In the end

Chapter 12 - Are you hungry?

Holy crap. I swear no matter how many times I saw him he still took my breath away. I opened the door and wow. He was just standing there all his ridiculously perfect perfectness. "Hey" I said when I regained my ability to speak. He looked me up and down and laughed softy. Confused I looked down at myself and my mouth popped open in horror. Of course I would be wearing ratty pajamas covered in teddy bears instead of something from Victoria's Secret like a grownup. I blushed and he just shook his head and laughed again. "You look adorable." I rolled my eyes. "Oh shut up, I wasn't exactly expecting guests."

I realized he was still standing the doorway and felt rude. "I'm so sorry, please come in." I moved some books off the other chair at the table and motioned for him to sit. He closed the door behind him and took off his coat and I noticed he was wearing a simple dark grey v-neck t-shirt. I could see the outlines of his muscles perfectly and I blushed when I imagined how it would feel to run my hands over his broad chest. I quickly turned to the counter to hide my face and busied myself with grabbing a plate and glass from the cupboard. "Um, would you like a glass of wine with dinner?" I turned expecting him to be sitting at the table, but he was standing by the fridge examining the pictures I had stuck there. "Oh god don't look at those they're terrible." If I could remember correctly there were mostly pictures of me and Jules or Peter and Brady and some of the four of us from last years vacation acting like idiots. "No way these are great. You look really happy."

I set down another plate of lasagna and a glass on the side of the table opposite me. He had to sit a bit sideways because his legs were too long to fit under my little two seat kitchen table. "So do have to go back to work later or what." I motioned to the bottle of wine in the centre of the table. "No I'm done for the day." I picked up the bottle and poured some into each glass. "I really hope you're not a vegetarian." He laughed. "I'm from Texas, I don't think they even allow non meat eaters in the state." I loved the way his laughter reached his eyes." I looked over to him and noticed I had forgotten to give him utensils. I got up and grabbed a fork and knife and placed them next to his plate along with a napkin. "Thank you, this looks delicious." He ran his hands through his hair pushing it back out of his face and l felt this heat flash across my skin. I quickly concentrated on my plate so he wouldn't catch me staring like a creeper. We ate in silence but it felt like the air was charged with electricity or something. I tried to be sneaky and kept stealing glances at him be he caught me every time and somehow managed to smile while still chewing.

"Wow. That was seriously fantastic." I nodded and cleared my throat before speaking. "Yeah it's my moms recipe." "She must be a really good cook." I smiled sadly thinking about her. "She was." His face fell and he whispered that he was sorry. "It's ok it was a long time ago I was just a kid." I collected the dishes and put them in the sink. I didn't like thinking about that day if I could help it. He must have noticed the look on my face because he got up and came to stand next to me. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to bring up-" "No it's ok I just don't really like talking about it. Bad memories you know." I turned around to look at him trying to push the memories of my family away. "So, tell me about this party tomorrow." I went over to the table and handed him his glass motioning for him to follow me.

We went in to the living room and sat down on the couch as he started speaking. "It's a fundraising party for Misha's charity, we've had it every year since he's been on the show. It's pretty fun." I was actually impressed. "It's really nice of him to do that. He seems like a good guy. Jared smiled. "Yeah he's great, a little nuts but great." So is it formal or what should I wear." He got this guilty look on his face. "Oh god, what?" I asked him, getting a little worried. "Im guessing that I forgot to mention that it's a costume party didn't I." "Yeah. I think you did forget to mention the most important detail. I can't- I don't have anything to wear for something like that. And I doubt I'd be able to come up with anything by tomorrow." He looked like he was concentrating hard on something and suddenly he broke out in a grin, his eyes flashing to mine. "I think I have the perfect solution." He said and stood up and grabbed my hand. "Grab your keys." Trying to ignore the fact that he was still holding my hand and started babbling. "Whoa, wha-." He just pulled my towards the front door still grinning. "You need a costume and I happen to know where to get one." I fished my keys and phone out of my bag and slipped them into my pocket. Locking the door behind me we headed down the stairs. "Dude slow down were not all giraffes." He just chuckled and continued to pull me along as we darted across the street.

It finally dawned on me where we're going and I squeezed his hand making him pause. "Um. Are you even allowed to bring me- I mean I don't want you to get in trouble for having me here." He just smiled all slyly and pulled me forwards again. "Trust me it's fine for you to be here." We got to the set and he immediately started looking around until he spotted Pretty boy. Oops. I mean Jensen. "Hey man have you seen Liv anywhere. Jensen's eyes went wide when he saw that Jared was holding my hand. I blushed and looked down. "Jensen this is Bree." I put my hand out and he shook it softly. "It's nice to meet you Bree." He said, his eyes flicking back and forth between Jared and I with an amused expression. "Jay? Seen Liv?" He nodded his head to the side. "Yeah she's in makeup." Jared pulled me to a trailer off to the side and knocked once on the door and opened it.

There was a man in one of those hairdressers chairs getting fake blood applied to his face. The makeup artist was laughing at something he had said. "Hi Sara, you seen Liv?" She turned her head to the side and called out to someone I couldn't see. "Olivia, Jared needs you." A few seconds later a lady appeared in the doorway holding a massive amount of clothes all covered in plastic. "What's up Jare?" He smiled brightly at her. "So Bree here is coming to the party tomorrow and needs something to wear." I have her a wave and smiled an apology to her. "I thought who is the best, most awesome person I know?" He gave her the most adorably heartbreaking face. She just giggled and sighed in defeat. "Alright c'mon."