59. Pray
A sky full of stars and
he was staring at her.
Justin's P.O.V
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Humming a tune to myself, I continued to style my hair while staring at my reflection in the mirror. I was going to leave for New York in a while. My visit was for two days as I've got to do a bunch of interviews there. I offered Charlotte to come with me but she refused. She mentioned having to do some important work here.
Again, I insisted to let myself stay at home and do the interviews via Zoom. But she ended up convincing me to go. I had to agree in the end.
Believe me, you don't want to anger the pregnant Charlotte if you know what is good for you.
After I was done styling my hair, I had an approving look on my face for the choice of my outfit for the day.
I was wearing a black longline T-shirt along with slightly loose black leather pants, over the T-shirt. I was also wearing a mahogany and black checkered quilt lined overshirt and at last, I was going to pair it with leopard print classic slip on shoes.
As I settled myself down on the edge of my king sized bed to wear my shoes, I was interrupted by a loud wail.
I frowned to myself. I put on my shoes quickly before making my way downstairs towards the living room. My eyes widened a little when I saw Charlotte crying and stuffing a handful of popcorn in her mouth.
"Are you okay, angel?" I asked softly and she turned to me. Her lips started wobbling even more as tears continued to stream down her face like some waterfall.
"I'm in such trouble." She cried and fell her back against the couch. I slowly made my way towards the couch and sat down beside her. "Look," She wailed as she stretched her beige colored dress dramatically. I turned my attention to it. "The button fell off." She mewled.
I looked at her. If I wasn't slightly amused by this, I would have been in awe by her adorable self. Also the fact that I was having an urge to laugh wasn't helping me much in order to keep a straight face on.
"Bella gifted this dress to me and I ruined it. How am I going to face her?" She sobbed. I bit my bottom lip as an attempt to contain my laughter in. "Babe, it's okay. She won't mind. It is just a button. We can always get it stitched back." I pulled her closer to my body so her head was resting against my chest. I started rubbing her back to comfort her.
"It is not just a button. She will hate me for this. I ruined it." She cried before putting a handful of popcorn in her mouth. "No she won't." I accidently let out a small chuckle. She gave me death glare for that move of mine. I gave her a apologetic look in return. And she was back to her crying over the dress when she remembered what has happened to it.
"Shh, don't cry angel," I shushed gently. "Do you want to change?" I asked slowly and she nodded her head. "I don't want to ruin it further." She pouted. "It is not ruined baby." I let out a small laugh. Not a smart move because I ended up earning a slap.
"Sheesh woman, you are too moody today. You crazy woman." I picked her up in my arms. She wrapped her arms around my neck while her legs wrapped themselves around my waist. She was basically hanging onto me like a koala bear. "It is called being pregnant." She sassed as I started strolling towards our bedroom.
I got her out of the dress before carefully putting it away before Charlotte starts crying again over it. Then, I changed her into one of my T-shirts and a pair of sweats. While doing so, Charlotte was busy talking about some girl who she had no liking in. In her words, that girl was a 'bitch'. I was carefully listening to her, giving my opinions in between too. I don't even know how this conversation started in the first place but I decided to roll with it.
"She is such a bitch, Jay. If you were there you would think the same." She said dramatically and I nodded my head in agreement, "She does sound like one."
"Oh, you have no idea." She shook her head dramatically again making me laugh. Such a drama queen.
After changing her, I carried her to the bed. "Do you have to go?" She asked after few minutes. I looked at her only to find her eyes watering. "When I insisted to do the interview online somebody told me not to do so." I smirked to myself. "But I will miss you." She pouted. "I know baby. I will miss you more. But I will be back after two days." I pecked her lips. She sighed and nodded.
Suddenly, her stomach growled with hunger causing her to stare at me innocently with pouty lips. "Oh stop it." I shoved her face gently and playfully making her laugh. I gave her a playful look before turning to make my way downstairs, already knowing what she must be craving right now.
"I want brownies." She yelled behind me. "I know." I yelled back in response. I went into the kitchen to bring her the brownies which we had baked at 1 am. Neither of us could sleep last night so we decided to bake a little and do some other stuff too, if you know what I mean.
"Here comes the delicious brownies made for my queen, my one and only Charlotte Bieber." I annouched as I entered the bedroom. As soon as I put it down, I was welcomed with a kiss. Who was I to deny her? I happily kissed her back, letting my hand cup her cheek in my hand. She smiled softly against my lips, which made me smile too.
"Thank you, baby daddy." She grinned as I gave her the plate after we pulled away from the kiss. "Just daddy is fine." I smirked and shrugged my shoulders. "Alright then," She let out a small laugh. "Thank you, Just daddy." She smirked making me roll my eyes playfully.
"So, when do you leave?" She asked before taking a big bite of her brownie. "In two hours." I answered and reached out to grab a brownie for myself making her slap my hand away. "Ouch." I pouted and she rolled her eyes.
"Can't I have just one?" I pouted. "No. And stop looking at me like that." She looked away from me making me chuckle. "Oh c'mon, let me have just one." I whispered in her ear causing goosebumps to appear on the back of her neck. "N-no." She shuttered.
A gasp left her mouth as soon as my lips came in contact with the soft skin of her neck. I kissed, nibbled and licked her soft skin making her moan softly.
"Justin." She moaned and I hummed against her skin. My hand reached out to grab a brownie sneakily. I smirked in satisfaction when I got my hands on one. I licked her skin one last time before pulling away.
"Thank you kitten." I smirked and took a bite of the brownie when she opened her eyes. Her eyes widened and she let out a gasp. "You fucking jerk." She threw a pillow at me.
The pillow hit my face and fell down on bed. "You just cursed!" I exclaimed. She groaned and facepalmed herself when she realised what she has just said.
A few weeks ago, Charlotte and I were cursing a lot more than usual and she claimed that it's not good for the baby. I agreed with her and we decided to make a swear jar where the person has to put in a dollar whenever they cuss.
Knowing me, I turned it into a bet. Whoever cusses more has to do everything the other person says for a month straight. I don't want to sound cocky but looks like i was going to win.
"Now you gotta put money in the swear jar." I danced to myself. "Stop dancing." She rolled her eyes. I laughed and continued to dance just to annoy her.
"You're such a dork." She giggled when she saw me doing the floss. Suddenly, the doorbell rang. "That must be your best buds." She grinned and got up from her seat to walk downstairs with the plate of brownies in her hand. I ran after her and caught up with her on the stairs.
"Where is the one dollar?" I asked. "Where is the jar?" She replied with a question. "I am not letting this go." I pointed at her and walked towards the main door while Charlotte sat down on the couch with her brownies, still davouring them.
I opened the door only to find my friends with a smile on their faces. "Hey man." Zayn and Harry greeted. "Hey guys." I grinned and hugged them before letting them in. I've already met Harry and Zayn a couple of times before but we didn't really become friends until recently. And when we did, we got so close that we were practically like brothers now. We were all like a squad, including Charlotte and her friends.
"How's the little precious baby? Hey baby, Uncle Harry is here." Harry quickly ran towards Charlotte to rub her belly and started cooing to it. "Hello to you to Harry." She said sarcastically. "Wait, who are you?" Harry joked.
"I swear I am going to slap you some day." She rolled her eyes playfully. "Quit annoying her, Harry." Zayn said and hugged Charlotte, "Hey Lottie."
"Hey Z." She smiled. I quickly snuck in a brownie and put it in my mouth. Charlotte glared at me making me smile innocently at her.
"Oh brownies, can we have some?" Zayn asked nicely and she nodded and let them grab one each. "Wait," I swallowed. "Why do they get the brownies when they ask but I get a slap on the hand?" I frowned. "Because we all know you won't stop having more and more if she decides to give you even just one." Harry smirked. "Exactly." Charlotte smirked too. I rolled my eyes at them, "Whatever."
We decided to hang around at my place until we have to leave for the airport. Zayn and Harry were coming to New York with me. Their reason was me getting bored out of my mind if I decide to go alone. I didn't mind that, in fact it was going to be more fun for us.
"We'll have to leave in 15 minutes." I announced before kissing Charlotte's temple. She smiled faintly, her eyes set on her phone as she scrolled through TikTok. I won't lie but you do get a little addictive to it once you start scrolling through the app. "I've been seeing this 'Linda and Heather theme song' trend so much." She said showing us the video. It was a TikTok of a guy and a girl doing some TikTok trend.
"Where is this song from?" Zayn asked as he played it again. "It's from a Disney show Liv and Maddie." Charlotte answered. "This is looking cute." She pouted. "Pink, pink, pink. Girls, girls, girls. Glitter, glitter, glitter. Twirls, twirls, twirls. Together forever. We are Linda and Heather. Best friends!" She sang making me laugh. "Will you do this with Harry? You're the only annoying friend I got after all." She asked. "No, I'm not doing that." He shook his head immediately. "Please." She whined and he shook his head again. He was just trying to get to her.
She looked at Zayn and he started pretending as if he was on a call with someone, "Hello. Hey, Mom. How are you?"
I sniffled in a laugh at this. "Fine, Justin will do this with right, babe?" She turned to me with the puppy dog eyes which I can never say no to. "I can't hear anything." I turned my face away so I don't have to look at her adorable face.
"Whatever, you guys are assholes. My girls will be very happy to do this with me." She scoffed and got up from her seat. "You cussed!" Harry pointed out. She groaned and shook her head shamefully. "Again!" I exclaimed. "Wait again?" Zayn asked and I nodded my head before telling them about it.
"Where is the swear jar?" Harry got up from his seat. "In the kitchen." I said and he ran to get it. He came back with the swear jar and held it in front of Charlotte. "That will be two dollars, Miss." He smirked and she huffed and put two dollars in it. "If you keep cussing like this, I will be a millionaire in no time." He said while looking at the jar with fascination.
"What do you mean?" Zayn and I laughed. "You already are a millionaire." Charlotte laughed too. "Whatever, you get my point." He shrugged.
"We gotta go." I announced before getting up from my seat. "Already?" Charlotte mumbled sadly. "I'll be back in no time." I kissed her lips. "Gotta go. Too much PDA." Zayn faked gagged before walking outside with Harry. I rolled my eyes at them and held Charlotte close to me.
"They're the most annoying friend we got." She chuckled. "After Bella. She's the cock block." I joked making her slap my arm, "Stop calling her a cock block."
"Only if she stops being one."
She rolled her eyes playfully, a grin set on her face.
"I'll miss you." She said softly after few seconds. "I'll miss you too." I captured her lips with mine again. "And our little bean." I leaned down to kiss her belly.
Charlotte smiled softly. "I would handcuff you to our bed so you can't go but you must," She joked. I chuckled and looked at her. "Handcuff me, huh?" I smirked.
She smirked back. "Uh huh, maybe I should just handcuff you now."
Her hormones were really all over the places. She was crying not even an hour ago and now she was horny.
"Guys as much as I don't want to walk into you both having sex, we're getting late Justin." Zayn came in with his eyes closed. I rolled my eyes at him before picking up my suitcase that was sitting beside the couch.
"I love you." I kissed her forehead. "I love you more." She smiled. "Impossible." I said our infamous line before pecking her lips one last time and walking away. I smacked Zayn on his head making him groan and open his eyes, "Why would you do that?"
"Let's go idiot." I said. We started walking out. Charlotte followed behind. "Bye Lottie." Harry and Zayn said their farewell before getting in the car. I did the same. "Bye guys." She waved. The driver, Benjamin started the engine and drove away.
"So have you thought about how you want to announce your pregnancy?" Zayn asked when we were a little further away from the house. "Not really. Charlotte said people are bound to know she's pregnant when they see her with a big belly. But we aren't going to rush into announcing anything." I answered. "Honestly, it will be all Charlotte's decision. Whatever she wants, I will roll with it." I shrugged. They nodded in understanding.
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"Today, we have a very special guest with us. Ladies and gentlemen please welcome Justin Bieber." The interviewer announced. I was currently doing an interview at the BBC Radio. "Thank you for having me." I smiled. "Thank you for being here,"
"So Justin, it's been a while since you've been here." He said and I nodded, "2 years actually."
"And now you're engaged and have a new album coming out in a month," He mentioned. "Congratulations for both of them."
"Thank you very much." I grinned. "Let's talk about your album. You've released three singles so far. They're Holy, Lonely and Anyone," He said and I nodded. "What is the meaning behind these three songs?" He questioned.
"Uhm, Holy and Anyone focuses on my love for Charlotte. I wrote them for her, " I smiled at the thought of my love. "Lonely is about how I felt at one point of my life. I was discovered at a very young age. And it was hard for me. I had to sacrificed my privacy and adolescence for this life and I felt very lonely. I never really mentioned it to the world but I am, now, ready for them to know about this part of my life through this song." I answered.
"You do have to sacrifice something in order to earn something else but that doesn't mean you don't feel the lack of it." He agreed with me. "Absolutely." I licked my bottom lip while nodding my head.
"Also, you've recently revealed the name of your new album. It is called 'Justice'. Why name it 'Justice'?" He asked.
"My name actually is translated to Justin from Latin. In the position I am in my life, it is important for me to make an impact. I know that I cannot simply solve injustice by making music, but I do know that if we all do our part by using our gifts to serve this planet and each other that we are that much closer to being united," I said, nothing but seriousness in my voice. "I've been very vulnerable about wanting to put that goodness into the songs."
"That's really amazing and I'm sure you will be able to make an impact. I'm very excited to listen to your album. I know it is going to be amazing." He grinned making me smile, "Thanks man."
"How was the process of writing your new album?"
"The process was very smooth, actually. I didn't feel any pressure while working on it. It just went on like I wanted it to be."
"That's amazing! Now, let's talk about your relationship. We've actually had Charlotte here a month ago and I must say she's a total sweetheart." He mentioned. "That she is." A grin set on my lips.
"How's the life been for you both after your engagement?" He asked. "It's been very amazing. We just knew it was bound to happen one day and this felt like the right time." I answered happily. "You put a ring on it." He chuckled.
"Yeah absolutely." I chuckled along. "Cause if you liked it then you should have put a ring on it." I sang the lyric of BeyoncΓ©'s song Single Ladies before giggling.
"You both have been together for quite some time now. And people don't really see it like any normal relationship. Do you ever feel like you're relationship is not normal?" He said. "Not normal?" I chuckled. "Well, it never really felt that way, if I'm being honest. It actually felt pretty normal to us 'cause we are like any other couple. We go out, stay in, go to the movies, have fun. Of course our relationship might be a little different but that doesn't mean it is not normal. If anything it feels amazing. And I'm really happy that I get to share all these moments of my life with her." I said with honesty.
"That's the spirit, man," He praised. "But there still have been a lot of negative reactions towards your relationship. Does it ever get into you?"
"Sometimes, yes, it does. When we went public, we ended up receiving a lot of hate, it was very hard on us when we didn't even do anything wrong. All we did was fall in love and last time I checked it is not a sin. We recieved so much hate and death threats for falling in love. It became hard on us, especially Charlotte but we're still here. Strong and in love." I smirked in the end.
The sudden ringing of my phone interrupted the interviewer as he opened his mouth to speak up.
"Oops. I'm sorry." I apologized and pulled my phone out. A small smile broke out on my face when I saw Charlotte's caller ID flash across my phone screen.
But then I got confused. Why was she calling when she knew I'd be at my interview right now?
I picked up the call immediately and put the device near my ear.
"Justin." A sudden sob was heard from the other side of the phone.
And that was when my heart dropped.
This life has been
a landscape of pain
and still flowers bloom in it.
Third Person's P.O.V
"Do you want to get a new haircut?" Charlotte asked Ashley as she continued to comb her hair. She wanted to experiment a new hairstyle and Ashley was more than happy to oblige.
"Yeah, I was thinking about getting the blunt bob hairstyle. I think that will look good on me." She replied. "It will look good on you." Bella spoke up while the rest of the girls agreed.
"Why don't you get a new haircut, Lottie?" Emelia asked. "Maybe cut your hair short. I think that will look good on you." She grinned. "Ha, not happening." Emma let out a small laugh while shaking her head.
"Why not?" Bella frowned. "Charlotte loves, I mean, loves her long hair. You, girls haven't seen her trying to run away from the hair salon just so she couldn't get a haircut," Emma laughed. "She's terrified."
That was quite dramatic. Charlotte thought as she rolled her eyes.
"It's not my fault. I just love my hair the way it is. And I do get it trimmed." She defended herself.
"We been knew, baby, we been knew." Emma smirked. "But didn't you have short hair while filming for Lucy? And it was blonde too." Emelia pointed out, confused.
"That was a wig," Charlotte shrugged. "But I did dye my hair blonde so there won't be any problem." She answered as she was done styling Ashley's hair.
"Damn girl, you really are obsessed with your hair." Bella giggled. "Am not." Charlotte shook her head stubbornly.
"Am to."
"Am not."
"Am to."
"Am not."
"Yeah? Then get a new haircut. Cut it short." Bella challenged. "N-now this is mean." Charlotte stammered before getting up from her seat. "Ha, you are justΒ scared." Bella smirked.
"I don't know about that. All I know is that I think I've got to pee." Charlotte said quickly and in a quite funny way. She didn't mean to. She rushed upstairs towards the bathroom. The girls let out a small giggle at this before engaging themselves into another conversation.
Charlotte entered her and Justin's bedroom. As she was making her way towards the bathroom, she felt a weird wet sensation in her lower abdomen.
She frowned her eyebrows before walking into the bathroom. She pulled down her panties and that's when she saw it.
Gush of blood coming out of her.
A loud scream erupted her throat. Tears started streaming down her face immediately.
Hearing the sudden scream from their best friend, the girls ran upstairs as quick as they could.
"What's wrong?" Emma burst out into the bathroom. The girls following after her. Her eyes landed on her sobbing best friend who was seating on the toilet seat.
Her eyes, then, followed down towards the floor. They widened immediately.
"Charlotte!" Bella's concerned voice filled in the air and she ran towards Charlotte immediately. "I-I don't know what happened. I-Iβ" Charlotte cried.
"Call the ambulance right now!" Emelia said to Emma, who was the only one having the phone onto her at the moment.
While the rest of the ladies tried to calm down Charlotte who was screaming and crying, Emma dialled for the ambulance with shaky hands.
She knew what was happening. They all knew. And they feared it the most.
Please God, don't do this. Charlotte prayed.
"I want J-Justin. Get my phone." She screamed. "I-I'll get it." Ashley stumbled downstairs to get Charlotte's phone before running back to her.
Charlotte didn't even waste another second as she grabbed her phone from Ashley. Despite her whole body shaking badly she, somehow, managed to call Justin. She knew he'd be at his interview but there was no time for that right now. She hoped for him to pick it up immediately.
As if her prayers were answered, Justin picked up the call.
"Justin." A sob left her mouth. She tried to speak up about what was happening but couldn't find any courage to do so. "Charlotte what's wrong?" Justin spoke up from the other side of the call. "I-Iβ"
"Angel, what happened?" He asked again. Concern and fear evident in his voice. If Charlotte broke out the news to him, he'd break. She knew that. But she must tell him. "I-I don't know what happened. I-I thought I had to pee so I came into the bath-bathroom butβ" Before she could even finish her sentence, she broke down into sobs.
Emelia rubbed her back, trying to calm her down. But it was of no use. "But w-what?" As each second passed, he grew more and more afraid and concerned. He knew. He wished it was a lie.
"There was gush of blood." She sniffled.
"I am so scared, Justin. I don'tβI don't want to lose our baby." She broke down into tears. The one thing that everybody feared to hear was heard out loud.
Everybody's world stopped. Justin's heart dropped and without a second thought he ran out of the interview room.
He didn't even seem to notice Zayn and Harry who were playing around in the hallway as he ran past them. All he cared about at this moment was his fiancΓ© and his unborn child.
"Justin?" His friends called after him. When earning no reply in return, worry took over them and they ran after him.
"Justin what's wrong?" Zayn yelled. Again, no reply.
Zayn looked at Harry, getting a worried look in return.
They managed to catch up with Justin in no time, who was about to get in the car. "Justin what happened? Where are you going?" Harry asked as he grabbed Justin's arm and turned him around. "I-I have to go." Justin snatched his arm away from him before getting in the car. His friends, too, got in after him.
They needed answers.
Worry was killing them.
They didn't know what it was yet but they knew it was something big.
"Justin what happened?" Zayn asked again. "Take me to the airport right now!" Justin barked as he pulled his hair. He couldn't help it now. As much he tried to stay strong, he couldn't. He broke down into sobs. "Justin," Zayn said softly. "What is wrong?" Worry evident in his voice.
"C-Charlotte." That's all Justin couldΒ manage to utter. "Charlotte w-what?" Harry stammered. That's when all the negative thoughts started flooding in his mind, no matter how much he tried to shake them away.
As much as he enjoyed annoying Charlotte, he and Zayn loved her like their little sister. In the matter of few months, Charlotte got two brothers who would annoy her to death but when the time comes they won't hesitate to take a bullet for her. And she loved them back equally.
"She just called me. She said- she said that....that she might be having a m-miscarriage." Justin sobbed into his hands. The world seemed to stop.
Zayn and Harry were in shock. Fear. It took over them too quickly.
They didn't know what to do, they didn't know what to say. They couldn't utter a single word after getting to know this new found information. They couldn't do anything but hug Justin who was sobbing in his seat.
On the other hand, Emma got off the phone. "T-They are on their way," She managed to choke out. "T-they told you to sit there, not to move and not to flush the toilet." She, somehow, managed to speak before tears started streaming down her face.
Hearing this, it broke Charlotte even more. She couldn't even gather enough courage to look down at the toilet.
She felt so helpless. So powerless. So vulnerable.
It was all a nightmare. A horrible, horrible nightmare.
She wanted to save her baby but she was helpless. All she could do was pray.
So, that's what she did.
She prayed.
And so did Justin.
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I'm so sorry for not updating but ugh I got boards this year and it's been a lot. I only managed to update because I had this saved in the draft for a while now.
Hopefully I did good *fingers crossed*
I want to thank fbts_tae22 for helping me with the questions. Thank you so much bebe for giving these amazing questions! I love you mwah <3
Also, I don't know when I'll be able to update again because my pre-boards are starting from 15th and then I got Term 1 of boards. Wish me luck pls!
Anyways,
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