pulled up
Controlled Environment’s website. I smiled when a picture of Jake
and the band appeared on the monitor. Annie chuckled and clicked on
the TOUR link.
“ Look,” she ordered,
pointing the mouse arrow on all the tour dates. “He’s been all over
L.A. this week and will be touring most of California until
Thanksgiving.”
“ I know. He told me.” I
hated it when Annie made a valid point. Why couldn’t she let me
pout in peace? “He just failed to mention Monique
DuVois.”
Annie’s eyes brightened and she bit her lip.
“Monique DuVois, huh?” I just nodded. Annie Googled Monique’s name
and scrolled through a couple links until she found one she liked.
She gazed at me uneasily before nodding at the screen. “Read
that.”
Monique made her American
Film debut when she was fifteen years-old, playing the role of
Gabrielle in the film “The French Student.” Monique was born in
Lyons, France and started acting at the tender age of
3 .
“ Scroll through the boring
stuff,” Annie muttered, grabbing the mouse from me. “Here’s what I
want you to read.”
In early summer of this year, Monique and
her boyfriend, bad boy Jake Johnson, lead singer of the group
Controlled Environment, split up after eighteen months. Monique
claims it was a mutual, friendly break and insists that the two are
still very close.
“ Jake is someone very
special to me,” Monique stated on the set of her latest movie due
to premier this fall. “He’ll always be in my life as well as in my
heart.”
Of course there had to be a picture of the
two. I sighed. They did look beautiful together. Monique’s sleek,
dark hair hung elegantly over her shoulders, her brown eyes warm.
Jake’s chin rested on her shoulder as his arms wrapped around her
waist. He was smiling, the corners of his eyes crinkling. It tore
at my heart. Happiness seeped from them, spilling out of the
computer monitor. My stomach twisted again.
“ How come I didn’t know
about this?” I asked.
“ Well, do you two ever talk
about former loves?”
“ No,” I answered slowly,
realizing another subject I’d never broached with Jake. Maybe
because I never really had a boyfriend before. How selfish. “We
mostly talk about what’s going on now. And how do you know this and
I don’t?”
“ Because I’m more into the
people and you’re more into the music. Do you know anything about
Jake’s band mates?”
I screwed up my face, trying to remember if
Jake ever said anything about them. “Nick has been his best friend
since they met in elementary school. He met Ronnie a few years
later and Matt was last to join the band.” I smiled a bit smug.
“ But do you know anything
else about them?”
Okay, she had me. But to be fair, I didn’t
think Jake knew a whole lot about Annie and Cammy, either. Jake and
I were still getting to know each other. “Not really.”
“ See, you’re into the music
and I’m into the people,” she reiterated. “I read all the news
magazines.”
“ You mean trashy tabloids,
don’t you?”
“ Call it what you will,”
she shrugged nonchalantly. “But they’re very
informative.”
I blew a puff of air at a strand of hair in
my face as my gaze found the picture of Jake and Monique again. “I
guess I don’t understand how we can talk so much and not really
know each other.”
“ Bella,” Annie
commiserated, arm around my shoulders. “Neither of you are going
anywhere. And you’re not about to get married. Don’t rush it. You
have plenty of time to talk and get to know each other
better.”
I knew she was right and didn’t need to tell
her. I guess I just thought after that magical night and all the
talking we did that we’d somehow absorbed every detail of each
other’s lives. I should have known better, though, because hadn’t I
had trouble filling out a simple permission form about him so he
could escort me to the dance?
I clicked the BACK button and returned to
Controlled Environment’s website. I
Controlled Environment’s website. I smiled when a picture of Jake
and the band appeared on the monitor. Annie chuckled and clicked on
the TOUR link.
“ Look,” she ordered,
pointing the mouse arrow on all the tour dates. “He’s been all over
L.A. this week and will be touring most of California until
Thanksgiving.”
“ I know. He told me.” I
hated it when Annie made a valid point. Why couldn’t she let me
pout in peace? “He just failed to mention Monique
DuVois.”
Annie’s eyes brightened and she bit her lip.
“Monique DuVois, huh?” I just nodded. Annie Googled Monique’s name
and scrolled through a couple links until she found one she liked.
She gazed at me uneasily before nodding at the screen. “Read
that.”
Monique made her American
Film debut when she was fifteen years-old, playing the role of
Gabrielle in the film “The French Student.” Monique was born in
Lyons, France and started acting at the tender age of
3 .
“ Scroll through the boring
stuff,” Annie muttered, grabbing the mouse from me. “Here’s what I
want you to read.”
In early summer of this year, Monique and
her boyfriend, bad boy Jake Johnson, lead singer of the group
Controlled Environment, split up after eighteen months. Monique
claims it was a mutual, friendly break and insists that the two are
still very close.
“ Jake is someone very
special to me,” Monique stated on the set of her latest movie due
to premier this fall. “He’ll always be in my life as well as in my
heart.”
Of course there had to be a picture of the
two. I sighed. They did look beautiful together. Monique’s sleek,
dark hair hung elegantly over her shoulders, her brown eyes warm.
Jake’s chin rested on her shoulder as his arms wrapped around her
waist. He was smiling, the corners of his eyes crinkling. It tore
at my heart. Happiness seeped from them, spilling out of the
computer monitor. My stomach twisted again.
“ How come I didn’t know
about this?” I asked.
“ Well, do you two ever talk
about former loves?”
“ No,” I answered slowly,
realizing another subject I’d never broached with Jake. Maybe
because I never really had a boyfriend before. How selfish. “We
mostly talk about what’s going on now. And how do you know this and
I don’t?”
“ Because I’m more into the
people and you’re more into the music. Do you know anything about
Jake’s band mates?”
I screwed up my face, trying to remember if
Jake ever said anything about them. “Nick has been his best friend
since they met in elementary school. He met Ronnie a few years
later and Matt was last to join the band.” I smiled a bit smug.
“ But do you know anything
else about them?”
Okay, she had me. But to be fair, I didn’t
think Jake knew a whole lot about Annie and Cammy, either. Jake and
I were still getting to know each other. “Not really.”
“ See, you’re into the music
and I’m into the people,” she reiterated. “I read all the news
magazines.”
“ You mean trashy tabloids,
don’t you?”
“ Call it what you will,”
she shrugged nonchalantly. “But they’re very
informative.”
I blew a puff of air at a strand of hair in
my face as my gaze found the picture of Jake and Monique again. “I
guess I don’t understand how we can talk so much and not really
know each other.”
“ Bella,” Annie
commiserated, arm around my shoulders. “Neither of you are going
anywhere. And you’re not about to get married. Don’t rush it. You
have plenty of time to talk and get to know each other
better.”
I knew she was right and didn’t need to tell
her. I guess I just thought after that magical night and all the
talking we did that we’d somehow absorbed every detail of each
other’s lives. I should have known better, though, because hadn’t I
had trouble filling out a simple permission form about him so he
could escort me to the dance?
I clicked the BACK button and returned to
Controlled Environment’s website. I
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