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Thanks for the reviews. I fogot to celebrate that last chapter I made it to 100 reviews with this story! That's so unbelievable. I think I had to get to chapter 14 or 15 with my last story so this is awesome! Thank you to everyone who reviewed especially those of you who are reviewing all the chapters. I am keeping this one going for you guys especially. Anyway this one is really short but I'm writing the next one now and maybe if I get enough reviews tonight I'll post the next one later. Enjoy!
The next few months of Miley's life were fairly dreary. Her situation with Jake was such that they barely spoke outside of work and during work they had tried to remain as professional as possible. She hated it. She hated not going up to him and wrapping her arms around his waist. She hated not seeing him light up and smile every time he saw her. She hated how quiet they had become together, the constant laughter and easy conversation had vanished. And most of all she hated watching the other women on the cast gush over him all the time. It really felt as if she couldn't go a day without some woman asking her what he's like and if she could set them up.
Miley of course feigned ignorance of what Jake was looking for in a woman.
The only time there was something of that spark back in their relationship was when it was required for work. It was the only time that they allowed themselves to be in close proximity to one another. They had many scenes where they danced in beautiful costumes and somehow when they were there together on set everything else melted away and they let their feelings for each other show. Miley couldn't be in Jake's arms dancing without feeling wonderful and the smile that seemed to be missing from her everyday life would glow across her face once again. In the same token, Miley could see the awe in Jake's eyes every time she would walk on set in one of the beautiful evening gowns. Their feelings for each other led them to have as much chemistry on the dancefloor and on set as they seemed to in real life and the end result was extremely romantic onscreen. Kevin was ecstatic with their work. There had been few scenes with the two of them as a couple that they hadn't been able to do in 2 or 3 takes.
Things with Mark however seemed to be just as strained as they were with Jake. All the things she had found charming about him on their last movie together were now becoming annoying. She had loved having dinner at home and reading scripts together when they were first going out because she thought it was an excuse to be cuddly and romantic. But now she felt it was just more work. And although she loved her part she had never imagined being cooped up in her apartment during all of her free time going over lines when there were thousands of romantic restaurants, art galleries, and music venues to go and experience while she was here.
All in all she and Jake had done more and experienced more of Paris in her first week here than she and Mark had done in the next few months. Mark of course would tell her that it was their job to get their parts right but she didn't seem to see why this also meant that she had to miss out on the rest of life either.
The only relationship that Miley had that had made any progress during her time in Paris was her friendship with Jenna. And even that seemed to have restrictions. The two of them had a strict unspoken understanding that they would not talk about Jake or Mark when they got together. Jenna was fiercely loyal to Jake and knowing about their past made the topic very difficult for both of them. But it had been 5 months since they had met and even though Jenna was a great shopping and lunch buddy at the beginning she was now 8 months pregnant and very limited in the amount of activities that she could participate in. Miley still spent many of her afternoons over at her place helping her cook or setup new baby appliances with her while Kevin was trying to finish shooting as soon as humanly possible so that there wouldn't be much left when the baby arrived.
Things weren't all that depressing though. She had finally convinced Mark that they should spend a little more time in Europe after they were done with the film to really get reacquainted and maybe start thinking about their future. Miley had been planning their trip for the last few weeks and was excited to think about really visiting the rest of France, Italy and maybe even a cruise around the Greek Isles before they started to head back home. Plus Mark had asked her to have dinner with him tonight because he had a surprise for her. Miley really had no idea what the surprise could be but hopefully it would be something romantic since they really hadn't been spending much time together recently.
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That night Miley had donned a beautiful light blue babydoll dress and had worked on her hair and makeup more than usual to try and bring some of that new romance feel back to her relationship with Mark. If he was going to try and do something romantic like surprise her then she would be a good girlfriend and try and reciprocate the effort.
She showed up at Marks door at 7:00 as promised.
Mark answered and looked very impressed with what he saw before him. "God Miles. You look stunning!" He said as he leaned in and kissed her chastely.
He invited her in. He had a bottle of champagne chilled for them but the table was not set for dinner.
He sat her down on the couch and smiled brightly at her. He seemed to be nearly bursting with excitement. Miley couldn't help but feel excited too.
Mark popped the cork on the campaign and poured both of them glasses. He then came and sat down handing Miley her glass of champagne.
He held her hand in his. "Are you ready for my big surprise?" He asked still visibly excited.
Miley couldn't wait to hear what he had in store for her. "Of course!" She replied trying to match his excitement.
He took a breath and then looked at her blue eyes. "Alright. Well today I received some very exciting news." "Our agent had been getting calls from a producer who is starting a new tv series about New York celebrities. It's going to be the best new show out there. It's supposed to be a cross between sex and the city and entourage or something like than." Mark said starting to ramble.
"Anyway the best part is that they want us to star in the show! Isn't that great?"
Miley just sat there holding her champagne glass. She had been hoping for a candle lit dinner and now she was getting more job offers. "They want us?" was all she was really able to get out.
Mark didn't notice the slightly less than enthusiastic tone in her voice. "Yep. They heard about us doing the movie together and they were looking for a real life couple to star in the show together. So we move to New York in a month!"
Miley spit out her champagne. "WHAT?"
Mark looked at her lovingly with the excitement still in his eyes. "Yeah. It's wonderful isn't it? I mean we won't be able to take that little trip we talked about but this way we'll be ready to hop right into work."
Miley was too stunned and slightly angered to really speak yet.
Mark didn't noticed. He leaned in and kissed her on the temple.
"And unfortunately I can't stay for dinner hun. Kevin moved our shoot so that you'll be able to go on location this weekend. So I've gotta get to work."
"I'll see you in the morning though and we can start looking for apartments in New York."
Miley tried to speak. "But Markā¦"
"Sorry hun. Gotta go. I'm already late. Love ya!" Was all she heard as he rushed out the door.
Miley went to the sink and poured the champagne down the drain. She did not want to celebrate this. She couldn't believe that he had decided all this without even speaking to her. She wasn't even sure if this was a part that she would want to take. And New York? New York was great to visit but all of her family and friends were in LA. When would she get to see them? And what happened to their European vacation? What would their relationship be like if they just jumped into another acting gig? Her mind was reeling. She needed someone to talk too who would understand what she was going through. Unfortunately for her the only one that she knew in Paris that would be able to talk her down from this had been avoiding her for the past 5 months. Well he would just have to get over that.
She picked up her coat and bag and found her keys. She was going to talk to Jake weather he liked it or not.
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