My name is Evangeline and I used to live in New York. I moved to Kentucky a year ago and I met Josh Hutcherson. I bet you all know him. He's an amazing boy who happens to be an actor. I am his girlfriend and this is my story.

"Josh I can't just leave work to go to the drive-in." I said now as Josh was wandering through the isles of Saint Mystere, the antique shop I worked at.

"Why not? Nick is cool with you leaving! Aren't you Nick?" Josh asked Nicholas who owned the shop. He was an old man who hired me last year while Josh was busy filming Cirque Du Freak. Nick put his hands up in the air.

"Hey, if she leaves she doesn't get paid. It's all up to her." He said and went back to counting the money in the register. I looked over at Josh who was giving me puppy dog eyes.

"Oh lord. I can't expect you to pay for all my bills Joshua." I said picking up a box of new antique dishes we received just that morning.
"But I totally can! Hello! I'm an actor! I'm hot with the ladies-" He shut up as I shot him a look."That means that they come to see my movies and I make money babe. Calm down." He laughed lightly and I continued to walk to the kitchen display Nick had I set up two months ago. I emptied the new dishes onto the shelves and listened to Josh rant about why we had to go see this movie.

"It's awesome! They're your favorite."

"Look, I have forty minutes left of my shift, can it wait?"

"Nooooo." He complained leaning dramatically over an antique chair. I laughed and kissed his cheek.

"Yes it can. Why don't you and Anna go?" I said cutting down the box I just emptied.

Anna Sophia Rob was a fellow actress and was in a movie with Josh. Ever since the movie happened they've been great friends and Josh had her meet me while he was away and although she was very cheerful, she was bright and I liked her very much.

"Because you're my girlfriend and I want to take you to the movies! Why won't you let me?"

"Because I'm working!" I laughed in disbelief.

"Fine. I'll wait but I get to act cranky all night." He said sitting down on a stool and waited for me to finish my shift.

Later, Josh and I drove to the drive-in. They were playing two classics. Pretty Woman and Overboard. Those were my two favorite movies of all time. Julia Roberts and Goldie Hawn did a phenomenal job as a prostitute and a snarky rich bitch. I cuddled up to Josh and watched the movies feeling his chest move when he laughed with me.

I'm glad I decided to be with him. A year ago I declined his offer to be his girlfriend because I was afraid of being judged by my community. The papparazzi would've spread our story and I didn't know if I could handle the whispers and dirty looks around Kentucky but I handled them fine. In fact, they weren't as bad as I thought they would be. I remember Josh trying to rub it in my face but I just blew it off.

After the movies, Josh was driving me home. It was one in the morning and I knew that if I went home, I risked the chance of waking up the twins. After I turned 18, my mother pretty much gave me enough freedom to do whatever I wanted. So Josh invited me over and we instantly fell asleep together when we got inside. We made sure not to wake anyone up and quietly slipped into his room.

"Good movie, right?" I said pulling off my jacket and throwing it on a chair.

"Yeah you were right. Overboard exceeded my expectations." Josh said slipping into basketball shorts and throwing me a pair. I made him turn around while I slipped them on. Josh has been very understanding about my limitations. Even though I love him very much I still want to wait for the perfect moment to be intimate. Sex is a huge decision to make and I want to make sure that the time is right when we do something that important.

"I know. I can watch that movie all the time. I love the older movies." I said. When I met Josh I hadn't recognized him because I never watch new movies. I always preferred movies that were made before 2000.

Now as Josh is asleep beside I pull his arm tighter around me and drift off to sleep with a smile on my face.

The next day I woke up early and easily slipped out of Josh's bed without waking him up. I left a note telling him I went home and to call me later.

After slipping inside my house, I noticed it was quiet. Persephone, my little sister, was quite a screamer. When she cried, she really let you have it. Then Nathan, my little brother was no trouble at all. He was quiet all the time and only made little sniffling noises when he was hungry or needed a diaper change.

"Angel?" My mom's voice rang out from the kitchen. I smacked my forehead and groaned.

"Yes, mom?" I spoke uneasily. When I rounded the corner, I saw my mom sitting at the counter with a mug in her hand and sly smile on her lips.

"How was your night?" She asked taking a drink from her cup.

"Nothing happened." I rolled my eyes. I walked to the fridge and grabbed some orange juice. I sat next to her. "Where are the children?"

"Upstairs sleeping. Persephone started crying and Miguel took care of it. He told me to go and relax for a little while. Ah the life of having a colicky baby." She mused and looked at her coffee.

I smiled at my mom. She was very happy to have had the twins. Miguel was the whole reason we moved to Kentucky in the first place.

He was offered a job here and the opportunity was so great that he couldn't pass it up. My mom found a bigger house and he bought it. Now the nurseries were upstairs. My mom was so excited to have decorated two of them. She had me help because I was a big fan of interior decorating. My room had a theme and it was the ocean. I discovered the theme after finding a mermaid and dolphin glass sculpture at Saint Mystere. My mom was so inspired by my room that she asked me to design Nathan's room. She wanted Persephone's room pink and brown. She had her heart set on it and just didn't want to see anything else.

While Nathan temporarily slept in my mom's room, Josh and I had set up Nathan's room with the possibilities with different pastel colors. We thought green and blue but then we found these fun wall decorations that I thought Nathan would love not only as a baby but as a small child. They were jungle animals and they were made for small children. After I painted the walls pastel green, I stuck the jungle animal stickers on the wall and brought in the furniture that my mom bought for him. We found matching bedding and padding for the furniture. My mom was very happy with the end result.

"That was nice of him." I said

"See? He isn't all bad." She laughed.

After breakfast I went upstairs to my room. The dolphins my mom drew and I later painted were resting on the wall, swimming together. The sculpture that held my special ruby necklace was sitting next to my bed, shining brightly. I walked over to my huge window and opened the one square in the side. I looked at my cul de sac and smiled. I didn't regret coming to Kentucky at all.

Later, Josh called me and asked if I needed a ride to school. I told him no. I was enrolled at a local Community College and I was studying to be an interior designer. Josh has practically rolled his eyes when I was registering for classes. I had my own car and I intended to use it when I could. Josh stayed home to read over the script for a new movie he was taking part in. He hadn't told me what it was yet, but he said it was a big surprise.

After classes I had walked to the commons and sat with other students from my classes. I met another student from my classes who seemed to be more enthusiastic about interior design than me. Her name is Natalia Porter. She was a fun and outgoing person. We hit it off great and became great friends. Josh often joked that she stole me away from him way too many times. But in reality, Josh and Natalia made great friends as well.

"So, did you study for today's test?" She had asked while shifting her backpack to her other shoulder. I stopped and smacked my forehead.

"No, I forgot!" I practically stopped dead in my tracks. "I stayed at Josh's last night and forgot to study."

I could feel Natalia smile. "We didn't do anything!" I had to say. I couldn't understand why everyone thought I was so quick to jump into bed with Josh. He was good looking and so very sweet, I did love him more than life itself but I was still waiting for the perfect moment to be intimate. He said we wouldn't mind waiting either, he still loved me either way.

"Tell you what, I will let you borrow my notes," He held out the paper and snatched it away when I tried to grab for it "If you jump your gorgeous boyfriend's bones already!" She said laughing evily.

I grabbed the paper and glared at her. "I will not!"

"If you don't, I will!" She said nudging my arm lightly. I just rolled my eyes and read over her notes.

Thanks to Natalia's notes I was able to take the quiz. I was sure I didn't get the greatest grade but I was also sure I didn't do horribly.

After school I stopped by a coffee shop. They promoted old time norwegian coffee and I thought I would try them out. They weren't all bad and I had been getting my coffee there every day after school. There were always the same two baristas behind the counter, one small blond girl who seemed to do nothing but cut bread into thick slices for sandwiches and the other had dark brown hair and was smiling at customers and was very talkative. I believe her name was Alice. I wasn't sure what the blond girls name was, she never really spoke.

"Hey, I know you!" Alice said as I walked up to the counter. Since I was a regular, this became routine. "What would you like Evangeline?"

"The usual."

"One black coffee, sugar and milk on the side!" she called out and the blond wiped her hands on her apron and started making my coffee. "That'll be three dollars and twenty five cents."

I handed her the money and waited patiently for my coffee. After they placed the coffee on a tray I also purchased a small pastry with a cherry filling for Josh. I sat down at my usual spot and waited for him to show up. I was staring out the window across the street where a local grocery store was when he walked in. He smiled at me and sat down.

"Hey you, how was class today?" He asked. I smiled thinking back to Natalia's conversation.

"It was pretty good. I passed that quiz I forgot about."

"How did I know that you were going to forget about it?" He laughed. I grabbed the tightly wrapped pastry and shoved it in his hands.

"Eat this. I got it just for you." I said laughing. Ah he unwrapped it I poured milk and sugar into my coffee and stirred.

As I drank I noticed Josh was being quiet. "What's wrong?" I asked.

"Huh? Oh nothing. I was just thinking."

"About what?"

"That movie that I am doing. I don't want to go away again and leave you here. You were all alone the last time I left."

"I wasn't completely alone." I thought back to when Josh had a friend of his visit me. Anna and I had become better friends because of it. "I am sure i will be fine."

"See that's the thing though. I won't. I'm not sure I want to leave you alone with all these other men around." He said laughing and I jokingly slammed my coffee on the table.

"Do you not trust me Mr. Hutcherson?" I laughed at the thought.

"I do. It's them I don't trust. Have you seen how crazy beautiful you are?" he said smiling at me and I blushed as he leaned over to kiss me. "That's why I want you to come with me."

"What?!" I asked almost dropping the coffee as I raised it to my lips.

"Yeah! You can see me on set, explore a little bit if you like, you would have a great time babe!" He said and I looked back at the market for a bit to consider what he had just told me.

"I would like some time to think about it. What movie are you doing? Can't you just tell me?"

"Well..I suppose I can. It's called The kids are alright. It's filmed in Los Angeles." he said smiling and clapped his hands together. My mouth hung open and I was just shocked.

"What about my schooling?"

"Oh that's easy! You can be home-schooled like me."

"But I'm not used to something like that!"

"oh you will get the hang of it in no time."

"And my mom?"

"Do you really think she'll wanna go with two new born babies? Besides, you're eighteen and she's only a phone call away."

"Uh, wrong! She's A whole three or four day drive away! Possibly six!"

"Angel," He took my hand in his. "I will make sure you get everything you need to feel at home on this trip. I love you and I want you to have fun. Think of it as a fun vacation! It's in Los Angeles!"

I sat there and couldn't help but smile. It did seem like a fun opportunity and I had always wanted to study Interior Design in California.

"I want to transfer to a real college while we're there. None of that at home bullshit." I said smiling to myself. He smiled too.

"of course you can do that. Anything else my lady?" He saidk kissing my hands.

"I want time alone with you whenever I can get it." I smiled wide as Josh leaned in for a deep kiss. It lasted for a while and when we broke, I leaned into him and lay on his chest while I read my notes for my class. He continued to eat his fruit pie and was quiet as a mouse.