Chryce Beginnings

Chapter 18 - Start of JW

We started well. In fact, our whole filming time went smooth as butter. It was fun, and seeing the dinosaurs, especially the T-Rex, brought a lot of memories back from '93. I and Chris, on the other spectrum of things, soon forgot things and became besties.

But this while, I was getting more distant from Seth. We were having a horrible time trying to make up. In the first week itself, he had 45 missed calls and around 51 messages, including 38 sorry messages. I just felt saddened every time. He had cheated on me, but then I felt that pain of breaking off all contact with him, all for 9 days. 

But there was one person who understood my pain and helped me all this time. 

As I mentioned 2 paragraphs before (rather I the author am, I mean, this took place in my alternate COVID-free reality, so I'm telling it to you), Chris and I had become besties. Sometimes there was a feeling that things could go beyond. Thankfully, he was so nice a person that I forgot those fears more often than not.

We were chatting on a Saturday in my room, at around 7 in the evening. We had wrapped up the shooting for the day, and Chris was cracking his usual jokes, and we were discussing some things about the film. Just at that instant, I heard my phone ring. It was Seth.

Chris noticed, as I saw the name. My face fell on seeing it, and I just put the phone away. Tears were forming in my eyes. Chris seemed shattered on seeing me like this. 

"Was that.." not saying the name, knowing that it might be too much for me. How understanding and caring can people get? Chris is certainly one.

"Yeah.." I nodded my head, and wiped my tears. 

Chris sat silent for a while, and then said, "Do you want to.. talk to him? Just try to, patch things up well? I could go out."

I replied, "No, thanks. It's just.. he actually cheated on me.. with some girl named Olivia or someone.. I mean, you don't expect that after 8 years of being married, and, how could he just do this?!" I had raised my voice from the 'I mean', and Chris looked scared.

"I.. I'm sorry.. I just don't feel well at all.. it's, it's horrible.." I couldn't go any further. I just looked down. Chris said nothing.

Then I felt his hands on mine. "Hey.. you told me yesterday too, right? You two will be fine.. I'm sure you will be."

His words and smile melted me faster than the sun could melt ice cream in July. I looked up in surprise, and my eyes were more or less widened. But I smiled. When he was comforting me like that, there was nothing else I could possibly do.

At night, I tossed and turned, thinking about Chris, what he had told me, Seth.. I tried to put it out of my mind. But I couldn't. 

At around 12, I rang up Seth.

"Hello?" his voice came.

"Seth?"

"Bryce, I've been trying to call so many times.. how are you honey?"

I noted his use of that h-word. "I'm, I'm fine."

"Bryce, I.. I would never cheat on you.. please, believe me.. I'm sorry I couldn't go with you there.. it was my fault.. but, please, don't ever, think I would do that to you.."

His words of sorrow were genuine. I felt that hurt and pain.

"Seth.. it... I know you wouldn't cheat on me.. I.." I didn't really know how to proceed, given that I didn't expect such emotional words from him. "I love you.."

"I love you too honey. I love you so much.." his words had happiness written up all over them.

We talked for a good 20-25 minutes, and soon, I drifted off to sleep. I was happy, because I had made up with Seth. All, mainly because of that man who I'd never known before Jan.

Chris.