True Love | Book 2

Chapter 4

Chapter 4:
(Josh)

I set both of our coffees down and then I sit down across from her on the picnic table. Her hair is so shiny and black, I wonder if it gets really hot. "We gotta hurry because filming starts in like 15 minutes." I say taking a drink of my coffee. "It's nice that we get to film right next to a park isn't it?" She asks smiling at me. "Yeah, Jennifer would love it." I say thinking about how we had to used to play with the props during breaks. "Who's Jennifer?" She asks snapping me back to the present. "She's just this girl I used to work with. She's very energetic." I say. "Oh, I see." She says smiling at me making me laugh. Her smile is adorable.

After filming I drive to the store and start walking around. My phone rings and I answer it, seeing it's my mom. "Hey mom." I say picking up a flower pot and looking at it. "Hey josh how are you? I haven't heard from you in like a month." She says. "Uh okay I guess sorry I haven't called." I say setting the flower pot down and looking around. "Just okay? Is something going on I should know about?" She asks. She always seems to understand what's wrong. Maybe I should just tell her but how can I do that when I don't even understand the problem myself? "Things with me and Jen haven't really been that great." I say. Fuck why'd I say that nothing's wrong. It's all just in my head. "Like what?" She asks as I pick up a bunch of flowers. They're all different colors and they're tied together at the stems with a rubber band. They're fake so they won't die I guess that's good right? I don't know much about flowers. "Well I don't really know. I've been working on this new movie so we barely get any time together and she isn't that fun anyway because she's pregnant and everything I do makes her really mad or sad and so she's always with Liam and I'm always on set and we haven't had sex in like a long fucking time." I say examining the flowers in my hands. "And whose fault is that?" She asks making it sound like a real question when the answer is obvious. "Mine." I say with a sigh as I look at the shiny clear vases in front of me. "Okay so you wanna know how to fix it?" She asks. "Yes that's why I'm talking to you!" I say loudly, attracting the attention of a few customers. "Just talk to her about it. Quit the movie if you want. Fucking take her to dinner and tell liam to fuck off for a few days so you can fuck your fiancée it's not that hard Josh." She says, I've never heard my mom swear that much in my life. I mean she does but not all in one conversation. She must really care about my relationship with Jen. "Okay thanks mom." I say as I'm checking out. The guy gives me a weird look when I hand him the flowers. He probably thinks I'm buying them for my mom.

I find Jen upstairs in our bedroom and I hand her the flowers. "Josh these are beautiful!" She says hugging me. "What's the occasion?" She asks continuing on putting the clean clothes in the closet. "No reason I'm just trying to be nice." I say, she can probably tell I'm lying. "Okay... I'm gonna go get a drink and I'll be right back." She says walking out. I can hear her footsteps on the stairs. Ugh, Josh think what do you wanna say? I sit down on the bed and think about what my mom said. Jen walks back in holding a diet sprite, it's not in a can so I don't think we bought it at the store. She sits down next to me on the bed and smiles at me before taking a drink. "So I uh actually wanted to talk to you." I say nervous every time I look at her I forget what I wanted to say. "Okay then talk." She says starting to play with my hair. I move so I can lay my head in her lap and look up at her as she gently pulls my hair. "Where did you get that drink?" I ask trying to distract her from me. "Liam bought it for me. We went shopping with Jena today." She says quietly. Maybe it just sounds quiet because I'm not really listening. "So what do you wanna talk about?" She asks, seeming to sense that wasn't the real reason I'm talking to her.

A/N: please comment bc I like reading your reactions to each chapter and stuff.