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“Babe, what movie do you want to watch?” Rodney said as he hands her a mug of tea.
She’s under the covers wearing a white tan top and black boy shorts. Piper is spending the weekend with Clyde so she lets Rodney stay over to keep the loneliness away. They have been dating for a couple of months and she knows he is in love with her and she wishes she could feel the same way about him but she doesn’t.
“Thank you honey” she says as she grabs the mug from his hand “how about maybe a scary movie”?
He gets on the bed,holding her sweetly. He gets the remote and starts looking for a movie they can watch. A smile comes over his face as he finds one.
“How about this one. Poltergeist”?
“Yeah, I haven’t seen this one” she lied.
She had been trying really hard to make this relationship work because he is a good guy; he cares about her, he makes her be active, he truly centers her in a way. As they lay there in silence watching the movie she is looking at the screen almost lost in a trance. She is lost in her thoughts. Thinking about the man who she really shouldn’t be thinking about. They watched this movie together in his apartment after a long night of shooting when the last thing she wanted to do was go home to a man who would reproach the late hour and how she should spend more time with him. Spending time with David was easy. The hours could literally fly by. She missed him. She missed their friendship more than anything. Lately they really didn’t speak unless it was a word written on their scrips. He was changing so much lately she almost couldn’t recognize him. Lately he was always in a bad mood and was being especially hostile towards her. It seemed to her that as she was starting to get control back on her life he seemed to be losing his. She was startled brought back to reality as she felt Rodney kissing her neck and his hand inside her panties making her jump.
“I’m sorry baby, are you ok”? he asked concerned.
“Yeah, no, I’m sorry... I’m just really tired” she said quietly feeling bad for letting him down yet one more time.
“It’s ok... I know you’re tired” he kissed her forehead and started to get out of bed
“Where are you going?”
“Um, I’m going to go home Gillian, Clearly your mind is somewhere else or on someone else so there is really no point in me being here now is there”
“Rodney that’s not true”
“Isn’t? I’m tired of being just a choice for you when I’m ready to give you my world, it’s clear that your heart it’s not in this relationship so what’s the point of even trying anymore” he shouted
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“Cut” Chris shouted “That’s a wrap for the day” everyone was beyond ready to go home
“David, Gillian can I have a word with you two” he asked them. They both approached him quietly
“Remember tomorrow you guys are presenting at the Golden Globes, you guys are arriving in the same limo and walking the red carpet together...um, try to act like you don’t hate each other please” they both nodded at him like two school children who had just been scolded.
“Alright then, I’ll see you guys there” he said walking away
They stared at each other for a moment before he walked away from her.
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David was on the limo on his way to her house to pick her up to go to yet another Award show. How he hated having to do them, he was finishing his third drink and was certainly ready for another one. He was so uncertain of how he felt being alone with her. He was annoyed beyond words yet nervous. He wanted nothing more than to honestly talk to her and be kind to her, but instead he was just an asshole to her all the time, even he could not understand his actions. The driver parked at her house and got down and waited for her to come out to open the door for her. David stared thru the window. He almost choked on his drink watching her come out in her plunging tight black dress. She truly looked beyond stunning. The driver held the door open for her as she climbed inside the limo.
“Hi” she said quietly it almost sounded like a whisper.
“Hi” he said coldly and went back to finishing his drink.
Control yourself He thought. God. She looks so good.
She sat quietly looking outside the window fumbling with her clutch bag; He made her nervous when he was cold and distant. She could smell the alcohol from his breath. This was going to be one long night.
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The night went by pretty well, they walked the red carpet together, did interviews, posed for pictures. The party was just another party which Gillian couldn’t wait to get out from. She walked towards the pool with a drink in hand and sat in one of the lounge chairs. He followed her but stayed by the door just watching her. She felt his eyes on her and turned around.
“Are we leaving now” she asked
“Do you want to leave already” he asked nicely
“I do actually... if you want to too”
He smiled at her for the first time in weeks.
“Let’s get out of here”
The ride back was much lighter, especially since he was basically drunk. He sat really close to her playing with the hem of her dress.
“You know.... you look really, really GOOOOD in this dress Gill” he slurred as he nuzzled her neck “and you smell sooo good too” he said as he gave her neck a peck
“David, you’re ...”
“Drunk” he answer “maybe but Gosh you’re absolutely stunning in this dress”
“Stop” she said. She was already feeling light headed from the drinks she had at the party and him being so close to her was definitely making everything spin around her.
He put his hand on her chin and held eye contact with her. His face was so close to hers she could feel the warmth of his breath.
“Please...” he said rubbing his nose against hers “Just. One. Kiss.”
She closed her eyes as his lips crashed into hers; he pulled her into his lap where he raised her dress so she could straddle him. His hands were everywhere. Touching every part of her body. She knew this was wrong but she needed him now like she needed air. As much as she wanted to stop she couldn’t.
They stop when they felt the limo Stop. They had arrived at her house. They were both trying to catch their breaths. The driver open the door and held it open waiting for her to get out. David stared at her with pleading eyes.
“Um.... Do you want to come in?” she asked
A smiled came to his face.