Stranger Than Fiction

Chapter 22

So Earth had another offer! there was no way this was going to be good so I had to make sure to stick to the original plan.
I would have to worry about that sicko later.

I needed somewhere quiet to think but I couldn't leave the set, I found a small group of trees on the campus that would be perfect,  there was shade from the sun and no one around.

I had 5 days left to complete the task of Plan falling in love with me.
I already knew from Saint that Plan had some feelings for me, but were those feelings still for me or were they all now for Tin? Also what about my feelings? I know I said that Plan would forgive me after this for making him love me when he knew the reason behind my actions, but honestly I wasn't too sure.
If I hurt Plan there was a good chance I would lose one of my closest friends and that wasn't something I could bear.

"Hey Mean"

I looked up and saw Sammy walking towards me, so much for a quiet place.

"Hi Sammy, how are you?" I asked

"Hot!" And she collapse onto the grass next to me and started fanning her face with her hand.

"If you're hot why don't you go inside? You know they have fans which have a little more power than you hand does." I joked

She lifted herself up a little so she was propped up on her elbows. "They have fans but it's so loud, there are so many people on set today I just want to relax." She sat up. "Anyway why are you here, you're not needed until later are you?" She asked.

"Do you know everyone's schedule?" I asked.

Sammy smirked at me "what can I say, women know everything."

"Yeah sure they do!" I replied

"It's true, nothing happens on this series that I don't know about. Try me ... ask me anything." She said.

"What do you want me to ask?"

"Seriously Mean!" She rolled her eyes. "Ask me anything about anyone and I'll prove I know everything."

I didn't really have time for this but she had that naughty look in her eyes which meant she knew some gossip but didn't just want to blurt it out.

"OK, give me a moment to think."

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"No, can't wait any longer, why do men take so long thinking about a simple question?" She said.

"Hey, you just came along and interrupted what I was thinking about, give me a moment."

"OK, I'll give you a hint to help you." She started smiling. "It's about Earth."

"What????" I blurted out. Did she know about Earth? How could she know? surely he wouldn't have told her, if she knew maybe she could help me.... no that was stupid. I needed to know what she was talking about. "Sorry I mean what about Earth?"

It was clear she didn't actually want me to guess she just wanted to tell someone.

"He's leaving in 5 days, he said he has a new project he's working on and that 2 of the cast are going with him."

Why would he be leaving? No one had said anything, surely if three others were leaving we would have been told. I was so confused (I've got a lot going on, sorry if I didn't put 2 and 2 together quickly enough for you)

"Whose going with him?" I asked. "I haven't heard anything about this."

"I was hoping you would know. He won't tell me what the project is, where it is or who is going with him, I'm going crazy not knowing. " she started pouting.

"I thought you said women know everything." I smirked

"We do, but somethings we know less about than others Mean. Come on, help me out here, I need you to find out for me. Speak to the guys and see what you can find out, pleaseeeeee." She begged

"What makes you think they'll tell me anything?" I asked. Honestly I was starting to get frustrated with her, I needed to think and here she was asking me for help in finding out gossip.

"Because guys talk. You are always boasting about one thing or another, I don't believe for a second any of you could keep a secret."

I needed to get out of this conversation as it wasn't going to help me figure out what I needed to do. "OK." I said, "I'll see if I can find out anything for you. Will that make you happy? Can I get back to what I was doing now?"

She grabbed my arm and squeezed it before standing and up and brushing off her skirt. "I knew I could count on you." She smiled "Plan was right suggesting I ask you." She said as she started to walk away.

What? Did she say Plan? Hold on ..... oh my god, how could I be so stupid? Earth leaving for another project with 2 of the cast. Was he planning on taking Saint and Plan back to that hell? I took a few steps to follow after her then stopped..... how did Plan know Earth was going somewhere? And if Earth was leaving that meant he knew I wasn't going to beat him. It felt like my brain was going to explode. I  held my hands to my head to try and calm down, it was a pointless gesture so I let my hands fall to my side. This was the first time since it all started that I felt totally useless.

Who was I trying to convince that I had any chance of beating that psychopath?

That was the moment I knew I had been kidding myself, I wasn't going to win against him, Plan would never love me like I needed him to to save us both.
Earth was going to drag him back to Tin and I was going to die.

****sorry for another short chapter. Be back with Chapter 23 soon 😊

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