Chapter Twenty-Two. 

            The month of January went by all too quickly with Justin. We ended up staying the whole entire month at his parent’s in Canada and I’ve never seen anything like it or experienced anything like it but his family was incredible and he was just incredible. Things have been going so good for us that on our way back to the dorms I felt like I’d throw up because I just know things will be different here as much as he says they won’t be.

            He was telling the truth when he said he’d let me take the lead. Never once was the future about us brought up again and even though it’s been a whole month of dating him I’m still unsure about it. I’m not unsure that I want to be with him I’m just unsure of how it’s honestly going to work out because he hasn’t been around temptation yet. He hasn’t been around the girls here at college who have their eyes on him like I know they do and he hasn’t been around the alcohol at the frat house, the partying, just everything that could ruin us is all situated at this one damn place so I’m not going to give him my heart when I don’t know if he’ll give in. I honestly don’t know how much he cares about me as much as he says he does. Those could all just be a bunch of words that he doesn’t even mean.

            I feel horrible for thinking all of these things and not telling him about how I feel but if I did I just know he’d jump to conclusions and he’d think that I don’t want to be with him. I’m just so confused right now because after the night I told him how I felt and after we had actual sex for the first time, things between us changed and now he’s constantly sappy and just extremely clingy. I love when he’s romantic and when he makes romantic gestures but clingy is something I’ve never really experienced before and in all honesty it scares me because no one has ever clung to me and I’m not about to cling to anyone because I’ve taught myself to never do that. The moment I let myself cling onto someone is the moment they do something to leave my life forever.

            “Here.” Justin reassured. “I got that.”

            Pulling out my suitcase from his trunk, he began to wheel it up the pavement towards my dorm room and I grabbed onto his hand to thank him for that. These were the times I appreciated him and it just made me realize how much I do love and care for him.

            Nobody has found out yet that we’re dating and I haven’t talked to Casey the entire break. It’s not that I didn’t have her number, because I do, it’s just that I’ve been busy and completely distracted by Justin and she was completely distracted by Scott I think.

            “Casey!” I shrieked when I saw her, tackling her on the bed. Her eyes grew wide before she started to laugh and hugged me back, looking behind me to see Justin standing by the doorway.

            “Hey Reina! How was your break?”

            “I have a lot to tell you.” I replied, looking behind me at Justin.

            Before I did that though I asked her how her break was and she went into a whirlwind of details about how boring it was because she had to be away from Scott and then she began to tell me about all of the pity fights her aunt and uncle’s got into, Justin finally coming up behind me when she got finished for a second and wrapped his arms around my waist.

            “I should probably get back.” He laughed, my whole body numb from his touch. “Come over later?”

            For the first time in a month we were actually going to spend some time apart and I was kind of relieved for a second because whenever I was around him I got all nervous and I tried to look my best because I wanted to impress him and now I can just relax for a couple hours with Casey to have some much needed girl time. Maybe he wasn’t clingy after all.

            I turned around so I was facing him and wrapped my arms around his neck, his hands pulling me closer to him and Casey knew something was up because she raised an eyebrow up at me, which caused me to laugh.

            “I wouldn’t miss it.” I said.

            He didn’t want to let go and I didn’t either, Casey rolling her eyes and chucking a pillow at the two of us from being so disgusted. She was joking though because she was smiling at us and Justin started to laugh too, taking me by surprise and kissed my lips. Whenever he kisses me all of the doubts that I have about this working out seem to fly directly out the door because I can tell how much he cares about me. I can tell how much he loves me and when I pulled away I wasn’t laughing anymore and neither was he. Instead he let out a sigh and released me from his grasp.

            “Bye Reina.” He smiled, putting his hands into his pockets. “I love you.”

            Casey almost choked when she heard that, her eyes growing wide as she placed her hand over her heart from being so in shock. Like I said, I had a lot to tell her and she seemed to know that too.

            “And I love you baby.” I cheesed, inching a step closer towards him.

            We were like two sappy teenagers in love and it’s crazy how much has changed in such little time but he seemed stressed about leaving me, which I thought was adorable. He was engulfed in a huge sweater and some sweatpants and honestly he looked like a little puppy that I just wanted to cuddle over and over again. No guy has ever taken over my mind like this before.

            “Hey.” I said once he was in the hallway, closing the door behind me. “One more kiss.”

            That seemed to make his entire day because he kissed me again and his hands grasped onto my hips, pushing me gently up against the door as my hands ran down his chest. His kiss was something so unexplainable and I will never get tired of it. Ever.

            “I love you.” I repeated. “What time do you want me over?”

            “Whenever you’d like to come over. I was thinking a movie… popcorn… you and I… maybe a little more after?”

            “That sounds perfect. I’ll see you then.”

            Kissing me quickly once more, he began to walk down the hallway and turned around only to blush when he saw that I was still looking, shoving his hands into his pockets as he walked out the door. It honestly terrifies me how attached to him I’m already getting.

            “What the hell happened!?” Casey laughed when I closed the door behind me.

            “Justin and I are dating.” I admitted, taking a seat down onto her bed. “Like we’re together… officially now.”

            “How? Oh my god did you tell him first or did he tell you?”

            “He told me but it’s not the romantic movie scene you’d picture. I was a complete bitch Casey. When he told me I got scared because we were so different Casey… we’re different now but I mean god, I got so scared because I felt the same about him and I left when he told me. I told him I didn’t feel the same and left.”

            “Oh my god.” She said in a sad voice. “Poor Justin.”

            “I know! I got all the way back here, stayed here for like four days to figure everything out, realized I was into him too and took a bus all the way back there to apologize and tell him the truth so now here we are I guess.”

            “Did this just happen?”

            “No. We became official on Christmas so we’ve been together for like a month now. Oh my god, wait! Look at this.”

            Sticking my wrist out to put it in her view, she analyzed the bracelet and put her hand over her mouth from how beautiful it was. I was so excited about it and I think she knew that because she looked at me and then shook her head in disbelief.

            “That’s amazing Reina. I can’t believe you guys are finally together.”

            “Neither can I. I know you don’t exactly like him but-“

            “I do now. My opinion changed awhile ago when he told me he liked you.”

            “He told you he liked me? What? When?”

            “The night after the whole fight went down between him and Jonah. I was leaving the house and Justin was coming in at the same time and we kind of just talked about things. Originally I thought he was using you Reina and that’s why I had my guard up about him but that boy really cares about you. I mean really cares about you.”

            It never failed to amaze me at how clueless I was to his feelings towards me but I was. I couldn’t help but smile though at how much I meant to him because I’ve never meant anything to anyone before really. It’s something new to me.

            “That’s what scares me though Casey. He really loves me and I’m just not ready to fall for him completely when something could easily happen here to screw it up, you know? I don’t want to get attached and everything because what if this doesn’t last forever?”

            “Well that’s a risk you have to be willing to take. Nobody ever knows if something is going to last forever Reina. We all are going to die at some point but when we fall in love with someone we take that risk because we wouldn’t want to be without them. It’s kind of sad in a way but you can never predict the future and unfortunately no, nothing lasts forever, but don’t throw away something you care about because you’re too focused on losing it. Just enjoy this feeling while you have it because it doesn’t come around often.”

            “I think you should start your own therapy show or something.” I laughed. “You could be the next Oprah.”

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             “Justin!”

            Closing the door behind me, all of the guys were already back and settled in as I set my suitcase on the floor and gave a fist bump to Scott, sending a nod of my head to all of the other guys who were watching Football on TV. As much fun as being home has been I’m kind of glad to be surrounded with my boys again. We had a strange bromance that I couldn’t describe to anyone.

            “How was break with Reina? You get that Mrs. Claus sex?”

            “God damn!” Mark shouted, shaking his head in disbelief. “Reina in a Mrs. Claus costume. I’d pay to see that.”

            “Shut up.” I laughed. “Don’t talk about my girlfriend like that.”

            And then they all got silent for a second before Scott got the biggest grin on his face, patting me on the shoulder while the other guys erupted into laughter and gave their nods of approval. They always make comments about how sexy Reina is and I don’t blame them. It’s nice to know that I have what they’d die to.

            “When did this happen?” Scott asked.

            “On Christmas.”

            Deciding not to go into detail about how embarrassing it was for me to get rejected at first, I just let them think it happened mutually and sat down onto the couch beside Mark and Colby.

            “So Justin’s officially tied down.” Colby smirked. “That’s new.”

            “I can’t wait to see Reina now.” Scott chuckled. “I’m going to tease her about this to no end.”

            “Like Justin teases her in bed?”

            They all erupted into laughter again and I just pressed my tongue to the inside of my cheek to keep from laughing but I couldn’t hold it back for much longer. I’m beyond happy if I can be honest and I haven’t felt like this in a long time. It’s been way too long.

            “No but honestly Justin think about that. You get to fuck her whenever the hell you want now. That ass is yours bruh.”

            “Colby.” I laughed, punching him on the side of the arm. “Enough man. I think you need to get laid or something.”

            “I will fully admit that I do. I haven’t gotten laid all break.”

            “Meanwhile Justin probably got twelve days of Christmas in twelve hours.”

            “Bro!” I laughed, throwing my head back onto the couch. “You’re so wrong for that.”

            “What?” Mark laughed. “Honestly though Justin, how many times a day do you get laid?”

            “I’m not getting into this. What goes on between Reina and I is private.”

            “That’s code for twice a day.” Colby piped in, fist bumping with Mark.

            “Enough guys. Justin bring your shit up to your room. Don’t leave it a mess down here.”

            Rolling my eyes at Scott, I stood up from the couch and grabbed my bags.

            “Okay dad.” I mocked.

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            Later that night after dinner I was sitting on the couch with the rest of the guys and it kind of scared the shit out of me that it’s only been six hours and I was literally fidgeting because I missed her so much. We haven’t spent any time apart after my parent’s and I expected her to be here in like three hours, not six. We never really clarified on a time but I thought maybe she missed me too or something. Not that she didn’t but… I don’t know. I just thought maybe she’d get here sooner than she did, which was nine.

            The front door opened because she didn’t have to knock anymore and all of the guys looked at me to see what I’d do. In front of my friends was a lot more awkward than I thought because usually Reina came with Casey but now it was just her. She was wearing jeans, which she knew I loved on her, and she gently closed the door behind her.

            “Reina!” Everyone exclaimed, her cheeks blushing once she saw them.

            “Hey guys! I missed you.”

            Then she went around the room and gave everyone a hug, bending over a little on purpose for me to look at her ass I think. Colby and Mark definitely checked her ass out but it didn’t bother me. They can look all they want as long as they don’t try to make a move on her.

            “Best for last.” She giggled, taking me by surprise and straddling me on the couch. “Hi Justin.”

            “Hi Reina.” I cheesed, moving my hands down her spine. That’s when she leaned in closer to my ear and started to whisper things so only I could hear her.

            “I am sooooo horny.” She giggled again, my body stiffening a little. “Can we go upstairs?”

            “Right now?” I whispered back.

            “Please baby.”

            Whenever she used that damn nickname she knew she had me wrapped around her finger and she would get whatever the hell she wanted. She started to kiss my neck and my friends just started to laugh quietly because they knew what she wanted too. It made their conversation that more accurate and their twice a day prediction wasn’t quite true. It wasn’t twice a day, at least when we were at my parents, but there was always something in the morning when she snuck into my room.

            “Okay.” I breathed out.

            “Yeah?”

            “Yeah. C’mon.”

            She stood up and then grabbed onto my hand, not giving a care in the world at what my friends thought as she dragged me towards the staircase. All my eyes were focused on was her ass as she began to walk up them and that’s when Colby started to laugh hysterically after something Mark had quietly said.

            “And there’s number two!” Colby shouted, Reina pausing for a second and looking at all of them.

            “What?” She asked.

            “Nothing.” I reassured, wrapping my arms around her waist. “Just go to my room baby. They’re crazy.”

A/N:

Oh my gooooodddd i love themmmm!!!

So i know you guys are probably wondering why it's called just friends if they're already in a relationship but trust me, this story is just beginning. Things will eventually explain themselves and it'll make sense in the end. 

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