Chapter 4

I should really be reading that script by now, instead, here I am staring at it and totally slacking off. Maybe I do have a reasonable excuse on why I can't or won't read that thing. 1) because I know it's a love story; 2) when romance is involved of course there has to be a kiss somewhere; and 3) Joe's my co-star! How on earth do you pretend that your totally in love with each other when in reality you aren't? And how do you act around your ex-boyfriend who by the way is your co-star too? Why me of all actresses?

I was in the middle of debating whether or not to read the script when my best girl friend, Selena, called just in time for our late night phone calls. Without even looking at the Caller ID, I got my iPhone and tapped answer, "Hey!" I greeted cheerfully. "Uhm, hello? Is this Ms. Taylor Swift? The soon-to-be Box-Office Queen?" "Yeah..." I answered flatly. "Hey, are you okay? Everything alright, Tay?"

"Yeah. Everything's fine. Perfect actually."

"Well, how'd the meeting go yesterday?"

"It was... alright, I guess..."

"Okay...," She dropped the subject since she clearly understood that I didn't really want to talk about yesterday. Then she added, "Who's your co-star?" And here it goes...

"How was your trip to Singapore?" I asked ignoring her previous question. As if I didn't hear it.

"It was amazing! The people there and the food were awesome! But," Okay, she won't be dropping it that easily, "I really wanna know who your co-star is. Is he a hot guy? A multi-grammy awardee? A hobo? Come on! Please..." well, so much for 'changing the topic'

"It's... Joe. Joe Jonas? The... heart breaker." Well, it's true.

"No way! Seriously? JOE?" She practically screamed his name too loud that I had to take my phone away from my ear. "Yeah..." I answered weakly.

"Oh, my god! That's... unbelievable!"

"I know... but I have no other choice." We remained silent for a minute or two 'til she said, "When does your shoot start?"

"Uhh...," I got up and searched through my bag for the schedule given to me yesterday, "next month. Why?"

"Well, remember when you asked me if I wanted to go to Nashville any time soon?"

"Yeah..."

"Well...," pause. Then, "Since I'm done with my shoot and all maybe we can go there this weekend!" I was not expecting her to say this at all. "You know, just the two of us! Girly bonding time! Let's relax and chill... get away from the hollywood drama. That'd be fun, right?"

"Yes. Of course!" I thought about this for a second. She was right, maybe I did need to relax. I did need a break. "You're right. We do need to bond. Well, this weekend it is then?"

"This weekend it is." Okay, honestly, I'm pretty stoked for the trip. But if I really want to go I'd have to start reading that script.

"Hey Selena, I have to go. Lots of reading to do. I'll talk to you soon!"

"Aww... fine. Call me when you start packing! Bye Taylor!"

"Bye Selena!" This weekend it is. Nashville... here we come.

We decided to book the earliest flight to Nashville so that we could spend more time shopping and doing other stuff during the day, Selena's idea. After checking in our luggage we ate breakfast.

"Hey Taylor? Who's gonna pick us up at the airport?"

"Oh, I forgot to tell you. Remember my childhood friend? Taylor Lautner? The dude from New Moon?" Selena stayed silent for awhile. It was like she had this HUGE directory in her head and she's scanning through it. "...Lautner... Yes! Of course!" She found it! "That's cool! What's he doing there anyways?"

"Vacation, most probably. I bumped into him the other day at the studio then we had coffee."

"Oh... What was he doing in the studio? Does he sing?"

"I asked him the same thing, he said he was just visiting a friend."

"Okay. Well, I'm so excited!"

"Me too..."

We paid for our food then headed back to the waiting area. Unfortuantely, our flight was delayed for 2 hours. I tried calling Taylor to inform him about the delay but he wasn't picking up, maybe he was sleeping or preparing or... something., so I decided to call him later instead. After 15 minutes we were finally boarding.

Once we were settled in our seats I plugged my earphones to my iPod and just thought that in 4 hours I'll be at peace. No Joe. No Paparazzi. No annoying lectures from my Mom who keeps on disagreeing about this trip but later on said yes. Just me, Selena and Taylor-and the script.

After a few songs I decided to take a nap but before I could even close my eyes the song that played next just totally struck me... The lyrics of the song was a perfect explanation to how I felt right now...

So how do I find the days

That I lost

Waiting for things to change

For so long

Always thought I would be good enough

I Always thought I was gonna fall in love

Tomorrow seemed so far

When I was out there chasing cars

Waiting for something more to matter

Waiting for life when life just happens

Maybe if I didn't hung up on him, if I just listened to what he had to say, maybe we'd be able to work things out. I always blamed him for the heartache I was feeling. I blamed him for my lack of inspiration in everything. I lost faith in love because of him. I blamed him when I felt helpless. I blamed him for everything but I never blamed myself. He was my life and when I lost him it was like my whole life stopped having meaning. All because of him.

"There he is!" I ran as fast as I could-since I was carrying my luggage-as soon as I saw him standing outside of the airport. I looked back at Selena to see if she was catching-up, "Come on Selena! You can sleep once we get home."

"Alright, alright, I'm coming." She yanked her suitcase and started walking faster.

When I looked back to where I found Taylor earlier he was gone. I stopped walking. Selena stood beside me and dropped all her luggage, "Why are we stopping? What's wrong?" She asked while catching her breath. "He was there a while ago. He probably didn't see us."

"What? So, he's not here?"

"I don't know..." I was searching through the sea of people. When Selena tapped my shoulder, "Wait Selena. I'm trying to look for him. Why don't you help and search as well that way we can get home earlier." She tapped again. I kept shaking it off but she kept on tapping. "Selena, stop. Please."

"You're looking too far you know." I heard someone whisper in my ear. I turned around to see Taylor standing right infront of me with a huge grin on his face and was already carrying Selena's bags. Selena, however, was laughing from behind him. "I was the one tapping your shoulder."

"Oh...," I said embarassed. "Well, it's so nice to see you again! I've missed you so much!" I dropped my bags and reached over him for a hug. "It's so nice to see you too. It's been so long since I last saw you!" I had a feeling we were hugging for too long because Selena 'fake coughed' as a sign that she was still there.

It just feeled so right to be in his arms. I felt safe. Like no one can ever harm me. It was something I haven't felt in a long time now. Though I'm not quite sure what it is...

SONG: Life Happens - Mark Ballas

OMG I LOVE THIS SONG! :" And Mark Ballas.

He's such a great dancer, like seriously.

Okay, REVIEWS PLEASE ;;)