Behind the Camera

Chapter Thirty Three

Erana's POV

"Are you guys in love in real life.." I mumble reading what Glen had typed in the chats of our livestream.

I smile and look at Mia as she folds her lips and tried her hardest not to smile as wide as I was.

"Maybe a little bit" She mumbles about the same time I said, "I do love you... I do.." I stutter and she creases her eyebrows almost as if she was angry at that response.

"Uh you better!" She tells me and it causes me to laugh. "I'm gonna be like really.. upset if you don't," She adds as I continue to laugh.

I hope we're not making it dead obvious that there's something or well.. was.. something between us at one point.

The Wilds has blown up, it's gotten so much love and it's only just the beginning.

"Bro," She continues still on about my reaction to the question.

"It's like.. 'I- I do love you in real life' like.. ok.." She mumbles and I smile widely once again. "I do say it back.." I tell her and she waits a little before responding. "I love you too," She said her voice shying away from confidence. "Ok.. Let's change the question.." She says awkwardly and we continue on with our live.

It made me realize how much I truly do miss Mia. She was and still is one of my closest friends. Being apart from her is so hard, but I try my best to act as if it doesn't affect me as much as it really does.

After the live had ended I immediately got a text from Mia.

Mia- Thanks for doing that with me, i miss you.

Erana- I'll see you so soon, i miss you more.

We talk a little more before I continue on with my day. Life at home isn't boring but it isn't anywhere near as fun as life on set.

I've always had the tendency to get bored very easily.

It was only a matter of time before I would be back on my way to begin filming season two.

I hear my phone begin to ring and it quickly pulls me out of my thoughts.

I look down and see Mia's name so I quickly accept the call.

"Hey?" I mumble confused as to why she was calling.

"Erana," She says quickly.

"Hear me out..." She adds.

"I'm listening?" I respond unsure of what she was going to say next.

"Let's go on that mini vacay we never got to go on, it can be short right before we start filming again," She suggests and I smile to myself.

"Yes," I reply without hesitation.

"Really? Yeah?" She says excitedly.

"Oh for sure, I need to get out of my hometown before I die of boredom," I mention and she laughs on the other end.

"Okay I'm gonna book everything all you have to do is show up and get drunk and have fun," She says clearly stoked to do this with me.

"Sounds perfect you do all the work and i'll meet you at the end!" I reply sarcastically.

"Let me know how much the hotel is and we can split it," I add.

"Deal," She says.

We continue talking for a few more minutes before she got too excited and decided to hang up and begin booking things.

Don't get me wrong, I'm just as excited to do this as she is, if not more.

Those couple months flew by and before I knew it I was riding in an uber on the way to meet her at the hotel.

I'm not sure why I was so god awfully nervous to see Mia.

I take a deep breath as my driver pulls up to the hotel doors and I grab my bags heading inside.

I grab my phone rereading Mia's text she had sent me with the hotel room number before clicking the 12th floor on the elevator.

I arrive at the floor and walk down the hall before I stand outside the door taking deep breaths trying my best to prepare myself to see the blonde girl once more.

I knock three times and wait a few seconds before the door had opened abruptly.

"Erana!" Mia says pulling me into a tight hug.

My nerves immediately went away as I hugged her back tightly.

The familiar feeling of comfort quickly coming back as I smile into her shoulder happily.

"Hi," I simply say as we both pull away.

We look each other directly in the eyes and my heart nearly skipped a beat or three.

"I missed you so much," She says and grabs my face causing me to blush. Hopefully it wasn't as noticeable as it had felt.

She then proceeds to pull me into another hug, this one just a little shorter.

It was the most fulfilling thing I've ever felt.

It's like nothing had changed.

"Here come in," She says and pulls my arm as I pull my suitcase in behind me the door closing on its own.

I look at the beautiful hotel room and the bed full of cloths.

"Yeah ignore that, I just started unpacking," She mentions and I smile over at her and shrug.

"I'm used to it," I say and she looks to me with a smile.

It's almost as if we were speaking without saying a word just by the way she looked at me.

"Hungry?" She asks and I nod.

"Always," I reply and move some of her cloths out of the way before falling onto the bed.

Within seconds she jumps on top of me hugging me tightly.

"God I missed you," She says yet again and I hug her back tightly.

"You have no idea," I say and close my eyes feeling her warm body against mine.

I am so glad she's not shying away from my touch, I was honestly worried she would.

I missed the feeling of her being so confident with her actions towards me.

I don't know if it's because she lost all of her feelings from before of if they really never went anywhere.

If I'm being honest I never truly know.