Just for a Moment

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I saw this comment on YouTube and instantly agreed: how dare Tim not give us any flashbacks of the Rini friendship era.

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The cast had enjoyed their days off and were now working on the last little bit of episode five. It was tiring; Frankie kept saying his shoes should be credited as a series regular after all the takes they had to do of him just walking onto the dance floor.

It was moments like these that Matt wished EJ wasn't so stubborn; he was just supposed to watch everyone else from his chair. He kept glancing at Joshua across the set, and they both made faces like they wanted to join. Ricky and Gina have left the gym now, so Olivia, Sofia, Dara, and Joshua were just hanging around in director chairs.

This scene was almost over; they just needed to do one more take. Frankie (Carlos) stood on the side near the food and drink table before beginning to walk to the middle of the gym, the cameraman following his shoes then bringing it up to take the shot of his face. The extras moved, so the shot of him at a bit of a distance would be clear.

He stepped from side to side alone for a moment while Matt (EJ), Julia (Ashlyn), and Larry (Big Red), sat and watched at a table. Matt (EJ) leaned over and said, "I actually kinda feel bad for the guy." Julia (Ashlyn) decided to get up and join him now, singing part of the song.

The two of them sang a few lines before everyone else joined them, jumping around on the dance floor. The next moment was a more choreographed scene with the instrumental where Frankie, Julia, and the dancers were actually dancing. This continued until everyone surrounded Frankie (Carlos), and he spun in the center of them. Larry (Big Red) now decided to join as Matt (EJ) continued to sit.

Everyone clustered together into a mob and just continued to dance along to the song. Next, Joe (Seb) came into the frame. On the side, Dara, Sofia, Olivia, and Joshua were watching the screens for the different cameras, and Olivia had somehow fallen out of her chair from shock. "Oh shit!" she whisper yelled, trying not to have the microphones pick up anything. The others jumped out of their chairs and helped her back up, all four of them laughing.

"What happened?" Sofia murmured while laughing.

"I don't know," Olivia said through her fit of giggling. "I just, well... fell," she shrugged.

"Girl, how?" Dara added.

"Let's hope nobody heard," Joshua whispered.

Luckily, not many people heard it, but there were a few that saw it. After Tim said cut, Joe came over and said, "So... you fell?"

"Great, everyone saw it?" she said, throwing her hands in the air.

"Maybe," Julia chimed in.

"How late is it?" Frankie asked. They should've been tired, but the dancing was keeping their energy up.

"Um, about midnight," Matt said, glancing at his phone.

"Well, what are we waiting for?" Olivia said, smiling. "Let's get going."

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Whatever caused the adrenaline rush from before was fading. Frankie and Julia fell asleep for a solid few minutes on the ride over to the bowling alley. Dara and Olivia were saying how they could just go back to the apartments now since they didn't have any more scenes, but they were persistent. They ended up staying.

This was taking place in an alleyway behind the bowling alley, which meant outside. Outside was the cold Salt Lake air, and it was night, so there wasn't even any sunshine to help them warm up a little. Olivia and Dara were thankful they at least had jackets in this scene.