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fall - juniper and sullivan have their first pap walk

Juniper and Sullivan’s teams have been leaking stories about the two of them dating for a few months but it was time for them to be caught by the cameras. She had texted Sullivan to meet her at the studio so they could go get lunch together.

Sullivan had been happy with the situation with Juniper so far, especially cause they hand actually had to commit to plans yet. When she texts him to do their pap walk, he agrees to it because he knew it was coming. He drives to the studio and walks in, looking around for her.

The receiptionist notices Sullivan and smiles, “For Juniper? Follow me.” She comes out from behind the desk and nods.

He looks around as he follows.

She leads him to a recording studio and motions for him to enter. Juniper turns in her chair from the sound board and grins at him.

Sullivan laughs and looks at her, “that was such a Dr. Evil move.”

Juniper grins and shrugs one shoulder, “Just need a hairless cat.”

He chuckles, “What do you wanna do today, babe?”

She stands and grabs her bag, “Well I think our contract says lunch, *babe*”

Sullivan laughs, “I could eat.”

Juniper smiles and holds her hand out for him, “Showtime?”

He playfully sighs and takes her hand, “Action.”

She laughs and leads him out of the room, “How’s the reaction been for you so far?”

Sully shrugs his shoulders, “Good I think? Mostly devastation from my fans that I’m seemingly off the market.”

Juniper laughs softly and nods her head, “We should brainstorm how to soft launch on our stories. It’s kinda fun to taunt them.”

He chuckles, “you could post a picture of me holding my drink at lunch but it’s just my hands?”

She hums and leads him towards the exit of the studio, “Hm..that’s an option. Did you drive here?”

He nods his head, “I did.”

Juniper grins and nods, “Perfect. I never drive, more of a passenger princess kinda gal.”

Sullivan laughs softly, “You could also get a shot of us holding hands in your lap while I drive.”

She smirks with a nod, “Now that’s creative.”

He playfully rolls his eyes and grins at her. They get to his G-Wagon and he opens the door for her and holds his hand out to help her in.

Juniper laughs as she takes his hand to help get in, “God, anything else to make me feel smaller?”

Sullivan laughs, “Well I could’ve picked you up and put you in.”

She smiles and winks at him, “Save it for the cameras.”

He chuckles and shakes his head before closing the door and going around to get in.

Juniper leans back in the seat and pulls out her phone to text her manager where they are getting lunch.

Sullivan buckles up and then carefully pulls out on the road.

She looks over at him and hums, “There’s this lunch spot in Studio City that the paps frequent and my team will give a tip to them after we are seated. There’s outside seating too so you ready to be on?”

He laughs, “You don’t have to ask me that. It’s what I signed up for, it’s a job, and I always show up for work prepared.”

Juniper grins and shrugs one shoulder, “I’m just making sure! Am I your first fake girlfriend?”

Sullivan laughs, “Yes, why?”

She holds her hand to her chest and grins, “I feel special.”

He chuckles, “I’m not your first fake boyfriend?”

Juniper laughs and shakes her head, “I’m sorry to disappoint.”

Sullivan sighs, “what the heck, man.”

She giggles and squeezes his arm, “So far you’re my favorite!”

He glances at her and laughs, “I feel like the bar was low.”

Juniper laughs and shrugs her shoulders, “What can I say I’ve been in this business a long time?”

Sullivan shakes his head and laughs, “Why have you needed so many fake boyfriends?”

She hums and leans her head to the side, “Well, it’s not always a need. I’ve had a contractual boyfriend to help promote a song we had together. Then I’ve been a beard, which is totally cool if that’s the case here but give me a heads up! For me, he just was hot and my fans ate it up.”

He feels himself shut down at the implication that he’s into men when she makes it *again*, from it being a trigger from his past, “there’s absolutely nothing wrong with being gay, but I’m not so it’s not a comment you need to make anymore.”

Juniper raises her brows and holds her hands up, “Alright..there’s just a lot of closeted people in Hollywood so just making sure. But good to know.”

Sullivan feels his jaw tick as he continues to drive.

She leans forward to look at him more and raises her brows, “Sully?”

He keeps his eyes on the road, “Hm?”

Juniper furrows her brow and leans over the center console a little, “Did I put my foot in my mouth? It happens too often for the old lady I am.”

Sullivan leans closer to the door to put space between them, “Just hit a nerve.”

She shifts back into her seat and nods her head, “I’m sorry, I didn’t know.”

He nods slightly, “it’s okay.”

Juniper shrugs one shoulder and looks out the window, “We need to be friends at least to make it believable so don’t shut down if I make a mistake, tell me.”

Sullivan arches a brow, “We need to be friends?”

She hums and shrugs again, “I guess not but I’d like to be.”

He looks at her as he stops at a red light, “I will be able to make this believable no matter what. If you wanna get to know me, sure, but you really shouldn’t ask people who you don’t know all that well to come out of the closet for you.”

Juniper looks over at him and raises her brows, “That’s not what I meant and you know that. I was trying to make it clear to you that I’m comfortable with being a cover for someone but I need to know if that’s what I’m doing here. I don’t want to cross over any lines or make someone uncomfortable when we are pretending to be romantic. I wasn’t asking you to come out of the closet or whatever but if I’m only a cover for that then yes I’d like to know.”

Sullivan shakes his head, “That is kind of the same thing, but it doesn’t really matter. My family was a safe space and I would’ve come out if I was queer, but I’m not and I don’t need to disclose anything that personal.”

She raises her hands and leans back into her seat, “Whatever.”

He keeps driving and glances at her, “I listened to your music.”

Juniper raises her brows and looks at him out of the corner of her eye, “Oh?”

Sullivan nods his head, “I like it. Your voice is incredible.”

She smiles to herself and shrugs one shoulder, “Thank you. What do you normally listen to?”

He hums, “Folk and rock I guess. I do dabble in pop and alternative too.”

Juniper nods a little and hums, “So you’d really never heard of me before?”

Sullivan chuckles sheepishly and rubs his jaw with one hand, “No, I’m sorry.”

She shakes her head and laughs, “Damn. I guess you aren’t my normal demographic.”

He laughs, “I already got yelled at for it.”

Juniper raises her brows at him, “Yelled at?”

Sullivan laughs, “My friend Carson’s fiancée, Sylvia.”

She smiles and shakes her head, “What did she say?”

He laughs, “That you’re famous and that it’s insane I didn’t know you.”

Juniper laughs and nods to him, “And you’re not?”

Sullivan laughs, “that’s what I said.”

She smiles and shakes her head, “I guess it’s different. You’re the internet’s boyfriend.”

He chuckles, “white boy of the year.”

Juniper laughs and nods to him, “I think that makes you more famous.”

Sullivan laughs, “Not according to Sylvia. She said you’re on your way to a Grammy, and she would know cause of being friends with Eli Hudson.”

She grins and raises her brows, “Oh I know Eli, we’ve been writing a few songs together on my new album.”

He smiles at her, “Oh that’s cool, I’ve hung out with all of them a few times.”

Juniper hums and nods her head, “Small world.”

Sullivan laughs and parks near the restaurant, “I guess so.”

She unbuckles and shifts towards him, “Okay so here’s the best plan, if we don’t see the cameras obviously yet then we walk close. When it’s obvious or one of us sees them then we break apart like we don’t want to be too obvious. Otherwise it looks too much like a PR stunt. At least for the first couple ones.”

He nods his head, “Okay, just walk close or should we be like linking pinkies?”

Juniper shrugs one shoulder and smiles, “Whatever you heart desires, honey.”

Sullivan gets out of the car and goes around to open the door for her and hold his hand out to help her down.

She takes his hand and gets out of the car with a smile, “Thank youuu.”

He chuckles, “it’s the least I could do. They should’ve put it in the terms that I needed a smaller car for you.”

Juniper laughs and shakes her head, “I kinda like it. It’s hot.”

Sullivan grins and laughs, “thanks.” He holds his pinky out to her, “the height difference might make this hard.”

She laughs and nods, “Just walk a little ahead or behind me, makes it easier.”

He hums, “Okay, you lead a little. I’m gonna take a picture for the soft launch.”

Juniper nods and hooks her pinky with his as she starts to lead him towards the restaurant.

Sully takes out his phone and takes a picture of their hands, getting a little bit of her hair in frame.

She glances back at him and smiles.

He smiles widely at her and then shows her the picture.

Juniper looks down at the photo and nods, “Cuuuute.”

Sullivan laughs and puts his phone away, “Okay, glad it passes the test.”

She squeezes her pinky around his and grins as she leads him inside the restaurant.

He lets go of her pinky subtly as he looks around before speaking softly, “we have reservations?”

Juniper shakes her head and hums, “No but my manager called ahead, they saved a table outside for us.” She turns to the hostess and grins, “Two please.”

Sully nods and stays close to her so his chest is brushing her shoulder.

She looks back at him and smiles before the hostess starts to lead them to table outside, she reaches back for his hand as she starts to follow.

He takes her hand and follows close to her and when they get to their table he pulls her chair out for her.

Juniper grins brightly and thanks him as she sits down, “So sweet.”

Sully grins and sits down across from her, “you been here before?”

She nods as she looks to make sure no one is close enough to them before glancing back at him, “It’s a pretty popular spot to get spotted. I mean if you really want privacy, this isn’t the place.”

He laughs and nods, “Okay, got it. I wanted to know what you usually order.”

Juniper widens her eyes and laughs, “Oh right..I get the greek salad and a side of fries, they are my guilty pleasure.”

Sullivan smiles, “Regular fries or truffle fries?”

She hums and shrugs, “Truffle fries are good but I just love a good fry.”

He nods and starts to look at the menu, “do you get a fun drink or no?”

Juniper grins with a nod, “Oh I’d love one. What kinda fun drink you thinking over there?”

Sully hums, “the orange creamsicle mule sounds fun.”

She looks over the menu and hums, “I’m gonna do the elderflower French 75.”

He grins, “A classic.”

Juniper shrugs with a nod, “I love some gin. But for had that mule, it’s delicious.”

Sullivan laughs, “I’ll have to adjust my insulin but it sounded too good to pass up on.”

She raises her brows and smiles, “Is it painful?”

He shakes his head, “No, not at all, only a little sometimes when I change it and have to insert it again.”

Juniper hums and nods her head, “Can you take it off during filming if you need to be shirtless or something?”

Sullivan nods, “yeah, it’s usually just briefly enough.“

She smiles as the waitress comes over and she orders her drink.

He orders his as well and asks to start with the goat cheese balls.

Juniper rubs her stomach and nods, “Yes please.”

Sullivan thanks the waitress with a smile and then looks back at Juniper.

She leans back in her seat and grins, “So did you hear what they want us to do next?”

His brows raise, “No… should I be scared?”

Juniper laughs and shakes her head, “Well it’s an acting job.”

Sullivan laughs, “okay..”

She smiles as they bring their drinks and hums softly.

He thanks the waitress and he taps Juniper’s foot with his own.

Juniper laughs and thanks the waitress before taking a sip, “Okay I’ve left you waiting long enough. My team wants you in my music video.”

Sullivan nods his head, “Okay, I can do that.”

She shakes her head and laughs, “You agreed quickly.”

His brows raise, “why put up a fight? That seems like a pretty standard plan.”

Juniper shrugs with a hum as she sips her drink, “I don’t know. I’m just surprised. Wasn’t sure if you’ve seen some of the backlash with the rumors or not.”

Sullivan tilts his head to the side, “Backlash? I don’t really look myself up.”

She shrugs with a hum, “It’s mostly ‘he’s too good for her’ kind of rhetoric.”

He wrinkles his nose, “it’s just jealousy.”

Juniper sips her drink with a smile, “Yeah that’s probably it. Just didn’t want it to scare you away.”

Sullivan smiles, “I don’t really pay attention to anything like that.”

She hums softly and nods to him, “Well, you’re a smart guy.”

He chuckles, “I just think it’s all gossip and bull shit.”

Juniper leans across the table and grins, “Well isn’t that what we actually are?”

His brows raise, “Gossip and bull shit?”

She laughs and waves her hand, “Just the bull shit part.”

Sully laughs, “Fair, but I meant the stuff about backlash and what fans or gossip blogs say. They don’t know us.”

Juniper smiles and sips her drink, “You’re right.”

He smiles, “I act because I love it, not because of the celebrity.”

She plays with her hair and hums, “How did you get into it? Acting?”

Sullivan smiles, “I used to memorize Disney movies word for word, and then when like middle school had plays and stuff I auditioned for them. I just thought they were fun. I went to a private school for part of high school and it turns out I didn’t just like it, I was good. Then I went to USC for theater and here I am.”

Juniper smiles as she nods her head, “What’s been your favorite role? Besides my boyfriend.”

He laughs and shakes his head, “Jeez. I like the last movie I did, and then my guest spot on that HBO show.”

She nods as she sips her drink, “I saw them both.”

His brows raise as he smiles, “you did?”

Juniper shrugs with a smile, “I did my research.”

He laughs, “and, what were your thoughts?”

She hums and sips her drink as she bobs her head back and forth, “You’re very talented.”

Sullivan smiles at her, “Thank you. Who was I up against?”

Juniper raises her brows and laughs, “What do you mean?”

He chuckles, “to play this part for you, didn’t I have competition?”

She hums and leans her head back, “Well..Eli Hudson was one ironically. But according to his team he is unofficially taken whatever that means. Then there was that guy what’s his face on that one show, Milo something.”

Sullivan laughs, “Oh I know all about that. And why did I get picked?”

Juniper grins and tilts her head to the side, “Okay tea.” She shrugs and laughs, “You’re hot.”

He chuckles and sips his drink, “thank you.”

She winks at him as the waitress comes to take their order.

Sully orders his food and then smiles at her.

Juniper orders her own and leans forward to whisper to him as they walk away, “I bet she’s already tweeted about us being here.”

He chuckles, “maybe.”

She smiles and leans back, “Tell me more about you.”

Sullivan hums, “Okay. I’m from North Carolina, I have a younger sister who’s fourteen. She was a surprise but I love her. I also play soccer..”

Juniper smiles with a nod, “Cute. What’s your sister’s name?”

He smiles, “Louise but we call her Lulu.”

She tilts her head to the side and grins, “Graham and Louise, adorable.”

Sullivan nods and laughs, “Yeah, their little southern belles.”

Juniper laughs and shakes her head, “No accent though.”

He chuckles, “I can do one, but I tried to not have one.”

She laughs and sips her drink, “I guess as an actor it makes sense. Need to keep it neutral.”

Sullivan nods, “Exactly.”

Juniper smiles with a nod, “So what’s your dream role then?”

He hums, “I’d say it has to be in either a Scorsese or Christopher Nolan film.”

She raises her brows and grins, “Oh he’s a serious guy.”

Sullivan laughs, “I love comedies but those are always iconic.”

Juniper hums with a nod, “What about rom coms?”

He grins, “those are included. As long as they’re not tooooo cheesy.”

She sips her drink and laughs, “But those are my favorite.”

Sullivan laughs and shakes his head, “what’s your top three?”

Juniper hums softly and leans back in her seat to think, “Bridget Jones, How To Lose A Guy in 10 Days and Clueless.”

He laughs, “Okay, those aren’t as cheesy as I thought you’d go with.”

She laughs and shrugs her shoulders, “What would be cheesy?”

Sully grins, “like a streaming only Christmas movie.”

Juniper laughs and shakes her head, “Those are fun but not big three worthy.”

He smiles, “thank god.”

She nods to him and smiles, “Okay same question but any movie.”

His brows raise, “top three of all time?”

Juniper nods with a grin, “Yep.”

He sighs deeply, “Jesus… I feel like I’m getting interviewed by Letterboxd.”

She laughs and shrugs one shoulder, “Okaaaayy fine. Pick a genre.”

Sullivan laughs, “Top three comedies: The Princess Bride, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, and then a current one for the sake of switching things up— Bottoms.”

Juniper nods as she sips her drink, “Great choices. I went to the Bottoms premiere, so good.”

He grins, “I was slapping my knee laughing. Oh man, I would’ve gone for the role of Jeff but Nick did a great job.”

She smiles and nods in agreement, “You would’ve. Do you have anything right now you’re auditioning for?”

Sullivan shakes his head, “Not auditioning but I do have a guest spot that I’m shooting soon.”

Juniper raises her brows as their food comes and she thanks the waitress before speaking again, “So what’s the move for you then? With me?”

He raises his brows, “What do you mean?”

She starts to eat her food and hums, “Well, with the relationship. What do they think you’ll get out of it?”

Sullivan nods a little, “exposure. Just get my name circulating more, bigger event appearances, more photos. They think it’ll help me get the bigger roles I want because I’ll be more relevant.” He takes a bite of his food.

Juniper nods with a shrug, “Makes sense. You don’t seem like the kinda of person who would be want more exposure, is it more your team?”

He nods his head, “Yeah, it is. And it makes sense, I guess.”

She shrugs with a smile as she takes a bite of her food, “I dunno you’re the internet boyfriend without my help. I think you’d be okay.”

Sullivan smiles. “Well too late to back out now.”

Juniper laughs with a shrug, “I guess so.”

He smiles, “Plus, I like getting to know you.”

She grins as she eats a fry, “Aww that’s cute.”

Sullivan shrugs and laughs as he eats his food.

Juniper smiles and leans back in her seat, “I like getting to know you too, by the way.”

He places his hand on his chest and grins, “Oh how you flatter me, Ms. West.”

Juniper grins and waves her hand, “Why, the pleasure is all mine, Mr. Shaw.”

Sully chuckles and eats more of his food.

She laughs and hums as she looks around, “There may be cameras on us right now. It’s hard to tell.”

He hums, “Put your hand on the table, palm up.”

Juniper smiles with a nod as she places her hand the table, “Good thinking.”

Sullivan reaches over and lightly traces the inside of her wrist with his fingertip.

She glances at his finger and hums softly, “That feels nice.”

He laughs a little, “good.”

Juniper grins and nods to him, “How’s your food?”

Sullivan smiles, “good, wanna try?”

She nods and leans forward a bit, “Definitely.”

He puts a bite of his food on his fork and holds it up to her lips.

Juniper grins at him before she takes the bite with a happy hum.

Sullivan smiles, “What do you think?”

She nods with a grin, “Amazing. God, I love food. This salad is good but boring.”

He chuckles, “then why did you order it?”

Juniper hums with a shrug, “Always trying to keep healthy.”

Sullivan shrugs and smiles, “I try not to restrict myself.”

She nods to her fries and laughs, “Hence the guilty pleasure fries and salad for me. Balance I guess.”

He smiles, “want another bite of mine?”

Juniper hums as she leans forward to look at his food, “Okay one more.”

Sullivan laughs and feeds her another bite.

She smiles and takes the bite with a happy hum.

He chuckles, “Wow, I really am a boyfriend.”

Juniper laughs and raises a brow, “Have you not been one in a while?”

Sullivan nods, “Yeah, I guess it has been a bit of time.”

She smiles and tilts her head to the side, “Why did your last relationship end?”

His brows raise, “Oh uh, infidelity.”

Juniper finishes her drink as she raises her brows, “Oh shit, on her part?”

Sully nods and sips his drink.

She wrinkles her nose and shakes her head, “Fucked up.”

He nods and laughs, “Yeah, it is. So haven’t really wanted to date since.”

Juniper hums and taps her fingers against his wrist, “Well, hopefully this gets you ready to date for real.”

Sullivan laughs, “yeah, so I can move on from you really quick.”

She giggles and shrugs her shoulders, “Awww come on, I’ll always be your favorite fake girlfriend.”

He laughs, “hopefully my only.”

Juniper moves her fingers against his wrist again and hums, “I’ll still be special then.”

Sully laughs, “Oh yeah.”

She tilts her head to the side and grins with a shrug.

He smiles, “what?”

Juniper shakes her head with a smile, “Nothing. I mean I gotta shut up sometimes so they get a good shot so there’s that.”

Sullivan laughs and shakes his head.

She grins with a shrug as she finishes her food.

He smiles and finishes his too.

Juniper hums softly and raises her brows, “So what’s next?”

His brows raise and he laughs, “I guess we walk around?”

She nods with a smile, “Alright, I’m in. Unless there’s too many cameras then we gotta get out of here.”

Sullivan nods, “hmm then we’ll walk to the car to be safe.”

Juniper nods her head and hums, “What area do you live in?”

He raises his brows, “Burbank, you?”

She smiles and tilts her head to the side, “Oh we’re close, I’m in Hollywood Hills.”

Sullivan smiles, “Nice area.”

Juniper grins with a nod, “I just finished with the renovations. I’m obsessed with it.”

His brows raise, “Oh wow, that’s very cool.”

She shrugs with a smile, “I had just a small apartment for a while after I left my parents and I mean..there was some money issues with them so.”

Sullivan nods a little, “They were holding onto it for themselves?”

Juniper hums and nods, “Something like that.”

He hums, “I’ve always wanted to move to Studio City but I can’t yet.”

She raises her brows and smiles, “Why not?”

Sullivan laughs, “waiting to have the income. I think I’d want my own place.”

Juniper nods in understand and laughs softly, “Oh I get it.”

He chuckles, “I have two roommates and I am so ready to get out there.”

She wrinkles her nose and shakes her head, “Well I have a guest house, you’re welcome to get away if you need any alone time.”

His brows raise, “a guest house? Wow. Thank you, that’s very generous.”

Juniper shrugs with a smile, “Of course. We’re friends.”

He smiles at her, “I guess we are.”

She grins and taps her fingers against his.

Sullivan hums and slides his fingers between hers.

Juniper smiles and squeezes his hand as the waitress comes with the check, “My treat.”

He hums, “Okay, thank you.”

She nods as she pulls out her card and plays for their meal.

Sullivan chuckles, “Woooww, so this is how that feels.”

Juniper raises her brows and laughs, “What’s that?”

He grins, “being treated.”

She laughs and winks at him, “How’s it feel?”

Sullivan lifts her hand to kiss it, “I could get used to have a sugar mama.”

Juniper grins and shrugs one shoulder, “Not for long. You’re about to blow up, trust me.”

He chuckles, “Aww, so this is a one time thing?”

She shakes her head and laughs, “A least a few more times.”

Sullivan grins, “I feel spoiled.”

Juniper shrugs with a grin, “Oh I mean if you wanna be spoiled we need to go on a shopping spree.”

He laughs, “you don’t like my clothes?”

She shakes her head and laughs, “I do but I’m just saying you haven’t seen spoiled yet, Sully.”

Sullivan hums, “and do you wanna spoil me?”

Juniper grins with a shrug, “Why not?”

He smirks and chuckles, “Okay. Are we gonna go shopping then?”

She squeezes his hand and laughs, “Let’s do it.”

Sully nods and laughs, “Alright. Do you need security or anything?”

Juniper hums and shrugs one shoulder, “I think if we go to some of my usual shops they have security in them.”

He raises his brows, “Okay.”

She laughs and nods her head, “Let’s go.”

Sullivan gets up and holds his hand out to her.

Juniper takes his hand and grins as she stands.

He smiles and leads her out of the restaurant.

She follows him and lets go of his hand when she notices the obvious cameras, pulling out her sunglasses from her bag.

Sullivan puts his hands in his pockets and keeps his head down as he walks.

Juniper puts her head down and follows him towards his car, ignoring the few that shout out questions at them.

He quickly opens the door to his car for her and holds his hand out to help her in.

She smiles at him and nods at him as she takes his hand and gets into the car.

Sully closes the door and ignores the paparazzi as he gets into his car, “where are we going?”

Juniper nods as she keeps her head down but leans towards him, “Beverly Hills. I’m thinking Rodeo or Robertson.”

He nods and leans in so it looks like they’re even closer before whispering with a grin, “Okay.”

She smirks at him and nods before leaning back in her seat, “They definitely got the shot, let’s go.”

Sullivan laughs and pulls out of his spot and starts to drive them to Beverly Hills.

Juniper hums softly and leans back in her seat as she pushes her sunglasses on top of her head, “Our teams should be happy with that.”

He chuckles, “I’d say so.”

She laughs and looks over at him, “How ya feeling?”

Sullivan hums, “fine, I guess.”

Juniper laughs and raises a brow, “Have you experience that at all yet?”

He looks at her and laughs, “cameras?”

She laughs and shakes her head, “I mean the cameras outside of an event or premiere but when you’re being an every day normal person.”

Sullivan laughs, “sometimes, but only if someone called them on me.”

Juniper raises her brows and hums, “Like fans? Not your team?”

He chuckles, “by people scouring Twitter and insta for possible spottings of me. I would kill my team if they did that.”

She nods with a laugh, “I get it.”

Sullivan laughs, “did you wanna get your soft launch picture?”

Juniper nods with a grin, “Good idea.” She holds her hand out for his.

He reaches over and takes her hand, placing them in her lap.

She takes a picture with their hands and his arm driving in the background, “Hmmm…”

His brows raise, “What?”

Juniper shakes her head and takes his hand, resting it on her thigh instead, “Let’s try this.”

He lifts his hand up a little and then places it back down, “Okay, let me know when you’ve got it.”

She takes another couple shots and nods, “Hot, I got it.”

Sullivan moves his hand back to the steering wheel, “Okay, how far apart should we share them?”

Juniper hums as she leans back in her seat, “Probably at least a couple days. Randomly. Bread crumbs you know?”

He nods a little, “makes sense.”

She smiles and looks over at him, “So what kinda clothes do you like? If I’m gonna spoil you, it has to be your style.”

Sullivan hums, “I don’t know. I feel like I have the typical LA man style.”

Juniper laughs and looks him up and down, “Hmm..yeah but there’s a touch of something else. Maybe it’s growing up somewhere normal.”

He chuckles, “I think I like looking Classic.”

She hums and tilts her head to the side, “No animal print then, got it.”

Sullivan laughs, “definitely not.”

Juniper snaps her fingers and shakes her head, “Damn.”

He chuckles, “I wanna be timeless.”

She smiles with a nod, “I understand.”

Sullivan smiles, “thanks.”

Juniper shrugs with a smile, “I mean it suits you.”

He grins at her, “well thank you.”

She smiles and looks out the window, “Hopefully it’s not too busy today.”

Sully nods, “Hopefully.” He points out a spot, “this an okay place to park?”

Juniper nods with a smile, “Looks good.”

He nods and parallel parks into the spot, putting his hand on the back of her headrest as he does.

She grins and watches him.

Sullivan finishes parking and smiles at her, “all good.”

Juniper raises the brows and laughs softly, “I haven’t dated a guy who actually drives in a while.”

He chuckles and grins at her, “Ohh so you’re impressed.”

She nods with a grin, “Oh very much so.”

Sullivan laughs and gets out of the car to go around and open the door for her and hold his hand out.

Juniper grins and takes his hand as she gets out.

He smiles and closes the door behind her, “Lead the way.”

She nods with a smile as she starts to lead him towards the first store, slipping on her sunglasses just in case.

Sully follows her and smiles.

Juniper grins back at him as they walk, “This is gonna be fun.”

He chuckles, “Be gentle with me.”

She looks up at him and hums, “I’m harmless, look how cute and small I am.”

Sullivan laughs, “Oh, I know that’s a trick.”

Juniper smirks with a shrug, “You may never know.”

He chuckles, “I will.”

She laughs and squeezes his arm before nodding to a shop.

Sullivan smiles and goes to the shop with her.

Juniper slides her sunglasses on top her head and greets the staff by name with a grin before leading him over to the men’s section.

His brows raise and he grins, “Woww, you really are a regular.”

She laughs and flushes softly with a shrug, “I don’t ever struggle to make friends and these girls are so sweet to me.”

Sullivan smiles and whispers in her ear, “should we be acting like a couple in front of them?”

Juniper smiles with a shrug, “They don’t usually gossip with reporters but should at least keep close. Don’t need to lay it on thick or anything.”

He nods and stays close to her.

She hums as she starts to look through the racks and turns to hold up a shirt to his chest.

Sullivan stands up straight and jokingly puffs out his chest.

Juniper laughs as she grins up at him as she leaves the shirt on his chest, “Cute, hold this.”

He chuckles, “say please.”

She looks back at him and flutters her lashes, “Please.”

Sullivan laughs and holds it.

Juniper grins as she continues through the racks, “Do you like cardigans? I can see you in a slutty cardigan with nothing underneath.”

He chuckles, “I’m open to cardigans, I don’t know what slutty cardigans are but I’ll try on whatever.”

She sighs playfully and shakes her head, “So much to learn.”

Sullivan laughs and playfully nudges her.

Juniper giggles and hands him a cardigan, “What?”

He grins, “nothing.”

She grins and shrugs one shoulder as she starts to look through the clothes, grabbing a few more pieces.

Sullivan smiles as he watches her.

Juniper hums and glances back at him, “Now pants. You’ll need to pick your size I mean unless we need to go to the big and tall store for that.”

He raises his brows, “Jeez, you tryna say something about my body?”

She giggles and shakes her head, “Just that you’re tall.”

Sullivan laughs, “I never even felt like I was that tall til we met.”

Juniper laughs and shrugs one shoulder as she leads him over to the pants, “Well, let’s see I like these.” She holds up a pair, “Can you find your size?”

He nods his head and combs through before pulling out his size.

She nods and leans over to check his size, “Got it, let me grab a few more styles.”

Sully nods and smiles, “Okay, babe.”

Juniper grins and grabs a few more, “Fashion show time?”

He chuckles, “Yes, let’s do it.”

She grins and hands him the rest of the clothes before turning him around and gently pushing on his back towards the dressing room.

Sullivan laughs, “my god you are pushy and bossy.” He goes into a dressing room.

Juniper grins and shrugs one shoulder as she sits down on the chair outside the room, “I have to overcompensate for being a woman and being short. I’m not sorry.”

He laughs harder and goes into the dressing room to change.

She laughs with him and crosses her legs as she leans back to wait for him.

Sullivan comes out after a bit and smooths his hand over his stomach in the shirt, “what do you think?”

Juniper looks up at him and grins, “If I could whistle I would, love it. Do you?”

He turns to the side and looks at himself in the mirror, “Yeah, I do. The material feels nice too.” He moves over to her.

She stands and touches his stomach to feel the shirt, “Oh yeah that’s nice. This goes in the yes pile.”

Sully nods, “and the pants?”

Juniper looks down at them and hums, “Are they comfortable?”

He hums and sits beside her and he tilts his head side to side, “They’re not entirely uncomfortable.”

She laughs and nudges her leg against his, “I like ‘em then.”

Sullivan laughs, “Okay, let me go switch out shirts.”

Juniper grins and claps her hands, “Okay, another one!”

He chuckles and goes back in to change.

She grins and leans back in her seat as an attendant brings them each a flute of champagne, “Oh thank you.” She holds his with hers as she waits.

Sullivan comes out and hums, “How’s this one?”

Juniper grins and holds the flute out to him, “Cute. It brings out your eyes.”

He takes the flute and smiles, “Should you get a photo?”

She laughs with a nod as she stands, holding her flute out to cheers him and her phone in the other hand.

Sullivan laughs and clinks his glass against hers.

Juniper grins and holds her glass against his as she takes a photo.

He chuckles and sips from the glass before holding it back out to her.

She sips hers and takes his glass then she tilts her head to the side, “Slutty cardigan next?”

Sullivan hums, “sure.” He goes back into the dressing room and puts on jeans and the cardigan without anything underneath and he leaves the first few buttons unbuttoned before coming out.

Juniper raises her brows and leans her head back with a grin, “It’s perfect!”

He chuckles and shakes his head, “Just slutty enough?”

She lifts her head back up and puts the glasses down before she stands and moves over to him, “Just maybe one more button.” She unbuttons it and grins up at him.

Sullivan looks down at her and then watches her face.

Juniper smiles and raises her brows, “You like it?”

He looks down at himself, “yeah.”

She runs her hand over his chest and hums with a grin, “Good. It adds to the resume, the Internet boyfriend one.”

Sullivan watches her hand again and raises his brows, “owning a cardigan?”

Juniper nods with a smile, “Definitely. Next maybe even a turtleneck.”

He chuckles, “Okay, anything else?”

She slides her hand down his arm and drops her hand as she shrugs, “It’s up to you. I’m spoiling you, remember?”

Sullivan watches her hand again and then looks at her with a smile and he shrugs, “I don’t really know how to be spoiled.”

Juniper scrunches up her nose with a laugh, “Oh I’ll teach you. First thing, don’t look at the price tag and second pick out something you’d never buy for yourself.”

He laughs, “I don’t know..”

She hums and taps his chest, “Get changed, we’ve got another place to go then.”

Sullivan laughs, “aye, aye, Captain.”

Juniper grins and pulls back to sip her champagne.

He goes back to change into his clothes and comes out with the yes pile draped over his arm.

She holds her arms out for the pile, “Finish your champagne, I’ll go pay.”

Sullivan laughs and hands her the clothes before taking his glass.

Juniper grins and goes to the counter to pay for the clothes.

He drinks his champagne as he watches her.

She thanks the workers as they package the clothes and she glances at him, giving him a little wave and a grin.

Sullivan laughs and waves back before finishing his drink.

Juniper grins and takes the bags before nodding to the door.

He smiles and goes over to her and he takes the bags, “walking or no?”

She nods as she leads him outside, “We can walk.”

Sullivan nods, “Lead the way.”

Juniper nods as she walks close to him and leads him, “Feeling spoiled?”

He chuckles, “definitely.”

She grins up at him and squeezes his arm, “Good.”

Sully smiles at her, “so are you liking having a boyfriend yet?”

Juniper laughs with a grin, “Very fun especially since I’m dressing you like my very own Ken doll right now.”

He chuckles, “Too bad you’re not Barbie. You’re more like a bratz doll.”

She grins and shrugs one shoulder, “I’ll take it.”

Sullivan grins at her, “do your feet pop off when you change shoes?”

Juniper kicks her leg forward and laughs, “No but I lose even more inches.”

He laughs and looks down at her, “I bet.”

She grins and slips her hand onto his arm as she nods to a jewelry store, “Come on.”

Sullivan playfully sighs and teases, “picking out engagement rings already?”

Juniper laughs and squeezes his arm, “Not yeettt..”

He smiles, “I’ll make you a deal, I’ll let you style me in there but I get to buy you something that’s for our arrangement.”

She raises her brows and stops before they walk in, “But I’m spoiling you.”

Sullivan smiles, “I know, but this is something I wanna do, I won’t go too crazy.”

Juniper gives him a look and nods her head, “Okay deal.”

He chuckles and opens the door for her.

She grins and leads him inside as she nods to the jewelers before looking up at him, “Do you have a really nice watch? I mean nice nice.”

Sullivan laughs shyly, “No..”

Juniper grins as she sits down in one of the stools in front of the jeweler, “Hey Phillip, can you pull some watches from him? I’m thinking Cartier, Tudor, maybe Omega? With a…” She hums as she glances back at Sullivan, “Metal or leather band?”

His jaw drops slightly, “Juniper, I was teasing about you spoiling me, we should go.”

She shakes her head and furrows her brow, “What? No, come on!”

He bites his lip, “I can’t let you spend that much money on me. It feels like I’m taking advantage of you.”

Juniper hums and turns to the jeweler, “Fine, let’s go with Oris or Longines, get both metal and leather.” The jeweler nods before going to grab them some.

Sullivan rubs his hand over his head, “You’re sure?”

She squeezes his arm with a nod, “Trust me, I’m sure.”

He half smiles, “well, thank you..”

Juniper leans closer to him and laughs, “I picked reasonable priced brands, I promise.”

Sullivan laughs and gently squeezes her shoulder, “you okay if I browse while you pick?”

She nods with a smile, “Go ahead.”

He smiles and goes to look at initial necklaces.

Juniper turns to the jeweler as he comes over with watches for her to look at.

Sullivan looks them over and asks for one that can have both their initials and a diamond heart between them.

She narrows down her choices to a few and glances around for him before she feels her phone ring and she holds a finger up to the jeweler as she answers the call.

The jeweler gets the necklace ready and when he sees it finished he tells them it’s perfect and he’ll take it.

Juniper rolls her eyes as she answers, “It’s not Sunday, what do you want?”

Sully pays for the necklace and tells them he doesn’t need a box. He goes behind Juniper and lightly places his hand on her back so she knows he’s there, not wanting to interrupt so he puts the necklace on her.

She raises her brows as she feels him behind her and lifts her hair for him as she listens to Jonah on the phone, “Well, I’m a little busy right now. No..I’m not in the studio.”

He clasps the necklace and moves his hands to her waist and gently guides her to where there’s a mirror on the wall so she can see the necklace in the reflection.

Juniper laughs softly as she lets him move her and she grins at the reflection before narrowing her eyes and letting out a frustrated sigh, “I can do tomorrow.”

Sullivan takes out his phone and opens the camera to take a mirror selfie of them, his one hand sliding to her stomach.

She leans back against him and looks up at him with a grin, “Tomorrow. Yeah, love you, bye.”

He chuckles and takes their picture, “Looks really good, what do you think?”

Juniper grins as she looks back in the mirror, “I love it. The initials is a nice touch, it sells it.”

Sullivan smiles, “Thanks. And lucky for us, your birthstone is already a diamond.”

She touches it and grins, “That’s why I love jewelry so much.” She takes his phone and hums, “Soft launch picture, can you reach my shoulder and hide your face?”

He chuckles and nods, following her instructions.

Juniper grins and holds the phone in front of her face but making sure the necklace is in the photo before she takes a few pics.

Sullivan chuckles and pulls her back against him more.

She giggles softly and moves her free hand to his arm as she takes another photo, “Cute.”

He smiles, “Perfect.”

Juniper grins and squeezes his arm, “Sorry I got a phone call and ruined the reveal.”

Sully laughs, “It didn’t ruin anything. You still gave me your attention.”

She nods and smiles softly, “Wanna look at the watches I pulled?”

He nods and smiles, “yeah.”

Juniper pulls out of his arms and takes his hand to lead him back to the jeweler, “Okay I have this brown leather one I liked or this gold one with the green face is pretty.”

He looks at the watches, “Should I try them on and see which you prefer?”

She nods with a smile, “Yeah, try them.”

Sullivan puts on the leather band watch first.

Juniper watches him and raises her brows, “What do you think?”

He smiles, “I like it.”

She grins and touches his wrist gently, “We can also pull other ones if they aren’t your style.”

Sully shakes his head, “No I do genuinely like them both.”

Juniper smiles and nods, “Try on the gold one, let’s see.”

He takes off the watch and puts on the other.

She hums and tilts her head to the side, “What do you think?”

Sullivan hums, “I think I like the leather band one a bit more. You?”

Juniper nods with a smile, “It suits you more.”

He smiles, “Okay, it’s settled then.”

She grins and squeezes his arm as she nods to the jeweler, “We’ll take this one then, Phillip. Wanna wear it out?”

Sullivan smiles and nods, “sure.”

Juniper grins and nods at Phillip, “You can add it to my account, thank you.”

He puts the watch back on and thanks Phillip and then smiles at her shyly, “Thank you.”

She smiles and touches the necklace, “And thank you.”

Sullivan nods and smiles, “you’re welcome.”

Juniper grins and squeezes his arm, “Let’s go.”

He nods and takes her hand and he thanks the staff again.

She thanks the staff and leads him outside with a smile.

Sullivan grins, “Damn, that was an experience.”

Juniper laughs and shakes her head, “You’ll see that being my boyfriend is going to be a lot of experiences.”

He laughs, “what else is up your sleeve?”

She shakes her head and laughs, “Nothing…yet.”

Sullivan squeezes her hand and laughs, “In the meantime, what’s next?”

Juniper hums and walks closer to him, “Need any errands done? I can go with you.”

He raises his brows, “wanna go to the farmers market?”

She grins with a shrug, “Why not?”

Sullivan smiles and nods, “I guess the more we’re spotted the better.” he leads her back to his car.

Juniper laughs with a nod as she looks around, “Don’t see anyone right now noticing but they may be out of view.”

He shrugs, “I guess by other people and not just photographers too.”

She nods and squeezes his hand, “Right I get it.”

Sullivan smiles, “so if this were real, what would you wanna be doing right now?”

Juniper raises her brows as she looks up at him, “It’s probably not appropriate to say.”

His brows raise and he laughs, “Oh.”

She laughs and shakes her head, “But actually I’d probably be somewhere people really wouldn’t recognize me. Or I don’t know the beach or somewhere there’s enough space to be me.”

Sullivan hums, “Let’s go do that instead.”

Juniper raises her brows at him and laughs, “Why? Isn’t the point to be seen?”

He shrugs, “We can do the farmers market tomorrow or something. Let’s play hooky.”

She smiles and nods her head, “Okay, do you have any spots you like?”

Sullivan nods and smiles, “Yeah, Eli’s actually shown me a few.”

Juniper nods as she follows him towards his car, “Perfect.”

He hums, “I have towels in the back, so we can at least sit on them.”

She nods with a hum, “Smart. I haven’t been to the beach in forever. I mean I haven’t really had a day off in a while.”

Sullivan smiles and opens the door to the car for her, “Now I’m even more glad I suggested playing hooky.” He puts the bags in the backseat.

Juniper laughs as she gets into the car.

He gets in one the driver’s side and starts the car up. He puts his hand behind her headrest like before as he gets them out of the spot.

She grins and shakes her head as she watches him, “Still hot.”

Sullivan laughs and starts to drive them to the beach, “Glad you think so.”

Juniper laughs and leans her head back against the seat, “What area is the beach in?”

He smiles, “Malibu, is that okay?”

She nods with a smile, “Yeah, of course. That’s the best beaches anyways.”

Sully nods and smiles, “Okay, good.”

Juniper hums and looks over at him, “What do you do when you’re not being my fake boyfriend or working?”

He hums, “Usually listening to a book at the gym or playing soccer with my friends.”

She raises her brows and hums, “Do you go out at all?”

Sullivan shrugs and nods, “Yeah, I do but not a lot. I’m not a huge drinker, so I’m just nursing a beer while I hang out with my friends.”

Juniper nods in understanding and hums, “And do you garden?”

He laughs, “more than I drink but still not too often. What about you?”

She taps her purse and laughs, “I usually have a pen with me just in case I need it.”

Sullivan laughs, “is that your preferred way?”

Juniper nods with a shrug, “It doesn’t smell as bad.”

He chuckles, “agreed.”

She hums and squints her eyes at him, “What kind of audio books? Are they smutty?”

His brows raise, “Sometimes. But I don’t read them cause they are. I like fantasy books and the ones that popular usually have smut.”

Juniper laughs with a hum, “Learn anything from them?”

Sullivan looks at her and laughs, “I don’t have shadow powers so no.”

She leans her head back and laughs.

He chuckles and shakes his head.

Juniper grins and shakes her head, “I’ve never been able to focus on audio books. I used to love reading but don’t have the time much anymore.”

Sullivan smiles, “that’s why I like audiobooks, cause then I can multitask.”

She hums and shrugs one shoulder, “Maybe I’ll give it a shot sometime.”

He laughs. “Maybe I’ll let you login into my account so you can also listen to fairy smut.”

Juniper laughs as she shakes her head, “I’ll definitely need to get high before I listen to that.”

Sullivan laughs, “So you can be fully immersed?”

She grins with a nod, “Exactly, maybe take a bubble bath or something. Very erotic.”

He chuckles, “Oh yeah.”

Juniper laughs and shakes her head, “Stupid.”

Sullivan grins, “You already love me.”

She hums and shrugs one shoulder as she touches her necklace, “I mean come on, the necklace already says so.”

He chuckles, “It speaks the truth.”

Juniper sighs playfully and nods her head, “I guess I’ll have to look up the fan cams of you later tonight.”

Sullivan smiles, “I’m shocked you’re not doing it right now.”

She laughs and shrugs one shoulder, “Well maybe after today they will be of both of us.”

He chuckles, “Maybe.”

Juniper grins and squeezes his arm, “Come on, you’ve watched them before haven’t you?”

Sullivan laughs, “god no.”

She gasps and widens her eyes, “Really?! They are talented.”

He laughs, “I just feel weird when I see them.”

Juniper raises her brows and laughs, “Why? You’re a stud.”

His brows raise and he laughs, “I don’t see myself that way, but thank you.”

She hums and shakes her head, “Maybe you will by the time we are done.”

Sully shrugs and smiles, and he pulls into a parking lot.

Juniper looks out the window and grins, “Beautiful.”

He smiles, “I think so too.” He gets out and goes to help her out.

She takes his hand and jumps out with a laugh.

Sullivan smiles, “let me grab the towels.”

Juniper nods and slips her sunglasses on as she looks around.

He opens the trunk and throws the towels over his shoulder before slipping his shoes off and putting them in, “Okay, time to expose your real height to me.”

She scrunches up her nose and points up at him, “Don’t laugh.”

Sullivan grins, “I’ll do my best.”

Juniper takes off one of her shoes and then bends down to take off her second one with a sigh, “Okay, take it in.”

He looks down at her and grins broader, trying not to laugh, “Damn girl.”

She narrows her eyes at him and starts to walk onto the beach.

Sully catches up to her easily and grins, putting his arm around her shoulders and pulling her into his side.

Juniper laughs and looks up at him, “I wish I could say it’s because I drank coffee as a child.”

He chuckles, “But we both know you weren’t allowed to drink it.”

She laughs with a nod, “Bingo.”

Sullivan smiles, “I’ll still be your friend despite the truth.”

Juniper rolls her eyes and laughs, “Oh I’m so flattered.”

He chuckles, “I know, I’m kind.”

She giggles and leans into him, “Well now I need to know something embarassing about you.”

Sullivan laughs, “Whaat? You being tiny isn’t embarrassing.”

Juniper gives him a look and nods her head, “I look like a child.”

He shakes his head and laughs, “you don’t.”

She hums and shrugs one shoulder, “Whatever you say.”

Sullivan stops and moves his freehand to her chin so she looks up at him, “You absolutely don’t look like a child. You are mature and beautiful, and I’m sorry people have made you feel a different type of way about how you look because of your height.”

Juniper looks up at him and stares back at him for a moment before she smiles, “I should complain more to get more compliments then.”

He chuckles, “I can compliment you more without the complaining needed if you’d like.”

She shakes her head and laughs, “I’m just teasing, thank you though.”

Sully drops his hand and laughs as he pulls her along again.

Juniper grins and follows him, “Finding the perfect spot?”

He nods, “Of course.”

She smiles and looks up at him, “How often do you come here?”

Sullivan hums, “a few times a month?”

Juniper nods with a smile as she looks out at the water, “It’s beautiful.”

He smiles, “I think so too.” He stops walking once they’re at his usual spot and he lays the towels down.

She grins and sits down on the towel with a happy sigh.

Sullivan sits next to her and looks out at the water.

Juniper looks at the water then glances at him with a smile.

He smiles at her, “what?”

She smiles and nudges her arm against his, “Tell me something about you. Something real.”

Sully looks at her and then back out at the ocean, “I don’t really open up to people. High school was kind of traumatic for me and so I just.. closed myself off.”

Juniper furrows her brows and leans closer to him, “I’m sorry to hear that.”

He nods a little, “I don’t want you to think I’m a dick or don’t like you.”

She shakes her head and leans back on her elbows, “I definitely don’t think that. I mean you don’t have to hang out with me privately and you are right now.”

Sullivan nods, “Well, I was kind of a dick to you earlier. I’m not used to have friends, but I do wanna be your friend. Especially since we are gonna be together so much, it would be nice if it was two friends hanging out and not just me showing up for work.”

Juniper hums as she looks out at the water with a smile, “Well if I’m honest I’m more used to people who are assholes so friends work for me.”

He smiles, “Cool. But try not to fall toooo hard for me.”

She rolls her eyes and laughs, “I won’t. Besides I have Sundays, remember?”

Sully laughs, “Trust me, I haven’t forgotten.”

Juniper raises her brows and laughs, “What does that mean?”

He shrugs, “I told you what I thought of the situation when you asked my opinion. I don’t wanna beat a dead horse.”

She shrugs one shoulder and pokes his arm, “Fine but then you’re the one who can’t fall in love with me.”

Sully smiles her, “Don’t worry about me. Closed off and got cheated on, remember?”

Juniper hums with a shrug, “Yeah, besides you need a nice girl.”

He chuckles, “You are so honed in on that.”

She smiles and nods her head, “Well I think you are nice and I’m not. I mean I’m nice but I’m not a good girl.”

Sully laughs and rubs his hand over his hair, “There’s only one place where I need a woman to be a good girl, otherwise I don’t care.”

Juniper widens her eyes slightly and leans her head back to laugh, “Oh damn, okay.”

He chuckles and shrugs, “Now can you stop saying it?”

She raises her hands and nods her head, “Okay, okay.”

Sullivan smiles and takes out his phone and opens the camera, “Smile.”

Juniper grins and brings her chin to her shoulder.

He leans his head against hers and smiles for the selfie.

She moves her hand to his jaw and squeezes it as she grins into the camera.

Sullivan chuckles and gives a squinty eyed grin for another photo.

Juniper laughs and turns her head to kiss his cheek.

He gives the a closed mouth, dimply smile as he takes another picture.

She pulls back and grins as she squeezes his arm and stares at him.

Sully turns his head to grin at her and he takes one last photo and sets his phone down.

Juniper grins and raises her brows at him, “Cute.”

He smiles and holds his phone out so she can see the pictures.

She takes the phone and lays back on the towel as she starts to look through the photos.

Sullivan laughs and looks back out at the ocean.

She smiles and grabs his arm to pull him down with her.

He lays back and laughs more.

Juniper smiles and nudges her elbow against his, “Can I ask you a question?”

His brows raise and he hums, “you can ask, I may not answer.”

She hums softly and pushes her sunglasses up, “Do you judge me for staying with Sunday? You don’t do cheaters and I’m kinda enabling it.”

Sullivan hums, “No, that’s not how I feel about it.” He teases, “but now that you mention it..”

Juniper rolls her eyes and leans her head back to close her eyes, “I mean I don’t mind if you do. Just wanted to know.”

He looks at her, “I just don’t get it. But it’s not really my place to.”

She shrugs and hums, “Well if you can be closed off so can I.”

Sully rests his hand on his stomach, “Like I said, not my place.”

Juniper swallows and nods her head as she looks up at the sky.

He looks at her, “I just think you’re too good for the situation, that’s all.”

She shrugs one shoulder and shakes her head, “You don’t know me enough to say that.”

Sullivan looks up and closes his eyes, “I don’t need to.”

Juniper bites her cheek and taps her fingers against her stomach, “You don’t know him either.”

He chuckles, “I don’t need to know that either. As you stated, I don’t do cheaters.”

She nods with a scoff, “We had to..it’s not like that..never mind.”

Sullivan hums, “would you have wanted me to stay with my cheating girlfriend?”

Juniper shakes her head and shrugs, “No but you didn’t have PR teams, managers, contracts and all these other obstacles.”

His brows raise, “you said that you were with him first, so unless his girlfriend is like you and me, I think that’s bull shit.”

She huffs softly and shakes her head as she sits up, “That’s not fair.”

Sullivan sits up too, “How?“

Juniper narrows her eyes at him and shakes her head, “You’re all closed off and I can’t ask questions but you’re calling my relationship bull shit well I think you’re bull shit.”

He furrows his eyebrows, “I was honest with you, and now you’re throwing it in my face so now you can see why I don’t open up to people.” He stands up, “Let’s go.”

She frowns and shifts to stand, “You can’t judge a situation you don’t know and haven’t ever been in. Have you had to “break up” with someone because your team and the internet thinks you’re a bad influence and a slut? No? Now I’m a homewrecker because I love him and we aren’t allowed to be together? Not that either?!” She turns and starts to walk away as she shouts back at him “I’ll find my own way home!”

Sullivan sighs, “Juniper!” He goes after her, “my stride is longer than yours so you may as well stop stomping off now and just listen to me!”

Juniper groans in frustration as she stops and turns to face him, “What? Care to call my feelings bull shit again?”

He sighs, “That’s not what’s bull shit, the excuses are.” He holds her face in his hands gently, “Juniper, listen to me. Do you really want 14% of someone’s love instead of 100%? Because one day a week and being treated like a mistress is all you’ll ever get, even if you are in love. And that’s not fair to you, or to his girlfriend who thinks she’s getting his 100%. I am sorry that your team and the internet made you feel that way about yourself, but.. Christ, Juniper that is when you stand by your person when you’re in love. Even if that all happened right now with us, we’re not even really together and I would stick by you cause I made a commitment to you and cause we’re friends now. I wouldn’t abandon you or give into pressure, and it’s not fair to you that he did. I’m not trying to hurt you, but you keep asking me what I think and that is what I think.”

Juniper looks up at him for a moment after his speech before she feels her lip quiver as she pulls away from him quickly, “I don’t wanna talk about this anymore. I won’t bring it up again.” She looks out at the water and crosses her arms over her chest as she brings the sleeve of her shirt up to wipe her eyes.

He frowns and pulls her into his arms, “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to make you cry.”

She shakes her head and leans her head against him, “I’m not. The wind and sand is in my eyes.”

Sullivan fights a laugh and rubs her back, “Right..”

Juniper frowns as she wipes her cheek again and shakes her head, “I’m okay. Really. I’ve heard it all before, everything you said. I know but I can’t help it, okay so just let it be. I know what my team is doing, they are trying to distract me and make me finally leave him but it’s not going to work. Hell, I wouldn’t be surprised if they told you say all that.”

His brows furrow and he looks down at her, “I know what we haven’t known each other very long, but you can’t really think I’d listen to them if they did, right?”

She looks up at him then down at his chest, “I don’t know. Yes, you’re a great guy but you’re an actor and you’ve been so nice to me all day and truthfully, I’ve been in this business a long time that I’ve learned the only person I can trust is myself.”

Sullivan smiles at her, “you sound like me.”

Juniper raises her brows and pulls away from him a bit, “Well maybe I need to be more like you and not tell everyone my issues.”

He rubs her arm comfortingly, “I’m not playing you, and I’m not entirely sure how to prove it but we are friends. And when you need a reminder, it’s on your neck.” He taps the charms on the necklace gently.

She half smiles and nods her head as she crosses her arms, “I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have brought this all up, I can’t stop fucking talking and it’s always my down fall.”

Sullivan hums, “well, your words are safe with me. What we talk about is our business and I’m not gonna run and tell on you or anything.”

Juniper laughs and shakes her head, “I know that. That’s not the problem.”

He smiles, “Then what is?” He takes her hand and brings her over to the water.

She lets him lead her to the water and she sighs, “I’ve already said too much about myself and it’s not..I just need to be more guarded like you.”

Sullivan stands with his feet in the water and squeezes her hand, “Okay..”

Juniper bites her lower lip and looks down to watch the water hit her ankles before pulling away, “I need to take a hit of my pen.”

He nods and puts his hands in his pockets as he looks out at the water.

She pulls it out of her pen and puts it to her mouth as she inhales before closing her eyes.

Sullivan keeps watching the water and takes a deep breath.

Juniper glances at him and holds it out, “Want some?”

He hums and looks down at her, “Sure.”

She holds up the pen to his mouth and smiles, “Peace offering.”

Sully laughs and leans in to take a hit from it before blowing it out in rings.

Juniper laughs and raises her brows, “I see what you learned in college.”

He chuckles, “that’s what four years at USC taught me.”

She laughs as she puts the pen back in her purse and sighs, “I think that helped.”

Sully smiles, “good.”

Juniper closes her eyes and leans her head back, “Maybe I should try micro dosing. That’s all the rage these days.”

His brows raise and he laughs, “Jesus.”

She laughs and shrugs her shoulders, “What? Supposedly it improves your mood and creativity, lowers anxiety.”

Sullivan laughs, “I just don’t know if I could do it.”

Juniper shrugs and opens her mouth then closes it, “Never know.”

He eyes her suspiciously, “what was that?”

She shakes her head and kicks some of the water, “Nothing. I know someone who does it that’s all I was gonna say.”

Sully nods a little, “As you can probably tell, I have a hard time giving up control.”

Juniper raises her brows and points at him, “You? You don’t say.”

He chuckles, “so I don’t think I’d wanna risk it.”

She hums and shakes her head, “What was the last risk you took?”

Sullivan grins, “Accepting a fake girlfriend.”

Juniper rolls her eyes and kicks some water towards him, “Besides that.”

He laughs and hums softly, “I don’t know.”

She raises her brows at him and hums, “Okay, then here’s your chance. Tell me something risky. You don’t have to do anything.”

Sullivan raises his brows, “what do you mean tell you something risky?”

Juniper shrugs and smiles, “I don’t know a thought you’ve had or something you’ve wanted to say to someone but haven’t. I don’t know. Trying to make it easier that you don’t have to actually do anything. I’m not gonna push you to go cliff diving.”

He looks at her, “you triggered me earlier because I grew up being called the f-slur.”

She raises her brows at him, “What? I did? You should’ve told me.”

Sullivan gives her a look.

Juniper furrows her brows and frowns as she squeezes his arm, “I’m sorry.”

He nods, “I know it wasn’t on purpose. But that’s why I was a dick earlier.”

She frowns and shakes her head, “Do you have names?”

Sullivan raises his brows, “of people who called me that?”

Juniper nods her head, “That’s something you don’t forget. Text me their names.”

He shakes his head, “I’m not gonna do that.”

She pouts at him, “I’m just gonna ban them from my shows.”

Sullivan looks at her and laughs a little, “I’ll think about it.”

Juniper smiles and holds her hand out to him.

He takes her hand tentatively.

She squeezes his hand and laughs, “See you did something risky today.”

Sullivan chuckles softly, “are you so proud of your boyfriend?”

Juniper grins with a nod, “I am so proud.”

He laughs, “Wanna see me do something else risky?”

She raises her brows and nods, “Of course.”

Sullivan lets go of her hand and he pulls his shirt off over his head, and then takes his watch off, tossing it onto his dry shirt before shucking down his shorts and throwing them onto his pile. “I’m going in.” He starts to run into the water.

Juniper widens her eyes and laughs before she takes off her dress and tosses it into his pile before running in after him.

He laughs and turns around, grinning as he spots her. When she gets to him he wraps his arm around her waist and lifts her up, spinning her around.

She squeals and wraps her arms around him, “Sully!”

Sullivan laughs and sets her down in the water. “I love the Pacific Ocean!”

Juniper grins as she looks up at him and slides her hands down his chest, “One of the best perks of living here.”

He nods and chuckles, “For sure. I love North Carolina but the only thing that compares to this is the Outer Banks during the summer.”

She shakes her head and smiles, “Never been. I mean I’ve toured around the country but I haven’t seen anything like that.”

Sullivan smiles, “it’s definitely an experience.”

Juniper grins and pulls back before she splashes him, “You’ll have to take me, boyfriend.”

He hums and considers it since technically Outer Banks isn’t home, “Maybe if our schedules allow for it.”

She smiles with a shrug as she winks at him before jumping and diving into a wave.

Sullivan grins as he watches her go underwater.

Juniper swims a few feet before she pops up and pushes her hair back, “Come on!”

He chuckles and swims after her.

She grins and starts to swim to the sand bar.

Sullivan keeps swimming after her and he playfully tickles the bottom of her foot.

Juniper squeals and looks back at him with a laugh.

He laughs and grins at her.

She smiles and stands up on the stand bar, “God it’s freezing but refreshing.”

Sullivan gets onto it with her and he pushes her hair out of her face gently with a laugh, “this is warm water to me.”

Juniper grins at him and raises her brows, “Really?!”

He chuckles, “Well, not during summer but off season for sure.”

She shakes her head and laughs as she shifts closer to him, “You’re crazy.”

Sullivan laughs, “a little. Do you surf at all?”

Juniper hums and shakes her head, “I took a few lessons on vacation in Hawaii but no.”

His brows raise and he laughs, “are you flexing on me?”

She raises her brows and giggles, “What?! No!”

Sully chuckles, “alriiigght.”

Juniper playfully hits his chest and laughs, “Mormons loooove Hawaii. They think the Book of Mormon talks about it.”

His brows raise and he takes hold of her hand against his chest and laughs, “is that why you went?”

She laughs with a shrug, “It was with my parents years ago.”

Sully squeezes her hand and gently drops it, “I surf.”

Juniper grins and shakes her head, “What don’t you do, golden boy?”

He hums softly, “Produce insulin.” He chuckles softly.

She gasps and looks at his arm, “Oh my god I forgot!”

Sullivan laughs, “see? That’s how easy it is to have it like this.”

Juniper shakes her head and smiles as she gently touches it, “And you can have it in the water?”

He nods and smiles, “Yeah, only to certain amount of depth.”

She raises her brows as she looks around, “We good here?”

Sullivan looks around, not seeing anyone except for in the far off distance, “Yeah, we are. You okay?”

Juniper nods as she tilts her head back and wets her hair again, “Yeah, this is a great place to escape.”

He grins at her, “I like it a lot.”

She smiles and tilts her head to the side, “Me too.”

Sullivan hums, “if you could live anywhere in the world, where would you pick?”

Juniper smiles and rubs her arms as she thinks, “I don’t know. But I always say I wanna try living a year in New York.”

His brows raise and he grins, “really?”

She shrugs with a laugh, “I always love it when I’m there and I feel like it’s an experience I need to have.”

Sullivan chuckles, “Okay, she loves the hustle and bustle of New York City.”

Juniper giggles and shrugs, “I don’t do well when I have nothing to do. I like being busy and constantly moving. But then…I’m also like maybe I wanna give everything up and move to an island in Greece and live the Mamma Mia life.”

He grins and teases, “and have three possible baby daddies?”

She grins and shrugs one shoulder as she winks at him, “Maybe. Wanna be one?”

Sullivan chuckles, “you wish.”

Juniper laughs and shrugs her shoulders, “Maybe. But that’s not gonna happen besides you said you don’t lose control very often. Unprotected sex is pretty out of control.”

He smirks, “I also don’t share.”

She nods and hums softly, “That’s why we’re fake dating. Technically no sharing going on.”

Sullivan nods his head, “Exactly. Cause if you were mine, you’d be *mine*, and everyone would know it too.”

Juniper looks up at him and taps his chest, “That’s a good line.”

He looks down at her and laughs before shrugging, “Not a line, just the truth.”

She smiles and shakes her head, “Someday I’m sure I’ll see you prove that. With some other girl of course.”

Sullivan hums and nods, “Sure.” He grins and then dives back into the water.

Juniper laughs and dives in after him.

He swims closer to shore and stops to wait for her as he hangs out in the water.

She catches up to him and smiles, “You’re fast.”

Sullivan grins, “I’m significantly longer.”

Juniper wrinkles her nose as she shivers outside of the water, “In my mind I’m 6ft tall.”

He grins bigger and grabs her waist before he picks her up so they’re at the same height, “This is 6’2” you.”

She makes a soft sound in surprise as she wraps her arms around him and looks around, “Oh..this is niiiice.”

Sullivan laughs and brings her legs around him and carries her back to where their clothes are, “you can wear my shirt if you don’t wanna get your dress wet.”

Juniper laughs as she wraps her legs around him, “Sure, thanks.” She puts her hands on his cheeks to keep his face at a certain angle and grins, “Wow, you’ve got pretty eyes in this light.”

He laughs softly and jokes, “They’re boring otherwise?”

She grins and shakes her head, “I couldn’t see them down there.”

Sully laughs and wipes mascara off of her face, “you’ve got pretty eyes too.”

Juniper grins and nods as she watches his finger, “Thank you, am I a mess right now?”

He chuckles, “Kind of, but still beautiful.” He sets her down and finishes gently wiping off her mascara with his thumbs before grabbing the towel she was using and shaking the sand off of it.

She smiles shyly and thanks him as she watches him, “Hey and our first date and you got me in my underwear.”

Sullivan hands her the towel and laughs, “I took my clothes off first.” He starts to shake out his towel.

Juniper giggles and wraps the towel around herself as she shivers.

He dries off and puts his shorts on, “Put my shirt on and I’ll wrap this towel around you too.”

She nods and takes his shirt, slipping it on, “Cute.”

Sullivan smiles, “that is a dress on you.”

Juniper grins and looks down at the shirt, “It is, it’s cute.”

He laughs and wraps his towel around her like a blanket and then does the same with her towel.

She laughs and grabs her purse, “Feel like a little baby.”

Sullivan laughs, “Awww, should I carry you back to the car?”

Juniper grins and holds her arms out.

He finishes getting his watch on and then scoops her up, “Big baby.”

She giggles and wraps her arms around him, “Hey you offered!”

Sullivan laughs and starts to carry her to the car.

Juniper grins and squeezes the back of his neck, “Didn’t think being a fake boyfriend would be this taxing huh?”

He chuckles and jokes, “Literally!”

She laughs and shakes her head, “Hey at least we’ll definitely be selling it.”

Sullivan nods and laughs, “that’s true. Sullivan Shaw Caught Carrying Around Juniper West like a Wittle Baby.”

Juniper shakes her head, “No, no, it’s Sullivan Shaw Caught Carrying Around Juniper West Like Prince Charming. And the comments are all oh my god, he is perfect! She does not deserve him! He’s mine!”

He laughs more, “Or who is this guy and does he know how lucky he is?”

She laughs and pats his shoulder, “Oh so naive. They aren’t saying that.”

Sully laughs, “the dudes definitely are.”

Juniper grins and raises her brows, “Mr. I don’t check social media, they aren’t. Most dudes hate women so they don’t comment anything or say I’m a terrible influence but secretly jack off to pictures of me.”

He makes a face, “Come on, you’ve gotta have a few simps.”

Juniper grins and squeezes his chin, “I do. But it’s okay I do it for the girls, the gays and the theys. I don’t want dudes ogling me.”

Sullivan smiles, “Fair enough.”

She smiles with a shrug, “But you..they love you. I’ve seen it.”

He chuckles, “the dudes?”

Juniper giggles and shrugs, “Mostly the girls but sure of course. Everyone seems to love you right now even moms.”

Sullivan grins and sets her down when they reach his car, “now that’s a win.”

She laughs with a nod, “Thank you for the lift.”

He laughs, “you’re welcome. You warm again?”

Juniper nods with a smile as she slips off the towels.

Sullivan puts them in the trunk and hands her her shoes, “Here’s your feet back.”

She laughs and puts them back on, “Thank you. I would’ve got home without them you know?”

He laughs, “That would’ve been bad.”

Juniper hums and shrugs, “I’ve had worse situations.”

Sully smiles and he opens the door to the car for her and holds his hand out.

She takes his hand and gets into the car with his help, “Thank you.”

He smiles, “you’re welcome.”

Juniper smiles and sits in her seat with a hum.

Sully gets into the drivers side and smiles at her, “you sure you’re warm enough?”

She nods as she starts to braid her hair into pigtails, “Yeah, I’ll be okay.”

He nods and starts to drive, “Am I taking you to your house?”

Juniper shrugs with a smile, “Sure.”

Sullivan nods and gives her his phone for her to plug her address in.

She types in her address and smiles, “It’s been fun.”

He smiles and pulls out of the lot, “It has.”

Juniper smiles and puts her phone back to him.

Sullivan uses his GPS on his CarPlay as he drives, “want music?”

She grins with a nod, “Oh yeah, I wanna hear what you listen to.”

He chuckles and turns on Spotify.

Juniper hums as she looks over at him, “Don’t just play my music, I wanna know what you actually listen to.”

His brows raise, “I wasn’t gonna do that, I’m putting on my daylist.”

She smiles and nods her head, “Good because I already know you thought I was a porn star.”

Sullivan groans and laughs, “And there wouldn’t be a problem if you were!” Hozier starts on the playlist.

Juniper grins with a shrug, “Still time.”

He laughs, “Jeez.”

She laughs as she leans back against her seat and smiles as she hums along.

He glances at her and smiles.

Juniper smiles at him and hums, “What?”

Sully shakes his head with a smile, “Nothing.”

She shrugs with a smile, “I like Hozier.“

He nods, “you’d be crazy if you didn’t.”

Juniper laughs with a shrug, “You’re right.”

Sullivan chuckles and smiles at her.

She grins and reaches over to squeeze his arm, “So what’s next then?”

His brows raise, “on the playlist?”

Juniper shakes her head and laughs, “With us.”

Sullivan looks at her, “I don’t know. I guess we work on the soft launch first then go from there.”

She nods and leans her head back, “I hope the reaction is good for you.”

He smiles, “I don’t care either way.”

Juniper hums and raises her brows, “You don’t?”

Sully shakes his head, “I’m not in this for a reaction from the public, just to get my name circulated. Actually, if the reaction is bad I’ll be annoyed cause you’re my friend.”

She shrugs with a smile, “We’ll see.”

He looks at her and taps his fingers against her knee, “Would you miss your house if you moved to New York?”

Juniper smiles with a nod. “Oh yeah but I’d keep it. I don’t think I could live in New York forever.”

Sullivan hums, “would you miss the hills?”

She smiles with a shrug, “I’d miss California.”

He smiles, “makes sense.”

Juniper raises her brows, “Would you ever want to live somewhere else?”

Sullivan hums, “I’m not sure. I do miss having seasons.”

She hums and nods her head, “That’s fair. All I know is I don’t wanna live in Utah or even close to there.”

He nods and laughs, “that makes sense to me.”

Juniper smiles with a shrug, “It’s beautiful to visit but toxic.”

Sullivan nods, “Kinda spooky.”

She laughs and raises her brows, “Mormons?”

He chuckles, “Yeah. I’ve seen the footage of blue coats all going to church.”

Juniper laughs and shrugs her shoulders, “It’s not all that bad but the way they make everyone feel like if you don’t follow their rules, you are going to hell is just toxic. Creates a lot of self doubt and insecurities.”

Sullivan nods, “that makes sense.”

She hums and raises her brows, “What’s your family like?”

He raises his brows, “Pretty close knit. My dad owns a landscaping company, my mom is a teacher. They always thought they couldn’t get pregnant then I came along and they kinda just came to terms with me being their miracle baby and then years later another miracle baby came along and I got the little sibling I had always begged for.”

Juniper smiles as she listens to him, “That sounds so cute. When was the last time you saw them?”

Sullivan smiles, “they flew out for my last premiere.”

She hums with a nod, “That’s sweet of them. They sound supportive.”

He grins, “they are. I’m lucky.”

Juniper smiles and shakes her head, “I’m the oldest of five but I haven’t seen my siblings in a while.”

His brows raise, “Whoa, of five? What are the age differences?”

Juniper hums as she leans her head back, “Well, there’s me. My sister James is 21, then twin brothers Jude & Jacob just turned 18 and my littlest sister Julianne is 15. And I mostly supported their upbringing by being the money bags.”

Sullivan’s eyes widen, “Wow.. are they super grateful for you?”

She shrugs with a laugh, “I don’t know. Maybe James. She knows the most and we talk more often than the others since she’s been legal longer. I actually don’t know if they even know the extent except that I was obviously always travelling as a little kid to sing, dance or act.”

He frowns, “they don’t know that you fund their lives?”

Juniper shakes her head with a shrug, “I mean our parents aren’t gonna tell them that they were stealing money from my Coogan Account.”

Sullivan stops at a red light and looks at her with wide eyes, “Holy shit, Juniper. Did you sue?”

She nods with a small smirk, “Of course I did. I got some of it back but thankfully my music really took off after I cut them off so at some point we settled. Not very holy of them huh?”

He shakes his head, “that is so fucked up. I’m sorry they did that.”

Juniper shrugs with a nod, “Thank you.” She shakes her head and laughs, “There I go again, spilling my life story.”

Sullivan goes back to driving, “it’s part of your lore.”

She laughs with a nod, “I guess. I’m not very good at playing it coy when people ask me direct questions. I rather just let it all out and thankfully I’ve been media trained enough but without that…woof I was a mess.”

He laughs, “Well, everything you say is between you and me.”

Juniper nods with a small smile, “Thank you, I probably need to learn to be a bit more elusive though.”

Sullivan laughs, “you gotta start walking around with a hand fan.”

She laughs and shakes her head, “Or taping my mouth shut.”

He shakes his head and laughs, “you’d rip your skin off from pulling it back to talk.”

Juniper wrinkles her nose and touches her lips, “Yeah nevermind I like my lips.”

Sullivan chuckles and pulls into her neighborhood.

She hums and nods to his window, “It’s gated so I’ll have to let them know.”

He nods and rolls his window down.

Juniper leans over as they approach the gate, “Hi Chuck! This is my friend Sullivan, he’s gonna me hanging out from time to time if you wanna put his plate down on the approval list. Oh and tell the missus I say hi!” The gruff guy breaks into a grin at her words before going to check his licenses and add it to their database. “You’re good to go. Good to see you, Miss West.”

Sullivan smiles as he watches and he thanks Chuck before continuing on.

She leans back in her seat and hums, “That’ll make it easier.”

He nods and laughs, “agreed.”

Juniper smiles and points ahead, “That’s it.”

Sullivan lets out a low whistle, “damn.”

She laughs and glances at him, “What?”

He chuckles, “don’t what me when that’s your house as if you don’t know.”

Juniper grins and shrugs her shoulders, “You’ll have to come see it.”

Sullivan nods and laughs, “sure.”

She smiles and nods to her driveway, “Whenever you want.”

He nods again, “Okay, thank you.”

Juniper squeezes his arm, “See you soon then?”

Sully smiles. “Yeah sounds good. Thanks for hanging out.”

She shrugs one shoulder and grins as she opens the door, “All apart of the job.” She winks at him before getting out of the car and starting to her house

He watches her to make sure she gets into the house okay before driving off.

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