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It made little sense that Angelina made appearances at more events as a director than she ever had as an actress. Maybe it was because she felt like showing up to these things as a director didn’t put so much attention on her. Either way, she had been sitting on this yacht party invitation for over a month and almost chose not to go, but at the last minute, she found just the person to bring along with her. Rob was always a riot to hang out with and it had been a while since they had last seen each other. The last time Angelina and Rob hung out, she was a drunk mess, crying over her ex-husband while poor Rob sat there in her room, trying to console her. He had been discreet about the whole thing and none of it had gotten out to the press, which proved Rob was a friend, someone she could spend time with and trust.

It was a little after 7 and the was putting the finishing touches on her look for the night; a dark red lip that really popped and complimented her form-fitting black dress with huge, revealing cutouts along the sides. It felt great to finally be back on her feet after her surgery and she fully intended to make the most of being almost fully healed. A car took her to Rob’s to pick him up, figuring it would be easiest since this yacht party was being held in a top secret location. Once they arrived, Angelina climbed out of the back of the SUV, laughing as she linked arms with Rob while they headed inside. “What was it you told me the other night…? I believe your words were ‘dapper as fuck’? You were right, you didn’t disappoint.” As soon as they stepped on the boat, people greeted the actress and her ‘date’ for the night, to which she played along, joking around and telling people he was actually her date that evening. “I don’t know why, but as soon as they told me ‘yacht party’, I immediately thought, I need to bring Rob,” she explained to the young actor just loud enough for him to hear.

The weekend had rolled around, bringing with it a pretty decent list of options as far as nightlife and events went. With awards season just around the corner, it was a little less stressful for Angie, attending these things as a director rather than just an actress. For whatever reason, she found it all so much more enjoyable and exciting. Angelina had been spending quite a bit of time with Rob lately, getting to know him more, which had been great, especially at a time in her career where she was getting ready to direct her fourth project about an explorer in Africa; Rob was one of the young actors Angelina was actually considering approaching about joining the project. He had genuine talent and Angelina was slowly starting to build a cast of young actors and actresses — and as it turned out, she had been spending a lot of time with one in particular who she wanted to work with. While the film and script itself were in such early, rough stages, Angelina knew there was plenty of time to kind of pitch the idea to Rob. This weekend, she was just looking forward to having a good time.

The actress had rolled into the party quite late; not by choice or even trying to appear “fashionably late” but because her hired car had some trouble and she and a friend had to be picked up and taken in another car. When they finally did get there, Angelina made her rounds, chatting up a few of the other actors and directors and she had a drink in hand not even five minutes after arriving. Even Angie liked a little bit of liquid confidence at these types of events. Angelina knew Rob was going to be there that night, simply because the two of them had been talking the other day and it came up in their conversation. After a few drinks — a few meaning about five or six — and endless chatter about everything under the sun, the group Angelina was with was making their way out. “Why don’t you come with? Come hang out for a little bit,” Angelina suggested as they all made their way out of the party with Rob sort of ending up out front with them. Rob had become very popular with Angelina’s friends too, it seemed; they all chimed in, trying to convince Rob to join them in the continuation of the party at Angie’s, all of them very drunk but persuasive, nonetheless. The group of five piled into the back of a black SUV and Angie, who wound up sitting next to Rob, laughed as she heard some of the other women going on about Rob’s accent. “I’m so sorry about that,” she covered her face with a laugh as the driver set off for Angelina’s. “I’m placing my bet now, half of them will be asleep by the time we get to my place, the other half will just pass out when we get there.”

Being single for the holidays really had a strange way of reminding Angelina how hard this 'single parent' thing could be. The actress had plenty of people who helped her out, but there was nothing that killed the Christmas spirit more than going out to get a Christmas tree with all six kids, a bodyguard and an assistant. There was nothing traditional about taking an entourage out and Angelina had never done it that way, so she wasn't about to start now. Angie and Rob had been talking recently and the two of them somehow came up with a plan that Rob would help her get another tree since hers had been torn apart by the family's mischievous English bulldog. Christmas was a big deal for Angie's kids; she didn't want to let them down or somehow screw it up, and she felt guilty that her traveling schedule was about to get hectic again which meant they had pretty limited time to get another tree and finish decorating for the holidays all together as a family.

Putting on a white dress coat, Angelina slipped into a pair of knee-high leather boots, minding the colder weather in her planning of her outfit that day. Since the kids would be busy with schoolwork all afternoon, Angie knew it was the perfect opportunity for her and Rob to sneak out and go get another tree so she could surprise the kids later. Rob had made it clear to the actress that he didn't actually have a car, but that didn't pose any sort of problem. The family's driver offered to give them a ride and drove the actress to pick Rob up first. Angie supposed she could have just gone with the driver but she hadn't seen Rob in a pretty long time and always had a good time catching up with him, so why not make an outing of it? Once Angelina picked Rob up, they were driven to a place that sold Christmas trees, the first stop of the day. They had picked a great time to come, it seemed; there weren't that many people there so their chances of being bothered were still slim. "Thanks for coming to help me out, you always come through for me," the brunette teased, glancing over at Rob before looking at the wide selection of Christmas trees available. "The last one we bought was kind of small, I think I want to go bigger this time around... Maybe Jacques will be intimidated and he won't try and destroy the thing."

Of all of the friendships she had formed since moving to London, the one Angelina had with Robert was probably the most unique. How the two had run into each other was completely random but for whatever reason, they managed to stay in touch. Angie was constantly meeting new people in life and it was hard to keep everyone straight but all of her encounters with Rob seemed to stick out because of the crazy conversations they had. When the topic of babysitting had randomly come up one day, Rob had jokingly offered to babysit Angie's six kids, going on and on about how he was great with children and offering up plenty of anecdotes about his past experiences babysitting. So of course Angelina had to jump at the chance to make a little bet with him to prove parenting or even babysitting wasn't as easy as the actor thought it was. Obviously, she would never even think about leaving her kids in the hands of someone she couldn't trust, but she had known Rob long enough at that point and her oldest son, Maddox, would be there to keep an eye on the actor just in case. It was too funny to pass up.