Something About Her || Jaeden Martell x Reader

Shoe scuffing

*y/n's POV*

Dad had warned me on more than one occasion to quit dragging my feet.

Before, I used to do it out of habit, but then my favourite sneakers got ruined. I remember feeling so upset.
It didn't help that once I started complaining and asking for a new pair, my dad gave me the "you did this to yourself" look.

I might have been only seven, but that situation did indeed make me stop scuffing the bottoms of my shoes everywhere I walked.
It lasted for eight years, it should've stayed in the past along with my old hometown.

That's how dad wanted me to look at things now. But nowadays I often stopped listening to dad, it was another thing I did to prove that I was still angry with him. That and shoe scuffing again. He had for sure noticed but I could tell he tried his hardest to get me to talk, or even stop dragging my feet.
Maybe it sounds like I'm going a bit too hard on him.

I get that we had to move for his business, I get that he needs to work in order for us to have a good life, and that I should be grateful for what I have.
Back home though,
I had everything.
So did dad.
We were happy, we had friends all around. Everyone knew each other in my old town.
It still feels weird to refer to it as "old".

It was old, that's for sure. More than half of the buildings were cracked and dirty.
But it had the cozy feel to it, which might sound a bit weird.
It was the one you get when you visit an old cottage or an old library.

Dad now stated that he never liked it much. Which I knew was a lie, he was just trying to convince himself otherwise and thought it would work on me too.

Another thing he said he disliked,
Was how you couldn't escape it.
He said that, because everyone was so familiar with each other, if you did something wrong, the word would spread fast.

I guess I could understand that, everyone knew us back then for the family of two.
Just me and dad.

Most of the adults would pity me for not having a mother.

For as long as I knew it was just us.
I know it hadn't always been this way, right now though, as dad pushed his cart in this clean smelling Walmart, and I walked slowly and sulking behind him, It was hard to imagine adding another adult to the picture.

A man, with a dark coat and jagged grey beard bumped his way past. I could smell the thick scent of smoke lingering in the air around him.
"Sorry" I said, out of habit.
He didn't even look.

It was hard to get used to this.
Canada was so different than Ohio.
Canadians were often stereotyped of being too nice for their own good. Which was true, in most cases.
Maybe I kind of deserved getting pushed for walking so slow,
but damn, could've apologized.

*authors note*
By the way, I don't mean to say all Americans are mean. Half my friends are American so I know that most Americans are nice, I just think most Canadian citizens are very polite and I'm just stereotyping. Sorry :/

*Jaeden's POV*

"I don't know about this"
"Me either, how do we know............shit, line?"
Not again, it was funny the first time but now, I kept forgetting this scene's dialog.
It wasn't a particularly hard scene either. This was my second time working with Maddie Ziegler. She never made me laugh or lose character,
it was on me.

"Can I go get a drink or something?"
I needed to clear my head.
"Yeah sure go ahead." The producer said.

Leaving the room, I went to find a water fountain or something.
I had a water bottle, but I needed a minute by myself.
What was going on? I keep stuttering.
Maybe I did it too much during the set of IT.
No, that wasn't it.
Would've been funny, but the reason was definitely because of the upcoming meet and greet.
At this particular one, I have to talk about the new show that was coming to Netflix that we're filming right now.

Well, supposed to be filming.
I can't talk too much about it if someone asks me a question.
We're going to be talking about the rules and what we're aloud to talk about, later in the week.
It'll be hard though, because I'm filming now, I'll forget what happens in what episode.
I know that we should know, because we're supposed to be watching the episodes on our own.
It would've been fine, except I have an a meet and greet with the IT cast,
the day the first episode airs.
The next day is the meet and greet.
Great.
I started walking back.
I really hope I can figure this out, and have enough time.