The Actresses and Their Designer (HIATUS)

Ch. 14 |•| Songs and a Dog

12/16/21
Author's Note:
holy, i've been inactive asf. this week was midterms and then i had a crap ton of projects for all my classes. i also lost some motivation for a while but i'll get little bursts of wanting to write and now is one of those times. anywaysss, ON WITH THE STORY.

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"Someone's hungry," Scarlett hands over my plate of pasta.

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KELLA'S POV
We all settled down on the couch, me next to Lizzie while Scarlett is across from us and started to eat our food. Well, I didn't exactly eat it, I took a couple bites here and there, even though I was hungry, I didn't feel like eating anything. Lizzie and Scarlett both finished before me, so they started a conversation. I continue eating at my pace, bopping and humming along to my head radio. (songs that play in ur head) The song playing was "Up" by Olly Murs (feat. Demi Lovato).

I never meant to break your heart,
I won't let this plane go down.
I never meant to make you cry,
I'll do what it takes to make this fly.
Oh, you gotta hold on,
hold onto what you're feeling.
That feeling is the best thing,
the best thing alright.
I'm gonna place my bet on us,
I know this love is heading,
in the same direction, that's up. 

I started tapping a beat with my foot, almost unnoticeable, muffled by the fluffy rug on the floor. I was so immersed in the song, I didn't notice that Scarlett left and Lizzie was watching me. I look up at Lizzie and we make eye contact, "What?" My voice was muffled from all the food in my mouth. "It's nothing, you just look... cute," she said. "What's going on in that pretty little head of yours?" She added after a moment. "It's nothing, just some songs playing in my head," I spoke up after I finished my bite of food. "Well what's playing in your head right now?" she asked.

"Y'know the song 'Scars to Your Beautiful' by Alessia Cara? One of the verses are playing on repeat in my head," I told her. "Would you mind singing it for me? And Scarlett when she comes back?" She was beaming when I nodded. "But I've never sung for anyone, (wink wink) so sorry if I suck at it," I looked at my lap when I said that. Put on an act Kella, how will they deal with it if they found out? No, they won't. I wouldn't let it happen. I took a deep breath and started to sing.

She has dreams to be
An envy so she's starving,
Y'know cover girls eat nothing
She said, "Beauty is pain"
And there's beauty in everything
"What's a little bit of hunger?"
"I can go a little while longer"
She fades away
She DON'T SEE her perfect
She don't understand she's worth it
All that beauty goes deeper
Than the surface, oh~, oh~
So to all the girls that's hurting
Let me be your mirror
Help you see a little clearer
The light that shines within~
[Chorus that i'm too lazy to type]

I finish the chorus of the song and hear multiple people clapping. I know one is Lizzie and I'm assuming the other is Scarlett, but who is the other person? I look up to see... MR. CHRIS EVANS himself, standing next to Scarlett. "Hi," I meekly squeaked out. "Hello..." he trailed off.

SCARLETT'S POV
I whisper into Chris's ear, "Kella, her name is Kella." With that, I move to sit on the couch. When we first started walking from the front door, I could hear music, but there was no song in the background. As we entered the room, I saw Kella with their eyes closed, singing her heart out. Her voice sounds familiar, I thought. As she finished, we all started clapping for her. Her voice sounds like it's full of wonders.

LIZZIE'S POV
I sat there, listening and recording Kella singing, all I can say is her voice is one of an angel. After we clap and Scarlett and Chris settle on the couch, I get up and hug Kella, knowing she probably felt a little panicked at another person without warning. What can I say? Just call it motherly instincts (wink wink). When I stood up and tried to move away, Kella just held onto me tighter. Instead of coaxing her off, I just scooped them up and brought them back with me to my original spot. "You wanna go play with Chris's dog, or do you wanna stay here on my lap?" I gave Kella a choice of what she wanted to do.

"I wanna see the doggy, but stay here," she snuggled into my neck, rubbing her cheek on my skin. "Chris, where's Dodger?" He got up and went to grab his dog. When he returned with his dog trailing behind him, Kella looked up and got really excited. "Puppy!!" she exclaimed. "Can I pet him?" she looked up at Chris with puppy dog eyes, ones that would get me to say yes to whatever they wanted. He nodded at her while Scarlett let out s light laugh at her antics. She giggled when she pet the dog. "Tickles," she said to me. "Yeah baby, it does tickle huh," I said that without realizing.

KELLA'S POV
When Lizzie came to hug me, I wouldn't let her get up, so she picked me up and sat down with me in her arms. I nuzzled into her after she asked me a question. I gave a short answer, but I felt myself ever so slowly slipping into headspace. When I saw the dog, I squealed, "PUPPY!" I immediately reached out for him, but stopped and asked Mr. Evans for permission to pet the little doggy. He nodded and I continued to reach out for the dog. I almost fell out of Lizzie's lap as I reached for the dog, but luckily, she caught me before I could fall. She leaned over with me while also moving forward, sitting on the edge of the sofa so I could reach him.

If this continues, I'm gonna be so screwed. But, enough about that, I saw Scarlett filming this out of the corner of my eye, but I didn't have a care in the world. I continued petting the dog for a little while, but then I yawned because I still felt tired, even after my nap! "Someone's feeling sleepy," Lizzie commented on my drowsy state. "Nuh-uh, I'm full of energy," I state. "Uh-huh..." I could tell she didn't fully believe me, but I continued playing with the dog anyways.

LIZZIE'S POV
I know Kella won't sleep until Dodger and Chris leave. I texted Scarlett to get Chris and Dodger to leave since we would see them later at the party anyway. Scarlett looked up at me after she saw the message and nodded, leaning over to Chris to tell him the plan. "I'm sorry Kella, but I have to leave now, I'll see you again another time," he winked at me before looking back at Kella. They pouted at the fact Dodger was leaving, but let him go back to Chris. They started walking to the front door and then they leave.

"Now are you ready for a nap? We have some fun things planned later, but you'll be tired if you don't sleep now," I tried to get her to agree. "Fineeeee," she dragged out the word and sighed heavily. Finally, I said in my head. "Scarlett, are you okay with us crashing here? If not, we can just head back to the little one's house," I told her. "Either one, it doesn't matter if you stay here, but just know I'm gonna be over at Downey's house setting up," I nodded. "We'll head out now," I started to stand up. She stood up with me to walk us out. "We'll see you later," I waved at Scarlett. "Say goodbye Kella." I whispered in her ear. "Bye bye," she also waved at Scarlett. After Scarlett said her goodbyes, we started walking to my car and left.

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12/22/21
Author's Note:
my god, this hasnt been published in forever. surprise surprise, i had like zero motivation to write, so here's a long asf chapter to make up for it. 1300 words of story. all this was written in a span of 3 hours while i was getting ready. anyways hope you hath enjoyed the story.