It's Just Pretend ✔️

Chapter 17

"Hello, you're Jadyn? Correct?" I put my hand out for the man who turns to me to shake it. "Damn you're even bigger in person" he looks me up and down. "Well I'm assuming you know my name is Zachary then, you can call me Z if you'd like?" I tell him, getting a nod.

"Z, nice. It's cool like you" he nods as I take my hand back. "Well I'm excited to be your nerd best friend in this movie" he jokes and I nod. "And I'm excited to be your moron of a friend who doesn't understand anything" I joke back making him laugh.

Jadyn seemed to be an African American man, with a very poofy Afro that I wanted to touch so bad. I restrained myself thankfully. Only a few inches shorter than me, he was more of a twig. His eyes were a deep and dark brown that looked well with his appearance. His hair though.

Do I have a hair kink? Oh god. I'm done with life. "Z?" Jadyn pulls me out of the scary truth. "Sorry, zoned out for a second" I shake my head before running a hand through my hair.

"Oh- I was just asking if you knew who was playing Stacy?" He asked and I shook my head. "I just hope it's not a brat, that's going to make this process extremely slow" I sigh and he nods slowly. "I hear ya" Jadyn groans.

"This is great, you two already getting along- uh will you follow me to meet Valerie your other co-star..." a man comes over rambling about lights, sets, and locations.

"Yeah, okay" I start to follow along with Jadyn who hummed in response. The man was already scribbling things on his clipboard as a girl with dirty blonde hair came into the distance. "Her name is cool, that's a good sign, right?" I lean over mumbling to Jadyn. "I hope, girls freak me out I still like girls though" he quickly tries to cover it up as I hold in a laugh.

"Yeah me too, I've just also got a certain man in mind" I chuckle and he punched my shoulder. "Oh yeah your boyfriend, dude he's even taller than you!" He reminds me and I nod. "Yeah, boyfriend... and not by a lot" I grumble.

"Oo someone is jealous- don't worry you seem to have more muscle- he's pretty big though" he pretends to flex and I can't hold back my snort. "I'm starting to think you're stalking those pictures" I continue and he nods.

"Dude I'm not going to lie- like I like girls- but you are both fine as fuck" he bites his lips jokingly and I cover my mouth to try to compose myself. "Oh my god! You're finally here!" The girl's face becomes super smiley as she runs over to hug me. "I'm Valerie Dale" she introduces herself looking me up and down.

"Zachary-" she doesn't let me finish before nodding. "Tatton, I must say Tatton is such a nice last name" she giggles and I furrow my brows but shrug. "I guess?" I answer while Jadyn steps forward. "Dale? Isn't that the name of the scriptwriter?" He asked and she puts a finger to her cheek, giving us a toothy smile.

"Yes! Grandpappy wrote it! They had to beg him to let them film a movie. They're paying lots of money plus I got the main female part" she rambles off and I listen intently.

That means I can't piss her off or I'm losing the job. "Woah!" I step back as she lifts my shirt to reveal my abdomen. "That doesn't even look real" she starts to touch my abs and I hurry to pull my shirt back down.

"Sorry I don't really appreciate you touching me like that, I just don't know you well" I explain and she pouts. "That's not fair, what are you going to do during our sex scene?" She asked puffing out her bottom lip.

"Um- our what!?" "Your what!?" Jadyn and I both shout. "Our sex scene" she repeats getting shy all of a sudden. "I looked through that script a hundred times and the contract! It only said I was only doing a kiss scene and certain stunts," I tell her straight and she doesn't seem happy about that.