Breaking Point

Memories

As Maribelle, Celeste, Austin, and Alex got back to the room, they were shocked to see that it was empty.

"Didn't they leave before us?" Maribelle asked, confused. Alex wrapped his arms around her shoulders and she blushed.

"Maybe they went to Justin's room. Maybe they got it on." Alex said, and Austin and Celeste laughed, but Maribelle hit him in the stomach.

"That's not funny." She said, but saw his expression and started laughing.

"I'm sure she's fine." Alex said, and pulled her close to him, causing her to blush.

"They're probably just like... watching a movie or something." Celeste suggested, and Maribelle nodded. "Let's just... I don't know, what do you guys want to do?"

"I can think of a few things." Austin said suggestively, wiggling his eyebrows at Celeste, who blushed a deep red, causing the rest of the group to start laughing.

Jennifer awoke with a gasp, the room semi-dark, when the door opened.

"Hey, you're awake!" Justin said cheerily, and Jennifer looked around the room, not recognizing anything.

"Where am I?" she asked groggily.

He sat on the bed next to her. "You fell asleep in my room, so I just left you here instead of carrying you to your room. Is that okay?"

Jennifer scratched her head in confusion. "I guess..."

Justin laughed. "I'm sorry, are you uncomfortable?" he leaned in closer to Jennifer, who smiled.

"I'm going in the studio." She said quietly, and stood up to put her shoes on.

"I'll go with you." He started to stand up, but Jennifer stopped him.

"No!" she cried, then blushed as Justin's face changed expressions. "It's okay. I'm gonna drop by my room anyway before Belle shoots up the place." She replied, and Justin laughed.

"All right, I'll see you later." He said, and Jennifer nodded shyly and walked out of the room, headed to her room.

"You're alive!" CeCe cried when Jennifer emerged from behind the door. She slightly smiled and went to get her workout clothes. Jennifer changed into the bathroom and threw her hair in a ponytail.

"You're leaving again??" Maribelle whined, and Jennifer smiled again.

"Studio. I just need to clear my head." Jennifer replied, and grabbed her phone and keycard before anyone else could ask any questions.

Jennifer plugged her phone into the stereo system, started her music, and started doing her usual stretches.

She started dancing to One Love by Justin Bieber, twisting and turning gracefully, her eyes closed, letting her body be consumed by the beat, disregarding the routine for the song on stage, making up moves as each beat hit.

I don't want, want nobody when I got, got your body, baby no, no nobody

The lyrics ran through Jennifer's head, and she raised her arms above her head and did a few spins to clear her jumbled thoughts. She couldn't help but to hold on to Jeremy, but at the same time, another emotion was creeping into her heart.

"Okay, you ready to see this?" Jennifer asked Jeremy, who was watching as Jennifer practiced dancing. They'd already been in the studio for over an hour, but neither of them wanted to leave.