Strings (Ryan Gosling × Reader)

Chapter 56 - Callback

She excitedly took her phone from her back pocket and leaned down, smiling at the camera as she takes a selfie with him. When she pulls away after a few snaps, she smiles even brighter than before, holding her phone with both hands, as if she would cry if she let anything happen to it now that she had those pictures. 

"Thank you so much!"

"Ah, don't mention it."

She almost hopped back to the kitchen excitedly, going to her phone gallery to look at the precious picture. 

When his eyes go back to me, we both chuckle a bit before digging into our food. 

Somewhere halfway through the meal, my phone buzzes on the table. I turn it over during the conversation to see who it is. Both our pair of eyes widen at the sight of the name of the caller. it was the casting director. 

A callback?

I look up at Ryan with a small gasp. He gestures to the phone with urgency.

"What are you waiting for?" Ryan urges "Answer it!"

I quickly obey and grab my phone, answering it and putting it up against my ear.

"Yes?"

"Hi, is this Y/N L/N?" The casting director's voice sounded smooth and polite.

"Yes, this is her." I glance at Ryan as I identify myself.

 As I listen to the casting director's words through the phone, I can tell I'm reacting with face, because Ryan's eyes widen while he watches it change. 

"I wanted to tell you that we loved your performance at your audition, you captured the emotions so well with such subtlety, and most importantly, I felt like you were the perfect choice for the character. You're hired."

I could barely grasp this moment, my jaw dropping as I respond with a question, as if to confirm that what I had just heard was real.

"What??"

Ryan impatiently urged me to tell him what I'd been told. I hold up my hand to him so I do that miss the casting director's answer.

"You've been hired! Cast reunion's next week, Friday 2pm."

"Oh- oh my God!" I can't hold in my smile as I hear the confirmation.

With this reaction, Ryan's eyes widen, realising that I've been casted. His smile also brightens as I excitedly concur with the time and date of the cast reunion. I can't stop thanking her for choosing me over all those other women, for giving me this amazing chance. I put the phone down, turning to Ryan, who doesn't hesitate to make it known how much he's celebrating me and this moment. He lifts himself off his seat and opens his arms.

"You got the part??"

I nod eagerly and get up too, letting him wrap his arms around me, involving me in a big, warm bear hug. 

"Oh my God, sweetheart, I'm so proud of you, you deserve this more than anything..." He buried his face in my neck as his arms snake around me tighter. "You're incredible..."

"Oh my..." I smile brightly and bounce a bit as I celebrate this first win before I realize the package deal loss. "Wait... I won't be your assistant anymore..."

Ryan pulled pack and put some strands of hair behind my ear, smiling as he looked into my eyes, almost as if they held the neighbouring galaxies.

"Yeah, you won't... You'll go live your own life instead of managing mine..."

"I'll miss being your personal assistant..." I pout, looking into his eyes now like they hold the secrets to the ocean.

"You won't get to miss it for too long. You'll be having too much to miss my hassles. And also because you'll still be with me to be in my hassles." he made a small pause before speaking softer "Hey, why don't you..." he leaned down to my ear "...maybe... I don't know... move in with me... hm?"

My heart must've leaped, because i felt something change in my chest.

"Seriously?" I look up at him, holding onto his arms.

"When haven't I been serious, sweetheart?"

I let another bright smile slowly stretch and twist my lips.

"I'd love that... I would really love that..."

This moment finally dawns on me: the point of no return. And it's the best one yet. Now that I'm not Ryan's assistant anymore, I can finally freely and comfortable settle into the skin of his girlfriend. And not just any girlfriend. A girlfriend who's about to move in with him. As this new found freedom washes over me, I can't help but grab his face, right then and there in that diner, and pull him into a kiss. 

I feel his lips smile against mine as he chuckles.

"Hey..." his chuckles parted our mouths "Weren't you the one paranoid over paparazzi taking pictures of us being lovey dovey in public?"

"We haven't got anything to hide now... no shame to hold. I wanna kiss you and I want the world to see."

Ryan's gaze alters in such a way that if I were a bit more confident, I'd call it falling in love all over again. His voice slips through his lips as he slowly inched his face toward mine again.

"Well... I hope the world is watching..."

"Me too..."

He tightens his arms' hold of my waist, pressing his lips against mine once again, his hands rubbing up my hips and waist, even going up in a daring manner. 

I hope the world is watching, Ryan. I hope it's pulling their hairs out in jealousy. I hope it whispers about the way your hands travel like they're revisiting my body for the millionth time, and how I run my fingers through your hair like they were made with the purpose of being your comb, and claw clip in days when we like to spice it up. I hope the world's watching this kiss, and I hope that from this kiss it just knows. I hope the world just knows I love you.