Silver Screen Express Ch. 12

Author's Note: This story is completely fictional and did not happen. All characters and names are fictional and were made up.

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Los Angeles, California

The wind blew slightly, rustling through the trees and sending littered paper trash blowing across the road and into traffic. David wasn't bothered at all while he sat behind the steering wheel of his gold plated Silver Screen Express van. A soft smile ran across his lips as the afternoon hours were under way and he was on the clock making his rounds through south L.A. After a rough week dealing with the night shift, David couldn't think negatively about anything during a hot summer day. He much rather preferred to be driving his van around town during the day and avoiding whatever could come in the darkness of night.

One week of night shift wasn't too bad, as it could've been worse. David did have quite the chance encounter with a Hollywood starlet last week. He had recorded the event in his diary, just like all the other ones. There was something about being out in L.A. during the midnight hours that made him feel so weird. 'The freaks come out at night' was something that remained in his mind at all times. He ended up getting stuck picking up drunk fares that consisted of rich socialites with enough money to burn with club hopping until midnight. Sometimes, he had to deal with older clients who were all more mysterious than the night itself for their odd hour schedules. Such people were always in the back of his taxi van during the nights, though they rarely offered much conversation.

David always found excitement as a driver since you never quite knew who would open the door and sit down in the back of a taxi van. Though the Silver Screen Express was a luxury service only for those that could afford it, he still had his share of interesting people requesting rides across town. This made the job worth it back in his youth, even before he had developed a seductive smooth talking habit with pretty ladies. The taxi was almost like a shuttle for an adventure, even if the town was so similar after two decades of driving all across it. The right person in the back of the seat could make even the most boring ride become one of excitement, all by sharing conversations with them.

It was easy to be negative when many fares consisted of quiet wealthy people just needing and pick up and to be driven back and forth. David usually didn't become optimistic with someone until they had talked to him a bit from within the back of his van. So far today, his first fares had been relatively silent but he was still in a wonderful mood since the afternoon hours were far more comfortable than the unpredictable calls that came in during a night shift. A call had just come in from a couple requesting a ride outside a bar called 'Mercy Street Inn' around Long Beach. Changing gears in the van, he grabbed the walkie-talkie device attached to the radio and called back into dispatch to let them know that he was the driver taking this fare.

He quickly changed routes, driving alongside a road between traffic of a white sports car and an old sedan. Long Beach was a fun place, if someone could afford the expensive living and entertainment distractions within town. David wasn't quite familiar with the bar's name, so he had to check on the GPS to pull up an accurate destination. He had been guessed correctly that he was close by in the area and soon, he found himself pulling up on the side of the road. The bar itself was decorated with red windows. A man and woman could be seen standing near the sidewalk wearing casual clothes and holding hands. The man was taller than her, wearing a pair of jeans and a blue T-shirt bearing a logo for the New York Giants NFL football team. His hair was brown, short and he had a hue of blue in his eyes. The woman had faded blonde hair wrapped up in a pony tail with sunglasses. She wore a yellow shirt, black pants and a brown leather jacket that matched her purse. David rolled down the passenger's window, to smile and greet them.

"Hi there, are you the couple who called in for a ride?"

"Yes, can you take us back to our hotel?"

The woman smiled after speaking. David nodded to them both.

"Yeah, sure! Go ahead and hop in, I'll drive you where ever you need to go."

"Thank you, kindly!"

The voice answering him back came from the man. David sat there in the driver's seat when he heard the right side back door sliding open and then both of them climbed in to enter the cab van before sliding the door shut. She got in first, moving over to the left seat while the man was seated on the right side. David scratched his hand across his gray T-shirt before speaking up to address them both.

"The initial fee will be for five hundred dollars, where can I take you?"

"Are we both to be charged that price individually or is that all together?"

David shook his head before replying back to the woman.

"Oh no, I couldn't do that even if I wanted to. The initial fee is always for five hundred dollars, regardless if it's one person or two."

Laughter was heard from the back seat as the man and woman found him to be funny. David couldn't help but smile to himself as the couple appeared to be rather charming in their own right. He shifted gears to the van and began to move back into the streets while speaking up.

"So, are you staying at a hotel around here?"

The man from back shook his head and spoke up.

"No, we're staying back in Santa Monica."

His voice spoke in a diminished accent, almost with a British tone that had faded away. David couldn't help but chuckle at the answer. It seemed odd to him that someone would leave Santa Monica for Long Beach, given that both had their own beaches.

"Santa Monica? Well, what are you doing out here in Long Beach? The beaches are better in Santa Monica, you know. They're not as crowded with the tourists either, it's nicer there."

"It's our honeymoon! We wanted to see how it was out here instead of staying in just one place. It gets boring just being in one spot all the time."

It was the woman who spoke up. David raised his eyebrows while starring into the street and gripping the steering wheel.

"Oh wow, so you two have just been married, huh? Well, congratulations! I don't think I've ever had the chance to drive newly weds before."

"Thanks!"

"Yes, thank you!"

He spoke before she could, both of them answering him back in a delighted tone before laughing. They appeared to be such a happy couple, David couldn't help but find an interest in them. When he looked back up into the rear view mirror, they were even holding hands and looking back at one another. It was rare to see such a sight of lovers in the back of his taxi van. As each second went by, he was becoming more invested in learning about them.

"So, what's the names for Mr. and Mrs?"

"I'm Jamie-"

"I am Mrs. Jamie Bell, but you can call me Kate or even by the name I'm mostly known by, Kate Mara."

She replied before kissing her husband's cheek. David had noticed when he glanced once more into the rear view mirror. Traffic wasn't too bad in front of him, so he felt

"So Jamie and Kate, huh? When did you two get hitched?"

"About a month ago. We were engaged almost a year, it always is a long wait before getting a wedding put together. It took a while to plan out the honeymoon too since we stay busy working."

Kate had answered him back. David wanted to gaze up into the rear view mirror, but with a green light, he had to put his foot down on the pedal and move in traffic right behind a yellow sports car. A bit of whispering was heard from the back seat, forcing David to glance into the rear view mirror. Kate had whispered something into Jamie's ear and he chuckled. When David had a second glance, he noticed that her hair appeared to red but faded at the roots into a dyed gold blonde color. He couldn't stop the interest in his mind from wondering about these two. David spoke up again while driving.

"So, how did you two meet? You're quite charming back there, I must say."

"We're both into acting, we starred in a movie together and we began going out after that. It was a few years ago when we first met."

Jamie responded to David's question this time instead of her. David nodded while looking into the streets and turning the van once more through traffic. He was beginning to feel that he was a magnet for attracting Hollywood names through his job as a driver. He had never driven a married Hollywood couple, so this was something new to experience. It was a lucky coincidence, but not one he could complain about whatsoever. Driving around famous people was more fun than the usual wealthy socialites. David replied back while he remained focused on driving.

"What movie set did you meet on, if you don't mind me asking?"

"Oh god, I don't know if you really wanna know. It's sorta embarrassing."

Her words made David chuckle. In his mind, he wasn't quite sure what she meant by embarrassment. Jamie laughed and sighed before he answered back.

"Well, I guess it's hard to explain. The movie we were in together was received so negatively, I'm not sure if you want to know. It's not a work of art by any means."

"I can't even watch it! After all the bad reviews in the media by the critics, I'm scared to even see one of my own movies."

She laughed after speaking. David was still curious, even if the movie was an obvious box office bomb. There was something charming about Kate and Jamie that he felt it would be impossible for him to be rude to either of them.

"If you don't want to tell me, that's fine. I'm not going to judge you anyway, you've achieved something that a regular guy like me is never going to come close to."

A sigh was heard from the back seat. Kate was looking up into the ceiling trying not to smile when David spotted her big brown eyes from gazing back into his trusty rear view mirror. Jamie didn't seem too bothered as she was in admitting the film's title as if it were a crime.

"Fantastic Four. We were in the remake from a few years ago. I'm sure you thought it sucked since I have yet to hear a nice thing about it."

One coincidence had turned into an even greater. David couldn't help but smile to himself while the van continued to roll down the streets. Just last week, he had spent an evening during the night shift with a woman who was featured in the older Fantastic Four films from over a decade ago and now he was entertained by the new cast. He didn't plan to reveal this trivial detail to them, as he just gripped the steering wheel and shook his head quietly while thinking of his time with Jessica Alba from last week.

"Fantastic Four, huh? I don't reckon I can say anything bad, cause I haven't watched it."

"Oh, thank fucking god! That's a relief that you aren't going to tell me how bad it was!"

Kate laughed in a goofy tone after she had spoke in relief. There was something about this girl that was blossoming with a wonderful personality. David was curious now about her role in the film. He was familiar with the characters, though he wasn't one who kept up with comic books to know a great deal of knowledge about them.

"What character did you play? Were you the blonde haired-"

"Yes! Sue Storm, that was me!"

David smirked to himself. To be driving both women who had played the role of Sue Storm was quite an impressive feat out of an amazing coincidence. Jessica Alba was last week, today it was Kate Mara and her husband Jamie Bell in the back seat. He licked his lips, beginning to speak again but when he glanced back into the rear view mirror, he noticed that both of them in the back had locked lips and began to kiss passionately. David didn't know what to think of this. To drive a married couple who couldn't seem to take their hands off one another was something he had never experienced before as a driver. He forgot his words, figuring it was best to just let them kiss and enjoy each other in the back seat while he was busy driving.

The smoldering kisses continued, even after David had stopped the van between two red lights and had to wait for them to fade green. By now, the man behind the wheel had simply become a silent observer to the two lovers in the back of his van. He had suddenly remembered that they didn't even tell him which hotel or where to go. David figured he would have to interrupt them by the time he crossed back into Santa Monica, but for now there was a considerable distance to be made. David's attention was caught yet again when he began to hear Kate's voice moaning. When he looked back into the rear view mirror this time, she had moved to sit in Jamie's lap and he was laying kisses down the beautiful girl's neck. David was forced to speak up now, almost excited to witness such a sight in the back of his van.

"Getting a little cozy back there, huh?"

"Oh, I'm so sorry! Is this disturbing you?"

David laughed at Jamie's question.

"No, not at all. Go right on ahead, you're both quite cute back there."

Kate raised her eyebrow and leaned over to whisper something into her husband's ear, all while David was still driving the car through the streets. How could he stop them from back there? He was guilty himself for such dirty desires in the back of his own van. He wasn't about to stop them, even if their clothes came off. For people of fame, they seemed rather private and daring to be adventurous given their display of crude behavior at the moment. Soon, David heard another set of moans this time echoing from Jamie's voice. Like before, his voice chimed a faded accent that couldn't help but make David wonder if he was a British native. This time around when he glanced into the rear view mirror, Kate was grinding down into her husband's lap and raising her neck for him to trail kisses down like before.

Her jacket had been removed and tossed to the floor, David was surprised he didn't notice this at first. He didn't bother speaking up to alert them to his watchful eye. If they weren't embarrassed to be putting their hands on one another like this in the back of his van, David figured they must not have had much shame. He didn't mind them at all, as he found it rather amusing to listen to their moans and kissing back and forth. Kate eventually threw her purse to the floor and then it became evidence that much more was going over the backseats. David was forced to speak up after hearing both of them moan together in chorus.

"Are you too comfortable back there?"

"Oh shit, I'm sorry! We got a little carried away!"

She laughed after speaking up. David couldn't help but chuckle, knowing at this point he wasn't about to stop them at all.

"No need to be sorry, you can continue on."

Jamie looked to the back of the seats before speaking next.

"You mean, you don't have a problem with us enjoying ourselves back here?"

"No, not at all. You're the one paying the bill for the fare, so I figure you can both do whatever you want back there. Go ahead, it's your call to do whatever back there. I ain't gonna stop either of you."

David's answer offered quite the welcoming for what was to come with the lustful couple in the back seat. Since he had been enjoying watching them the rear view mirror, he couldn't wait to see what was to come of them now that he had given them full reign. Kate looked back at her husband bit her lower lip, silently gesturing to him a quiet message to push the boundaries. For David, he didn't know what to expect the next time he looked back up into his rear view mirror but he was already guessing what could happen. All the while, the van was still moving forward through the streets and through traffic alongside various vehicles. After a few minutes, silence faded over the back seats of the cab. David couldn't hear anything from Jamie and Kate from the back seat.

When he glanced up into the rear view mirror, he noticed that Kate had moved away from her husband's lap. She was leaned over, whispering in his ear while moving a watchful eye to the back of the front seat as if she were watching the driver. They were clearly up to something, as David soon heard giggling from both of their voices. He didn't utter a word to them, he just sat there and continued to do his job driving the van through the streets. He thought he heard Jamie's voice whispering back to his wife. 'But we don't even know this dude's name!', Soon Jamie spoke up to the driver.

"Hey man, you wouldn't mind if I ask your name?"

"Oh no, not at all. You can call me David."

"Thanks!"

This made for an odd turn of events. Why would they want to know his name all of a sudden? Soon, David heard laughing and more whispering going on. 'I can tell by looking at this guy, he would do it! He's got that look to him!'. When David glanced upward back into his rear view mirror, now both of them were sitting in the back seat with some innocent look over their concerned faces. Despite the obvious mischief from the back of the van, David still didn't say anything to alert them of his watching eye or ear. He was trying to play it stupid. He soon heard more laughing and whispering. 'No, I asked for his name! It's your turn now!' A sigh was heard as the voice speaking was clearly from Jamie. More whispering and laughing came forward from low voices. It sounded as if Kate was clearing her thought when David heard Jamie speak up again.

"Ummmm, David?"

"Yeah, what's up?"

A sigh was heard from both their voices. He was forced to stop at a red light in traffic. When David looked back into his mirror, Kate had a worrying grin over her face while biting her lower lip. For once, Jamie looked nervous as hell as he began to speak up with a serious yet dirty question.

"My wife was wondering if...If...you..."

Kate let out a sigh and then blurted out the words her husband struggled with.

"Do you wanna join us for a threesome?"

"Do what!?"

"A threesome! That's basically what my husband was trying to ask you."

David took a deep breath. For once, the roles had been reversed it seemed. Usually, he was the one asking women for dirty deeds while they sat in the back of his van. Now the tables had been turned and he had a freaky couple asking him to do something dirty instead. He chuckled for a bit before replying back with a weak question of his own.

"You want to have a threesome with me, really?"

Kate giggled before responding back to him.

"Yes! This is our honeymoon and well, we've been wanting to try other kinky things outside the bedroom. You seem like the kind of guy who would enjoy something like this."

He couldn't even ask her what left the impression in her mind. All David could think was that Kate was smart enough to see right through him, judging the older man by his looks. It didn't take much to take him into something like this.

"Yeah, if you want me to. Give me a moment, I'll have to take us to some place quiet and park the van."

Jamie's voice could be heard gasping. He looked back at his wife and then Kate spoke to him.

"See, I told you!! He looks like a sleazy old fucker, I knew he would say yes to us!"

David couldn't help but laugh. He wasn't offended at all, for Kate had clearly seen right through him with such an appropriate nickname. He turned the taxi van down a road where he knew there was a construction site close by that could possibly offer a decent cover where the van would blend in unnoticed from the naked eye. After laughing a bit, he teased Kate with a question.

"Hey, who you calling sleazy back there, babe? You were about to get it on with your husband in the back of my van."

"And? You told us we could!"

All three of them were laughing at Kate's answer back to him. David wasn't about to walk back on his claims at this point.