Chapter 1

It was the beginning of September and they were only halfway done filming their last season of Gossip girl. For some reason unknown to Penn, the producers decided to give the entire cast a long weekend, so he decided to fly out to LA and meet up with his girlfriend Zoe.

The weekend had gone by slowly, Zoe was filming, and he had nothing to do. It was Monday morning and he had a flight back to the city that afternoon. He decided to go by his favorite coffee place in LA before heading to the airport. As he stepped out of the elevator and into the hotel lobby, he saw paparazzi crowding outside the exit to the hotel. He looked around the lobby, assuming that they weren't there for him, for the only time he got attacked by paparazzi was when he was dating Blake. But times have changed, and he wasn't with her anymore. Presuming that they were there for someone else, he stepped out into the sea of cameras, hoping they would ignore him and get out of his way. That was not the case.

"Penn, Penn, over here!"

"Penn, look this way!"

"Penn how do you feel about recent events?"

Penn rolled his eyes, it was probably just some lame rumor that had no truth to it. He didn't care. He kept walking, trying to push through the crowd.

"Penn, what are your thoughts on Blake's surprise wedding to boyfriend of one year, Ryan Reynolds?"

He stopped dead in his tracks. It couldn't be true; it was probably just a stupid rumor. Blake wouldn't do that. He knew how badly she wanted a family, but Ryan was so much older and he already failed at marriage once. Paparazzi come up with fake rumors all the time; this had to be one of them.

He shut out the paparazzi and kept walking.

After ditching the paparazzi, Penn finally reached the coffee shop, but he couldn't what they had said out of his head. What if she was actually married? Why should he care, they had broken up. He was with Zoe now, and he really cared about her. Unable to resist, he picked up his phone and dialed a number.

"Hello?"

"Hey, uh, so uh how's your um long weekend?" Penn stuttered nervously.

"Hey Penn, so I am guessing you heard the news."

"So it's true…" Penn was in shock, he shouldn't care this much, but he was angry, at her, at himself, at Ryan, and he had no idea why.

"Yeah, look Penn, I think she wanted to tell you, but she was scared. I think she still misses you, but she's really happy right now."

"Alright, thanks Leighton, I'll see you tomorrow." Penn hung up the phone. He only wanted her to be happy, and she was. With that, he grabbed his coffee and headed to the airport, forgetting to say goodbye to Zoe.