TWIST OF FATE
By Kim
PART THIRTY-ONE
"Um, hi Justin." I said nervously into the phone. I couldn't believe he was calling me.
"How are you?" He asked, sounding nervous himself.
"I'm ok." I told him weakly. I knew I should hang up the phone, but I couldn't.
"I was just wondering if I could come over so we can talk?"
"I don't think that's a good idea Justin."
"Come on Michelle, please. Just give me a chance to explain. I really miss you."
My heart felt like it was breaking in two. "I'm sorry Justin, but I can't."
"Don't you miss me at all?" He asked sadly.
"I'm sorry Justin, but I have to go now." I said, on the verge of tears, and started to hang up the phone.
"Wait Michelle, please don't hang up." He begged. "I just want to talk to you."
"I can't Justin, I just can't." I said weakly and hung up. I sat on my bed and starred at the phone. A part of me wished he would call back. But I knew this was for the best. I would never be able to trust him again.
~*~*~*~
Justin sat on his bed in his hotel room. He put his head in his hands and sighed. "What am I going to do?" He thought to himself. He had to see Michelle again. He knew now, more than ever, that he loved her and wanted to spend the rest of his life with her. He stood up and walked into the living room. He grabbed the keys off the table and told Joey he was taking the car.
"I'll be back in a little while." He yelled as he walked out the door.
~*~*~*~
I unwrapped the towel from my wet hair and laid it on the bathroom counter. I starred at my reflection in the mirror, thinking, once again, about Justin. "Maybe I should have let him come over and explain," I thought to myself. "I never gave him a chance to explain anything."
"No, you need to move on with your life." I told my reflection in the mirror. I began to blow dry my hair, letting the heat relax me. I turned the blow dryer off when my hair was dry and heard a knock at my door.
"Come in," I shouted.
"Michelle, there's someone downstairs that wants to see you." My mom said, poking her head through the door.
"Ok, I'll be right down." I said and ran downstairs. I turned the corner and froze. Justin stood in the doorway, looking down at the floor.
"Hi." I said softly as he looked up at me. "What are you doing here?' I asked, surprised to see him.
"I had to see you again. Michelle, please give me another chance. I love you so much. I know I messed up pretty bad, and I'll be forever sorry for that, but please just listen to what I have to say." He said, looking into my eyes, pleading. I sat there for a moment, just starring back at him. He looked so sad and vulnerable, and once again, he looked at me as if I was the most important person in the world.
"You shouldn't have come here Justin. How can you just expect me to forget everything you did to me? You cheated on me Justin, you lied to me, and you hurt me." I said and put my head down so he wouldn't see the tears roll down my face.
He looked at me with sorrow in his eyes. "I love you Michelle, I've never stopped loving you and I never will. I made a mistake and I'm so sorry that I hurt you. That is the last thing I ever wanted to do." He said sincerely. "Please forgive me."
I looked up at him and wiped the tears from my face. He slowly moved towards me and wrapped his arms around me. I fell into his arms and rested my head on his chest. It felt so good to have him hold me again, to feel his arms around me. I stood there for a moment, not being able to move. I cried in his arms and he just held me, gently stroking the back of my head with his hand. I pulled away and looked up at him.
"I'm sorry Justin, I just can't do this." I said and ran back upstairs.
"Michelle, wait." He called out after me, but I was already gone.
~*~*~*~
"Hey, where have you been?" Lance asked when he saw Justin walk in the door.
"I went to see Michelle." Justin told him softly.
"Really?" Lance asked. "Wanna talk about it?"
"No, not right now. Maybe later." Justin said and walked to his room.
Lance shrugged his shoulders and got up to leave. They had only rented one car so he was waiting for Justin to get home so he could go on his date with Jenn. He called her and told her he was on his way. He grabbed the keys off the table Justin had laid them on and headed out the door.
~*~*~*~
Jenn finished applying her lipstick just as the doorbell rang. Lance had called a few minutes ago and said he was on his way.
"That must be him." She said to herself and looked at her reflection in the mirror once more. Happy with her appearance, she turned off the light and walked to the front door.
"Well hello there." Lance said, smiling. "You look great." He said, noticing how beautiful she looked in her red sweater and short black skirt. "Really great." He added. Jenn laughed and thanked him as they walked out to his car.
"So where are we going?" She asked. "I'm starving."
"Do you like Italian?"
"Love it." She said as she climbed in the passenger seat. She watched as Lance walked around the front of the car to the driver's side. He was wearing a black, long-sleeved shirt with dark blue jeans. He had grown his hair out some since the last time she'd seen him and dyed it a darker brown.
"Wow," she thought as she watched him. "He looks so great." He got in the car and took off down the street.
"So how did Sara take the news?" Lance asked.
"She said she was fine with it." She said happily. "Does Joey know you're taking me out tonight?"
"Yeah, I told him a while back that I liked you. He said it was cool."
"Looks like we're all set then." Jenn said and smiled at Lance.
"Yep, looks like it." He said, smiling back at her. Lance pulled into Venecia's, a nice Italian restaurant, and parked the car.
~*~*~*~
I heard a knock on my door and quickly wiped the tears from my face.
"Come in." I said, sitting up. My mom came in the room and sat down beside me. I started crying and she held me in her arms, not saying a word. After a while, I sat up and looked at her.
"Wanna talk about it?" She asked me, handing me a kleenex.
"I just don't know what to do." I told her, drying my eyes. "Justin keeps begging for me to come back to him, and I still love him so much. But he cheated on me mom. I can't take him back if he cheated on me, can I?"
"Sometimes people make mistakes sweetie. I'm not saying what he did was ok, because it wasn't. I know he hurt you, but sometimes people deserve a second chance. Justin seems like a nice boy and he loves you very much. I know that I have never seen you happier than when you were with him."
"I was happy. I just don't think I could ever trust him again." I said sadly.
"You just need to give it time and do what feels right in your heart.
"Maybe you're right." I said. "I'm just so confused, I don't know what I want anymore."
"I know sweetie." My mom said and hugged me again. "How about I make you some cookies?" She offered. When I was younger, my mom would always make me cookies when I was sad about something.
"That would be great." I said and followed her downstairs to the kitchen.
~*~*~*~
Justin sat in his hotel room, thinking about what just happened.
"Michelle still loves me, I know she does." He thought to himself, remembering the way she let him hold her. It felt so good to have her in his arms again. He knew he couldn't give up. "I've got to get her back." He thought to himself and grabbed the pad of paper and pencil off the night stand and began writing.
~*~*~*~
"I had a great time tonight." Jenn said as Lance walked her to her door.
"Me too." Lance said. "You busy tomorrow?"
"Yeah." She said and put her arms around his neck. "With you." She added and kissed him softly on the lips. He returned her kiss and circled his arms around her waist, pulling her closer to him.
"I've been wanting to do that for a long time." Lance said when they finished.
"Me too." Jenn said and hugged him goodbye. "See ya tomorrow?"
"Definately." Lance said, pulling her into another kiss.
"Goodnight." She whispered in his ear and turned to go inside.
PART THIRTY-TWO I woke up to the phone ringing and crawled out of bed to answer it.
"Hello." I answered sleepily.
"You always sound so cute when you wake up." Blake told me cheerfully.
Laughing I told him thank you and asked what was up.
"Nothing, just calling to see what you were doing."
"Sleeping." I said playfully.
"So wake up sleepyhead. It's almost eleven o'clock already."
"Ok, ok, I'm up." I said. "Do you have to work today?"
"Nope, I'm off."
"Must be nice. I have to close tonight."
"Well, have fun."
"Oh yeah, I'll have a blast." I said sarcastically.
"Call me from work if you get bored later." He said. I told him I would and hung up the phone. I walked downstairs and found my mom in the kitchen.
"Good morning sweetie. How are you feeling?" She asked, concerned.
"Better, I guess."
"Well that's good. What would you like for breakfast?" She asked. "I'll make you whatever you want."
"Pancakes!" I told her as pulled the orange juice out of the fridge and poured me a glass.
~*~*~*~
"Hi, can you tell me if Michelle is scheduled to work today?" Justin asked the lady who answered the phone.
"Hold on, let me check." She said and put Justin on hold. "Ok, she is scheduled to work tonight from five to close." She informed him.
"Thank you. This is Justin Timberlake, from Nsync, and I have a proposition for you." He began and told her his plan. She agreed and told Justin she would set it up. Justin thanked her and hung up the phone. He read over the song he had written for Michelle and stood up to go in the living room.
"Alright guys listen up." Justin said as he walked in the room. The guys were all sitting in the living room watching tv. "I have a favor to ask you guys." He began. He told them his plan and they all agreed excitedly.
~*~*~*~
"I can't believe he came over here." Sara told me. Sara and Jenn stopped by to make sure I was doing alright. I told them about Justin coming over last night and what happened.
"I know, that's crazy." Jenn added. "What are you gonna do?"
"I have no idea. I still love him, but I just don't know what to do." I said as I applied a thin coat of powder to my face. I had to get ready to go to work in thirty minutes.
"So what happened with you and Lance last night?" Sara asked Jenn. Jenn got butterflies in her stomach just thinking about Lance. She felt as if she was falling in love with him.
"He took me to dinner. Oh, and he died his hair brown. He looks so cute." She informed them.
"I can't see Lance with brown hair." I said, trying to picture it.
"Yeah, it looks good." Jenn said smiling.
"So did y'all kiss?" Sara asked.
"Yeah, he kissed me goodnight." Jenn said, a little uncomfortable. Even though Sara said she was ok with her and Lance dating, she still felt a little weird talking about it.
"Well guys, I gotta go to work now. Thanks for stopping by." I told them as I grabbed my keys off the dresser. They hugged me goodbye and we walked outside together. I got in my car and waved as I drove off down the street, towards the mall.
~*~*~*~
Justin finished fixing his hair and walked into the other room. "Are you guys almost ready?" He asked.
"Yeah, we're ready. We're just waiting on JC." Joey informed him.
"I'm ready." JC announced, coming into the room.
"So, are you nervous?" Lance asked Justin.
"A little." Justin answered truthfully. "Alright, let's do this." He said as they walked to the limo waiting in the front of the hotel.
~*~*~*~
I leaned against the counter and sighed. The store was so dead tonight. A young girl walked up to me and placed some cd's on the counter. I smiled at her and began to check her out. I put the cd's in a bag and handed her the receipt. She thanked me and began to walk off. I heard her scream "Oh my god," and I looked up to see what was wrong. I gasped when I saw who was walking in the store. It was Justin, Joey, Lance, JC, and Chris.
"What are you doing here?" I asked Justin when he walked up to the counter.
"I have something I need to tell you."
"Justin I can't talk right now, I'm working."
"It's ok, I already asked your boss." He told me and smiled. I shook my head in amazement and smiled at the other guys. They waved and said hello. Justin asked me to come out from behind the counter so he could tell me something. I started to object but he looked at me with puppy dogg eyes and asked me again. By this time, a crowd had formed around the guys and girls were asking for autographs. The other guys told them they would sign everything in a minute and to please be quiet until they were done. I walked around the counter and stood in front of Justin. He backed away from me and motioned for the guys to start. Justin mouthed "I love you" as the guys started humming a slow tune. Justin looked at me and smiled.
"I'm gonna sing a song now that I wrote for you."
I couldn't believe he was doing this. I looked around the room at all the people watching us. And then Justin began singing.
It's been a long time since I've kissed you.
It always used to feel so good.
And if you knew how much I missed you,
You'd forgive me if you could.
And now that we have found each other,
Can't we give it one more try?
One more try,
I didn't know how much I loved you.
One more try,
Let me put my arms around you.
Living all these lonely nights,
Without you.
Oh baby can we give it one more try.
I didn't mean to disappoint you.
I didn't mean to tell you lies.
And after all that we have been through,
Can't we give it one more try?
One more try,
I didn't know how much I loved you.
One more try,
Let me put my arms around you.
Living all these lonely nights,
Without you.
Oh baby can we give it one more try.
He finished the song and got down on one knee and held my hand in his.
"I love you more than anything Michelle and I'm sorry for ever hurting you. Will you please give me a second chance and forgive me?" He asked and kissed my hand. He stood up and wiped the tears from my face with his hand. I threw my arms around him and held him tight.
"I love you too Justin." I said happily. The crowd said "aawww" and everyone started clapping.
I looked up into Justin's beautiful blue eyes and smiled.
"I guess the fans know you have a girlfriend now." I said, laughing. He looked at the crowd that had gathered in the music store and laughed.
"I love you so much." He said and pressed his lips against mine. I wrapped my arms around his neck and kissed him back.
"I love you too." I said and kissed him again.
~*~*~*~
One year later...
"Come on Michelle, we're going to be late." Justin shouted through the door.
"Coming!" I yelled back. I walked out of the bathroom and twirled around. "How do I look?"
"Beautiful." He said as he stood to kiss me. "Now come on." As I followed him out of my mom's house, I smiled. I thought about the phone call I'd gotten from Jenn last month. She had called to tell me that she and Lance were getting married. Justin and I flew out to Atlanta were on our way to the wedding now. As we rode to the chapel, I thought about how great things were with Justin and I. I moved to Orlando a few months ago when Justin bought us a new home by his mother. His career is doing well and they are going back on tour next month. Their new album went diamond, breaking the record for the first album to ever go diamond within six months. I still keep in touch with Sara, Jenn, and all my friends back home even though I miss them a lot. Sara fell in love with a guy named Jake and is expecting his child next fall. Christie and I became good friends also, since she is always with JC. They have been together for over a year now and are very much in love.
As we took our seats, Justin laced his fingers through mine and smiled at me. "I love you." He mouthed and squeezed my hand. I squeezed back and thought about how much I loved him. And it was at that moment, I knew I would love him for the rest of my life.
THE END!