Fic: Meant To Be - chapter 14: Too Good To Be True
Author: amja7578
Summary: I’ve been reading some really good RPFs lately and I thought I’d give it a shot and write one of my own. It’s basically a love story but there’s humor and angst, too.
Pairings: JA/OFC, JP/OFC
Warning: NC-17
Disclaimer: This doesn’t depict reality in any way…just writing for fun! The OFCs belong to me and were inspired by the pics I found on the web ―which also gave me some ideas for my fic! Thanks to Bren and Erica for helping me choose their names…hope you all like them!
All chapters here: http://amja7578.livejournal.com/14215.html
Chapter 14: Too Good To Be True
Jensen reluctantly let go of Adriana and turned around, ready to punch whoever had dared to ruin things like that for him, to interfere when he was about to taste the nectar from those lips, that cherry mouth that demanded to be kissed, only to find Natalie standing before him.
He couldn’t believe his luck. What the hell was Natalie doing there? And more importantly, why was she getting in his way? She wasn’t exactly what you’d call his favorite person and he’d turned down her advances repeatedly. “Jensen, Jensen…always the gentleman!” he thought, his mom mostly to be blamed for it, but this time he’d had enough!
He was about to yell at her, tell her to leave him alone…for good! But before he had the chance to do it, she pulled him by his shirt collar towards her and, before he knew it, she was kissing him for dear life.
Adriana couldn’t believe her own eyes. An attractive redhead had just come out of nowhere and was enthusiastically frenching Jensens’s mouth, right there in front of her, not caring one bit about, well, anything!
The brunette couldn’t stand the sight of this girl all over Jensen, her lips locked with his, her arms hooked around him, kissing him like there was no tomorrow, as it was perfectly normal for her, for them.
The whole scene left Adriana speechless. Evidently, she couldn’t handle this, at least not at the moment, so she swallowed the lump in her throat and made her way back to the party as fast as she could with one thing in mind, “God! His ‘girlfriend’!...His freaking smoking-hot girlfriend!!! What the hell was I thinking???!!!”
She walked fast, almost ran, desperately trying to get away from it all, as tears quickly filled her eyes and blurred her vision. By the time she reached the party, she was almost sobbing and tears were freely running down her cheeks.
She accidentally caught sight of her own reflection on the glass doors and instantly saw how upset she looked.
She hated the whole situation, but luckily nobody had seen her crying and she was determined to keep it that way. She felt stupid enough already and there was no way she’d let anyone know what had just happened -let alone that she was…hurting.
So, she took deep breaths and did her best to calm down. After all, she didn’t want Haylie and Jared to see how upset she actually was -and even less that she’d been crying like a little girl!
She studied her reflection and ran her hand through her cheeks, carefully wiping her tears away and doing her best not to mess up her make-up in the process -at least not too much!
“What’s happening to me?” she wondered, “I barely know Jensen…actually, I don’t! So, how come this whole thing is getting to me…so ‘bad’?”
She shook her head and brushed off those thoughts, knowing that this wasn’t exactly the best time for a vivisection of her feelings. She then took yet another deep breath and joined the large crowd that was still dancing and partying loudly.
She looked around amongst the dozens of cheerful faces until she managed to spot Haylie and her boyfriend on the far end of the room. She walked straight towards them doing her best to hide how upset she was, but the blonde was no fool and immediately noticed something was wrong, seriously wrong.
“What is it, sweetie?”
“Nothing,” Adriana replied smiling weakly and pretending to be alright. “Just that I’m not feeling well so I’m gonna go now,” she added, lying through her teeth, “but please you stay and enjoy the party, okay?”
“Adriana, tell me right this second what’s going on,” the blonde demanded. “Hey, where’s Jensen?” she then asked, after looking around and failing to see the man.
“I think he’s outside, in the garden, having some fresh air with his…girlfriend,” she explained in a small voice and refusing to make eye-contact, fearing her still somewhat watery eyes would give her away. “I’d better go now,” she said, “you two enjoy the rest of the evening.”
Adriana did her best to sound cheerful, to pretend that everything was just fine, that it was only a headache, but failed dismally and Haylie saw right through her.
Her friend tried to get her to explain herself, but there was no way she’d spill -let alone stay and be forced to face Jensen and his girlfriend!- and she was gone before Haylie had the chance to stop her.
The blonde saw her friend leaving the party, running away actually, clearly upset, and confirmed her suspicions: something was wrong. She then turned to Jared raising an eyebrow and gave him an angry look.
“Hey, don’t give me that look! You saw them at the Christmas party and earlier today…and they were totally into each other! I mean, at least Jensen was…I’ve no idea what could’ve gone wrong…wait, she said girlfriend?”
“Yeah!” she replied glaring at thim, evidently mad at him.
“But Jensen doesn’t have a girlfriend…he isn’t seeing anyone…I told you that already,” Jared explained frowning, honestly confused, and then realization sank in, “Oh, shit!”
“What?”
“Natalie.”
“Who?”
In that very moment, they saw Jensen walking straight towards them, practically elbowing his way through the crowd, and no other than Natalie trailing after him. He immediately asked about Adriana, wishing heart and soul she was still around so that he could explain it all. He wasn’t very hopeful, though, not after the way she’d stormed out of the garden.
“You’ve just missed her…looks like she wasn’t feeling well and decided to leave,” Haylie said calmly.
Truth be told, she’d meant to yell at him, demand an explanation, but after seeing the true concern in his eyes and how upset and worried he actually seemed, she changed her mind and decided to give him the benefit of the doubt.
On hearing her words, he rushed outside, quickly scanning the place, desperately looking for her, but he soon realized it was too late…she was gone.
He stood there, on the street, his eyes lost in the horizon, cursing himself for what had happened. It hadn’t been easy for him to muster up the courage to speak up and show her what he felt for her. It’d taken a lot from him actually. And it all was going great, perfect as a matter of fact, that is until Natalie showed up!
Okay, Adriana was gone, but he was determined to go after her. He wasn’t sure where she might’ve gone -actually, he didn’t have a clue!- but her apartment seemed like a good place to start. So, he turned around, determination written all over his face, and was astonished to find Natalie standing right there before him.
“What the hell do you want?” he asked, without making the slightest effort to hide his increasing anger towards her.
“You, pretty boy!” she replied, instantly throwing herself into his arms and ready to wrap her limbs around him.
He saw right through her, though, and realizing what she was about to do, he stretched out both arms before him as a barrier, and unconsciously pushed her away.
“What’s wrong with you, jerk?” she protested loudly when she almost lost her balance. “What the hell is your problem???!!!”
“You are! I’m sick and tired of you!…We had what? Like one date…ages ago? I don’t want you! Hell, I don’t even like you! And I never ever wanna see you again!…Do you get it now or do I have to spell it out for you…again?…Leave.me.the.fuck.alone!!!” he yelled furiously punctuating his words.
The redhead looked at him, wide-eyed, unable to believe her own ears. No one talked to her like that! No matter how hot Jensen was, there was no way she’d let him treat her like that! So, she took a few steps away from the blonde and yelled back at him just as loudly, “Go to hell, you, bastard!!!” before walking away.
Jensen was so mad his nostrils were flaring, and he was grinding his teeth and clenching his fists, but he didn’t say a word and felt somewhat relieved when he saw the girl finally taking off.
He was far from feeling calm, though, and feared the redhead had ruined his chances with Adriana…for good. Damn it! They weren’t involved yet and he already had to deal with so much drama. He freaking hated it!
Besides, he didn’t understand why the brunette had left like that. Why didn’t she stay and give him the chance to explain himself? Her sudden departure filled him with doubts and questions. What did she think about it all, about Natalie and him? Did she believe they were together?
The more he thought about it, the worst he felt, and soon concluded that there was no point in obsessing over it. All he had to do to make things right between them was go to her and explain it all.
His brain was working so frantically that he didn’t notice Haylie and Jared had followed him and the redhead outside. They’d witnessed the scene but had thought it best to keep their mouths shut quickly realizing something pretty bad must’ve taken place earlier.
A few minutes had passed and Jensen was still raging mad, his chest rising and falling with his heavy breath, and his eyes filled with anger.
“Erm, baby,” Jared said to his girlfriend almost in a whisper, “could you please go back inside while I talk to him?”
She nodded, understanding the two men evidently needed a moment alone to try and sort things out, and headed back to the party. The brunette saw her disappearing inside the building and then turned to his friend, who was now leaning against the wall, in the dark. He joined him without uttering a word, giving his friend time to calm down.
“You better, man?” he asked after several minutes.
“Yeah…sorry ‘bout that scene,” the blonde replied, running his hand through his face.
“That’s okay…luckily, there was no one around,” Jared commented, clearly referring to the press or some crazy fan. They didn’t exactly have what you’d call celebrity status -they were far from it actually!- but still they didn’t need their private lives out there in some stupid gossip magazine/website!
“Yeah,” Jensen agreed, thanking heaven for it.
“Actually, I’m the one who’s sorry.”
“What for?”
“You know…Natalie.”
“It’s alright, dude…You didn’t know she was nuts…I didn’t know it either!”
They laughed loudly at the absurdity of the situation and felt tension quickly disappearing. The brunette looked at his friend closely and noticed that he’d calmed down, for good, and was thankful they’d taken a cab from the airport. He was damn sure the blonde would’ve jumped into his car and taken off after Adriana with his foot glued on the gas pedal, and in his current state of mind, he’d most probably have ended up having an accident! The two men talked for a little while longer and once the blonde had finally and truly calmed down, he called a cab and left.
Jensen got to his place pretty late, well after midnight. Naturally, the building was dark and quiet and there wasn’t a single person in sight. He was about to put his key in the lock when he turned around and saw her door. He walked towards it and knocked several times, but got no answer.
“Okay…so she isn’t home or simply won’t answer ‘cause she knows it’s me…Great!…Fucking great!” he thought.
He stood there, outside her door, refusing to give up and admit defeat, and he kept on knocking, slightly angry with Adriana for refusing to talk to him, but mostly with Natalie for causing so much trouble.
Evidently, he was still mad, but he soon realized there was nothing he could do there and then so he went into his apartment and sprawled his large body on his bed, trying to get some seriously needed rest.
Adriana heard the insistent knocks on her door and imagined who was knocking. She knew she’d have to face him, eventually, but she didn’t have the strength to do it right then. Besides, she’d been crying and her eyes were all red and puffy, and there was absolutely no way she’d let him see her in such state.
Hence, she lay still on her bed, with the lights off…feeling incredibly stupid. She knew this guy was taken -she’d known all along!- and that was precisely why she’d decided to stay away from him, to ignore him even, and yet, despite all of that, despite all of her planning and decision-making, she’d let herself get carried away and responded to him.
It was plain stupid, and it was wrong. He had a girlfriend. And even if he was a cheating bastard -as he evidently seemed to be!- well, that didn’t mean she was going to be part of it. Life was complicated enough as it was and she didn’t need any more drama!
So, how could she be such an idiot and do just that???!!! And to make matters worse, they were neighbors for Christ’s sake, meaning there was no way she could avoid him and they’d go on bumping into each other.
She sobbed a little and buried her face in her pillow, doing her best to muffle her cries…and forget his wonderful lips and his soft touch on her skin!
She thought it over and over again, trying real hard to make some sense out of it and failing dismally. She was at a complete and total loss. She barely knew this guy. They’d only met a couple of times and talked about, well, nothing actually, at least nothing particularly relevant or personal, and yet, she couldn’t stop thinking about him. She’d even found herself day-dreaming about him, imagining what it’d feel like to be with him, literally fantasizing. She, who’d mastered self-control long ago, was now finding it almost impossible to keep it together!
Jensen woke up with the mother of headaches and in the same clothes he’d worn to the party. It was barely five a.m. and he wanted to go back to sleep -real bad!- but he had an early flight to catch so he took a long, soothing shower and put on a set of fresh clothes before grabbing his duffel bag and leaving his apartment.
While he was waiting for the elevator, he thought about knocking on her door again. They had to talk. He needed to explain everything to her, tell her that Natalie meant nothing to him and that she was the one on his mind 24/7!
Man, relationships sucked! Okay, they didn’t. It was just that he was dying to have Adriana in his arms like right now! He was dying to have her in his life, actually. But then there was the fact that they weren’t even dating yet and everything was so complicated already and it made him wonder…was it worth it?
He pondered on it for a moment when, all of a sudden, images from their kiss under the mistletoe and their dance together flashed before his eyes while a tingling sensation spread all over his body.
“Hell, it is!” he said to himself as he unknowingly walked towards her door as if he was in some sort of trance.
He was about to knock on her door when he glanced at his watch. It was barely six, meaning she’d surely be asleep.
“Damn it!” he thought, “Guess it’ll have to wait till I come back from Vancouver…it’s not something I can explain over the phone.”
In that moment, the elevator doors opened and he left, hoping his job didn’t keep him away from her for long…and that she didn’t meet any other guy while he was gone!
Early next morning Haylie showed up at Adriana’s place with lattes and muffins. The blonde had been worried about her friend and called her repeatedly the previous night and, when she got no response, she decided to give her some space and wait till the morning.
The second Adriana answered the door Haylie noticed her eyes were all red and swollen -her friend had evidently been crying…hard! She didn’t say a word, though, and simply stepped inside the apartment with a cheerful “Hello!” and a smile on her face.
The girls made themselves comfortable on the couch and had breakfast, Haylie slowly trying to steer the conversation towards the incident at the party. It wasn’t an easy task, though. Adriana was very reluctant -to put it mildly!- to talk about what had happened the previous night, but the blonde was adamant and she kept insisting and, in the end, Adriana gave in.
“Okay, I admit it!” the brunette said. “I like Jensen…you know it…I-I even googled him last week,” she admitted hesitantly.
“You didn’t!” Haylie exclaimed wide-eyed, thinking, “Wow! She must really like him then!”
The blonde was honestly surprised by her friend’s words. Haylie had always thought that the brunette was cute and a really sweet girl, and couldn’t help wondering why there wasn’t anyone special -namely a boyfriend!- in her life.
Actually, she’d come to realize that Adriana always sort of avoided the topic, and whenever it came up, she said she was too busy to date and then once, when the blonde had asked her point blank when she’d last been in a relationship or at least been out on a date, the brunette had replied “Ages ago!” before quickly changing the subject.
It was obvious that she wasn’t interested in talking about it…at all! No matter how hard the blonde tried, Adriana always ended up building a massive wall between them and hiding behind it.
So, when she openly admitted that she liked Jensen -fine, after a little coaxing on her part- the blonde was practically speechless.
“Yeah, I did,” the brunette carried on, “and that’s when I saw her pictures.”
“Hang on a sec…what d’you mean? What pictures? Whose pictures?”
“Haylie, I told you, he’s got a girlfriend…some really hot redhead…and I didn’t mention it last night ‘cause I didn’t wanna ruin your evening with Jared, but she showed up at the party,” Adriana explained as if it was no big deal when it so obviously was. “We were dancing and this redhead simply came out of nowhere and, well, erm…she-she grabbed him by his shirt and kissed him right there…when I was standing right next to him.”
The blonde saw how hard it’d been for her friend to let it all out. She was trying hard to sound casual, to pretend it’d meant nothing to her, when it was obvious that it had, that it’d definitely gotten to her.
“Oh, no, honey…you’ve got it all wrong…you don’t know!”
The blonde then explained in great detail everything that had happened once the brunette was gone, and that Jared had been very emphatic when he told her Jensen wasn’t seeing Natalie or anyone else.
Adriana was astonished and didn’t know what to think about it. Fine, so that Natalie chick wasn’t Jensen’s girlfriend -at least according to Jared, who happened to be Jensen’s bff!- but still something was clearly going on between those two. After all, women didn’t go through life throwing themselves into the arms of the first man they saw and kissing him wildly! Something else was going on…and she honestly didn’t want to have anything to do with it!
Adriana then shared her thoughts with her friend and Haylie had no other choice but to agree with her. She didn’t like the brunette’s conclusions but she had to admit it all made perfect sense. So, the blonde decided to play along -she could always talk to Jared and get the whole truth from him. He had to know what was happening between Jensen and Natalie, and she was going to make him spill!
Haylie didn’t utter a word but deep down she regretted the way things had turned out. She’d secretly wished her friend and Jensen would hit it off. Jared had told her wonders about him and she’d thought -they’d both thought- Jensen and Adriana were perfect for each other. Well, it looked like they’d been plain wrong!
The girls took sips of their lattes and dropped the subject since the brunette clearly refused to carry on talking about it! Adriana had told Haylie she’d googled Jensen. However, she’d omitted a thing or two, namely that she’d downloaded one of the episodes of the show he was currently on. She hadn’t quite followed the storyline but that hadn’t mattered to her at all, she’d been too busy staring at him thinking “He’s a decent actor…a good one actually…and gosh! He’s so beautiful and yet manly at the same time!”
She’d kept her eyes practically glued to the screen the whole time, and then, he’d had a sex scene with a redhead on the backseat of a black car…
She’d been too busy staring at his muscled back and those pouty, totally kissable lips of his, thinking “He sure knows how to use his lips!” to register anything else at the time. But now, all those images flashed before her eyes while she talked to Haylie and she couldn’t help wondering “What is it with this guy and redheads?”
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