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teeth.”
    “Cool,” he disappears again and I follow him out
the door and head left into the bathroom.
    In the mirror I pull my fingers through my long
blonde hair to tame it. I widen my blue eyes in an attempt to see if there are
any sleepies stuck to the corners. All good. Reaching down without looking, I
pick up my toothbrush from the cup on the ceramic tile counter. I open the
drawer for the Tom’s of Maine toothpaste but looking down, I see I’ve
accidentally grabbed Josh’s toothbrush. I put Josh’s back in the cup to sit
with mine. Our toothbrushes resting together look so cute! I grab my toothbrush
and call out to my new live-in boyfriend, “How’d you sleep, baby?”
    He calls back from the kitchen, “Great! You?”
    “Great!” Dare I hope we’re all good?
    He shows up in the door. “Amber?” I make a funny
noise since my mouth is filled with goo. He leans on the door jam and grins at
me. “Thank you for the poster.” I grin back, white froth everywhere. He laughs
at me and says, “Hurry up. I’ve got to show you something.” Of course this
makes me hurry and run out.
    In the area we’ve sectioned off for dining, he’s
prepared breakfast for us. “Oh my gosh!” I say as I stand and take it all in!
Our little round dining table is covered with bagels, sliced apples, grapes,
cream cheese, and glasses filled with orange juice.
    “I thought we’d eat, then go grab some coffee and
head to Central Park.”
    “That sounds like a perfect Saturday.” He tickles
me and I giggle and kiss him. “This looks amazing. Thank you!”
    “Anything for my girl. You’re looking pretty hot
in those shorts. Can they be any smaller?” He smacks me on the ass; his green
eyes alight with amusement.
    I yelp and sitting down to grab a cream
cheese-covered bagel, I take a big bite. So yummy. “I have to get a coffee
machine or something. Buying coffee out all the time is costing a fortune.”
    “Meh. It’s a nice way to start the day. Around
people, you know.” He shrugs, shoving the last chunk of bagel in his mouth.
“I’m gonna make another one. You want one?” He says, mouth full and gets up.
    “No, thanks. One’s fine for me. I’m tiny.”
    “Yeah, you are. Tiny and tight.”
    “Josh!” I throw an apple slice at him playfully.
He catches it easily through the ‘window’ that divides our living room and
kitchen. As he puts the new bagel in the toaster, I look around and see he’s
stuck my flower arrangement on the floor next to the TV, kind of tucked away.
Odd. I don’t say anything, though. I’m not stupid.
    My phone rings from where it’s plugged into the
kitchen wall. Josh looks down at it and says, “Wow. So wild.” His voice is a
combination of many feelings as he finishes, “Amber - Spike Jonze is calling.”
    I toss the remainder of my bagel on the plate and
jump up to answer it, thinking what shitty timing.
    “He’s calling on a Saturday. Huh.” I smile
reassuringly to Josh and he just nods, raises his eyebrows and leans his hip
against the counter, watching me unplug the phone to answer, “Spike? Hi! Sorry,
my phone was in the other room. Uh huh… Oh. Really? Oh, that’s too bad… Yeah…
Okay. Of course. Please let me know as soon as it’s back on again.” I shake my
head to Josh. He frowns, waiting. “Okay, thanks. Have a great weekend. Oh, I’d
love that. Okay, bye.” I look at the phone, processing what just happened, and
see a text from Jess has come through. It reads: So, how’s the cohabitation
going? ;)
    “What’s up?” Josh asks. The bagel pops up in the
toaster, ignored.
    “The film’s funding fell through. Casting is stopped
until new investors come on board. Auditions have been cancelled.” I bite my
lip and look at my phone like the answers are in it. “As has my job.”
    “Well, that doesn’t mean you’re out for casting
for the film when it starts up again?”
    I shrug. “I don’t know. You never know what will
happen with these things. Maybe