Photographer in the Park | By : NutsAboutHarry Category: Singers/Bands/Musicians > Joshua Bell Views: 1770 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0 |
Disclaimer: I do not know Joshua Bell (Do you think I'd be writing fan fic about him if I did?) the following story is TOTAL FICTION the prouct of my extraordinarily overactive imagination. No profit of any kind is made from the writing and publishing of this story! |
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The following day Charlotte and BJ left Josh and Louisa’s house early and made their way into Manhattan to apply for a date at the Manhattan Family Court. Josh took off shortly after that as soon as he could see Louisa wanted to talk to him leaving her behind bewildered and on the verge of tears. It was then she decided to ring Leisl her sister. She slipped back under the covers of the bed and picked up the house phone extension quickly dialling her sister’s home number. She cuddled up to her pillow and sighed as she listened to the line ring. It rang for so long that she almost hung up but eventually the line picked up and her brother in law Ed answered. ‘Hel-lo?’ he puffed ‘Liam BED!’ ‘Hey Ed it’s Louie is Leis free?’ she asked. ‘Hi lovey, she will be in a minute she’s trying to corral our feral little shits into bed’ Ed said dryly ‘there was a streaker at the at the Cats Swans Grand Final and now they’re insisting on running around naked’ Louisa let out a great snort of laughter. ‘Didn’t you do that on your bucks night?’ she said with a giggle. ‘Yeah but I was pole axed and stoned off my face’ Ed said dryly ‘and I was twenty eight years old looking for a good time I wasn’t doing it to piss off my parents....BOYS BED NOW!’ he added with a menacing bellow. Instantly the hysterical laughter of Louisa’s eldest two nephews ceased and she could hear her sister corralling them into bed. ‘Seriously Louie I don’t know where they get it from’ Ed said dryly ‘little bastards’ ‘They must’ve gotten it from you Eddie Leisl was a total angel when she was a littlie’ Louisa said with a grin ‘they’re usually pretty good’ ‘Yeah they are’ Ed said with an affectionate chuckle ‘actually they’re more like Oscar by youngest brother. He was a pain in the arse when he was five he used to-‘ ‘Who’s that?’ Louisa heard Leisl ask. ‘Louie she rang to speak to you’ Ed said ‘see you later Louie take care alright?’ ‘Yeah no dramas Eddie see you later’ There was a scuffling noise and Leisl’s voice came down the line. ‘Louie what’s up? She asked concern filling her voice ‘this isn’t your usual time to ring honey’ Louisa choked up and a tear rolled down her cheek. ‘I’m having a bit of a hard time of it Leis’ she managed to choke out ‘a really bad time of it. I’ve done something really really bad and Josh hates me for it’ ‘I think you better start from the beginning’ Leisl said empathetically ‘then I’ll decide if I should come over there and kick his arse or not’ ‘No don’t do that he’s feeling like he is for good reason’ Louisa said with a sniff. ‘Start from the beginning then hon I’m all ears’ Leisl said. ‘It started a couple of weeks ago’ Louisa said with a sniff ‘Josh and I came back from L.A and I asked him if I could take some photos of him in a more adult setting. He said no and we had this huge argument the details of which I don’t really want to go into. I kicked him out of the bedroom and we didn’t talk for a whole week. Then we talked and made up and he agreed to the picture shoot. Thinks went great and for a whole week I took photos of him, he took photos of me and I took several family oriented photos of the boys for his family and Lisa’ ‘And then?’ Well I made up a portfolio folder of photos for his sisters and Mum and posted them off to Indiana and made up a similar folder for Lisa. And Josh and I sat down and selected the ones we took of each other to put on our mobile phones and print out to look at and the ones to put on his laptop. Then on Sunday last week I went with Josh into Manhattan where we dropped off the boys at Lisa’s parents place and during that time I gave Lisa her photos. Then as she was about to take the boys home I gave Josef a flash drive that I thought contained only this match, spelling and problem solving game I bought for him. It turns out it was the flash drive with all the photos on it. Including the adult ones’ ‘Oh shit’ Leisl said ‘I think I can see where this is going’ ‘No you don’t’ Louisa said ‘trust me Leis you have no idea’ ‘Go on then’ ‘Well I didn’t immediately realise this til Friday when two cops from the Long Island Police Department and served us with restraining orders. Applied by Lisa ordering us to stay away from her and the boys’ ‘What Why?’ Leisl exclaimed ‘Josh is the boys father and you’re going to be their stepmother you nursed the twins through chicken pox!’ ‘I know but I called Charlie at Josh’s request so she can go to court with Josh to get access to the boys again and she found out that one of the pics of us on the flash drive one of the more lascivious ones was sold to TMZ and appeared on their homepage as the lead story with the headline ‘Who knew violinists were so hot? World class violinist Joshua Bell strips it off with hot red head’ ‘Fucking hell!’ Leisl cussed ‘and then what?’ ‘Well Charlie and BJ came up here and BJ found out through her brother who’s a journalist that Lisa sold that picture to TMZ for fifty thousand bucks’ ‘The fucking bitch!’ Leisl cussed. ‘Yeah and the night I rang Charlie it hit me that I was the one to give Lisa the pictures through Josef. I’m the reason he can’t see his kids Leis and I know he thinks I gave Josef that flash drive on purpose!’ ‘Hang on calm down a minute’ Leisl said sensibly ‘has Josh actually said that?’ ‘No but you should see the look on his face every time he looks at me Leis!’ Louisa wailed ‘we had an argument yesterday and when I asked him if he thought I gave Josef that flash drive purposely he hesitated before saying he didn’t know what to think. This could ruin us Leis it really could! He’s sleeping in the far bedroom on the second landing now and literally hasn’t talked to me since Friday night. I know he hates me for this whole mess Leis. Dinner is so awkward he won’t even look at me’ ‘Sounds complicated’ Leisl said ‘have you asked him why he’s ignoring you?’ ‘Yeah and that only resorted in a bellowing argument I’m surprised people in Kentucky didn’t hear. BJ and Charlie left about an hour ago to go into Manhattan and apply for court time at the Manhattan Family Court and serve Lisa with the relevant papers and he left five minutes after taking the Strad with him. I think he’s gone back to the loft’ ‘Have you tried ringing him?’ ‘No because I know he doesn’t want to talk to me’ Louisa said ‘and for the moment I’m going to respect his wishes. But it’s really hard Leis all I want to do is touch him, hug him, make love to him, hell even just be close to him and he doesn’t want to reciprocate! We’re such a physically close couple Leis. It’s not always sex we’re always holding hands or massaging each other or he’s always stroking my hair and I feel bereaved I miss the contact! I miss being able to curl up to him at night. I miss the security of him spooning me as we fall asleep. God there’s no other feeling like that really there isn’t’ ‘I know what you mean doll I miss the cuddling whenever I Ed or I have to go away for work’ Leisl said ‘you can’t force things of course or they will get worse but I reckon you should persist in trying to speak to him just don’t be aggressive about it. Despite what he’s said you don’t know a hundred percent he thinks you gave Josef the flash drive purposely. For all you know he might be avoiding you because in letting you take those photos he showed his ultimate vulnerability and for anyone to do that that’s scary. Maybe he’s scared to put that sort of trust in anyone again’ ‘But why is he avoiding me?’ Louisa wailed I’m his fiancé Leis if he should trust anyone with private matters it’s me!’ ‘Yeah but maybe after things ended with Lisa he’s scared to trust again’ Leisl said ‘I know you’re his fiancé honey but look how long it took you to trust men again after all that shit with Chris and Marie went down. Maybe something happened with Lisa that scarred his ability to trust women. If that’s the case I can sorta see why he’s giving you the silent treatment. He’s scared to trust you he's scared to open his soul up again. If that’s the case you have to tread carefully. Trust is a very precious thing especially amongst romantically linked couples. It’s especially precious between you and Josh given your history’ Louisa sighed loudly. ‘I know but I can’t help him overcome those issues if he doesn’t talk to me!’ she groaned ‘conversation, meaningful dialogue is supposed to be the start of conflict resolution isn’t it? ‘Well yeah it’s supposed to be but the people in a conflict never realise it themselves’ Leisl said sagely ‘but I’m confident of one thing Louie you and Josh are soul mates and soul mates are meant to be together and so stay together you’ll get over this. It may not be anytime soon but you will resolve this’ Louisa sniffed. ‘It doesn’t feel like it sis’ she said miserably. ‘Of course it doesn’t Louie not now all this mess has only just started’ Leisl said ‘but I saw how you and Josh were together when you were here for Easter. He dotes on you he thinks the sun shines out of your arse. I’ve never seen a couple as in love with each other as you two and that’s even after Mum and Dad who I always used to think were the most loved up couple I’ve ever met. This will sort itself out Louie maybe not anytime soon but it will’ ‘Well forgive me if I don’t believe you’ Louisa croaked. ‘I empathise with how you feel hon but you know everything gets worse before it gets better don’t you?’ ‘Yeah and aren’t I looking forward to that?’ Louisa groaned. ‘Look I know I’m the other side of the world and I can’t do much physically but remember I’m only a phone call away and am always up for a chat’ Leisl said ‘and if things get really bad come home for a week. You’ve been in your job long enough to take time off whenever you want so come to Sydney for a few days. Liam and Scott wouldn’t mind a welcome from Aunty Za. Maybe you could stop them from running around the house with no clothes on’ Louisa let out a snort. ‘Maybe’ she said with a watery chuckle ‘but as miserable as I feel right now I need to be in New York. I’m going to sue Lisa for releasing that picture for profit and even though we’re not talking I want to support Josh through the custody battle he’s going to have. I’d be a bitch if I didn't’ ‘I’m proud of you Louie you’re so strong’ Leisl said in a constricted voice. ‘I don’t feel it Leis’ ‘I know you don’t but you are. You’re the strongest out of Fred, Kurt and I. You’ve been through so much and you’ve come out of it a bigger person. This is hell I know it but don’t let it get you down’ ‘Sometimes I just want to be weak Leis it sucks trying to stay strong’ Louisa choked a fresh wave of tears dripping down her red cheeks. ‘Don’t stay strong just for the hell of it Louie if you need to cry cry’ Leisl said ‘I always feel better after a good cry and I know you will’ Louisa sighed. ‘I’ve been crying a lot the last couple of days’ she said tiredly. ‘And there probably will be a lot more to come hon but remember I’m here for you, we’re all here for you’ Leisl said. ‘Thanks Leis you’re the shit’ Louisa said ‘I needed the chat and from someone other than Mum. I love her but she can be a bit....a bit-‘ ‘Too smothering?’ Leisl said in amusement ‘I know what you mean but she’s your, our Mum Louie she can’t help but be our Mummy in times of trouble. Don’t be afraid to ring her though. She’s Mum she always made things better when we were little’ ‘Yeah but I’m not little anymore Leis I’m thirty one’ ‘I know that but you’ll always be Mum’s little girl’ Leisl said ‘trust me Louie she’ll make you feel better if you let her try. You did with me’ Louisa chuckled. ‘And I appreciate it Leis’ she said ‘well I better go I need to take Mocha for a run and I reckon it might do me good to blow out the cobwebs too’ ‘It will’ Leisl said ‘remember be sensible about how you talk to Josh persist but don’t badger him. It might take a while but in the end things will work out’ Louisa coughed. ‘I hope so’ she said ‘I’ll catch you later okay?’ ‘No dramas Louie stay in touch’ ‘I will bye’ ‘Bye’ ********************************************************************************************************************************** Louisa took Mocha from the house shortly after hanging up from Leisl and drove all the way into New Jersey where she took her dog for a run in Great Falls Park. She ran and ran and ran til she was bathed in sweat and Mocha was shuffling along exhausted. She then got back in her car and drove back to Long Island arriving back at the house shortly after eight PM. She caught Josh’s eye as she walked in the door and for the briefest moment she thought he was going to approach her and speak but he turned went into the kitchen where he retrieved a beer from the fridge and went back out onto the back porch. After having a long hot shower Louisa returned downstairs where BJ and Charlotte were busy at one end of the dinner table their laptops open and various bits of paper strewn around them. ‘Hey how was your day?’ Charlotte asked getting up and following her friend into the kitchen. ‘Oh as about exciting as you can get when you have a week off work and your fiancé isn’t talking to you’ Louisa said taking a container of the previous night’s Thai green curry and putting it in the microwave ‘I took Mocha and went to Great Falls Park in New Jersey we ran and ran and ran. I’m exhausted. Once I’ve eaten and fed Mocha I’m going to bed I’ve had it’ ‘So have you and Josh talked yet?’ ‘No he left five minutes after you and BJ did this morning. I was on the phone to Leisl for nearly an hour then I went to Great Falls’ Louisa said setting the microwave to start cooking for five minutes ‘Leis reckons I should persist in talking to him but not push him. I don’t know what to do. Part of me wants to yell and scream at him and ask why he’s giving me the silent treatment but the other part of me wants him to leave him be and come to me when he feels he’s ready that’s what I’m leaning towards. I just can’t bring myself to push him even if it’s the right thing to do’ ‘Well you know Josh better than any of us follow you heart it always tells you what is the right thing to do’ Charlotte said sagely as Louisa watched her dinner revolve slowly within the interior of the microwave. ‘Yeah Mum and Nanna have told me that ever since I was a little girl’ Louisa said with a sigh ‘wish I had listened to my heart with the whole shit situation with Chris though if I had I wouldn’t be so emotionally fragile now’ ‘You’re not emotionally fragile’ Charlotte said at once ‘at least not now. Josh has strengthened you mentally and emotionally and I believe has helped you totally recover from what Chris did to you. You’re stronger than you know Louie’ ‘Yeah well forgive me if I don’t believe you’ Louisa said ‘Leis said the same thing and I don’t believe her either’ ‘Well we can’t force you to think the opposite’ Charlotte admitted patting her friend on the shoulder ‘but you are strong wether you believe it or not’ ‘Hmm thanks’ Louisa said with yet another sigh ‘how did it go at applying for a court date?’ ‘Yeah well that could’ve gone better’ Charlotte said rolling her eyes ‘BJ and I got in there right on the stroke of nine AM and within and hour and a half got a court date for next Wednesday. Then we drove to the Upper West Side t serve Lisa with the papers she wasn’t there but her cleaner said she was at Julliard teaching. So BJ and I went there and pulled her out of a class to serve her with the papers and she went absolutely mental. I never knew someone could swear so much in five minutes in all my life. BJ is better at the ‘Ma’am shut your trap and listen’ talk to I let her do that bit then I advised her to ‘procure the services of an attorney’ to which her reply was ‘You bet I fucking will you matchstick headed immigrant whore’ ‘Oh so she’s using that insult on you as well is she?’ Louisa said rolling her eyes. ‘Yeah well you know me all that shit is water off a duck’s back’ Charlotte said ‘then BJ and I left and I’m not joking you within two hours of us arriving back here we had some slimy arsehole git of an attorney ring us and inform us he’s successfully petitioned the court for a delay in proceedings in order to prepare a case which means we’re not going to court til the twenty eighth of October. During which time the restraining order on you and Josh still applies’ ‘That’s five weeks away!’ Louisa yelped tearing her gaze away from the microwave ‘oh fucking hell! Five weeks? Homicide cases go to court in less time than that!’ ‘Yeah I know they do’ Charlotte said screwing up her nose ‘of course BJ and I tried to barter less time but we were told that ‘if Mr Bell ever wants to see his children again he’ll be satisfied with what he's got’ ‘I hope you didn’t tell Josh that’ Louisa said. ‘Of course we didn’t not in those words anyway. Of course BJ who has vastly more experience in these matters than I do reckons Lisa instructed her attorney to stretch things out as far as possible in order to hurt Josh, which unfortunately there’s nothing we can do about’ ‘So where to from here?’ ‘Well tomorrow I’m going to have to sit down with you and Josh and find out how this all started’ Charlotte said ‘from what you know happened to what you think might’ve happened. The fact Oliver found out for us Lisa sold that picture to TMZ for fifty thousand bucks means we have a little leverage. She doesn’t know we know that so I’m going to drop that in at the most inconvenient time for her and hopefully the court will see that her efforts in preventing you and Josh from seeing the boys is frivolous and will order mediation where in due course a plan of access will be worked out’ ‘Do you think the fact I nursed the twins through chicken pox at the beginning of the year help Josh’s case?’ ‘Oh hell yeah. See Lisa’s reasoning for slapping that AVO on you and Josh is that she doesn’t want the boys exposed to any ‘deliberate and intentional pornographic sexually deviant’ activities’ and that you in particular don’t have the welfare of her children foremost in your mind’ ‘Oh what a lot of BULLSHIT!’ Louisa bellowed ‘I love those kids as if they had sprung from my own loins!’ ‘I know you do, calm down!’ Charlotte ordered her friend as Louisa smacked a balled up fist down on the kitchen bench causing a jar of kitchen utensils to jump and rattle ‘BJ reckons Lisa hasn’t told her attorney this so we’ve going to use that angle to boost negotiations too’ ‘How the hell does BJ know all of this?’ Louisa groaned as the microwave beeped. ‘Experience’ Charlotte said ‘she knows all the tricks parents use to hurt the other’ ‘Five weeks fuck this is going to kill Josh Charlie it really is’ Louisa moaned as she scraped her dinner into a bowl ‘He never goes a week without seeing the boys when he’s home and when he’s on tour he Skype’s them almost every day. Five weeks without not seeing his babies is going to crush him’ ‘I know it’s going to hurt him Louie but BJ and I have tried and there’s nothing we can do to get a court date any sooner than the twenty eighth of October. And that’s the first court date this thing could go on for weeks yet. If we don’t get this wrapped up by Christmas it cold go well into the new year. Family Courts tend to take a break over the holiday period. The whole court system does really’ Louisa viciously stabbed a fork into her evening meal hot tears pricking at her eyes. ‘This is so unfair!’ she choked ‘so damn UNFAIR!’ ‘I know honey but know this BJ and I are working as hard as we can for you and Josh we want Lisa to get her comeuppance as much as you do’ Charlotte said hugging her friend ‘now come and sit down. I’m finished for the night and I fancy a girlie chat. Where’s your make up? Let me paint your nails that sort of pampering always makes me feel better’ ‘I think I’m going to need more than my nails painted to feel better Charlie’ Charlotte said following her friend into the spacious lounge room. ‘But it’s a start isn’t it?’ Charlotte said cheerfully ‘come on’ Louisa couldn’t help but laugh at her friend’s persistence. ‘Yeah it’s a start’ she said ‘it’s a start’ ************************************************************************************************************************************While AFF and its agents attempt to remove all illegal works from the site as quickly and thoroughly as possible, there is always the possibility that some submissions may be overlooked or dismissed in error. The AFF system includes a rigorous and complex abuse control system in order to prevent improper use of the AFF service, and we hope that its deployment indicates a good-faith effort to eliminate any illegal material on the site in a fair and unbiased manner. 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