alycia did not hesitate to accept jamie's offer to spend time with him in prague. she would have been lying if she said she hadn't missed him in the wake of his absence. the two had always been very close, not only physically, but emotionally as well. she had been there for jamie through some of the darkest moments of his life, and she did it with a level of love and understanding. she had always cared about him— more than she had realized. their attachment to one another had always gone unspoken. mostly out of fear of rejection or the loss of their friendship. she had been hurt one too many times by those she trusted the most, so keeping jamie at arms length felt like the right thing to do— until now.
something had shifted between the two of them in their most recent text exchange. he had always been his usual, charming self, but there was something else that lingered as well. was it love? maybe. was it lust? definitely. alycia didn't quite know what it was that was brewing between them, all she knew was that she didn't want it to stop. the minute she had landed in pargue he was there to greet her. they had their moment in the airport before he took her back to his hotel. it didn't take them long to fall back into old habits, and before she could unpack they were in bed together.
the two spent her first night in bed, playing catch up and enjoying each other. they had so much time they had to make up for, with all the time in the world to do it. they had to roll out of bed at some point, and there was no better reason than to have a spooky little date with jamie. the two had joked about finding something fun and spooky to do, and being the dark prince that he was he had managed to find them the perfect location. with much hesitation on her end he had finally convinced her to get out of bed and join him in the shower. she could have easily skipped the date to stay in bed with him, but the idea of a spooky castle was too cool to pass up. she had promised him she'd wear one of her many little black dresses, so she pulled on the thin strapped, form fitting short mini dress and paired it with a pair of her favorite flats.
she gave herself a final look in the mirror once she was dressed. she had opted for a subtle, more natural look with her makeup. she never felt the need to wear much about jamie. he always managed to make her feel beautiful with or without it. with one final comb through of her wavy, brown hair, she took his arm so they could be on their way. luckily the location in question wasn't far from the hotel, so she didn't mind walking the short distance. "i bet that's just as beautiful as it is spooky— let's start there." her eyes lit up as she turned to face him. she always had to look up just slightly due to the height difference, and every time she managed to catch his gaze. "i know i sound like a broken record at this point, but i have missed you." she rose to her tip toes long enough to place a gentle kiss against his lips. "i didn't realize how much until i got here, and now i can't imagine being anywhere else."
When Alycia had offered to come to Prague, Jamie would admit that he'd been very thrilled with the idea. He'd been missing the actress a lot since it felt like a long time since the pair had seen each other last. Their friendship had been a strong one for many years, she'd been by his side for a lot of his ups and downs and valued any time that he got with her. And it just wasn't about the fact that they were sleeping together as well, even though that part of their relationship made Jamie very happy, he just liked being around her, loved spending time with her. So he was happy she was in Prague with him now, happy that they were in each other's space and just getting to spend time together. And he told himself he'd try not to think about the other feelings he had when it came to Alycia, because he was still pretty sure if he voiced them out loud he'd lose his friendship with her. And no matter what, he'd rather have some of her than none of her, so he was keeping those feelings unspoken. Her time with him was just about spending time together, having some sex if they felt the desire, and just being the great friends that they were, nothing more than that.
So after a much-needed reunion when Alycia reached the hotel they'd be sharing, and when the two finally decided to roll out of bed, Jamie decided that he needed to plan a spooky adventure for the two of them for the night. Jamie had been told that one of the most haunted places in Prague was Prague Castle, so that's where he planned to take Alycia tonight. He loved being in such a spooky city, and Prague was voted one of the most haunted in the world every year, which he loved. So after the two shared a shower together, Jamie got dressed all in black because that was his normal go-to style. Though while dressing all in black, he went with a little dressier black pants than normal and a black button-down that he left a few of the top buttons undone so his tattoos could peek through. He just felt like he should dress up a little more, like it was a date, even though he knew it wasn't a date, they were just friends, but he remembered Alycia saying something about a little black dress, and he didn't want to be undressed. He pulled on a pair of his favorite black boots, placed all his silver jewelry on, and fussed with his hair until it looked halfway decent.
After that, he waited until Alycia was ready as well, made sure to tell her she looked beautiful, which she always did, and took her arm to lead her out of the hotel and walk to where the Prague Castle was, which thankfully wasn't too far from their hotel. As they approached the huge Gothic structure, Jamie would admit that his eyes lit up because it was exactly his type of building, and he knew he was going to enjoy exploring the castle very much with the girl that was currently on his arm. Jamie couldn't help but turn to her with a smile, "So, I was told that the most haunted part of the castle is the cathedral. Do you want to start there?" @alyvas
as much as i wish you could speak on all the juicy details, i understand why you can't. i think that's the hardest part about this business. you want to tell the world about all the exciting things you are working on, but you can't. i can't wait to find out all the juicy things coming this season, though, so as soon as you can spill the beans be sure to let me be the first to know. thank you! landing godzilla was a surprise, but one i am so excited to get started on. been a fan of the series since i was a kid. i promise to tell you all about it. maybe even convince you to take a girls trip with me so we can experience it together. i'd need someone there who was familiar with it. it's sort of become a tradition at this point. it's my little gift to myself.
you know i get it, in fact — i love it and all i'm hearing and wish i could even speak on. i think that's what makes it hard, you can't say anything as much as you might like. more is coming though — promise. aww, thanks, babe, and i can say the same for you! seems every time i look, you're on another project and so love it for you. yes, you so should, i had the best time and whenever you go, tell me all about it okay? could always do that for it, unless you get another idea. either way, hope you have the best time for that. a birthday trip sounds so nice and i always try to do one myself.
i think so. i think that's when it starts to feel real for most people, unless mama feels the active kicks all the time. how far along is she? how much time do you have to prepare? oh, they are very lucky. i'm gonna be sending so many care packages.
that is probably really true. i think when i hear that heart beat it will start to feel more and more real. how lucky are we to have auntie alycia spoiling our newest little nugget? very lucky so lucky
maybe i made you find out through a random headline because you refer to it as the 'new kong movie'. put some respect on godzilla's name and include my favorite radioactive lizard too. if you want my full, honest opinion i'm still in a state of shock about it. i went toe to toe with some pretty big names for this role, and the fact that they chose me is wild. i can't spill the details just yet on what side of the team i'll be on, but i promise as soon as i can you will be the first to know. no more crappy headline news for you, it will come straight from the source.
hold up… lycia. you didn’t think to tell me you’re in the new kong movie? i have to find out through some random headline while scrolling? really? that’s how we’re doing things now? i thought we were tighter than that. i would’ve at least expected a dramatic text like, “guess who’s starring alongside a giant ape?” or something. c’mon, spill—how’d that even happen? and more importantly, are you running from the monster or fighting it? @alyvas
ahhh! you have a whole eight more months to learn and grow with your little bean. i love that for you, ollie. i'm so happy for you both. of course i have to do that. my brother won't have kids so this is the next best thing. i want to be in the running for the coolest aunt.
she is a month along, if i remember correctly. and she is as beautiful as ever if not more so. so we have some time to prepare but i feel this will go by in no time. you know that you don't have do that, right? we appreciate it for sure but you don't have too.
alycia: it's good that you do, otherwise i'd have to find another and i'm not sure i could find someone as qualified as you. well when you put it like that how can i argue with that logic? i have to admit that those are some of my favorites as well, simply for the memories that are attached to them for that reason. alycia: i love that for us. photoshoot at some gorgeous, gothic places? yes please. maybe we can find some spooky places to explore as well. you know me and my thrilling need to find all the spookiest places. it's been a little too long for my liking. we gotta make sure this much time doesn't pass next time, because i'm realizing now just how much i miss you, and i don't want to have to miss you anymore than i have to.
Jamie: I love being your favorite muse, just throwing that out there. Oh god no, darling, those are my favorite photos of you. Why would I get rid of them? Those are where you look the most beautiful, if you ask me, or the ones where I'm the reason you're looking a mess. Those are my favorites. Jamie: I'm glad to help you have some fun then, love, and I'm sure we'll find some great places to explore too. This city has a ton of old, gothic places that are right up both our alleys. Oh, I knew you'd be sold once I told you about the balcony view. And don't worry, I've already thought about a few of those things we can do on that balcony as well. It has been a long time after all. 😉
alycia: you can't say things like that to me. you know how much i love to argue. 🤣🤣 i am glad you had a good birthday! i wouldn't have accepted anything less than the best for you. alycia: perrfect! 😒 doesn't it get annoying that two people can't have a nice dinner without it always turning into the next big scandal? we just wanna have a nice meal and chat. but i suppose if the tabloids had to link me with anyone, you aren't a terrible choice. it would be an honor to have a scandal with you. alycia: AHHHHH! i can't wait. i have been on the edge of my seat about it since last season. i have a film coming out soon called liked. not sure when the official date is, but it's completed they just have to get the rest of it put together. after that....who knows. my well has run dry at the moment. it's very scary, but i know good things are coming.
pedro: pfft, you're not the worst friend. not by any metric. you're a delight and i'm willing to argue with you about it. thank you, thank you. i don't don't know about coolest but i'm certainly the luckiest for sure. i had the most amazing birthday. pedro: i'm in LA right now. starting to film doomsday and my first patch of scenes is filmed here. i'm not in the habit of saying no to free food either. though, apparently being seen having dinner with me now means i'm dating whoever i'm dining with, so apologies in advance. pedro: one more week and then it's here. stock up on tissues and snacks, it's going to be a bumpy ride. what will i be seeing you next in?
he was a waste of time. seems to be a trend for me. i'll just be a little busy after july filming godzilla, but i'm gonna do my best to be at as many games as i can be. i'll keep that in mind. let's just hope i bring the team good luck again this year.
Ah, okay I see. Well, I am sorry. You're right though, and I like the way you're thinking. You're good company to have, so losing that is definitely someone else's loss. You will? That would be even better, and I will send you over when our games are. If there is a city we're in that works the best just let me know, or you can come to Buffalo and watch us at home. If you do, you know that I will give you the full Buffalo tour and show you all the best spots.
@alyvas
those people don't matter. the only person that matters is you, and you've always treated me like i was the most important thing to you, and that means more to me than you will ever know. you made it very difficult not to fall in love with you, and let me tell you i tried not to. i was afraid i'd get hurt again, and i deprived myself of years of happiness because of that fear. i don't want that fear to define my future or my happiness anymore. i just know that i want you. if you will have me. that future that you see for yourself? i see it too. a beautiful gothic wedding, a couple of blonde haired, blue eyed babies that look just like you. it's very achievable, and i'm so willing to give you that life.
Yeah? I'm happy to hear that I've always made you feel like a queen when you're with me, darling, because that's how you should always feel. Plus, you know how much it pisses me off when I think about all the people that have treated you poorly or haven't treated you like you deserved to be treated. And you should never be made to feel like a last option, you know that, love. Well, I don't think the rest of the world would be ready if I showed up wearing nothing at all, darling, so we'll keep that for your eyes only. You're the best hype woman, there's no doubt about that, and you always make me feel more sure of myself. You love my ears? Though I approve of you thinking they're nibble-worthy, of course. I'd say the same for me, but I've not been lying to myself. I've known what I've felt for you, I just haven't felt like I could tell you because it would ruin things. And that's what I told myself, that I'd rather have you in whatever way I could than not have you at all, so I'd just shut up and take whatever you were willing to give. I just didn't think you saw me as anything more than your friend Jamie, who made you feel better sometimes, you know? But it makes me happy hearing I'm the person you always come to when you're happy or you get good news, and very happy I'm who you come to for comfort. You've been my person for years now, darling, that's something I've known and honestly accepted a while ago. I do the same thing when it comes to my future, and I'll admit I've been thinking about my future and settling down a lot, and you're who I see that with. Until now I just told myself it was an unachievable dream.
that warms my heart. to know that she still holds such a solid part in the lives of those she touched— it truly means that i did my job right as the face of that character. i just hope that girls, and boys understand that it's okay to be authentically you in this world, or any other world. being yourself truly is the biggest strength a person can have. please ask me all the questions! i love talking about fear and alicia's character. she was my baby for such a long time, so please if you have any questions feel free to ask. i'm already sending a fully detailed letter to my agency as to why we need to be in a project together. charlie's angels reboot? yes please!
And that’s exactly why she follows you, in the best way. You gave her such strength and soul, and I think people saw a piece of themselves in her that they weren’t seeing anywhere else on TV at the time. That’s powerful. And yes, just breaking ground! But I’m already so invested. The writing pulls you in, and your performance? You’re giving so much depth, especially in the quieter moments. I already have about 20 things I want to ask you, but I’m trying to pace myself like a grown-up. I’ll definitely keep you updated as I go. And god, you’re right. We’re just getting started. Whatever’s next? The world’s not ready. But I hope we get to be in it together, one day, telling something bold and unforgettable.
exactly! maybe the little terror gene will skip my kids and go straight to my brothers kids. it's what he deserves for being a pain in my ass for so long. i can understand that. i feel like modeling is much harder to get work, especially after a certain point because the standards that have been set for us, especially women, they feel like a woman can't still be sexy once she turns thirty. that's why i'm so thankful the little bit of modeling i do is for work related photoshoots. i don't think i could cut it in that side of the business long term. that is understandable. hopefully you both can make it, and if not i will carry you both with me in spirit. oh definitely, i think at this point they come as a packaged deal. i've heard that i have a whole heap of people i have to battle for that spot, but i'm fully prepared to duke it out. regardless if you sound like your mum, it's sound advice. i actually have been letting life just happen, and i think it finally threw me a bone— a whole bag of them actually. i think that's a fair deal. i love the way you look at it though. it is just a piece of paper, and it has no real substance to the love that you have for your partner.
that is absolutely right! they will be your little terrors and nobody else could call them little terrors but you because you had to birth them and raise them. haha but i seriously couldn't see you having anything close to a nightmare of a child. you're far too sweet for that. oh most definitely! i feel like it keeps you on your toes. i had a similar situation with modeling. especially after i stepped back from Victoria's Secret. i haven't really had a loss for work but there was a brief period where i wasn't sure of where it was going to come from, especially after i had Elijah. i hide my bumps pretty well but it does get pretty hard to do some of these shoots when you're six to eight months pregnant and about to pop. oh most definitely! if we can, we definitely will be there. i'm sure he'll make the time regardless. i just have to be in NYC a good nine point nine tenths of the time because i've got the boys and i can't just up and move out to Los Angeles. he has been the greatest discovery of 2025 yet. well, him and this little one. but i can kind of lump those two together, right? makes sense? i wouldn't have one without the other. you and Lucy are definitely going to be rivaling at that one. she's already trying to make arrangements to camp out at my place in NYC and feel all up on the little slice. i completely understand you there. but i definitely recommend just going with the flow of things and letting it happen when it happens. don't let time get in your way of doing the things that make you happy just on your own while you are still young. good lord i'm talking like my mother now. i'll make you a deal. how about we all focus on the slice for now and once they're born we can then start obsessing over the engagement ring. i hope he doesn't think that is going to be necessary before i have this little one. because there is absolutely no rush in that from me. i'd be just fine if we never got married. it's just a piece of paper at this point. it doesn't really prove how much love two people have for each other. that can't be shown on paper.