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Selena's POV

I watched as Mr. Douglas wrote along the chalkboard, trying my hardest to take in the information he was putting down. But with someone nudging my arm every two seconds, it was kind of hard to focus. I jokingly glared at Justin, who was looking at me with the cheekiest smile, while nudging my arm a couple more times.

I looked down at my paper and seeing how every couple words had a pen smear through it from when Justin would nudge me. I laughed before I gently slapped his arm away. "Stop it! I'm actually trying to learn something here." He playfully pouted at me.

For a split second I just felt like crashing my lips against his adorable ones, but I couldn't in the middle of the class, and I didn't know where him and I stood. I mean he kisses me all the time, but there hasn't been many times that I had initiated the kissing.

He made me so nervous and so giddy I didn't know what to do with these feelings. Ive never felt like this before. I wish I could talk to Tyler about this all. He would know exactly what to do to help me.

He was always the best at giving me advice, whether it was to do with talking to guys, or going to parties. He was my safe haven and I confided in him for everything and anything and I can't even explain the emptiness I feel without him.

"I wanted to see how many times I could make you draw lines all over your page before you did something about it." He chuckled, I swear he is two years old.

I rolled my eyes and sighed, leaning back in my chair. I wanted nothing more than to get to lunch already. I was running late this morning and didn't have time to eat breakfast. Of course Justin spent the entire walk to school trying to get me to split half his bagel with him but I just kept declining until he finally ate the rest of it.

I jokingly told him I wanted some as he took the last bite, I swear his eyes were going to fall out of his head as they widened and he debated on spitting it out or not. That lead to him shoving me slightly, and me retaliating by pushing him into the bush we were walking past and running down the side walk so he couldn't push me back into it.

He spent the rest of the time pulling twigs and leaves out of his hair, while I made fun of him.

"You know, I was thinking... I would like to take you out tonight." He murmured, leaning closer to my ear, as I felt his breath hit my earlobe and neck. I shivered at his close proximity.

I turned to face him, resting my arm on the desk and my head into my palm. "As in a date?" I smirked. We have been growing extremely close the last little bit and we barely spent time apart. Although my dad didn't let us hang out alone at my house anymore since he found us making out on the kitchen table.

That didn't stop my mom from allowing us to be alone for a couple hours. She was such a saint. She also loved Justin so much, and was really rooting for us. I didn't really know what we were exactly, but I no longer was opposed to the idea of being with him.

When you find someone whose first instinct is to be there for you and hold you, you know you have someone special. He instantly put his needs before mine, since the day we met.

No one would have hugged me while I broke down crying while talking about Tyler on the first day of school, but Justin did. And it didn't matter if he was the the football team captain. He always would stop to wave at me during practice and all the cheer girls would shriek and freak out thinking they were the ones he was waving at. It never failed to make me giggle.

Justin nodded at me, before gently running his index finger up and down my forearm while watching me intently. I smiled sweetly at him. The butterfly feeling in my stomach was in full-effect. Just looking at how he was looking at me was giving me goosebumps. Ive never seen anyone look at me the way Justin is right now, and I wondered if I was looking at him the same way.

As the bell rang, I sighed in relief as it was lunch time. I was upset that I couldn't spend it with Justin, but cheer practice awaits. They only really give us fifteen minutes to eat before practice starts, so Justin and I went to the cafe to grab some food and head out to the field, and decided to eat on the bleachers.

"You know, you don't have to sit out here with me, you could eat with your friends too. I know they probably miss you." I took a bite out of my sandwich, remembering the guys begging Justin to go out to the burger joint around the corner but he declined to stay with me. I didn't want him to ditch his friends all the time to be with me.

The last thing I want is for them to resent me for taking their best friend away. I wasn't about to be that girl who demands their mans attention 24/7. But I guess he wasn't really my man, was he?

"But I like sitting with you. Besides, if I don't, then who will?" He joked, pushing my shoulder slightly, as I rolled my eyes at him. Jerk.

"I'm serious. I don't want them to think I am taking you away from them." I sighed. I needed Justin to understand what I was saying. I wasn't going to argue about this with him.

"I understand what you're saying. But you don't need to worry about them, I got it covered." He smiled, finishing up his sandwich before relaxing into the bleachers more. I nodded at him as I grabbed all our garbage and threw it in the bin beside us.

I watched as all the girls came onto the field ready for practice and sighed to myself. I really wasn't feeling practice today, but of course I made the decision to join the team so I had to stick it out. "Get going, you don't wanna be late." Justin chuckled, clearly seeing my hesitation.

To say practice was a shit show would be an understatement. I was messing up the routines like crazy, forgetting moves, bumping into people. To make it worse, Serena wanted me to be one of the Flyers.

When they got me up in the air and were getting ready to throw me down, I could see the snobby look on Melissa's face. She did not want me to be a flyer whatsoever.

But I knew that she was going to be a problem since her little fat shaming antics took place in the bathroom a few weeks ago.

I braced myself and got into position as they threw me up in the air, as I changed positions for landing, I felt some of the girls try to catch me but there was a few of them missing, causing me to hit the ground with a shriek leaving my lips.

The girls gasped and Justin raced over to me, to make sure I was okay. I laid there, trying to catch my breath as it was knocked out of me from impact. I ignored everyones questions and worry. I sat up slightly onto my elbows, feeling some pain in my back.

I looked over to see Melissa and a couple of the other girls laughing to themselves. They were supposed to help catch me. But they walked away to let me fall. This was becoming a lot more than name calling and I wasn't going to let it slide that easy.

"Sel, are you okay?" Justin worried, running his hand along my face, then rubbing my shoulders. I winced in pain as I nodded. He helped me up before discussing with Serena that he was going to take me to the nurses office then take me home.

"I'm so tired of those girls." I groaned, leaning into Justin as we started to walk into the building. Justin noticed my winces as we walked and scooped me up bridal style instead. I let my head fall onto his shoulder listening to his breathing as he walked me in.

"What girls?" He furrowed his brows. "Melissa and her little minions, They were supposed to help catch me, and they walked away knowing the two girls couldn't catch me by themselves." I frowned.

"I don't know what her problem with you is, but it's going to stop, and now." Justin growled. Ive never seen him act like this but it felt really good knowing I have him in my corner.

After the nurse checked me out and made sure I was okay. Justin took me home and made sure I was taken care of. He placed me in my bed and put my favourite movie on. Even though I was completely fine, just a little sore, he didn't allow me to stay at the school. He wanted to make sure I was going to rest up and feel better as soon as possible.

He left the room for a few minutes before coming back with a glass of water and some candy and a bowl of chips. I smiled at his adorable grin as he closed my door behind him. Although today ended up being a really upsetting day, just having Justin with me made me feel so much better.

"I don't know what you're doing to me." I whispered, as he put the food down on my night stand. Justin shot his head in my direction, "What'd you say?" I shook my head dismissing it. "Nothing, Just thinking to myself."

He shrugged it off before jumping into bed beside me, bringing the candy and chips to sit on each of our laps. I leaned into Justin, resting my head on his shoulder, as he put his arm around me, drawing little shapes on my shoulder.

I felt him kiss the top of me head and rest his cheek on my head before I nuzzled my head in closer, dozing off slowly. listening to the sound of his heart beat, slow and steady, it peacefully lulled me to sleep. I could get used to this.

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