Jayma's POV
Oh God, this is going to be a huge day.
Matt was still fast asleep in the room while Jamie was doing my make up. I tried to wake him up when Jamie came but God he's stubborn. He jsut kept kicking and groaning so I decided to let him be.
"You should be really careful today Jayma."
"Why Jamie? Who do I have to look out for?" I asked her confused.
"Today, especially that the news about you and Matt is just fresh, media would be there every step you take. I'm guessing interview after interview after interview with only one question." she pauses. "Are you and Matt really dating?"
I roll my eyes at her. "I expect that Jamie. Even if we didn't make it very clear yesterday everybody would be questioning us, the fact that Matt's my escort would make everyone wonder." I tell her as she puts foundation.
"Just be really careful Jayma, it's not as easy as you think." I nod.
"Speaking of Kids Choice Awards and escorts, Matt's still fast asleep, don't get me wrong, I love him, I really love him but God he's stubborn. He started kicking me while I was trying to wake him up this morning." I tell her rolling my eyes. She laughs and sooner or later I laugh as well.
"Hey!" He says walking to us. "I heard everything!" He says pouting, he puts his arms over his chest. He comes over to me and he pinches my nose, I scrunch it up like I usually do. "And you Miss Mays, you have to take care of my reputation, now someone knows about that flaw." He pouts and I just laugh.
"But I still love you." He was going to lean in and kiss me when I dodged.
"Wait, wait, what's happening?" he asks me confused. "I just want to kiss my girl." He pouts.
"Well according to Jamie, you'll ruin my make up if you kiss me and we're going to be late if we have to redo it." I tell him and he gasps looking at Jamie. He glares at her.
"I'm going to get my revenge on you Jamie Greenberg." he says. "Anyone who interrupts my sexy time with my girl is going to get it from me." I laugh and Jamie laughs too.
"Matt I think you should go take a shower or something." I say still giggling.
"Only because you want me to." He says nodding. I smile at him.
"I still have these effects on him." I tell Jamie and she laughs.
"Just make sure he doesn't do the revenge part." she tells me.
"Oh don't ever take him that seriously. he just does that to get what he wants but it never works on me." I say giggling.
"Just-just be careful, okay Jayma?"
"Yes I promise." I tell her smiling. "I'm also very nervous for the actual awarding. I mean gosh, this is big, just- just look at the people I'm up against." I sigh.
"It's going to be great Jayma. If you can only see how much your fans are voting for you. They vote like twenty four hours a day just for you." I gasp.
People would really do that for me?
"Oh gosh, I-uhm, wow." I say biting my lip.
Matt comes back around twenty minutes later with his suite on. "Jayma, can you do my hair?" he says coming closer as I finish zipping up my dress. "I'm not really good with this." he says while brushing his curls off of his forehead.
"Of course I can." I say smiling. I grab a brush and I start fixing his hair. "I like it when you have lots of curls, please don't go bald again." I tell him, remembering that day he came and was all like 'Look Jayma I got a new haircut'
"You didn't like it?" he says, I couldn't see his face but I could already make out his face contorting.
"I liked it, but I like this more." I tell him. "Alright there, all done." I say smiling.
This is it, this is really it.
I get out of the car and Matt gives the keys to one of the valet parking workers.
Here goes nothing.
We walk down the orange carpet, Matt and I hand in hand. Gosh everyone is looking at us.
It was time for us to take our individual shots so I let go of his hand for five or so minutes. He comes back and holds my hand tighter, another picture with both of us together.
I can sense him getting nervous as well.
I was wearing a Timo Weiland dress, Jimmy Choo heels, Coomi jewelry and a Rebecca Minkoff clutch. I love it, and I hope other people love it too. I give a wave to the people who were looking and they smile widely at me and Matt. I guess that's a good thing.
Kelly, a girl from E! was the first to come over to me and Matt.
"Hi there Jayma, Matt." she says smiling.
There were people everywhere, so many people.
"Hi Kelly." Matt was the one to answer.
"So I think it's pretty clear to us all that you two are a couple now but I'm sure everyone wants to hear it from the two of you." She says. I bite my lip and I look at Matt.
"We're dating." we say it in unison.
"Oh wow." she giggles and I think she likes the idea of us?
"Yeah that's what I say every time I remember I have the lovely Jayma Mays as my girlfriend." Matt says gushing about me. I feel myself blush and I tried to hide myself from the camera using his arm, but that just made me blush even harder.
"Matt!" I say slapping his arm jokingly.
"I'm just complementing my girl." she looks at Kelly. "I don't get why she doesn't want me to talk good about her."
I giggle as well and I bite my lip in embarrassment.
"I think this is really good news for lots of people, I mean you guys have so much chemistry on screen and just look at you two, you make the cutest couple." Kelly says and I giggle.
"Yeah, well Matt is such an amazing person in general," I say playing along.
"So I bet you guys are ready to get slimed!" she almost shouts.
"I'm prepared!" I raise my hand and I look at Matt. "But I don't think he is," I say pointing to Matt, "He bought this outfit yesterday..." I say.
"Oh no I'm definitely ready, as long as she gets slimed with me." Matt says putting his arm over my shoulder.
"Fair enough." Kelly answers. "I think I have to let you two love birds go now, if I don't I don't think I can stop talking to you." She laughs and Matt and I do as well. The camera turns off and she hugs me and whispers something to my ear.
"You two are a great couple, and I think you're really getting slimed." she says and she pulls away and waves goodbye to Matt and I.
Lots of people came to us and asked us the same question again and again. "Are you two really dating?" Some people may find it annoying to answer the same question again and again and again and again but I got through it because Matt was at my side and eh managed to make every single interview become fun. And I was forever grateful he was by my side.
Matt and I were sitting down in the fourth row near the center. He was on the aisle and I was next to Sandra Bullock. I tried to breath but I couldn't, there was so much going on and I was so afraid of what might happen in my category.
I wouldn't get mad if I didn't win but I would be so happy if I did. This is big. Oh God, they were announcing the winner for favorite movie actor.
Adam Sandler won. I smile at Matt nervously. He squeezes my hand, and comes closer to my ear. "You're going to win this thing Jayma, I can already feel it."
Lea Michele comes up on stage, she is assigned to present the award for favorite movie actress. I look at Matt and he smiles encouragingly at me.
"Here are the nominees. Mila Kunis from Oz the great and powerful, Sandra bullock from Gravity, Jayma Mays from the Smurfs 2 and Jennifer Lawrence for the Hunger Games." she pauses and I close my eyes as Matt whispers endearing words into my ear.
"And the winner is," she pauses for a while and smiles as she sees the name. "A very good friend of mine," she grins and sends a wink to my way. "Jayma Mays!"
My first reaction was to gasp and put my hands on my mouth.
Is this real life?
Sandra smiles at me. "Go on Jayma, get up there!" she says urging me to stand up. I didn't expect people to be this kind to me.
I look at Matt and he nods telling me to go on.
People were cheering.
I couldn't help but smile.
I look back at Matt and I see him clapping, I bite my lip and I see him look at me. He gives me this 'You never had to worry' look. And I smile gratefully at him.
I walk through the aisle and I wave at the people surrounding me. I join Lea on stage and she congratulates me and gives me a wide smile. "I knew you'd win Jayma," she says giving me a hug.
"Thank you so much Lea." and she exits the stage, I was alone in front of the microphone, holding the blimp in my hands. I look at Matt's way and I was so happy he was there.
"I honestly don't know what to say." I start, "When I found out that I was nominated for this particular award I was so shocked and I really didn't expect any of this." I say smiling.
"I would really like to thank the cast and crew of the Smurfs, this would never be possible if you didn't hire me as Grace Winslow. And to everyone who voted, I thank you all so, so much. You guys are amazing and I don't know what I could do to thank you enough for everything." I see Matt looking at me with so much love and I knew what I had to say next.
"Matt," I feel myself blush. "If it weren't for you I could have never made it through alive, I mean I couldn't drive when I'm this nervous." I say and I hear the crowd laugh, he looks at me and sends me a flying kiss. "But seriously, you were the reason I decided to wake up in the morning even if I knew the day would not turn out perfect, or at least as good as I want it to be." I pause to try to keep the tears from falling. "I'm sorry I'm being so dramatic." I sigh and I see some people wiping tears from their own eyes.
"You were there for me even when I tried to push you away." A sob came out of my lips and I wiped the tears forming in my eyes. I see Sandra urging Matt to go to the stage to be with me. And I was happy he was doing so.
Oh God this is embarrassing.
"You guys are amazing! Thank you," I say smiling and raising up the blimp.
Matt finally reaches my side and he envelopes me in a hug. I heard a variation of
"Awws" from the crowd and I was so happy.
Then it came, I didn't even see it coming. The slime fell from above us, and burying my face in Matt's chest wasn't so bad after all, it protected my face. I hear a loud roar of "WHOAA!" from the crowd and I was just waiting for the slime to stop coming. And it finally did.
I took my face out of Matt's chest and I see him filled with slime. He gives out a huge chuckle and another round of slime falls upon us, but this time it was too late for me to hide my face and it fell right on our heads. My face was now filled with slime.
People were cheering and I didn't know why other people liked for us to be slimed...
Mark Wahlberg comes up on stage. "That was intense." he says chuckling.
I laugh and Matt laughs too. "OH you guys need to go dress up!" he says and someone ushers us to the backstage.
Matt and I were giggling as I enter the room. We were both filled with slime and the blimp was filled with lots of slime too. I give it to a girl who offered to clean it for me and she comes back and it's spotless. I thank her and I look at Matt who was grinning widely at me. I brush off the curls that were in his forehead.
"I think I like you with slime." I say smiling at him.
"I like you with slime too Miss Mays, but I think it would be better if we get dressed so we can go back to our seats." He suggests and I agree.
We were back in the seats we were at before and Sandra congratulates me as I sit down. I thank her and I grab Matt's hand.
"Matt's really lucky to have someone like you." she whispers in my ear as an intermission number goes on.
"If anything, I'm just a pain in the ass." I say giggling a bit. She does too.
"You two are a very sweet couple." she says, pausing to look at the stage. "I'm sure you'll make it through for years."
I laugh but I believe her.
"Not all couples are as passionate as you two. People would separate you but you'll make a way, that's what I see when I look at you." I smile and I trace circles around Matt's hand. He was attentively watching the number and I was glad he wasn't snooping on Sandra and I's conversation, he usually does.
"You know you're actually right." I say nodding.
"Congratulations, really. I know how hard it is trying to pretend like you're talking to someone but you actually aren't." She smiles.
She meant the smurfs, it was really hard trying to see where the blue guys were.
"You were amazing in Gravity too. I think Matt and I watched it thrice now." I tell her. And it was true, he absolutely loved the movie and I couldn't agree more.
"Aw, it's great you like it." She smiles. "Oh I really love the smurfs too. I watched both first and second." she smiles. "It's a really great story about family, I feel like there has to be more stories about that right?"
"Actually yes, everything is about couples these days. I mean not that I don't like those but-"
"Yeah I get you. My kid loves it too. He asks me to buy those cute stuff toys of the smurfs whenever we see one he doesn't have yet." She smiles and I smile as well.
"Is it fun raising a kid?" Curiosity takes over me.
"Oh it's really hard at times but when you look at your kid and you see all the things he's done it never fails to fill me with joy." She says and I feel like she's imagining Louis in her head. As she does that I couldn't help but imagine a little girl and a little boy, the boy older than the girl by three to four years, both with curly hair, they're red heads of course. The guy looks like Matt and the girl looks like me.
"I think you'd make a lovely mother in the future." she says.
"You should really teach me." I tell her. "You're doing amazing with your child."
"Yeah of course."
We stop talking as they present the winner of favorite animated movie.
Did I just make a new friend? I hope I did.
As we left the event, Matt and I walked to the car laughing and talking.
"I told you you would win this." He says smiling.
"Thank you for being there with me." I bite my lip holding onto his arm tighter.
"You don't have to thank me for anything Jayma. I love doing things for you, and this one is one of the stories I'd like to tell our kids one day." he tells me and I smile. We always talked about having kids but there were barely enough steps taken.
"What would you say? Your mom got emotional while receiving and award, I went and hugged her and we got slimed?" I pause burying my face in his arm.
"Oh god, I'm going to be so embarrassed."
"No you won't Jay, they'll think you're the greatest mother ever." He says smiling.
"Do you really think so?" I say looking up at him.
"No." I was confused. "I know so." he smiles kissing my nose.
We arrive at the car and he opens the passenger door for me to get in, he gets in on his side as well and I hold the blimp in my hand.
It wasn't what made my day special, not at all. It was Sandra's kindness, Jamie's care, Lea's friendship, Kelly's words, the interviewer's smiles, the crowd's cheer, and Matt's love. Material things just makes you happy, like this blimp, I look at it and a smile grazes my face. But the people that surrounds me, they're what makes me joyful. And Joy and Happiness are completely different things. Happiness is temporary, but when your heart is filled with joy, it remains there forever. And I'm happy I found that joy sooner than most people do.
Uhm I'm so sorry if it's not very detailed? I'm not really good at this... But I hope you review your opinions on this chapter! I had lots of fun writing it and I hope you had fun reading it!
I did some researching here so Jayma's outfit here was the real dress she wore in the 2014 Kids Choice Awards. And about Sandra's child too, but I'm not an expert about her so I just saw it on google. *bites lip*
Anyway,
Whoopie! The Kids Choice chapter went better than I thought :)