Chapter 23
For the past few days, Justin has been hanging out with Zayn more than he does with Ariana. She tried not to think about it, because she wanted to focus on the wedding which is today.
She's one of the bridesmaids and she was waiting for her turn to walk down the aisle. She looked around to see if any of her friends showed up. She only saw Selena, Tori, Demi, Niall, Liam, and Louis. She wondered why Justin and Zayn didn't show up yet.
When the flower girls and ring bearer were walking down the aisle, it was the bridesmaids's turn. Ariana was too busy looking around to pay attention, until one of the bridesmaids gave her a light push. Ariana walked down the aisle with the other bridesmaids.
Justin and Zayn finally showed up at the ceremony. Ariana frowned when she saw Perrie with them. She looked away, not letting anything ruin her mood on her mother's special day.
The bride finally walked down the aisle with her father. Ariana smiled at how beautiful her mom looked in her dress. She looked at Robert's reaction and he was amazed.
The officiant said a few words about marriage before they exchanged vows and said their "I do's."
"You may now kiss the bride!" The officiant cheered.
Joan and Robert kissed, as the crowd cheered and clapped for them. After that, they went to take pictures while everyone else went to get refreshments.
"Looks like we're family now." Harry gave Ariana a hug.
"Yeah, I always wanted a big brother." She hugged him back.
They pulled away when they saw Selena walking towards them.
"Looking good in that tux." Selena smirked at the curly haired boy.
"Looking good in that dress." Harry imitated her voice, causing her to laugh.
They both went to meet up with their other friends, while Ariana went over to Justin and Zayn. She ignored the fact that Perrie is with them.
"Whoa." Justin eyed Ariana up and down. "You look amazing, babe."
"Thanks, you do too." Ariana blushed.
She noticed how attractive Zayn looked in a tux. She didn't want to stare, but he was doing the same as he bit his lip. Perrie saw them staring at each other.
The blonde gave Ariana a fake smile. "Cute dress, but you're not at a club, dear."
"Huh?" Ariana furrowed her eyebrows.
"You're dress is too short for a wedding." Perrie rephrased what she said.
"Aw, are you going to tweet about it like how you tweet about me being a nosy little bitch?" Ariana asked, sarcastically. "I'll even pose a picture for you."
Perrie was shocked, not expecting her to say that. She glared at her in response.
"What is going on?" Zayn asked, confused.
"Nothing. Let's get some food." Perrie pulled Zayn's arm, as they both walked to the food table.
"Is there some tension between you two that I don't know about?" Justin asked the little brunette.
"She tweeted about how I'm a nosy little bitch because I heard her talking shit about Selena with her friends." She told him.
"What the hell? I thought she was cool."
"Well being student body president doesn't necessarily make you cool."
"No, not that. She gave me a free hall pass so I can see you at last period the other day."
"Why would she do that? I thought your teacher gave you one."
"I don't know. She was with Zayn when I asked him if he had any extra hall passes, and she gave me one."
Ariana furrowed her eyebrows, wondering why Perrie gave him a hall pass. She looked over at the blonde girl who was flirting with Zayn.
"Is she dating Zayn?" Ariana asked Justin.
"No, why?" Justin asked back.
"That explains everything." Ariana said, looking back at Perrie and Zayn.
Justin followed her eyes, confused. "What do you mean?"
"She's jealous." Ariana answered.
"Of?"
"Of Zayn liking me and not her. I don't get why he's always with her or invited her to-"
"Wait, why are you worried about her being jealous of Zayn liking you or her being with him? Do you have feelings for him now?" Justin asked, interrupting her.
"No, it's just that she shouldn't be jealous when I'm already taken by you. That's why she gave you a free hall pass, so I could be with you after school and not Zayn." She told him.
His face expression went from confused to angry. "You've been seeing Zayn?"
"No, I didn't mean it like that! She would think Zayn would still try to get with me and-"
"Zayn told me he wouldn't do that."
"But she would still think that."
"Again, why are you still worried about her?"
"Ok, you know what? Let's just pretend we never had this conversation." She said, wanting to avoid an argument.
"You still didn't answer my question." He responded, angrily.
"Can't we just drop it?" She asked, getting annoyed.
"Not answering my question makes me think you have feelings for him!" He snapped.
"I don't! Now can you shut up and stop asking questions?!" She raised her voice, causing some people to look at them.
His jaw twitched and he turned around, walking away.
"Justin, wait!" She went after him. "I'm sorry."
She pulled his arm and he hesitated.
"Babe." She frowned.
"Am I really your babe?" He gave her a stern look.
"Of course you are, you know that." She said, still frowning.
"I actually don't know anymore. It sounded like you were denying your feelings for Zayn back there. Why can't you just tell me the truth?"
"Fine, I will. I had a crush on you since we first met. Those feelings disappeared for a while since you moved. When I moved here and saw you again, those feelings slowly came back. When I found out you liked Selena, I tried to move on. That's when I started to become interested in Zayn. He asked me to be his date to the carnival the day before. I waited for him and he never showed up, but you did. When you kissed me in the photo booth and told me that you liked me, I was shocked. Even though I was trying to move on, I felt something when you kissed me." She explained.
He looked at her with an unreadable expression on his face, not knowing how to respond. Then he looked at someone behind her. She turned around and saw Zayn who looked hurt. Her eyes widened, wondering how long have he been behind her. She opened her mouth, but no words came out.
"I-uh...have to go..." Zayn walked passed them.
Ariana ran after him. He heard the sound of her heels hitting the ground, and he turned around.
"Zayn, I-"
"You used me." He cut her off.
"I didn't!" She defended. "I did like you."
"Because you were trying to move on!" He raised his voice. "You know, I actually thought we had a connection."
"That doesn't mean I used you!" She yelled back. "You don't understand."
"You're right, I don't understand." He crossed his arms.
She sighed. "I just didn't want to get hurt again."
"Well congratulations." He said sarcastically. "You didn't hurt yourself, but you hurt others." He walked away.
Ariana thought it was going to be a good day, but instead it's the opposite.
A/N: I don't know how weddings are suppose to go, so please don't judge me lol.
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