Tom's Girl

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"I can't do anything!" Tony says as he walks out of my trailer. "I knew we shouldn't have hired an amateur actress." He says.

I had refused to let my makeup artist and hair dresser help me. I couldn't do this. I was feeling so much worse than I had felt for any of the time I had been hungry. I felt like I was going to pass out at all times and I could barely stand without being too dizzy. I got sick one more time before my makeup artist had showed up. Once I refused to prepare for filming my helpers walked out and told Tony everything. Tony tried to talk to me but I just couldn't do this. Not today, I had to eat something.

"Quin I told you this wasn't going to work!" I can hear Tony yell outside of my trailer. "She is too nervous and refuses to film and she's supposed to be on in 10."

I fall to the floor of my trailer, tears dripping down my face. I couldn't handle all of this. I felt so dizzy and so uneasy that I couldn't even bring myself to get up. And on top of that I was overly embarrassed because of this whole situation.

Tom's POV

I was on set 9, which was my first scene with Rylee. We were outside getting ready when I hear someone yelling. I shake it off, noticing that it had nothing to do with me. I turn back to my set director who is now speaking into his ear piece.

"Well get her out! We can't do this right now. Everything's ready and we need her on set in 10." He says. I see some of the other set directors and then an editor leave and head over to the trailers. I turn to one of my assistants to see her also talking into her ear piece.

"Ok I got that, but what are we supposed to do?? Just put off the scene we have scenes without her that we can film. We have Tom and Josephine here." She says. "Alright alright." She says as she moves her hand off the button.

"What's going on??" I ask.

"It's one of the actresses, she apparently is refusing to come out of her trailer and film." She says as she starts walking towards the trailers.

"Wait who is it??" I question.

"It's our actress who plays June." She says as she walks off. Wait that was Rylee. I run over to the trailer to see people all around getting upset and talking into their ear pieces.

"No Quin, there's nothing wrong with her. She is just an amateur actress! We should never have hired her." Tony says.

"We can just put off the scene until tomorrow." Quin suggest.

"She's useless. If she did it this time she'll do it again. We need someone else." Tony argues back.

"We don't have anyone else." Quin says.

"Well than someone go get her ass out of there before I fire her!" Tony yells. Rylee's dresser slowly walks up to her door and knocks on it, pressing her ear against it.

"Rylee sweetie, I need you to come out." She says. A couple seconds later she turns around with her hands up. "She won't listen. We are going to have to film the scene later." She says.

"No we are going to have to replace this absolute amateur!" Tony yells as he throws his clipboard down. I quickly push through everyone to get to her door.

"Let me try!" I holler.

"At this point I don't give a fuck what happens. We just need her out here." Tony says. I walk up to the door, lightly knocking on it.

"Rylee? It's Tom. Can you please let me in?" I ask. I press my ear against the door for a few seconds and hear nothing. I let out a sigh as I move away from the door. What was wrong with her? I just saw her this morning and she was fine, other than a little nervous. But that wouldn't stop her from filming this, this is huge for her. All of a sudden the door opens. I let out a sigh of relief and turn back to Tony. He throws his hands up in the air as I walk into her trailer.

I close the door behind me and lock it back up just in case. Rylee sits down on the edge of her bed, her whole face covered in tears. It looked like she'd been crying for a while.

"Rylee what's going on?" I ask her, trying to be as calm as I could.

"I- I don't k-know." she stammers.

"Yes you do Rylee, please talk to me. Everyone is worried about you out there an-"

"No one is worried about me! They just need me to film their stupid movie." She claims.

"That's not true at all." I argue back.

"I heard everything Tony said. He doesn't care. He just wants his money."

"Ok... But that's not what this is about. What is going on with you?" I ask her. She looks up at me, more tears dripping down her face.

"I uhm... I stopped eating a while ago..." She says. Regret and guilt instantly overcome me. I turn around, sliding my hands over my face, holding them behind my head. I take a second to take it in and then turn back around.

"How long Rylee?" I ask her.

"11 days and counting." She says.

"No. 11 days, there is no counting bullshit. I am taking you out to eat right now." I say. Her tears start dripping down her face much faster and she tries to wipe them away. "Come here." I say as she stands up. I pull her into me, resting her head on my chest as I squeeze her tight. She continues to uncontrollably cry as I run my fingers through her hair as she tucks her head into my chest.

"Cmon, let's go get you something to eat." I say as I rub up and down her back. She pulls away from me and looks down.

"I'm sorry." She says.

"Hey, there is no reason for you to be sorry, I'm sorry for raising my voice. I was just worried about you." I say, actually regretting the way I spoke to her. I pull her in for another hug real quick and then slowly let her go. I grab her hand and slowly open her trailer door to see everyone still standing there talking.

"Tom finally! Did you talk some since into her?!" Tony asks.

"No actually. We are going to have to delay filming for today. Something more important came up." I say as I start walking us through everyone.

"No No. You don't just get to say something more important came up Tom! We are filming these scenes today." Tony says.

"Just let them go Tony. Can't you see the poor girls face, there's obviously something else going on." Quin says.

"I'll have her back tomorrow." I say as I pull her hand hand through the crowded people. We finally make it out and around the building, and I lead her around to my car and open the passenger door.

"I am so sorry that I didn't talk to you about this sooner. I knew something was up but I just didn't have the courage to ask. And now you've pushed yourself to far..." I say.

"Please don't blame yourself. I never would have told you if you asked, I was too embarrassed. But Dawn told me I had to lose 20 pounds in 2 weeks and I just couldn't do it." She explain's, with her voice slightly cracking.

"She told you that?!" I ask, watching her nod her head. "That's absolutely insane Rylee, that wasn't your fault. They should not have made you lose that much weight in 2 weeks." I say as I pull her into another hug, much tighter and closer to her this time. After a couple seconds I slightly pull away, looking down at her as she tries to wipe away her tears. I press a soft kiss on her forehead and then let go of her, watching her get in the passenger seat of the car. I close the door behind her and hop in the driver side.