An act? ~ Max Battimo/Saved by the Bell

Love Letters - S1 E2 Pt6

"Hey! Actors and actresses! Come over here, we got something that we're going to tell y'all!" Our film director yelled at us. We all gave each other weird looks.

"Whats the issue now?" I asked, getting a giggle from everyone.

"Nothing, we just have great news."

"And that is?" Lark asked.

"We're going to collaborate with a group of teens your ages."

"And who are they?" I asked again.

"Guys come out!" We looked at each other all confused again.

We saw a group of teen boys come out. They looked familiar. I know some of them were in other movies before but they look really young. Some at least. 2-4 of them looked our age.

"Please introduce yourself fellas." Our film director said.

"I'm Chauncey." (Squints)

"Patrick." (Ham)

"Grant." (Bertram) he gave us a wave.

"Victor." (Tommy)

"Shane." (Timmy)

"Brandon." (DeNunez) He looked cool.

"Wil." (Phillips)

"Marty." (Yeahyeah)

"And I'm Mike Vitar." He kept eyes on me.

I felt Max tense up a little, I was next to him.

"Lark."

"Heather."

"Dustin."

"Mark."

"Max." Said annoyed.

"And I'm Chloe Zuniga." I smiled at them.

"Pretty name." Marty said.

"Pretty girl." Mike said. I was red. Max was annoyed.

"Thanks." I smiled nervously.

"O...Kay. Um everyone just mingle with each other. And keep your hands to yourself. Max! That goes for you! And you Chloe!" I rolled my eyes.

I went to sit with lark and Heather. We were just talking and joking around, until the topic of the new kids came upon. We tried not to be that loud.
"Max, was so jealous!" Lark said. I rolled my eyes at her. He had no reason to be mad.

"Did you see Mike? He was so eyeing Chloe, same for Marty!"

"Guys, stop."

"Aww, does Chloe not like boys looking at her? To bad Max is like your husband already." She cooed with me.

"Is not! All we did was have. Kiss on screen!" I got real defensive, as no one knew we kissed after we left.

"Then why'd you leave early? Max left too." Heather said.

"I don't know! I just walked home."

"Right, whatever. Anyways, I think Brandon is cute. Like really cute." Lark said. I was in awe and kinda weirded out. Lark saw this.
"Chloe you're married, don't even." I rolled my eyes and shook my head.

"Really? I think grant is cute." Heather said.

"Go talk to them then." I said.

"Talk to who?" Mike, Brandon, and Grant, stood behind our seats. We turned around causally. Our eyes got big. The girls and I looked at each other.

"I don't think Max will like this." I whispered, looking at the guys.

"I don't think none of them will." Lark said.

"Got that right." Heather replied back to her.

Heather and Mark kinda had a thing going on. I feel like it was bound to happen. And lark, she doesn't like Dustin that much but I feel like the vibe is there. You know? And me and Max, well, something is definitely there. You can tell from a mile away. So easily.

"So?" Mike asked again.

"Oh, um. How long have y'all been there?" I asked. Hoping to get out of this. If you can get out of trouble with one person, that person would be me. I'm a great lier under pressure. Even if I don't have time to think of it.

"Long enough to hear Heather say cute." He replied.

"Yeah, we were talking about my new dog they met recently. She's adorable." I did indeed have a dog but not a new one. And they've never met her.

"Right. Well why did you say go talk to them?" Mike asked again.

"We switch girl language a lot. So Heather wanted to ask her parents to get her a new dog. Tell them what you want the dogs name to be." I hit Heather.

"Oh-uh, right! I want to name my future dog, um Sadie! If a girl. And um, if a boy then rocket!"

"Right. Okay. Can we sit here?" Mike asked. It seemed like he wanted to talk to me more. He was just asking while staring at me.

"Oh um, y'all can. I gotta talk to someone." I replied. I quickly got off the chair and walked to Max. God, I was so nervous to talk to the new boys. All caught up in a lot of lies just so the girls won't be embarrassed. I do gotta admit my lies were pretty good.
I was looking for Max, but pumped into Marty. He looked like he was happy to see me.
"I'm sorry, Marty?"

"It's okay, and yeah it's Marty. And you're the famous Chloe we keep hearing about. Very nice to meet you, very pretty." I blushed.

"Thank you. Nice you meet you but I'm looking for someone, please excuse me."

"See you later!" He said. Quite the charmer. And flirter. I finally found Max. Thank the lord I thought.

"Max!" He saw me. Surprisingly his eyes lit up, as he talked to Chauncey, I think.

"Chloe? I thought you would be talking to the guys, what happened?" I got right next to him. I guess he was eager to see me cause he immediately put his arms around me, like a hug.

"Nothing, just nervous. And I barely talked to them at all today." I hugged back.

"Um, are y'all dating? I feel like the third wheel." Chauncey asked.

"Um no. Sorry for making you feel like that." I was blushing but I moved my face in Max's chest so you couldn't see me.

"Uhhuh. Right. Well something is definitely going on."

"We're just close. We're somewhat lovers on screen. I think we're bound to be really close." Max said.

"Oh right. Love y'all's relationship in the series."

"Thanks."

"So how long did it take to shoot the kissing scene?" Chauncey asked bluntly.

"To many." I replied.

"How many?" He asked, raising a brow.

"Four, including the actual shot and without including the practice scenes." Max answered.

"How many practice scenes?"

"One." I replied.

"You didn't kiss after you went home?" Chauncey asked again. We got red and nervous.
"Ahh haaaa! You did! Who kissed who?" Max pointed to me immediately.
"The girl? I'm impressed. Usually the guy but Chloe? A girl? Kissed first? I mean you had to kiss again." We tensed up again for the last time.
"You did kiss again! Who kissed again first?" I pointed to Max.
"Couldn't keep hands off of her, huh?" Chauncey smirked.
"It's like his mom wanting to meet you!" We tensed up again.
"Wow! His mom does? Congratulations y'all should date each other! His mom loves you already! You didn't even have to try that hard to impress her!" Kinda was a big flex. I didn't have to try that hard.

Chauncey enjoyed his time making us embarrassed. Max and I didn't but, we got things off our chest.

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