I silently looked up at Justin and noticed that he was already looking at me.
"You good? You've looked kinda sick since we got back." His voice was low and laced with concern.
"I'm fine, I'm just not used to being in the sun all day. Is everyone staying here tonight?"
He raised a brow with a smirk, "I think so, why? What were you thinking?"
His arms that were wrapped around me tightened and I shook my head, laughing. As I did he feathered light kisses on my neck earning as groan from behind us.
"We aren't watching the movie but that doesn't mean we wanna watch you two be all over each other." Tessa's voice filled my ears and I sent a finger behind us.
My words were whispered as I spoke to Justin, "I wasn't really thinking anything. Just a question."
He hummed a response and pulled away from my neck, locking eyes with me. Although the room was dark the light from the screen filled Justin's face and I could see as he stared intently at me before speaking, "You wanna go get in the pool? I could turn the heaters on so it won't be cold, I wanna talk to you?"
I gave him a short nod before standing up and waiting for him to change into my bathing suit. Once I did I headed to the backyard to wait for him, the backyard was surprisingly light due to the pool lights and I sat down in one of the lawn chairs again.
Looking into the water I thought back to earlier with Martin. I had decided not to think about it and pretend it didn't happen, but it wasn't easy. I could barely handle Justin showing interest in me and now that Martin had kissed me my mind was lost.
The feelings I had for Justin were unexplainable and that caused too much confusion for me to want to deal with Martin. I liked Justin, but I couldn't say that I wanted to be with him. It seemed like it was an easy choice at first, but something was telling me that this wouldn't last for very long.
Before I could get deeper into my thoughts Justin's voice filled my ears, "I got you a towel and I turned the heaters on inside."
"Okay." I followed Justin into the pool, sitting on the step next to him. I patiently waited for him to talk, my stomach turning at the look on his face.
"I want to be with you Nadia, like for real. I know we act like a thing but we haven't said anything and you haven't told Tessa if you're going to stay here. So I just wanna know are you staying?"
I sighed, truth was I had been thinking about Tessa's offer and had made a decision but I also knew what he was going to ask next and I didn't have an answer for that. I glided my hand across the water as I answered, "Yeah, I think I am."
He nodded looking down at my hand, "So do you wanna be with me?"
My hand stopped and made it's way to my lap, "I want to..."
"But?" I didn't have time to answer before the doors to Justin's house opened revealing everyone now covered in their own bathing suits. Justin's eyes rolled back, "Fuck it."
He quickly stood up and grabbed his towel, heading inside before I could say anything else. It was long before everyone made their way into the pool, Tessa taking Justin's spot next to me, "What was that about?"
"He asked if I wanna be with him?"
Tessa questioned me with her eyes, "And?"
"I told you Tessa, I don't know and some shit happened and I'm just confused as hell right now." I took a long breathe before heading over to the lawn chairs. While everyone else swam Martin laid in the chair next to me causing a thick tension.
I did my best to ignore his presence but every so often his phone would go off making it hard, and finally he spoke, "Sorry 'bout Disney."
I didn't dare to make eye contact with him and instead continued to stare down at my phone, "Are you though? When did I give you any indication that I was interested in you? You tried to get me to talk to Tessa for you, Christ."
I could hear rather than see his shock as he took in a breath, "Damn, I didn't think it was a big fucking deal."
I shook my head and stood, going into the house. It was now silent due to it's emptiness and heading to Justin's room I wondered what he was feeling. When he left he was clearly pissed but it was also more than that I had all but rejected him.
His room was empty and the only sign that he had even been here were his discarded trunks. I tried to think back to what rooms he had shown me during my tour and where he could have been. The only place I could think of was his office and I quickly headed there.
I hadn't realized how big Justin's house actually was until I was wondering it by myself, ever turn seemed like it lead somewhere else. I finally came to the recognizable door of his office and lightly knocked, receiving an answer from the other side, "What?"
Without answering back I slowly opened it, peaking my head in. His back was turned to me and across the screen his scrolled through various pages that I couldn't begin to comprehend. I quietly made my way to him, laying my hand on his forearm on his desk.
He quickly looked at my hand then me, "What?" His irritation was now clearly and I still couldn't tell what it was for. Probably a mixture of things; my semi-rejection, being interrupted by everyone, being interrupted again now by me.
"I want to be with you. No buts, I'm just scared." Which was true I was scared. Scared that I was already starting to have strong feelings for him and scared that I didn't know how a relationship between us could possibly ever work and scared of the future.
in his chair Justin visibly relax but only a fraction, "Well damn, Nadia, aren't we all?"
I shrugged and bent down to his level, "Then I guess I'll be with you." A smiled crossed my face as I said this causing Justin to fully relax now and kiss my lips.
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Don't get too comfortable, we still have to deal with Martin and I don't think he's done being an ass just yet. That's next chapter though 😏😉
