Chapter 25

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[Maeve's POV]

The day I arrived to Vancouver all I could feel was joy. Seeing my best friend again even if we only stopped living together for only two months was one of the best feelings ever. When I got called to LA I was really hesitant to go. I started modeling because it felt like the easiest way to be near fashion all the time I was already scouted by a couple model agencies, and I was one of those dumb people that thought that actually studying fashion was not a particularly respectable career. So I started modeling and just went with, before I could feel like I could regret it I was into deep.

I was always surrounded by big productions that required a lot of styling tho as my family worked in the entertainment business. Matthew specially worked in loads of projects, and he would take me to all of them, and when Eri started getting really big she would too.

My favorite ones were romance period films, like pride and prejudice or little women. I want to be buried in one of those dresses.

When I found out Matt was working with Eri again I knew I had to go see them and make sure she was alright. She thinks I don't know Matt treated her poorly and as I don't want her to close up to me as she does, I just let her. But I knew. I was the one to find her destroyed after their big fights, and a year ago when they broke up.

Meeting everyone in the JATP cast made me sure she would be okay. I hanged out with the guys the first day and besides being absolutely enchanted by Owen in every possible way, all I could think was that the way they talked about Charlie was the way I talked about Eri, and I wished he found a friend in him. So I was more than happy when I saw them talking in the stairs, I could just feel they had feelings for each other. Her eyes only lit up like that for a few people and her notebook. Of course, It was predictable that she would be too stubborn and naive to let him in but I knew she would eventually. What I couldn't have predicted is that it would be that bad.

The day she snapped at me, I felt my heart breaking in a million pieces. I knew she probably didn't mean it but I had a history of falling for guys too quickly and of being too air headed in that aspect of my life too. But I just knew things with Owen were different, and even tho I was mad at her, I noted that she was losing with someone what I had with him and even if it didn't feel great I pitted her a bit.

When she got me that job I felt the most peaceful I felt in the short 20 years of my life. I didn't want to leave him, nor her. I took the job the second the email got in.

In the road trip to LA to get my stuff Charlie brought Lily. Throughout the car ride we got to know her a little and even tho I thought she was nice when I first met her she couldn't keep the facade up for too long.

Charlie is the goofiest, most playful guy I've ever met, and she was just 'meh'. She wouldn't laugh at his jokes, nor join in the songs he made us sing. I had more chemistry with a neutral bar of soap than she and him had. I quizzed the guys all the way to LA about their projects, and they went on a full on rant about how in love they were with acting and music. I couldn't keep my eyes off Owen as he talked with his eyes twinkling about every single one of his roles or when he put on Broadway show tunes and sang them perfectly. And then there was Lily that looked straight bored. Owen and I, we didn't have much in common per sé, but we admired eachother.

I tried not to judge her so harshly as I was a little biased by being friends with Eri but something about her didn't resonate with me. Everything about her seemed fishy, but Charlie said they've been friends forever, so I just let him judge her character. It was none of my business.

Until one day. The day Eri and Charlie went to Garibaldi Lake. I was having a movie night with Owen and Savannah, which felt like hanging with Tweedledee and Tweedledum may I say, but Sav got a text from Sacha to go watch some live show they've been talking about, so she took off.

A text from Lily came through.

"Hey, do you have any idea where Charlie might be?"

I checked find my friends and saw Eri was driving towards Garibaldi Lake and I took a guess that that's where they were going. I hesitated before telling her but I decided that lying would only bring more problems.

"He and Eri are at Garibaldi Lake I think" I replied and put my phone down.

"Do you want to go out for a drive?" Owen said, turning to me and giving me a quick kiss on the cheek when I nodded yes "I'mma get your car, come down in 5 minutes"

So I did, and he waited me with the car's door open. I got in, and we just drove around Vancouver, making a bucket list of every single restaurant we had to absolutely hit later. While we drove I thought I saw someone I knew at the back of one of those restaurants.

"Owen, is that?" I asked, squinting my eyes to see better as he parked to take a better look.

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 I was too excited about this chapter to wait so here it is, I'll try and space out Owen's til tomorrow or something <3 


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