Truly-Madly-Deeply Assistant

Games by the pool

I might need a man to save Jared from me jumping onto him.

When I came back up, Jared was still there with closed eyes and a smile on his face.

"I needed this so much," breathed then peeked to me, "Could you bring some juice? And maybe my sunglasses from the table?" Asked and I nodded.

"Sure," I smiled and swam out, picked up a towel to dry my feet then grabbed the robe on and walked inside to grab some juice.

I was happily skipping into the kitchen but froze in the doorway when I saw a figure digging half-way in the fridge.

He must have heard me because he straightened and turned back at me and smiled.

"Shannon?"

"Hey, I was just popping by and had no idea where Jared is so I... decided to eat," he shrugged, and I chuckled.

"We are in the backyard by the pool," I answered as I walked to the fridge as well.

He stepped away so I grabbed the ready-made jug of orange juice.

"Oh... you guys having pool party or what?" He asked as he just took a look at me as I was soaked and had the robe on, what I just tied up now quickly.

"Yeah well... he made breakfast and then asked me to join him in the pool," I said with lowered eyes and he grinned with a nod.

"Nice one."

"What the hell did you tell him?" I asked leaning back to the counter.

"Well, Mom was mentioning to him he doesn't include you in his life enough. You and Mom don't meet often but she really likes you, and she said she sees you in the background of almost every photo of him, but still it feels like you don't exist. Sorry for the wording," he frowned. "And I just went along, being this the best time to say that, yeah man, she is a person who gives you every minute of her life, literally, and you didn't even say shit on her birthday, make her stay behind on parties, literally thanking your award even to your dead dog, but would never mention the person who holds your life together. Let alone, when he could invite two people to the Gucci gala and he brought me and that Lora, who he barely talked since she has been working with us. Although you were the one handling all his Gucci stuffs," he really got worked up and I just pressed my lips looking away.

I didn't even know he could bring people to the Gala.

"I told him he shouldn't be surprised if you are not coming back from Scotland," he continued.

"Well, that... makes sense," I nodded. "Since he came home he acts like we are besties; shaving together and shit," I chuckled shaking my head.

"What?" he laughed too. "Well, you see, he is not a bad person, well... he can be very veeery stubborn and his confidence sometimes comes through as mean but he really appreciates your work. And I am happy that talking to him made him open his eyes. But I still believe you should think about if you wanna keep working for him," he said as he picked out the other bottle of wine from the fridge.

"Why?" I asked confused.

"I mean, don't get me wrong Avery, you were an amazing publicist of ours and the only one who can take up with Jared on a daily basis, for sure," laughed, "but you had dreams... You were ready to leave and be who you wanted to be, I remember how excited you were," he smiled. " And then you helped out Jared when he needed during his recovery, which was amazing, but... Being an assistant is... you... just, I know you have so much more in you."

I sighed looking away. Hearing exactly what my Mom keeps telling me.

"I know, Shannon..." I mumbled peering at my toes. "You are right, my Mom's right. Sometimes I do feel like I'm trapped, but I just... I can't just leave him..."