You Only Live Once

Chapter Forty-Seven

It had been three weeks since Sebastian walked out of the house. Chris had tried countless times to get through to him, but he was ignoring just about everyone. Tensions were high on set, and Seb had been doing his best to avoid Chris.

Though she had stayed behind because of her own roles she needed to do, Chris made sure to call or text to check in with Jamie every day. She was still hurt, but she was getting a little better as each day passed.

On set, Robert sat in his chair, reading over his script. Things had been rough going but he was doing his best to keep things as calm as they could be. He looked up at Chris, who was fixing himself a cup of coffee. "Have you talked to her today?"

He nodded. "Yeah. Briefly, but yeah."

"How is she?" he asked. "Being like your sister and all."

"She's doing better. Still upset, obviously, but more pissed off than sad," Chris shrugged.

Robert nodded. "Understandable. Nothing either of you did was wrong. Gwen and I have practiced scenes before."

"I know," he agreed, taking a seat in his chair near Robert, "But perception makes a difference. Seb wouldn't answer calls, texts, nothing. He still won't talk to me. It's ridiculous, man."

"I've tried to talk to him myself, it's always short answers and a snippy attitude."

Chris glanced around quickly before leaning in a little closer to Robert. "He needs to man the fuck up and realize he isn't the only one feeling hurt over this whole disaster."

"I know, I know. Maybe he'll learn once he sees her at the premiere. You're still taking her right?"

"Yeah, as long as she wants to go. But I need the air cleared before that. I mean, we have months of filming. There's no way we can keep this shit up without it spilling over onto the camera."

Robert nodded as he fiddled with his phone for a moment before looking up at Chris again. "How do you expect to do that? Corner him in a room or in his trailer?"

"If that's what it comes to... I might have to."

"Do you want us to help?" Robert asked. "We could all have lunch in the garden today. Make sure he'll be there."

Chris shook his head. "I appreciate it, but I think this needs to be one on one, so to speak."

Robert smiled and nodded. "I get that. His trailer would be the best bet. He eats lunch in there before he has some downtime."

"I'll find him as soon as we break. I know we have one more scene to nail before we split."

"Okay," Robert agreed. "Sounds like a plan."

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When they broke for lunch, Chris changed out of his costume and went to Sebastian's trailer. Knocking on the door, there was no answer. He opened the door and stepped inside only to find it empty. Chris walked back out, and stood by the closed door, looking around to see if he could spot Sebastian.

Seb walked up, a few minutes later, to see Chris waiting. "What do you want?" he asked roughly.

"To talk," Chris stated. "To clear things up."

"There's nothing to clear. Jamie is living at your place, you two kissed, seems pretty cut and dry," he said, trying to push past.

Chris blocked Sebastian's way into his trailer by holding his arm in front of him. "She was evicted and I offered her to stay with me until she could find somewhere to live," he stated. "We kissed because she has a role, a role she's working on right now."