Stefanielle and Marina Rom-coms

-----Chapter eight

A/N: heyy! guess who wrote you guys a chapter instead of studying? enjoy :)

Stefania's POV

I can't believe she came over. I guess with all the stuff that's been going on I haven't had time to decide whether or not I should contact her. That's not true. No, I have thought of her. In fact, I've thought of her every night I've been here. What I should say is, I haven't had enough time to decide whether or not I'd be happy to see her. I mean don't get me wrong, she's an amazing person. She's funny, smart, kind and my god she's pretty. But I have been hurt by her before, although it wasn't exactly intentional. And, I guess I wasn't the best person around her either. My thoughts are cut off by her. "Hi," she says, softly. I can already sense all my feelings towards her surfacing back. "this is certainly.. ah..." I'm at a loss for words "I only found out you were here yesterday" she says "I was going to ring.. but... I didn't think you'd want to..." I try speaking but I'm too nervous. Caterina is behind me. She taps me on the shoulder to signal that I'm supposed to be on set. "it's not going very well, and it's our last day" I tell Danielle trying to explain myself to her "absolutely, you're clearly very busy" she says, about to leave. "but wait," I grab her arm, "there are things to say," I say "okay" she agrees to stay "drink tea, there's lots of tea" I offer before I'm swept away into the hair and makeup trailer.

Danielle's POV:

As Stefania disappears in a cloud of people her assistant approaches me. "hi, I'm Caterina" "yeah I remember, the endless interviews" I remind her. "right," she giggles "so Uhm, are you a fan of Henry James?" she asks "this is a Henry James film?" I answer with a question remembering the suggestion I had made to Stefania about starring in that kind of movie. "it is" she answers "that's nice," I say, smiling. She guides me to a guy standing next to a bunch of equipment "This is Harry -- he'll give you a pair of headphones so you can hear the dialogue." She says "oh and Danielle, if anything does happen between you two, please don't break her heart" she adds. I stare at her shocked for a moment but I nod. harry seems like a nice man, around his fifties I'd say, bald and not much taller than me. He hands me a pair of headphones. "here we go. The volume control is on the side" he says "that's great" I put the headphones on and scan the place looking for Stefania. the cluster is a full 100 yards from the action, which I can only assume is to allow a gracious sweeping wide-shot. I spot Stefania, she's with her costar.

The costar: We are living in cloudcuckooland -- we'll never get this done today.

Stef: We have to. I've got to be in New York on Thursday.

Costar: Oh, stop showing off.

I see him staring at another actress a couple of yards away

Costar: God, that's an enormous ass.

Stefania: I'm not listening.

I laugh

Costar: No, but seriously, it's not fair, so many tragic young teenagers with anorexia and that girl has an ass she could perfectly well share with at least ten other women and still be beg-bottomed.

Stefania: I said I'm not listening. and I think, looking at something that firm, you and your droopy little excuse for an ass would be well-advised to keep quiet.

I laugh again nodding, subconsciously agreeing with Stef. They then rehearse the scene once before the guy asks her about me "Oh... no one... no one. Just someone from the past. I don't know what she's doing here. Bit of an awkward situation." She answers. "of course," I mumble to myself. I gently take the headphones off and hand them to harry "thank you" I tell him "anytime" he smiles.  

I head home. Disappointed, yet again. I guess it's my fault for having had high hopes about this. I mean I go there uninvited, I didn't even bother to call her let alone text her to let her know I was coming over or even that I knew she was in town. How stupid of me to even think she'd wanna see me. I mean she's been here for god knows how long but she hasn't texted or tried to contact me. By the time I get home, I decide it's time to move on. I spot a pile of movies a lot of which are Stefania's. I don't think twice before grabbing a box and starting to fill it with the ones Stef starred in. "what's going on?" grey interrupts me "I'm going to throw these old videos out" I state the obvious "no, you can't do that. They're classics. I'm not allowing this." He protests "right. Let's talk about rent then" I say, making him change his mind instantly "let me help. We don't want all this shit cluttering up our lives" he says putting a couple of movies into the box.