Found: 23: Birthday.

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Chapter 23: 

Wednesday, October 31st, 2012 

9:00am 

  

I squinted my eyes open to the sunlight peeking in through the curtains of the window. Today was the day, the day of my birthday. I told Justin not to do anything special, because I had something in mind. I rolled over to see his side of the bed empty, as I had usually seen it previous times before. I smiled, thinking that he’d be downstairs somewhere doing something odd. I crawled out of bed and slipped on my slippers before heading towards the stairs. I stopped in my tracks when I heard someone clicking their pen. I smiled and peeked through the crack of the door to Justin’s home studio. He looked much consumed in his writing as he scribbled words onto a sheet of paper and strummed on his guitar. I pushed the door open slowly and he looked up and glanced at me with a smile. 

“Good Morning baby.” He said as he set his pencil down and stood up to put his guitar in its stand. 

He walked over towards me and stood close to me, our chests just centimeters apart and his figure towering over mine. He stared into my eyes, brushing my hair behind my ear and kissing my forehead. I smiled and he dropped his hands down and put them around my waist, holding me closer to him. I leaned in as I stood on my tiptoes and pressed my lips against his, pecking them slightly every few seconds. He smiled in between kisses before picking me up, having me wrap my legs around his waist. We were face to face now, and finally the silence was broken by the soft words filling the room. 

“What were you working on?” I asked him quietly as I held my hands together behind his neck. 

“Just writing some new lyrics that came to me the past few nights.” 

I smiled and pecked his lips again. He laughed and I could understand why. He looked so stunning, his shirtless figure only wearing plaid pajama pants holding me up against his chest. His perfect smile, his messy hair, his caramel colored eyes… everything about him looked so perfect as I studied his features. I really did win with this boy, didn’t I? 

“What do you wanna do for your birthday? We can go anywhere, do anything, and see anything. It’s all up to you, it’s your day. You’re 17 now.” 

I giggled and began, “I actually want to show you something that I found while you were away.” 

“You want to show me something? But I’m supposed to take care of everything, you shouldn’t-“ 

“Justin it’s fine, I really want you to see this though.” 

He shrugged and set me down. I took his hand and lead him down the stairs, throughout the house, and out of the back doors towards the pool. He seemed kind of unwilling as we walked through the grass barefoot in our pajamas. 

“We aren’t even going to change?” he asked as he laughed slightly. 

“Nope, come on.” I giggled back. 

We walked through the thick trees and past everything. We were far away from civilization by now, and it was just a little bit farther. How I found this place? I have no idea. I just have a big imagination and a connection with nature. We brushed past one more cluster of bushes before we stepped into an open pasture of nature, surrounded by trees and animals and insects and plants. It was so beautiful. I let go of Justin’s hand and walked towards the middle of the small patch of land, spinning in a circle and taking in a fresh deep breath of air. 

“You found this?” Justin asked in awe as he looked around at everything. 

“Yeah.” I quietly said as I gracefully fell down in the grass, laying down and spreading out. 

Justin laid down next to me and took my hand in his, intertwining our fingers. I turned my head towards him and I couldn’t help but smile. His eyes sparkled from the bit of sun peeking through the thick trees and I could tell that he was amazed. He turned to me and smiled, his mouth left in an ‘o’ formation. 

“I have a connection with nature,” I said as I sat up and held out my finger, “everywhere I go, I seem to wander off and find places like these, and it amazes me every time.” 

Justin quietly watched as a monarch butterfly landed on my held out finger, fluttering its wings once more to settle itself in place. I giggled and slowly brought my hand up, letting the butterfly leap off and take flight yet again. I turned to Justin and his smile wasn’t there, but the amazement remained. I laughed and took his hand, holding it out and extending his finger. Eventually, another landed on his, but quickly flew off. He laughed and shook his head. 

“This is just so- breathtaking.” Justin said quietly. 

He brought his knees up to his chest and rested his elbows on them, hooking his fingers in front of him. I leaned against his shoulder, but quickly moved away when he stood up and held out a hand, helping me to my feet. I looked at him confused, but he looked down and reached in his pocket. I told him not to get me anything, but by the looks of his actions, he did. 

He held out a long skinny felt covered box in front of me, opening it slowly to reveal an alluring necklace before my eyes. I parted my lips slightly and stared at the piece of jewelry. Justin took my hand and spun me around, my back facing him. I automatically held my messy hair up as he dangled the necklace over me before placing it around my neck and letting it fall onto my chest. He hooked it in back and I let my hair fall to my shoulders, turning around and looking down. 

“It’s a J, so that you’ll never be without me even when you are. I know it’s not much but I just thought-“ 

I interrupted Justin by wrapping my arms around his neck and holding him tightly. It took him a few seconds, but he finally put his arms around me and we stood swaying with the wind. I pulled away after a few minutes and smiled up at him, pecking his lips yet again. 

“(YN), I love you.” 

I looked into Justin’s eyes and I could tell that he was sincere. He just said that? I felt something inside of me, and it was odd, like I didn’t have control over my words anymore. It was me, but it wasn’t. 

“I love you too.” 

He smiled down at me before kissing my forehead and holding me tight. This was crazy, but it was the best thing that had happened to me lately. I could’ve stood there for hours if the time permitted such a thing, but we had to leave soon after. 

We got back to the house in one piece and it was only 10:00am. We were out for about 45 minutes, which wasn’t that long. I was starting to get kinda hungry, and I could tell that Justin was too by the way he went straight to the kitchen and looked in the cupboards. 

“What do you eat when you’re here?!” Justin yelled. 

I laughed, “I usually stop and get something on the way home.” 

“Well then we might as well go get something to eat then.” Justin laughed back as he shut the cupboards and grabbed his keys from the counter. 

“Don’t you wanna change?” I giggled as I spun around in my chair. 

“Why? You look cute in your pajamas- unless you care about what people will say?” Justin shrugged as he spoke. 

“Well you have to put on a shirt and then we can go, okay?” I laughed. 

He sighed and ran upstairs quickly, just putting on a white tank top. My outfit was just my pajamas, which were cute and I wouldn’t mind showing them off (and my amazing boyfriend) to the world. My shorts were actually the same pattern as Justin’s pajama pants, so I guess you could say that we matched. 

We walked outside and to his car and got in, heading to wherever he was taking us. I wasn’t sure, but as long as we were getting brunch or breakfast or something I was fine. 

We arrived at the restaurant and immediately got looks from everyone. We walked in, got our seat, and sat down; our waitress staring at us like we were crazy. We both ordered our food; me ordering French toast with whip cream and Justin ordering pancakes and bacon. 

“Happy Birthday, by the way.” Justin said. 

“Oh that’s right, you never said it yet, did you?” I laughed. 

He shook his head and we both laughed as we sat and talked about everything. It was nice just sitting here and having a somewhat normal outing. That was until we watched as a small group of girls around my age walked towards us. I looked up and smiled as they stuttered their words. 

“Can we get a picture with you guys?” One of them asked shakily as she held her phone. 

“Sure.” Justin said blandly as he scooted out of his seat. 

We stood on each side of each individual girl as we took each picture. Justin seemed different when he was talking to them, and I could tell that he was faking a smile and trying to act happy. It was very odd to see, especially because they were his fans. After they left, we ate our food and quietly left the little restaurant. When we buckled up in the car, I spoke up and turned towards him, stopping his hand from turning the key. 

“Justin, what was wrong today?” I asked. 

“Nothing, I don’t want to ruin your birthday with my problems. Let’s just go home and spend time together and we can-“ 

“Not until you tell me what was the matter.” I demanded. 

“I just hate how fans always interrupt everything. I mean I love them and all, but it’s your birthday and I kinda wanted to keep it private.” He confessed. 

“Well we did go out to eat in public, I mean it was kinda given that we’d have fans bug us. But I understand what you mean, and from now on let’s try to keep our relationship more private.” I giggled slightly. 

“Well I don’t want our relationship to be private, because then people will make up rumors and say things. Let’s just have a normal relationship.” 

“Agreed.” 

I laughed and so did he before I kissed his cheek and we pulled out of the parking lot and headed home. It was a normal drive and Justin was perfectly fine now. I thought that it was one of my best birthdays, even though we only went out to eat and it was only 2:00pm, I still had an amazing day. 

We sat at home, sitting on the couch and just chatting. Eventually, we decided to watch some TV and see what the news had to say about us today. Of course we were the first story; I was expecting it but not liking it. 

“On this day in history, (YN) (YLN) was born! How’d she celebrate it this year? It seems as if she took a calm way of celebrating the big 1-7. Earlier today, she and boyfriend Justin Bieber were seen having a little not-so-alone-but-secret time as they sat in a little café downtown, enjoying breakfast. The catch? They were in their pajamas! The adorable couple conversed with fans and kept it subtle as they celebrated. We were definitely expecting more, but that doesn’t mean that we won’t see it soon…” 

I laughed and turned to Justin who was smiling. The pictures they showed of us were adorable. I was glad that everything was going good. At least, for now…