The Reunion ~ A Herophine Fanfiction

Hero 12

The only words I can use to describe what Jo looks like right now are: a picture of beautiful elegance.

I can't help but stare at how gorgeous she looks in her stunning, red, deep v neck, sparkly and embroidered floral dress. Jo coughs nervously and I break from my trace. "Um...er..." I stumble over my words and Jo gives me a small smile, clearly knowing what she's doing to me right now. "You look amazing" I finally spit out the words and she blushes, nearly the shade of her dress. "Thanks" she mumbles
"Shall we go down?" She asks as she reaches me. Although I'm overly tall for my age and height in general, I'm glad to see Jo in heels making her that little bit taller so the top of her head reaches just up to my forehead. I nod and walk beside her to the lift. I know everyone will look amazing in their get outs but Jo is an exception to that and she's in her own category.

We reach the 3rd floor and are bombarded by people and questions. Jo slips away from me as she starts to talk to various people. I say hello to everyone who has joined, but I'm looking for someone in particular. Someone who isn't Jo. I spot that particular person talking to Charlie and Candice and go over. "Lou! Louise!"
"Hero my boy!" Louise pulls me into a tight hug.
"How are you?" She asks after I've hugged and greeted Candice and Charlie. "I'm really well thank you". We chat for a while before she shoos me away saying I need to talk to more people. I love Louise and I'm so happy she stayed to play my onscreen mum for 3 movies. She's great, lots of laughs and is so kind. I spot Swen, Sam, Vanessa and Kiana and make my way over, of course Sam is very happy to be reunited with his love Vanessa and he doesn't seem to have stopped smiling about it. "Hey guys" I hug everyone I haven't seen yet and now I'm actually concerned that my arms might fall off from the amount of movement their getting.

"Your dinner awaits!"

We all gravitate into the dining hall, that is set up in a huge number of circular tables with 5-6 chairs around them. Like this morning during breakfast, I see that there are name cards in front of the plates. I find my name and discover I'm at a table with Louise, Khadijha, Rob and Dylan A. Not with Jo. It seems as though there isn't a particular order or rule as to why people are sitting with the people they are. Jo is about 3 tables across from me with her back to me. Part of me is quite glad because then I won't have a hard on in the middle of dinner just from looking at her and in that beautiful dress. The lead waiter tells us the 3 main courses they will be serving and asks us to write on the little card in front of of us which one we would like as well as what drink we want.
I opt for the classic American burger which seems to have many extras with it and now I discover why it's called a luxurious dinner as it isn't just your average meal. My drink option was only a Jack Daniels and Coke because I know we will be drinking later and I don't want to get too tipsy too fast.

While the chefs are preparing the food, our drinks are brought round as Castille stands up to give a little speech. Even though she only directed 'After' 3&4, we've welcomed her with open arms and she's been incredible. The speech is mostly a thank you to everyone in the room and that she hopes we enjoy our time together again. We cheers to celebrating After and to the family we have created throughout the years. Our food finally arrives and I'm slightly overwhelmed by the amount placed in front of me. There's a huge deluxe burger on a brioche bun, a large portion of fries, about 10 onion rings and cute little pots of sauces. A dish of salad and another portion of lattice chips. My Coke and Jack Daniels is well an truly drained and gone, so I order another to have with my meal.
I finish most of my meal, but not everything as I know there will probably be some sort of desert or sweet treat later on. When everyone has finished, we all make our way to the two reception rooms. The doors are closed when we arrive and I hear Castile telling us that they are going to announcing us into the room. Put us on the spot much!
I know that I need to find Jo as we were lead roles so we will probably be entering around the same time, if not together. I spot her shimmery red dress and blonde hair with Shane. I walk over and make myself known. "Hey" I say quietly as there's so many people and she wouldn't be able to hear me otherwise. "Hey" Jo responds a little louder. "So I think we're probably gonna go in together or around the same time. Mind if I stick around?" She shakes her head and slip her arm around mine. It's clear that Jo doesn't seem to care if anyone sees us this close, but then again we've been in this situation before where she links my arm. Again nothing new right?

Everyone who wasn't a cast member or who had a little cast role has gone into the room, except for a couple of production and a few vital people that we wouldn't have been able to get through filming without. The group soon starts to go down and I see that Shane and Chance go in together as they both were cast as Landon. Me, Jo and Anna are the final people to go into the room. I'm surprised that Anna is before us and she shoots us a reassuring smile before she gets called in. It looks as though me and Jo will be entering together and that makes me feel a lot more at ease knowing she will be beside me. I hear the voice through the microphone on the other side of the door.
"Please join me in celebrating, the very talented: Hero Fiennes-Tiffin and Josephine Langford who were cast as our leads; Hardin Scott and Tessa Young!"
"Ready!" I whisper to Jo as the door begin to open. "Ready" she replies and squeezes my arm a little. I lead her by my arm and into the loud noise of clapping. As expected it's not nearly as bad as doing press, there are only a few flashing cameras and people cheering. As the clapping dies down, we are escorted to some seats near the front, facing a large projector screen with the words 'WELCOME TO THE AFTER REUNION PARTY!' on it.

Castille stands up and makes a sort of introduction, even though it's just her telling us to have a fun night all together. She invites Swen, Inanna and Khadijha up to the front to tell us what's going on tonight. Apparently they've organised music and games for this evening's entertainment. "So I was tasked with putting together tonight's playlist" begins Swen. "And at first I was thinking you know club classics and songs that everyone will know. But then I had an idea.
The After series all have songs in the movies so I decided to base the playlist on those. This playlist consist of all the songs ever included in every After movie and also I really wanted to include the fans in our reunion too.
As we know without them we wouldn't have been able to do 4 fantastic films.
So I started to try and find a way to include them, and what a better way then using all the songs from fan edits that fans come up with, that link to Hardin and Tessa and the After family. No pressure but I spent many hours trawling the web for these songs!"
Laughter breaks out and I can't help but be curious as to what songs might play.

Swen hands Khadijha the microphone and she starts to speak. "Thanks Swen! Me and Inanna were told to organise some entertainment and games for this evening. So we've come up with a few, but first everyone let's get a drink, catch up and have a dance. We'll come back to them in about an hour or so"
The three hop down off the little raised stage and everyone gets up and starts to move about. Jo has disappeared from my side and I can't see her but I shouldn't be worried. I make my way to the bar and order myself a beer and go and sit with Sam,Vanessa and Swen. The music begins to play, and I realise it's the first song of the first movie 'Feel something good'. There's disco lights everywhere and the room suddenly feels darker. The dance floor is light up white squares but they change colour whenever someone steps on them and a couple of people have already started to dance.

About an hour later, I've caught up with varies different people, drank some more and I hear Inanna voice in the microphone. "Okay everyone! Now that you've all got a some drinks in you, it's time to play. Grab a chair and sit in a circle around the room. Cast members towards the front please!"
I grab a chair and pull it up next to Sprouse and Angela. I see Jo not to far way between Dylan and Shane and I give her a small smile which she returns. "So" Inanna begins as everyone settles and a couple more microphones seem to have joined the group. "The aim of this is to see who has a good memory" I've no idea what I'm in for but whatever it is it should be fun.