[Natalia] So About What Happened..

[Ethan John Fox]

Ethan had been sitting on the couch in his trailer for what felt like forever. Filming today had gone as normal as any other day. He and Natalia had a few scenes, one of which was on the beach. The beach scenes were by far his favorite. Especially the one today. He’d kissed her, and when he had he couldn’t feel himself finding any reason to pull away, even when the director had yelled cut. Instead he’d just brought his hand into the side of her hair and wrapped his other arm around her waist, pulling her in closer. He’d kissed her before, a lot..actually. For being friends he’d probably laid one on her a time too many. But there was something different about this time, he couldn’t pull away from her. And when they finally had, he kept his hand into her hair, locking his gaze on her eyes. It didn’t matter that the crew was whispering, trying to figure out what was going on. All Ethan cared about was what was happening between him and the girl he held carefully in his arms.

Obviously he’d had a crush on her for some while now, checking her out a lot more lately, wanting to spend time with her, hell coming to a completely different state for her. But he’d felt something that night on the cruise and he knew that he felt it in the kiss today. Ethan took in a deep breath and stood up. He wasn’t doing any good by just sitting here. Ethan grabbed his cell off of the counter, sliding it in his front pocket as he headed out of his trailer, avoiding the looks of the crew as he made a straight path to Natalia’s. When he got up to the steps of her trailer he jumped up them all quickly, tapping his knuckles against the door before he pushed it open and stepped inside. After closing the door behind him, he locked it since he didn’t want any of the crew to impose on them. “ Do you have a second..” he said , stepping away from the door as he stepped farther into her trailer.

[Natalia Anne Richmond]

Natalia had kept herself busy ever since they had finished filming for the day. She showered, read, watched TV, went online and wrote, but she couldn't keep what happened today off of her mind. She had kissed Ethan before, but this was different than the times on set. This kiss was the type of kiss they had on the cruise..there was something there. Natalia wasn't sure if she was the only one who had felt it or not. Neither one of them had broke the kiss when "cut" was called and it sort of confused Natalia. Ethan knew how she felt about him, but she had no idea how he felt about her. That kiss sort of gave her an idea, but she also doubted it. Maybe he was just in the moment. It wasn't just the kiss that got her wondering, it was what happened after as well. They held the gaze into each other's eyes for awhile and Natalia was tempted to kiss Ethan again, but she held back. Everyone around them had disappeared. It was like they were the only two on the beach.

Natalia gently traced her index finger across her lips as she remembered the kiss. She slowly placed her hands on the counter and sighed. She had the biggest crush on Ethan for the longest time, now it was turning into something more. It was like she loved him, but could she really be in love with Ethan? She had been in love once before, and it was scary. Could she be pushing the feelings away? Natalia walked over to the couch and plopped down on it. She sighed once more as she stared up at the ceiling. Natalia grabbed her iPhone and put on the Pandora application. She chose the Adele channel and placed it on her stomach. She closed her eyes as she thought about the day. She heard knocking at the door and opened her eyes to see Ethan walking in. "Hey." she said with a light smile. She watched him close the door and lock it. "Uh, yeah..of course," she said as she sat up a bent her knees so Ethan could sit down too. "Have a seat." she said as she looked at him.

[Ethan John Fox]

There were a lot of things Ethan missed about New York. He wanted to listen to the city background noise at all hours of the day. He wanted to be in class, physically be in it and not just basically doing his classes online. He wanted to stretch his legs out, go to soccer practice, run around the field. He wanted to step foot on the sidewalk and see about five different food carts, all selling pizza. He didn’t care about the movie. Or what would come with it. In fact, this would be the last time he ever stepped foot on a set. He was going to school because he had different plans for his life than this. But even if he was back in New York, he’d miss Natalia. She was worth missing everything else, because honestly he couldn’t imagine being in New York without her. The famous lifestyle was absolutely not something that interested him and he was looking forward to that being behind them so that they could just focus on each other. Ethan stood there quietly, watching as she moved her knees so that he could sit down. He ran the palm of his hands awkwardly over the sides of his jeans before he made his way over and sat down.

“ So today went well,” he said, slipping comfortably back into his Australian accent now that the cameras weren’t on him. Ethan ran his hand over his hair before he turned to his side to face Natalia and smiled slowly. He should have realized it before, but better late than never. And it was better just to rip the band-aid off, got it done quickly. “ You and I have been in eachothers lives ever since you and Clarissa became best friends. Since then I’ve sort of been able to grow up with you, watch some of your successes come your way, make decisions that changed your life. And you’ve just sort of blended into our family. I guess part of the reason why I never wanted to look at you differently was because it was comfortable just keeping you in that safe little box of ‘Clarissa’s best friend’. But I can’t deny anymore how I feel about you.. And it wouldn’t be fair to either of us to pretend that there isn’t something between us. Anyways, the point is.. I’m in love with you. And I’m sorry it took .. auditioning for a movie and being separated from everyone else for me to realize it,”. Ethan watched her carefully, not really sure what her reaction would be. He knew he should kiss her, that he wanted to, but at the same time he wanted to make sure he didn’t cross any lines. Just because he had decided he wanted her, didn’t mean she felt the same way.

[Natalia Anne Richmond]

Natalia's eyes followed Ethan as he walked over to the couch and sat down, quite awkwardly. "Yeah, today went really well, I agree. Glad to see your accent back." she laughed, trying to lighten things up. Natalia could tell there was something on Ethan's mind, that was one thing she had been able to learn from the years she had been around him. She could tell when something was bothering him. She could tell all of his different emotions without him having to actually say anything. She could really read him. She watched him turn a bit and look at her and then smiled again. Here it came, it was all about to come out. Natalia discreetly took a deep breath in and then let it out. She had no idea what was bothering him or what was on his mind, she just knew that there was something.

Natalia listened as Ethan began to talk. She nodded her head lightly, showing she was understanding what he was saying. Where he was going with this, Natalia wasn't exactly sure. Then, he said it. He was in love with her. Natalia felt like a million weights had been lifted off of her shoulders. It was such a relief to know that the guy she loved was also in love with her. She had dreamt about this for awhile now. She had wondered what it would be like to actually hear those words come out of Ethan's mouth. Natalia sat there when Ethan had finished, taking it all in. Letting every word she just heard sink in. Natalia closed her eyes, took a breath in, slowly let it out and then opened her eyes to look at Ethan again. She sat all the way up and took one of his hands in her's. "I can't deny any of my feelings. I have been trying because I didn't know how you felt about me...I was always worried that you would only want to see me as Claire's "best friend" and nothing more. I love you and I have been in love with you for awhile now. I just didn't want to tell you and end up getting hurt." she leaned forward and placed a kiss on his lips. "I don't think you know how relieving it is to know you love me too." Natalia kissed Ethan one more time, this time moving a little closer to him.

[Ethan John Fox]

¬¬¬Ethan smiled faintly as Natalia spoke to him, confirming what he already suspected was true. As she moved closer to him he brought his hand to her lower back, pulling her over his hips. He brought his hand up into the side of her hair, holding onto her delicately as he leaned forward to kiss her again, continuing in what he had been thinking of ever since their kiss on set earlier that day. But now there was nothing here in their trailer to stop them. Unless Natalia did. She’d stopped him before, there wasn’t really any reason for her to let him continue on this time. Ethan brought his hand down from her hair, trailing it down her side until he clung tightly to her hip. “ Do you have any other scenes today?” he asked , moving his lips down to the side of her neck.

Going back home to New York would be interesting. Right now they got to spend almost every day together, when he was officially back home their schedules would be so different. As soon as he was done with the press tour for the movie he would go back to life as usual, and so would she. Though their ‘back to normal’ was really quite different. She’d carry on to more movies, music, shows. Whatever came her way. He’d bury himself in the library doing homework, working towards his degree, playing sports. They’d have to find time to spend together. Relationships were work, and sacrifice, and he had a feeling that they had the honeymoon effect right now. When they got back to New York they’d be able to really get to work on it.

[Natalia Anne Richmond]

Natalia moved over Ethan's hips with ease. She kissed him back once again. This was all too familiar. It reminded her of the cruise. She had stopped anything from happening, but why should she now? There was so many things going on in her head right now. She continued to kiss Ethan and then she slowly backed away. She sighed when she felt his lips against her neck. "No, I'm done for the day." she took a breath, "How about you?" She gently moved his mouth away from her neck and she placed a soft kiss on his cheek, along his jawline and then up to his ear. Her hands moved slowly down his chest and then up under his shirt. She slowly began to pull his shirt up over his head. Once she got his shirt off, she threw it on the floor and then smiled at him. She leaned forward and kissed him. She broke the kiss once more, this time to take off her own shirt. She unbuttoned each button slowly, keeping eye contact with Ethan the whole time. She let the shirt slide slowly off of her shoulders and then she let it hit the ground. She bit her lip and slowly smiled.

[Ethan John Fox]

Ethan clenched his jaw as Natalia kissed the side of his jawline and neck, tensing himself since he knew that this would all be pulled to a stop fairly soon, get him all worked up then walk away like there wasn’t a care in the world. It was enough to drive a guy crazy. “Finished on set before I headed over here,” he said before she kissed him again, placing his hand into the back of her hair as he wrapped his arm loosely around her waist. When she placed her hands under his shirt it didn’t necessarily tip him off that things might be going a bit further. It wasn’t like they hadn’t had steamy make out sessions before but when he felt her start to pull the fabric up towards his shoulders he sat up, making it easier to tear the shirt off. Ethan watched her hands as they reached towards the buttons of her own shirt and started to unbutton them, resting both of his hands along the top of her thighs. He licked his lips as he brought his eyes back to her own, noting the small smile along her features. Nerves? Seduction? Either way he understood that she wasn’t going to be throwing a roadblock at him and pulling out the stop signs this time.

Ethan wrapped his arm around Natalia quickly and scooped her up before switching so that they were sitting in reverse position, her on the couch and him leaning down over her. He kissed her as he wrapped his arm behind her knees, pulling her down further along the couch so that she was laying against it completely. Ethan placed his knee against the couch so he didn’t place all of his weight against her. As he lowered one hand to unbutton her jeans he leaned down to kiss her, moving his hand quickly as his other curved against the side of her hip. It’d been a while since he’d been with anyone, which was hard enough in itself. So now that it was dangling in front of him there wasn’t a chance in hell he was going to turn his back on it.

[Natalia Anne Richmond]

Natalia raised her hips a little so it was easy for Ethan to get her pants off. She smiled at him as she reached for the button on his jeans. She undid it, sat up and slid his jeans onto the floor. She slowly laid back and pulled him closer to her, smiling. Natalia brought her face to hers and kissed him, running her hands softly across his back and along his neck. She was so nervous, but she didn't want to show it. Actually, she was petrified. She really wanted this and she could tell that Ethan wanted it too, so there was no way that she was going to stop it though. Natalia stopped kissing him and then looked at him, "Just take it easy, okay?" she smiled and then placed a soft kiss on his lips again. She gently turned his head so his face was turned sideways and moved her mouth from his lips to his neck and then up to his ear. After a few soft nibbles, she reached for his boxers.

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Natalia laid there with her head on Ethan's chest, listening to him breathing and the pumping of his heart. She traced her index finger along his abs. Natalia placed a kiss on his chest and then rolled over to look at him, smiling. "I love you." she kissed him and laid back down on him again. She couldn't believe that that really just happened. It felt too much like a dream, she was expecting to wake up any minute now and be disappointed. But it wasn't a dream, it was all real. Natalia closed her eyes, took a breath in and slowly drifted off to sleep.