Just for a Moment

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Warning: panic attacks. (I may not know what I'm talking about.)

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The cast has a few days off from filming coming up, and they were going to take advantage of it. The past few weeks have felt like nonstop rehearsals and just utter chaos.

At the moment though, they had a break between scenes and were dancing to whatever someone volunteered to play on the piano or Joshua played over his speaker. It was currently Truth Hurts by Lizzo.

They were screaming at the top of their lungs, not caring who heard them. Well, they had to care somewhat because there were still people working.

Unfortunately, the fun had to come to an end, but at least they could go back to the apartments now, so that's a plus. They were all a bit tired and delirious from the long day.

Joshua and Olivia sat next to each other on the piano bench in the bomb shelter. They were exhausted after filming for so long and were just relaxing a bit.

"Ok, let's try this again," Olivia said. They were trying to play their song but only using one hand each. Every time a mistake would happen, they'd laugh hysterically until they couldn't breathe because of the need for rest.

They begin again, but it doesn't last long before the wrong key is accidentally hit. "I thought," Joshua laughs, "I thought you... Oh my god." He was so out of breath at this point.

"You... You..." Olivia wasn't doing any better though. "You said... You said you were gonna... gonna be fine."

After another minute or so, Olivia begins fanning her face from the laughing. "God," she mutters, catching her breath.

"What were we, um... laughing about again?" Joshua asks, red in the face.

"The wrong keystrokes."

"No, I mean," he was still struggling to breathe, "why is it so funny?"

"I, uh... I don't know at this point."

Once everyone had been released from filming, they all begin to drive back to the apartments.

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They decide to go to Matt's apartment this time, having already spent quite a bit of time in Joshua and Olivia's. As they try to decide what to do, Frankie says, "What about food?"

"In N Out isn't far from here," Julia suggests.

"Yeah, I'll order," Larry says. "What does everyone want?" They all shout at him at once. "One at a time please!" he yells over them. After all the orders have been taken, he says, "Ok, who's going to pick it up?"

"I'll do it," Matt offers.

"Are you sure? We're already in your apartment," Joe adds.

"Yeah, it's fine." He grabs his keys off the counter. "Be back in a bit." They all wave at him as he shuts the door to his apartment.

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As Matt drove to In N Out, he suddenly realized what was happening: he was driving... he was driving alone... he was driving alone at night... he was driving alone at night without someone to help in the event something goes wrong.

His hands gripped the steering wheel tighter. There were a few cars behind him, so if something were to happen, at least there would be witnesses. He sees a traffic light coming up. He starts pressing the brake way too early, scared of something coming from the side.