Unexpected Romance (editing)

Chapter 2

"He wants to know if you will 'fake date' me for a few months."

Wait WHAT. Why is this happening again? I get its to get Daniel in the public eye more, but I don't want to be followed around by men in cameras. And I definitely don't want people to hate me for dating a guy who just so happens to be famous.

How long will it last? Where would I stay? Whats in it for me? Im supposed to be finding a job this summer. I had just bought an apartment, and now I'd be leaving it. What if Daniel turns out to be a jerk just like every other celebrity and we can't pretend anymore?

"People do that?"

"Yeah, all the time." Alex answers

I sigh and ponder over it some more.

"Look, like I said you don't have to. But you might need some money or maybe you've always wanted to be famous? I don't know, but whatever it is, Daniel can pay for it ten times over." Alex tells me.

"Why me? I mean why not go hire an actual actress or a model or something. I'm sure dating someone famous would draw more attention to him than dating me would." I tell them.

"I don't want to risk anything. Hiring actresses can be very tricky. If you let one girl know, you let a couple girls know and if a lot of people find out about it then it is harder to keep them quite." Alex answers and I sigh.

I really am in debt. I have to pay off too many college loans and electric bills to not consider this. Looking at them, I nod. "Fine. Ill do it."

As soon as the words leave my mouth, Alex starts talking again. "Okay, so in 2 days you both will fly out to Daniel's house in London where you will live for the next couple of months. I don't care what you do in there, but when you are out in public make sure you act in love. Or be protective of her? Yes! Thats good! And Jane, you can act shy? Oh this is perfect!"

I can feel Daniel's gaze looking me but I turn my head so I cannot confirm my thoughts. Instead I see Alex exiting Daniel's apartment while talking to himself.

I stroll over to the bar stool and sit there while Daniel finds his cereal and starts eating.

"So what now?" I ask.

"We have sex."

My eyes shoot open over to him.

"You're too gullible." He says laughing at me.

"Jerk."

*END OF FLASHBACK*

I sit on Daniel's couch in silence as I flip through channels on the TV. Finally I settle on Law and Order and grab a blanket to cover myself with.

Daniel and I have barely talked to each other all day. We went and grabbed my stuff from my apartment this morning and then got lunch before coming back here to his hotel. I had to dress somewhat nice when I was in public which was already starting to get on my nerves. I usually wore jeans and a sweatshirt but now it had to be jeans, boots, a leather jacket and a nice tank top or something like that. It wasn't actually all that bad but I prefer to hang around my apartment in sweats.

I pull my wavy, long, brown hair back into a bun like I usually did when I was alone when Daniel walks in. He pauses the TV and sits next to me, but keeps his distance.

"Tell me about yourself." He tells me.

"Way to be forward." He gives me a look that tells me to answer his question.

"What do you want to know?" He shrugs.

"Okay. Umm. I was born in Washington to my two parents. Im an only child. My mother died when I was 12. I went to college out here and just recently decided on staying here. My friends took me out for a graduation-clubbing night out sort of thing and now here I am.... Oh and my favorite color is blue." I add on to make my life sound a little less depressing that it was. Even so, my story wasn't technically all true. Most of it was, but not all of it. I could never bring myself to tell anyone how sad and pathetic my actual life is. I don't like pity and I never will, especially when it's over me.

"Im sorry about your mum." He tells me.

"Thanks. Now its your turn." As I place some loose strands of my hair into my bun, I watch as Daniel begins to ponder on his life and what to say to me. Over the short 24 hours of knowing him, I have noticed that when he gets frustrated or is thinking hard that his eyebrows furrow.

"Okay. I was born in London and grew up with 3 other siblings, Martha, Eleanor, and Ian, and 2 parents. I started acting at age 9 I think and got my first part in the movie 'Tamed'. After that, my career just kind of took off. I recently realized that I needed a break and thats what I got, so I went clubbing the last night and here I am. Also, my favorite color is red." He told me.

"Red is such a horrible color."

"It is better than fucking blue." He laughs and I think I see him scoot closer to me. I play the TV and we watch Law and Order until we both can't keep our eyes open any longer.