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Elijah stayed on the porch so he could finish his smoke, he inhaled
slowly and laughed lightly catching Orlando watching Hope’s retreating figure,
“I had a crush on her first.”
“What?”
“Hope.” Elijah indicated the hallway Hope and Billy had disappeared
down. “I’ve had a crush on her since before I hit puberty.”
“You mean you weren’t born a bag of hormones?” Orlando was incredulous.
“Come to think of it I think I did hit on the nurse.” Elijah laughed,
“Been honing the skill ever since.’
“Apparently it’s not working.” Orlando grinned, “Time to move on and let
someone else try.”
“There is no way you’ll get anywhere near her.”
“Why do you say that?”
“On the principle that nobody says no to you.” Elijah butted out his
cigarette, “Hope prides herself on being different, she doesn’t jump on
bandwagons she drives them.”
Orlando stared at him like he had never heard anything like this before.
“So what your saying is…”
“She won’t fuck you cause everyone wants to and you let them.” Elijah
laughed.
Just then Allie and Dom trooped down the stairs laughing, “Mission
accomplished!” Allie announced with flourish as they rounded the banister. “The
naked hobbit is fully clothed.”
“Would you look at that? What is your secret?” Elijah grinned.
“One musen’t divulge their secret or everyone will be using it.” Allie
smirked.
Dom winked, “I know something you don’t know!”
“You are assuming that I’m spending a lot of time caring.” Orlando
rolled his eyes, “You people may have eaten but I haven’t.”
Once the four were in the kitchen they all stopped to stare. Billy was
sitting on a stool in front of an island in the middle of the kitchen. Hope was
sitting in front of him on the island. He had a spoon of what appeared to be
yoghurt and was proceeding to feed Hope.
“Here comes the airplane…” Billy cooed as if feeding a toddler, “…open
wide.”
Hope giggled and opened her mouth to accept the food, “Mmm.” She licked
her lips, “Strawberry.”
“I thought you said you weren’t hungry.” Orlando finally spoke.
“I’m not, but this man could convince me to do anything with that
accent.” She said messing his hair and smiling at him.
Billy beamed at the group and rested an arm on her knee. “See I win!”
“You’re telling me you two didn’t…” Dom indicated both Hope and Orlando,
“Orli are you losing your touch?”
Orlando was busying himself in the kitchen making something and just
mumbled, “I haven’t lost shit.”
“Aww the elf is pouting.” Allie came over to stand behind him; she put
her arms around his waist and rested her chin on his shoulder, “Don’t worry
baby I’ll fuck you.”
He turned to look at her and smirked, “Thanks I’ll keep that in mind.”
She stepped back and swatted his bum, “You do that.”
Hope rolled her eyes, “Guys I’d like you to meet my friend Allie, slut
extraordinaire!”
Allie bowed, “Only if you’ve got a swollen bank account…amongst other
things.”
“Oh oh I want to play…I have money…pick me!” Dom jumped up and down
waving his hand in the air.
Billy burst out laughing and rested his head on Hope’s knee, “Seems we
both have mates to pimp out.”
Hope laughed, “I haven’t made a fuckin’ dime off her yet.”
Dom pulled out his wallet and handed her a fifty, “You can start now.”
She took the bill and placed it inside her bra, “Thanks, go ahead have
your way.”
“Hey now don’t you have to consult with me first?” Allie protested. “At
the moment I’m trying to wear down the elf.”
“If you’re only worth fifty bucks Dom can have you.” Orlando laughed.
“Its fifty bucks every five minutes baby and you just lost your chance.”
Allie whispered into his ear then walked over and plopped herself down on Dom’s
lap. He’d just sat down on the stool that was next to Billy.
Dom reached behind him toward Hope’s shirt to try and retrieve his
fifty. Hope slapped his hand away, “Consider it a down payment Romeo.”
“Don’t worry Dom she has a tendency to lose undergarments. I’ll fetch it
for you later.” Orlando chuckled and sat down across from Billy, Hope, Dom and
Allie.
Elijah sat next to him and patted his arm, “I told you Orli you have no
hope with uh…Hope.”
“I may not but her bra’s seem to like me.” Orlando grinned and took a
bite of his bagel.
Hope turned around on the island; she moved the plate out of the way
with her foot and slid over so she was right in front of him. She rested her
feet on his knees and leaned forward. She reached down slowly into her bra and
grabbed the fifty. Handing it to him she patted his head laughing cause his
eyes were glued to her chest, “Consider that the last time you get anywhere
near my undergarments.” She smirked and moved back across the island.
Orlando blinked a few times at her back. Then placed the fifty in his
pocket, “Hey now that’s mine!” Dom protested.
“If Allie’s fifty bucks every five minutes Hope’s one up on her. Those 3
seconds were worth five hundred.” He grinned, “Consider me satisfied…for now.”
“Okay all these sexual innuendos are frustrating me to no end. Can we
maybe change the subject?” Elijah groaned.
“Aww Hope ‘ol Blue is feeling left out.” Allie laughed.
“He knows I love him.” Hope turned and winked at him.
He sighed, “No I don’t.” He stuck out his lower lip in an over
exaggerated pout, “You’ve forgotten all about me.”
“How could I forget the boy who snuck into the bathroom and watched me
shower when he was 12.” She laughed when he blushed, “You thought I didn’t know
about that.”
“I don’t know what you’re talking about.” He looked away his face red.
“So Hope here really did introduce you to puberty?” Orlando laughed,
“Lucky bugger.”
“It only happened once.” Elijah blurted out, “My mom told me to go get
her for breakfast…I uh…”
“You heard the shower running and couldn’t resist a peek, don’t blame ya
mate.” Dom smirked.
Allie smacked him, “Come on now, focus on the woman perched on your lap
with a fist really close to your crotch.”
“Right.”
“Well as much fun as this is I would like to do something productive
today.” Hope slid off the island right into Billy’s arms. She seemed
comfortable there and rested on his knee to turn around and face everyone else,
“Any suggestions.” She reached over and put a hand over Dom’s mouth, “Any
suggestions that have nothing to do with sex?”
Dom licked her hand and laughed when she squealed and wiped her hand on his
shirt, “I was actually going to say that the lads and I are flying to New York
today. Press to do for Rings and all.”
“You should come.” Billy suggested.
“No.” Hope said at the same time as Allie said, “Sure!”
“We are not!”
“We sure as hell are!”
“Lij tell her…”
“She hates the press Allie. Why do think I haven’t taken her out with me
before? I had to trick her to come here.”
“I could care less if you had to drag her here in a fucking sack we’re
going.” Allie said defiantly.
“You can go Al but I won’t be with you.”
Allie got off of Dom’s lap and grabbed Hope’s arm, “Hook us up with
tickets boys and we’ll be there.”
“But she said.” Orlando pointed.
Allie held her free hand up at him with a smile, “I guarantee you she’ll
be there.”
“No I won’t!” Hope protested as Allie dragged her down the hall to the
front door. “I won’t!”
The door slammed and everyone looked at Elijah. He smirked, “Your guess
is as good as mine.”
“I would just like to point out that I am here under duress.” Hope
reiterated as Allie wandered around the hotel room the guys had booked for
them.
“So you’ve said, yet you’re still here.”
“You called Dr. Forsythe and made him give me the week off!”
“I didn’t make him do anything. I merely told him the circumstances.”
“Knowing full well I’d listen to him over my own father.”
“Exactly.” Allie smiled and patter her arm, “Smile girl you have the elf
wrapped around your finger.”
“What makes you think I want him? I’ve spent more quality time with
Billy.”
“That right there. You never pay attention to what you want. Besides I
sat next to Billy on the plane. He’s sweet on some friend back home and you
know it. So he’s safe.”
“I hate how well you know me.” Hope grumbled.
“Just admit that you’re hot for the man. It’ll feel better.”
“Gawd Allie.” Hope groaned, “I want to fucking purr when he winks at
me.”
Allie laughed, “Sexy little bugger isn’t he? I actually have decided I
prefer the hobbit with the talented tongue.”
“What?”” Hope stared at her friend.
“The secret to putting clothes on him is using one’s mouth for more than
speaking.” Allie smirked.
“Hoebag.” Hope rolled her eyes and threw a pillow at Allie.
“If making out with a half naked man makes me a hoebag then so be it.”
“You mean you didn’t…”
“The next secret is to leave them begging for more.”
Hope laughed, “You are so bizarre.”
“Keeps people on their toes.” Allie chuckled then reached into her bag
to pull out a small bikini. She wiggled her eyebrows, “Now what say we hit the
hot tub and see how many celebs we can collect.”
Orlando slung the towel around his shoulders. His back had been
bothering him and the hot tub was closed to all but the ‘Rings’ cast and their
guests.
“You read me mind.” Dom said with a smile. He was waiting at the
elevator in the same attire as his friend.
“Yeah and it sounds like the teletubbies in there.” Orlando smirked. “I
thought you hobbits had an interview.”
Dom shrugged, “It was either Frodo and Pippin or Frodo and Merry. I drew
the short straw.”
“Is that a good or a bad thing?”
They entered the pool area and Dom whistled, “Good thing, a really good
thing.”
“This area is closed.” Allie called.
“Not to us it isn’t.” Dom laughed.
“It is now.” A voice said from a change room behind the guys. “These
young ladies were just about to entertain me with stories about you two.”
Orlando laughed and walked over to hug the guy, “Viggo! When did you get
in mate?”
“Bugger me, we aren’t getting anywhere with the damn king here.” Dom
groaned.
Viggo cuffed the back of his head, “Never mess with the master.”
“He’s right you know.” Hope called over.
“Yeah.” Orlando nodded with a smirk, “We know.” They all situated
themselves in different areas of the hot tub.
“Ah this is the life.” Allie sighed, “Relaxing in a hot tub with the
best of middle earth.”
“Can’t say I have anything to complain about either.” Viggo smiled at
her, “So what about those stories?”
“Well…” Hope started with a gleam in her eye. “…Dom was naked when I met
him.”
Viggo laughed, “That doesn’t even remotely surprise me.”
“She was very impressed.” Dom said with a smile.
“Now that does surprise me.”
“I had my eyes closed.” Hope laughed. “I didn’t dare open them till Orli
here said it was all right.”
“So how did you like our pretty elf?”
“Didn’t know he was even in the movie till later.” Hope shrugged.
Viggo was laughing so hard he had tears, “Damn Orlando you’re losing
your touch.”
“I am not!” Orlando protested. “Hope’s different.” He winked at her.
“Yeah she won’t shag him.” Dom laughed, “She’s in a lonely category.”
“Yeah well the group that won’t shag you was over capacity.” Orlando
laughed.
Allie scooted over to be right next to Dom and leaned closer to his ear,
“Don’t worry baby I’m not in that category.”
Dom grinned, “Well then go me.”
“Let’s hope so.”
“Have they been like this all day?” Viggo asked Hope.
She nodded with a smile, “Sexual innuendo and minds in the gutter from
the moment I woke up. I’m surprised it stayed relatively tame.”
“The night is still young luv.” Orlando grinned.
“He doesn’t catch a hint does he?” Hope asked.
“Are you kidding me?” Viggo laughed, “He doesn’t understand ‘not
interested in him’. It’s a foreign concept in his books.”
“Let’s talk about him as if he’s not here.” Orlando grumbled.
“All right.” Viggo turned so his back was to Orlando and scooted closer
to Hope.
Hope broke out laughing and looked over the man’s shoulder at Orlando’s
face, “He doesn’t look pleased.”
“That’s okay, he’s not here.”
“Good point. So Viggo tell me, how is life?” Hope leaned on her hand and
listened as he told her about the press he’d been doing for ‘Rings’ as well as
how the postproduction was going on his latest movie.
Orlando shrugged and slouched deeper into the water so the jets were
massaging his back. He closed his eyes and tried to desperately release just a
bit of stress.