Behind the End - Herophine

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JOSEPHINE
He was here... He was here in Los Angeles and he didn't come to see me... He didn't call me... Of course he wouldn't... He is Hero... The same one who doesn't read the group's chat, the same one who loves his freedom! But he found Pia and Khadijha! We are still friends, right?

Those thoughts wouldn't leave my head, but either way, I wouldn't meet him. I'm very focused on this movie, Evolution came at the right time! The actors are amazing, the story is amazing, a dream movie! I saw that Hero and Sidney are shooting a romance together, I love her! She's very funny and her conversation topics are the best, I'm glad they're on this project too...

I hear knocks in my dressing room, we were released for lunch, I was fixing the strands of hair that came out of the braids they made on me, I loved the style of my new character, let's shoot a scene that I'm really waiting for!


HERO
The romance movie was over, it was still May, I loved getting to know Sidney and the other actors better. I bought her a gift, and I was grateful that everything we went through, was so special. They recorded our farewell, it was a very nice mood with all the cast and production. I went to my L.A agent's house, Jamie, she has two very messy kids but I love playing and being "Uncle Hero" for a few days, I stay at their house during that time. She takes me everywhere, we go to beaches, parties, the other day we went to the birthday of one of their friends, congratulations Mr. Donovan!

I did some ADRs for After 3, we recorded some audio that didn't come out very well on camera while we were shooting in Bulgaria. Jô had already recorded hers days before, so she could focus on the movie she was shooting now. I found Arielle in the studio, the one who plays Kimberly in After 3 and 4, Tessa's friend who works with her at the same company. Before it was Candice but with the whole issue of the pandemic and filming in another country, being pregnant, it was impossible to keep the same person.
It's good to see that Jô is happy, having fun, I saw in a video on Instagram that she even played the piano in front of everyone! They're taking care of her... A lot, one of these days I opened my Instagram and again, I still don't know why I do it, I see one of the actors hugging her, she smiling, I miss that smile, that mouth... Hero, you are not together, you never were! But she looks so beautiful, her body, her face, everything. I saw a picture of her dressed as a cowgirl, and thinking that she couldn't improve her cheerleader outfit, she did, you got me, Jô... Once again!

A few days went by, I'm still in Los Angeles, Jô's shootings ended, they took the opportunity to take several pictures with her, posed for TikTok, who would imagined that she and I would get into that too!

I'm going to travel with my agent's family and friends, we're going by boat, I love these tours, "Uncle Hero" on board again. We spent a few days staying in a big hotel, facing the beach, after lunch we took a boat ride, to relax before returning to the British madness.

When I return to London, my friends are waiting for me with what they do best, party! But this time, just between us, the M-Boys. Felix even takes a picture with me saying it might be the last one before I'm really famous and forget about them...
"Famous Famous!" The only word that came out of their mouths... How can I forget them? Never.

It was early June, I had arrived a few days ago, I was enjoying my house, my friends, playing a lot, drinking at parties until, one night, I received a new message from Castille:

"The movie is done! Really, you guys need to see this! Can you guys come this weekend?"

We were going to see the finished movie for the first time! All the work we had, everything that happened, all the shootings in another country, the production, our effort. I was finally going to meet her again, I don't know if my heart leapt with happiness for the finished movie, to be with the cast again, with the producers, directors, everyone, or for sharing the same space with her. I'm nervous about everything that's going to happen.I shoot a live video, scheduled a few days ago to talk about the movie After and the movie First Love, I pack my bags and go back to Los Angeles, as if I hadn't even left there.


JOSEPHINE
She wants to see us, Castille wants to see us! Owww, I am... Nervous, anxious, will I like the movie? Will it be weird watching me? So many doubts in my head, but the one I ask myself the most is: what will it be like when we meet? When I meet Chance, Kiana, Carter... Hero. I don't even know what to think! We haven't spoken for months, not even a message outside the After's group. I think we take this stepping back seriously. And... I think it worked!

The big day has arrived, who will it be there? Maybe everyone? Maybe me and Castille. Chance and Kiana will definitely go! They don't miss these things for nothing! I shower, pack my things, change into comfortable clothes, comb my hair, say goodbye to my friends and go prepared for the meeting.

I go to the shared address, get off the Uber and keep looking for the number, hoping to find Castille's red hair or someone from the cast, for anyone. I must be in the wrong place, I must have typed it wrong in the app, I start looking desperately on my cell phone again, I look for number, neighborhood, everything. I keep walking, I look at the screen, without stopping walking, I see the numbers of the houses where I am and I bump into someone:

"Sorry, I..."
When I lift my head, I stare into the blue eyes that I haven't faced in months...
Hero.