Will Work For Love

He left the restaurant and went home nearly two hours after Jennifer left; Arthur knew Jennifer would be infuriated that he didn't even bother to apologize. As he expected, the night ended with an argument. In the morning he finds himself in an apartment, confused he looks out the window, only to be shocked to where he is at. "Paris?" he mumbles. Arthur is startled when he hears a familiar voice.

"The view is beautiful, isn't it?"

He turns around and sees Ariadne standing behind him. Ariadne ignores him and continues talking, "You're having issues living normal, I understand that. Why aren't we in contact again?"

Arthur looks at Ariadne, nothing has changed about her since the last time he saw her. He felt safe around her, he loved her big brown eyes, there was something about them, and they showed a lot of warmth and kindness that would just put a big smile on his face.

"Is that a smile I see? Since when did Arthur smile?"

Arthur didn't realize what he was doing and quickly stopped. "Does it bother you?" he said in a flirty tone. He then heard a young child yell out, "DADDY!" He suddenly woke up to his daughter jumping on the bed. He felt almost angry at the fact that he was dreaming. At that moment Arthur wished he would have been with Ariadne, but he couldn't, because he was married.

"Where's mommy?! Where's mommy?" Isabel frantically kept asking. Arthur smiled at his young daughter. The only reason he didn't want a divorce was because he had hope that his marriage would work for Isabel's sake, but everyone knew it couldn't be fixed, everyone was just too afraid to say anything. Jennifer was rarely ever home, often leaving Isabel with her father, when Jennifer was home she would often ignore Isabel and go to straight to her bedroom, practically leaving Arthur to raise her on his own. He didn't realize he was spacing out until Isabel yelled; "Daddy!" and he quickly reassured his daughter by telling her, her mother was at work.

Ariadne walked around Paris early in the morning, as it was her usual routine. Even though she was living in France for years, she was always in awe at the beauty of the city. Occasionally she would think about that day three years ago. The day inception happened. No matter how hard she tried, it would always be on the back of her mind. After inception was performed the whole group disappeared. Ariadne went back to Paris to finish up school, but she couldn't bring herself to leave and decided to stay. She assumed that Cobb was probably in the states with his children and Arthur was still alone. Arthur. She smiled at the thought of him. She wished she would have kept in contact with at least Arthur but knowing his stubbornness, he probably would have refused to keep in touch.

By the time Ariadne was back at her apartment, she was thinking about him. She tried her best to remember what he looked like. He had dark brown eyes that would light up every time he would smile (which was rarely), they were quite beautiful. His hair was often slicked back and his face was clean shaven, and he would wear the nicest suits. She felt attracted to him for some odd reason, which she wasn't so sure of. All she knew was that the more she thought about Arthur, the more she would start missing him. Missing him? Ariadne suddenly felt ridiculous for thinking that way about him. She hardly even knew who he was, they weren't even together. For all she knew, he could be married with children.

She was awoken by the sound of her phone at 3 in the morning. Who's the idiot that's going to call me at three in the morning? She slowly got up and answered the phone only to be surprised.

"Is this Ariadne?"

"Cobb? How did you get my number?" Ariadne immediately recognized his voice.

"Do you think it's possible for you to move here?" He said with an uneasy tone. There was something going on.

"What's going on?"

"Arthur needs your help," Cobb blurted out before continuing with, "his wife left and I don't think he can handle the responsibility of a two year old with the job that he has."

She suddenly felt sadness and excitement. She was glad to hear that Arthur had a family but she also felt upset that someone that he probably cared so deeply about would just leave him without a care in the world. Without any hesitation, Ariadne agreed to help Arthur out. "I'll do it, as a matter of fact; I'll be there by Friday." She said goodbye to Cobb, and quickly started packing her clothes. She couldn't contain her excitement. She wanted to know how everyone was doing, how Cobb was with his children, but most importantly, how Arthur was. She then sighed and sat down. He must be devastated. Ariadne stared at the wall, thinking about what she was going to get herself into.

This is my first time publishing a story, so I hope you all enjoy it, and please review :D