Ben Affleck | The Square Affair

(to) run into each other

"Then what?" Henry asked, expecting there to be more to Ben's story about how he had met a young charming girl than where he had just stopped talking.

"Nothing," Ben said with a shrug of his shoulders. "She left with that boy and I haven't seen her since." Henry took a swig of his beer before saying, "You don't have a number?" Ben ran a hand through his hair. "There wasn't exactly time to exchange numbers."

"Well then at least you must have a last name, right?" Henry asked, not quite believing the inability of his co-star to get a hold of the woman that had obviously been occupying his thoughts lately. When Ben heaved a sigh Henry knew the answer to his question. "That's too bad, mate. Sounds like she could take your mind off Jen."

"She did," Ben said, thinking back of the night she had left that party with him.

Ben had invited Henry to spend some time at his house in Savannah to get his mind off ending things with his girlfriend. She was 19, so Henry had no reason to judge Ben when he had told him (YN)'s age. Henry knew what it was like to fall in love with a younger woman.

"So what do you plan on doing?" Henry asked, but Ben just looked at him questioningly. He therefore added, "To find (YN), I mean."

"It's not like there's anything I can do. Besides, she made it pretty clear that she doesn't want to see me again."

If Ben only knew how wrong he was...

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Another night, another movie. This had been going on for weeks now-- ever since (YN) had watched Gone Girl. As soon as she would come home, she would put on a film that stared Ben-- whether and old one or a recent one. (YN) didn't care as long as she could see him. She wasn't obsessed with Ben, but there was something about the actor that kept her coming back for more every night. Be it his acting, his looks, his voice or his smile. (YN) couldn't stop thinking about him and wished she hadn't left that day. She thought about him constantly and kept an eye out for him when she went downtown. Going to his neighborhood wasn't an option, given that the security wouldn't let her pass and she didn't want them to notify Ben either. What if he didn't want to see her? What if he wasn't even there?

(YN) wanted to stop by the store on heir way home from work to get herself something to snack on while devouring another one of Ben's movies. She grabbed some fruit and popcorn and waited patiently for her turn at checkout.

While waiting in line, (YN)'s thoughts were interrupted by the man standing in front of her.

"Would you like to go ahead of me?" he asked politely, pulling (YN) from her daydream. She didn't miss his light British accent and looked up curiously. "Hm? Oh no, I'm not in a hurry," (YN) lied. She couldn't wait to get home to her awaiting movie, but she didn't like skipping in line. Especially, when the other person had just as many items as she had. Where was the point, really? And if that was his tactic of hitting on her, she couldn't care less.

While (YN) returned his smile she took in his handsome features. She had to stop herself from gasping when she realized who he was. Henry Cavill. Was he shooting a film in Savannah?

"No, please, I insist. My friend isn't even here yet with the rest of our stuff." (YN) was too perplexed to react to his words, just staring at his handsome face.

"Actually, he is." A voice (YN) had gotten quite familiar with sounded from behind her unexpectedly and she dropped her popcorn, completely staggered by Ben's sudden appearance. This had to be some kind of joke, being sandwiched by two Hollywood stars.

"But you can go a-"

Ben stopped talking when (YN) turned around and he realized who he was talking to. He looked at her with his mouth agape and blinked a couple of times, making sure he wasn't hallucinating. But (YN) was just as surprised as he was, not having pictured running into him at the grocery store out of all places.