If I must?

Chapter seven - Lily?!

As confused as I was, Lily was even more beautiful than on screen and in pictures, truly a vision.

Sarah pulled her into a hug and I watched awkwardly as their expressions shifted and changed, visibly catching up with brief enquiring questions about each other's lives. I couldn't hear much of what they were saying because I was so transfixed on Sarah and how her eyes were moving about Lily's face.

I decided it was a little creepy of me to keep staring at them, so I turned back around to face my plate of pasta, my hands resting in my lap and my neck stiff with awkwardness.

I looked at though someone was shouting at me in a public place and that I was trying to blend into the environment around me, hoping no one would see me. However, everyone could.

"Oh, I'm so sorry Lil this is Y/N" I was startled at the sound of my name but didn't turn around. My body reactions were delayed but I felt immense embarrassment that I didn't even say anything back.

The two women walked across from the my left and into eyesight, peering round at me, and Lily did so like they were observing an artefact in a museum.

"Hello?" Lily chuckled at me,"I'm Lily."

I looked up at her and snapped back into reality. I shifted my weight onto my feet and raised to stand, faster than a torpedo. I lost my balance slightly as a result and slammed my hand onto the table below me, grasping for stability. Suddenly my head was filled with dizziness and my eyes fluttered away from Lily and I tried to find my hearings.

"God are you okay sweetie? You got head rush?" she asked, concerned. Meanwhile Sarah was stifling a laugh.

Bloody hell, I thought, at this rate I was going to be universally known as the clumsy mess. I mean it was technically true but humiliating none the less.

"I'm so sorry I don't know what came over me," I managed to communicate as I sat back down, taking a large sip of water.

Sarah was smirking,"Yeah don't worry, she's like this all the time it seems, I only met her this morning and she's nearly fallen twice."

Lily lightly whacked sarah with her purse, giving her a look that said, 'shut up dont embarrass the girl any more than she has herself already.'

She moved to sit down in the chair beside where Sarah had been sat moments before she arrived, looking at me expectantly. Sarah slid back into her own seat, making intense eyes at me as she observed mine and lily's interactions.

"I'm fine I promise," I lied, I was really star struck. Again. God, this day?!

"I betcha Y/N just got a little freaked that you're here my darling" Sarah said, looking me with a sultry lust in her eyes.

I was hoping Lily hadn't noticed the way she was looking at me. Sarah was playing a game with me already, and as much as I enjoyed it, her eyes fixated on me all the time made me feel constantly nervous and over aware of myself.

"Well I can't stay long , I have to go see Ryan about something, but I'll catch up with you later yeah," Lily piped in.

"Oh yeah of course, get your cute butt over there then," Sarah replied, playfully slapping her friend's ass with her purse as she stood up.

"Ow, that hurt man," Lily laughed and flicked Sarah on the forehead.

Watching these two amazed me. Here I am trying desperately not to make a fool out of myself and they were literally acting like 5 year olds on the playground.

I took this as a reminder not to be so uptight around them, I was clearly sticking out like a sore thumb in this new little friendship group.

"Oh, it was nice to meet you Y/N" Lily shouted back at me as she hurried away for her meeting with Ryan.

"If you're finished then we can go and chill at our trailer for a bit? How does that sound?" Sarah asked me.

"Yeah sounds good," I said quickly, picking up my empty plate and dirty cutlery.

"Ok then," she smiled and nodded, doing the same.

We left our plates by the tray racks and wandered out of the tent, which was now even more quiet than it was when we had arrived earlier.

Stepping out into the fresh air, I suddenly noticed just how stuffy and humid it was in the buffet tent. It was a nice day to be honest, one of those days when the breeze was just right.

I turned my attention to the woman walking beside me.

"So are there any other plans for the rest of the day, I know the table read is at 5 but we've got time to kill," I said to Sarah.

"You're right, we've got almost 5 hours before we have to be back, we could always go into town or something instead of wasting away in the trailer? I haven't really explored yet," she suggested with a glint in her eye.

I liked the sound of that. Just us two, walking around a park somewhere.

"Me neither to be honest, I'm up for it for sure!" I was excited to spend the day with her.

"Perfect, let's go back to the trailer and we can change, it's a lot warmer than I expected it would be today," she veered off left without warning, towards the trailer. I forgot how close it was.

"I know, i'm absolutely boiling," I agreed and wiped a bead of sweat from forehead with the back of my finger, trying not to look gross by using the whole back of my hand.

It didn't matter particularly because Sarah had already opened the door and rushed inside. She wasn't looking at me right now.

"I'll put on the air con" I heard her shout from the bedroom as I hurried up the steps.

I smiled in response as I shut the door behind me.