AUTHOR'S NOTE: Thank you all once again for reading and reviewing. I posted a story up yesterday called A Working Title Series: Crossfade. It is an Edward Point of view story that happens around 2012 so approx. six years after Bella and Edward meet in this story. I know some people wondered why I am posting it now, but honestly I just couldn't wait. I will only be updating Crossfade once a week and I am warning you now the story is full of spoilers for what will eventually happen in A Working Title Part two and three. I will not abandon this story so if you don't want to read Crossfade yet, don't worry I will try to continue to post at least three times a week.
WARNING:
This story may contain content that could offend readers. Story will surround story lines involving acts of dominance such as domestic discipline. This story will not contain BDSM. This story will have spanking themes in later chapters. The following story will use mature language. This story has already been written and will contain character death in future follow ups. Lemons will not occur right away and not in every chapter this isn't Fifty Shades of fun. Please do not read this story if you think you may feel offended by the discussed themes.
Story and lyrics are mine; the characters are borrowed from Stephenie Meyer.
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
The big move hadn't gone as smoothly as Edward had predicted. Of course Edward was dead tired when he arrived home early in the morning around one AM. He didn't even try to relocate the two little girls who had fallen asleep in his bed, he just picked Gracie up and placed her a little closer to the middle and slid in quietly before passing out.
My alarm went off and I trudged off to the bathroom determined to fit a shower in before the morning festivities began. When I went to wake Edward he was a little less agreeable. Gracie and Savannah had to jump up and down on the bed before he finally moved.
Ian, fitting nicely into his new assistant role was sure to arrive bright and early at eight to start helping. The plan was for Edward and I to go to the new house and start directing the movers as to where to place everything and Jacob and Ian were going to stay at the old house and coördinate there. Once I had the girls already in the car, Edward stumbled out of the house. He was taking his car and I the BMW I had been driving. It would take a few trips to get the automobiles from one place to the new place.
My parents were already waiting for us when we arrived. They hadn't seen the new house yet and I could already see my mom taking pictures on her iPhone. I got the girls out of the car and heard my mom gushing as we came up the walk.
"Oh Bella, this place is just gorgeous." She praised.
"Hi, mom. Thank you. Sorry we were late, Edward had to film late last night so he was a little slow this morning." I explained. Of course Edward was already greeting my dad and they were walking up to the door and letting themselves in. My mom upon entering the home was absolutely flabbergasted and kept talking about how wonderful this place was. Of course Edward was smug as always stating that he was the one to have to talk me into buying it.
Savannah and Gracie immediately wanted to go and see their fairy forest bedroom and gladly pulled my mother along with them to their new bedroom. I could hear the screams of delight that echoed throughout the house.
All day long it was a bit of stress to make sure that the right piece of furniture went exactly where we had discussed because lord knows I wasn't planning on ever moving it again once it was placed. Of course the girl's room came out perfect. The girls each had their own bed, one looked like it was built into a tree and the other was made to look like a giant lantern. The walls were painted to look like a magical forest and the girls said they never wanted to leave this place. My mom had to stay with them for the larger part of the day because they didn't ever want to come out and I was just happy they loved the room and were able to stay out of the movers way for the day.
Edward asked for my dad to drive us over to the old house because Edward still needed to drive some of his cars over to the new home. I thought I was coming along to help drive the cars over but when I got there I suddenly realized that was not the plan. Ian was going to be taking the Maserati, Jacob was going to bring one of the motorcycles and there was only one motorcycle left to move.
"All right Miss Swan. Your chariot awaits." Edward gestured toward the motorcycle.
I started to smile. "I get to drive?" I asked excited.
Jacob started laughing at me. "Is she out of her damn mind?"
"No baby, you don't know the first thing yet. But I will be happy to have you ride with me. I think we may even be able to reach more than ten miles an hour." Edward proposed.
Edward put my hot pink helmet on my head and helped me onto the bike. I couldn't believe I was finally getting to ride fast. I held onto Edward and couldn't help but laugh at the wind flying through my hair. This was definitely something I was going to learn how to do. It was so fun and felt freeing.
We spent the rest of the weekend just putting away things here and there. The girls were having fun playing hide and seek while Edward, Jacob and I put the house together. Edward was sure to lay down very strict rules regarding the new pool and spa area.
"So you'll be happy to know that I have officially finished your closet. Sorry about the smell in your underwear drawer, I couldn't contain myself." Jacob teased.
I knew he was joking because I had already set up the closet area but Jacob had been an incredibly large help with the move. There was no denying that. I looked over to him and gave him a small smile and shook my head.
"What? No witty comeback?" Jacob almost sounded offended.
"No. Actually I want to say thank you. You have been amazing the past couple of weeks. I really don't know what I would have done without you. Thank you, Jacob." I said honestly.
Jacob could sense I was being serious. He perched himself up on a bar stool in the kitchen I was currently stocking.
"It's no problem." He paused and looked like he was trying to figure out what to say next. "You know Bella, I will always be here for you…and Edward."
"Well I don't think I ever really thanked you for saving me that night. So thank you Jacob, you will always have a room here at the Casa Cullen." I smiled.
"Thanks B." he said. The doorbell rang, breaking Jacob and I out of our semi-serious conversation. Jacob jumped down from the stool and made his way over to the front door. After a moment he came walking in with DNR.
"Darren, what a surprise." I happily went over and greeted him with a hug. I don't know when but I became a hugger. People used to make fun of me for it, stating that I couldn't help but start a conversation off with a good hug.
"Hey new neighbor." He greeted.
"Neighbor?" I asked perplexed.
"Yea, I live across the street. Now I have someone to barrow a cup of sugar from." He laughed.
"I had no idea. This is fantastic. Jacob would you mind going and getting Edward." I turned to Jake. He nodded and took off.
"So, I want to say something." Darren started. "I wanted to thank you. No one could get Embry the help he needed but you did. You saved his life and I want to tell you right now, if you ever need anything; I got your back. I mean it."
"Thank you, but really you don't owe me anything. I did what I had to and it was ultimately up to Embry to get the help so he should get the credit here." I admitted.
"He told me about you adopting the girls. Bella, it takes a special person to do what you have done. Don't sell yourself short. Now that were neighbors it might be nice to have me across the street. You can always count on me if you need anything."
I thanked him for his offer. At the time I was sure that I would never redeem the favor he felt obligated to give me but like he said we were neighbors and in just a few short months I would need to cash in that favor.
Edward came down to welcome our guest and the girls were happy to see their Uncle Darren. He stayed for a little while and then headed out. I couldn't help but make a joke about how far he had come up from his days in Compton.
By Monday morning I was extremely exhausted from the weekend. It was a blessing that I didn't need to focus on assisting Edward but I had a lot to do still for the video shoot towards the end of the week. The plan was to focus as much as possible lining up the final assessments for the video shoot, however Edward had a completely different agenda for the morning. Which, I might add he failed to tell me about until two minutes beforehand.
"Honey my publicist and agent are coming over this morning and I would like you to be there." Edward asked me out of the blue at ten-thirty a.m. I had met his new publicist and agent since he fired the last ones but my interaction was kept to a minimal after the last time.
"Why?" I questioned suddenly worried.
"It will be fine, baby. I will be there the whole time but I'm not going to lie they have some things that they want to talk to you about." Edward admitted.
Oh, great here we go again. But how much could they really say, I mean I have Marcus help dressing me, I was talking more with the paparazzi. I was smiling and for the love of god, I fit into a size six. I was immediately on the defense. There would be no repeat of what had happened with Jerry and Melissa, that's for damn sure. The next person that gave me their "constructive criticism" might get one of my ass kicking boots up their ass.
Ian agreed to watch out for the girls as Edward pulled me into the meeting. I of course shook hands with Steven Dorman, Edward's agent and Shaun Ross, Edward's publicist.
There was another man there but I wasn't familiar with him.
"Bella, we would like to introduce you to Riley Biers. He is with Warner Music Group and would like to discuss your career in music." Steven announced.
I looked back and forth between Edward and Riley. I started to laugh a little, "Um…what career in music?" I probably asked that a tad bit sarcastically.
Everyone started to take their seats at the conference room table.
"Bella, they think that you have a future in the music business and the possibility of an album." Edward explained.
I tried to think of the most professional way to say this but unfortunately linguistics were not on my side at the moment. "Are you shittin me?"
"Isabella…" Edward admonished me.
"I don't believe I have anything to discuss with you gentleman. I apologize but I don't have a future in the music business because I don't want a future in the music business." I clarified.
"Bella…" Edward started to say but it was Riley who cut him off.
"Isabella, I have people every day who are literally beating down my door for an opportunity that I am here to offer you." Riley replied smug.
I need to interject something real quick. I actually had fantastic judgment when it came to people except when it involved love. Case and point, I ran off to the rapist while rejecting Edward. However my judgment was fairly spot on in others areas of my life. The first day I met Riley, I knew that we would never do well together.
"Well by all means, we wouldn't want to keep you. Please go and answer your door, we're not interested." I declared.
Shaun spoke up sensing this wasn't going as well as they planned. Don't get me wrong I know that I was the cause of the problem. Most people would jump at the opportunity but I truly didn't want my path to go the way of music.
"Bella, would you just hear us out. First of all Revenge Like Mine is charting exceptionally well, it is projected to go number one. We have heard of your current collaborations with other artists and we believe that you really could be the next big thing. Of course…"
I cut Shaun off, "Wait a minute. What collaborations?" I was immediately worried that something leaked of the work I had done with Liberty Project.
"Well, Justin Martin has expressed his appreciation for the music you recently produced with him. Word has it that you were able to write a song in under fifteen minutes." Shaun explained.
"What the... that's not true. Oh, I am going to hit him so hard!"
"Bella it doesn't matter. You should really think about this. I know that Edward has been very protective of you in the past and we have never tried to push you into the lucrative interview opportunities that have come our way especially with the upcoming première for Italian Revenge…"
"Interview opportunities? What are you talking about?" Now I was confused.
"I know how uncomfortable you are with the media and of course different news organizations have offered us the chance to be able to share a part of our life with the viewing public but I turned them down because I didn't want to make you unhappy." Edward explained.
I sat there for a moment trying to let this information sink in. Of course reporters would try to seek out an interview, how could I not have known this but for some reason I always remained aloof. Since Edward hadn't brought it up I guess I must have assumed that it didn't happen.
"Just for the record, you haven't been approached by any other music recording company?" Riley asked.
"No!" I exclaimed.
"Excellent. Well I have come to offer you a contract with Warner Music Group. We would be happy to help produce your first album. I assure you we are prepared to offer you a more than a generous deal for someone who is fairly new to this scene." Riley continued.
Shaun spoke up again. "I think that with Edward's new movie coming out that this could be very good press. The media is already going crazy over the idea that this was the movie that you and Edward fell in love during filming. If you two did decide to do an interview or two, it would not only boost the Italian Revenge press but be a positive force with your own press as well, Bella."
"Okay…everyone just needs to back up. I don't want a music career. I know that my actions would indicate otherwise and I apologize for that but I love film. I want to work in the film production side of the industry. I would rather direct a music video than be in a music video." I proclaimed.
"Honey, just because you want to do one thing doesn't mean you should limit yourself. Do you love making music?" Edward asked.
"Well yeah…but I love film more." I defended. I could see the gentlemen looking between themselves trying to determine the next course of action. I started to feel a little guilty. Here Edward had always been a champion for my career and I had no idea that he was being pressured to do a tad bit more publicity on his end but pushed everyone off for my sake.
"Look, I am willing to maybe think about an interview if it will help Edward's career. I know in the past I have not been very open and for good reason but depending on the circumstances I could think about it. My only concern at this point is that I don't want them dragging Embry Call into this. I don't want any questions regarding Savannah and Gracie." I proposed.
See I could be a team player too.
"That's…that's excellent." Shaun replied amazed. You could see him and Steven perk up at the idea. "We have quite a few respectable offers on the table. I am going to suggest, Pamela Stewart not only is she respected and hard-hitting but she is also very easy to talk with and may make you both feel more comfortable."
"Are you sure about this, sweetheart?" Edward looked concerned. I don't blame him, my past with the press has been limited and quite rocky.
"I trust you, Edward." I replied.
"All right so where does that leave us with the album?" Riley pushed back into the conversation sensing we were losing focus.
"I respectfully decline at this time. I love Warner Bros. and would love nothing more than to be a part of this machine. However as much as I love writing music and working with artists it's not what I want to focus on at the moment. Maybe someday when I have had my fill of film but I doubt that will happen for a very long time. I sincerely thank you Mr. Biers for the opportunity."
I rose from my chair and addressed the other gentleman before taking leave. "Mr. Dorman, Mr. Ross. Please let us know the conditions of the interview and we will give you our decision."
I walked out of the conference room and went to sit back down at my desk. I fired up my computer once more and started tapping away at an email, I hadn't even noticed Edward until he cleared his throat rather loudly, obviously trying to get my attention.
I looked up at him and waited to see what he needed my attention for.
"Can I talk to you in my office?" He asked.
I got up from my chair wondering what he seemed irritated about. As soon as I entered he pointedly closed the door and went to sit in his executive chair.
"What seems to be the issue, former boss?" I couldn't help the smirk on my face, the way he sat down in the chair it almost felt like some kind of power move. My little comment was to remind him that we were no longer boss and employee.
Edward exhaled and began. "Bella, I want you to really consider this offer that Riley came here for. You didn't even hear him out. I think that this could be a fine path for you to go down and I don't want you passing up something that has the potential of making you happy in the long run."
"I want to do film. I don't understand why I should just jump ship on filmmaking and go toward music when I want to do film. You want me to be happy, then why aren't you supporting what I want to do?" I flopped down on the couch in Edward's office.
"Honey, you can still do film but you can't deny that music doesn't bring you happiness. I have noticed the past few months how much time you have spent over at the music studios and you know what else I have noticed? When you come back you always seem more happy, calm and less stressed. I am supporting this offer because I believe that you have the talent. I want to see you thrive."
Edward got up from his fancy chair and his fancy desk and came to sit beside me.
"Will you just think about it? You don't need to decide today." Edward asked.
I nodded my head.
"So…just what have you turned down the past couple of months? I feel responsible for your past career making decisions."
"Honey, yes we both have received quite a bit of offers. However, not one of them has hurt my career because I turned it down. I don't parade our relationship around. I know the more you put yourself out there the more potential there are for problems. I think that you can maintain a balance between your public and personal life. I think that an interview could be good for us. People would no longer need to rely on fabrications; we could show them some truths. Of course we do not need to share every detail of our lives together…"
"Edward, you mean you're not going to open up about your Tria Fata and explain to them how you spank me? I could see that being a rather popular teaser for the likes of Pamela Stewart." I teased.
"Laugh all you want Miss Swan, Pamela Stewart is famous for asking questions that lead to crying we'll see how you hold up when you're drowning in your own tears."
"Edward Cullen, are you telling me that you wouldn't rescue the love of your life from drowning." I smacked him in the arm.
Edward suddenly pounced on me and pinned me to the couch. "Of course I would rescue you from drowning but who's going to rescue you now?" Edward purred into my ear.
Edward brought his lips to mine and we started to make out like a horny teenagers. With everything going on at the moment in our lives we rarely had time for sex and even when we did we were both usually exhausted. So I couldn't help but continuing on with him. I opened my legs allowing for him grind into my core. We needed to get these clothes off.
"Ew, gross." Savannah woke us out of our uncompleted mission. I was so shocked to hear her voice that I immediately pushed Edward off of me and he landed on the floor. How could we have been so stupid, there were children next door.
Gracie started giggling. "Are you going to have a baby? Daddy says that when people kiss that's where babies come from."
I sat up and started to straighten out my clothes. Edward was pulling himself up from off the ground.
"No honey, we are not having a baby. Sometimes Edward just gets excited and wants to show me his love for me and so he kisses me." That sounded okay, right?
"Ooooooo Edward and Bella sitting on a couch. K-I-S-S-I-N-G." Savannah sang.
"You're going to get it now." Edward got up from his spot on the floor and started to run off and chase the girls. I flopped back against the couch and clutched my chest at the thought of the problem that could have occurred.
Nuff said. Lesson learned. Edward and I made sure after that day to always lock the door before proceeding. It was an inconvenience to have to stop our hot and heavy sessions to lock the door but it would have been more of an inconvenience to hear the girls go around the rest of their lives and tell of the time they witnessed us having sex.
Thursday finally came and like before I was completely nervous of filming the music video. However it was a different kind of nerves and these nerves could easily be forgotten with all the focus that distracted me with last minute details.
We were going to be filming at this former psychiatric hospital which had been used for many locations in the past. I loved the look and feel of this place for this video but I knew that I needed to keep the girls away from here because it was rather eerie. I was walking around from place to place and checking in personally with all the different areas making sure were no problems to be had. Wardrobe. Check. Lighting. Check.
"Director of photography. Check." I said as I came upon Carl. When I first started this project I reached out to my old friend Carl and asked him if he would please help me on this endeavor. I trusted Carl and I needed a good right hand.
"You don't need to check me off, sweetheart." He grumbled.
"Ah come on, now is not the time to be grumpy. Now is the time to make magic." I teased. Carl stood there with a straight face. I couldn't help crack up even more.
"Bella, everyone is here and ready." Emma interrupted. I had hired Emma to assist me after she worked so well on the Revenge music video. I had asked her to let me know when everyone was accounted for because I wanted to have a brief meeting before we continued on.
"All right round them up."
Emma ran off to gather everyone. Scott was the first person of the band I saw. Upon seeing me he charged at me and picked me up and spun me around.
"This is finally happening." He said far too excited.
"Hey put me down. This is supposed to be a professional environment." I jokingly scolded him.
Jacqueline Wayne approached us and I once again thanked her profusely for doing this.
"Bella, really I am happy to do this. I cannot wait to see the final product."
Everyone had gathered around and I was on.
"First of all I wanted to express my sincerest gratitude for everyone working on this project. Thank you. As you know this is my first directing endeavor on a grand scale. I want to just start off by stating that on this set and production I consider every person here as an equal. I do not care whether you are talent, or a production assistant, makeup, props, craft service. Whether you are the head of your department or one of the people under. I expect every single person here to be treated with respect. If you do not wish to follow this one simple rule then I will thank you for your work thus far and welcome you to continue on your way. We are going to be moving fast as we need to be finished by tomorrow evening so please do not hesitate to ask if you need any help. You should all have a copy of the shot list and I want to be up and ready to film within the next hour. Thank you again."
It might have sounded arrogant for the rule I stated but I never wanted anyone to go through what I had to on the set of Italian Revenge. I was serious when I said I would fire anyone who could not comply. I was in a position to ensure certain aspects always be respected and I simply wouldn't allow for anything less.
The filming went seemingly and I really felt the vision I had from the past couple of months came to fruition and turned out better than I could ever had hoped. Jacqueline was by far the best thing that could have ever happened to me. She earned her reputation for being easy to work with and made intelligent choices. I wished every person I would have directed would have been as easy as she.
When filming wrapped the boys and Jacqueline asked me to go out and celebrate at a local bar. It was a stressful couple of days but I knew I needed to go home in case the girls needed me. It was getting rather late so instead of going to a bar I asked if they would like to come back to my house. I called Edward of course ensuring it would be okay and he was more than happy to start setting up a few snacks and of course alcohol.
"Really Kyle? You brought your guitar?" I asked while bringing over glasses to the family room and handing them out. Edward walked behind me with two different bottles of wine or alcohol and filled them as we went.
"Hey just because you're off the clock doesn't mean I am. My mind always keeps working and I want to be sure to have my weapon of choice near me at all times." He defended.
"Kyle, give it a break man." Matthew chided. "We can't rock out there are little ones sleeping upstairs."
"Don't worry about the girls, we are far enough away that they won't hear anything and I have the monitor right here if I hear a problem." Edward notified. With a house as big as this, we needed to have a monitor so we could hear if there was anything going on since we could be physically too far from the girls to hear if they were having a nightmare or needed us.
"No. Tonight we need to celebrate. Kyle put the guitar down. The song will still be there in the morning for us to worry about. Bella, I would like to raise a toast to you. Even though it was like pulling teeth to get you to agree to directing our video and I want to say thank you, bravo and give you a little advice for next time. When someone offers you an opportunity and not only is it a sound opportunity, then please for the love just take it and shut up about it."
We all laughed. "Here, here." Edward cheered. "Please keep preaching on opportunities. Bella loves passing up life changing opportunities."
"All right, back off Edward. I don't like passing up opportunities I just want to do what's best. I didn't accept the Liberty Project video because I thought it was best for them. I didn't accept the Warner Music Group proposal because I thought it was best for me." I huffed.
"What Warner Music Group proposal?" Scott asked.
"Bella passed on a record deal." Edward informed.
"WHAT?" So many people yelled all at once it was hard to differentiate who said what.
"Do you not realize how many people would kill for that?" Scott asked.
"She does. In fact she told Riley Biers to go and answer the door from one of the many other knockers." Edward took another sip of his wine and I threw him a piercing look.
"Bella, how could you…what did you…uh…" Aaron was having trouble forming a thought.
"I declined it because I want to work in film. I love working with you guys, truly I do but film production has been my dream since I was eleven years old. Maybe someday I will feel this overwhelming pull to the music industry but right now, I just want to continue doing what I'm doing."
"I think you were right to decline it. Just because something sounds like the chance of a lifetime, if you truly don't want it then why take it away from someone who does?" Jacqueline suggested.
"Great point. Thank you Jacqueline." I replied.
"I once had the chance to accept this role that nearly every girl in town would have killed for but I turned it down because I knew it wasn't the right thing for me at the time. The actress who eventually did take the role went on the win an Academy Award but I'm not kicking myself because I made the right decision. It wasn't the right time for me when the offer was made. Who knows if another couple of years passed it could have been. So I am Team Bella on this one." Jacqueline supported.
"Well, I'm going to go and sit on Team Bella's side." I got up from my place and went to sit right next to Jacqueline. One of the best decisions I ever made was to get up the nerve to talk to Jacqueline in the club that night. In fact even though I could look back on my random Vegas trip and realize just how immature I was at the time to run off, I can't regret it because I met Jacqueline and Justin Martin. Both who would play bigger parts in my life.
"Ah come on. We are all team Bella but ugh did you have to turn down the record deal. We would have helped you." Matthew declared.
"Thank you Matt, I will remember that someday if I ever decide to do it. Now what is this song that has you worried?" I looked over to Kyle who sat softly strumming the guitar strings.
Scott sighed and was the first to speak up. "Warner Bros. has asked us to compose a song for the new superhero soundtrack for the movie that is going to be released in November. Normally it wouldn't be a problem we could do an alternative rock song that could be pretty cool but they want like a love song out of us and we're just not love song people."
"Like an Aerosmith type thing?" I asked.
"Yea, maybe." Scott answered.
"We have the music pretty much written and we have a stanza…" Kyle said.
"Well that sounds like a great start, how long have you been working on this?" I asked.
"Almost a month." Kyle responded.
"Oh…" I didn't know what to say. So I stuck with the lame oh.
"We were going to bring it to you and see what you thought." Scott tried to sound calm but it felt cryptic to me. I know he was trying to not say too much in front of Edward.
I couldn't help but look at Edward and I could see he was already looking at me. Before I could say anything Jacob thankfully showed up at the right moment.
"Hey no one told me there was a party going on down here."
"Gee I wonder why?" I joked.
"Whatever, move over and pour me some of that shit." Jacob squished himself in pushing me closer to Jacqueline. I got up and went over to the kitchen to grab some more snacks and I noticed Jacob slid closer to Jacqueline and started talking to her.
"So, really Bella. Do you think you could listen and help us a bit?" Scott came over to me and tried to keep our conversation quiet.
"It's okay Scott, you don't need to be all 007. I'll listen to what you have and try and help you out. Stop stressing dude." I slapped him on the back and handed him a bowl of chips. I grabbed a pen and flip pad, ready to take notes or write down suggestions.
We walked back over and Scott told Kyle to start playing what he had. Scott started to sing and I swear I could get lost in his voice. There was something so comforting and yet incredibly sad. Warner Bros. had asked to highlight the romantic side of the film. I mean it was a superhero movie so mainly people went to these films with a high expectation for startling special effects and a sexy ass man in some type of skin-type costumes. The storyline between our hero and his girl was not going to end as happily as most movies. The hero decides that what's best for the woman he loves is to stay away from her and they end up not together but pining away for each other.
I tried putting myself in this girl's shoes and think about what I would sing if the man I love didn't want to be with me for my own safety. The song that was written that night was tortured and desperate. I didn't feel even twenty percent responsible of the song that was completed. It was a fantastic song and I wanted the boys to take all the credit but of course they would never allow it.
"You know what I take it back; I'm not on Team Bella. You should have taken that record deal. Bella that was beautiful." Jacqueline professed.
"Well it's a lot easier when you get to work with this group of guys." I admitted.
"No she's right. Why don't you leave the business to Edward and you just keep doing your little creative thing." Scott teased.
"Shut up." I threw a pillow at him.
"Well I better get going. It's getting late and I need to leave in the tomorrow for London. Bella, would you walk me out?" Jacqueline requested.
"Of course."
Jacqueline said her farewells and the boys had the good manners to thank her again.
"I'm going to be gone for a month or so but I would really like to hang out with you sometime when I return. Would that be okay?" Jacqueline asked.
"Yes. I would love to hang out with you some time maybe we could even have a girls day or something."
"That sounds perfect." Jacqueline gave me one final look. At the time I didn't think anything of it. I thought she was just happy to be able to make a new genuine friend. That was the hard part of being a celebrity, making genuine friendships along the way. However looking back on it I could see then that Jacqueline desperately wanted to share something with me but she knew at the time it would be much too soon for that.