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. Okay, so I know I told Jake that I would go with him to where ever it was that he wanted me to go but I'm seriously having second thoughts. I got home that night and sat down to really think about it. I had to things I could do, go or stay. Lets weigh the pros and cons. If I decide to go along, I leave work and Sargent for a good couple of weeks or how ever long it takes to finish a movie. I could possibly end up getting fired from work and end up poor and on the streets. Sargent could get seriously sick from being left unattended and I wouldn't be able to deal with that. Now, lets say I don't go. If I decide not to go I could work and get money to be able to make rent for the month, have a happy and healthy pet and live happily. Then again, I'll be taking a step back in my life. I would miss an opportunity to see the behind the scenes of a movie first hand and to hang out with the coolest guy I've yet to meet. Its very hard but I think I know what I have to do. Just in case, I talked to Ashley about it. Of course, leaving the part where Jake Gyllenhaal invited me to film a movie out. After work one day, I met with Ashley and we talked. "Hey Ash, can I ask you something?" "Does it itch?" She asked. "What... no. What are you talking about?" I was really confused. "...nothing. What do you want to ask me?" "Okay, what if you were invited by someone out somewhere but you weren't sure if it was the best thing to do..." "First of all, who invited you and where are you going?" She asked. "That's not the point. Point is I'm not sure if I should go or not. I really don't want to miss work because I shit to pay like rent. Plus I don't want to leave Sargent all alone." "I say go." "Go?" I said. "Yes, you didn't come out here to play it safe did you? I mean, you came to L.A. to do something different and experience different things, right?" "Well yeah." "Then there you go. I can tell Mr. Shingle that you got in an accident or something so you could have time off and ill take care of Sargent for you." "You'll do that?" I was very amazed that Ashley was willing to actually go with it. This proofs how good a friend she is. I love her so much. "Yes. Tell who ever it is that wants you to go that you'll be packed and ready by the time you have to go." "Thank you so much. I appreciate it. Shit, I have to go but I'll call you, okay?" I said while I started to walk to my car. "Okay, drive safely!" Ashley yelled out. It was settled, I was going. I knew talking to Ashley would help. I drove home and couldn't wait to get out of my uniform.
[Two weeks later] I sat around the house bored as hell. I didn't have anything to do besides lay around because the restaurant I worked at was closed. I decided to watch some television to waste away the time and rot my brain. Flipping through the channels I could find nothing that interested me. I had A.D.D. when it came to things grabbing my attention. After going around the entire channel options twice I went and took Sargent for a walk. I grabbed his leash and we left. I got back thirty minutes later to find myself bored again. Have you ever had one of those days where you were so bored that you actually thought about doing something productive like going out and picking up trash? Well that's how I felt. Its pathetic. Just to kill more time, I took a quick shower and got ready to watch T.V. movie. I found a small folded up paper on my dresser while I looked for some clean clothes. After unfolding the paper and realizing it was Randy's phone number, I had a great idea. Maybe he was up for doing something. I picked up the phone and dialed the numbers scribbled down on the paper then waited for an answer. "Hello?" I heard a familiar voice say. "Hey, is this Randy?" "Yes it is, who's this?" He said. "This is Christian. We met a while ago in front of the theater. I was with my friend Ashley." "Oh yeah, hi. I was wondering when you were going to call." "Yeah?" I asked while smiling like an idiot. "Yeah, its been a while since we talked, I was getting a little worried." He was very sly. "Well I was wondering if you were doing anything. Maybe we could grab a bite to eat or something." "Okay, that sounds cool." "Are you up for it?" I asked. "Yeah." "Okay, great." "Just give me a couple of minutes and ill call you back to set everything up." He said. "Cool. Do you need my number?" "No, I still have it from last time." "Okay, then ill talk to you soon." "Alright, bye." YES! YES! YES! My first date in a loooong time. No wait, second date. Did that one time Jake and I went for dinner count? No, no I don't think so. We were just hanging out and plus he's straight. Yes, this was my first official date and I was so excited. Like said, Randy called a couple minutes later and we decided to meet at a local coffee place. From there we went to a place called the "Hop Li Seafood Restaurant" near Broadway and N Hill St. He had gotten there first because I walked in and he flagged me over. He stood up politely and shook my hand. "How are you?" He asked sitting back down. "Good, thanks. You?" "Great now that you called." I smiled shyly. "Do you want to order now or later?" "Are you hungry? If you're hungry then we can order now." "No, lets wait and work up our appetites." He said smiling. "Okay. So how are things? What have you been doing?" I asked trying to make conversation. "I've been sort of busy with work and life." "Oh yeah? A lot of people been going to see movies?" "Yeah, there's a new movie out so a lot of people are going for that." "That's good though, a lot of business." I said. "Only thing is that I have to work early in the morning and later at night." "Damn, I don't go to work till the afternoon so I get a good amount of time to sleep so I get to work energized." "What do you work in?" He asked. "In a restaurant. The Ivy." "You're kidding! I heard that place was stuck up." He said with a big smile. "The people can be assholes. Even some of the people I work with are pretty cruel but it's a great place to go if you're interested in celebrity gossip." "I'm sure you must get pretty huge tips, huh?" I laughed. "Sometimes. Other times I barely get paid enough to pay the months rent." "Really?" He asked. "Yeah." "Well I don't know about you but I'm getting hungry so we should order now." We ordered and made some more small talk. Do far everything was going great. Randy was really sweet and nice plus I hadn't said anything embarrassing yet but it was still pretty early. We split the bill and after eating we went to watch a movie where he worked.
The day was starting to wear down so when the film ended and we came out, we saw that the sky was beginning to darken. Randy and I made our way to his house to call it a night. "Did you have fun?" He asked while we stood face to face on his front door. "Yeah, it was a good time. Thanks for making time." "Thanks for calling." He smiled. "I'm glad you did." There was a brief moment of silence between us. "So, uh, would it make me easy if I were to kiss you?" I giggled. "I think that would make me easy." "Well then we can be easy together." Then, Randy leaned in and touched my lips with his. It was all very nice and gentle, like a first kiss. Both of us being delicate with each other, being careful not to hurt the other one. It must have lasted no more than 2 minutes but it felt like 2 days. His hand rose up to my hip while mine rested comfortably against his firm chest. We separated and took a breathe, looked into each others eyes and smiled one again. After letting go, I got in my car and drove to my apartment. Sargent was there to meet me at the door, he was panting and jumping up on his back legs. I went and laid down on my bed and went over the days events. The kiss that had just happened kept replaying in my head. I was so happy.
Jakes P.O.V. I'm so fucking excited for this upcoming movie. Its going to be so great to see Jamie and Peter again. We all have fun when we're together. I've been lagging in the workout department for a while so I went out for a morning jog around since I needed to be in my best shape for the movie role. I jogged around the park for a little bit then noticed pull up bars near the center. I walked over and started to work on my arms and chest. I could normally do several pull-ups but since I had just stopped jogging, I was a little tired. I sat down for a little while then got back up on the bars. By this time I was really sweating and my arms were getting really sore. I wish I would have been biking instead but oh well, there was nothing I could do now. After two sets of push ups and crunches, I walked around to get my heart rate down then headed home. While I was working out, I saw a dark car off in the distance. Someone was inside taking pictures of me with a log distance lens. I didn't mind because they weren't in my way or anything. On my way back up to the house I noticed more and more photographers coming together. The guy in the car must have let is buddies know I was on the street. Good thing I got home before a crowd of them gathered. I walked into the big house and called out for Maggie. There was no answer from her so I looked around. "Maggie? Maggie!?" Nothing. I walked out to the back patio and found her. "There you are. Did anyone call for me?" I asked. "No, no one." "Okay, I'm going to take a shower." I said while I walked back into the house and up to room. I took of my sweaty shirt and tossed it on the floor then walked to the shower.
[Week of flight to Imperial Valley] It was finally almost time to go. I haven't talked to Christian lately so maybe I should give him a call. I took out my hone and scrolled through the many numbers in my phonebook. To make it easier, I typed in "Christian" and his number came up. I pushed SEND and it began to dial. "Hello?" Christian answered. "Hey, are you still up for going with me?" "Where?" He asked. "Down to Imperial. Jarhead?" "Oh yeah, yeah. Cant wait." "Two more days." I said. "You're going to have to call me on the day of I think because I'm not going to remember." Chris giggled. "I will. I'll be your alarm clock." "Yeah. Okay so what's going to happen? What do I need?" He asked. "Just your things, enough clothes for one and a half months." "Oh, see, unlike you billionaires I don't have enough cash to pay for a lot of clothes." He was very funny. "Its okay. They have laundry service there, don't worry about it. So, on the day of the flight out a car is going to pick you up, okay?" "Okay." "Its going to bring you here and then we're going to go to the airport." "Great." He said. "Ill see you then." "Alright, bye." I still had a lot of things to do before the two days were up. I had to call friend and family to let them know I was leaving and I had to call my mom so she wouldn't worry. Unfortunately Maggie wasn't going with me because she had business here so I didn't need to get anyone to house sit for us.
[Day of departure] Christians P.O.V. I woke up to the sound of a ringing phone. I knew who it was but I didn't want to get up. My room was still completely dark, no light what so ever. I rolled over in bed and picked up the handset and put it to my ear. "Yeah?" I said. "Morning. Time to get up." Is this what Jake had to go through during every filming day? "I'm up, I'm up." My voice was low and weak. "Okay, ill see you in a bit." After I hung up, I forced myself out of bed and ran into the shower. Afterwards, I got my things and called Ashley to come over. She came in a hurry and I let her know about Sargents food and when he usually ate. The car arrived at my apartment building soon because I got a phone call from the front desk telling me that there was someone waiting for me. "Thanks again, Ash." I told her. "No problem, babe." "So are you going to be okay with Sargent?" "Yeah, don't worry. Ill tell Mr. Shingle that you wont be able to make it to work. Everything's taken care of. Go." She said. "Thanks!" I hugged and kissed her then I said bye to my dog. I walked out with my bags and took the elevator to the front desk. There was a man standing there who helped me with my things. He was tall and was wearing a black and white suit. We walked out into the early morning and got into the car. The drive to Jakes house wasn't far at all. We lived surprisingly close to each other except he lived in a gated community. Makes you wonder who else lives around there. I got out of the car and Jake walked out of his house with a woman behind him. He walked up to me and we shook hands. "You made it." He said. "Yeah, I'm still half asleep though." I joked and Jake smiled that amazing smile of his. "This is my sister Maggie." Maggie came and shook my hand. "Nice to meet you." She said. She also had a wonderful smile. "Nice to meet you, too. I'm Christian." "Alright, well we ought to get to the airport." Jake said. Maggie, Jake and I walked to a large black van and we got in. "Ill call you when I get there, okay?" He told his sister. "Okay. I love you." She said. "I love you too. Bye." He closed the door and we pulled away from the driveway. We rode in mostly silence, partly because I had laid my head back and was starting to get some last minute sleep. Before I knew it, we had arrived. The place was mostly empty, only a few people walking around and buying their tickets. Jake and I got our things and walked inside. We walked up to a lady behind a large table taking tickets. He told her that we had reserved tickets and she handed one to each of us. I was actually going to go watch someone film a movie, this was incredible. Not many people get to do that. I felt really honored. Jake and I boarded the plane and left for southern California.
[Arrival at Imperial City Airport] The plane ride was short, about an hour or two long. It was nice though. Jake and I slept for the most part but woke up to witness the landing. We got off the plane and headed to a van waiting outside. I was surprised to see a few paparazzi waiting. Once they saw Jake they started to follow him and take pictures. Flash after flash went off in his face, good thing he was wearing sunglasses. We made it out of the airport and got into the shuttle van that took us to a near by hotel. This wasn't your average hotel. This was the "Hilton Hotel". As I was used to run down, shitty hotels rooms, I was stunned to see this one. The room was huge. All of it was basically a house. I couldn't believe it. "I hope you don't mind but this room is booked for two people and one bed. Everything was booked before Kirsten and I split." Jake said while we walked inside the bedroom and placed our things on the floor. "No, its cool. Ill take the couch or the floor." "You can take the bed, I don't care. I an sleep on the couch." "Naw, you take it." I said. "You sure?" "Yeah." This month was going to be a weird and hectic one. I had no clue what I was in for. Everything would change between Jake and I. Some might say for the better, others would say for the worse. I'm still not very sure what to think of it. **************************************** Hello. I'm so sorry for any thing that doesnt make sense or badly written. Im half asleep and writing this at the same time. I started a topic over at the MSN group asking for your opinion. Check it out. MSN Group: http://groups.msn.com/TheGyllenhaalEncounter/_whatsnew.msnw E-mail: Synful_Romance@sbcgloabl.net Thanks again for reading! -Chris