7 comments/ 30270 views/ 21 favorites Lights, Camera, Romance 01 By: StolenCandi He looked over at the sleeping woman beside him. Another red-head, and it didn't even look natural. He rolled his eyes cant believing that he fell for second best . . . again. Sighing, he got up and searched the floor for his boxers and pants, finally locating them and tugging them on. He threw his shirt on and grabbed his phone and keys. The girl stirred in her sleep. "Pathetic," he muttered to himself, walking out of her apartment. ~~~@~~~ Two hours later, he was in one of his favorite apartments in California when his phone rang. "Hello?" he toweled his jet black hair. "Daniel, I just got you another movie." His manager, Martial send from the other end of the line. Daniel groaned loudly. "Again." I just did a billion dollar one two months ago. I'm running out of things to spend my money on." "C'mon." Martial begged. "Fine, whats the name of this one?" "I haven't gotten all the details yet, but in this one you get to play sweet and innocent." "As if I dont do that enough." He took a deep swig of alcohol straight from the bottle. "Yeah, well, all the shooting is being done in New York, so make sure you're there for the meeting party tomorrow. If I tell them you're coming, the place is gonna be pretty packed." "Any other celebs going to be there?" "Yeah. We got Hannah Poe, but she says she's only gonna do it if you're there." Daniel rolled his eyes. Hannah Poe, been there done that, he thought to himself. She was just as self conceited as the rest, only different was that she gave great head, but he was bored with her. Her perfectly straight blonde hair with its signature blue eyes and skinny as a twig body one gets from starving themselves, Hannah Poe was one of the biggest country singer and the biggest whore he had ever had the pleasure of fucking. She was dumb as a stick, but smart when it comes to getting what she wants. Martial's grainy voice brought Daniel out of his thoughts. "You in or out?" he asked. "I'm in, only if I get to bring Eddie." Eddie is Danny's oldest and best friend. They knew each other since the preschool days, even back then when Danny was white and Eddie was black. As soon as Danny was introduced to the film business, he got some hook-ups for Eddie who wanted to be and now is a millionaire rapper. Many people, including Daniel's mother would say that he's done pretty much a lot for himself, at twenty-five, he was one of the world's most eligible bachelors and could afford to retire right now if he wanted to. Yet there was something missing. There always was, but he had never admitted it until now. ~~~@~~~ The first thing Jen heard was the slam of the door followed by the scream of someone whose voice sounded close to her best friend's. Jen was off the bed in milliseconds, down the stairs in seconds, in front of her friend. "Whats the matter?!" She asked, alarmed. "You would never guess what happened!" Ella yelled. "What?" Now that her fear was gone, Jen was able to think clearly and puzzle over what would get her friend this excited. "I got tickets to the meeting of the newest Clinton James movie." "Oh cool. Isn't Clinton James a director or something?" Jen asked nonchalantly, making her way across the small living room and into the kitchen. "Yes! I mean a lot of people in the world would die for these tickets and-" "That's kinda stupid." Ella watched as Jen shoved a pickle into her mouth. "Why is that stupid?" Ella asked. "Because if you died for the tickets, then you wont be able to go the party." "JENIFER! SHUT UP! I got tickets to this part and you're coming with me." Ella said, finally getting to her point. "No. I cant. I got studying to do." Ella watched open mouthed as her friend shrugged, closed the bottle on the jar of pickles and walked calmly up the stairs. "Jenifer I cant go to this alone. Daniel Pierce Logan is going to be there." Ella tried. Jenifer laughed at her friend's attempt. "I dont know who he is." Then she headed up stairs. Ella watched her go. In the three years that she had known Jenifer from when they were now just starting college when they were nineteen, Ella had always known Jen was a weird girl. She preferred romance novels over boys, studying over going to the movies, and doing homework to shopping at the mall. Her friend's entire wardrobe consists of jeans and sneakers, with the occasional knee length sun-dresses whenever she felt pretty. Jenifer was beautiful and darker in complexion that her friend with honey brown hair with natural gold highlights and chocolate brown eyes. She had beautiful 34C breasts and a flat stomach with wonderful curves that accented her 5'9'' build with tiny hands. Although she was tall, and towered over most girls, Jen wouldn't kill a fly if you held a gun to her head. She was a gentle person, but she could be aggressive if she wanted to, but Ella hardly ever saw that side to her. She wanted desperately to show Jenifer a good time, beyond the books and the small red vibrator she stored in her top draw under her underwear. She would show her friend a good time if it killed her. ~~~@~~~ "Daniel daw'ling!" Hannah said in her fake country accent that the world seemed to love. "How are things?" "Awesome Hannah dear." He leaned in and accepted her kissed and about a million lights went off at once. He could imagine tomorrow's article probably saying how he got back together with her. "How are things with you?" "Exhausting to tell the absolute truth daw'ling, but that aw'right i'll make it." "Good to hear honey, good to hear." Danny's eyes scanned the crowd searching for something interesting to look at besides Hannah and got just that. Sitting in a small booth by herself was a brown haired beauty, reading a book. Lights, Camera, Romance 02 Jen shoved her way through the crowd and sat heavily at a booth. Damn that Ella for talking me into this, she thought to herself, frowning before reaching into her bag and producing a red romance novel. On the cover was the picture of two people, man and woman, with the man's lips pressed against her exposed stomach and the woman's head thrown back as if she were in pleasure. What she would give to be in this position with anyone. She longed to be curled up in bed with her vibrator and this book. And there is exactly where she would be if it weren't for stupid Ella. "Hello there," came the deep sexy voice of someone from behind her. Jen felt a chill go down her spinal cord just from those two words only, and spinning around, she got a lot more than what she was bargaining for. He was gorgeous at about 6'6'' with untidy jet black hair and sparkling green eyes and the most handsome lopsided grin she had ever seen, though it was sexy with his perfectly white teeth. "Hello." she finally replied, her eyes roaming along his chest, stopping at his belt. "Oh my." The sudden attraction that Daniel had felt when he had seen this girl was clearly visible, longing to be inside of her. "Like what you see?" He asked, as cock-sure as ever. These words seemed to break Jen from her surveillance and she looked him in the face and saw the smirk. He was a jerk. She scoffed and turned around, going back to her book. Normally, she liked everyone, but this guy gave her the impression of someone who always got what they wanted, but this time, it wont be that way. Danny was greatly taken back by her sudden mood change towards him. 'What did I say?' he thought to himself watching as she concentrated hard on her book. "I know you're not reading that." He told her. "I would be if you would just leave." She replied. "Whats wrong? What did I do?" Daniel knelt besides her, not really sure of what he was doing. All he knew was that he had to find out what was wrong. Jenifer on the other hand was slightly taken back by his inquisitiveness. "Do you pretend to care with every girl who turns you down?" she couldn't help but ask. He snorted. "Hell no. Most girls just throw themselves at me. I'm just surprised that you aren't." She rolled her eyes and rose to her feet, pushing him away when he offered to help. "You're a moron." She said quite bluntly. "And whoever 'threw' themselves at you are whores." With that she headed off into the crowd. The shock of what she had just said slightly jarred Daniel. No one had quite ever turned him down, or spoken him off like that in a long time, and the worst part was that he kinda liked how she treated him like everyone else, then the reality hit him; she had no clue who he was. This seemed to please him a lot more, and without stopping to think about it, he ran after her. ~~~@~~~ "I-I'm going home." Jenifer told Ella who was grinding against some random guy. "Aw, why?" Ella stopped her dancing and immediately, the guy stopped too. "This is not my thing and you know it El, i'll see you whenever you get home." "Okay cool, but dont you want me to take you home or something?" "I'll just catch the bus. See ya," she waved to them and walked away, heading through the back exit because it was quicker to the bus stop. ~~~@~~~ Daniel followed her. He felt like a paper clip, and she was a magnet. "Hey wait up!" He called to her, making sure no one was around. Jen spun around quickly. She thought that she was the only person in the parking lot, but was proven wrong when she saw someone who she instantly recognized. "Stalker much?" she asked when he neared, but he only grinned. "Listen, I'm Daniel. I'm sorry about inside and I honestly mean no harm." he said, his sexy voice sending chills down her spine. Sighing, she gave in, seeing no other option as to accept this sexy stranger. "I'm Jen," she held out her hand and he took it. Her hands were so soft, he thought to himself, picturing her hands around his now semi-erect cock. She said something, but he didn't quite catch. "Huh?" he asked. "I said that you can let go of my hand now." She repeated. Daniel laughed and let go of her hand. "Sorry. Do you need a lift somewhere?" he asked. "Do you honestly think i'm going to get into a car with you?" She asked with raised eyebrows. Daniel laughed again. "I guess your right. But I can assure you, I dont touch little innocent girls." Jen sorted. "Who are you calling little and innocent? I can take you right now if I wanted to." "Bring it." he said, and dodged her left hook, only to jump right into the path of her right one. "Dammit." he held his face as the pain hit him. "You hit like a dude." "Bring it." She told him. "I dont hit women." he told her. "Sissy." she smirked. Daniel tackled her playfully, bringing her to the ground, but taking most of the blow himself only to find out that this was a huge mistake. Her knee came up and hit him in the stomach knocking the wind out of him and flipping him so that she was straddling him. He really liked this position but he knew he shouldn't voice that or even try to take advantage of it 'cause he now knew that this girl could handle herself if she wanted to. She was about to deliver him another punch when he saw it coming and grabbed her arm, rolling her unto her back with ease. He pinned her arms above her head just when her knee came up again and he raised his lower parts making his face come into contact with hers and before he or she knew it, his lips were on hers. She tasted like apples, he thought, daring himself to take advantage of the slight gasp that escaped from her lips by placing his tongue inside her mouth, trying to capture the taste. She groaned into his mouth, pushing her body upwards. He felt the first drop of moisture to touch his face when his lips left hers to touch her neck lightly. His tongue traced along her neck sending warning bells to her head as one hand left where he had her pinned and slipped under the flimsy material of her camisole, his hands traveling up to cup her through her bra. She moaned again, arching herself into his hold. By now, the rain was falling freely, soaking them both, but they hardly felt it. He ground his hips into her stomach and his mouth found hers again. His hands were sliding downwards, but she didn't care, everything he was doing felt so good. both hands were no longer pinning her arms, so she explored his body. Her hands tugged at his jacket, forcing him to throw it off as her lips neared his again. His fingers slipped into her jeans and slowly brushed against her clit. She broke the kiss, throwing back her head and moaning so loudly it brought a smile to his lips as he did it again her body began to shake. He pushed his finger into her, and she came on his hand, her moans so loud he was practically grinning. When she came down from her high, she saw Daniel laughing at her with raised eyebrows. "What?!" She demanded. "I have never before met someone who came so quickly." "Is that a good thing or a bad thing?" "In my case, its a great thing. I wanna do so many things to you, but i'm afraid, I cant do it here." He got off of her and licked his fingers before reaching a hand out to help her up. Jen sat up on her elbows. "What makes you think i'm the type of girl to run off with a guy I just met?" "I KNOW that you're not that type. That's why I want you to come with me." he said. "I gotta call my friend Ella first." "Call her in the morning," he said, pulling her up and close. Jenifer lost her train of thought for a moment as she stood pressed against him, feeling his hardness through his tailored pants piercing into her stomach. "You dont know how protective she is. If I leave the house for an hour without telling her, she begins to freak out and I told her that I was going home, so if she gets there and i'm not there she might call the police and-" Her sentence was cut short when his mouth joined hers sending shock waves down her body to her already soaked pussy. "Jesus," he breathed, cupping her butt and pulling her into him, lifting her off her feet forcing her to wrap her legs around him for support, he led her to a car she hadn't noticed earlier and pressed her against its doors, one hand supporting her back, the other pulling down the front of her camisole, his head dipping to take an erect nipple into his mouth, sucking lightly. She let out what sounded like a squeal blended with a scream from the feel of his teeth nipping at her sensitive nipple. Daniel's cock lengthened and he knew that he couldn't hold back any longer. Jenifer seemed to sensed this because her hands cupped him through his pants, massaging slowly. He groaned and kissed her neck, biting it gently, then licking it to cool the wound. "I cant hold this," he said breathlessly into her ear. "We cant do it here!" Jenifer told him. "I know." He pulled her into the car and they drove off. Lights, Camera, Romance 03 Daniel rolled off of her but kept his finger on her clit. Jenifer was in the midst of her sixth orgasm for that night, each one was as earth shattering as the last. She screamed out loudly, bucking herself wildly out of control. ~~~@~~~ Jen rolled over and smiled. It was such a good dream, she thought to herself, and had to bite back a laugh as she thought about something like that happening for real. She had no clue how she would feel if she knew that she did a one night stand. Her mother would probably be rolling around in her grave thinking about it. With a sigh, she snuggled more into the super soft white sheets, too exhausted to think that this bed was unusually alot more comfortable than hers, that the soft snoring behind her was not from Ella's room, or that the reason she was so exhausted was for some other reason than a hard day . . . ~~~@~~~ Jenifer woke up for the second time that morning and tried to stretch, only to feel a hand securely pinning her down. She couldn't help but roll her eyes. Ella must have came home and decided to sleep with her, and unfortunately, Ella was a huge cuddler, in her sleep and out. About to turn to tell her friend off, Jen realized something she was surprised that she hadn't noticed before. This wasn't her room. The walls, a pale blue, had while crown molding and looked brand new. In the corner of the room was a mahogany dresser, a floor to ceiling mirror in a corner of the room but it wasn't facing her, clothes strewn everywhere on the floor as if thrown off in a hurry. The slightly cold breeze across her shoulder made her realize that she was naked. Then she came to her final and maybe most important revelation of all; that the hand around her waist was alot bigger than Ella, and while Ella's hand was not exactly baby soft, it wasn't as calloused as this one. 'What the hell was going on?' she thought to herself. Turning slightly, trying her best to not wake the huge figure spooning her, she looked into the most handsome face possible, the one from her dreams, and she couldn't help but release a slight gasp. The guy groaned slightly and tightened his hold on her, but didn't wake up. She released a shaky breath, grateful for being able to avoid that awkward moment. That thought pushed her further into thinking. What exactly would this hotshot do if he woke up and saw plain old ordinary her in his bed? There was one of four things; 1) He would act like a jerk and completely freak out, tell her nasty things until she cried and left, or complain about last nights performance in which she did nothing much. 2) He would completely ignore her until she left and that would be the last she heard of him. 3) He would nicely tell her he had a girlfriend and that the precious night was a complete mistake and that he had been completely drunk and sorry that it happened. 4) He would apologize and they would have breakfast and talk it over like the mature adults they were. The final option almost made her crack a rib. She covered her mouth to stifle the giggles thinking about how anyone on the outside looking in would see a super confused black girl giggling like an idiot in the arms of what could very well be a white sleeping NAKED supermodel. This seemed to make her want to laugh louder. When she was sure that she was all done, she did the first thing she could think of. Grabbing all her clothes, ignoring the CLUNK sound as something fell unto the floor, she fled, bare-butt down out the bedroom, down the hall and out the door where she realized her stupidity and tried to let herself back into the apartment Of course, with luck like hers, it had somehow locked itself after she left. Rolling her eyes, she dressed outside the door before doubling over with laughter, not being able to help herself, knowing very well that this was not what a normal person would be doing in a situation like hers. "Oh fuck it," she said to nothing in particular, realizing that for the first time in her life she had had great sex with an sinfully hot guy who didn't dump her. What more could a girl ask for? ~~~@~~~ A phone alarm went off somewhere in the room. Daniel was jerked out of his sleep. "Fuck," he groaned, rubbing the sleep out of his eyes and looking around his room. His clothes were all over the floor, and before he knew it, his entire memory of the night before came raining down sending him in a sitting position so fast you may have thought he was shocked. He looked over to the now empty side of the bed and felt something go off deep inside his gut. Was it happiness? No, it couldn't be, why would he be happy? Would it be guilt? No, why would he be guilty. She wasn't exactly innocent? . . . Was she? He racked his brain. Nope, definitely not innocent, he smiled, remembering her screams. Was it anger? No, of course not. Why would he be angry? He thought about it again. Was he angry with her? He sat back on his bed. Should he be angry? 'Yes,' a tiny voice said in his head. 'She did run off without a second glance, the cheap whore.' 'Well she didn't seem like a whore. And after all, isn't that what I do?" The more he thought about it, the more Danny realized that he was right. Is this what it felt like when he left all the other women he slept with? Did that make him a man-whore? He was thinking way too much; which was something he didn't do alot, and he didn't like it at all. But of course, with his luck, the more he didn't want to think about it, the more he thought about it. How about diseases, his mind dared. "What about diseases?" he asked himself. Have you ever thought about catching something? At that, Daniel smiled, almost laughing because he knew that that question was coming, "whenever I get tested,' he told his brain. 'Its gonna be a cat-scan. Besides, I always use condom." Are you sure? he could almost hear a teasing voice. He realized that he was right, but tried hard not to believe it. "How could I be so fucking retarded?" he said to an empty room. "I forgot the condom!" Then once again, his mind led him astray as he thought about her warm, tight, pussy milking out all of his cum and he knew that he didn't regret it. What he did regret though, was not being able to taste her delicious honey, and he felt his mouth water, and his cock harden as he imagined her screams as he ate her out and he grinned widely. The last time he had a screamer was in Junior High, and she had nothing on Jenifer. Jenifer . . . it was the only piece of identification he held to her. There were probably thousands of Jenifers in New York. His thoughts were broken again as the sound of a phone ringing intruded. It was a highly unusual ringtone. Looking at his clock, he read 9:45am. It was probably Martial telling him to haul his ass out of bed, but as he leaned over his bed, he saw a small green gadget instead of his phone . . . ~~~@~~~ "Where the ass have you been?" The scream erupted as soon as the front door had been shut behind Jenifer. On the couch was Ella, along with big black guy Jen had seen her dancing with the previous night. "I-I- uh ...." Jen tried to plead her case. "Do you know how fucking worried I have been? I should bend your black ass over on my leg and spank the shit out of you. I nearly called the Navy Seals to go and look for you. Where the fuck have you been? You looked like someone fucked the shit out of you-" Ella paused when she saw a smile cross her best friend's face. For a petite, the red-head's bark was definitely worse than her bite, but Jen still couldn't help herself but to grin at her friend. "You've gotten fucked, haven't you?" Ella asked. "Yes!" Squealed Jenifer, jumping up and down. "And he's so hot Ella. I mean it. Like a supermodel." "What his name?" Ella's anger was long forgotten as she left the side of her companion and rushed to her friend. "Danny." "Danny? Danny what? Does this hotshot have a last name?" "I didn't get it." Jen said a bit sadly. "I woke up in his bed and ran out before he could wake up." she reported. "That's my girl. Your first one night stand. How was he?" Ella leaned in eagerly, ready for anything. "Flippin' awesome! Sooooooooooooo good. I cant even describe it. We almost did it in the parking lot behind the building." "What!?" Ella screeched. The black guy behind her chuckled. She sent him a smirk. "Shut it Eddie." Ella turned back to her friend and noticed her raised eyebrows. "Eddie, Jen, Jen Eddie." She introduced quickly. "Now continue!" she urged impatiently. "I don't know." Jen said in a sing-song voice. "I think i'm a bit tired now. How about I go take a nap and tell you about it later." The look of horror that crossed Ella's face had both Eddie and Jen in stitches. "You cant do that to me." Ella pleaded. "Yes I can." Jen sang. "Nice meeting you Eddie." Eddie nodded to her before she bounded up the stairs closely followed by Ella's voice shouting 'Fuck you' at the top of her lungs. Lights, Camera, Romance 04 Ella sat down heavily on the couch and immediately, Eddie threw his arms around her and planted a kiss on her neck. "You wanna get back to where we were?" He asked seductively. She giggled, "That depends on how hard you still are." He gasped when her skilled hands slipped into his unzipped jeans and fondled him tenderly, immediately causing him to spring back to life. "I guess I could try to work with this." She gave a little pout at the end of her speech which caused him to harden further until his jeans were painfully uncomfortable. She grinned and him and led him by his cock up to her room. As soon as the door closed behind her, he attacked her, lifting her up and putting her gently on the bed before ripping the clothes from her body. She giggled at his fierceness and pulled at the button of his jeans and he let out a small groan as he was finally free from his restraint. Before he realized what was happening, he was on his back, her mouth engulfing his 10 inches of solid man meet, trying to take as much as she could. Her right hand worked up and down on what she couldn't fit into her starved mouth, and the other hand satisfied her curiosity when it reached up and traced all of his muscles, coming back down to take the weight of his balls and measure them in her hand. Her mouth pulled away from him for a little to inspect the impressive package, and he voiced his protest cupping the back of her head and bringing her back to his quivering dark colored dick. She took him into her mouth again, and swallowed just as he erupted with a manly yelled while she tried to drink it all. When he finally stopped, she removed her mouth and sat on his lap, her drenched pussy inches from his now semi-hard love stick. "What now?" She asked slyly. "I want you." He breathed Ella squinted down at his cock. "I dont think you're ready." She told him. "I'm ready." he assured her pulling her by her thighs closer to him. Her heat neared. She got up and sat on him and he watched as inch after inch, he slowly slid into her, groaning when she squeezed him. When he was completely in, she just sat there. "Do something." he told her. "What?" she teased, but Eddie had had enough if her teasing, he rolled her over and slammed into her. "Oh God!" she panted moaning softly and digging her long fingernails into his dark skin. He groaned as when she removed them, half circle marks were left. He thrusted forward quickly, the contact causing his balls to bang against her ass, his teeth on her neck, leaving his mark. Ella could feel the swell of his cock inside her, and knowing that he was about to cum, she clenched him tightly inside her, reaching out and fondling his heavy sac, screaming when he brushed up against the most welcoming part inside her, and then her spine was tingling and there were dots in front of her eyes as she came with him, screaming all the way through it. Eddie pulled out and pulled her to him, slipping a finger and stirring their juices together. When he pulled his finger out, she took it into her mouth and moaned. "That's the best tasting thing i've ever tasted." she told him. He dipped his finger back into her and tasted it a smile spreading across his face. "It actually is." Their lips connected and swayed to its own beat as they both tried to taste as much of each other as possible. Eddie's phone went off and he broke away groaning. Ella gave a cute pout. "One second baby," he gave her a small kiss and ran for his jeans that lay on the floor and pulled out his Blackberry. "What?" he snapped to the person on the other edge, looking at Ella as she looked at him. "Dude, I need your help," came the breathless voice of his best friend. "What is it?" Eddie asked, breaking eye contact from Ella as concern took over his voice. "Just meet me at the boathouse. I'll explain everything there." Danny said. "I'm kinda busy Dan." "She's going to have to wait Eddie." he hung up the phone without another word. Eddie looked at it speechless for a while before he turned and looked at Ella. "I got to go." He said. She sat up and looked at him doubtfully. "Why?" her eyes narrowed suspiciously. "Its my friend and he says this is important and-" "Yeah right," she snorted, pulling the covers of her bed over her. "Like I haven't heard that one before. I cant believe I thought that you were different." "No! Listen, I AM different. I'll prove it to you. Give me your number and i'll call you. We'll have dinner tonight. I promise." he begged. Ella simply rolled her eyes with a disgusted look on her face. "I hate it when guys say that. I bet you're just going to rip up my number when you leave. Go on, see if I care." "Ella, i'm serious." "Suuure you are." she answered sarcastically, making her way towards the bathroom, her covers wrapped around her tightly. "I believe you know the way out." she walked into the bathroom and locked the door behind her. "Shit!" Eddie buried his hand in his hair and began to dress because he saw no other option. ~~~@~~~~ Eddie pulled his Ford over to the valet and handed the guy his keys without looking at him, stomping his way into the five-star restaurant and ignoring the many disgusted looks from the snobbish old people and made his way into the Boathouse cafe, another place in New York for the painfully rich. Sitting on a char just staring at his hand was Danny, and as he neared his best friend, Eddie's anger melted away. The guy looked as if someone threw a bucket of ice cold water over his candle of happiness. "What the fuck happened to you?" Eddie asked as he sat heavily. "Jenifer." Daniel breathed. "Who?" "Her name is Jenifer." he broke off and laughed. "I have no clue why the hell i'm so hung off about it. She just killed me." "How?" "She left me dude. I mean, I was asleep and she just left after a great night of sex. Not even a fucking goodbye." He slammed him fist of the table and huffed angrily. Eddie's anger returned in a flash and he rose to his feet, noting that all eyes were on him, and people already had their cameras poised. "What the fuck is up with you? I cant believe this shit! You interrupt me in the middle of being with the most perfect girl in the world to tell me that for the first time in your story book life, someone rejected you? Do you honestly expect me to have pity for you? Well this must be the biggest shock of your life because believe it or not, I have a life Daniel, and i'm tired of helping you with yours." with that, he walked out. Daniel sat there open mouthed staring at his hands. ~~~@~~~ Eddie left the Boathouse, cameras all in his face, and felt free. He shot a glare at a reporter who was trying to yell questions even though she could not have been more than seven feet from him and walked towards the parking lot, heading into his car, and shooting all who was looking the finger before driving off. ~~~@~~~ 'Welcome back to Hollywood News. Now, for the most shocking story and guess who its about." The tan supermodel said to camera, flashing his super straight and perfectly white teeth to his co-host, a blonde with perfectly combed hair in a designer dress. Ella sat up straighter, ignoring Jen who rolled her eyes and further snuggled into the old comfy love seat engrossing herself into her romance novel. 'That's right Jack, and this is a guy after my own heart. Danny Pierce Logan was filmed in a really hated argument between him and his best friend, Edward Thompson. We got it all on tape.' Linda, the blonde said. Ella shot up on his feet as if hit and looked on as the man who she'd accused just that morning called her the most perfect girl in the world and felt tears sting her eyes. She felt like crawling in a hole and dying. The faint thump coming from her right met her ear and she turned to see Jen in the same position she was in, her book on the ground, finger pointing at the screen. "That's the guy I slept with!" She shouted. Her best friend turned on her. "You slept with Daniel Pierce Logan and you didn't tell me?!" "I didn't know. I swear!" Jen said sadly, breaking into sobs. Ella scooped her up and held her tight. "Its okay honey, I believe you. I just cant believe what I told Eddie." Lights, Camera, Romance 05 Ella placed the plate of pancakes in front of Jen the following morning. "Come on, hon. You have to eat something." She begged. "I dont know if I can stomach anything. I just feel so sick. I mean, I slept with Daniel Pierce Logan." Jen groaned, laying her head flat on the table. "I dont know where you're from, but here on planet earth, that's something to be proud of." "No its not. Everyone slept with that guy. I feel so used. I'm not even sure if he used a condom. Who knows what kind of sexual organisms are brewing inside of me." Ella rolled her pretty blue eyes. "Whatever. Its I that should be worried. I just chased off the most gorgeous man on the planet . . . right next to Daniel of course." "You dont get it." "I know." They both broke off as Jenifer watched Ella shovel food down her throat. "You see there's another difference about us." Ella reached over and seized her friend's plate. "What?" "When i'm upset, I eat. When you're upset, you starve yourself." "Yet you're still skinnier than me." Jen murmured from under her breath. "I know right? Its a blessing from God." They were interrupted by the sharp knock on the front door. Jen faced her friend. "Are you expecting someone?" Ella shook her head no and headed into the front. She looked at herself in the mirror, something she always did out of habit, out of learning that you never expect what life would throw at you. She straightened her slightly tousled hair before throwing open the door. A slight gasp drove itself from her lips when she saw the tall dark figure over her. Looking up, she saw the smile, and then she looked down again and saw in his hands were a little bouquet of white roses. But the thing that caught her attention the most, was the cluster of people behind him, most holding cameras - professional cameras - others had little note books, their fingers flying over the pages. Looking back up, she saw the sheepish grin on Eddie's face and then a flash went off. She pulled him into the house by his shirt. "What the hell is going on?" she hissed, making her way over to the window and peering out before turning to him which was a big mistake. He was clean shaven and smelled of after shave and a scent that was pure man and he oozed sexuality. His hard and toned body was visible under tight white t-shirt her wore, and he wore a pair of dark denim jeans low on his hips. The simple ensemble was enough to drench her panties, imagining the night he was pinned on top of her, so she turned her back to him and repeated her question. "I'm so sorry about them." "Who?" she didn't turn. "The paps. I didn't know that they were following me until it was too late." he said sincerely, his husky voice doing numbers to her body. "I-its cool. You've said what you need to. I just want to say sorry about what I accused you of and I hope that we can still be friends." "Are you kidding me?!" She flinched under his yell, listening when he drew in a deep breath and let it out shakily. "I'm sorry. That's just - not what I came here to hear." Ella did turn that time. "Well then what the fuck did you come to hear? I'm sorry that i'm not the most perfect girl in the world, and I wasn't made for this type of drama Eddie." "So what we did yesterday and the night before was nothing, right?" "I dont mean it like that!" "Then tell me what you mean it as. Listen, i'm no mind reader Ella and I really really like you and I want to see where this goes! I really do. Why not give it a chance?" "Because . . ." "Because what?" Eddie yelled frustrated. Could she not see how much he liked her? She obviously didn't because she turned and fled upstairs, spilling tears as soon as she was on the first stair. Eddie was about to storm after her when someone said "Hey," from behind him. He turned to see Jenifer, looking at him sadly. "Whats her deal?" he asked. "Listen, Ella's been hurt ALOT in the past. Just give her a while to adjust to idea of you. She really does like you. Yesterday when she saw how you stood up to your . . . friend about her, she just kinda lost it a little. She didn't know if you meant it or not." Jen sat on the couch and Eddie sat next to her and ran his hand through his short brown hair. "You need something to drink?" she offered. "I'm cool, thanks. How long will she be up there?" "Just until she gets her thoughts straight." "How long will that be?" "Not long at all. She'll be down soon enough to raid the fridge. She's a stress eater." "Oh." Was all Eddie could say as he did a once over of Jenifer. She was quiet and looked shy, but had offered him help anyway. She was also incredibly beautiful. "You're beautiful." he blurted out. She looked at him and laughed loudly, a blush rising up to her cheeks. "Thanks." then her smile faded. "Whats wrong?" "Its just - never mind. You'll think i'm retarded or crazy." "No, tell me." "I had a one night stand with Daniel Pierce Logan." "I know." "What?" Jenifer sat up straighter and looked at him. "How?" "Um, i'm his best friend. And he mentioned having sex with an amazing girl who's name was Jenifer and he met her at the party and she skipped out on him the first day I met you. It doesn't take a genius to put two and two together." "Well, does he know?" "That I know you? No. I was gonna tell him yesterday before he started acting like a stuck up son of a bitch." Jenifer laughed, "So I guess he remembers me." "Damn straight. He has your phone." Her eyes widened. "What?!" "Did you not notice?" "Do I look like the person who uses my phone a lot?" "Good point." Eddie muttered. "But you shouldn't have run off like that." "Big deal, he would have done the same to me." "True, but you really shattered his crumbling male ego." Eddie stated as the both of them broke out into laughter. A timid voice spoke from the top of the stairs. "Is he still down there Jenny?" "Yup!" Jenifer called up. Ella walked slowly downstairs, her tears now dissolved her arms shaking a bit, cursing herself for her bratty behavior before. Eddie stood as she came down, and she walked in front of him and stopped. As she opened her mouth to apologize, his landed on hers like a bomb, sending chills through her entire body and her eyes closed automatically and she allowed herself to succumb to his every will. "I'll just be in the kitchen." said Jenifer's voice from another world and it was obvious that she was probably laughing. Ella didn't even hear her leave. She wrapped her arms around Eddie's neck as he led them to the couch, sitting and pulling her on top of him. His cell phone went off and he groaned into the kiss as his hands wondered up her t-shirt. She moaned when his rough fingers made contact with her pouting nipples, rolling them between his index finger and thumb. His lips found her neck and she moaned loudly as he kissed him way downward, lifting her shirt over her head. His phone began to ring again when her hand found his jeans, and massaged his hardness through them, wanting more than anything to have it in her hand. She broke the kiss and focused her mind on undoing the button of his pants. His phone rang again. "Answer that fucking phone before I break it." Ella growled, impatiently tugging at his zipper which was made tight by the tent his dick was trying to make. Eddie put his phone to his ear as Ella slid his pants over his hips. "Hello?" "Dude, I am so sorry about everything, and as usual, you're right." Daniel's voice said from the other end. "Dude-" "No, no wait. I know I shouldn't have interrupted you from your girl and you should have kicked my ass because I wouldn't have wanted anyone to disturb me like that and all." "That's great and all but-" Eddie stopped and drew in a shaky breath when Ella's warm mouth enveloped his cock. "Fuck." he groaned. "Yeah, I know. I've been acting like a stuck up idiot since the day we met, but that's gonna change, I promise man. I just need you to help me find this Jenifer girl. I really do. i dont know what i'm going to do if I find her, but I just got to meet her again." Ella's tongue swirled around the tip of Eddie's cock, and he felt his balls contract. "Listen, you're forgiven, I know who the Jenifer girl is because she's in the next room and her best friend, the one I was telling you about is giving me the best blowjob of my life . . . so bye!" "Jenifer's there? Where the fuck are you!?" "Light Street, Minnie Town. Look for the house filled with paps at the front." Eddie hung up just in time and released a really loud groan as he came in Ella's mouth. She drank him, quickly jumping up and pulling down her shorts before crawling into his lap. "I hate how he always calls when we're doing things like this." she told him. "But I forgive him cause he's still fucking hot!" Eddie scoffed. "You women down know what hot is." He leaned in and kissed her slowly before breaking away from face and gazing at her check lovingly. He leaned forward and eagerly took her left nipple into his mouth, sucking like a newborn. "Fuck Eddie. I need you in me right now." "Patience. I just got you back." his fingers dipped into the waistband of her lace underwear and gently teased her clit in a painfully slow pace. "Oh God, I cant take it much longer." He pulled away from her nipple and prepared himself at her entrance. As he was about to enter her, the doorbell rang. "Is everyone inside the room decent?" Jenifer called from the kitchen. Ella pulled up her soaked panties and threw Eddie's t-shirt over her head, and since he was over a foot taller than her, the shirt fit like a dress. He pulled up his pants and fought with the button and zipper. "Somewhat." Ella responded. Jen walked into the room just as Ella was walking to the door. "I'm never sitting on that couch again." she stated matter-of-factly. Eddie chuckled as she plopped down on the love-seat. There was a gasp from the hall, followed by Ella leading a tall figure into the room. "Um, Jenny, there is someone here to see you." Ella said. "Hey Jenifer." Said the deep voice of Daniel Pierce Logan. Lights, Camera, Romance 06 "Uh, hey." Jen said back. "Um, lets go upstairs Eddie," Ella grabbed him by the arm and pulled him towards the stairs. "No!" Jen protested weakly. "You two need to talk." Ella told her before heading upstairs, tugging Eddie after her, who sent a look to Daniel that Jenifer couldn't read. When they were gone, she felt herself have a mini panic attack. Daniel was looking at her deeply, and she tried to ignore his gaze by looking at every single object in the room with severe concentration and interest. "My looks cant kill you." he told her. 'You have no idea,' she thought to herself, wondering how a guy this gorgeous could possibly be in HER house talking to her. She knew that this wasn't a dream because there was no way that her mind could come up with something as crazy as this. Her only solution was to try to face this head on and not make a fool of herself. Besides, she bet he had only come to return her phone. "I know that." she told him. Daniel smiled that breathtaking smile that made her knees buckle and forced her to break eye contact once again. He seemed to notice her uneasiness, because out of the corner of her eyes, she watched him pull her phone out of his pocket and lay it on the coffee table. "Thanks." she said, still not looking his way. "Yeah, you're welcome." They stood in awkward silence for a while, each in their own thoughts. Jen wished that he would just go away. Her nipples tightened under her tank top, and since she did not wear a bra, she crossed her arms over her chest praying that he didn't see it. Luckily, he didn't. He was staring at a painting on the wall, obviously in deep thought, she allowed her eyes to skim along his figure. For one, he was tall and dressed casually in a plain white t-shirt with a black and white plaid shirt over it, unbuttoned, with a pair of dark denim jeans, a brandname sneaker that she didn't know the name of on his feet. His hair was cut perfectly, not too long, not to short, and was curly, but had a certain straightness to it. His hands were manicured and clean, cut short. She realized now that his brilliant green eyes were suddenly darker, looking intently at her. Jen had no clue how long she was going to be able to stand this. It was bad enough that this guy was in her house, and she was pretty sure that if they knew, half of America's population would probably kill her. "You gave me my phone. You dont have to stick around." The voice that came from her lips didn't sound like herself. She wasn't sure if she was more afraid that he would leave, or that he wouldn't. "Listen Jen-" Daniel began. She shut her eyes and drew in a deep breath. Here it is, she thought, already feeling the disappointment. He's just throw me out like i'm yesterday's garbage. She couldn't believe that for a second she actually thought that he was going to try to let them see where this goes. What was she thinking. The only thing that they had ever shared together was a bed. "-I know that you may not like me all that much, but, I really do want to get to know you. I know i'm not exactly the most perfect guy because i'm new to this, but if you just like, try to-" "Are you kidding me?!" She yelled before she could stop herself, a feeling of numbness suddenly taking a grip on her, forcing her to back to the couch which she sat on and rubbed her temples. She looked up and him and couldn't believe what he was telling her. "So wait, you WANT us to be together?" He grinned sheepishly. "Yeah." "Oh wow, I wasn't expecting that at all." Jen confessed. After much battling with his inner self, Daniel sat on the couch next to her. "Let me guess, you thought that I came here to just give you back your phone and say that the night we had was a mistake?" "Well, yeah." Daniel knew that he shouldn't be offended, because that's exactly who he was, but he couldn't help it because no one had exactly admitted that he was a jerk to his face except Eddie who only joked about it. The truth really hurt. "I guess I kinda give off that impression, huh?" She laughed a sweet syrupy laugh that brought a stupid grin to his face. "I guess so. So, we're really going to do this?" "We're going to try," Daniel said. Out of nowhere, Jen pulled him by his shirt and pressed her lips to him, groaning when she felt the contact. For the longest while she had been wanting to do that, and now she was. He pulled away first. "What was that for?" "I was just breaking the tension." She smiled which immediately made him smile. "Listen, how about we do something?" "Like what? A date?" "Yeah. What are you doing tomorrow?" "Um, I got school." "You're still in school?" "Yeah. Final year of college." She told him. "That's cool. I never got the chance to go to college." "Yeah, I know." Daniel's eyebrows raised. "You know that I didn't go to college, yet you have no idea who I am." Jenifer blushed. "Its funny, I know. Ella is fan girl, so whenever i'm reading, and she's watching something about you, I do overhear a couple statements, but I dont watch anything, so I know some facts about you, but I didn't know what you looked like exactly." "You know some facts about me?" "Yeah." "Like what?" "Your favorite color is red, you like long walks on the beach, you're a fan of Kiss, you prefer television to computers-" He held up his hand. "All of that is wrong. My favorite color is Aqua, I hate the beach and I dont like the feeling of sand between my toes, I dont like kiss, i'm a fan of the Beatles, and I definitely prefer Computers to television. Seriously, the crap people say on t.v." Jen laughed and once again, a grin was brought to Daniel's face. He felt something stir in the pit of his stomach when he sis a once over of her attire. A tight fitting tank top hugged her upper half and it was quite obvious that she wasn't wearing a bra because of the print of dollar sized nipples which were pushing against the top in the same fashion his dick was. They called out to be touched. Jen obviously had no clue that they were like this, and Daniel felt something along the lines of pride to know, or to be pretty sure, that he was the cause of this. What he wouldn't give to reach inside her denim cutoffs to find out if she was wet for him. He so wanted to take her right there on the spot on this comfortable sofa, and taste her, his goal would be trying to make her cum twice before he got the chance to get lost in her. He tried to shake these thoughts from his head, but they kept coming back, and it made him feel like his first time with a woman and he didn't like that feeling at all. "Back to the date thing," Jenifer interrupted his thoughts with a grin on her face. "Yeah, what time are you done with school?" "Um, I only have two lectures tomorrow, so it'll probably be about 2:30. Why?" "How about I send a car for you at around that time so you could come visit me on the set?" Daniel said, a smile already coming to his lips when his mind sped forward into time imagining the happy look that was supposed to cross her face. It never came. "I dont think so Daniel." "But I thought that you'd be thrilled to come see the set." He said a bit exasperated. This girl seemed like a tough kind. "You seem to have gotten me mixed up with Ella. I'm not a fan of ... Anything to do with movies." "What the hell does that mean? Aren't movie sets good enough for you?" He had always had a quick temper, but she was bringing out the worst in him. Could she not see that he was trying? That he, Daniel Logan, had never had to work for anything in his life? Why should he start now. Jen however, surprisingly remained her cool. "Well, you're taking it the wrong way. You see, I try to stay away from things like that." She said as gently as possible. Having dealing with anger management problems with her mother, she knew herself capable in acting in these situations. "Then how am I supposed to take it?" "I cant believe this, not even five minutes into the relationship and we're already having a fight over nothing. Hey, this thing might actually work." Daniel fought a smile, but it came anyway. "I guess." "Listen, I dont want to fight with you. But I do want to bring Ella because she might simply flip out." "Not a problem. Eddie will be there also." He smiled at her, marveling at how she solved everything and thinking about how he could get used to the idea. Out of habit, he looked at the Rolex attached to his wrist. "Shit!" He was on his feet in a second. "What?" Jenifer was right after him, chasing him to the door. "Are you that sick of my already?" He laughed. "No, I had a breakfast meeting with my producer about an hour ago and I forgot. She is going to hate my guts, along with Hannah." "Oh I guess i'll see you tomorrow boyfriend." she squealed which brought a smile to his face. "Of course ... girlfriend." He added, leaning in without thinking and giving her lips a chaste kiss. Before he could pull away though, Jen's hands were already around his neck, pulling her deeper into the kiss, her tongue snaking itself into his mouth. His hands landed on her waist and pulled her into him as close as he could. She broke away first to draw air into her lungs. "What was that for?" he asked. She simply shrugged. "Do you have a phone?" "Yeah, sure." He handed it to her. After a few seconds, she handed it back to him and said, "My number is in there. Do not forget me because I know people." Daniel laughed again, surprised at the many sides he had seen in one girl in three days, or technically, two days and a night. "I'll text you." were his final words before the door closed behind him. Jenifer leaned against the door and let out a sigh before smiling. Not a bad start to a day, she thought to herself. Lights, Camera, Romance 07 The flying halter yellow sundress landed right in the middle of Ella and Eddie which made the couple exchange a look. Ella picked up the dress and examined it remembering exactly the last time she had seen Jenifer wear it. It had hugged her curves exactly and gave her average sized breast a huge push, but Jen had complained that it was too tight. A pink mini-dress came out next. "What's wrong with this one?" Ella held it up. Jen's head appeared in the doorway of her closet and she narrowed her eyebrows as she tried to remember the reason for not liking that particular dress. "Oh yeah, I never liked pink. You know that." Ella rolled her blue eyes. "Then why the hell did you buy it?" "If I remember exactly," came her friends muffled voice from deep inside the closet, "You gave it to me as a birthday gift." "It was a Christmas gift actually." A light blue spaghetti strap knee length dress with white polka dots landed on Ella's head. "Seriously," she complained, tugging it off, "What the hell is all this fuss about. You still haven't told me where you were going. And besides, this dress is perfect on you with those white sandals with the blue bows." Jen came out and scrutinized the dress closely, turning it around in her hands and narrowing her eyes searching for the tiniest imperfection. She shrugged after a while and laid it on the bed, picking up all the other garments that were strewed across the room and disappeared into her closet again. "Jen were are you going?" Ella called after her. She came back again and sat on the edge of the bed, next to Ella and took her friend's hands into hers. "Now Ariella, i'm going to tell you something and i'm begging you not to freak out. Please." Ella's face twisted into confusion then her eyes widened. "Are you moving out? Please dont move out Jen!" "I'm not moving out." Jen struggled to raise her voice over her friend's panicking one who let out a sigh of relief. "Thank God. Dont ever scare me like that." "Ella, tomorrow we shall be going on the set of a movie where I will most likely be meeting celebrities and famous directors. I would like it if you came with me." Jen said slowly and calmly, flinching towards the end of her sentence waiting for Ella's reaction. But it never came. She sat and stared at Jenifer, bare face, looking as though she was in a completely different world. Eddie waved a hand in front of her face, but she didn't blink. "Ella are you okay?" He asked with concern in his voice. A loud blood chilling scream erupted in the room and Ella was on her feet out the room and somewhere in another part of her voice yelling at the top of her voice, "Why the fuck didn't you tell me? Do you think that its funny to tell me this late?" There was a ruffling sound of Ella going through her closet. "I have nothing to wear! Its too late to go to the mall because I wont be able to get the perfect outfit in only a day! Jenifer I hate you so much. I bet Hannah Poe is gonna be there. Oh My God! I'm going to see Hannah Poe!" Then she started her screaming again. Jen turned to Eddie who was looking at her. "Who is Hannah Poe?" She asked. "A celebrity." Eddie rolled his eyes "I take it that you dont like her very much." "She's a damn whore." He raised his voice over Ella's shouting over what to wear. "Is she always like this?" Jenifer nodded. "Sadly, yes. But she's fun anyway." "I dont doubt it. So what do we do now?" "She'll find something soon enough. You hungry?" "Starved." "Lets go see what there is to eat." ---- The next morning at exactly 6:30am, Jenifer got up, slightly nervous. After taking a long shower, she bounced down the stairs to the kitchen where Ella was in her robe, on the phone, a pen in her hand, taking down some kind of information. "Morning." Jen whispered, making her way over to the fridge and opening it up to see nothing. "We're out of food." Ella said unnecessarily, one hand covering the phone. "But I bought food last Friday!" "But not alot. We need food pronto. You got any cash?" "No. I dont get paid till Saturday again, you know that." Ella put down the phone and let out a very loud groan. "The mortgage is due." "Didn't we pay that?" "Not according to the phone call I just got. We got two weeks to pay it." Jenifer sighed loudly and sat in the closet chair in fear that her knees might give way. "So, how do we get out of this one?" "I could ask my mother and-" "You know your mother wouldn't give you money for this house." It was Ella's turn to sigh. "I know. Maybe we could take a loan." "We had enough trouble getting out of the last one." Jen answered breaking off as she noticed that her friend was close to tears. She knew exactly how much this house meant to Ella and she couldn't stand to see her friend this way. "Maybe I could go back to doing double shifts. If we do that for a while and get some good tips, we might be able to scrape together enough, maybe." "We could try..." Ella sniffed before her eyes widened in realization. "Jen, no. You cant start today. We got to go to the studio! Please." "I'm not going Ella." Jen regretted every word as she said it, but was too proud to admit it, so she marched out the room. Looking sadly at the clothes she had laid out for the day, she put them away and took out her regular clothes, a pair of jeans and a random t-shirt. Pulling her wavy brown hair into a messy ponytail, she plastered some lip gloss unto her lips quickly pressing them together before pulling her bag on her shoulders and running to the door. "Ella, i'm out!" She called before she was gone. ----- "Therefore, the study of this rare herb will actually prove to change the way we look at plants forever. You see, the molecular compound-" Jenifer blocked out her teacher's words in stared into space. ------ "Why didn't you come see me today?" Daniel asked, a hurt tone in his voice pushed guilt straight to Jen's chest. She sighed slowly. "I'm sorry ... I just ... Its really complicated." He sat next to her. "Try me." "I had to work a double shift." His hearty laugh filled the room and she felt her heart blossom in her chest. Seeing him happy made her happy and she couldn't explain why. "That wasn't so complicated, was it?" he teased her. She just grinned and he did the same back which sent chills down her spine. 'It shouldn't be legal for a man to be able to smile like that.' she thought. His eyes narrowed as he seemed to know what she was thinking about and his body neared. "I missed you today." he told her, leaning in slowly. "I'm sorry I couldn't come." she repeated, her brain turning to mush the nearer he came. She felt her insides ignite although he had not made physical contact with her as yet. His face continued to draw closer to hers. When his lips were an exact inch from hers, he dodged her oncoming kiss and headed for her ear whispering, "Maybe you might just have to make it up to me." "Maybe I just will," She responded in a sexy tone. "JENIFER!" he yelled suddenly ---- Startled out of her day-dream, Jenifer looked around in awe and saw the many faces of her classmates either laughing or looking seriously concerned at her. Her head swiveled to look at her Professor who was looking at her with an angry look on his face. "Maybe you just will what?" He asked. "I- uh- I-I..." how was the best way to tell your teacher that you had spoken out loud during a day dream which she never got to finish. He glared at her before turning back to his class. "Like I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted-" The rest of the class went back to listening while Jen, who was sinking low in her chair wished that the floor would just open up and swallow her. She could feel the blood pumping to her cheeks and although she knew they couldn't see it, she hid her blush from everyone else wishing that this horrible day would just end. ---- "Yo Eddie!" Figures, Eddie thought to himself before turning around and facing Daniel, who was running up to him grinning like an idiot. "Hey," Eddie said less enthusiastically. "Whats the matter?" Danny's smile didn't fade a fraction and he was looking around wildly signalling to Eddie that he didn't give a damn. "Nothing." "Cool, okay. Dude, they're calling me on set. Catch you later." he ran off without another look back. ---- "Danny didn't you see me calling you?" Hannah whined as soon as Daniel was within earshot. "Yeah, sorry Hannah," he said distractedly. "What were you doing over there with that - Black person." He spun around and looked at her angrily and she visibly shrunk, knowing that she had made a mistake. If there was one thing that Daniel hated more than her it was racism. "That was the my best friend. You know that." He said through gritted teeth, trying very hard to conceal his anger. "Guys, I dont pay you to sit around and talk shit," Zeus the director called through his most treasured equipment - a megaphone. "Are we gonna start this fucking movie or do you guys wanna catch up first?" he asked sarcastically. Daniel lazily got to his feet in his best effort to piss the man off. He was grumpier than anyone else he knew, so whenever Danny was in a particular good mood, like he was now, he tried his utmost best to get on the director's bad side. Bravely, he walked up to the chair and picked up Zeus's darling megaphone. The sandy-haired director looked at him as if he had gone crazy. With a smirk, Daniel announced, "Everyone, listen up. I need you all to look your best because I got a special friend coming over here to meet ya'll." Hannah came forward eagerly. "Ooh, is it another actor?" "Nope." "EEz eet a criteeque?" Pierre the hairdresser came out. "Nope." "Well daw'ling wont you tell us who he is?" Hannah drawled with a suggestive bat of an eye. "My girlfriend." Daniel burst out in a huge laugh at the indescribable looked that crossed Hannah's face. It looked like the 'I just sucked on a lemon' face crossed with and 'I'm choking,' face with a blend of, 'I think i'm about to faint.' "You have a girlfriend?" Zeus asked in genuine surprised. "Yes." "Well I hope that she didn't like you because of the fact that you're an actor because if you dont get your precious white ass onto that set in five minutes that same white ass is going to be out of a job." ---- "I dont feel right doing this." Ella complained as the elevator went through the gates. "I mean, he wants to see Jen. If she doesn't come then I shouldn't." "Relax." Eddie told her. "I'm sure that you're as welcomed as I am. And besides, you're my guest now. And i'm not sure if I mentioned this, but you look absolutely gorgeous." She laughed. "You've mentioned it about fourteen times already." "That doesn't make it less true." As expected, he was telling the truth. Ella looked ready to kill in a cream colored blouse and booty hugging jeans, and cream colored platforms with small bows at the front. Her makeup was natural and blonde hair was curled and framed her beautiful face. At his compliment, she blushed, just like she had the fourteen times before. "Thank you," she said again. "We're here," he told her, smiling as he watched her face light up with excitement. ----- "Mr. Daniel Pierce Logan, your company has just arrived." A voice over the intercom said. His lips almost touching Hannah's, Daniel quickly pulled away and began to straighten his clothes. "Cut, cut, cut. Logan what the hell are you doing now!" Zeus called into his megaphone. "She's here." came the answer simply as though that excused everything. "I dont give a rat's ass. We're in the middle of a scene, you cant just decide to end it." "Eddie!" Daniel rushed to him. "Everyone this is - Ella?" "That's her?" Hannah asked with visible disinterest. "I was expecting alot more." she admitted. Daniel looked around the room for any signs of Jenifer, and when he didn't see her, felt the heavy crush of disappointment. Ella looked right into his face and saw it. "I'm so sorry." she said softly, trying to make sure that only he heard her. "She had to work, and, its really my fault." "Where is she?" he asked, surprised that he could still speak, even more surprised at how sad he felt. "She had to work. She really wanted to come, honestly." Ella rushed quickly. "Its fine." he breathed, straightening up himself before looking over at Eddie who had a concerned look on his face and realized what reaction he might have given off. 'I shouldn't be like this.' he told himself, forcing a smile. 'I've only known her for what, two days?' But he couldn't help it. For the first time in his life, he actually cared. 'And look where its gotten me.' he thought glumly. The first time he had ever trusted a woman and on her first time, she failed him. 'Stop it Daniel.' he said. 'I'm sure there is a perfectly good reason behind this.' And with that thought, a small smile - a real one - came across his lips. "Hey Ella, how about you go take a seat. I gotta get back to the movie." Lights, Camera, Romance 08 Author's note: Hello everyone who reads my story. I know that the chapters are long so you could stop complaining about it. I don't have a lot of time to be sitting writing long chapters, that's why I try to write them quickly (that's where the spelling errors come from) and try to post fast. I can't get an editor because you guys are complaining about how long it takes to post these updates, so how long would it take if an editor were to look over my stories and get back to me? Even I don't look over my own stories (which is kind of embarrassing to admit actually). And it takes approximately three days for the story to be put up on the Literotica after I write them, so do you see what I have to go through? I know that most of you do since you are also writers. I just wanted to say thank you very much for the support on this story, and I know that it seems very child-like, (it does, even to me) but, I'm new to the writing thing (as you've probably noticed) and I do it as sort of a hobby, not as anything serious, so you shouldn't take it as anything more than a time filler. -Candi * "You should have seen him. Honestly it was so cool. He was pledging his love to her and stuff and everyone else had to keep straight faces and try not to disturb him, but Eddie burst out laughing during this particular line causing everyone to laugh -- even Daniel. So they had to do the entire scene over. And the director was yelling his throat hoarse at Eddie who gave him the finger. It was hilarious!" Ella squealed as she dried the dishes that were being handed to her. "I'm glad that you had so much fun." Jenifer replied bitterly scrubbing harshly at an already cleaned plate. "Thank you. I don't understand why you're so angry, but you don't have to take it out on the dish." Ella grabbed it from her. "Whatever." "Seriously, what is wrong with you? You're being all moody tonight. Is it because you missed the studio thing today?" "Of course it's about that. I mean, why didn't you work instead of me? I mean it's my boyfriend, isn't it?" Ella sighed. "Jen you know that I don't work on Mondays. Besides, I just couldn't go into work and demand a shift." She added when Jen showed signs of argument. "You know that there wouldn't be any jobs there for me. Now tell me the truth, why are you really so ticked off?" "You know me so well," her friend said in a voice that sounded a bit wary mixed with accusation. "I guess it's because he never even called to see why I didn't come or something." "Why would he? I told him you were working." "Did you tell him about the—" "Of course not. I don't want Daniel Pierce Logan thinking we're poor." Jen giggled. "But we are." "He doesn't have to know that." *** "Just call her you fuck-head." Eddie said, one eye closed, his mind focusing on the target in front of him. His hand extended slowly, and then pulled back. Extended slowly, and then pulled back. "What the hell are you doing?" Daniel glared at his friend who was completely oblivious to his mood. "I'm trying to practice." "What for?" "Ballerina class. Basketball you idiot. What does it look like?" "It looks like you're running mad. You haven't even got a ball in your hand." Eddie sighed and picked up the ball before shutting one eye again and continuing his arm exercise. "Just shoot the fucking ball already!" He extended his hand slowly, pulled back, and then extended again, faster this time and allowed the ball to sail from his hands into the net. He smirked as Daniel rolled his eyes. "That's how it's done biotch!" He bounced around the room, grinning at pretend people, giving the finger to imaginary haters, and bowing down to the un-hearable applause. "And Eddie shoots and scores bringing the tigers to victory!" He commented into his fist. "And the crowd goes wild!" "Would you cut that out?" Daniel snapped. "Just call her already!" Was the retort. "Do you think I should?" "No Danny, I'm just telling you to call her for my own enjoyment." "I hate it when you make sense." "That must be the reason that you're so bitter all the time." Eddie sat in the chair he was in before, and ignoring the ball on the ground began his concentration exercise again. *** "Should I answer it?" Jen eyed the phone as if it were about to blow. Ella rolled her beautiful blue eyes. "No Jenifer. That's just the sound the phone makes when it's hungry." The brunette ignored her and continued to look at the phone nervously. "Answer the god-damn thing!" With a sigh and shaking hands, she reached for the receiver; bringing it slowly to her ear. "Hello?" Silence. "Hello?" More silence. "Is anyone there?" A faint noise made itself to her ear. "Who's there?" Nothing. "Hello!" she said more aggressively. No answer. "Fuck you!" She yelled into the device. "Don't you know that it's rude to be doing this? If you guys call again, I'm calling the cops." She hung up. "Who was it?" Ella asked automatically shaking blonde hair from her eyes. "Take a wild guess." "Prank calling kids?" "You can bet your life on it." Ella sighed seeing the disappointment that wasn't so thoroughly hidden flash in Jen's eyes. "Maybe he'll call later. He's probably busy." She said. "Yeah, probably. Listen, I'll just head upstairs to take a little snooze before another day starts over. If the phone rings, I'll take it in my room." "'Kay hon," Ella watched Jen drag herself up the stairs thinking about killing Daniel the next time she saw him. Sure she worshipped him and all (who in their right mind wouldn't?) but she would let no one treat her friend like that. Her mind was flashing through with the million and one ways to torture him when the phone rang and her spirits were up again. 'I bet that's him." She thought. "I got it!" Jenifer yelled from somewhere above her. By the happy tone of her friend's voice, she had no doubt that she thought the same thing. *** "Hello?" Jen said eagerly. Silence "Seriously, not this again?" No answer. "Please, I am expecting a very important call, so can you lay off of pranking this house for a bit? I would appreciate it, thanks." She hung up. *** Ella hung up also, her spirits down again. Her conscience was trying to battle with her over how wrong it was to listen in on someone's phone call, but she ignored it. *** The phone rang for the third time. Jenifer paced the room practically seething. Her anger obviously didn't shut the thing up. "What the fuck is it now?" She yelled at the phone when she picked it up. "Well, I expected for you to greet me better than that Jenifer." A strong voice came from the other end of the call and Jen felt the heat quickly spread to her cheeks. "Daddy! I'm so sorry. Some kids have been prank calling me all night." She told him. "That's quite alright dear." She could clearly hear the note of disapproval in his voice, no doubt from her cussing. "So what's wrong?" "Nothing's wrong darling, cant I just my baby just to check up on her? My only girl all grown up in the city." He sniffed. Jenifer smiled. "I missed you too hunny bear. How long's it been since I've picked up the phone and gave you a ring-a-ling?" She knew how much her father loved her calling him pet names and still pretending to be a little girl. "An entire week. It's like you been ignoring me." He accused. "Oh Daddy, don't you even think that. I would never ignore you. How are things over there with the business?" Her father cleared his throat out of habit, a clear sign she learned to recognize that there was bad news. "My beautiful pearl me and your brothers haven't been doing so good. The economy is catching up on us quick. We had to loan from a bank and it really hurt our finances to give the money back." "Oh damn daddy. Why didn't you call me earlier? I could have sent you a little bit of cash to straighten out yourself—" "Don't even come with that darling. I know how hard things are for you and Ariella out there. I would never dream of asking you for anything. Seriously." "You're the proudest man I've ever met. And that's bad." "Last time I checked, I was the parent and I won't receive no scolding from my seed. Now, enough about me how's school? You still on that pathetic waitress job?" "School is great daddy and that waitress job isn't pathetic. It pays the bills around here. I applied for a librarian job last Thursday to work on Saturdays and Sundays. I haven't heard back from them yet." "That's gonna make it seven days a week that you're working, plus school, plus homework, plus studying. Sugar, you can't do that. Eventually all that pressure is going to fold you like origami." "I know daddy. I'm trying for as long as I can." "I know baby." Jenifer thought back to her days in New Jersey with her dad and three older brothers, all playing in the back room at the shop. Joseph, the oldest was now thirty two and married and had two beautiful girls, Sasha, who was seven and Rowena who was four. Joseph helped their father run his store. John-John, the second was thirty years old, and was the local banker. The last was Jonah who was twenty seven and also worked with his father to build furniture. Jenifer was the youngest. Sugar plum, the entire town called her and everyone treated her like a baby since not only was she the youngest in her family, but the only girl. She never had a boyfriend until when she started college because her brothers had a knack for scaring off any boy who came in a mile range of her physical being. Sticking to books as her only alternative, Jen had been smart and quick witted her entire life, which gave her a scholarship to the best school in New York where she met Ella. She smiled back to the days when she worked in her dad's shop as a cashier, and her prized cherry wood chair. The one she had made all by herself, somewhere still in her old room which her dad kept clean for whenever she came home for Christmas, normally bringing along Ella, who everyone loved, especially Jonah who had a rather obvious crush on her. Her father cleared his throat and brought Jenifer back to the future. "So, any boyfriends?" He asked as awkwardly as possible, the very question that he asked every time they spoke. She felt the blush return to her cheeks. 'Come on Jenifer.' She coached herself. 'You're twenty two years old now. You're entitled to a boyfriend.' Then why the hell did she feel so guilty? Taking a deep breath and letting it out shakily, she responded 'Yes.' "WHAT?!" What sounded like a chorus of voice erupted from the other end of the line. She let out a groan. "Daddy please don't tell me that you put me on speaker." She pleaded although she already knew the answer. "Jenifer, I want to know his full name so I can run a background check." Said a voice she recognized as Joseph's her older brother. "Jo don't even go there!" snapped his wife Carol. Jenifer heard him mutter something in reply. "Jenny girl I support you with whoever he is. Now, to important matters -- is he cute?" The groans of protest of the subject by every male in the family met Jen's ears. She ignored it. "Yes. Super sexy!" She squealed to her sister who gave a shrill whistle to break through all the noise that the males were making, insisting on Daniel's address and phone number, no doubt to tell him off. "Now you guys listen. Jen is a grown ass girl and I'm sure is pretty capable of handling her own affairs. You guys screwed up her life enough." Carol told them. "Baby we're just trying to help her. Heaven knows who this guy is. I mean he could just be using her for God knows what." Joseph's voice spoke. "What could a guy be using Jen for?" Carol challenged. Jen squeezed her eyes shut knowing that this conversation was going to come sooner or later. She was praying for later. "Sex!" All the men erupted at once and Jen prayed again this time that her nieces were nowhere near them at this moment. She loved the girls, but they couldn't keep a secret if their lives depended on it, and if they went out and blabbed, the entire neighborhood would know about it in seconds. "I'm sure that Jenifer hasn't reached that far in her life." Carol defended, purposely leaving an opening for Jen to jump in and plead her case, but it never happened. "Oh my God!" Everyone said at once. "Sugar plum; please say that you're lying. For the love of God, please." That came from John-John. Once again, Jenifer's end of the line was quiet again which caused everyone to get riled up again. "I think I'm about to have a heart attack." She heard her father say through the noise. She made out Carol who sounded like she was having the time of her life by the volume of her laughter. "Hold on everybody, hold up! Let me ask her a question." Everyone died down. Jenifer already knew that she wasn't going to like this. "Is he any good?" The silence told them all they needed and back they went. "I'm about to mess that motherfucker up!" Jonah said, his voice clearly saying that he wanted to commit murder. "He took my little sister's cherry!" This sentence seemed to make the guys fiercer. "Would you guys shut the fuck up?!" She screamed and once again, they died down, only because they've never heard her cuss. "Now, listen carefully. I never answered any of your questions. You don't have a clear answer on anything. I met this guy two days ago. Nothing is official yet, so don't start planning your torture on him yet. And for your information Jonah, my cherry was popped when I was eighteen when Travis Dumphey and I went to the prom together. We did it in the back of his van!" she yelled at them and then hung up, breathing unusually hard. Glaring at the phone, she turned it off, not in the mood to hear anyone else's voice. Not even Daniel's. *** "AAH!" Daniel threw the phone into the wall, causing it to break into to pieces. "What's wrong?" Eddie asked casually. "The phone is either off or busy." "Well, at least you tried right? You could always call back tomorrow." "Yeah, okay." He looked down at the pieces of what used to be his cellphone. "I need a new phone."