AN: First fan fiction!
Summary: Bella Swan and Jasper Whitlock are famous actors who hate each other. The problem is that they have to portray a loving couple on a popular TV show. AH
Disclaimer: Stephanie Meyer owns twilight
BPOV
"But-"
"And then your father and I will catch the flight and arrive at 3:00 on Thursday."
"Mom wait-"
"Oh honey I can't wait to see you! It's been way to long. I miss my little girl!"
"I know Mom, I miss you too but-" I paused and bit my lip.
"But what sweetie?" I sighed and closed my eyes.
"I'll pick you up at your terminal at 3." I clicked the phone shut and threw it on the bed with a groan. It wasn't long before I felt his arms wrap around my waist. I sighed and leaned back, resting my head against his chest. "I guess my parents will be joining us for Christmas," I spoke softly. I turned around in his arms and looked up into his eyes. I smiled sheepishly. "I'm sorry. I couldn't exactly tell them no…" my voice trailed off as I looked down at my feet.
"Hey," his finger lifted my chin so that I was looking into his deep blue eyes. "They are your parents. I'm sure I will like them, especially since they were the ones to raise such an amazing woman." He spoke softly, his southern accent evident in his voice. I smiled at him.
"Yeah but it will be Christmas. I know you were planning for the two of us to go away together. I didn't realize they wanted to come here until I got the call and…" my rambling was cut short by the feel of his lips on mine. He smiled down at me once he pulled away.
"We'll just go away some other time. It doesn't matter as long as we're together."
"Yeah but you haven't met the chief," I mumbled, referring to my police chief father. He chuckled and tightened his hold around my waist. "True. I'll have to watch myself around him so that I don't find myself looking down the barrel of his gun." I laughed along with him. I shoved his arm playfully. "He's not that bad."
He opened his mouth to say something else when he was interrupted by the loud voice of my best friend as she zoomed into the living room we had been standing in. "Oh my god we have to go shopping! I completely forgot about all of the Christmas shopping I still have to do!" I stared at her like she had lost her mind. "How did the queen of shopping herself forget about shopping for Christmas?" I asked incredulously. She placed her hands on her hips.
"I was more preoccupied with perfecting my fall wardrobe if you must know," she stated indignantly. I shook my head exasperated.
"I should have known," I muttered. She put the spare key I had given her in her purse. "Oh I almost forgot!" I jumped at her outburst. "There was a note and a rose on your doorstep. Looks like someone has a secret admirer," she sang. I gulped audibly and I felt the arms around my waist tighten. "Anyway," she continued on as if she hadn't noticed the tension her sentence had instilled in me and my guy. "I'm starved! Do you have any more of those lemon squares?" I nodded and watched as she zoomed into the kitchen.
"This is getting out of hand," my guy spoke softly behind me once she was out of hearing range. He rested his chin on my shoulder. "You need to speak to your dad about this."
"No!" I answered too loudly. I cleared my throat and shook my head slightly. "I mean he has only been leaving notes and flowers. Unless things go further I don't see the point of worrying anyone needlessly." He sighed. "I don't like this," He mumbled. I pulled away and walked to the front door. "I don't either but it's almost Christmas and I refuse to be the cause of problems this holiday." He opened his mouth to protest but I held a hand up to stop him. "If he doesn't stop by the time Christmas is over, then I'll tell my dad. Deal?" He sighed and nodded. I smiled at him and opened the door. Sure enough there was a single red rose and a folded up piece of paper on the doorstep. I picked it up with shaky hands and read the note.
Roses are red
I love you so much I'll kill.
If you don't dump the loser
His blood will spill.
I gasped and the note fell through my shaky fingers.
As the note hit the floor I heard another voice shout, "Aaaannddd CUT!"
I smiled as the director gave me the thumbs up. I was relieved that it was over. I started walking in the direction where my best friend Jacob Black had been waiting.
"That was amazing Bells!" Jake ran the rest of the way to me and picked me up in a bone crushing hug.
"Can't…Breath…Jake!" I gasped.
"Oops sorry!" He laughed and put me back down but slung his huge arm over my shoulders.
Jake was incredibly tall, at least 6'7" so whenever he stood this close to me I would have to strain to look into his dark eyes. He is also incredibly muscular with russet colored skin. He is very protective of me. We've known each other our whole lives. We had tried dating when I was fifteen and he was seventeen. We even lost our virginities to one another. But, our relationship didn't feel right so we settled on being best friends.
When we were younger the two of us were pretty reckless. I lost track of how many times I ended up in the emergency room from one of the stupid ideas we had. Once, I was having a bad day and he took me cliff diving. I would have drowned if Jake hadn't been there to pull me out. He was also the one to teach me how to ride a motorcycle.
"Anyways you did great!" Jake boomed, startling me out of my reverie.
"Thanks but I'm just relieved that it's over. I can't stand Jasper! Ugh talk about an overly inflated head. Now I have to go take a shower to wash off the feel of his arms around me." I shuddered. Jake laughed and ruffled my hair.
"Yeah well, you wouldn't be able to tell that the two of you hate each other when you are filming." I laughed at this.
"Wow I must be a really good actress then," I joked.
He shook his head, smiling. Jake despised Jasper almost as much as I did. Maybe it had to do with the way him and his friends treated me, but he always had my back when one of them threw a snide remark my way.
"So I was thinking, we should go get Leah, Seth and Emmett and go to lunch. I don't know about you but I'm starved!" He patted his stomach with his hand for emphasis. I laughed. "Alright, let me go get changed and then I'll meet up with you guys. Where did you want to go?"
"How about that new pizza place, Linda's I think is what it's called."
"Sure," I agreed.
I turned and headed for my dressing room when I heard the familiar southern voice that never ceased to make my blood boil.
"Nice acting today Swan. One step up from the atrocious acting you did last week but if it's the best you can do…" his voice trailed off. I gritted my teeth and turned to face him.
"Hi Jasper," I said in an overly sweet voice. I put on my best innocent expression. "Huh, you aren't looking too well today. Is that a rash?" I pretended to squint my eyes while I looked him over. "Maybe you should get tested for syphilis. It wouldn't be surprising if you tested positive considering who you hang out with…" My voice trailed off as I gestured with my head to where the tiny pixie-like creature otherwise known as Alice Brandon was standing. She may play my best friend on the show but in real life she was an insufferable bitch.
His eyes widened before narrowing. He took a step closer until we stood toe to toe. I wouldn't admit this to him but I was a little intimidated. He stood at about 6'3" whereas I only stood at 5'4". It took everything in me not to take a step back. I didn't want to give him the satisfaction. Instead, I stared up into his eyes unblinking. "What are you saying Bella," he sneered my name.
"I thought it would be obvious to a man whore such as yourself. I mean seriously, I wouldn't be surprised if you slept with one of the producers in order to get the part." I replied back innocently. I was only playing off of what the tabloids have been saying. Apparently Jasper Whitlock is known to be one of Hollywood's biggest players. His eyes flashed with anger.
"You don't know anything about me," he growled. He took a deep breath and that damned smirk was back on his face. "But, in case you were wondering, the reason I got the role was because of hard work on my part. Not that you would understand that considering all you probably had to do was run to your daddy and ask him to get you a spot on the show."
Now it was my turn to flush with anger. My dad is a big time producer here in Hollywood. Ever since I was four he had put me in acting classes. The first movie I was in came out when I was eleven. I worked hard for almost my whole life to get to where I am today. Therefore, the fact that he implied that the only reason I got this part was because of my dad's status made me see red. That seems to be one of his favorite insults. He seems to know how much it bothers me when he says something along those lines because he uses that insult frequently. I opened my mouth to retaliate when I was cut off by the annoying pixie herself. I didn't even notice that she had sidled up to us while we had been verbally slamming each other.
"Jazz, let's go already. You don't know what you'll catch if you stand around her too long." She sneered in my direction. Before I could even respond, she slipped her arm in Jasper's and they walked away from me without so much as a backwards glance. I balled my hands into fists and continued on to my dressing room.
Jasper and I had always been on bad terms since the start of the show two years ago. If I didn't hate him so much I would probably waste my time drooling over him. He was god worthy with his looks. He stood at 6'3" and had the softest looking blonde waves of hair. His eyes were the brightest shade of blue and he was muscular, but not overly muscular. We had hated each other since the very first meeting.
Flashback:
It was the morning of my audition for the show, Blue Skies. I was waiting for my name to be called when suddenly a large body slammed into me making me fall on my ass. To make matters worse, the person who had bumped into me spilled their coffee all down my new dress from Dolce and Gabbana.
"Shit! I'm so sorry!" A southern voice said. A hand appeared in my vision but I ignored it and jumped up. "Fuck! This better come off! Watch where you're going next time!" It was then that I stared up into his blue eyes. I recognized the guy standing before me as none other than Jasper Whitlock himself. He is also pretty famous and has been in quite a few movies but not as many as me.
"Look, I'm sorry. I was running late so I was in a hurry-" I cut him off there.
"Not my problem. And FYI, when you are auditioning for a part in a show, movie, or whatever, you are supposed to get there early so this kind of thing doesn't happen!" I waved a hand angrily to indicate the stain. I know I was being too harsh but I couldn't seem to care at the moment considering the fact that I have an audition in twenty minutes and now am drenched in coffee! Not to mention my new $1,500 dress is now ruined. I had spent three hours this morning making sure my hair, makeup and outfit were perfect and now this happened!
"I know what to do for an audition," he stated indignantly. "Obviously not," I quipped. We glared at one another for a moment longer before I turned around and stormed into the bathroom.
"Fuck Fuck Fuck!" I cursed when I realized the stain would not come off with the water I had been using. "Oh that sucks," I heard a high voice say behind me. I turned around and saw a girl who looked to be about 5'8" with russet colored skin and brown eyes. "Leah Clearwater," she said and stuck out her hand. "Bella Swan," I replied while taking her hand. "Yeah, I know. You're kinda famous," Leah giggled. I laughed but then groaned as I caught sight of my reflection again.
"That idiot, Jasper Whitlock, spilled his coffee all over me right before my audition!"
"Hmm," she raked her eyes over my little problem. "I may be able to help. I'm the costume designer here. Well, one of them at least. Follow me," she spoke quickly and turned around and left the bathroom. I hesitated but followed her quickly after realizing I now only had ten minutes until my audition. I followed her around a few hallways until she stopped in this dimly lit area where there were racks of clothing. She started rifling through the clothes until she finally pulled out a deep blue off the shoulder dress and held it up for me to take. I quickly pulled my coffee soaked dress off, not caring that I was now standing there in my underwear, and shoved the dress over my head.
"Just what I thought!" Leah said happily. "That color blue goes great with your skin tone!"
"Thank you so much! You are a life saver!" I smiled at her before heading off for my audition.
End of flashback
Needless to say, I got the part of the main female character, Kristen, of Blue Skies. Leah and I had been friends ever since that first day on set. I introduced Leah and Jake to each other soon afterwards. As soon as I introduced them though, they went all shy on me. To see Jake so flustered and shy was hilarious. I could definitely see the two of them together. They were so cute, especially since they both were so oblivious to their feelings for one another.
Jasper and I had hated each other ever since that day as well. When I heard he got the part of Jackson, the main male role, I had intended on apologizing for being so rude to him that day.
Flashback:
I had felt guilty once I had finished my audition. I know it was an accident that Jasper had bumped into me. I blamed the nerves. No matter how many auditions I have gone through in my life, I always get jittery before them. I was on set the day we would be performing the first act when I saw Jasper. I took a deep breath and took a swig of the diet coke I had in my hand. Now was my opportunity.
I walked over to him with my head held high. I stopped when I was in front of him. He raised his eyebrows in silent question. I opened my mouth to start apologizing when he cut me off.
"So what does little miss priss want from me?" I swallowed and tried to speak when he interrupted me again. "Let's get one thing straight, I'll stay out of your way and you stay out of mine. Technically we only need to be around each other on set." I heard him mumble to himself, "you probably only got the part due to your dad anyways."
That comment made me bristle with anger and before my brain caught up with my actions I had dumped the remainder of my soda down the front of his shirt. "Now we're even," I smirked at his enraged face and walked away from him.
End of Flashback
After that, things started escalating. It made it worse that he played the guy I was supposed to pretend that I was hopelessly in love with. That thought made me laugh. As if that would ever happen in real life. It's ironic that the two people I hate most in the world end up being the two people I have to pretend to be closest to on set. Alice plays my best friend Bree on the show. Before the show took off, no one had heard of her. This was her big chance for her acting career.
However, we always loathed each other from day one. She and Jasper are best friends and since he doesn't like me, it would only make sense that she would follow his lead. I've also met his sister Rosalie and Alice's boyfriend Edward on occasion. They seemed to have followed Jasper's lead and throw snide remarks my way whenever I see them hanging around set. It doesn't bother me that much because my friends always have my back.
Jake hangs around the set almost as much as Leah and I do. Seth stops by occasionally as well. Seth is Leah's little brother. He is always happy and has been the buffer on many of Jake's and my fights (not that they last long but we tend to argue on occasion).
Emmett McCarty is also a part of our little group. He is also like a big brother to me. He is about 6'5" and incredibly muscular. He's the son of my agent and I happened to meet him about 5 years ago. When I first met him I was pretty intimidated by his size, but once I got to know him I realized he is like a big teddy bear.
Acting has been my life. I had acted in a lot of well-known movies, but I wanted to try acting for a TV show to gain a little consistency in my life. Before I knew it, the show took off and now, two years later, it was rated the number one soap opera on TV. Now, I was even more famous than I had been before Blue Skies had premiered.
I came back to the present to see that my feet had led me to my dressing room. I opened the door and my attention was caught by the single red rose and piece of paper sitting on my table. Curiously, I went over and picked up the note and read it:
Roses are red
I love you so much.
I will settle on watching you
Until you'll be mine to touch.
I stared at the note a little while longer until realization settled over me. I doubled over laughing.
"Wow, he really is a douche." I shook my head at the idea of Jasper sneaking this rose and note into my room trying to scare me. On the show, my character, Kristen, was being stalked by her ex-boyfriend. He would leave a single red rose and a poem that always started off with "Roses are red." I guess Jasper was trying to spook me or something. I read over the last line again.
"Creepy much?" I mumbled.
"What's creepy?" I heard a voice say behind me. I jumped and turned around to see Leah poking her head into my room. I guess I had left the door ajar.
"Sorry, you were taking a while and Jake had me check to see if you were ready. You know how he gets when he's hungry." We both laughed at that.
"Yeah I'm almost ready," I replied as I grabbed a shirt quickly and shoved it over my head.
"So what was creepy?" Leah asked.
"Huh?"
"When I walked in you were saying "creepy much?"
"Oh, just Jasper being weird again."
We laughed and Leah turned to leave. I grabbed the rose and note and dumped them in my trash bin as I followed Leah out of the room.
AN: Like it? Hate it? Please review and let me know if you think I should continue with this. The idea for this story just popped in my head and once I started I just kept going lol. I'm kind of winging it at the moment so I'm sorry if it's all over the place. Remember, this is my first fan fiction, so any feedback would be greatly appreciated! Thanks for reading!
~Katie~
