Love & Secrets (Hartbig)

Ch. 3 It's to hard

Two Hours later the three girls were dressed and heading out the door. Grace got in her car with Hannah in the passenger seat and Mamrie in the back. After their meeting they were going to Grace's house to get hannah's and Mamrie's car from the night before.

The car ride was silent and tense. Grace thought something was wrong with Hannah and Mamrie they didn't say a word the entire morning. She thought something happened to them last night, she didn't remember all she remembered was waking up with her head half in the toilet.

Gill greeted the girls at the production studio. They were rehearsing some scenes for their second movie together Camp Takota 2: Moving on. "Okay ladies let's set up scene six, where Allison confronts Elise."

Hannah's heart sank when Gill said this of all the scenes they have to rehearse he had to choose that one.

"Remember Hannah you need to give Allison more passion." Gill pointed out.

They set their stuff down and Mamrie sat in her chair while Grace and Hannah got in their places, in the middle of the room. Hannah started the scene. "Elise what are you doing?"

"I'm getting married Allison, it's not like I'm the first person to ever do this." Grace stated.

"But why are you doing it now? You haven't known Eli that long and why here at camp?" Hannah said trying to have her emotions show.

"Wait" yelled Gill, "Hannah you need to sound more concern for Grace you need to start getting angry with why she's making this decision. Start from the last line."

"But why are you doing it now? You haven't known Eli that long and why here at camp?" Hannah spoke with anger starting to build as she reach out for Grace. Grace turned away from Hannah's reach.

"Why? Because I love him and this is where we feel in love it's the perfect place."

"I guess" Hannah sighed straightening the dress she had in her hands.

"You guess?" Grace stated with a sense of anger "Wait why do you even care since the end of summer where have you been? We haven't seen you the last few months."

"I've been busy." Hannah spoke.

"You've been busy? I know you Allison what are you hiding from?"

"You know me? If you even paid attention you would know that I was hiding from you." Hannah threw the dress at Grace and turned away/

Grace stared at her friend shocked to hear her words. "Why? Why are you hiding form me?" Grace's voice had a sense of sadness as her voice became quite.

"I'm hiding from you because it physically hurts to be around you" Grace sat down staring at Hannah say her lines. Hannah's passion grew deeper with every word she said. It was almost starting to feel like she was talking to Grace as Hannah and not as her character Allison.

"It hurts for me to be around you because I love you. I love you so much and you have no idea. I tried telling you all last summer but everything was getting in the way from saving the Camp to your guy problems. I have been in love with you since high school. I've been able to live with it but you came back and it brought ball these feelings and now you want me to be a bridesmaid?"

"Allison" Graces voice shocked and her body was shaken by the words her friend said. "I had no idea but I love Eli and I'm going to marry him. I hope you can be there by myside."

"I can't, it just too hard." Hannah said with a sigh and walked out of the room finishing the scene.

Everyone was clapping for the girls as Grace ran after Hannah trying to catch up to her.

"Wait up, for being short you sure can walk fast" Grace reached for Hannah's arm but she pulled away keeping her back to Grace. "What's wrong? You did great."

"I just can't do it anymore Grace." Hannah said turning around to face Grace. "I can't keep pretending anymore, I can't keep acting like everything's fine." Hannah paused for a second and spoke "I love you."

Grace stared letting out a slight laugh. "Hannah the scenes over you don't have to keep acting like Allison the scenes over."

Hannah's voice rose with anger as she spoke. "I'm not acting I'm not Allison and you're not Elise. I'm Hannah and I'm in love you. Grace, I have loved you for a long time and I can't keep it up any longer. I know you don't feel the same about me. I know you're dating Chris, but I had to tell you." Hannah turned around walking down the hallway back to grab her things and leave. Grace stood there not saying a word not knowing what to do.

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Grace stood there for what felt like hours analyzing what just happen. Mamrie walked toward Grace "Why did you guys runoff like that? Oh well you and Hannah did an amazing job. Why did Hannah leave?

Grace stood there with a blank expression frozen to the spot she was standing on.

"Grace, Grace, are you in there Grace?" Grace started snapping out of the trance she was in.

"Ummm. Hannah she left she, she?" Grace tried to speak.

"I know that. Why did she leave? Is she coming back? We sti.." Grace interrupted Mamrie. "Hannah said she loved me. She told me she loved me and she just left."

"What did you say?" Mamrie asked.

"Nothing, she said that she loved me and that it's hard for her to be around me. I don't know what to do, I had no idea she felt that way."

Marmie waited a second before speaking "I did" she whispered.

"Wait you know? You knew Hannah felt that way towards me and you didn't say anything." Grace proclaimed

"Well I haven't known very long and I promised Hannah that I wouldn't say anything."

Grace turned around and left as fast as she could leaving Mamrie behind.