"And that is a wrap!" shouted the director, and I felt a kind of relief flush through me. The movie that I'd been working on for the past year and a half was finally in the box, and I could finally have some alone time at home with Pippi and Jamie; at least until my manager calls me with my next job, but I hoped that it wouldn't be anytime soon.
I love working, I love acting and love meeting new people, but I had been working on movie after movie where I barely had time for me or my fianc . It'd been four years since the last Mockingjay movie had hit theaters, and a lot of things had changed since then. Because I'd been getting many jobs in England, I'd decided to temporarily move to London, where I also met my fiancé, Jamie Campbell Bower. At first I thought we would be the oddest couple on Earth, but it turned out to work out just fine, and on our 2 year anniversary, Jamie proposed to me on top of the London eye at sunset.
Things had changed with Josh, too. A year after Mockingjay was released, the two of us were filming movies back to back, so we both didn't have the time to connect anymore. There were occasional birthday texts, or holiday texts, but we didn't meet up like we used to. I thought of him every now and then; wondered how he was doing, how his family was doing, but every time I attempted to text him, or even call him sometimes, there was no reply. I assumed that he'd changed his number, and eventually stopped trying to contact him. Too many times did I think of the good times back when we were filming The Hunger Games movies, how he made me feel when he was around, how we acted like complete idiots even in front of the cameras. Jamie and I were no different, but I still missed Josh. I would never have the feelings for Jamie that I had for Joshua.
I looked down at my phone as it vibrated with a text, just as I was changing out of my sweaty filming clothes which were never to be worn again by me, and the screen lit up with the name 'Jamie'. A smile crossed my face and I brushed my finger across the screen to unlock my phone, sitting down on the bed in my trailer, wearing nothing but my underwear now.
'Cannot wait to see you tonight, angel. Dinner plans for 7 still on?'
I smiled softly, my fingers quickly typing the words, 'You betcha. See you there xx' before tossing my phone onto my bed and completely stripping myself of the rest of my clothes. Turning on the hot shower that I'd longed for since 6 o'clock this morning, I stepped under the water and let it engulf me completely.
I must have been in there for quite some time, because by the time I opened my eyes and finally stepped out of the shower, the mirror was completely fogged up, the bathroom was the steamiest that I had ever seen, and I had 3 missed calls from my agent. I let out an audible groan as I wrapped a towel around my body and hair. He's probably calling me for another job, when all I wanted was some god damn peace. I put my phone on silent and tossed it back on the bed.
Within an hour, I was dressed in a white lacy dress with a dark leather belt strapped around my waist, my curly, still somewhat damp hair put up in a bun, and all my belongings were packed away. I hauled it all into the trunk of my car, put my phone on silent so that I wouldn't have to hear the annoying ring tone when my agent called me for the 5th time, and headed towards Jamie's and my favorite restaurant in the heart of London. During the drive, I could see my phone light up numerous times out of the corner of my eye, and once I had arrived at the restaurant and was parked outside, I decided to call him back in case it was urgent.
'Please just be calling me to check up on me or something, please, please, please.' I thought as the beeping noise came from the speakers of my phone.
"Jennifer! Where have you been? I've been calling for at least 2 and a half hours now! Did you never think to pick up your phone?" He practically scolded me, and I brushed a curl from my face as I leaned my head back against the seat.
"I was in the shower and in a hurry to make it to my dinner date with Jamie. I've been working all day and need a break." Fumbling with the steering wheel of my car, I desperately hoped he would just get to the point. The last thing I wanted to do today was explain to Jamie why I was late.
"Okay, well, I got another job for you." I held back a groan. "You're going to have to fly to L.A for this one, Jennifer. It's a romantic comedy, and they think you're the perfect woman to do the job."
I immediately thought of Jamie, and what he would think of this. He was currently filming another movie here in England, and there was no way he could come with me to L.A. But then my thoughts wandered to Josh, and my hopes of crossing his path in L.A were high. Suddenly, the idea of working another job wasn't so bad.
"Alright, when do I fly out?" I asked, obvious excitement in my voice. The thought of meeting Josh again after four years or nearly no contact was making me feel bubbly and excited inside.
"The day after tomorrow. Make sure you bring everything yo-"
"Yes, yes. I'll remember to pack my underwear and toothbrush, mom." I joked lightly, and my agent chuckled gently on the other side of the line. "Alright, I really need to go now, I've got a dinner date with Jamie in 2 minutes and I've been sitting in the parking lot talking to you for the past 5 minutes."
We said our good-byes, and I hung up the phone before storing it in my purse and getting out of the car. From outside the restaurant, I could already see Jamie through the window, waiting patiently at our reserved table, at which we sat every time we came here. I hurried inside before a flock of paparazzi could show up and snap too many pictures of me, and let the waitress know who I was with. Jamie immediately saw me come in, and as I approached him he got up and pressed a sweet kiss against my lips when I made it to the table.
"You look absolutely stunning," he said with a smile as we both sat down at the table, and a waitress gave us the menus and asked us which drinks we wanted. Jamie answered for the both of us, ordering a fine red wine that we always had when we came here. Still smiling softly, he reached across the table and squeezed my hands lightly.
"How was your day, love? Anything exciting happen?" Jamie asked, his attention completely on me.
"Actually, yeah," I said with a hint of excitement in my voice that caused Jamie to slightly raise his eyebrow. "My agent called me today, to let me know that I've got another movie to film."
There was a slight confused expression on Jamie's face. He knew that I hadn't been excited about filming movies lately, because it'd been stressful, especially since I had been filming 2 movies at the same time at one point and was always flying out to different locations.
"Well, this has to be a good movie, then, because you haven't been this excited about filming a movie in a few years now." He noted, smiling at the waitress as she placed our glasses of wine on the table and asked if we were ready to order our dinner.
"I'll have the Scandinavian Steak with potatoes." I said looking up at the woman. I had never seen her work here before; she was a beautiful blonde young woman, with large blue eyes and bright pink lips. I wondered if Jamie had found her attractive, but quickly dismissed the thought.
Jamie ordered the Salmon, before turning his attention back to me and patiently awaiting my answer.
"Yeah, I guess this might be good," I shrugged and leaned back in my chair, playing with the tablecloth. "I mean, it's a romantic comedy, and you know how much I love comedy." Laughing, I looked up at Jamie, but he didn't seem too amused about this. "I'm going to L.A the day after tomorrow to film it."
His expression quickly turned into a sad frown. I knew he wouldn't be too happy about this. Not once in the two years of our relationship would we be this far away from each other. Sure we've been in different countries while filming, but nothing further than Spain or Turkey.
"I assume you took the job then?" Jamie asked with a sad voice. I gave him a slow nod, looking at him with big eyes. "I'm happy for you, babes." His hand reached across the table again to squeeze mine.
I gave Jamie a light smile, knowing that he wasn't happy with my decision, but I knew he would support me no matter what. Soon, our dinner came, and we joked around and flirted while enjoying this rare one on one time. After dinner we ordered some alcoholic drinks and spoke about work, and the upcoming wedding.
It was around 8:30 when we decided that it was time to turn in. We both knew that it wasn't good to drive while just having alcohol, but the two of us only had one drink each and we felt completely okay to drive. Besides, our apartment was just a 10 minute drive from the restaurant. Outside of the restaurant, we kissed each other 'good-bye', even though we knew we would shortly see each other again, and got into our cars.
When we arrived at our apartment, we were greeted by a very excited Pippi whom I quickly took out so that she could do her business, and upon arriving back home I immediately stripped out of my dress and heels, before letting myself drop down into bed, and drifting off into a deep slumber.
