Hi, this is my first ever fan fiction. I hope you like it
It was late October and Jen had been dating Chris Martin from Coldplay for a few months now. Chris was a sweet guy he was very charming, he was mad about Jen. Mad about her in the way she had been about Nicholas.
Jen was at her new house, she has brought a while ago, but the paperwork had only recently been finalised. It was beautiful, but it was empty. She had a few bits and pieces but desperately needed to buy furniture. Her dad was in town soon and they were going to buy some things, like a bed to start!
Things were a lot better than a few weeks ago. Nude photos that had been intended for Nicks eyes only, had been hacked and leaked. It was one of the most upsetting and humiliating times of her entitre life and the one person she needed at that time wasn't there. Nicholas at the time was in Japan filming. Jen understood he was working, but she also knew that the last time she saw him, she made him agree not to get in contact until they were working on the next Xmen movie. Jennifer felt sad, she missed Nick and her heart ached but hey…. she has Chris now, she thought to herself. Trying to convince herself she was ok became second nature. There were two Jen’s. Jlaw the funny, confident and media savvy actress and there was Jennifer the vulnerable, endearing girl from Kentucky, that her family and friends knew about and the rest of the world didn't see. Except for Nick, nobody knew her like Nick. So why hasnt he been in touch? Nick is reliable, Nick is loyal but where was he when she needed him? It was so out of character and not like him at all, but she had to accept they aren’t together anymore, and it was her who asked him to stay away. “We’ve moved on” she said out loud trying to convince herself once more as tears filled her eyes.
That afternoon as jen sat on the floor of her dining room eating pizza out of the box ( she still had no furniture or plates) her phone buzzed. It was a text from chris asking her to go over to his place. “God, why can’t he ever come over to my place” she said out loud to herself in the empty echoey room. Chris had a habit of wanting jen to stay at his, mainly because of his kids but he never made an effort to see Jen’s new house. In fact he had only seen photos and had never physically seen it. Jen put her phone down and decided to finish her pizza before replying. She felt sad, this is not how she had imagined the beginning of moving into her first home. When she first saw it, it was nick who encouraged her and supported her through the process. Nick had been so excitable about everything it made everything so fun. They had even spent hours after hours making plans about how to furnish and decorate. Nick knew it was Jen’s place but she valued his opinion more than anybodies and wanted his help. Now she’s sat on the floor, all alone trying to convince her new boyfriend to come over! She decided to reply “hi chris fancy coming to mine tonight instead.. something different.?” She sighed, this relationship seemed to be a lot of effort and she felt on eggshells a lot of the time trying not to upset chris’ family dynamic.
Jen’s phone went again, it was chris ” cant tonight, come over to mine as planned, I have the kids at 8 tomorrow, but youll be ok to leave before then, right? See you later” jen threw her phone into the now empty pizza box. She knew in her heart she didnt love chris, she had only one love of her life and that was nicholas, but he had moved on. She had never felt more alone. Tears filled her eyes and she cried right there on the kitchen floor.
Nicholas always felt excited when he landed in LA, maybe it was because it is the home of Hollywood or maybe because he knew he was closer to jen. The last few months had been awful and brilliant for nicholas. Awful when sitting with jennifer in a German hotel room mutually agreeing to having a break. Not being hers anymore, and her not being his. However just when he thought his heart couldn’t hurt any deeper he learns that she’s moved on, she’s fine, she’s happy. She’s happy with her new rockstar boyfriend and he is damn right miserable. He feels foolish and embarrassed that he thought they were only taking time out and only on a break. So, he occupied himself with work. Japan was Incredible and Drake and Kristen really kept him busy with various activities. There were some days he would barely smile, speak or eat. He knew he was legitimately heartbroken. At times he hated what jen had destroyed for them by moving on so quickly.
It had been two hours since chris had text Jennifer to stay over at his house that night. Part of jen felt lonely and wanted the company, the sex was ok and at least he had a bed she could sleep in. However part of her wanted to completely end things with him, she was with him for all the wrong reasons. He was in a band which was hot, he was British, he worshipped her but on the other hand she didnt feel the connection, the intimacy or the animal instinct like she had always done since she first laid eyes on nick. Jennifer breathed a huge sigh and started texting chris "hi really sorry cant make it tonight but il see you soon xx" jen felt relief after sending the text. Everything with chris was moving way too fast, she had barely gotten over her split with nick and magazines had already "married" her off to chris. She slumped on her ikea couch reading her book but she couldnt relax. She couldn't stop thinking about her break up with nick, her hacked photos, her new relationship with a man who isnt yet divorced and finally after looking around the huge empty room of her new house, she felt something had to change. She needed to speak to him.
Nick opened the door to his hotel room and collapsed on his bed, it had been a long flight and he had a busy few days catching up with people whilst he was in LA. He turned on the tv in the hotel and there she was. Nick sat up and leant in closer to the tv. It was a news report on Jennifer's 'romance' with Chris. They were showing photos of her at the i heart radio concert. She looks happy, nick thought to himself. She looks hot. He smiled to himself, but the smile soon faded as nick became overwhelmed at seeing his girl moving on. He grabbed the controller and switched the tv off. I want to be happy that shes happy he thought to himself. He thought once again about calling her but decided to take a shower instead. He was used to keeping busy to forget about jen these days. After his shower nick switched his phone on, one message BRIAN SINGER: hi nick I hear youre in town, any chance youre free tomorrow for an hour for a presentation on Apocalypse? McAvoy is free not sure on the others. 10am usual rehearsal space. Nick was hoping for a longer sleep but let brian know he would be there. Nicholas was unaware that Jennifer would be there. Surely Brian would have said? He was so tired, that he would think about it in the morning. His head hit the pillow and he fell straight to sleep.
Across town Jen had the same message from Brian but had responded that she was busy. She had a great plan to burst in on the meeting with a bb gun and get McAvoy back for all the times he had shot her on days of futures past set. Jennifer had no idea that Nicholas would be there, she had no idea of the events that would happen in the morning.
It was 10.15am and Jennifer expected she had left if long enough to SUPRISE Brian and McAvoy with her bb gun. She asked the lady on reception which room they were in and headed off like an excitable child down the corridor. She could hear Brian tbrough the door presenting something but she couldnt hear anyone else. In her head she counted to 3. On three she burst through the door, firing her bb gun into the air, yelling 'surprise suckers how dya like some of this then' she was laughing hysterically when all of a sudden she looked around at the table that was in the room. There he was, in a maroon tshirt and blue jeans, sitting perfectly up right with a coffee in his hand. Nicholas. There was something different though. He didnt make eye contact, in fact, he didnt look at jen at all. Jen blushed at the thought of what just happened because other than a laugh from James, the whole joke bombed. 'Sorry im late Singer' Jennifer said quickly. A few members of the cast were sitting around a large oval table watching Brian give a presentation, the only seat left was next to nick. Jen sat down and faced forward. She had never been more aware of another human being in the room. She could feel her heart beating in her chest so loudly, she was paranoid the whole room could hear it. She continued to look forward, but if she carefully looked out of the corner of her eye she could make out the profile of nick. It made her palms sweat and her breathing short. Nick adjusted himself in his seat and as he did, jennifer caught the smell of his aftershave. He smelt so good. This was torture, all jennifer wanted to do was turn around in her chair and cut Brians lame presentation short. She wanted to talk to nick, look at nick, maybe even hug nick.
As the door burst open there she was, hysterically cackling at her own joke. Nick could see she was waving a bb gun about but as he predicted, as soon as he saw her he couldn't even look in her direction. He felt sick with nerves. She sat next to him, the pain was unbearable, how on earth are they going to film this movie together next year he thought to himself. He adjusted himself in his seat. As he did this he heard jennifer breathe in deeply. This was the final straw 'excuse me Brian im just going to the bathroom'. Nick quickly grabbed his phone off the table, stood up and almost ran out of the room. As he shut the door behind him tears filled his eyes. He walked down the corridor he found an empty room with just a desk and a filing cabinet in it. He turned off the light and sat in the dark on the desk to compose himself.
Back at brians presentation, jennifer was more than aware that nick had been gone for three minutes and seventeen seconds. Without thinking she said 'excuse me singer, there must be something in the water, I gotta go to the bathroom too'. Brian waved towards the Door as if implicating 'just go then' and with that jennifer left the room looking for nick. It was the fourth door that she opened shen she found nick. He was in the dark, but she could see by the natural light leaking through the tiny skylight that he had been crying.
There was a long silence, where neither spoke. Seeing each other today was unexpected for both of them. They weren't prepared for how they were feeling or really sure what to say to each other. This was the first time they had been alone for months. Finally it was Jennifer who broke the silence, "hey, we were wondering where you had got too", she said as she sheepishly sat down next to Nicholas. Nick said nothing. "I dont think this is the bathroom nick", She said trying to make a joke. Nick cleared his throat and said politely but in a formal manner "Ok thanks il be back in a minute."
Jennifer looked at him, she felt a natural urge to give him a hug, she had never seen nick cry. He was always so strong. There was another silence and Jennifer couldn't handle it any longer "Nick, please. I can tell you've been crying and it's breaking my heart, whats wrong?" she turned to look at him. Wanting to touch him, but didnt. Nick had a calming demeanour my nature and in all the years that Jennifer had known him, she had rarely heard him shout. He had never shouted at her, he had wonderful and respectful manners towards women, but today he was clearly distressed and upset. "Whats wrong? You want to know WHATS WRONG Jennifer??? I cannot believe you're even asking me that. l will tell you whats wrong. It's YOU! It's seeing you, being near you, hearing your voice. It's US!!!!!!!!! I love you and you and you.... well.." Nick started welling up tears, his voice had gone croaky and he turned and faced the corner of the room trying once again to conceal it from jen. Jennifer felt a rush of emotion, anger, relief, love, sadness "ME? What do you mean ME? You wanted this break up as much as me Nicholas. It tore me up inside, how can you even think that it didn't?" The last part was said through tears. Jennifer started sobbing, she couldnt believe what nick was saying. He turned around and faced her again. "I wanted a break. I wanted us to both have time to focus on work. How can you blame distance on our relationship not working then about a MONTH later shack up with the bloke from Coldplay???? If you loved me and our 4 years meant anything to you, how could you move on SO quickly? You know what, don't even answer that jen. Just please leave me alone." Nick stood by the door as if to indicate Jennifer to leave. Jennifer who was now clearly upset and fraustrated at Nicks perception, got angry, "FINE NICHOLAS, I 'MOOOOVED ON', BECAUSE I NEEDED SOMEBODY, I WAS ON THE REBOUND AND TRYING TO FORGET HOW SAD I WAS ABOUT US. ALL I NEEDED WAS YOU, BUT WHERE THE F%CK WERE YOU WHEN OUR PHOTOS WERE LEAKED? YOU DIDN'T SEEM TO GIVE A SH%T, NOT ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED AND NOT ABOUT ME. ARRRGHH GOD!!!"
"I cant talk about this right now. Hearing you talk about being with another man makes me SICK TO MY STOMACH, IM DONE". Nicholas stepped stormed towards the door to leave, just as he did Jennifer yelled "FINE", and with that he slammed the door and left the room. Jennifer leant against the back of the closed door with her hands covering her face as she cried. Her heart was racing after the argument and her head was spinning. That was the first time she had ever seen such anger in Nicholas, their break up wasn't even that heated, she knew dating chris had hurt Nick deeply.
On the other side of the door stood Nicholas. Nick had calmed down, he could hear Jennifer crying. Nick wasn't nasty by nature and he loved Jennifer more than anything in the world, he wanted to tell her he was sorry, that he loved her, so he knocked on the door. Jennifer slowly turned the handle with her right hand and wiped tears with her left. As she opened the door, Jennifer slowly revealed the figure standing on the other side. Nicholas. This time he was looking at her. Not just looking in her direction, but REALLY looking at her with his piercing blue eyes. Jennifer looked back, not breaking their gaze. Nobody spoke. Nicks stare was now so intense he was almost looking straight through her. It was the same look that Jennifer first fell for. A passionate look that gave Jennifer shivers and made the hairs on her neck stand on end. They held eye contact for about 3 seconds and then before Jen could draw another breath, Nicholas stepped forward, into the room and towards Jennifer, catching her off guard. He held her face with both hands and kissed her passionately, in the darkroom under the skylight. As their lips met, the room started to spin for both of them. It was as if the rest of the world didn't exist, everything became blurry. The kiss started passionately and after a minute or so became tender, and the two of them connected once again. Connected in a way that only two people in love could be. Nicholas slid his hands down to Jennifers waist and she felt her heart almost beating out of her chest, his lips were soft and he tasted good. Not one moment in the last few months had made Jennifer feel anywhere near as alive as this, or as safe as this. It felt the same for Nicholas, he lifted his right hand off of her waist and started to play with her hair. He broke the kiss and looked at her once again. "I love you Jennifer. I love you SO much." He stroked her cheek with his thumb, wiping away a tear from earlier. Jennifer looked up at him and whispered in her low husky voice,"I love you, and I'm sorry if ive made you doubt that in anyway. I love you so much and I've missed you more than you'll understand, I shouldn't have moved onto somebody new so quickly, I want you". She hugged Nicholas tightly. He wrapped his arms around her "Im sorry for shouting, and Im sorry for not being around when things were shitty, I'm here now and Im not going anywhere." he said just before kissing her on the top of her head. "What do we do now?" Jennifer asked, but really she knew, she had to end things with Chris before deciding what was going to happen with Nicholas, the love of her life.
To be continued if anyone likes this enough :) Thank you for reading my first ever fanfic :)
I was thinking about doing part 2 following on from round 1 around when Jen and Nick were spotted at the same movie theatre in LA and when jen had dinner with her dad/ broke up with chris