*Author's Note*

Here comes chapter 3 and so sorry for the delayed posting. I've been buried in mid-term papers and now it's almost exam period. I can barely catch a breath, not to mention to find time to post this chapter.

Famous in Love: One and Only

Disclaimer: I own nothing at all, well, except my OC.

Spoilers: Season one's episodes

"Hey, buddy!" Rainer greeted as he sat on the bar stool beside Jordan.

The best friends shared a fist bump while the bartender serves their beers.

"How was your new movie?" Rainer asked, picking up his beer and brought it to his lips to take a few swigs.

"Just wrapped up the last scene today," Jordan answered, bending forward to gently massage his stiff neck to ease off his fatigue. "Finally, I've got some time for Tangey. I have been so busy with filming that I barely had any time for her since our last getaway. Our anniversary is in two weeks, and I was thinking to bring her for another getaway. What do you think?" Jordan asked.

"I think that sounds great," Rainer answered as he turned his head towards his friend. "I supposed you have already chosen a location?"

Jordan released a chuckle as he wrapped an arm around his best friend to give him a friendly pat on the shoulder, "You know me so well, Rainer. I'm thinking Hawaii. We have been talking going to the beach one afternoon."

"Sounds beachy," Rainer commented with a smirk before picking up his beer to take another few swigs. When he was done, he had emptied the bottle.

"Hey, you ok? You don't sound like yourself today." Jordan asked, concern filling his voice as he watched the bartender opened another bottle of beer for Rainer.

"It's Paige and my dad," he confessed with a heavy sigh.

"Acting related?" Jordan asked, already knowing the answer. As he expected, Rainer nodded his head. "They are right, man. Forgive us for being pushy but Rainer, you are way too talented to be just sitting on the couch. You need to get out there and do what you do best. Acting. I know you may not be ready playing the lead role like you used to but why don't you start small like maybe a guest star in a TV series? I meant you will never know if you are ready for the big screen if you never take a step forward and try."

Rainer kept his eyes straight on the bar's wine shelf, took a swig his beer and released a heavy sigh as he rubbed his hands over his face.

"Enough about acting. Do you know…" Jordan said, trying to change the conversation. He was aware that Rainer needed some time to think about what he said. There is enough pressure on his best friend's shoulder, and Rainer does not need this to add to the load.

A knock sounded at the door, and a few seconds later the door opened, and the set PA of the series CSI popped his head, "Rainer, you're up in 10."

Rainer turned his chair around and nodded his head, "I'll be right there."

It has been three weeks since the night Jordan suggested that he should take on small roles first so that he will know if he is ready for the camera. He was aware that Jordan is right. His father had suggested the same thing during their weekly lunch the next day. His father is right, he is lucky enough to have a job that he loves and enjoys. He is living the dream that many people would kill for and it is not worth it to throw it away for anyone or anything.

Alan got up from the couch in the room and patted his son on his back, "You're going to be great, son. Just do your best. I believe in you." Alan had accompanied Rainer on his first official day in showbiz to give his son some emotional support.

After making up his mind, he went to his father and asked him to help him source for a small role. To his surprise, many producers have been approaching his manager to offer him roles ever since showing up at Tangey's party a few months ago, but his manager had all turned them down as per Alan's orders. Therefore, Rainer did not know any of that until his father told him.

"Thank you, Dad," Rainer supplied with a confident smile even though it felt like there were a thousand butterflies in his stomach.

Rainer quickly packed his things, got up from his chair and walked towards the door where he stopped to inhale a deep breath before opening the door to step back into the spotlight.

"Over to the right, please," a reporter called out to the cast.

"Over here."

"Paige, please look to your left."

"Rainer, can we take a couple of shots of you and Paige together?"

Paige and Rainer along with their new cast family were now standing on the stage of the press junket for their new movie 'Twenties Girl'.

Just as everyone expected, Rainer's performance took everyone's breath away with his role of a troubled adult with depression and anxiety on CSI. Everyone loved his performance. Everyone but Rainer, he doesn't look too fond of his performance. He knew he could do better, and he had concluded that he is not entirely ready to take on a lead male role, well at least not alone.

Knowing that Ed's role in 'Twenties Girl' was not as big as the two female lead – Lara and young Sadie, he approached his father and asked him if he could have a chance to audition for the role. Alan has been waiting for him to say so. Alan had not made any decision on the male lead yet even when all the other cast have been signed on as he wanted to wait for Rainer to approach him and only if by the time when the movie is fully ready to start filming, then he would reach out for his second choice. After his formal audition, Rainer was cast as Ed, the last available role in 'Twenties Girl' and one month later, they are now at the press junket for a formal announcement of the movie.

"You alright?" Paige whispered through chattering teeth as she tried to keep her smile on while checking up on Rainer.

Rainer nodded his head. "I am, actually," he turned and whispered into her ear, not bothering to hide his fondness towards the auburn-haired girl.

"Rainer, Paige, can you guys step closer to each other," a reporter asked while the rest of the cast walked down the stage.

Rainer and Paige both looked down to the few inches space between them, looked up to share a look before taking half a step forward. She rested her left hand on his right shoulder while he wrapped his right arm around her waist before turning towards the reporter. The smell of lavender surrounding her hair regularly grabbed his attention. Our scent. He smiled at the thought of their scent. He had never been so happy to share a scent with anyone before, and he would never want it to stop.

"Rainer," she voiced, softly.

Rainer was pulled from his thoughts by the sound of her voice and turned his head towards the voice to look into her eyes. He could tell that she was worried about him. "I'm all right," he whispered softly. "I just remembered that we might need to do grocery shopping soon."

"Huh?" she voiced, confused.

Rainer chuckled and did not say anything as they walked down the stage to mingle with their friends. Cassie, Adam and Tangey were here as emotional support for Rainer's first official role since 'Locked'.

"Hey guys," Adam greeted.

Cassie and Tangey both took a step towards Paige and Rainer to give them a hug respectively.

"Where is Jordan?" Rainer asked as he unwrapped his arms from around Tangey.

"He called me a few days ago to let me know he had some stuff to attend to. I have not heard from him since." Tangey expressed, concerned about her boyfriend.

"Don't worry, Tangey. I'm sure Jordan will call you soon." Paige reassured her with a smile.

"Thanks, Paige." Tangey gave a small smile to her friends before bending down to take a drink of her drink.

Two girls with the reporter badge walked to them and asked, "Rainer. Paige. Can we have a short interview with you?"

Paige shared a look with Rainer. "Sure," Rainer answered before turning around to their friends, "We'll catch up with you guys later."

Cassie, Adam and Tangey smiled and nodded to them in unison.

Rainer, Paige, Cassie, Adam and Tangey spent most of the rest of the night talking and drinking together. Thanks to their company, Rainer had started to get more comfortable being in front of everyone without his disguise. Even the reporters had been easy on their questions, but what Rainer did not know was, Alan had warned all the reporters that will be present at the press junket to be careful with the questions asked or else risk to be blacklisted by Golden Brothers Production.

"How was tonight? Did you guys have fun?" Alan interrupted as he walked towards his son.

"Alan. It was fun tonight, and the hors d'oeuvre tasted amazing." Paige expressed with a smile, bringing the appetiser to her lips and put it into her mouth.

Alan shook his head and chuckled as he watched the auburn-haired girl stuff another hors d'oeuvre into her lips, "Paige, I'm glad you enjoyed the food so much. I will have the catering prepare some for you on set when the movie started filming."

Paige's eye lit up, and a big smile began to curl on her lips, "Really?"

Alan chuckled and nodded his head. "Really," he confirmed.

"Yay!" Paige cheered before stuffing another one into her mouth.

"This girl here has an endless stomach when it comes to appetisers and desserts. There is never an occasion that she would not stuff her mouth with hors d'oeuvre when she sees one," Cassie teased with a smirk.

"Cassie!" Paige voiced as she turned to give her best friend deathly stares which caused the others to chuckle and Cassie to smirk wider.

"Alright, stop…" Alan paused in the middle when he caught his assistant from the corner of his eye, he turned to find a worried-filled expression on his assistant, "Something wrong?"

His assistant immediately took a step forward to whisper something to him when Rainer noticed the reporters on the other side of the room were all on their phones. His instinct told him that something has happened and he had a hunch it is not something good.

"Rainer, did you know about Jordan's mother?"

"Tangey, have you heard that Jordan's mother is involved in the murder of Barrett Hoper?"

"Paige, do you know Barrett's killer is Jordan's mother?"

Before anyone of them could react, the swarm of reporters ran over to them and started asking questions that took them by surprise.

"What did you just say?" Rainer asked after he pieced together what the reporters just said.

Jordan's Mother is Barrett Hopper's killer.

"I'm sorry. This press junket is over," Alan quickly took a step with his hands up to distance the reporters and the young adults standing behind him before turning to his assistant, "Derrick."

Derrick nodded and quickly took a step towards the reporters while Alan pushed everyone towards the backstage, "Please follow me and I'll give you what you need. We will accept questions regarding 'Twenties Girl' and no others."

A few security guards appeared behind Derrick, and together they acted as a human wall to prevent the reporters from taking another step forward.

"What did the reporters just said?" Rainer asked immediately after they have stepped into his makeup room.

Alan did not answer Rainer. Instead, he turned around and asked, "Can we have some privacy?"

All the makeup artist, assistants and agents shared a look, without a word they all got up and walked out of the room.

Rainer took a deep breath to cool down, "Dad, is that true?"

Alan's eyes have not left his phone since the room was left with only the six of them, "Honestly, I have no idea. Son, all I know was Derrick just told me that there have been rumours on the street saying that Jordan has been going in and out of LAPD in the past few days and there has been news that LAPD has found Barrett's killer. The reporters must have piece them together and found a link. I have been trying to get in touch with Jordan and his manager, but none of them is answering."

"Dad, when did you know about this?" Rainer voiced, afraid of getting the answer he was expecting.

Alan noticed the tone in his son's voice, so he stopped typing, looked up and towards his son's eyes and said, "I have just gotten the news this morning, and I have been trying to confirm if the new is true. This was what I was going to tell you just now when I said that I need to have a word with you later, but I did not expect the reports found out about this so soon. I'm sorry, son. I should have said something earlier."

Rainer sensed the sincere in his father's tone and signed in relief, "Thank, dad." Thanks for being honest with me.

"Tangey, did Jordan contact you in the past few days?" Alan asked, turning his attention towards the stunned Tangey standing in between Paige and Cassie.

"Tangey, are you alright?" Paige asked, concerned about her friend.

"I… I…" Tangey stammered in shock, still not able to work out her thoughts properly.

Paige looked at her stunned friend and turned to Rainer, "I think it's best that Cassie, Adam and I to send Tangey home first. Rainer, why don't you go return to the beach house to check if Jordan is there. I'm sure he needs you." Cassie and Adam nodded in unison beside her.

Rainer eyed his stunned best friend for a few moments and nodded his head before diverting his attention back to his father.

Alan nodded before bending down to his phone and start typing as he speaks, "I'll do whatever I can to do for damage control here. I'll get Derrick to prepare a car downstairs now. Son," he paused and looked up, "be careful. Let me know if you need any help."

Rainer nodded before leaving the room.

"Jordan?" Rainer called out as he stepped into his living room for the first time in almost two years.

He looked all over the house, and there was no sign of Jordan, just as he was about to leave the place, he found Jordan sitting on the floor in the balcony.

Rainer walked towards his best friend and bent a knee to be at eye level with his best friend, "Hey, buddy. Are you alright?"

Jordan lifted his head and looked at Rainer with a pair of teary eyes, looking torn.

"She did it for me. She told me she loved me and she did it to protect me. I have spent half of life hating that woman and now…" Jordan could no longer bear the heartache as he buried his face in his hands, feeling ashamed about how he felt towards his mother.

"Jordan, I understand how you feel now. Trust me it will get better." Rainer expressed, rubbing his best friend's shoulder hoping to calm him down.

"Jordan?"

A female voice emerged from inside the house, causing both to freeze, especially Rainer, who felt a cold shiver towards his spine as he recognised the voice.

It was Nina Devon.

"What are you doing here, Ms Devon?" Rainer asked, bluntly.

"Rainer?" Nina asked, shocked to find his son at his house.

"Are you here to tell more lies? Haven't you done enough?" Rainer expressed, harshly.

"I was just checking up on Jordan. And I have spoken to my lawyer about…"

"No thank you, Ms Devon." Rainer interrupted, turning his back towards Nina. He had enough of always thinking if his mother is lying or not lying. The best choice he could make right now is to not trust her anymore. "Safe your act. We've had everything under control. You are not welcome here. Please leave."

Nina felt like she just heard her heart broke, but she knew she had no one to blame but herself. She can only hope time can heal the wounds she caused just enough for him to give her a second chance. She knew there is nothing more she could say that would not hurt him now, so she chose to back off to give him some space. Without a word, she turned around and walked out of the house, leaving a tear on the floor where she has stood a few seconds ago.

Rainer heard the door closed behind him, he swallowed the gulp in his throat. He knows his best friend needed him now and he needs to be strong for the both of them.

"Jordan, are you alright? My dad is working getting your mom out now." Rainer expressed, softly.

"Thank you, Rainer," Jordan whispered softly as he lifted his head from his hands.

Rainer smiled and sat beside him.

"Paige," Rainer called softly as he gently patted the sleeping girl's shoulder.

The auburn-haired girl slowly started to stir, and after a few seconds, her sleepy brown eyes opened, "you're back. I must have fallen asleep." She tried to sit up, but her body has not fully awakened yet, so her arms still felt a little bit wobbly.

Rainer noticed that so he bent down to help her sit up, "I was waiting for Jordan to fall asleep before I left. I have forgotten that you might be waiting for me to return."

"Thanks, it's alright. How was Jordan?" she took one of the cushions and wrapped it with her arms as Rainer sat beside her.

"He's okay, but I think it's best for me to move back with him to keep him company. He needs me now," he revealed as he observed her reaction carefully.

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~ xoxo, Bella