Ophelia

"I miss you too Lando." Ophelia replied. He closed his eyes and smiled. He loved to hear her say Lando. He opened his mouth to say I love you but hesitated, should he say it to her on the phone?

"Brooks, can I ask you do to do me a favor?" He chickened out.

"What kind of favor?" She asked suspiciously. He laughed and said

"Its not phone sex, you hoser."

"Hoser? Where did you learn that? And nobody in Canada actually calls anyone else a hoser." She said laughing with him.

"They don't?" He asked laughing even harder.

"No they don't. So what's the favor?" She asked.

"Well, I need a date. I was hoping you be it." She was stunned. He was asking her on a date and how were they going on a date, when they were several thousand miles apart?

"I don't understand. How could I be your date?" She asked him.

"Well, I am coming to Toronto for the film festival, would you be my date for the premiere?"

"You're coming to Toronto? When? What would I wear?" She was talking quickly now, excited that she would be seeing him again.

"Well the film premieres on Sept. 5th." He was smiling broadly now.

"Oh that's the night before Jan's wedding, I may not be able to go with you." She sounded really disappointed now. "Can I check with Jan and make sure nothing is happening that night and let you know?"

"Sure. You have my number so you can call me anytime. You still have it right?" He was disappointed too.

"Yeah, I still have the numbers." She answered.

"Well if I'm going to be in Toronto, do you still need a date for the wedding?" He asked hopefully. Now she smiled broadly.

"Yes. Do you have any cute friends that would be willing to volunteer?" She teased him. Laughing he said,

"I'll see if I can find someone for you then. I have to go now, but I will talk to you tomorrow. Okay?"

"Alright. Sweet dreams." She said.

"You too." He said before he hung up. She picked up his t-shirt and brought it to her face again. He was coming to Toronto and could hardly wait.


Ophelia looked at the clock again. His plane should be landing in 20 minutes. She was cutting one of her regular client's hair. Elizabeth, was her most loyal client. She was one of the first regulars and had followed her from her old salon to the one Ophelia worked at now. "So why are you doing my hair instead of getting ready for your big date?" Liz asked her. Ophelia laughed,

"You know I will be doing your hair while I am in the middle of child birth, Liz." Ophelia joked, "Besides, I have hours until I need to get ready."

"So where are you two going?" She asked. Ophelia hadn't told anyone, other than Jan and Jack, that she had met Orlando Bloom or that they were kind of seeing each other. She wanted to keep him to herself. Plus she was worried that someone would blab to the tabloids.

"We are going to the movies." she told Liz.

"Just a movie? No dinner or anything?" She asked.

"Well we may be going to a party later." Ophelia answered thinking of the party Lando had told her would be going on after the movie was done.

"Well that sounds great. I hope you have fun." Liz said.

"Yeah, I'm sure we will." Ophelia said thinking of her last night with Orlando in the cabin. Talking to him on the phone was almost worse than not talking to him at all. They talked every night before she went to sleep. She would fall asleep and dream of him doing the most incredible things to her body. He had been thrilled when she had told him that she was free the night of the premiere.

"That's fucking great." He had said. "So are you going to wear something sexy? Low cut and slutty is always good." He had teased.

She had finished cutting Liz's hair and was blow-drying it. Stealing another glance at the clock she saw that his plane would have landed. He was in Toronto now. She felt like rushing to the airport to find him, but she knew that was silly. She would be seeing him in a few hours. She was just waving good bye to Liz when the phone rang.

"Good Afternoon, Tomas' Hair Salon." She said brightly into the phone while waving good-bye to Liz.

"Yes I need and appointment, with Ophelia. I was hoping she could give me a hair cut." She recognized his voice right away.

"Don't you dare cut your hair. I love those curls." She said, feeling a flutter in her stomach. "Where are you?" She asked.

"I'm in the car on my way to the hotel. Jan gave me your work number, I hope that's alright. I wanted to let you know I had arrived."

"Ok, I'll see you tonight. I have to go get ready." She told him.

"Get ready? You need 5 hours to get ready?" He asked.

"Well actually, I have to meet someone at 3:00 for a quickie, then I have to go get ready." She teased.

"Hmm, sounds interesting can I join you?"

"Oh piss off. I'll see you later." Ophelia laughed as she hung up.

"I don't know Jan what do you think?" Ophelia was standing in the mirror looking at her reflection. She had worn her long hair loose in the back and the front up. A few tendrils had escaped and were framing her face.

"Ophelia that dress is awesome. He won't even want to leave this apartment, when he sees you." Jan said. Ophelia was wearing a light yellow slip dress. It clung to her curves and showed off her flat stomach. "Your ass looks better than J-Lo's." Jan said. Turning around to look over her shoulder into the mirror, Ophelia looked at her butt. It did look good.

"Shit, Jan, you can see the outline of my thong." Ophelia frowned at the lines.

"Take them off." Jan said simply.

"What? I can't go out in public with no underwear on, especially in a dress!" Ophelia was horrified at the thought.

"Oh don't be a prude. Just do it." Jan said just as the door bell rang. "He's here, hurry up." Jan said running to get the door. Ophelia looked at her butt again. It would look better without the thong but what if it was windy and her dress blew up? She took a deep breath and pulled her thong off. She could hear Jan and Orlando talking in the living room, her heart began to beat harder, knowing he was just a few feet away. As she picked up her purse she had a naughty thought, she pictured Orlando's face when she told him she wasn't wearing any panties. Smiling to herself she thought, oh that would be worth it.

She opened her door and walked out into the living room. Orlando stopped talking in mid sentence and his mouth hung open. Her dress was yellow. He loved yellow. Wow, and her legs looked great. His eyes traveled upwards, oh god no bra. He was never going to make it through the movie.

"Hey Lando." She smiled, walked over to him and hugged him. He wrapped his arms around her, sliding his hand over the smooth material of her dress, and dropping a kiss on her temple.

"You look amazing." Having never seen her in anything but the camping clothes, he was stunned by just how beautiful she was.

"You clean up pretty nice yourself." She said still hugging him. He stepped back and looked at her, he felt like skipping the premiere and going straight to his hotel and his bed.

"I guess we should go now." He said. They said good-bye to Jan and left.

There was a limo waiting to take them to the theatre. They got in and Orlando sat close to her, holding her hand.

"None of the media knows I'm coming tonight, just the director and the actors that are in town for the movie. But once they recognize me, be prepared for a lot of picture taking, okay?" She nodded.

"Who else is in the movie with you? And what's it about?" She asked him.

"Well, I am only in about 15 minutes of film, I did it as a favor for the director. It has Uma Thurman as a young wife that suddenly finds herself attracted to her new female neighbor. I play the neighbor's boyfriend, I am clueless to the relationship growing between her and Uma."

"Sounds interesting. Is Uma going to be here? I just love Ethan Hawke." I was freaking out now, thinking about bing around celebrities.

"She's coming, I'm not sure about him. You don't like him more than me do you?" He asked giving her his hurt puppy look.

"Well, he's married to Uma, so I think he's safe from me. I hope I don't embarrass you." She added softly. Turning to look at her he said.

"Why would you think that? You could dance naked on the tables and I wouldn't be embarrassed by you." She smiled at him. "Uhm please dance naked on the tables." He added.

"Well, maybe if Ethan asks me too." She teased. They were now in a line up of cars.

"Are you nervous?" He asked, when he noticed her fidgeting.

"A little, I'm not used to this sort of thing. I get nervous when a lot of people look at me at once." She said wiping the palms of her hands on the seat, He laughed.

"Don't worry, with me there no one will even look at you." She laughed with him.

"Arrogant prick." The car stopped and the crowd was looking expectantly towards the door. "Lando?" She said before the door opened.

"Yes?"

"I'm not wearing any panties." She smiled at the open mouth stare he was giving her. His glanced dropped to her lap, as if picturing her without the dress. But then the door opened and he stepped out smiling. He took her hand and helped her out of the limo. Hundreds of people were taking pictures.

"Orlando, over here." People were shouting his name to get him to look their way.

"I thought you said, no one knew." She said with a smile as he squeezed her hand.

"That's what I thought. Why did you wait till now to tell me about the panties?" He said smiling for the cameras.

"I just wanted to give you something to think about during the movie." She replied. There were several reporters trying to get his attention, still holding her hand he walked over to them and answered some questions. She tried to pretend she was interested, but in truth she was too nervous to listen. She vaguely heard Orlando saying her name. Oh great someone had asked what her name was and he had told them. Well what was he supposed to do? Lie?

"Are you two a couple?" One of the reporters asked. She was about to shake her head when he answered.

"Yes. We are." We are? she wondered. When did that happen? Orlando finished talking to the reporters and led her inside the theatre. Inside she met Uma, who was there without her husband, the director, Shane McFarland and a few of the other actors. They took their seats and the lights went out and the movie started. About halfway through, Orlando leaned over and whispered to her.

"Remember how you said you wanted me to think about the panty thing through the movie?"

"Yes" She whispered back.

"Well, I love you. So now you can try to keep your mind on the movie." He whispered and then sat back to watch the screen. She just sat there with a silly grin on her face for the rest of the movie.


Note*** I wrote this before Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke broke up. I suppose I could change it but I am too lazy.....THANKS for all the great reviews!!!