by Hamel, B. B.
Slowly we break apart and I look into Jenna’s eyes. I feel like I finally have the capacity to really feel what I feel for her and it’s almost overwhelming. It hits me all at once and I swear I got dizzy. I have to hold her hand tighter.
“Let’s get out of here,” I say suddenly, standing up.
She looks at me and nods. “Yeah. Okay. Are you all right?”
“I’m fine. Come on.”
She stands and follows me outside. Instead of heading out over to the Lexus, I turn right and walk fast down toward a little copse of palm trees planted at the end of the parking lot.
Jenna hurries to keep up. I feel lightheaded and happy. I love that we’re in California for this, I love that we’re together, I love that this is finally over.
I’m grinning when we finally reach the shade of the trees. I’m sure Vince thinks we’re insane but I don’t care. I turn to face Jenna and she looks at me, a weird smile on her face, her head tilted to the side.
“What’s going on?” she asks me. “You look weird.”
“Listen,” I say, pulling her close to me. She lets out a little gasp. “It’s over.”
She laughs a little bit. “I know. I was there.”
“Don’t you get it?” I laugh and kiss her. She kisses me back, nice and slow. “It’s really over.”
“This has been a big weight for you, hasn’t it?”
“You have no clue.”
She smiles and puts her hand on my cheek. “I’m glad it’s done, then.”
“I need you to know something.”
She stares up at me and I feel it, god, I feel it welling up inside of me, bubbling up to the surface, all giddiness and joy and perfection.
“What?”
“I love you, Jenna. I fell in love with you the second I came back. I never should’ve left you in the first place.”
She bites her lip and blinks a few times, looking away. “You love me?”
“I love you.” I pull her chin back toward me. “This is what I’ve needed. It isn’t just the shit with Charlene, it’s also you, you’re filling in a gap I didn’t even know I had.”
She smiles then and gets up on her toes to kiss me. “Okay then. I love you too.”
I laugh and we kiss, slow and long and deep, until someone clears their throat nearby. We both look over and Vince is standing there, looking vaguely amused.
“Am I interrupting something?” he asks.
“Nope,” I say, laughing and holding Jenna’s hand. She’s grinning huge, her cheeks slightly red.
“I gotta get back to the office, so if this little lovefest is over, can we go?”
“Go away, Vince,” I say, turning back to Jenna. “We’ll be there in a minute.”
I kiss her again as Vince walks back to the car. I hold her tight against me in the shade of the trees and I kiss her, low and long and slow.
Gradus doesn’t matter anymore, nothing else matters. Only this girl, my girl, my future. This is what matters, right here. With her by my side, I know I can get past anything. I know I can build a family and a future.
We finally break apart and I stare into her eyes. She smiles up at me, simple and easy and open. I kiss her one more time.
“Ready?” I ask.
“Very,” she says.
We turn and walk to the car together, holding hands, smiling the whole way.
19
Jenna
Two Years Later
I lean back in the shade of the palm tree and stretch my legs out. I smile and let out a breath as a cool breeze blows over my skin.
I adjust myself and look down at the water as it moves lazily in little shallow circles. I wonder what Jay is doing right this second, but I push that thought from my mind. He’s safe with the nanny and I have other things to worry about.
This is my time off. I’m going to enjoy it.
“There you are.”
I look over and cover my eyes from the sun. Brady grins down at me and sits on the chair next to mine, leaning back on his hands.
“Hey, you,” I say.
He leans over and kisses me before sitting back. “How’s it going?”
“Good now.”
He grins. “I like that bathing suit. I think it’d look better on my floor.”
“Hot.”
We both laugh and he kisses me again, this one lingering a bit.
“How long before the nanny comes back?” I ask him softly.
He gives me a sad look. “Oh, sweetie. She’s been back for ten minutes.”
I blink at him. “What? Really?”
“You were sleeping and I didn’t want to wake you up.”
I stretch and let out a yawn. “That’s sweet. How’s Jason?”
“He’s great. We can go in and see him… or we can sit out here for a little longer.”
“Oooh,” I say, “tough one.”
He laughs as I sit up and slowly stand.
“I knew you were a sucker,” he says.
“Can’t help it.”
I grab my wrap and pull it over myself as I slip on my flip-flops and head back inside. Brady follows me as I move through the kitchen and into the back playroom.
Jason is in there with Rosita, our nanny. The little boy squeals and crawls over to me before pulling himself up on the little baby gate. I reach down and pick him up into my arms and kiss his little cheek.
“Thanks so much, Rosita,” I say to her.
The woman stands and smiles. “No problem. Little Jason is the easiest baby I’ve ever met.”
“Cutest too,” Brady adds, taking him from me.
I walk Rosita out before meeting Brady back in the kitchen. Jason’s crawling around making babbling noises.
“What time’s the shoot tomorrow?” I ask him.
“Starts at ten.”
“Perfect. So you can get up with Jason and I can sleep in.”
He laughs and kisses me. “Of course.”
I grin at him. Brady spoils me as much as he can when he’s home. He has to travel for his job, disappearing on location for a few months out of every year. He always brings me out, at least when he can, and when he’s home he always takes point to try and make up for lost time.
He’s an incredible husband. We got married just a few weeks after that first trip out to LA and I got pregnant not too long later. After that, I decided to drop out of Gradus and we moved out to California. He bought a house, got a nanny, and now here we are.
It’s heaven here. I never even think about what life would’ve been like had I finished school because I don’t need it. I work with Brady’s production company and I take care of Jason, and that’s more than enough for me.
There’s also Brady himself. Loving, gentle, kind, sweet. It was my idea to drop out of school, he actually said I should stick it out. But in the end, I got my way, like I always do with him.
I kiss him and we watch Jason crawl around some more. I look out the back window at our pool and I wonder how I ever got so lucky.
This wasn’t supposed to be my life. I was supposed to be the daughter of a failing family, a dying old-money clan. Instead, I’m the wife of a successful movie director, and I couldn’t be happier.
“You know who I heard from yesterday?” Brady asks suddenly, pulling me back from my thoughts.
“No. Who?”
“Charlene.”
I raise an eyebrow. “No kidding.”
“Yep.”
“How’s she doing?”
“Oh, you know. Struggling again.”
“Poor girl.”
“Wanted to know if I had anything for her.”
I laugh and shake my head. “Amazing. What’d you say?”
“I said not right now, but if I do, I’ll look her up.”
I raise an eyebrow. “And will you?”
“You know I will, if something’s right for her. I’m pragmatic, my dear.”
I snort and shake my head. “You’re nuts. That whole thing was such a shitshow.”
“True, but it worked out.”
“Yeah, when she finally came clean.”
“Partially clean. The media could’ve wrecked her, but instead she came off a little sympathetic.”
“And made you look like a jerk.”
“True, but not abusive, and I haven’t lost any work because of it.”
“That you know of.”
He makes a face. “I know everything in this town, my love.”
I laugh and let him kiss me. Jason pulls himself up, standing with his arms on top of a chair, and bashes his fists while yelling at us.
I laugh and scoop him up in my arms, hugging him close. I love my little boy and I’m already starting to think about having another… and another… and another.
Brady hugs us both and I tilt my chin up to kiss my husband. I smile and cuddle into his embrace, my baby pressed against my chest.
This is heaven. It doesn’t get better. I never thought that crazy school would take me anywhere good, but here I am, exactly where I need to be.
And I’m not going anywhere ever again.
THE END
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