For the next 2 weeks, Justin had been at the hospital ever day. One day, his personal assistant came to the hospital to check to see if he was ok.
"Are you sure you don't want to come into work today?" Justin's personal assistant, Keri, asked him in a worried voice. He didn't want to go into work. All he wanted was to stay here with Britney. Ever since the accident, he seemed distant. The only people he would see were Britney and Laylee.
Not wanting to say anything, he just whispered, "I can't." and walked away. Keri stood there in the hospital hallway with a blank stare on her face. Lynn's right, her son is stubborn! Keri thought to herself. She knew how much Justin loved Britney. She remembered a 8 months ago when Justin bought the engagement ring for Britney.
~~Eight Months ago~~
"Hey Keri," Justin said with a huge smile on his face. Keri looked at the bag in her boss' hand and threw him a suspicious look. "Come here, I want to show you what I got for Britney" They walked over to his desk as he opened the Tiffany's bag up to reveal the diamond engagement ring.
"Wow, Justin. Brit's gonna love this." She said. She hated to admit it, but, she was jealous. Justin was always getting some sort of jewelry for Britney and her boyfriend, who has a better job than Justin, never gets her anything nice. For their one-year anniversary, Justin gave Britney a diamond bracelet. What did her boyfriend give her? Nothing!
"Yeah, she called before I went out for lunch and said that we needed to talk tonight and I've been thinking about proposing to her for the longest time now," The only thing that Justin didn't know was how his life was really going to change.
"Mr. Timberlake, you've been here for 4 hours today, go home, see your family. I promise to call you when Britney gets out of surgery." Brit's nurse, Christina said to Justin in a concerned yet official voice. Over the past couple of weeks, Justin has been in here ever day, night, and any time they had visiting hours. His mother was taking care of Laylee and she, too, was concerned for Justin.
"Chrissy, I can't. What if she dies during surgery?"
"Justin, I promise you, if anything happens to Britney, I will call you. Here, call your mom and tell her your spending the day with her and Laylee. Your daughter need you." Chrissy said with a little laugh in her voice. There was a lot of tension between her and Justin and Justin didn't find her laughing very funny. He knew if he didn't call his mother, Chrissy would call her herself and have Lynn came and pick her son up.
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Later that day, Christina called Justin at work. Keri had convinced him that it would be best if he came into work considering the fact that he hasn't been there in over two weeks. He was on the floor, playing with Laylee, when Keri came into his office. "Brit came out of surgery," Keri said to her boss. She knew it was really hard for Justin to come in today and work, so she told him to bring Laylee. She loved his daughter like she was her own. "The surgery was a success. She awake and wants to see her baby." With that, Justin jumped up from off the office floor and grabbed Laylee. Putting his daughter in his assistant's arms, he grabbed Laylee's diaper bag and put all the toys he and Laylee were playing with away, took his daughter out of Keri's hands and ran out of the office onto the elevator. Keri stood in the doorway of his office staring at him with her famous blank stare. Quickly, she ran to meet him at the elevator, which was not even 10 feet away from his office. "I'm coming with you." Keri said as the elevator doors closed.
Running across the 1st floor of the office building, everyone was staring at them. Here they were, running through an office building with Laylee in the baby carrier, Keri with the diaper bag. Everyone was getting out of their desks just to see what all the commotion was about. Which was rather funny if you think about it.
Justin halted a taxi over considering the fact that he nor Keri had a car with them at the moment. They all get into the cab and Keri told the driver to take them to the hospital. The reached the hospital and Keri paid for it. "Timberlake, ya owe me $4.50." Keri said as Justin turned around and gave her a yeah right, in a million years look. They got onto the elevator and Justin looked over at his daughter. For the first time since Britney gave birth to her, he really realized that he was a father. He had sex with his best friend and fathered a baby. He quickly pushed those thoughts away as the elevator door opened. Stepping out of the elevator, Justin met up with his mother and Britney's nurse, Christina aka Chrissy.
"So, how is she doing?" Justin asked Lynn. In his mind, he knew how she was doing. Better than he was.
"Better, she wants to see you. She says she needs to talk to you." With that, Justin walked into Britney's room to find her laying in bed, looking at a Cosmo magazine.Those were always her favorite magazines Justin thought as he made his presents known.
"Hey Justin, I really need to talk to you." Britney looked over at Justin. He just nodded his head for her to go on. "I'm sorry about what I said two weeks ago. Laylee's not a mistake. Even though her father is you." She said with a little laugh following. "Justin, what I'm saying is that I'm sorry I was acting like a bitch I was -" Justin cut her off with the most passionate kiss she's ever received.
"Ya know, every time I saw you throughout that pregnancy, I hoped and prayed that you would come running back to me and move in with me so that we could live together and I would know all the things about pregnancies and be ready for you to give birth to Laylee. But you never did." Justin said with a little sadness in his voice.
"I'm sorry. I told you that I was acting like a bitch. When I found out that I was pregnant, I freaked out. I didn't want to tell you, but Laura Lynne told me I had to. Justin, that night I told you, I was scared. I was afraid to love and afraid to be close to you." By this time, Justin was starting to understand why she ran out that night.
~~Eight Months earlier; Justin's house~~
"I have to get the house all ready, Trace!" Justin yelled at his best friend whom was just sitting at the kitchen counter drinking a beer and giving him a "So what? Can't ya see that I'm busy?" look.
"Yeah, so? Brit won't care what the hell your place looks like, J." Trace said
looking around the house. Dishes were in the sink waiting to be washed, newspapers were strude around the living room. Magazines were on the counter in a huge mess. The place looked like a tornado just whipped through it in 2 seconds flat.
"Trace, ya told me that you would come over here to help me clean this place up!" Justin said. "I need this place to be cleaned up in an hour and a half. THAT includes living room, kitchen, dining room all cleaned, dishes washed, and a romantic dinner cooked. Understand?" Sure, Justin knew that all the jobs couldn't be done without some help. Therefore, his mother was coming to help and should be here any minute now.
"Yeah, yeah." Trace said as he put the beer down. The doorbell rang and Justin jumped up to get it. Swinging the door open, his mother stood there stunned at the mess.
"You really do need my help." Lynn said to her son. Sometimes she can't believe the mess he lives in.
Not even an hour later, the whole house was cleaned. The next task that was on the edge of compeltion was a romantic dinner. "Mama, thanks again for helping me clean. Trace over there just sat on his ass most of the time." Justin said with a laugh. He looked over at his roommate who had a beer in his hands, yet again, and laughed.
After the dinner was made, which took a half hour, Trace left to go to the movies to yell at the screen, which was one of his favorite things to do in his spare time. Justin sat in the couch when he heard a car pull in the driveway. Quickly, he did a check list to make sure he had everything he need. Yup, he had everything. Britney took a deep breath before slidding the key in the hole. She opened the door only to be greeted by her best friend, Justin.
"Justin, we need to talk." Britney said as she followed Justin in the kitchen.
"Britney, I have to ask you something." Justin said not ready for the news that he was about to recieve.
Tears were now coming down Britney's cheek. "Justin, I'm pregnant!" She said running out the the kitchen and out of the house. Justin stood there stunned. He couldn't believe what he just heard.
"wha- Wha?" Justin said to an empty house.
"Britney, how come you never come back?" Justin looked at Britney's eyes. Blurry and gray, they seemed, for the first time, to not have an answer.