Beautiful (Ariana/You)

Chapter 6

"Hello, are you listening to me?" Ariana said.

I looked over at her. We were at her house on the couch watching movies. Well she was watching movies. I was too busy thinking about seeing Jhené tomorrow.

"Yeah, sorry. What did you say?" I said.

"Is something bothering you?" Ariana asked.

She paused the movie and looked at me.

"You don't have to pause it." I said.

"I wanted to. You just seem out of it today." She said.

"Do I really?" I asked.

"Yes, since you've walked in the door." She said.

"Damn, I'm sorry. I'll pay attention to the movie." I said.

"Tell me what's wrong." Ariana said grabbing my hand.

I looked down at our hands together. I laced my fingers with hers.

"I am just not feeling good because I have to go over to my ex's house to meet her new baby tomorrow, and I really don't wanna see her boyfriend or her. I mean I'm excited to meet the baby, but I really hate seeing that she's with someone else." I said.

"You still love her?" Ariana asked quietly.

"No, I don't. Well I love her, but I'm not in love with her. She is just a really special person to me now, but even though I know I'm over her, I can't help but to get upset at the fact that she has a normal life now." I said.

"What do you mean normal?" Ariana asked.

I looked at the confusion on her face, and I sighed.

"It's nothing. I'm fine, really." I said.

"Well I could go with you." She suggested.

"You wanna go with me?" I asked.

"Yeah, of course. I could at least try to make you feel better while I'm there." Ariana said.

"I don't know. It might not be as fun as you think." I said.

"As if you're ever fun." Ariana said.

"Oh so I'm not fun?" I asked.

"No." She teased.

"I'ma remember that." I said.

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"I don't think you can go looking this good." I said to Ariana.

She laughed as she walked to my car. She was wearing ripped jeans with a red sweater and a heels. I blocked the passenger side door.

"Can you just do your little chivalry thing and open the door for me?" Ariana smiled.

"No, I think I wanna look at you for a minute." I said.

"What is there to look at? You see me all the time now." She said.

"What is there to look at? Are you crazy? I could look at your hair, I like the half pony by the way. I could look at your smile. I could look at your eyes. I could look at your dimples. I could look at your body." I said.

I immediately shut up after my last comment. Ariana stepped closer to me.

"You wanna look at my body?" She asked.

"I said I could look at your body." I said.

"So you want to?" She asked.

"Stop confusing me." I said.