The Way We Were

November Twenty-First

A couple weeks later I had thrown myself completely into the filming of the movie, I had nothing else to do nor anything to come home to. I had declined the invitations from my brothers to join them and their wives out to the club or to just hang out. I didn't want to go out to clubs anymore now that I'm gonna be having a baby.

During filming we shot most of the nude scenes...my nude scenes. I wasn't really bothered by doing them since I'm fairly comfortable with my body, so I let the others stay in the room if they chose to. Jack that cheeky guy of course stuck around. But as of lately Jack and I haven't been hanging out like we used to, since his girlfriend has been taking most of his time.

9:34 pm

After yet another long day of shooting, I changed into my regular clothes and took off the makeup from the day. I walked out of my trailer and was met by Jack who was standing outside waiting for me.

I smiled. "Well hello Mr. Huston, what brings you to this side of the parking lot?"

He smiled and bit his lip, "I realized we haven't had much time together other than filming, I was wondering if I could take you out to dinner tonight?"

Walking down the steps I hugged him and kissed his cheek, "I'd love to. I've missed you."

He kissed my cheek, "I've missed you too."

We linked arms as we usually did. We walked to his car, since we rode together this morning. I got in on the passenger side and he went around the other side, starting the car and driving off.

We laughed together and talked, listening to music as he took us to wherever. We drove into the West Village and parked across the street from this restaurant called The Little Owl.

"Oh Jack, we're going here? It's almost impossible to get in." I grinned.

"I called ahead, two weeks in advance. I wanted us to have a special night out." He smiled, "C'mon, let's go."

When we went in the host took us to a table for two in the back of the restaurant. The lighting was low and the music was soft and contemporary. Just as soon as we sat down the waiter came and offered us a glass of wine.

"I'll have one, she can't." Jack chuckled.

"I'll just have a water with lemon." I smiled.

When the waiter left I started laughing, "You make it sound like I'm some sort of recovering alcoholic."

"Sorry." He laughed.

I leaned back into the seat and looked around the restaurant. "So where's Shannan tonight?"

After taking a sip of his wine, "Visiting her family, she invited me but I just told her that we were gonna be shooting pretty late tonight."

"And does she know you're out with me tonight?" I teased him.

"Does Caleb know you're out with me?" He laughed.

I lifted my hands in surrender, "Alright, you got me there."

He chuckled.

"Are you alright? You've seemed pretty sad lately." He asked.

I shrugged my shoulders, "I just miss Caleb. I've been trying to keep myself occupied by working, and at home I'm cleaning all the time, or painting, or watching movies." I laughed.

"Well we should hang out more, to keep your mind off it." He smiled, touching my hand on the table. "And on the topic of movies and hanging out, I thought we could go to one tonight."

I grinned, "Yeah I'd love to! Man, it's been so long since I've gone to a movie. The last one was when I was in Tennessee, I don't even remember what I watched." I laughed.

"Awesome, so we'll go after dinner." He smiled.

During dinner we tried to keep our laughter and conversation low when we noticed people watching us and whispering to each other. One lady even "discreetly" took a picture with her phone. I made a face at Jack and rolled my eyes, "Oh the downside of being famous."

He smiled, "Well we're pretty much done here, are we?"

I looked down at the empty plates and nodded, "Looks like it." He signalled to our waiter for the cheque. After he paid he held out his hand to take mine, I smiled and took his as we began to leave but I was stopped by the lady with the phone.

"Excuse me, hi I'm sorry. Would I be able to have an autograph?" She asked, checking in her purse for something.

"Oh, sure." I half-smiled, taking the receipt and pen from her to quickly sign my name. "Here you go, have a good evening."

"Oh wait, I know you're probably busy, but could I quickly get a picture of you?" She asked.

I looked at Jack and he nodded, I looked back at the lady. "Okay." She stood up and held out her phone, I had to crouch down a bit since she was shorter than I. I smiled and as soon as a picture was taken, I said goodnight to her and her party and left with Jack.

When we got in the car he started laughing at me, I lightly punched his arm. "Let's just go."

He drove us back into SoHo to a theatre and we parked in the underground parking lot. Together we walked into the theatre, this time not as noticed as we were at the restaurant. Standing in line we looked up at the movie choices.

"What do you wanna watch?" He asked, looking up.

As I looked through the movies, I saw that Drive was here. The film I was supposed to go to the premiere of with Ryan.

"How 'bout Drive?" I suggested.

"Yeah sure, the previews for it look really good." He said. When were called up he purchased two tickets for us. Afterwards we went to get some drinks and candy before going into the theatre. Inside the theatre, we were concealed by the darkness which was a relief, and we found some seats at the back of the theatre, my favourite place to sit.

We shared our candy with each other and sat close together. He lifted up the armrest in between us and I moved closer to him, his arm wrapped around me and my head on his shoulder as the movie began. As we watched the movie, my heart couldn't help but feel like it was being crushed as I watched him on the screen.

The film was so captivating and I couldn't help but admire his acting, as I always did. Even if we were at the rockiest part of our relationship, or whatever this was, he would always be to me an amazing actor who did everything with such ease. Not only was this movie perfect because of him, the visuals and soundtrack were amazing. I couldn't help but shed a few tears as I watched, but I quickly wiped them away so Jack wouldn't see.

My heart raced as I watched the screen, I even felt the urge to call him when I get home, but I convinced myself otherwise. I just finished watching the movie with Jack.

When the film was over it was already 1 am, so we went back home and Jack walked me up to my door.

I smiled and hugged him, "Thank you Jack, I had an amazing night."

He hugged me back and kissed my cheek, "I'm glad. I want us to hang out more. You mean a lot to me."

I placed my hand on the side of his face and smiled. "We will. Goodnight Jackie boy." I walked into my apartment and turned on the lamp by the door, closing the door after me. I was so tired I just tossed my keys onto the table and didn't even bother turning on the other lights. I went into the living room and laid down on the couch.

"I'll just close my eyes for a bit."

There was a knock at my door, so I got up to go answer it. When I opened the door Ryan was leaning against the door frame. He came in and shut the door and pushed me against the wall, he was panting as he looked down at me, and then he cupped my face and kiss me passionately.

"Let me love you." He looked so sad as he looked into my eyes, he then buried his face into my neck and began kissing me more. I closed my eyes and pressed my head against the wall behind us, running my fingers through his hair and tugging on it.

He lifted me up and when he did we bumped into the table by the door, knocking it over.

I quickly opened my eyes and sat up. Panting and looking around as my heart raced. I looked down at the floor, my phone was vibrating, it must have fell off the table. I picked it up and checked it out; I missed a call from Caleb.

"That was a weird dream." I sighed, rubbing my face, getting up from the couch and taking off my coat. I walked to the door, seeing that the table was still standing upright, and as I hung my coat up I looked to the door. I opened it just to check if anyone was there; no one, the halls were dark and empty.

I closed the door again and went up to my room, taking off my clothes and pulling on one of Caleb's shirts. Crawling into bed, tired beyond belief, I fell asleep right away.