Comfortable

The loud ring of his cell phone woke John up out of a dead sleep.

"Hello?" he answered, yawning. "Oh Hey Baby" he siad realizing who it was "Yeah I start today, yeah, uh-huh, nope same as yesterday, okay, yeah, alright I'll call you tonight, uh-huh.. you too, bye"

He hung up the phone and jumped into the shower hoping it would wake him up a little more. He thought about the week ahead of him, full of photo shoots, live specials and the concert in 3 and a half weeks. The stress was starting to build up lately, and with Jessica calling him everyday and night he was only stressing more. As he rummaged through the hotel closet looking for the right blazer to wear he glanced down at his watch.

"Fuck!" he said looking at the time "I'm going to be late"
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Finally an hour latrer John made it to the set of his first photoshoot of the week. He hated being in L.A. without his own transportation, the limo drivers always got lost. "You'd think they would know their way around by now" he muttered to himself entering the studio.

He stopped the nearest employee to ask where to go "Hi, I'm John, I'm here for the photo-shoot for HBO"

Before the young girl could answer a voice from behind him said "You're 30 minutes late"

John turned around and started to explain "Well, you see..OH MY FUCKING GOD....SKYLAR" he said in shock.

She leaned towards him and hugged him. "God she smells good" John thought to himself. He stared hard at her as they akwardly went through the obligatory How are you's. "God she looks beautiful" he thought to himslef as he watched her brush the hair out of her face.

A man in his late 20's interrupted his thoughts my grabbing Skylar from behind and picking her up. "Hey Baby" the man said kissing her neck "Are we almost ready to go here?"

Skylar smiled and nodded before saying "We'll be on set in a second"

John watched as the man kissed her again and headed towrds the camera on set. "Who was that?" he said pointing at the man.

Skylar sighed and said "That is Jason Jackson, photographer and my fiancee"

John blinked trying to accept what he had just heard. "Your fiancee?" he asked hoping he had misunderstood.

"Yes" Skylar answered holding up her hand to reveal a ring, "My fiancee"

John scratched his forehead trying to take in what was happening "Sarah never mentioned that to me when I saw her New Year's Eve" he said, still baffled.

"Yeah" Skylar started "That's because she didn't know yet, Neither did I until a few weeks ago. He purposed on Valentine's Day"

"How Romantic" John responded sarcastically.

Skylar sighed before continuing. "Look John" she started, trying to gather her thoughts "We have alot of work to get done this week, and we can't let old emotions get in the way of our work, okay?"

"Yeah" John answered shortly "I get it"

"Good" Skylar answered walking away "Now lets get started"

John watched as she walked over to Jason and kissed him on his cheek. He clnched his fists, trying to collect himself before heading over to the set. He couldn't help but look at Skylar, she looked amazing with the light shining down over her. Memories hit him like a blow to the chest, almost bringing tears to his eyes. There was so much he wanted to say to her, but couldn't. "She can't marry this guy" he said to himself watching her "She can't"