Careless Mistake
by Kelli
Part 3
June 2003...
The sun seemed to come up way too early. Britney moaned and threw her arm over her eyes. She let her other hand flop back down on the bed, but it landed on something hard.
Her eyes flew open.
Oh God.
She shut her eyes...it hurt too much to have them open.
Oh God.
She let her hand travel along the body until she found the face. She felt around, recognizing the lips and the nose, immediately. She shook her head and bit her lip when she felt the shaved head.
Justin.
Oh God.
Justin woke up when he felt someone feeling his face. He rolled over to face her, not opening his eyes.
"Justin?" she said faintly.
"Hmmm?" he asked. Maybe if he acted like this wasn't a big deal then they'd be ok.
He still didn't open his eyes.
"Justin, do you realize you're in bed with me and we're both naked?" Britney asked.
Justin opened his eyes.
"I realize that now," he said.
Ow, that hurt, so he shut his eyes again and covered them with a hand. When he brought his hand up from under the cover, it accidentally uncovered Britney. When she noticed this she immediately grabbed the sheet and held it up to her chin.
Justin had opened his eyes and noticed this movement. He rolled his eyes and flipped over so that he was laying on his back.
"God Brit, I've seen you naked before."
"I know," she said.
"What time is it?" he asked, his hand still shading his eyes.
"It's noon."
"Damn. I've got to get going. I've got sound check and then the show tonight."
He sat up and let the world swirl around him. "Whoa," he said.
"You okay?" she asked, almost touching his back.
"Yeah....don't sit up quickly, ok?"
She laughed. "Don't worry, I'm not moving from this spot."
"Ok then," he said, patting her leg as he swung his legs to the floor.
He looked around to see if he could find his boxers, but he didn't see anything clothing on this side of the bed.
"Uh, I think they're over here," Britney said. She slowly scooted over, reached down and found his boxers.
She flung them over to him.
"Thanks."
Finally he made his way to her shower and turned on the warm water. When he got in, he let his head soak for about fifteen minutes.
I slept with Britney last night, was all he kept replaying in his mind.
And it was incredible. Just how he remembered it.
Britney laid in bed, staring up at the ceiling. Suddenly she panicked. Protection. She hadn't taken her pill yesterday.
Oh God.
She sat up quickly, pulled the sheet off of the bed and ran downstairs with it wrapped around her. She made her way to the kitchen and saw that she had five messages waiting on her answering machine.
She opened up a couple of cabinets until she found a glass and then her packets of pills. She popped out two and took them both with a swig of water.
Suddenly she felt dizzy so she grabbed the sink with her free hand to steady herself.
"Whoa there, you okay?" Justin asked when he saw her standing like this at the sink.
"Yeah....just like you, I moved too fast," she giggled.
He put his hands on her waist to make sure she was steady on her feet. Her heart did flip flops when she felt him leaning against her back.
"Were you thirsty?" he asked when he realized she was still wrapped in the sheet and holding a glass of water.
"Um, yeah, kinda."
He then noticed the case of birth control pills in her hand.
"Oh....okay then. Well...." he wasn't sure exactly how to approach this. "I'm going to have to go. We should probably talk about what happened between us last night."
When she turned around he was rubbing the back of his neck. He did this when he was nervous, she remembered.
"Why? We were both a little wasted and we needed each other for one night," she said softly.
"Yeah, but it was that night. You know as well as I do what June fifteenth meant to us...."
She nodded and bowed her head, studying the edge of the sheet, laying on the floor.
"Well, it doesn't matter why we needed each other, we just did. You've got to get ready for your show tonight. Go ahead Justin."
He took a step closer to her, which made her look up at him. She watched him as he leaned down and gently kissed her lips.
"Try to come to one of the shows, okay?"
She licked her lips and nodded.
"I will."
