"Thanks for staying through the storm." I smiled at Conor as we stood on the deck, enjoying the first rays of sun since it started raining. "No problem. I’ll see you around." He smiled and started walking off.
"Wait, will you do me a favor? If you see Jeremy can you tell him to come over sometime?" I asked awkwardly. He turned back toward me, "Sure." He nodded and walked off, leaving me staring at his back, and eventually the spot where he used to be standing. Something about this tells me that me asking him that ended our relationship; or whatever it was. It’s sad, but I guess I pretty much have more in common with his mom.
Snapping out of it, I ran into the house when I heard my phone ringing, but of course by the time I got to my phone, it had stopped ringing, but blinked with a voice mail. Pressing play I listened, "Hello, Jennifer this is Mike, from the recording studio. I’m calling to convince you to come back to LA, you could make this record awesome, but this band is lost without you. Please consider it, call me back and we can discuss everything." Maybe I should go back to LA…
Before I could continue thinking about it, Jay walked in. I must’ve woken him up. "What’s that face for?" He asked ruffling my hair.
"That was Mike, he wants me to make the record with the band." I explained, and started the coffee maker. "Do it. Dad, Ryan, and everybody could take care of El for a few months, then you’d get to do something fun, and make money. Do it."
"Jay, it’s not that simple." I stalled, "I have school, and I have a job. I can’t just drop that." Jay thought for a moment before responding, "You can drop it. You’re almost done with the classes you're taking, and you can quit your job to pursue something different. You know you want a music career, you could learn how to work the boards or whatever you want to do and you’d be awesome at it. Come on! How long would one album take?"
"I don’t know Jay, I don’t think I could be away from Elli for that long -"
"Yes, you could, or we could both go and take her with us. It’s an awesome opportunity. You could do it. We could do it."
Jeremy’s P.O.V
Conor telling me that Jennifer wanted to see me, made the rest of my day hell. Watching the clock, waiting for 3:20 to roll around. And finally it did. I knocked on her front door and waited until she pulled the door open. "Hey," she whispered nervously, "Um, Let’s go for a walk." She smiled slightly and stepped outside pulling the door shut behind her. "So I guess you made your decision?" I asked, trying to skip the stupid small talk, that neither of us wanted to talk about. Her face fell to a frown and my heart sank. She’s going to say no…
"Not really." She whispered and stopped to face me, "I’m going to go back to LA. Just for a few months and then I’ll be back... but I think we should see other people. Jeremy, you know how I feel about you, but I think we need space. This whole on and off thing is driving me crazy. I need to figure out my life. I need to figure out who I really want to be with. I don’t want us to be together if neither of us are 100% sure it’s what we really want. I’ll be in LA for 4 months, then I don’t know what’s going to happen from there. I might go on tour, or I might start working with Mike… You know the guy from the record company? I’ve already figured it out with my dad and Ellie is going to stay up here with Ryan, and I’ll be up here every other weekend to be with her. Let’s see what happens over the next four months. You might find some amazing girl with less than half the issues I have and you might fall in love with her. Let’s just wait and see what happens." She finished and leaned toward me before connecting her lips with mine. Locking her arms around my neck, I pulled her closer and we kissed with an intensity that felt like we both were scared of the next four months and to be honest I am. I’m terrified of what is going to happen because I know she could have any guy she wanted… what if she doesn’t want me?
Jay’s P.O.V ~1 week later~
"Relax. Everything is going to be fine. This is for the best." I whispered to Jennfier as the plane started to descend back to solid ground. We’re about to land in LA, and I’m about to see the love of my life; Ashley. Sure I’ve seen her a few times since we moved, but now I’ll be with her for the next four months, and after that… who knows? I’ll probably stay here, and hopefully Jennifer will figure out what she wants. Hopefully she’ll meet a guy that won’t hurt her.
"Welcome to Las Angeles; the current time is 10:22 pm. Please stay in your seats with your seatbelts fastened until we have stopped at the gate and the captain has turned off the seatbelt light. You are now welcome to use cell phones and other electronic devices. Once the seatbelt sign has been turned off, please use caution opening the overhead bins for contents may have shifted during the flight. Thank you for flying with us, we hope to see you soon." The flight attend announced and Jennifer pulled out her phone and impatiently pressed the power button waiting for it to turn on. "Calm down! It’s only been an hour." I mumbled and she stopped abusing the button finally. "I’m sorry, it’s just so weird…" She whispered and put her phone back in her pocket before closing her eyes and taking deep breaths.
"I’ll grab the bags, meet me at the end of the ramp." I instructed Jennifer and pulled our bags out of the overhead bin. She’s freaking out for no reason, everything is going to be fine.
Stepping into the airport, after walking up the ramp that goes to the plane, Jennifer was sitting on one of the chairs on the phone. "Hey dad, just wanted to let you know we landed. Love you." She spoke into the phone and hung up as I walked closer to her. She took her bag from me and we started navigating to baggage claim. "Welcome home." I smiled and pushed her toward the escalator. What I didn’t expect, was a guy to walk right in front of her and for her to run into him, making him spill the coffee in his hand. "Jay!" Jennifer shrieked as the coffee landed all over both of them. "I’m so so sorry." She mumbled to the guy, "My brother is a complete idiot. Let me at least buy you a new coffee?" She offered politely.
"I’m sorry, I didn’t think you’d walk in front of her if I pushed her. It’s my fault not hers. Really let us buy you a new coffee." I agreed and the guy shook his head. "It’s fine. Not a big deal, I was going to have to throw it away anyways once I got to baggage claim. It’s not necessary." He finished, "I’m Anthony by the way." He finished and took Jennifer’s hand.
"I’m Jennifer, this is my brother Jay." Jennifer introduced and her cheeks turned red. "Again, I’m really sorry. It was nice meeting you." She finished and turned back toward the escalator so I followed her. What the hell was that?
Jennifer’s P.O.V
We finally got to baggage claim, and Jay saw Ashley. She ran into his arms and he picked her up and spun her around before they stopped to make out. It was like a scene from a movie, and sickening. No one really falls in love like that. It’s all a stupid lie.
With coffee still all over my light jacket, I pulled it off and sat down on the luggage carousel. I know there are signs everywhere saying don’t let your children play on it, but I’m sitting on it, I think I’ll be ok. "Third wheel, eh?" Someone interrupted my thoughts and sat next to me. Anthony? I guess he’s a stalker now… but he’s a really hot stalker.
"Yeah," I stuttered and looked away from them to glance at Anthony. Damn he is pretty hot. "Where’s your boyfriend?" He asked in his amazingly sexy Canadian accent, looking back at me. I’m Canadian, what can I say I’m a sucker for the accent. "I don’t have one." I sighed. Why did he have to ask that?
"What? You don’t have a boyfriend? You’re gorgeous." He flirted without looking away from my eyes. His green eyes are mesmerizing. "I just got out of a relationship, sort of…" I mumbled, "It’s complicated I guess." I whispered. "I know we just met, but what would you say to telling me about? Over breakfast tomorrow? I don’t really know anyone in town, but I’d like to get to know you." He asked so bluntly that I literally moved away a few inches. "I’m not a creepy stalker or anything, but I just switched to UCLA and I don’t know anyone who lives here; except you." He added with a cute smile that I couldn’t resist. "Ok, why not." I replied. He smiled victoriously and glanced over toward Ashley and Jay who were still making out.
Before he could say anything else, a loud buzzer went off, causing me to jump off of the carousel and barely stop from screaming. "A little jumpy eh?" Anthony laughed at me and took my hand, "I’ll protect you from the luggage." He mocked. "jerk." I mumbled sarcastically and couldn’t help but laugh as he kicked the first bag that slid onto the carousel.
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