If You Only Knew

Chapter Eight

"Oh..um..h-hi.." he stammered. "Umm, his name is Driver.

I was speechless. I could not believe that he was actually standing in front of me. Why was I speechless? I don't even like the guy! Or maybe I do..

"H-hi.." I stuttered. "Cute dog you have there."

I'm standing in front of a celebrity and that's all I can manage to say!? Nice one Bella.

"Thanks!" he said. "So what brings you to the beach?"

"Umm, I just needed some fresh air-to clear my head." I stated.

"Well it's a great morning for that!" he said. "I love taking Driver for walks along this beach. There's no one ever here so it's peaceful for us. Would you like to walk with us?" He asked me.

"I would like that," I said, trying to hide my nerves.

"I'm Josh by the way," he said, holding out his hand to me.

"Bella," I said, reaching out to shake his hand.

The moment our hands touched the butterflies started all over again. By the look on his face I think he felt the same way. We quickly dropped our hands to our sides, not knowing what to say. Josh spoke first.

"So do you live around here or are you just here for the summer?" he asked.

"My friend and I have an apartment just up the road about ten miles from here," I told him. "We moved here about two years ago to finish school."

"Where did you go?" he asked.

"UCLA. I'm a writer and just received my bachelor's in creative writing."

"That's really cool!" he said. "I'm not good at writing myself so I respect anyone that has any amount of talent in it."

That made me smile and Josh noticed. However it was his next question that totally blew me away.

"So how did you like the premiere?" he asked.

I couldn't believe it. He actually remembered me! Josh Hutcherson, the star of the Hunger Games, remembered me from the premiere. That must mean he remembers the moment we had. I couldn't think of the words to say so I just said,

"It was definitely something different. So many famous people in one area."

Josh laughed at this.

"Yeah, it gets crazy. Lots of screaming girls!" he said.

"Tell me about it, I live with one of them."

Josh busted out laughing when I said that.

"Oh yeah," he said. "I think I might remember her. Did she take a picture with me?"

"Yep!" She couldn't stop looking at that picture all night. I almost had to take the camera away from her on the way home so we wouldn't crash!" I told him.

Josh laughed again and said,

"Some of those girls are crazy! One of them managed to somehow sneak her number into the pocket of my jacket-someone by the name of Raven?"

Oh crap. He found it.

"Ummm yeah, that would be my friend..." I said clearly embarrassed.

"Well then, why don't I give her a call?"

I watched as Josh pulled out his cell phone and began dialing her number. I couldn't believe he was actually calling a fan, even if she was my friend. He didn't seem stuck up like I thought he would. He was different. I liked different.