Fake It 'Til You Make It - Hamliza

Chapter 19: Improvisation

Alexander stopped the car in the parking lot, and Eliza groaned when she saw the paparazzi waiting by the door. They stepped out of the car, ignoring them as they quickly walked inside.

"We're doing Scene: 36, right?" Eliza asked Alexander and held his hand tight as they walked to the trailer park. He shook his head. "No, we're doing 56. When Charlotte and Dylan are holding each other at gunpoint and arguing about who killed Charlotte's sister." He explained. She froze. She practiced all the wrong lines.

“Are you alright?”, he asked. “M-mhm!”, she lied. Alexander still seemed suspicious. “Alright…”
Eliza ran over to her trailer. “So what should we wear today?”, Diana asked, braiding Eliza’s hair in Dutch braids. “I- I don’t know…. I don’t remember what Charlotte says…” Diana thought for a moment. “How bout a green dress?” Eliza slowly nodded. 

"Can you add blood splatter to the bottom?" Eliza asked gently as she did her own make up, reviewing the script quickly so she at least knew what was happening. Diana smiled and nodded, adding small red dots in various sizes to the bottom. 
The bell rang, telling everyone they had 5 minutes. Eliza quickly put on the dress and met with Alexander on set as the prop person gave them their fake guns.
"3...2...1… ACTION!" The director called.

Alexander/Dylan grabbed Eliza/Charlotte, holding the prop gun against her head. “Alright, Charlotte. We all know you killed her. Admit it or I will shoot.” He fiddled with the trigger as if he cocked the gun. Eliza froze for a second, as she couldn’t remember. She finally said, “oh yeah? Well, I have one too.” She stupidly pulled the gun out of her bra, where she put it when she was panicking. She thought Alexander would break character, but he stood there, his eyes knowing what was going on, but still going off his script, adding a few extra lines here and there. “Really? Is that so?”

"Yes." She put the gun against his head and they stood there for a few seconds. "Shoot me first. Then you'll go to jail for killing 2 people." Alexander/Dylan laughed, still going off his script just in the wrong order.
"The amount of murderers in the world won't change if I kill you but the amount of people I love will." Eliza/Charlotte said stupidly and dropped her gun. Alexander/Dylan smiled and dropped his gun too. "I'm glad we agree. Admit you did it and I'll make you feel better tonight."
That made Eliza blush madly because it definitely was not in the script but everyone was buying it. Even the director.

Eliza/Charlotte squirmed in Alexander/Dylan’s strong arms, as he chuckled in her ear. “Alright. Fine. I killed her. But only because she tried to kill you.” Little did Eliza know, that line was actually in the script. Alexander/Dylan let go of her. “Alright then.” Out of the frame, he slapped her butt, making her blush bright red.

"CUT! That was fucking amazing!" The director shouted and ran over to the two. Alexander smirked and decided to quote the director. "I don't think "fucking" is in the scipt." He laughed. Eliza nodded and snuck out to her trailer, feeling embarrassed for not knowing her lines.

There was a knock on the door as she was sobbing into a pillow on the couch. Thinking it was Diana, she said, “come in.”
Alexander opened the door, “that was so amazing, Eliza! I’m very proud of yo-“ he noticed Eliza trying to wipe away her tears as fast as possible. “Woah. Are you okay?”

"I can't do this anymore! I was told we were doing 36- I was so unprepared and scared everyone would be mad at me-" she moved from the pillow to his chest and sobbed into him. 
Alexander rubbed her back. "No one is mad at you. They're so impressed by your improv skills! Half the cast wants to talk to you about it." He tried to make her feel better.

“No, Alexander. I’m done with acting. I can’t do this anymore.” She sobbed at what she was saying. “Hey hey hey.” He cupped her face, making her look at him. “I struggled with acting too.” She sniffled and wiped her tears. “R-really?”
“Yeah. I forgot all my lines for a scene, and even though everyone was impressed by my improvisation, I wanted to quit. It was so stressful, but hey, look at me now.” Eliza smiled and wrapped her arms around him. “But I’m so bad at acting-“
“No”, he laid back and pulled her into his lap. “You’re amazing at acting. I don’t think anyone else would play as good of a Charlotte as you.” Eliza smiled a bit. “Okay… I’ll stay…” Alexander squeaked like a little girl. She giggled at that and rubbed his thigh. “Mmm you’re amazing, Alexander.”

"I know." He smirked and Eliza playfully hit his chest. "You're awful too." She said and got up to fix her makeup. "We only have a couple more hours. I'm going to have my mom bring Pip down here to watch us if that's ok." She said from her mirror. Alexander smiled. "That will be adorable." He said and kissed her head before leaving the trailer to get on his next outfit.

“Mommy!”, Pip ran and Eliza picked him up. “How’s my favorite little boy?”
“Great!” Eliza planted kisses on his face, and he giggled. “Hi, daddy!” Pip waved to Alexander. “Hi, Pip.” He tickled his stomach. 

Pip giggled and hugged his dad a bit. "What are you and mommy doing at work?" He asked and clung to Eliza. "Well we get to put on costumes and act like characters." Alex explained.
"Do you get to play Chang' e in the movie Over The Moon?" He asked hopefully. Eliza shook her head. "No bud, I'm in a different movie."

“Okay! Can I watch you do it?” They both looked at each other. “Is the next scene we are doing appropriate for him to see?”, Eliza asked. “Yeah. We are doing scene 36.” Alexander smiled and Eliza sighed in relief, because she’d practiced and it was a very cute scene. “Can you watch Pip for me?”, she asked Diana. Diana nodded, and bent down to Pip’s height. “Hello! I’m Diana!” She held out her hand. Pip immediately shook it. “I actually have some toy cars for when you come over, do you want to play with them while we watch your mother work?” Pip smiled and nodded. “Places!” 

Eliza and Alex did their scene, being very good with it because they had to be very happy and cute which was easy because Pip was there.
Pip sat on Diana's lap and held a green car while she held a blue car. The two made the cars bump into each other and Pip made little exploding noises. "Chick-a-plow!" He shouted once the cameras were off.

“What do you think?”, Eliza asked, walking over to Pip, who stayed in Diana’s lap. “It was nice! But the kissing was yucky.” Eliza laughed at Pip's honest answer. “Diana is really nice!” He proceeded to bump into her miniature blue car.

"She is?" Eliza asked, acting shocked for the 3 year old. Pip nodded and smiled. "She's my sister, of course she's nice!" He said. Eliza proceeded to look at Diana with a very confused expression.
"I swear I didn't tell him I'm his sister. He made it up on his own." She explained and gave Pip to Eliza with the cars so she could go clean up the trailer.

Pip smiled and bounced in Eliza’s arms. “I can’t wait for baby to be here”, he said, poking her stomach. “Aw I can’t wait either, buddy”, Alexander said, hugging Eliza from behind.
Pip fell asleep on the ride home, as they pulled up to Alexander’s house. “You’re a good actor”, Alexander whispered as Eliza got Pip, who was still asleep, out of the car. “You are too.” She grabbed his butt.

"Well, you're better since you are so amazing at hiding our baby from everyone." He said and kissed her head. She shook her head. "It's not too hard- I'm barely showing and i deal with my sickness before work. I'm usually fine during the day. Probably because I get to spend it with you." She flirted and hugged him.

“Aw”, he said. They put Pip down for a nap and tucked him in, and Alexander immediately picked Eliza up. “Alex! Put me down!”, she whispered and snorted as he carried her to the bedroom, throwing her gently on the bed and resting above her on his forearms, making her blush. “Aw you’re blushing.”
“It’s not my fault that you’re so hot.”

"As much as I love you, I don't think we should cuddle at the end of every chapter." Alexander said. Eliza looked at him, confused. "What do you mean?" "Nevermind. They won't even notice." "Who is they????"
Eliza and Alexander fell asleep in eachothers arms.