what am I now

You’re not wrong! It’s all about getting the views, be it any way possible. Thank you! We’re super happy about how it worked out, a little crazy being so young but happy. Have you found your love? How did you meet? I’m a sucker for those stories. Was he? What an iconic first big role!

“Do you? I never would have guessed!” Jen teased him with a smile. “Yup. I had to jump on This Is Us, I’d be dumb not to. But now it’s back to me time. - I’ll admit after a few months I was ready for the next one, but since moving here I feel like I can wait until the next House or Once comes along.” Her smile grew at Colin’s offer, “of course. Same goes for you. I’m going to try.” She laughed nervously. “The last time I really danced was for the musical episode. Ballett probably, I’m going to see if Ellie would be willing to fly up once a month and help me. - It’s a big enough space; I might be able to rent it out for events or something.”

The brunette gave him a playful nudge. “Sounds like fun. Then we’ll have to find something to do until all the caffeine wears off.” She laughed, her mood dropping at the mention of his break-up. Jen’s expression softened and she squeezed Colin’s arm. “I’m sorry. That’s got to be tough, I’m here for anything you need. Okay?” She nodded firmly with a soft smile. In an attempt not to sour the mood too much, she pointed out the building where 3C was going to be. “There’s where the dance studio will be! Wanna take a peek inside?”

Colin chuckled along her little teasing. Oh yes, definitely something he had missed. He listened further to what she said about herself and her career and he understood that. After the finish of Once Upon a Time, he decided to step away from acting too. Focusing on his family but never would he have thought it would bring him where he was now. “I do liked you in these roles. You were amazing.” he complimented her. “Maybe we will be able to work together in the future again. Who knows.” he grinned. “Yeah, I mean, I would love to have a helping hand from time to time. I’m sure you would be great at selling coffee.” he said, still grinning a little. he smiled at the ideas she had for the dance studio, though he needed to laugh at the mentioning of ballett. “Okay, I will not do ballett with you then.” he said, still laughing a little. “But I will happily watch you.” he spoke, looking right into her eyes. “And I’m sure people are going to rent these rooms. Maybe do their own dance lessons for whatever.” he spoke. “You know, I always wanted to do proper dancing.” he said. 

Giggling, Jen took the coffee from him. “Thank you.” She took a sip, eyebrow’s raising before she nodded. She took Colin’s arm out of habit as they started walking, quickly falling into step with each other. “Mmhmm, and I went darker again. For a role; but I forgot how much I missed it. It’s less maintenance. It’s going - slowly but things are happening. There are repairs to be done before we open, but I’m excited.”

She took another sip of coffee and hummed. “This could actually give Starbucks are run for it’s money, and no I’m not just saying that. So tell me, how’s the family? Will I be seeing them around here soon?”

As soon as her arm was wrapped around his, he smiled, a feeling going through his body he had missed as well. Everything simply felt so right, so normal. He liked that. “I know, I do check my socila media at times, I am up to date with the way your ahir changes.” he chuckled softly, glancing over at her. “How’s your acting going? Heard you’re taking a little break?” he asked her, now properly looking at her. “If you need any help, let me know, okay? I would love to help you.” he told her with a smile. “Are you going to give proper dance lessons? And what kind of dance?” he asked her further.

Trying my best, really I am, but I’m not exactly a early to bed sort of person, and worse, I’m not a morning person either. I am and no apologies needed. If it makes you feel any better, I’m not really up to date on very much anything supposedly trendy. I had a fan who wanted me to write a part of my lyrics down, right? But she’d only given me have a line and it didn’t click in my head that it was mine. Now I’m not hearing the end of it. It’s been a few years since I moved around anywhere and I believe that. Probably still be in boxes for a bit, cause my tour starts Monday. Nice to meet ya, Colin, I’m Louis. 

The move to Lost Lake was an impulse, like when someone decided to buy a vacation home. Jen immediately fell in love with the small town, the quiet eased her restless soul. She didn’t feel the need to go back to work when she was here, of course making trips back to LA to see her sister.

Having the dance studio was part of the brand new adventure, and she was excited to see where it went. Jennifer was also excited to see Colin, it had been a few years since they had seen each other in person. The brunette couldn’t wipe the smile off her face as she walked to the coffee shop, stopping dead when she saw him. “You’ve shaved!”

Chuckling softly at her words, he held out the coffee for her before answering. “Just a little. you know, trying to get rid of my Hook image.” he teased with a little wink towards her. “I got you something. Your first is on me. Hope you like it.” he smiled. “I’m not sure if it tastes good so far, I feel like it’s okay. But I’m trying to find the perfect taste that makes the coffee even more special.” he told her. “Shall we?” he asked, looking into a direction they could head first. “How about you? Your hair grew longer again?” he asked. “And you’re having your own dance studio. How’s that going?” he asked her with a smile while walking beside her. 

Decadant chocolate minty goodness. Melt in your mouth gourmet after dinner mints. Is there anything in the world that even comes close? Am I being a little dramatic? Probably. But it’s worth the drama. 

I wasn’t a big fan of the first season, a lot of the guys were huge dicks. Let me know what you think! We hit it off pretty quick, there were a few bumps in the road but that’s normal in any relationship. I’m sure you have truer fans, I only found out about you from Once haha.

Well if you need practice I’ll be more than happy to be of help, after all I am single so no harm in so compliments from a gorgeous man, oh my you are quite good at it aren’t you? As much as I would love you as hero I think we need more villains, have you watched Gotham? They did such a good job introducing us to Batman’s biggest villains, I think you would be great as Owlman, he is like evil Batman so I can totally see Harley interacting with him in future movies.

Colin had been in Lost Lake for a couple days. Enough to say that this town had some classic Storybrook vibes which brought a lot of familiar vibes back to the man. He liked this town, it was quiet, not many people recognized or bothered them. It seemed like the perfect escape for anyone who was trying to find a spot outside the spotlight. And who would’ve thought that out of all he would met Jennifer again here. The one he liked the msot to spend time with on and off set. They always got along so well he he doubted this could’ve changed in the time they hadn’t talked to each other. Though, he tried to reach out for her, it sometimes was impossible with their lives. 

Collin, it’s nice to be seeing you here. You know, I’ve been getting slight Storybrook vibes from this place? It must be the charm of a small town, right? I don’t think I could show you those hot spots, but if you’re down to play pirate, I’m sure we could venture out and find some hidden treasure somewhere.