"Are you ready yet??"
"NO!"
Justin sighed and leaned his head against the wall, resisting the urge to just bang it against the wall over and over again. "Honey...baby...you know whatever you put on, you're going to look wonderful in."
"Justin...SHUT UP!"
He sighed and looked at his watch, "The guys are gonna leave without us if you don't hurry."
He heard a grumble and few cuss words before the door flew open. He expected to see Alexa dressed in jeans and a t-shirt after the day she had had, but instead, there stood before him his angel. He grinned, "You look beautiful Lexi."
She looked down at herself, "Think so?"
"I know so....now come on, we're gonna be late."
He took her hand and walked down the hallway to the elevators.
It was their first time, officially, going to a big public event. And this was BIG. They were going to the Grammy's. Justin had come out pretty much right after their first date that he was back in the dating game and was in a relationship with somebody. They had been seen around together, especially when the tour had ended and Justin and Alexa were spending alot of time together. But because of school and work, Alexa pretty much had to miss every other big awards show that Justin and the rest of N'Sync had been on. This was her first awards show, she knew she would be photographed, so she wanted to look good and wanted to make Justin proud.
Dan met the two of them at the lobby when the elevator doors opened. He grinned at his sister, "Wow...you actually look...look like a girl."
She hit him. "OW! Damnit! Alexa!"
"Sorry..you deserved it."
"I was just kidding!," He exclaimed rubbing his arm, "That hurt!"
"It was supposed to."
"Anyways..you both look great. The guys are already in the limo but we're still waiting for Joey."
Justin put his hand on the small of her back and was a little surprised to find he had touched skin. He let her go in front of him and his jaw dropped, "Where the hell did you get that?!"
"Get what??"
"How low does that thing go??"
She smiled and slid into the limo, "Hi guys."
"Hi," everyone chorused back.
Justin slid in beside her. She smiled, "It goes low enough Justin."
"And is that a tattoo?"
"Yes. Justin."
"When'd you get that?!"
Alexa locked eyes with Claire, who was sitting across from her, and the two of them grinned. "Two months ago."
"You coulda told a guy."
"That would ruin the surprise."
Lance turned to Claire, "Do you have one to?"
Claire just smirked, "Maybe, maybe not."
Justin was the last guy to exit the limo when they reached the Staples Center. Alexa could see the cameras going off and could hear how much louder the crowd outside had gotten. Her palms were sweaty, her heart was racing. Justin reached out his hand to her and smiled before mouthing, "It's okay."
She smiled and took his hand and let him pull her out. More flashes went off.
Justin held tightly to her hand and they walked from the limo to meet up with the others.
Justin smiled at her, "You okay?"
"I think so...this is nervewracking!"
He squeezed her hand gently, "I told you there was nothing to worry about...I told you that everyone would love you....have you heard one bad thing about you?"
"No not yet, but by the time I get home and check my e-mail, I can garantee that there will be about a dozen hate pages about me."
"Well..I love you and that's all the matters, right?"
She smiled, "Right."
Justin stepped forward to begin his portion of one of the many interviews.
Justin sat next to Alexa, about to squeeze her hand right off. "Justin.....Justin....JUSTIN!," She whispered loudly, ripping her hand from his.
He turned to look at her, "What?"
She rubbed her hand, "You are going to give me permanent damage if you don't stop squeezing so hard!"
He smiled softly before taking her "injured" hand into his and massaging it, "I'm sorry..I'm just nervous..this is the category we're in.."
She nodded, "I know...don't worry about it..."
He sighed, "I know..I know.."
Justin got silent again as the screen in front of them went to black and the two presenters stepped back up to the podium to announce the winners.
Alexa almost laughed out loud as Justin re-gripped her hand tightly between his.
He let out a long breath as another group was announced as the winners. All the guys looked at one another in consolence, although they weren't really THAT upset about it. Alexa leaned over to him, "You okay?"
He nodded, "Yeah...I had a feeling we wouldn't..but it was nice to know that maybe, just maybe, our name was gonna come out of their mouths.."
She leaned over and kissed his quickly on the cheek, "Someday J, your day will come."
He nodded, "I know it.."
"Ready to par-tay?," Claire asked next to Aleca.
Alexa smiled, "You know it girl."
Claire grinned, "I cannot wait!"
N'Sync's night lasted well into the early morning hours. They hopped from party to party, finally ending up at their hotel. Joey was a little hung-over and was now lying on the couch asleep, groaning every now and then. Lance and Claire had disappeared as had JC and Chris.
Justin and Alexa crashed in his room. Alexa lied across the bed, "I am going to sleep for like two weeks striaght, I think."
Justin laughed from the bathroom, where he was changing, "I think I can too..but I know it's not gonna happen.."
"I know..," She said with a groan.
"I think we have to leave tomorrow afternoon..."
"I know...I have a flight the day after tomorrow too.."
He came into the room, dressed in boxers and a wifebeater and flopped down on the bed, "Then we'll see one another in a month..give or take some days in between."
She nodded and moved over so he could get more comfortable, "Then how long are you off?"
Justin rolled over onto his back, staring at the ceiling, "I don't really know.."
She smiled, crawling off the bed, "I'll be right back."
He nodded, "Ok....I'll find out before you leave how much time we got off...what do you wanna do when we do come home?"
"I dunno..."
"Let's go to the beach.."
"Huh?"
"Let's go to the beach for a couple days or something...just you and me."
"Ok.."
Justin grinned and climbed off the bed. He could hear the water running and then her brushing her teeth. His grin grew even wider and a tad bit mischevious as he creeped behind her.
Alexa screamed as he grabbed her hips from behind. "Justin! Don't do that!"
He laughed, kissing her neck, "I missed you!"
"Missed me? We were apart for like 2 seconds!"
He smiled, resting his arms around her waist, "I know..."
"But?"
"Buuuuttttt...I just wanted to scare ya...that's all."
"I thought so."
"Ready to go to sleep?"
"In a minute."
He nodded before running out of the bathroom. She heard him run, then jump, then heard the contracting of the bedsprings as he leapt into the bed. She leaned out of the doorway and laughed, "You are such a dork sometimes!"
"I know!"
"If only your fans could see you now, huh?"
He laughed, getting under the covers, "They'd probably think I was out of my mind or try to rip my clothes off."
"I think the latter.," She said flipping off the bedroom light.
She crawled into the bed, lying beside Justin. He wrapped an arm around her, "I'm gonna miss you.."
"I know..I'll miss you too..but just think, only four more weeks and we'll see one another again, "She said resting her head against his shoulder.
Justin turned his head and kissed hers softly, "I love you."
Alexa smiled, "Love you too Justin."
That night (or morning), it took Justin a little while longer to fall asleep than usual. He could tell when she fell asleep, her breathing became deep and rhythmic. He was going to miss her, but that part of his heart that had been ripped in two had been put back together again. As much as he didn't want Alexa to leave, he knew she had to, and he also knew that they would be seeing alot more of each other when he got home.
They had been through alot and had fought through alot. But in the end, they found one another. And finding one another was the best thing that could have happened to either of them.
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