Long time no update. Well here it is.
I sat on the balcony of the suite I shared with Amy. The smell of salt water hung in the air and birds sang their sweet songs. Occasionally a staff member, walking around the pool, would pick up empty glasses that surrounded lounge chairs. I clutched tightly to my phone and watched the waves crash to shore. A storm was coming and filming was cut short due to the wind. I felt my phone vibrate in my hand and saw James' name lighting up the screen. I smiled before answering the phone.
"Hey lover boy, I miss you so much," I said. "How's everything back home?"
"I love how you assume that I don't miss you as much as you miss me," James teased. "Everything is great here although we all miss you and Amy. On the other hand, the vet said we should have a foal any day now. I know you were looking forward to having a baby horse running in the pastures."
"It still bums me out that I won't be home for the birth. The weather hasn't been cooperating with us and filming keeps getting pushed back."
I walked across the balcony to get a better view of the ocean. I could see that smaller ships were trying to make it to dock before the storm hit and left them stranded.
"This one song reminded me of you yesterday. It came on the radio on my drive home," James said bringing my attention back to him.
"Do you remember what it was?" I asked him before walking back inside to hide from the rain.
"I'm pretty sure it was that new song by Sugarland not that glue one though. I don't know the name of it."
"You're a load of help James. I'm not updated on news like that down here."
"I didn't think I needed to remember what it was. To be honest I wasn't paying much attention to it because of the traffic."
"You know I was just joking with you. I don't care that you remember what it was. I'm just glad that you called me, because I really miss you," I sighed sinking into the couch. "I should be home next week if it doesn't keep raining. The sad thing is we only have two more scenes to film but they need to be done outdoors."
"That must really get annoying, knowing that you can't get anything done. I understand why they don't want to be filming during a storm though."
"I know. I just want to be home. To be honest I'm getting homesick. Sadly I need to go, the cast is eating dinner together tonight for the directors birthday. Love you," I said.
"I love you too. I'll see you next week," James said before we both hung up.
I exited the boarding gate with Amy to enough flashes to cause a seizure to anyone. The ace bandage wrapped tightly around my ankle was sure to make headlines. Amy squeezed through two photographers that were pushed aside by her bodyguard. I followed closely behind hearing voices shout "Arianna, what happened to your foot?" I was relieved to see that the boys already had our bags and were waiting for us by the doors. They always seem to be in the right place to save the day.
"What happened to you," James asked squishing me next to him under the umbrella.
"I hurt my ankle. A stupid intern didn't bury a wire under the sand deep enough. I have to go get x-rays to check it out," I sighed leaning into his warm body.
"We'll just have to make a quick pit stop to the hospital on our way home. It's really no big deal," Amy said smiling at me. "I am in no hurry to get home and start unpacking. Your health is more important right now. That ankle of yours was the size of a basketball this morning."
"Put me down," I shrieked when James lifted me from the ground. "I'm very capable of walking myself."
"He puts you down then I'm picking you up. You cannot walk on that ankle Arianna," Carlos said looking at me concerned. He is almost like my second brother. I appreciated having a guy friend care for me as much as he did.
I looked at the Ace wrap on my foot and frowned at James. A severe sprain the doctor said when he looked at my x-ray. Now I was home sharing pizza with James, Amy and Carlos watching some ridiculous movie. I did not know or care what movie was on I was just happy to be home. Most of all happy to be home with James.
"I missed being able to enjoy your company," I breathed into James's ear.
"I know. I wish we never had to leave each other," James answered.
"I hate how our careers are constantly making us travel and leave the other behind. I wish I could bring you with me to all of the places I go."
"Could the two of you not be so lovey dovey? If this continues I'm going to bed," Amy sighed.
"And I'm going home," Carlos said while reaching for his bottle of water off the coffee table.
"I don't want to go to London next week. We just got home," Amy groaned. "It's barely enough time to enjoy being off."
Amy was right we barely have a week off before returning to filming on location. We lived everywhere but at home. Everywhere but where our family and friends are. Everyone wants to be rich and famous until they know what it takes to get that wealth and notoriety. At least this time we would only be gone for three short weeks and then return back to the states to finish filming in New York.
"It sure will be fun filming with this sprain. I should be able to walk a little bit easier next week. I will say I'm excited to see everyone but I don't want to leave home," I said grasping James's hand. "Aren't you guys going to Europe soon as well?"
"We're going sometime next month," James replied.
Wow it's been a rather long time since my last update. I've been busier than ever (and my laptop died it was rather old then my new one crashed) and found a little bit of time to pop out a chapter from this brain of mine. This is going to be the last chapter of this part of Arianna's life. I've been throwing around this new idea while sitting in class. It's what I do when the information being lectured is boring.