I liked Joel Kline.
Heaven help me.
His fame was still an issue for me. That, and it was hard to know that it wasn’t all an act. Alex, my ex, played me once with his acting skills. I didn’t wanna be screwed over by another. Thoughts of my ex hardened me slightly. I would not go through that again. As much as I was warming up to Joel, and even admitted I liked him, I wouldn’t go further. Thankfully, no one else besides Tommy, Jenson’s friend, had gotten a picture of Joel on the beach while he ate with us. I looked, but only saw some of him walking on the beach afterwards.
I turned off my laptop after that. There were other pictures of him and women that I didn’t care to see. One was only a short time after we met at the bar, holding a petite blonde woman in his arms on the beach.
I was feeling so confused. When the final shot was taken for the day, I packed up my stuff and hauled ass. I didn’t feel like facing Joel while I was dealing with all of these feelings.
Jenson was doing homework when I got home, and I quickly jumped into the kitchen and whipped us up some homemade hamburger helper.
“How’d filming go today?” Jenson asked, hanging out at the table while I cooked. He had been interested in my job more, now that he knew who I was working with. Putting makeup on people wasn’t that cool, in his eyes. But he enjoyed it when I did body paint at festivals, and more creative makeup on sets.
“Pretty good. How was school?” He told me about how he did really well at basketball today, and then started to stuff his face as soon as I set the bowl of food in front of him. He was always eating, and where he put it, I couldn’t say. He wasn’t super skinny, but he had a high metabolism like his dad. Me? Everything I ate went to my ass or my thighs. I ran at the little gym in my apartment complex when I could, but with filming taking up most of my time, the only exercise I got most days was running back and forth between the trailer and the set. Standing all day helped a little, but I had learned to be proud of my body over the years. I gained forty pounds with my little guy. He was a big baby. So I have stretch marks. Granted, they were the light-colored ones, but they were still there. I also had a C-section scar on my lower abdomen from when he was a stubborn ass and didn’t wanna evacuate the womb. We waited, but in the end, he had to come out.
So I embraced that little pooch that would never be flat on my tummy, and even though I had to replace pants every year because my thighs would wear a hole where they rubbed together, I was happy with myself.
As soon as Jenson was done, he excused himself to go hang out in his room. I heard him turn on his video game and start chatting with his friends.
I sat at the table alone, and thought about what I was going to do now. My kid had reached a point where he didn’t wanna hang out with me all the time. Which was nice, but I missed the time when he was my buddy and I was his. My phone dinged and I checked the message that popped up.
Which should I do? Dessert for dinner or cheese fries?-Period Buddy
“Oh my God,he didn’t!” I groaned.
When did you get the chance to change your name on my phone?-Future Wife
“That bastard!” He put my signature as “Future Wife.” Something was seriously wrong with him, like all of his marbles were just gone. I went into my settings and changed that immediately.
Aw, that’s so sweet. You’re finally realizing your role in all of this.-Joel.
I was about to text him back when Classic by MKTO started playing on my phone as a ringtone. It was the man himself, and I really shouldn’t be surprised to see he changed the ringtone as well. Apparently he was a ninja at changing shit on my phone. Denied. I was not about to answer that.
Oh, that’s cold. Only two rings!-Joel
Interesting choice of song.-Alessandra
It’s my theme song for you. -Joel
Theme song? What the hell was that?
Theme song?-Alessandra
Theme Song= A song that would describe you/your feelings at the moment. -Joel
Classic was his theme song for me right now?
Those flutters in my stomach from earlier came back. I wasn’t sure what to think about this one, because it was actually pretty damn swoon-worthy. How did he come up with something like that?
It’s something my friend Killian and I used to do back in the day. Never stopped speaking in theme songs. What’s yours right now?-Joel
Hm, if any song could describe me right now, what would it be? I thought about messing with him, but it felt like we were having a moment that was real. Not just playing around. Which made it harder. Honestly it took a few minutes for me to run through my mental playlists. I chewed on my lip as I typed out my text.
On My Mind, by Ellie Goulding -Alessandra
I went with honesty. I honestly wish I didn’t have him on my mind. But I did.
I was thinking. I enjoy going out but don’t always care to be hounded on by the paps. Take you up on that offer to help disguise me, then go out on a date? No expectations of sex. - Joel
