Me and the girls headed down to the beach. I was wearing a blue bikini. Me dimple and deesha had flown down from india to LA for a long vacation. I was looking forward to this trip for so long. Especially after all the crap that was happening in Bombay.
College, the work, an almost failed relationship... So when the idea of this trip came up. I was more than eager to go.
Dimple screeched ' Oh my god. Look at those boys over there. So freaking sexy!'
Deesha seconded her saying ' oh wow. This is some serious, eye porn.'
Taking off my shades, lost in my own world of thoughts, I said ' what are you'll talking about?'
Deesha simple changed the direction of my head and pointed out to these 3 boys playing football near the cost. All of the 3, shirtless. Fairly good looking. Well, actually just one of them was fairly good looking, the second one was hot, and the 3rd one, well, let's just say, if there was a sex god, it would be him. He was wearing red shorts showing off his white underwear strap, some tattoos on his body, his arms were kinda buff, bt just to the right amount, not like those creepy gym dudes, a six pack ab set, with was just perfect, hot shoulders, hair of the colour of hazel and gold, complementing his skin exceptionally well, it was kinda spiked in the middle and stuck to his forehead in the front and he was wearing black rayban wayferars, lips that I could tell were totally soft and looking like a rosy pink. He was skinny, bt built. Wow. My lips made a perfect 'o' in awe.
"Let's go talk to them" I said.
'Are you crazy, they'd probably be turned off the minute we open our mouth. Indian accent is anything bt sexy" Deesha said, laying back letting the sun face her body.
"True that" dimple seconded her.
"Yea, ur probably right. I'm kinda thirsty. Are you guys?" I asked.
" Yea, get me a coke." Dimple said." Same for me. " Said Deesha.
"aren't u guys coming with me?"
They both nodded in denial.
I sighed got my wallet, put my shades on and headed towards the shack.
" Hey hie, 3 cokes pls"- I said to the guy at the shack.
" Sure thing. So, you come from India right?" The guy at the shack said while filling the cup with coke. He looked approximately 20..he had freckles and blondish wavy hair.
"Yea. how did u know?" I asked
" The accent." He smiled.
I re-called what Deesha had said.
"Yea, sorry.. How much?" I said looking for some money in my wallet.
"10 bucks."
I hand him the money and try to lift all the 3 large cokes in my arms all at once and started walking towards my friends..
Suddenly my leg tripped over something and I fell dropping all the coke and falling right on my face. I heard someone say 'oh my god, are you ok?'
I took support of the hand of this person, got up to see that I was covered in sand and I looked like a mess, I looked up to thank the person, and as I looked up, I saw hazel eyes. It was that boy in the red shorts, the one who looked like the sex god!
I felt my knees going weak, bt I tried to be as composed as I could.
'Umm thanks" I whispered.
" Don't mention it shawty" he said. He had the voice of an angel.
Now that I was standing close, I could see all his tattoos and his face? Trust me when I say there was not a single flaw in it. This boy was beautiful.
"Are you checking me out?" He chuckled.
"What?! Noo!!" I tried to lie.
" Haha, sureeee" he replied with sarcasm dripping from his words. " Come let me get you something else to drink."
I'd be stupid to not go with him, cause I totaLly wanted to hang out with him. Bt it would look too desperate.
" Umm no, its fine. I'll manage" I said.
" I don't take no for an answer. Come on. Let's go." He said and started walking towards the shack.
I was contemplating what to do, bt I decided to follow him any way.
"Aye johnson, give this beautiful 3 cokes, will ya?" He said.
My stomach did a cartwheel and my lips curled into a smile hearing him call me beautiful.
"yea one moment" the shack guy replied. "so, ur new here? Haven't ever seen u here..?"
He asked me.
" Oh I'm a tourist." I replied.
"Yea, that makes sense. Where are you from?"
"India"
"Never would've guessed" he chucked.
" Yea, yea the accent. I know." I rolled my eyes.
"Don't be upset. I kinda like it. Its like exotic."
"Umm thanks, I guess?" I looked away cause of the blush on my face.
He took the 2 huge cokes and gave me one of them to hold.
" So what brings u down here?" He asked.
"Vacation with my girls." I smiled.
"Having a good time so far?" He asked.
" Well I landed just an hour back, so yea, so far." I flashed a grin.
" Wow, alright. Where are you staying?" He asked me.
" I shouldn't tell you that. For my safety. I hope you don't mind." I tried to not sound rude.
" Oh no, its cool." He said normally.
" Meet my friends, this is Dimple and Deesha. Guys, this is...? What's ur name?" I asked
" Justin. Bieber." He chuckled.
" Yea, what he said." I smiled uncomfortably.
They both shook hands with Justin and smiled.
His friends shouted out, ' Aye bieber, what's taking so long?"
" I better get going?" He said.
"Sure thing" dimple said.
"See you around?" He turned facing me.
"sure." I said coolly.
"Swag." He said and ran back to his friends.
" Ohmygosh. Is he cute or what?"
Deesha said.
" I'd say hot." I said.
"how did u talk to him anyway?" Dimple asked.
"I spilled my drinks and he helped me get up n get new drinks...! I said.
We just went spent some more hours chatting away into the evening, saw the beautiful sunset. But there was a recurrent thought in my head. "Will i ever see him again?"
Me and the girls headed back to the hotel.. I hadn't stopped thinking abt his hazel brown eyes. Something about them was just so captivating. I decided to shower and the girls and me thought we'd go around the city and find some good place to eat.
I wore a simple tank top and shorts and we headed outside the hotel. LA was a beautiful place. So lively. It felt so good to be away from all the confusion in bombay and just be here with my girls. As time passed by, we got really hungry. Atleast I did, bt I didn't want to be a party pooper so I didn't say anything. Finally, dimple said, " aren't u guys like starving?! Let's grab something to eat!"
We walked to a subway outlet (the sandwich place). As I got my order I started to look for a place to sit, my eyes fell on the same pair of hazel eyes. Not realising I was staring at him for too long. Dimple nudged her elbow in my back and I snapped out of my thoughts. He looked at me, and smiled and made his way over to me.
"Aye Shawty! Weird bumping into you again.." Justin said.
"Yea, it is.. Hie" I smiled.
"I didn't get ur name the last time we spoke.." He asked.
"Vrutika"
"Vru-what?!"
I giggled. "Try Vru-tee-ka"
" Ok Vruteeka.. That's a beautiful name. Kind of" he chuckled.
" Haha thanks."
"I see you like subway" he said pointing out to the tray in my hand.
" Yup." I said popping the 'p'
"Aye be careful with the coke" he joked.
" Haha thanks for the tip" I said.
Meanwhile deesha and dimple were standing behind me.
"Hello ladies" he greeted them. They both responded with warm smiles.
"Oh and I almost forgot. Ladies, meet my boys. This is Chaz and this is Ryan" Justin introduced us to the other boys.
We all greeted each other.
"Would you like to join us?" Justin asked looking at me..
I turned over to the girls and before I could say anything, Deesha literally screamed, "yes!" Making Justin chuckle a bit. Omg, his chuckle was sooo cute. What was happening to me!? Snap out of it Vrutika. There's a guy waiting for you back home. You cannot possibly develop any feelings for a another guy..!! Bt the little voice in my head went, bt he's so cute. No! I screamt at it. But doesn't the he seem like a solution to end this relationship thats heading nowhere? My mind went on. NO! Shut up!! I said to myself. But he has a six pack!! Oh god. I feel disgusting.
And at the perfect moment my phone started ringing. It was Ranveer. Per-fucking-ect timing! I answer it.
"Hey, u didn't temme when you landed. I was worried" he said. "I'm sorry.. I was caught up" I said."Alright.. I miss you.." He said. "I miss you too" I bit my lip knowing that was a lie. I didn't miss him. I was infact happy to be away from him for a bit. " So how's LA? Met any hot guys yet.?" He asked.. Oh god.. I don't wanna answer this. He'd be upset, and I'd be upset and ruin my vacation, so I decided to lie, which I knew was a stupid decision since the minute I made it. "Umm no..ok lsn.. I'm at subway, I'll call you later k?" "Alright. I love you. Bye" "yea, I love you too. Bye" I pressed my eyes shut feeling sooo guilty.
"You got a boyfriend or something?" Justin asked from behind. Which made me startle cause I didn't expect to see him there making my phone fly out of my hand.
"Whoops. And excuse me? That's none of ur business" I replied, clearly annoyed.
"Well, I'm going to take that as a yes" he said coolly putting his hands in his pocket and staring away into empty space.
" No, he's not my boyfriend. Its complicated. Well, its just that.. I mean.. I donno how to explain.. He's a friend.. But... Ugh..just forget it?" I said.
"Haha, okay. Ur gonna have to tell me sooner or later." He said smiling.
"Why?" I asked curiously.
"Well, I don't wanna take someone else's girl on a date." He said smiling oh so seductively.
"I'm not someone else's girl.. Wait what?!" I exclaimed.
" Haha, yea.. Well, ur pretty, and I'd like to show you around." He said now, worried about my answer.
I wanted to say no. Bt I thought I might just end up regretting it all my life. So, I smiled to myself and said. " Alright, its on."
"Swag. Bt let's go inside now. I don't want my boys to put ur girls off." He said.
I nodded and we went back inside.
When we entered, Deesha and dimps were laughing on something the boys said.
"Oh good, you're back. Listen, we have the entire day planned out tomorrow. We're going around the city with the boys. Are you ok with that? I mean Ryan's going with me and Chaz with Dimple, will you come along Justin?" Deesha asked me, without taking a pause to breathe. Someone was clearly excited.
I turned behind to look at Justin, he just shrugged and said "well, I don't have anything big planned for tomorrow, and if both of you'll are going, I might as well come along." Justin said casually. "Oh bt wait, if Vruteeka isn't coming,then doesn't make sense for me to come. You guys will be busy among urselves" he said smirking at me, which set the zoo of wild animals inside my stomach free.
All of them, now looked at me expectantly.
"Well, if you all are going, then I guess I don't have a problem." I smiled.
"Okay, awesome. Bt let's get home now. I'm tired." Dimple said.
"Yea, and Justin we need to take care of some stuff" Ryan told Justin obviously hiding what they needed to take care of, getting me intrigued to know what was going on.
"We'll give you'll a ride" Chaz said.
We all agreed and sat in Justin's black range rover. It seemed like he was rich. Rangerover was a pretty pimped up car.
We reached the hotel.
"Hey hold up!" Justin exclaimed.
I stepped out and waited while dimple and deesha waved bye to the boys and proceeded inside the hotel. Our hotel was right opposite the beach. The weather was not too cold or warm. Bt I liked the feel of the cool breeze against my skin and the sound of the waves instantly felt soothing.
Justin walked up to me n said "Can I have your no?"
"What?" I was shocked as to why he was going so fast. I mean, we met this morning. And I don't know anything about him, bt he already asked me out on a date and now my no.?
"Well, yea." He seemed to understand why I was shocked.
"Look, I'll answer ur questions. Bt right now I can't. Gimme ur no. I won't do any harm"
Instead I give him my bb pin. And he adds me on his list. And storms off into the dark.
Justin Bieber is now a contact. Reading that, gave me jitters. Why was this boy having that much effect on me. I didn't know him as a person. Bt just his physical features were literally giving me goosebumps and making me feel like I had feelings for him. No denying that he was sexy as hell, bt this what I felt was not normal.
I felt like I was obsessing over him. I need to stop, and take control of my thoughts.
"You seem pre-occupied." Deesha said, looking at me.
"Umm..no.. just lost in thoughts." i said, not wanting to bring up Justin.
"You know what though? I think Justin was totally giving u the vibes today, wasnt he?" Dimple said, with a wide smile. There went my effort to not bring up.
"ohmygosh, totally!" Deesha added in.
"You guys are dreaming things. Besides, even if he was, Ranveer is still in the picture, so can we change the topic?" i said trying to not blush and reason out.
"Oh please, you and Ranveer.. its not even like you'll are dating anymore. Face it Vrutika, you both are too different and he is not even in the same city as you." Dimple said. She had a point, even though me and Ranveer had been dating since a long time, he had moved to another city for college, and long distance wasnt favoring us very well... so, when he left, me and him decided to be friends, who love each other. Like an unofficial relationship. But, that too, wasn't working out too well.
My friends saw that i was over thinking this and it was kind of upsetting me.
"Alright, lets change the topic." Deesha said.
Dimple said "ohmygosh can I just say Chaz is such a cutie! He said such adorable things all night!" "Really? U don't say!! Didn't look like u were blushing at all" Deesha said with sarcasm dripping from her voice. Dimple threw a pillow at her.
"I should call up Ranveer" I said, getting up.
"Come on! Give it a rest Vruts! You're in LA, you're miles away from India and him. Why don't u just have fun here?" Dimple said.
"I'm sorry guys, he called earlier and I promised him I'd call back. I'll be right back, I promise" I said apologetically.
Dimple just sighed.
I stepped out in the balcony and decided, that i was going to tell him everything truthfully, if this is to end today, he needs to know why. So i took a deep breathe and called up Ranveer and I told him about Justin. He didn't seem to be happy abt it, bt he said that I was single and I could do what I want to.
I could hear the pain in his voice, and I felt terribly guilty. I tried to tell myself, that it was just a date and no big deal but didnt feel any better. I thought, maybe I'd talk about this to the girls and they'll have a solution.
As I went in, I saw that Dimple and Deesha had fallen asleep on the bed, and I was left with the sofa. "Its going to be another sleepless night" I said to myself. Just as I was about to sleep, I heard my phone beep. I didn't wanna get up, bt it kept beeping, so I got up and decided to check who this idiot was.
*5 new msgs from Justin Bieber*
J: hey
U awake?
Vruteeka?
Helllooooo?
PING!!!
I replied: yea, I am now.
I was eager for him to reply, and then he finally did.
J: could u come under ur hotel building?
Is he crazy? At 1.30am?! Wait a second, is he under my hotel building???!!!
V: what?! No! Its 1.30
I replied, trying not to sound to desperate.
J: don't be such a wuss
A wuss? How can he call me that?
V:no I'm wearing jamies.
J: better. I'm sure u look Cute.
I couldn't breathe by the end of the sentence, my heart was beating so fast.
V: why do u want me to come down?
I asked, being curious.
J: see me. I'm waiting in the lobby.
What?! This boy is crazy.
I- fine, I'll be there in 2.
I decided to go anyway. I don't know why. I knew I was being totally stupid,
I stepped down, and as I went down.. I saw him. Wearing white supras, shorts and a blue tee, something any normal guy couldn't pull off just as sexy-ly as he did.
I walk upto him and he smiles.
J- I told you you'd look cute.
I- *smile* what is wrong with you?
J- I just wanted to see you. What's so wrong abt that.?
I- ur crazy Bieber.
J- maybe I am. Come here. I wanna show you something.
I- Alright?
Me and him jump into his car and he starts driving to somewhere.
I- I shouldn't be doing this. For all I know you could rape me.
J- Pls. I wouldn't rape you. You'd let me do what I wanted to.
I- oh ur so wrong about that.
J- you agreed to come out on a date with me just like. Just shows how easy you are!
I felt super bad when he said that. Bt he was true. I acted really easy and just said yes like that. When I obviously shouldn't have. He was acting so cocky though.
I- yea, you're right. Good. The date's off.
J- come on, take a joke.
I- I don't have to. And neither do I have to go out on a date with you.
J- ok, we'll see if this changes ur mind.
We stopped outside this huge mansion. It looked a hotel to me.
A chauffeur opened the door for me and justin flew the keys of his car to the guy.
J- come here.
I- what is this place?!
I felt like my eye sight wasn't enough to see the whole place is one glance.
J- that's my house.
Complete shock. I mean I thought he was rich. Bt I didn't know he was the freakin owner of Los Angles!
I- Wow. That's a huge house.
I manage to say.
J- yea.. It is. And as huge as it is. Its equally empty.
I looked at him and saw his face ripped by pain.
We entered the mansion. Or should I say Palace? I expected it to be ancient and vintage, bt it was totally the opposite. It was a modern contemporary base style. The color scheme of the house was white. The whole house was sooooo pretty. Bt there was no one in the house. Like Justin had said earlier, it was empty.
We walked towards the lawns and sat on a park swing.
I- so, temme ur story mystery guy. Whose house is this??
J- This house is mine, i swear.
I- wait, how old are you?
How can someone so young, afford to buy something so expensive?!
J- I'm 18.
I- then how?
J- listen to me, and don't say a word. Just hear me out and all ur doubts will be cleared.
I- alright.
J- I'm originally from Ontario, Canada. I moved to LA a few years ago. My mum was really young when she had me. Almost my age, my biological dad and she split when I was very young. After a while, when I was about 3 years old, my mom married another guy. His name was Patrick. Patrick was a music producer, and he seemed like a nice guy except that he hated me. And his reason? Because I reminded him of my mother's past. My mom could never abandon me, and she couldn't tolerate Patrick treating me the way he did. He used to beat me, a lot. So after a while Mum split from him, and by that time I was 12. I started blaming myself for mom's split. I felt terrible once she went into depression so I told mom that she didnt have to live away from Patrick, i told him to get back together and i promised her that i'd work on our issues. But saying that wasnt easy, Patrick never understood my point of view, i felt suffocated in my own house. I couldnt tell my mom about this, so i kept it all bottled up inside myself and took all the shit Patrick threw at me, and kept a brave face, only for my mom. I didn't have an outlet. I used to sing and my mom loved it, bt Patrick always insulted me. He said I used to sound like a girl, and it was very demeaning. I stopped singing at all after that. Then I had to find an outlet to kick out all the frustration, so I joined my school boxing team. One day i was practicing in the gym when some seniors saw me and started bullying me. They made fun of me n I challenged them to a match. The match happened a few days ago and the entire school came to watch. I defeated him, bt that son of a bitch left me an injury that'll be there with me for the rest of my life. This mark right here."
He lifted his shirt showing me the view of his perfect abs bt there was a mark to the right of his belly button. It looked like a huge cut.
He continued his story " this mark has given me so much pain. Anyway, the videos of the fight went up all over the internet. Patrick saw them too, and showed them to my mom. He shouted at me, hit me and did everything he could do to prove that he was a terrible father. I couldnt take it anymore, and punched him so hard in the face and almost knocked him out. For the first time in my life, my mom slapped me, this was the last straw for me, i left my house and lived wherever i could.. friends house sometimes, sometimes even on the streets. After a while, a few guys approached me at school, and asked me join they're club. Now I'm their best fighters and today after the subway, we had gone for a fight as well. These fights aren't like boxing matches. You're allowed to do anything, then use weapons. People have been killed before. Bt I haven't ever killed anyone. I never had the balls to... Bt the fights pay us off very well. And hence, I can afford this house."
I was mesmerised by his story yet scared for him.
"Wow.. That's some story.." I managed to say..
"I randomly get a call when I need to go for a fight. And these fights have created a lot of enemies. So, I don't know what's going to happen next. I go for a fight, and I might not come back. And now I'm stuck in it too deep to come out of it.. So, I chose to live in the moment. If I think a girl is pretty or attractive, I ask her out. I've been like this since the past 3 years. And I don't stick around too long as well. And that's why I'm taking things pretty fast with you. And I can see that it baffles you. Bt, for some reason, I feel like you're damaged inside too. So I wanna tell you the truth.." He said, look straight in my eyes, piercing my soul.
"Okay.. How many girls have u been with then?" I ask, slightly curious.
" Well I have a way with the girls. I'm rich, and I look good. And I'm a good fuck, so I don't really have to try too hard." He said, as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.
I tucked my hair behind my ear awkwardly. I couldn't help bt imagine how he would be in bed..
I felt his hand stroke my cheek. Something about his touch gave me chills.
"So what's your story?" He asked in his deep raspy voice.
"What story..? I don't know what you're talking about.." I looked away trying to hide the truth.
"Vrutika.. Come on.. I see how you behave.. And I can tell. Your eyes want to express a lot, bt you don't let them. So tell me." He said.
It baffled me that he knew truths about me, when he barely knew me.. I was resistant to tell him.. Bt seeing the fact that he had narrated his entire life story, I thought I could give it a go as well.. So I told him. Everything right from the beginning. He sat there listening, not interrupting me even once. I poured out my heart to him. By the end of it, I was almost in tears as well. We sat there, in the middle of his living room, on the floor.. Only the moonlight lighting up the room.. It was slightly cold, bt it was pleasant. We sat there, talking until 3 am.
"....and that's my story.. Now you know" I said wiping away the little tears crawling down my cheek.
Justin got up and lent me a hand to get up as well. And then he just hugged me. It was a long hug, and I didn't seem to mind at all. I couldn't help bt feel right in his arms. As we were parting, he leaned in for a kiss, and our lips were just about to touch when my mind started talking, No, vrutika, ur vulnerable right now and he's taking advantage of it. Think about Ranveer.. He'll be heart broken. This romance is only going to last until ur in LA. Don't do this.
I gave in to what my mind said and I couldn't go further than that. I couldn't kiss him.
"I can't.." I said.. My heart was beating so fast and so hard. I wanted to kiss him so bad, I've been wanting to ever since I saw him. Bt I can't..
"Because of that guy waiting for you..? Right?" He said slightly annoyed.
"Yea.." I exhaled.
"Come on, I'll drop you back to your hotel, its pretty late" he said already walking towards the door.
"So that's it..? Your going to drop me back to my hotel cause I refused to kiss you? Ofcourse.." I said walking out of the door leaving him behind.
I waited in front of the car for him to come and unlock it, so that he could drop me off. The night had turned upside down. I couldn't help bt be a little annoyed with Ranveer. For standing in the way. I mean why did I ever refuse to kiss Justin? Me and Ranveer aren't dating.. I am single after all. Why should I not kiss this amazingly hot guy?
He came and ignited the engine and we started moving towards my hotel.
Silence filled the car. The cold was beginning to increase and it made me shiver. Justin noticed that, closed the windows and turned the heat on.
"You know, I didn't get you to my house just to kiss you.. I genuinely wanted to tell you my story.. I thought you'd be scared away, bt the fact that you didn't judge me and u stayed and trusted me with telling me everything about your life made me want to kiss you." He said with a little concern and pain in his eyes..
"There's a ton of reasons why I can't kiss you. I don't think you and me can ever happen.." I said, looking out of the window..hating the fact that we wouldn't.
"Why don't you let time decide that? And since we are on the topic, is the date still on? I promise you, it'll be a lot more fun than today was. Nothing serious, I'll just concentrate on ways to make you laugh. I swear." He said shifting looks from me to the road and back to me again.
His effort was adorable. And I had already told Ranveer abt the date. Eh, what the hell? I can have a little fun, can't I?
"Alright, but promise me your not going to kick me out of any place if I disagree to kiss you.." I said, teasing him.
"Kay, I promise.." He said with a little smile forming on his face.
College, the work, an almost failed relationship... So when the idea of this trip came up. I was more than eager to go.
Dimple screeched ' Oh my god. Look at those boys over there. So freaking sexy!'
Deesha seconded her saying ' oh wow. This is some serious, eye porn.'
Taking off my shades, lost in my own world of thoughts, I said ' what are you'll talking about?'
Deesha simple changed the direction of my head and pointed out to these 3 boys playing football near the cost. All of the 3, shirtless. Fairly good looking. Well, actually just one of them was fairly good looking, the second one was hot, and the 3rd one, well, let's just say, if there was a sex god, it would be him. He was wearing red shorts showing off his white underwear strap, some tattoos on his body, his arms were kinda buff, bt just to the right amount, not like those creepy gym dudes, a six pack ab set, with was just perfect, hot shoulders, hair of the colour of hazel and gold, complementing his skin exceptionally well, it was kinda spiked in the middle and stuck to his forehead in the front and he was wearing black rayban wayferars, lips that I could tell were totally soft and looking like a rosy pink. He was skinny, bt built. Wow. My lips made a perfect 'o' in awe.
"Let's go talk to them" I said.
'Are you crazy, they'd probably be turned off the minute we open our mouth. Indian accent is anything bt sexy" Deesha said, laying back letting the sun face her body.
"True that" dimple seconded her.
"Yea, ur probably right. I'm kinda thirsty. Are you guys?" I asked.
" Yea, get me a coke." Dimple said." Same for me. " Said Deesha.
"aren't u guys coming with me?"
They both nodded in denial.
I sighed got my wallet, put my shades on and headed towards the shack.
" Hey hie, 3 cokes pls"- I said to the guy at the shack.
" Sure thing. So, you come from India right?" The guy at the shack said while filling the cup with coke. He looked approximately 20..he had freckles and blondish wavy hair.
"Yea. how did u know?" I asked
" The accent." He smiled.
I re-called what Deesha had said.
"Yea, sorry.. How much?" I said looking for some money in my wallet.
"10 bucks."
I hand him the money and try to lift all the 3 large cokes in my arms all at once and started walking towards my friends..
Suddenly my leg tripped over something and I fell dropping all the coke and falling right on my face. I heard someone say 'oh my god, are you ok?'
I took support of the hand of this person, got up to see that I was covered in sand and I looked like a mess, I looked up to thank the person, and as I looked up, I saw hazel eyes. It was that boy in the red shorts, the one who looked like the sex god!
I felt my knees going weak, bt I tried to be as composed as I could.
'Umm thanks" I whispered.
" Don't mention it shawty" he said. He had the voice of an angel.
Now that I was standing close, I could see all his tattoos and his face? Trust me when I say there was not a single flaw in it. This boy was beautiful.
"Are you checking me out?" He chuckled.
"What?! Noo!!" I tried to lie.
" Haha, sureeee" he replied with sarcasm dripping from his words. " Come let me get you something else to drink."
I'd be stupid to not go with him, cause I totaLly wanted to hang out with him. Bt it would look too desperate.
" Umm no, its fine. I'll manage" I said.
" I don't take no for an answer. Come on. Let's go." He said and started walking towards the shack.
I was contemplating what to do, bt I decided to follow him any way.
"Aye johnson, give this beautiful 3 cokes, will ya?" He said.
My stomach did a cartwheel and my lips curled into a smile hearing him call me beautiful.
"yea one moment" the shack guy replied. "so, ur new here? Haven't ever seen u here..?"
He asked me.
" Oh I'm a tourist." I replied.
"Yea, that makes sense. Where are you from?"
"India"
"Never would've guessed" he chucked.
" Yea, yea the accent. I know." I rolled my eyes.
"Don't be upset. I kinda like it. Its like exotic."
"Umm thanks, I guess?" I looked away cause of the blush on my face.
He took the 2 huge cokes and gave me one of them to hold.
" So what brings u down here?" He asked.
"Vacation with my girls." I smiled.
"Having a good time so far?" He asked.
" Well I landed just an hour back, so yea, so far." I flashed a grin.
" Wow, alright. Where are you staying?" He asked me.
" I shouldn't tell you that. For my safety. I hope you don't mind." I tried to not sound rude.
" Oh no, its cool." He said normally.
" Meet my friends, this is Dimple and Deesha. Guys, this is...? What's ur name?" I asked
" Justin. Bieber." He chuckled.
" Yea, what he said." I smiled uncomfortably.
They both shook hands with Justin and smiled.
His friends shouted out, ' Aye bieber, what's taking so long?"
" I better get going?" He said.
"Sure thing" dimple said.
"See you around?" He turned facing me.
"sure." I said coolly.
"Swag." He said and ran back to his friends.
" Ohmygosh. Is he cute or what?"
Deesha said.
" I'd say hot." I said.
"how did u talk to him anyway?" Dimple asked.
"I spilled my drinks and he helped me get up n get new drinks...! I said.
We just went spent some more hours chatting away into the evening, saw the beautiful sunset. But there was a recurrent thought in my head. "Will i ever see him again?"
Me and the girls headed back to the hotel.. I hadn't stopped thinking abt his hazel brown eyes. Something about them was just so captivating. I decided to shower and the girls and me thought we'd go around the city and find some good place to eat.
I wore a simple tank top and shorts and we headed outside the hotel. LA was a beautiful place. So lively. It felt so good to be away from all the confusion in bombay and just be here with my girls. As time passed by, we got really hungry. Atleast I did, bt I didn't want to be a party pooper so I didn't say anything. Finally, dimple said, " aren't u guys like starving?! Let's grab something to eat!"
We walked to a subway outlet (the sandwich place). As I got my order I started to look for a place to sit, my eyes fell on the same pair of hazel eyes. Not realising I was staring at him for too long. Dimple nudged her elbow in my back and I snapped out of my thoughts. He looked at me, and smiled and made his way over to me.
"Aye Shawty! Weird bumping into you again.." Justin said.
"Yea, it is.. Hie" I smiled.
"I didn't get ur name the last time we spoke.." He asked.
"Vrutika"
"Vru-what?!"
I giggled. "Try Vru-tee-ka"
" Ok Vruteeka.. That's a beautiful name. Kind of" he chuckled.
" Haha thanks."
"I see you like subway" he said pointing out to the tray in my hand.
" Yup." I said popping the 'p'
"Aye be careful with the coke" he joked.
" Haha thanks for the tip" I said.
Meanwhile deesha and dimple were standing behind me.
"Hello ladies" he greeted them. They both responded with warm smiles.
"Oh and I almost forgot. Ladies, meet my boys. This is Chaz and this is Ryan" Justin introduced us to the other boys.
We all greeted each other.
"Would you like to join us?" Justin asked looking at me..
I turned over to the girls and before I could say anything, Deesha literally screamed, "yes!" Making Justin chuckle a bit. Omg, his chuckle was sooo cute. What was happening to me!? Snap out of it Vrutika. There's a guy waiting for you back home. You cannot possibly develop any feelings for a another guy..!! Bt the little voice in my head went, bt he's so cute. No! I screamt at it. But doesn't the he seem like a solution to end this relationship thats heading nowhere? My mind went on. NO! Shut up!! I said to myself. But he has a six pack!! Oh god. I feel disgusting.
And at the perfect moment my phone started ringing. It was Ranveer. Per-fucking-ect timing! I answer it.
"Hey, u didn't temme when you landed. I was worried" he said. "I'm sorry.. I was caught up" I said."Alright.. I miss you.." He said. "I miss you too" I bit my lip knowing that was a lie. I didn't miss him. I was infact happy to be away from him for a bit. " So how's LA? Met any hot guys yet.?" He asked.. Oh god.. I don't wanna answer this. He'd be upset, and I'd be upset and ruin my vacation, so I decided to lie, which I knew was a stupid decision since the minute I made it. "Umm no..ok lsn.. I'm at subway, I'll call you later k?" "Alright. I love you. Bye" "yea, I love you too. Bye" I pressed my eyes shut feeling sooo guilty.
"You got a boyfriend or something?" Justin asked from behind. Which made me startle cause I didn't expect to see him there making my phone fly out of my hand.
"Whoops. And excuse me? That's none of ur business" I replied, clearly annoyed.
"Well, I'm going to take that as a yes" he said coolly putting his hands in his pocket and staring away into empty space.
" No, he's not my boyfriend. Its complicated. Well, its just that.. I mean.. I donno how to explain.. He's a friend.. But... Ugh..just forget it?" I said.
"Haha, okay. Ur gonna have to tell me sooner or later." He said smiling.
"Why?" I asked curiously.
"Well, I don't wanna take someone else's girl on a date." He said smiling oh so seductively.
"I'm not someone else's girl.. Wait what?!" I exclaimed.
" Haha, yea.. Well, ur pretty, and I'd like to show you around." He said now, worried about my answer.
I wanted to say no. Bt I thought I might just end up regretting it all my life. So, I smiled to myself and said. " Alright, its on."
"Swag. Bt let's go inside now. I don't want my boys to put ur girls off." He said.
I nodded and we went back inside.
When we entered, Deesha and dimps were laughing on something the boys said.
"Oh good, you're back. Listen, we have the entire day planned out tomorrow. We're going around the city with the boys. Are you ok with that? I mean Ryan's going with me and Chaz with Dimple, will you come along Justin?" Deesha asked me, without taking a pause to breathe. Someone was clearly excited.
I turned behind to look at Justin, he just shrugged and said "well, I don't have anything big planned for tomorrow, and if both of you'll are going, I might as well come along." Justin said casually. "Oh bt wait, if Vruteeka isn't coming,then doesn't make sense for me to come. You guys will be busy among urselves" he said smirking at me, which set the zoo of wild animals inside my stomach free.
All of them, now looked at me expectantly.
"Well, if you all are going, then I guess I don't have a problem." I smiled.
"Okay, awesome. Bt let's get home now. I'm tired." Dimple said.
"Yea, and Justin we need to take care of some stuff" Ryan told Justin obviously hiding what they needed to take care of, getting me intrigued to know what was going on.
"We'll give you'll a ride" Chaz said.
We all agreed and sat in Justin's black range rover. It seemed like he was rich. Rangerover was a pretty pimped up car.
We reached the hotel.
"Hey hold up!" Justin exclaimed.
I stepped out and waited while dimple and deesha waved bye to the boys and proceeded inside the hotel. Our hotel was right opposite the beach. The weather was not too cold or warm. Bt I liked the feel of the cool breeze against my skin and the sound of the waves instantly felt soothing.
Justin walked up to me n said "Can I have your no?"
"What?" I was shocked as to why he was going so fast. I mean, we met this morning. And I don't know anything about him, bt he already asked me out on a date and now my no.?
"Well, yea." He seemed to understand why I was shocked.
"Look, I'll answer ur questions. Bt right now I can't. Gimme ur no. I won't do any harm"
Instead I give him my bb pin. And he adds me on his list. And storms off into the dark.
Justin Bieber is now a contact. Reading that, gave me jitters. Why was this boy having that much effect on me. I didn't know him as a person. Bt just his physical features were literally giving me goosebumps and making me feel like I had feelings for him. No denying that he was sexy as hell, bt this what I felt was not normal.
I felt like I was obsessing over him. I need to stop, and take control of my thoughts.
"You seem pre-occupied." Deesha said, looking at me.
"Umm..no.. just lost in thoughts." i said, not wanting to bring up Justin.
"You know what though? I think Justin was totally giving u the vibes today, wasnt he?" Dimple said, with a wide smile. There went my effort to not bring up.
"ohmygosh, totally!" Deesha added in.
"You guys are dreaming things. Besides, even if he was, Ranveer is still in the picture, so can we change the topic?" i said trying to not blush and reason out.
"Oh please, you and Ranveer.. its not even like you'll are dating anymore. Face it Vrutika, you both are too different and he is not even in the same city as you." Dimple said. She had a point, even though me and Ranveer had been dating since a long time, he had moved to another city for college, and long distance wasnt favoring us very well... so, when he left, me and him decided to be friends, who love each other. Like an unofficial relationship. But, that too, wasn't working out too well.
My friends saw that i was over thinking this and it was kind of upsetting me.
"Alright, lets change the topic." Deesha said.
Dimple said "ohmygosh can I just say Chaz is such a cutie! He said such adorable things all night!" "Really? U don't say!! Didn't look like u were blushing at all" Deesha said with sarcasm dripping from her voice. Dimple threw a pillow at her.
"I should call up Ranveer" I said, getting up.
"Come on! Give it a rest Vruts! You're in LA, you're miles away from India and him. Why don't u just have fun here?" Dimple said.
"I'm sorry guys, he called earlier and I promised him I'd call back. I'll be right back, I promise" I said apologetically.
Dimple just sighed.
I stepped out in the balcony and decided, that i was going to tell him everything truthfully, if this is to end today, he needs to know why. So i took a deep breathe and called up Ranveer and I told him about Justin. He didn't seem to be happy abt it, bt he said that I was single and I could do what I want to.
I could hear the pain in his voice, and I felt terribly guilty. I tried to tell myself, that it was just a date and no big deal but didnt feel any better. I thought, maybe I'd talk about this to the girls and they'll have a solution.
As I went in, I saw that Dimple and Deesha had fallen asleep on the bed, and I was left with the sofa. "Its going to be another sleepless night" I said to myself. Just as I was about to sleep, I heard my phone beep. I didn't wanna get up, bt it kept beeping, so I got up and decided to check who this idiot was.
*5 new msgs from Justin Bieber*
J: hey
U awake?
Vruteeka?
Helllooooo?
PING!!!
I replied: yea, I am now.
I was eager for him to reply, and then he finally did.
J: could u come under ur hotel building?
Is he crazy? At 1.30am?! Wait a second, is he under my hotel building???!!!
V: what?! No! Its 1.30
I replied, trying not to sound to desperate.
J: don't be such a wuss
A wuss? How can he call me that?
V:no I'm wearing jamies.
J: better. I'm sure u look Cute.
I couldn't breathe by the end of the sentence, my heart was beating so fast.
V: why do u want me to come down?
I asked, being curious.
J: see me. I'm waiting in the lobby.
What?! This boy is crazy.
I- fine, I'll be there in 2.
I decided to go anyway. I don't know why. I knew I was being totally stupid,
I stepped down, and as I went down.. I saw him. Wearing white supras, shorts and a blue tee, something any normal guy couldn't pull off just as sexy-ly as he did.
I walk upto him and he smiles.
J- I told you you'd look cute.
I- *smile* what is wrong with you?
J- I just wanted to see you. What's so wrong abt that.?
I- ur crazy Bieber.
J- maybe I am. Come here. I wanna show you something.
I- Alright?
Me and him jump into his car and he starts driving to somewhere.
I- I shouldn't be doing this. For all I know you could rape me.
J- Pls. I wouldn't rape you. You'd let me do what I wanted to.
I- oh ur so wrong about that.
J- you agreed to come out on a date with me just like. Just shows how easy you are!
I felt super bad when he said that. Bt he was true. I acted really easy and just said yes like that. When I obviously shouldn't have. He was acting so cocky though.
I- yea, you're right. Good. The date's off.
J- come on, take a joke.
I- I don't have to. And neither do I have to go out on a date with you.
J- ok, we'll see if this changes ur mind.
We stopped outside this huge mansion. It looked a hotel to me.
A chauffeur opened the door for me and justin flew the keys of his car to the guy.
J- come here.
I- what is this place?!
I felt like my eye sight wasn't enough to see the whole place is one glance.
J- that's my house.
Complete shock. I mean I thought he was rich. Bt I didn't know he was the freakin owner of Los Angles!
I- Wow. That's a huge house.
I manage to say.
J- yea.. It is. And as huge as it is. Its equally empty.
I looked at him and saw his face ripped by pain.
We entered the mansion. Or should I say Palace? I expected it to be ancient and vintage, bt it was totally the opposite. It was a modern contemporary base style. The color scheme of the house was white. The whole house was sooooo pretty. Bt there was no one in the house. Like Justin had said earlier, it was empty.
We walked towards the lawns and sat on a park swing.
I- so, temme ur story mystery guy. Whose house is this??
J- This house is mine, i swear.
I- wait, how old are you?
How can someone so young, afford to buy something so expensive?!
J- I'm 18.
I- then how?
J- listen to me, and don't say a word. Just hear me out and all ur doubts will be cleared.
I- alright.
J- I'm originally from Ontario, Canada. I moved to LA a few years ago. My mum was really young when she had me. Almost my age, my biological dad and she split when I was very young. After a while, when I was about 3 years old, my mom married another guy. His name was Patrick. Patrick was a music producer, and he seemed like a nice guy except that he hated me. And his reason? Because I reminded him of my mother's past. My mom could never abandon me, and she couldn't tolerate Patrick treating me the way he did. He used to beat me, a lot. So after a while Mum split from him, and by that time I was 12. I started blaming myself for mom's split. I felt terrible once she went into depression so I told mom that she didnt have to live away from Patrick, i told him to get back together and i promised her that i'd work on our issues. But saying that wasnt easy, Patrick never understood my point of view, i felt suffocated in my own house. I couldnt tell my mom about this, so i kept it all bottled up inside myself and took all the shit Patrick threw at me, and kept a brave face, only for my mom. I didn't have an outlet. I used to sing and my mom loved it, bt Patrick always insulted me. He said I used to sound like a girl, and it was very demeaning. I stopped singing at all after that. Then I had to find an outlet to kick out all the frustration, so I joined my school boxing team. One day i was practicing in the gym when some seniors saw me and started bullying me. They made fun of me n I challenged them to a match. The match happened a few days ago and the entire school came to watch. I defeated him, bt that son of a bitch left me an injury that'll be there with me for the rest of my life. This mark right here."
He lifted his shirt showing me the view of his perfect abs bt there was a mark to the right of his belly button. It looked like a huge cut.
He continued his story " this mark has given me so much pain. Anyway, the videos of the fight went up all over the internet. Patrick saw them too, and showed them to my mom. He shouted at me, hit me and did everything he could do to prove that he was a terrible father. I couldnt take it anymore, and punched him so hard in the face and almost knocked him out. For the first time in my life, my mom slapped me, this was the last straw for me, i left my house and lived wherever i could.. friends house sometimes, sometimes even on the streets. After a while, a few guys approached me at school, and asked me join they're club. Now I'm their best fighters and today after the subway, we had gone for a fight as well. These fights aren't like boxing matches. You're allowed to do anything, then use weapons. People have been killed before. Bt I haven't ever killed anyone. I never had the balls to... Bt the fights pay us off very well. And hence, I can afford this house."
I was mesmerised by his story yet scared for him.
"Wow.. That's some story.." I managed to say..
"I randomly get a call when I need to go for a fight. And these fights have created a lot of enemies. So, I don't know what's going to happen next. I go for a fight, and I might not come back. And now I'm stuck in it too deep to come out of it.. So, I chose to live in the moment. If I think a girl is pretty or attractive, I ask her out. I've been like this since the past 3 years. And I don't stick around too long as well. And that's why I'm taking things pretty fast with you. And I can see that it baffles you. Bt, for some reason, I feel like you're damaged inside too. So I wanna tell you the truth.." He said, look straight in my eyes, piercing my soul.
"Okay.. How many girls have u been with then?" I ask, slightly curious.
" Well I have a way with the girls. I'm rich, and I look good. And I'm a good fuck, so I don't really have to try too hard." He said, as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.
I tucked my hair behind my ear awkwardly. I couldn't help bt imagine how he would be in bed..
I felt his hand stroke my cheek. Something about his touch gave me chills.
"So what's your story?" He asked in his deep raspy voice.
"What story..? I don't know what you're talking about.." I looked away trying to hide the truth.
"Vrutika.. Come on.. I see how you behave.. And I can tell. Your eyes want to express a lot, bt you don't let them. So tell me." He said.
It baffled me that he knew truths about me, when he barely knew me.. I was resistant to tell him.. Bt seeing the fact that he had narrated his entire life story, I thought I could give it a go as well.. So I told him. Everything right from the beginning. He sat there listening, not interrupting me even once. I poured out my heart to him. By the end of it, I was almost in tears as well. We sat there, in the middle of his living room, on the floor.. Only the moonlight lighting up the room.. It was slightly cold, bt it was pleasant. We sat there, talking until 3 am.
"....and that's my story.. Now you know" I said wiping away the little tears crawling down my cheek.
Justin got up and lent me a hand to get up as well. And then he just hugged me. It was a long hug, and I didn't seem to mind at all. I couldn't help bt feel right in his arms. As we were parting, he leaned in for a kiss, and our lips were just about to touch when my mind started talking, No, vrutika, ur vulnerable right now and he's taking advantage of it. Think about Ranveer.. He'll be heart broken. This romance is only going to last until ur in LA. Don't do this.
I gave in to what my mind said and I couldn't go further than that. I couldn't kiss him.
"I can't.." I said.. My heart was beating so fast and so hard. I wanted to kiss him so bad, I've been wanting to ever since I saw him. Bt I can't..
"Because of that guy waiting for you..? Right?" He said slightly annoyed.
"Yea.." I exhaled.
"Come on, I'll drop you back to your hotel, its pretty late" he said already walking towards the door.
"So that's it..? Your going to drop me back to my hotel cause I refused to kiss you? Ofcourse.." I said walking out of the door leaving him behind.
I waited in front of the car for him to come and unlock it, so that he could drop me off. The night had turned upside down. I couldn't help bt be a little annoyed with Ranveer. For standing in the way. I mean why did I ever refuse to kiss Justin? Me and Ranveer aren't dating.. I am single after all. Why should I not kiss this amazingly hot guy?
He came and ignited the engine and we started moving towards my hotel.
Silence filled the car. The cold was beginning to increase and it made me shiver. Justin noticed that, closed the windows and turned the heat on.
"You know, I didn't get you to my house just to kiss you.. I genuinely wanted to tell you my story.. I thought you'd be scared away, bt the fact that you didn't judge me and u stayed and trusted me with telling me everything about your life made me want to kiss you." He said with a little concern and pain in his eyes..
"There's a ton of reasons why I can't kiss you. I don't think you and me can ever happen.." I said, looking out of the window..hating the fact that we wouldn't.
"Why don't you let time decide that? And since we are on the topic, is the date still on? I promise you, it'll be a lot more fun than today was. Nothing serious, I'll just concentrate on ways to make you laugh. I swear." He said shifting looks from me to the road and back to me again.
His effort was adorable. And I had already told Ranveer abt the date. Eh, what the hell? I can have a little fun, can't I?
"Alright, but promise me your not going to kick me out of any place if I disagree to kiss you.." I said, teasing him.
"Kay, I promise.." He said with a little smile forming on his face.
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