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CelebritEYES:JacksonWatersis in love!Thesexy movie star is dating his real life co-star from when he was trapped in an elevator #elevatorgirl #elevatorgirlfriend
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“Whatthe hell was that?”Val’swaiting for me as soon asIstep backstage.Sherarely comes to these things anymore, so just luckyIguess that she’s here today whenImake a jackass of myself onTheEddieParsonsShow.Whatthe hell wasIthinking?WhydidIgo on and on about the girl from the elevator… and why the hell didIsay what happened in the elevator?Inever told anyone about that.
“Ithought it went well,”Ihedge, hoping rather than believing this won’t be aPRdisaster.
Wedodge and weave past the producers, writers, interns, and talent wranglers, numbering in the dozens on our way back to my dressing room whereOatsis waiting for me.Valholds it in until the door is safely shut behind us, and then she rounds on me asIbend down to say hi to my eighty poundGoldendoodlewho apparently really missed me in the thirty minutesIwas gone.
“You’redating #elevatorgirl?Whatthe hell,Jackson?Doyou have any idea what you’ve just done to this poor girl’s life?It’sbad enough she had to be stuck in an elevator with you for six hours.Nowthis?”
“Whatdo you mean?Ididn’t say that… exactly.Ijust kind of let him assume…”I’mfeeling uncomfortable.IfValis this pissed, it usually means something bad is about to happen.
Shit, what didIjust do?Idon’t know whyItoldEddieanything else about the elevator.AllIhad to do was admit that despite all the badass rolesI’veplayed,Ijust sat in the elevator and waited to be rescued like anyone else would have done.Wasthat so hard?
Andmaybe it pissed me off whenEddiesaid she had a pretty face.Likethe rest of her wasn’t pretty, only her face.Ispent hours staring at her hair, her face, her body, andIcan certify that every part of her was pretty.Butthat was no reason to go off of the script of anecdotesValandIworked out this morning.Whatthe hell wasIthinking?
“Weneed to get you out of here.Nomore questions.Saynothing untilIfigure this mess out.”Valsits down on the black leather couch and crosses her legs.Shetaps her foot on the floor for several minutes and then stares up at me.
“Comeon,Val, it’s not that big of a deal.Whothe hell cares if people thinkI’mdating the girl from the elevator?Noone even knows who she is.”
“HaveItaught you so little?Someonealready knows who she is.Maybeit didn’t blow up when she was just some random woman you got stuck in an elevator with.Giveit a couple of hours.Theentire world is going to know who she is by morning, mark my words.Youjust blew up this woman’s life.”
Shit.Shit.Shit.
Ifthat’s true, then she’s going to hear whatIsaid about her.Andshe’s going to thinkI’ma complete pervert who was trying to fuck her the entire time we were trapped in that elevator.
“Comeon,Val.You’llthink of something.Youalways fix it, whatever it is.”
“Let’sget you out of here without any more disasters, and thenI’llfigure this out, okay?”
“Whateveryou say.Justfix this.Please.”
* * *
Val’sat my front door by nine o’clock the next morning.
“Morning,Val.”
“Ihave an idea.”
“Great.That’swhatIpay you for.Doyou want to come in for some coffee?”
“You’renot going to like it.”
“That’snever a good sign when you start out telling me how muchI’mgoing to hate something.Comeinside.Whatkind of idea?”
“Thekind where you date the girl from the elevator, take advantage of all the buzz, and then get this franchise that’s going to set you up in this town forever.You’vedone other franchises,Jacks.Butsuperhero cinematic universe franchises are different.”
“Andthat’s going to set you up forever?”
“Arising tide lifts all ships.You’remy rising tide, kid.Andit’s my job to make sure you rise up all the way to the top and stay there.”
“Youcan’t be serious.Ican’t date the girl from the elevator.”Shewas pretty, but my life is chaotic.Mywork takes me all around the world.AndwhenI’mhome,I’mdoing press and hunting for my next project.
“Youdon’t actually have to date her.Youjust need to leave room for the interpretation to be that you’re dating.Likeyou did onTheEddieParsonsShow.You’rethe one who started this, kid.Thepress about the elevator had all died down until you stirred it up again.Noone gave a shit about the girl in there with you until you announced onEddieParsonsthat you were fucking her.”
