Catching Kelce

The After Party

Los Angeles
July 2023

Travis

Dua is different than I expected. I don't really have a type but I don't know why Kayla said I would find her unattractive. She's a beautiful woman. Dua could be a supermodel. I'm surprised by how kind she is. I didn't expect to be going to this party tonight.

Kayla and I are not speaking right now. We thought it would be better to not communicate until after the six months is over.

Now I'm walking up to the after party. Security is at the door. "Name?" The guy says.

"Travis Kelce." I say.

He looks up at me. "I'm a big fan Travis but your name isn't on the list. I don't want to lose my job." He says.

"Dua Lipa invited me." I say.

An unfamiliar voice from behind me speaks up. "He's good, no worries. Let him in." I turn around to see who it is and it's Ryan Gosling. Holy shit. The security lets me in and Ryan follows behind me. "Thank you for that." I say. "Dua texted in our groupchat you were her plus one. I don't think the security got the memo. Nice to meet you I'm Ryan." He says. He extends his hand and I shake it. "I'm Travis. I'm a huge fan of your movies." I say. "Thank you! Nice job on the Super Bowl this year. Let's go find everyone." He says. I follow behind him.

Music is playing as I see a bunch of people inside the lounge. There's servers walking around with food and drinks. I see Dua dancing with Margot Robbie and Billie Eilish. She changed into a sparkly mini dress that shows off her legs. The dress she wore to the premiere made it so hard to focus on anything. I could see everything basically not that I'm complaining. I can't deny she's beautiful.

Dua notices me as she waves me to come over. I walk over to her as she meets me halfway.

She hugs me which takes me by surprise. I think she's a little tipsy. "Hey NFL man." Dua says.

"Hey! This party is pretty cool. Nice outfit change." I say.

"I thought it was fitting for mermaid Barbie." She says and does a spin.

I catch her as she nearly falls over. I realize I'm holding onto her as she looks at my arm around her. I let her go and pretend that awkward moment didn't happen. She laughs.

"Let's sit down." I say. I grab her hand and walk over to a booth. I take a sit and she sits across from me.

"You should get a drink. I'll be right back." She says.

She gets up and leaves the booth.

"So this whole thing is going better than you expected I bet." A woman says who came out of nowhere. I don't know who she is. "I'm Shannon, Dua's assistant. I know about everything." She says. "We probably shouldn't talk about that here." I say. She shrugs. "She's into you. So whatever you're doing is working. Keep it up." She says then walks away. What a bitch.

Dua comes back with two pink drinks. "The Barbie special." She says. I laugh as I accept the pink drink.

We cheers then take sips.

"Tell me about yourself?" She says.

"My life is football. I've decided my entire life to it. I live in Kansas City. Right now I'm on off season so I'm on break." I say.

"I've never actually been to a football game. I'm from overseas. Football to me is soccer." She says.

"Oh that hearts my heart. You should come check out a game sometime when the season starts." I say.

"I have such a busy schedule coming up. This was my first time doing a major movie. I had no idea what went along with it. I have the Oscars press, Emmy's, and also need to work on music." She says.

"If you can fit a chiefs game in that schedule then I'll make it worth it." I say.

She smiles. "I'll see if I can have Shannon work around my schedule. She's my assistant. She's amazing." She says.

I can't tell her what I think of Shannon. This isn't me. I'm not the type of guy who lies but I'm stuck.

"Your accent makes sense now that I know that your from overseas." I say.

"I was born and raised in London. I'm Albanian and English." She says.

"I'm from a small town in Ohio." I say.

"So NFL man. How long will you be in LA?" She says.

Her nickname for me is funny.

"At least two weeks. The ESPYs are next week so I'm just staying at a hotel until then." I say.

"If you get bored while you're in town and would like to hang out. I wouldn't mind." She says.

"I would like to take you on a date if you wouldn't mind." I say.

"Yes, I would like that." She says.

Margot Robbie comes up to us. "You two are needed on the dance floor." She says.

Dua laughs. "We have to go with it." Dua says as she grabs my hand and leads me the dance floor.

The cast says hi to me as I see them. We all dance. Dua seems like she gets lost in the music as her body flows. It's sexy to watch.

Third person pov

Shannon watched Travis and Dua dance and laugh on the dance floor with irritation. Dua just got everything she wanted all the time. Life was so easy for Dua. All she had to do was smile and look pretty and men threw themselves at her. Shannon was tired of it.