Careless Mistake
by Kelli
Part 10
May 2004...
Britney walked into the room and plopped down on the chair opposite Justin.
"Long day?" he asked.
She groaned and rolled her head around.
"I don't like rehearsals," she said.
"Too late, the tickets for your concert are already on sale," he said, flipping the page of the magazine he was reading.
"How was Mackenzie today?" she asked, barely lifting her head from the chair.
"She was amazing.....as always," he said not looking up from the magazine.
"I guess she's sleeping?"
"Uh huh...."
"I don't want to wake her to take her home....."
He set the magazine down. "Why don't you just stay here tonight, that way when she wakes up, you can see her...."
"Sounds good to me," she yawned.
"You hungry?"
She shook her head. "No, Rob and I picked up something on the way here."
She sat there for another minute, looking straight ahead. "Am I doing the right thing?"
"What do you mean?" he asked, leaning forward.
"By doing this tour and taking her out on the road? I mean you'll be promoting your new album and we'll hardly get to see you...."
"Okay, stop right there. I'm going to make time to see you guys. There's no way I'm going more than a week without seeing either one of you."
She felt herself smile. "Really?"
He nodded. "Yep. WEG knows it and so does Jive. I don't care if I have to miss an interview to go see you guys."
She knew her smile was so big right now.
"I'm glad to hear that. Oh, I saw plans for my new bus today. It's going to be so cool."
"Good....but don't make it all girlie, I might have to borrow that when Nsync goes out on the road this summer," he chuckled.
"Well, as long as I can go with...."
"You better," he winked at her.
They could hear Mackenzie crying on the baby monitor.
"I'll go get her. She's probably hungry anyway," she said, with a new found energy.
Justin sat there and listened to Britney talking to the baby on the monitor. He knew he should turn the volume down but he couldn't help himself.
"Awwww, hey there pumpkin. You hungry? Yeah, I thought so. Mama had a good day today.....yes she did. I got three of the routines down pat and we started working on another one. Maybe Brian will give me more time off if I learn them faster."
Justin smiled.
"Maybe we can talk daddy into bringing you by the studio tomorrow. Would you like that? Would you like to watch your mama dance?"
Daddy would, Justin thought. He ran a hand over his face and pinched the bridge of his nose.
He was in that same position when Britney came back into the room. "She was hungry," she said. She had her top off so she could breastfeed Mackenzie. She looked up at Justin. "You okay?" she asked as she sat down.
"Yeah, I'm fine," he said, opening his eyes.
His eyes got wide for a second. Of course he knew she was breastfeeding but for some reason wasn't expecting to see her with her top completely off. Thank God she still had her bra on or his mouth would have dropped open too.
"I was just thinking...." he finally replied.
"About what?" she asked as she settled back into the chair.
"About us....."
She looked like a doe caught in headlights.
"Like...." she asked.
He shrugged. "Just things in general."
He kept staring at Mackenzie.
"Does this make you feel uncomfortable?" she asked.
He chuckled. "Why would it?"
"I don't know...."
He shook his head. "No, it's a beautiful thing. I love to watch you feed her."
"Good," she said as she adjusted herself in the chair again and concentrated on watching Mackenzie.
She took her free hand and gently stroked the baby's cheek.
"I miss her so much. I can't believe it's only been a week of rehearsals....it seems like forever."
Justin could only imagine. In this past week where he had Mackenzie all day he had grown even more attached to his little angel.
"My mom called today and since she's in town she's going to do some research on agencies for nannies," he said.
Britney sighed. "Okay."
"We have to do it, Brit....."
"I know, I know. I just wish that......"
"I know, me too."
She looked up at him. "What was I going to say?" she asked, smiling at him.
"That you wish that one of us could always be with her so we didn't have to get a nanny," he smiled back.
She shook her head and looked back down at the baby as she smiled. "You know me too well."
"Yeah well....."
He studied his fingernails and she looked up at him with a soft smile on her face. When he looked back up at her she quickly looked back down.
"We haven't really talked about......seeing other people," he said softly.
This made her look up at him again. "Why? Is there someone you're interested in?" She tried not to sound disappointed.
He shook his head. "No.....I was just thinking. I mean what if some guy asks you out while you're on tour and I'm not there? What would you do?" He kept wringing his hands together.
"I don't know Justin. I'll cross that bridge when I get to it......what would you do?"
"I....I'm not sure. Right now I can't see myself being interested in anyone other...." he stopped himself.
The buzzer to the gate rang.
"You expecting anyone?" Britney asked.
"I didn't think so," he said, standing up to answer it.
"Hey man, it's Trace, I just wanted to drop something off," the voice on the intercom said.
Britney stood up. "I'll go feed her in your room."
"Okay. Go ahead man," Justin said into the box.
After chatting with Trace for a little bit, he showed him to the door and ran upstairs to his bedroom.
"Brit?" he called. "This is cute....Trace's mom got it for the....." he stopped when he saw that she and Mackenzie were asleep on his bed.
Thankfully Britney had placed a pillow on either side of the baby and was laying one the other side of one of them. Mackenzie started to fuss a little so Justin walked over and sat on the edge of the bed and picked her up.
"Shhhh, don't wake up mommy," he whispered.
She quieted down when he settled her in his arms. His beautiful little girl.....with the curly hair.
He sat like that for a few minutes when he yawned himself so he took her to her room and laid her in the crib.
"Sleep tight baby," he said before placing a kiss on the top of her head. "Daddy loves you."
He went downstairs to get the baby monitor and set it on his nightstand. Then he undressed and did what he needed to do in the bathroom. When he returned to the bed he rearranged the pillows and then took off Britney's shoes and socks. She must have showered at the studio before she got here because she smelled like her vanilla body wash. He found himself leaning in closer just to get a whiff of her. Once her socks were off he looked down at her and was trying to decide if he should remove any more of her clothes. She still didn't have her top on, only her bra and her sweatpants. They looked too hot so he gently started to remove them. She quietly moaned and turned onto her back as he pulled them down. Thank God she was wearing underwear. Once he threw the sweatpants on the floor he reached above her shoulders so that he could start pulling the sheet from under her so that he could lay it on top of her. Suddenly she reached up and wrapped her arms around his neck. He didn't have time to react before she pulled his face down to hers and began kissing him.
His eyebrows raised up as he tried to slowly pull away but she hung on. He looked at her eyes, yep, she was still asleep, or at least her eyes were closed.
"Britney," he tried to say against her mouth.
When he opened his mouth to talk, she slipped her tongue inside his mouth and at that point he couldn't help himself. He could feel himself getting aroused already. His hands and forearms were on either side of her head as he continued to attack her mouth. She felt so good. Her body was tone and her breasts were fuller because she was nursing. Her hands were gripping his shoulders tightly.
"I want you," she whispered groggily.
"Britney...." he said in a breathless tone.
"Now, Justin," she whined.
He waited until she opened her eyes.
"Are you sure?"
She nodded.
That was all he needed to hear.
