Chapter 1 - Flashbacks
[Claire]
"Oh my gosh Claire! Are you kidding me? You still have those photos from junior high. Oh gosh that one was embarassing!" Justin said, while scrolling down, looking at the photo album that Claire has on her macbook.
"Apparently i still do, from what you can see here," Claire giggled softly.
"Here let me hold it," Justin then moved in closer to her and took her macbook out of her grasp. Claire let out a soft yawn. Hearing this, Justin puts on his prankster face. Smirking.
"Oh no no no! don't you dare give me that face Bieber! I knew you too well, and I know what you're about to do.." Claire has one of those panicked face on her face.
"Well, you better run away then," Justin said. But it's way too late to run away. Justin was now tickling her. He still have that smirk on his face. Claire laughed loudly.
"N-n-nooo pleassee-e-e st-t-toop justinnn!" Claire managed to complain trough Justin's tickles. Justin keeps on tickling her and tickling her. Although, Claire always enjoyed having silly moments like this with Justin. It's irreplaceable..
Claire woke up with a start. Feeling a thud on her chest. This is the second time the whole week, that she's dreaming about him. Those dreams are like flashbacks. Oh gosh, i bet he's forgotten about me now. He's so famous and all. And I'm not even beside him while all this is happening.
Yeah, Claire Montgomery, knew Justin Bieber. Yes, as in the world-wide heartthrob, every girl's dream guy, and a talented artist from Stratford, Ontario, her lovely hometown. In fact, Claire knew Justin from when she was only 5. They have been childhood friends forever. And they would never get tired of that fact. And yes, Justin was hers, and he promised to never let her go. But something happened..
When Claire and Justin were 14, Claire moved out of country, to Indonesia. This lovely asian country, that has wondrous nature everywhere. Claire has to moved there because of her dad's job. Claire really did everything she could to stay at Stratford, but she couldn't. And just as easy as that, she left. She left Stratford and all its memories behind. She left Justin, Megan, Ryan, and Chaz. She knew that her dad needs this job. She knew that her dad doesn't mean to hurt her by doing this. All her dad wants for his family was, probably for her own good, for a better life.
"Oh my god, Claire I've missed you so much! You missed lots you know. Your last visit was like, over 3 months ago!" Megan said to Claire. Claire couldn't help it. She burst into tears right then and there. She missed her old bestie so much!
"I've missed you lots and lots too. My dad have been busy you know. You do remember right, that my dad told me i couldn't travel alone until i'm 18? Well I'm still 17 now, so i have to go with dad" Claire said flatly. She managed to hold her overflow of happy tears back. She then hugged Megan really tightly.
"Whoa whoa hold on girl, we guys want hugs too!" Chaz's voice called from the distance. She heard the voice of shoes running towards her from behind. And then a pair of hands tapped both her right and left shoulders.
"Oh my gosh, i've missed you so much Chaz!" Claire said while turning to hug Chaz tightly.
"Ahh, missed you too Claire! Lots," Chaz replied. The tone of surprise could be heard from his voice. Where he left it hanging there.
"RYAN! There you are! Oh my god i've missed you lots!"
"Me too Claire, me too," Ryan said while hugging her tightly. Claire wonders, where the heck is Justin. Usually, he's the first one to welcome her back, but now, she couldn't even see him around.
"Guys, where is Justin?" Claire asked the three of them. They shrugged uncomfortably.
"Didn't you know Claire? I thought he still talked to you and vide chatted with you. Did he ever mentioned it to you?" Megan said. "Oh gosh, he didn't tell you, didn't he?"
"Tell me what?" Claire said, slightly getting curious. "What else, girl! About him of course. He has been signed to Island Records. Don't tell me he hasn't told you yet" Ryan said. "What?! Are you guys serious? He never told me that, although the last word I heard from him was like around a week ago actually. He said that he missed me and he wished that I was there beside him. But before that he never mentioned any of the things about him getting signed to Island records. I mean, what the heck, that's big and he didn't even manage to tell me of all people?!" Claire answered, getting caught up in the moment. Anger flushes through her. How could Justin never tell her this. This is serious stuff, he's gonna be famous someday, and he doesn't even want to tell her this?! How could he?!
"Well I guess, we should try and call him right. For the record, Claire, he's in Atlanta working on a project, with his manager, and USHER! We thought that you already know about this Claire," Chaz said while searching Justin's number on his contact list..
Claire still remember that day. The day when Justin didn't show up to greet her, and she expect otherwise. Claire stiffled out a sigh, and walk out of bed.
[Justin]
"Biebs! Hurry up and get dressed, you're gonna have a recording session today okay? And don't forget you have to make time for writing!" Scooter yelled loudly from the other room of the hotel. "Alright, Scooter!" Justin yelled back to his loving-manager.
They were in LA at the time for a special recording session and talk shows. Justin wasn't completely focused on this. He has been thinking about a lot of stuff. Mostly about his old flame, Claire. Oh gosh, I've missed her so much. I wish she's here beside me now. I'm glad she forgives me for not telling her the big news though. Oh I wish I could visit her. But, damn she's so far away in Indonesia. I guess if I'm gonna have a world tour, I have to make time for that real special country. I want to make her my OLLG of the night. Justin thought quietly. He has daydreams about Claire all the time. How he wished, that he could call, text, or im with Claire all the time. But that's pretty impossible with Justin's now hectic schedule.
"Scooter?" Justin called for his manager. Scooter came up to him immediately. "What bro?"
"I just want to know, will get a day off sometime later, maybe?" Justin asked, wanting to know desperately. But he didn't show desperation on his face of course. "Yeah sure. But not today okay? Cause we have plans and you have a lot of work to do. Maybe two days from now. What do you wanna do anyway?" Scooter asked back.
"I just want to know.. Cause I'm feeling kinda tired sometimes" Justin said, accompanied by a big sigh. Scooter just nodded and walked away. Justin get the memo that they'll talk later about this. Oh Gosh, I just want to go to sleep..
And slowly, he rested his head on a pillow, and drift to sleep, snoring softly as he did so..
[Claire]
"You're gonna love it here Claire. I promise okay? You're gonna make new friends too! I'm sure of it,"
"Yes Claire, your dad is right. Maybe you're pissed off by this sudden move we've recently made, but we, your parents really hope that you could understand. This change is good for you and I hope you'll get along with it when you're ready okay?" Mom stated. Clearly hoping that I would like to reply. But I really don't want to reply any of what my parents are saying. Because at that moment, they're totally ruining my life!
"Claire, I know that you're mad at us, but please, we have explained to you okay? So please understand," dad said pleadingly. I walked out of the room, went upstairs, and slam the door to my room so hard 'cause I feel like I'm gonna burst.
Yes, I remember that time. I was so mad at my parents about all of this 'moving out of country' thing. It pissed me off very much, since it was too sudden. But thank God they were right. I know I don't like it here as much as I like Stratford, but this country is nice. They pretty much have anything, except maybe awesome theme parks. But there are a lot of malls here, especially in Jakarta, the capital city. And that's where I live too. Oh, and yeah, I've made a few friends, but no one and i mean it, NO ONE, could ever replace Megan, Justin, Chaz, and Ryan. They're just too unforgettable.
What I really don't like here, after around 3 years of living here, is the time differences between Jakarta and Stratford are so long apart. So when its like morning here, its night there, and the other way around. God I hate that.
So today, I'm actually going to the mall with my Indonesia best friend, she goes to the same school i go to, and she's pretty cool. Her name's Trina and she has some Australian blood since her mom's a native there. Anyway, we're planning on taking our minds off things. Like me, she moved to Indonesia from Australia too, so we have instant connection because of our similarities.
I'm holding my phone at that time, when suddenly it vibrates and came the sound of my ring tone. I look at the caller ID. It's Trina!
"Hey!"
"Hey gurl! Are you ready for our plans?" Trina answered from the other line.
"Almost. Actually I need you okay? Come faster please, cause I'm in a wardrobe emergency!" I said. I really really don't know what to wear. Yeah I guess, I'm that kind of person, easy to get tired of my things.
"Yeah sure. I'm almost there okay? Hold on girl!"
"Okay then," and after that she hung up the phone.
Over the next few minutes I spent my time reading magazines, since I'm kind of bored to the max at that time, and then I heard a door bell ring. I quickly made my way out of the room and ran downstairs. Its probably Trina. I quickly walk to the front door of the house and open it.
"Hey Trina!" I said in greeting. Very glad that she have arrived. She's wearing a turquoise liberty print cardigan with a crisp white shirt underneath and jean shorts. Some necklace and an old locket (It was from her mom, since a very long time, and she never took it off) plus our best friends charm bracelet completed her already gorgeous look.
"Hey Claire. What's up? You said you needed help in the wardrobe department?" Trina asked, the expression of excitement on her face. Yeah she really has a thing for fashion and all of that stuff. Really she always seems to follow the trend. What's in and what's out, you ask her. She always knows. I'm not really that big of a fashionista like her anyways, so I desperately need help on this.
"Yeah, come on!" I replied. She then followed me into the house and walk beside me to my room. Once we've arrived. She go straight to the closet and opened it. She took out a purple studded crop top and a maroon short shorts. Wait, I've never seen them before. The clothes still have price tags on them, maybe I forgot that I've buy those.
"Oh my gosh, I don't even know I have these! Thanks a lot to you, Trina!" I exclaimed loudly.
"Whoa, slow down okay? I'm not even finished completing your outfit her, Claire," Trina said. "Don't interrupt me okay? Cause I really want to concentrate and make boys go gaga over you!" she said while looking over my jewelry compartment. I shut up immediately. She then took out a long necklace with a puzzle charm and another necklace which has a spongebob face on it.
"These would look perfect on you, dear. Go change okay, I'll wait here," Trina said. I nodded slowly. "Oh Gosh! Thanks a lot Trina, you really made my day!" I said excitedly. I quickly went into the dressing room and change. When I've finished I walked out.
"How do I look?" I asked.
"Oh my gosh, you look absolutely perfect! Purple really matches your skin tone!" Trina replied. I really don't understand how she does this. Everything she matches really went well. Well, when I tried matching my own clothes, it ended up being clashed, and didn't work the way I wanted it to be. So I always need this girl's help, right here, most of the time.
"Come on then! Let's go and hit the shops!" I said excitedly, picking up my purse and quickly snuck into a pair of Supras. And off we go.
