"Hi, Jacob, it's Anna. I'm sorry I missed your call again. It's really busy here. Will you be here at five this afternoon? I'm here at five, you're there at eight... Nine, nine in the morning... Ah, I can't believe I missed you again. I'll call back later. If you're not here, I hope I can find you on Monday. "
"Hey, I'm... I'm going to bed now. Try again tomorrow. I know you're going to tell me about the magazine, but I'm really... Er, exhausted. I have to get up early to work tomorrow. So... You, you can email me and tell me all the details. Then tell me when you're free... OK, talk to me next time. Goodbye. "
London and Los Angeles, the difference of time, the distance of space, Anna and Jacob's life into a completely different track, abruptly cut off the connection between each other.
Hope slowly drooped his shoulders, frowned, and looked at the big screen in disbelief. The sweetness was so turbulent that the cruel reality was completely caught off guard and froze in the same place. She didn't even have time to refute and protest. Anna and Jacob had already continued their lives.
Anna found a job in a magazine. She was so busy every day that she didn't even have time to breathe; Jacob opened his own studio, took orders one after another, and his life became full.
"... the first week of June." Jacob has gone through a lot of vicissitudes. His messy beard makes him look decadent. His messy hair hasn't been taken care of for some time. "We can put it off until June 10."
"After that, you go to England?" Jacob's supplier asked jokingly.
"No..." Jacob shook his head and answered very simply, but he hesitated at the end. Finally, he shook his head firmly and denied, "no, no, no, No A series of words seemed to strengthen their own ideas.
"No?" The supplier showed a look of surprise.
Jacob took a deep breath. "No, we talked about it two months ago. We both agreed not to... Er... "
"Can you just be friends?"
"Yes." Jacob nodded, but there was a trace of melancholy and loss in his eyes. Even his smile added a little bitterness.
All of a sudden, hope had a thrill. A year had passed in the twinkling of an eye. A year ago, Anna graduated, then stayed in Los Angeles all summer, and was repatriated when she returned; Now, it's June again. One year is too fast.
Hope quickly turned his head, but found that William, Graham and others did not pay attention to this detail, but Tessa noticed, both eyes showed surprise. The details hidden in the script are so subtle that they will be missed if they are not careful; But it's crucial for the whole story.
The short conversation revealed too much information. In this year, Jacob traveled to and from England so frequently that his suppliers knew everything. It seems that after each order, Jacob would go to London. Everyone has heard about his love story with Anna. But two months ago, both decided to give up.
Understatement, revealed a touch of sadness, hope suddenly quiet down, before the happiness is how sweet, now the pain is how bitter.
Anna sat in the bar, finished a busy day's work, finally got the leisure time, and friends get together, relax, talk and laugh, really busy. But all of a sudden, they talked about Los Angeles, Anna's look became lonely, tired all over her mouth smile heavily pulled down, smiling, she fell into their own sadness. So she went back early, scarred and exhausted, and went to bed.
Jacob was sitting in the bar, surrounded by friends and chatting, but he seemed out of place, as if the noise around him had nothing to do with him, all the noise disappeared, and the loneliness between his eyebrows became extremely quiet, so he was trapped in another world.
"I'll be back in a minute." After all, Jacob can't continue to sit down. He turns away from the bar and dials Anna“ Hey Anna's voice came over, and Jacob gently touched the end of his eyebrow and said hesitantly, "Hey, Anna, are you ok?"
"... I'm fine." Anna was also stunned, a little at a loss. She stopped for a moment and said, "I'm just... A little surprised. How are you doing? "
"I moved." Jacob stood on the side of the street, watching the cars coming and going. Anna's polite reply came from the phone, "that's good. Yes, that's good. "
The two people's conversation is stumbling and intermittent, with the words "ah" and "Oh" coming and going, which makes the conversation fragmented. There is not even a clear content, but just a polite social intercourse.
In the end, the two hung up. Jacob looked at the traffic in front of him, lost in a daze. He looked at his mobile phone, as if his soul had been out of his body. He was in the same place for a long time.
Anna tried to lie down to sleep, but she couldn't breathe. She almost couldn't breathe. She sat up again, picked up her mobile phone, dialed the phone, and breathed heavily. But her hot lungs still didn't absorb any oxygen, and her brain became ruddy because of lack of oxygen.
Jacob's cell phone rang, his face showed a look of joy, immediately picked up the phone, happy to say hello, "Hey."
Just hearing the sound, the hot tears fell down, "Hi." Anna responded chokingly, but she couldn't go on. Jacob's voice with a little nasal voice came from the other end of the receiver, "hey?" With a trace of concern, Anna easily defeated all the lines of defense, sobbing.
Tears through the palm, dripping down, as if by a big grievance, but can not vent, tightly bite the lower lip, to avoid crying voice, "I want to ask, do you want to come?" After speaking out, he directly laughed, cried and laughed, and the sharp pain reached the acme. " Come here now? Er, I, I'll wait for you here“
The corners of Jacob's mouth were slightly stiff. The light under his eyes was like the star light swaying with the wind, rippling with the invisible water light. The joy of happiness fainted in the deep brown pupil, "OK." Smile overflowed from the eyes, dyed a rose color for the corner of the mouth, directly chuckled.
Two people like a fool in general, in front of the phone receiver, laughed loudly.
"OK, see you in half an hour." Jacob raised his palm and wiped away the corner of his eye.
Anna nodded. "OK, see you in half an hour."
Hope covered his mouth, tears completely blurred the vision, the whole world is shrouded in a hazy halo, she can't even distinguish, this is happiness, or bitter. The strong yearning crossed the Atlantic Ocean, across the North American continent, from London to Los Angeles, and through the big screen, from the film to her heart.
She can deeply feel the bondage between them.
William was silent, and all the irritation, all the impatience, all the contempt had gone. It was like crazy love, the two young people firmly tied together, moth like, hot and strong, pure and simple, hard hit his heart.
Anna is lying on the bed, holding her cell phone, crying with joy; The next second, Jacob is lying beside her, two people are playing with each other, Jacob is like a child, lying on Anna, unwilling to get up, Anna's silver bell like laughter reverberates in the room.
It's such a simple picture, but William's tongue can taste the taste of happiness, and his vision is slightly blurred. He quickly raises his hand, wipes it off in a panic, and then recovers his calm. He stifles his neck and looks at the big screen rigidly, not daring to turn his head, lest his embarrassment be seen by others.
They were so happy that even the laughter became bright. But soon, the atmosphere was mixed with bitterness again. Jacob asked half jokingly, "have you seen any other men during this time?" This topic let two people silence down, Anna put the same question back, Jacob also chose to avoid.
Neither was willing to answer. In two months, things seem to have quietly changed. But they soon decided to ignore these annoying things and focus on the present, on their own happiness and happiness.
Anna received the express, it is from the United States Express - Jacob sent "Anna's chair" over, and then placed in front of Anna's desk, Anna like a child, dancing in circles in place.
Anna took Jacob into her life. In a short time, things changed a lot. She met new friends, she opened up a new job, and even her parents changed a lot. He was totally unable to integrate into her topic. Everyone was asking about their future, and everyone was asking why he couldn't move to London, Everyone is talking about the possibility of Anna's immigration, and everyone is worried about whether they can go on like this
Two people's world, is no longer just two people, their lives into too many chores. She had her life, he opened up his world, from Los Angeles to London, for him, it was just a holiday, but for her, it was just a temporary respite.
Two people close together, but the distance between the two people is a little bit bigger. The fatal defects caused by space and time are clearly in front of them, but they are powerless. This sense of powerlessness, dragging their ankles, slowly fell into the abyss.
When Jacob left London and went back to Los Angeles, they both returned to their lives.
Hope didn't respond. She didn't respond. Even the sadness was fading away.
However, when she saw Jacob turned around happily, thinking that the person behind her was Anna, she did not want to see a strange face. Her eyes faded slowly. She clearly saw that happiness was falling apart and gradually swallowed by loneliness. Then she returned to peace and finally accepted the fact that he and she were no longer together.
Suddenly, hope's tears burst.