Disclaimer: I do not know or claim to know Jake Gyllenhaal and I don't mean to imply any knowledge of his personal lives or sexual preferences. This is FICTION and nothing more. If your under 18 or don't like to read fan-fictions about same sex romances then DO NOT read this story. Now that that's out of the way, sit back and enjoy! **************************************** Christians P.O.V. I got home late that night. After throwing my car keys onto the kitchen table, I put the bag of videos down in my room and went to the bathroom to change out of my clothes. When I came out, I heard the phone ring and went to answer. It was Ashley. She asked if I wanted to do anything. It old her that I was really tired and was going to stay home to watch some videos then we hung up. I went back to my room and dumped the movies onto my bed. They all looked like good moves. I read the back of the DVD boxes to get a clue about what the movies were about. The first one I decided to watch was "City Slickers." I put the disc into the DVD tray and pressed play then got comfortable on the bed with Sargent by my side.
The movie was good, really funny. Jake was so adorable in it. He was just a little kid. The only thing I could do when I saw him was smile really big. Although, he wasn't in it for very long except for his part in the school scene and in the end. Next I put in "Highway." In the middle of my one man viewing party, there was a knock on my door. I pressed pause and went to answer. I opened the door and there was Ashley. "Hi honey!" She said cheerfully. "Hey, what are you doing here?" "Well, I didn't have anything to do and you said you rented some movies so I stopped by. You don't mind, do you?" "No, come on in." Its not that I didn't want Ashley there but I was hoping to spend the night by myself. Ashley led the way to the bedroom. She walked in and saw all the movies on my bed. "Does Jake have a new fan?" She asked. "No, I just^Å I don't know. Maybe." "What movie are you watching now?" She asked while she picked up another DVD box. "Highway, seen it?" I went and laid down and pressed the play button. "Nope."
The next day I woke up to Ashley still in my bed. It wasn't a unusual thing to have her over since we spend the a lot of time with each other. We're both freakishly lonely. No man in her life, no man or woman in mine. I got up and walked to the kitchen to make some coffee. The cold floor stung the sole of my bare feet. It was still pretty early, at least for me, anyways. "Morning." I heard Ashley. I turned to look back at her coming out of my room, her hair was in a mess. "Hey. Coffee?" "Please." I handed her a warm mug filled with the dark liquid. She took it and brought it to her nose to take a wiff at it. "I cant believe I fell sleep. Did I mess up your plans by staying over?" "What plans?" I said. "I have no life outside of work remember?" She giggled. "Why don't we go out today? We can cruise for boys. It'll be fun." "No, I don't think so." I sat down on the kitchen table and Ashley joined me. "Come on. Lets be honest, we could both use a little affection in our lives. I haven't had sex in a long time." "Yeah, I know what you mean. I've never had a one night stand but I could sure as hell use one right about now." I said bitterly. "We can go down to the beach. I hear there's a new lifeguard that was just hired." "Yeah, that'll happen." "Oh! We can go see The Rocky Horror Picture Show!" She quickly said. "They play it every night at 11 `o clock." "Yeah, okay. That sounds cool." "Good." Ashley looked down at her wrist watch. "Shit! I better get going. I have a face peel later today." "Face peel?" "Yeah, they're gonna take this one off and exchange it for a better one." Ashley moved to the door. "Bring me back the old one, I want to frame it." We both laughed. "Ill see you later." She said before leaving.
I met up with Ashley for dinner then we went to see the movie. I had never been to the theaters in L.A. so it was all new to me. They were much better than the theaters at home. Before buying our tickets, we decided to wait a while and have a power cigarette outside. While we waited, I noticed a guy sitting down on the curb also smoking. He looked over at me but I turned away. I am a very shy person when it comes to other people. Ashley and I started to talk when the guy on the curb stood up and threw his cigarette into the sidewalk and stood against the building wall behind us. We went to get our tickets and walked outside again. It was only ten-thirty and the movie didn't start until eleven. We waited and waited and once again, the same guy caught my eye. This time he was looking directly at me. I gave him a polite smile and nod. I turned to Ashley and out of the corner of my eye, I say him start to walk towards us. "Hey." He said. "Do you guys have the time?" Ashley looked at her watch. "Ten-forty." She said. "Thanks." The man said. I didn't want to look at him for some reason. Just kept my head down. "Are you guys here to watch the eleven `o clock show?" "Yeah." I said. "You too?" "No, I work here." "In the theater?" Ashley asked. "No, out here. I'm a prostitute." Ashley and I turned to each other, not knowing what to say. "I'm kidding. It was a joke." He said. We smiled. "I'm an usher here. My names Randy by the way." He extended his hand out for a hand shake. "I'm Christian and this is Ashley." We shook his hand. "Nice to meet you." The three of us talked for a bit then it was time for us to head inside. Luckily, Randy took our tickets and let us inside the showing room. After the movie, we came out and saw him still at the ticket booth. "Did you guys enjoy the show?" He asked politely. "Yeah, It was good." I said. "I don't know what you're doing now but do you want to maybe hang out for a while? I'm done with my shift." "I cant, I have to go to sleep. I'm tired." Ashley said. "What about you?" Randy asked me. "No, I have to take her to pick up her car." "Oh, its okay." Ashley cut in. "Ill get a taxi to pick me up." "Are you sure?" I asked. "Yeah, go ahead." "Okay, here's some money for the taxi. It's the least I could do." I took out a 30 dollars from my wallet and handed them to her. "Bye." We hugged and went our split ways. Randy and I hung around for a while until finally calling it a night. He turned out to be a really sweet guy. We talked for most the night and shared stories. He offered to show me around Los Angeles since I was fairly new and hadn't seen most of the town. He gave me his number and I gave him mine. Shortly after, I went home.
The next morning I woke up really excited. Maybe because I was going to see Jake. Damn him and the curse he puts people under. I didn't even know the guy and I wanted to see him. I mean, I could just pop in a movie and there he'd be. I got up and showered then made some breakfast for me and Sargent. After eating, I cleaned the dirty plates in the sink and got Sargent ready for his day at the park. I remembered that I had Jakes number still in my jeans from the other day so I went and scrambled through the dirty laundry to find it. I got my jeans out and searched the pockets for the small card. When I found it, I got my phone and was about to dial. My heart was racing and my hands were moist. I don't know if it was from the nerves or the fact that I had just washed dishes. Whatever, I threw my nerves aside and dialed the numbers written down. The line rang once and a man answered. "Hey." He said. "Um, is this Jake?" My voice shook a little. "Yeah. Who's this?" "Its Christian." "Oh. Hey, what's up?" He sounded happy. "Nothing. Up for going to the park?" "Oh well^Å I'm not actually at home now. I'm visiting my parents." "Oh okay." "Sorry." He apologized. "Not, its cool." "Yeah, I had a small family emergency." "Really?" "Yeah. I should've told you earlier but I had no way to contact you." "No, its cool, you know? Its not your fault. You cant prevent emergencies." "Yeah." "Okay, well, I guess ill see you later. Bye." Well, the park wasn't going to happen today. I looked down at Sargent and he was breathing out of his mouth, his eyes looking directly into mine. "You still want to go, hmm?" I asked him. Yes, I often talk to my dog. Don't act like you've never done it. Sargent only blinked. I decided to take Sargent to the park. We got in my car and left to La Cienega park. When we got their, I saw several people standing around, watching their small dogs run around with other dogs. Sargent jumped out of the car and followed behind me. I didn't need a leash since I usually took him out into the street. He was used to walking by my side. We made our way to the doggy course and I let Sargent go and play. The people there were pretty nice. No real problems except for the occasional woman shooing other animals away from her prized Chihuahua. We stayed a good 3 hours in the park then went home.
Jakes P.O.V. BEEP, BEEP, BEEP. My alarm clock rang loudly besides my bed. I woke up fast enough to shut it off, it was six in the morning. I rolled over and started to fall back into sleep when Maggie came in and made sure I stayed awake. We had to go to visit our uncle in the hospital. He had a stroke and was in intensive care in the hospital. I sat up and rubbed my eyes, trying to get them to focus. I could hardly see anything, my room was so dark but that's the way I liked it. I was still half asleep when I got up so I jumped into the shower in order to fully wake up.
Maggie and I got ready and headed out to my truck. We had extra bags with us because we were planning on staying at our parents house for the weekend since we hardly saw them anymore. While I drove, I couldn't help but think about Christian. Its weird, I know, but I had made him a promise and I was not someone who would just flake out on a promise. Maybe he wouldn't remember. That's what I kept telling myself. When we got to our parents house, we quickly got back in the car and drove to the hospital. We spent the whole day with my uncle in the hospital room, talking to him and making him feel as comfortable as possible. He didn't look much different than when I had seen him last a year ago. In the middle of our visit my cell phone went off. I took it out of my pocket and looked at the screen. "Unknown Caller" it read. I excused myself and walked into the hospital hallway. "Hello?" I answered. "Jake? Its Jennifer." Jennifer was my publicist. "I have some great news." "Hey Jen. Is it really important?" "Are you busy?" "Yeah, I'm actually in the hospital." "Oh no, are you okay?" "No, I'm fine." I laughed. "I came to see my uncle." "Is everything alright?" She asked. "Yeah, everything's good now. Hey, now that I have you on the phone; I'm not going to be home for the entire weekend so can you check on the house and Atticus? I brought Boo with me." I trusted Jen 100%. We've known each other for a very long time so we're best friends. "Yeah, not a problem." She said. "Great. If anyone calls, tell them Maggie and me are at our parents house." "Alright. Ill give you a call later to tell you about the news." "Okay, bye." After I got off the phone, I walked back into the room with everyone else. Later that evening, We all went back to the house to get some rest. It had been a long day for all of us. I was getting ready for bed when I remembered that Jen hadn't called me back. I called her up and asked for the news she was so eager to tell me. Turns out that I had gotten the a role in the upcoming movie "Zodiac" that was based on the zodiac killer. I was super happy to hear that since today was a depressing day. I let everyone else know and of course they were all very happy.
The next morning I got out of bed early and decided to take a walk around my old neighborhood. So many memories there. Good and bad. I walked pass the bowling alley where my friends and I used to go and hang out and remembered when I had my first real kiss in the parking lot. I loved how I could just walk around and not be hassled by the paparazzi or screaming fans. Don't get me wrong, I love my fans. They mean everything to me but sometimes I wish I was just another face in the crowd. I must have spoken too soon because on my way back to the house, I noticed several people taking pictures of me from inside their cars. It didn't bother me. Not unless they got up in my face and flashed their lights in my eyes.
I walked into the house and found my parents and Maggie getting ready for something. They were going out for breakfast and invited me to go along but I turned down the invitation. I wanted to stay home and cook for myself. I enjoyed cooking and not to brag but I'm a pretty good cook, especially when it comes to Italian. I have several cookbooks and cooking magazines in the kitchen back home so I like to learn new things and try them out on my friends.
Today was a lay back kind of day. After breakfast I sat around and caught up on my favorite T.V. shows. My phone started to ring again. I slipped it out of my pocket and answered. I figured it would be Maggie or my mom so I didn't look at the number on the screen. "Hey." I said. "Um, is this Jake?" The voice asked. I was confused because the voice wasn't Maggie's or my moms. It was deeper. "Yeah. Who's this?" "Its Christian." "Oh. Hey, what's up?" Wow, he actually called. "Nothing. Up for going to the park?" When he said `park' I felt chills go up my body. "Oh well^Å I'm not actually at home now. I'm visiting my parents." "Oh okay." "Sorry." I tried to apologize. "Not, its cool." "Yeah, I had a small family emergency." "Really?" "Yeah. I should've told you earlier but I had no way to contact you." "No, its cool, you know? Its not your fault. You cant prevent emergencies." "Yeah." "Okay, well, I guess ill see you later." He said. "Bye." After I hung up my heart started to beat really fast. I felt so bad, I should've said something beforehand but there was nothing I could do. I closed my phone and noticed a number on the screen. I flipped it open again and read the blue screen: _________________________ | | | Call Ended: | | Unknown Caller | | 619-829-**** | |_________________________|
Christians number was still on my phone. Now I had a way to contact him again. Maybe when I get home I could give him a call.
It feels so good to be home. Maggie and I arrived at our house at around noon. First thing I did was go and see Atticus. I thanked Jen for being able to house sit for us and got my things out from the truck then put them away. A little while later I got a call from Kristin. She said she needed to talk to me about something. The way she sounded got me worried. He voice was low and not as cheerful as she always sounded. Maybe something was wrong. **************************************** Hey! Its me agian. Sorry it took me so long to get this up here but i've been really busy. Its here now for all of you to enjoy. Comments and suggestions are always welcome. Email: synful_romance@sbcglobal.net Oh, and ive started a Jake Gyllenhaal/The Gyllenhaal Encounter group on msn. The link is http://groups.msn.com/TheGyllenhaalEncounter. Its a place to talk about this story or about Jake. Dont forget to join. -Chris