Justin reached the bottom of the stairs and looked around at everyone running around frantically trying to get everything ready before Ava walked down the aisle. He took a deep breath trying to get his bearings before he turned the corner just to find Ava putting on a veil in the room down the hall. She was looking in the mirror as her mother helped her put it on and she was fully dressed in her wedding gown. A moment later, Ava caught his eyes in the mirror and she quickly turned around.
“Justin! It’s bad luck to see me in my dress before the wedding!” She ran over to the door and shut it before he could respond.
“I didn’t mean to!” He rubbed his head gently thinking that it was just as bad to think about your ex-girlfriend on the day that you were getting married. He walked outside and glanced around noticing people just beginning to arrive and take their seats. Out of the corner of his eye he saw his mom approaching him with a wide smile placed across her face. He turned toward her as she put her arms around him. “Hi mom.”
“Hey, how are you doing?” She pulled away and looked over his face as she furrowed her eyebrows. “What’s wrong?”
“What do you mean? I’m fine.” He nodded managing to put on a smile for her.
“I think the nerves are getting to you.”
“Alright, maybe a little.” He let out a sigh and shrugged slightly.
“Just calm down and relax. The hardest part was asking her to marry you and you’ve already gotten over that hurdle. Everything will be ok now.” She tried to reassure him.
“I hope you’re right.”
“I’m always right.” She smiled before taking a deep breath and putting her hand on his cheek. “I still can’t believe you’re getting married. I didn’t think you’d ever settle down.” She let out a laugh as she moved her hand away from his cheek to rest on his hand. “But I’m glad you are.” She smiled as her eyes watered up and a few tears fell down her cheeks.
“Mom are you crying?” He smiled down at her.
“No I’m not crying.” She shook her head and wiped away the tears as she heard someone calling her name. She looked toward the source and saw Paul her husband motioning for her to come over. “Honey, I have to go but you’ll be fine I promise.” She kissed his cheek and squeezed his hand before leaving Justin standing there thinking things over. Something that his mother had said brought him to another point in his relationship with Allie. It seemed that no matter what he did, everything continued to bring back memories they shared together.
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It had been a month since Justin left to go on tour in Europe and in the beginning Allie didn’t know what do with herself. She had become so used to planning her weekends around him and when he left it was as though there was nothing for her to do. She hated this more than anything. She had let herself become very dependent on him and she had made a promise to herself that she wouldn’t let this happen. Well she did and now she had to get out of this moping around the apartment bit. It wasn’t like they broke up or anything. She had nothing to be down about. It was at this realization that she threw herself into her work. She began staying later than usual, offering to do more things, and because of this her boss as well as other co-workers started to take notice.
Her boss began giving her special projects to work on which made Allie really excited because being an editor was what she always wanted. It was nice to finally be living your dream. She didn’t let herself forget about Justin though. He always had a way of coming into her thoughts. He was the first thing she thought about when she woke up and the last thing when she went to bed. They called each other every day usually around the same time unless he was busy doing something. She was starting to become accustomed to him being away until one day when she was grocery shopping.
She was just getting a few things for her apartment since she and Josh were going to have a horror movie night together. She walked up and down each aisle grabbing every form of junk food in existence since this was going to be an all night thing. Sometimes it was nice to just stay in with one of your closest friends. She looked down into her carriage deciding that she had everything that she needed and began to make her way to the cashier. While she was passing through one of the aisles, a couple of magazines caught her eyes. She stopped walking and immediately picked up one of the magazines narrowing her eyes at the cover. She quickly focused on the picture of him and Jessica Biel walking down the street in England together. She flipped through the magazine coming to the article about him. The title read: “It’s True, They’re a Couple”. She read through the article and how it stated that many eyewitnesses confirmed that Jessica was staying at his hotel with him and they were seen kissing here and there. She closed the magazine and put it back down as she bit her lip gently. She felt the jealousy rush over her, which was very unlike her. Was he seeing her while Allie was all the way over in the States? But then again, the pictures did end up all over the magazines so how could he be so stupid? She quickly fished through her purse and looked for her phone. She needed to call him. Once she found her phone she dialed his number and waited for him to answer.
“Hey baby. I didn’t think I’d be hearing from you for a couple more hours.” She heard his voice come through the phone and she was immediately calmed.
“Uh… yeah I know but I just thought I’d call you a little earlier today.”
“That’s fine. You can call me whenever you want. But now that I do have you on the phone there’s something I wanted to ask you.”
“Oh yeah? What’s that?”
“I wanted to know if you wanted to come out and see me in a couple of days. I know it’s last minute but I have a few days off before my next show. We can spend some time together and then you can come to one of my shows. What do you think?”
“I don’t know Justin… work is crazy right now and I already went away with you once when I probably should have stayed here.”
“I know but please think about it. I miss you and I don’t want to think about how long it will be before I get a chance to see you again.”
“I don’t either but I should stay here. I don’t want my boss to get mad at me.”
“What if I put in a good word for you?” He laughed softly.
“I wish that’s all it would take.” She smiled slightly before her eyes returned to the picture of him and Jessica Biel again. She felt a sinking feeling in her stomach and before she knew it she was agreeing to fly to Europe. “Actually I’ll come.”
“You will? That was a quick change of heart. I thought your boss was going to be mad at you.”
“Um… I can probably make it up to him when I get back.”
“Ok well then I’ll call you tomorrow with all the details. I’m glad you’re coming out by the way. I really miss you.”
“I miss you too.” She smiled.
“Alright well I’ll talk to you then. Enjoy your night.”
“You too. I love you.” And with that he hung up not returning the sentiment, which drove Allie even more crazy. What if he was just asking her to come see him because he wanted to break up with her? He wasn’t like that though, was he? She shook her head trying to get the insane thoughts out of her head before she went over to the cashier to pay for her things.
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A few days later Allie found herself roaming around an airport in England searching for baggage claim. She continued to follow the signs that would lead her to her bags but for some reason it seemed to be taking forever. Finally, after what seemed to be a never-ending journey, Allie found baggage claim and waited until she spotted her bags. She had been waiting for a few minutes when she felt two arms wrap around her from behind. She jumped slightly and let out a soft yell of surprise before turning around to see Justin standing there laughing at her reaction.
“Just the reaction I was hoping for.” He smiled down at her.
“You were hoping to scare the shit out of me?” She hit his arm. “How nice.” She gave him a glare before a smile started to form at the corners of her mouth. He then leaned down and gave her a soft kiss. When he pulled away Allie looked around her. “Shouldn’t you not be doing that? I didn’t think you’d want to call so much attention to yourself.”
“Usually I don’t but you know what? I don’t give a damn right now.” He laughed. “I’m just glad you’re here.”
“I am too.” She smiled deciding to put her jealousy of Jessica behind her. She turned her attention back to the bags that were coming out and pointed to hers. “Now be a good boyfriend and get my bags.” She smirked.
“Already bossing me around I see.” He shook his head as he walked over to the carousel and grabbed her bags. “Alright let’s go.” He carried her bags and led her outside of the airport over to the car that was waiting for them. He opened the back of the car and put her bags in before shutting it and getting in the backseat with her. Once the car began moving Allie turned toward him.
“I’m surprised not too many people paid you much attention in there. I thought you were some big celebrity. You must be losing your touch.” She grinned and then laughed.
“I’ll never lose my touch.” He shook his head sure of himself. “But if you just walk in there like it’s no big deal no one will really bother you. I don’t know why but I’m not complaining about it.”
“You’re so cocky.” She rolled her eyes at him before laughing. “So what do you have planned for us while I’m here?”
“I figured we could just stay in bed every day and have sex.” He wiggled his eyebrows at her.
“Justin!” Her eyes widened as she laughed. “Sorry but I don’t think I’d be able to go twenty-four seven. And I know you’d like to think you can but I know you can’t.” She smirked.
“Thanks for the blow to the ego.”
“No problem. Someone needs to keep that ego of yours in check.” She nodded. “But really, what are we doing?”
“Well tonight I thought we could just stay in the hotel together. I’ll order some room service. I would take you out but I want to be greedy and just have you for myself.”
“I guess I can’t really argue with that then.” She smiled as the car pulled up in front of the hotel he was staying at. “And you’re lucky because I’m starving right now.” She laughed as they both got out of the car.
“Yeah I am too. I didn’t realize you’d be getting in this late.” He looked at his watch noticing that it was now 7:30 at night. He opened the back of the car and grabbed her bags as she shut the door for him. They then made their way into the hotel and through the lobby where they reached the set of elevators. They waited until one of them opened and they went inside, pressing the button to his floor.
“You stay at some nice hotels.” She nodded looking around the elevator. “The elevator is even beautiful.” She laughed.
“I can only have the best you know.” He laughed and gave her shrug. “I don’t even pay for these hotels. I just stay where they tell me. Luckily for me they don’t make me stay at the Holiday Inn or anything.” The doors then opened to his floor and they walked out making their way to his room. Once at his room he unlocked the door and walked inside placing her bags in the bedroom. Allie looked around completely awed.
“I didn’t know you stayed in a suite. I thought it was just gonna be a room.”
“No, I always get a suite.”
“So spoiled Mr. Timberlake.” She placed her hands on her hips as he came over to her and wrapped his arms around her waist. She smiled up at him before placing a kiss against his lips. “Now go order us some food.” She grabbed his ass before pushing away from him.
“Yes ma’am.” He laughed as he walked over to the phone. “What do you want?”
“I really want steak right now.”
“Good choice, I think I’m gonna get that too.” He nodded and called room service placing their order.
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When their food came they shared a nice intimate dinner catching up with each other. Allie told Justin all about work and how they were finally starting to look at her as an important component to their company. Justin was proud of her and was glad that she was happy with the way things were working out. He told her about the tour and how it was going over here in Europe. Allie took notice of his lack of mentioning Jessica coming out to visit him but she didn’t say anything about it. She just tried to think of something else to talk about instead.
“So where’s dessert?” Her eyes brightened up as she looked over at him.
“How can you think about dessert after eating that steak? I feel so full right now.” He laughed resting his hand on his stomach.
“Oh there is always room for dessert J.”
“If you say so.” He stood up from the table and walked over to the phone again. “What will it be this time?”
“Um… I think chocolate covered strawberries sound good right about now.” She grinned. “They’re my favorite.”
“Do you think I could steal one?”
“Oh I thought you were too full.” She raised an eyebrow as she stood up.
“Well one won’t hurt.”
“Uh huh.” She laughed as she gave him a quick kiss on the cheek. “I’ll be out on the balcony. I need to go see this view.”
“Ok I’ll be right there.”
Allie walked through the bedroom and over to the balcony where she opened the door and stepped outside taking in the view. She smiled as she walked over to the rail and looked down at the people walking by. It was definitely beautiful but she couldn’t help but wonder if Justin had shared this view with Jessica before she got here. She hated that she let it get to her so much. But even though she tried to push the thoughts out of her head they kept finding a way back. She rubbed her face gently deciding that she just needed to be upfront with Justin and ask him. She didn’t want him to think she was jealous but it was the only way she was going to stop worrying. A few moments later she heard the door open behind her and she glanced over her shoulder giving him a half smile.
“What’s wrong?” He looked at her concerned.
“Why do you think something’s wrong?”
“I can see it in your face. Is everything ok?”
“Well there was something I wanted to ask you…” She bit her lip gently as she looked at the ground diverting her attention from him.
“What is it?” He furrowed his eyebrows getting a little worried.
“I know I’m going to sound crazy but it’s been bothering me for the past few days and I just can’t stop thinking about it.”
“Ok you’re scaring me here.” He let out a nervous laugh. “Just tell me.”
“Is there anything going on between you and Jessica Biel?” She felt her cheeks blush.
“What? No.” He shook his head and laughed softly. She held up her hand before continuing.
“Just let me finish. I saw pictures of you together in the magazines and how they said she was staying with you in the hotel. They said you were kissing and everything. And I know they’re just tabloids and you’ve told me they lie to get a story but I saw the pictures Justin. She was here. All I could think of was you cheating on me with her and it drove me crazy and now here I am rambling. But you don’t know how jealous it made me. I’ve never been this jealous before and it really scared me.” She rubbed her eyes as she felt them tear up. She didn’t know why she was getting so emotional over this. Justin leaned in trying to see behind her hands hearing her sniffle slightly.
“Baby are you crying?”
“No I’m not crying!” She turned around and walked off of the balcony and into his room as she quickly wiped away the tears not wanting him to see her cry over something so stupid. He quickly followed behind her not wanting to see her so upset.
“There’s nothing going on between me and Jessica. She’s just a friend who came to visit me. They got some photographs of us walking down the street and assumed that we were together when the truth is I couldn’t stop talking about you when I was with her. I don’t cheat Allie. I know how it feels and I don’t believe in it. I made a commitment to you and I’m not about to break it. I love you.”
She just stood there with her back toward him not knowing what to say. She let the silence fill the room before she turned back around letting him see her red puffy eyes. “I know you wouldn’t. I always knew in the back of my mind that you wouldn’t do that to me but I couldn’t help but think the worse.” She took a deep breath as she walked over to him. “Justin, what if we did move too fast? I think I fell too fast and that scares me more than anything. I’ve always been independent and with you it’s different. Maybe we should take a break while you’re on tour or something.” She shrugged her shoulders as she looked up at him with pleading eyes.
“We moved at our own pace. I don’t think we moved any faster than what we were ready for.” He brushed a few strands out of her face before he wiped away some tears. “I don’t want to take a break. I want to be in this relationship with you and it’s not going to matter whether we stay together while I’m here or get back together when I return. I’m still gonna feel the same way. If you want to take a break then I’ll do it but I don’t want to.”
“I don’t think I really want to do that either. I think I just needed to hear you say it.” She let out a soft laugh as she looked down again. He lifted her head as he gave her a kiss.
“You don’t need to worry about me. All I think about is you while I’m here. I promise you that.” He reassured her.
“I know. I’m sorry for thinking otherwise. I love you and I do trust you.”
“I love you too.” He pulled her into him as he rubbed her back gently.
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Justin let out a sigh as he let the memory slip away. He was a stubborn guy he knew this but there he was telling Allie that what she saw in the magazines was completely false and expected her to believe him when he couldn’t do the same for her. She told him that what he thought was just a figment of his imagination but he wouldn’t just accept this and take her word for it. He thought there was something else going on and he became increasingly jealous something that he never really had to experience before. A feeling that he hoped would never happen to him again. He hated what it did to him and what it did to his relationship with Allie. It was the one memory he didn’t want to return but he couldn’t hold it back anymore. It was time for him to relive the moments that he had screwed up for himself.
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