Claire & Theo

13.

"Oh, my lovely bun has arrived! Richard come down here, love, my beautiful Claire is here now!" Claire's grandmother enveloped her in a warm hug that she missed dearly.

"I missed you so much, Gran." Claire snuggled closer to her. She felt as though she might lose her one day because her loss was sooner than her grandmother's.

"You feel so small and cold in my arms, come by the fireplace and we need to feed you! You are all bones; it must be because of that modeling job of yours!" She had a worried expression on her old pretty face.

Her grandfather showed up, "Hey, sugarplum!"

Claire laughed, she has not felt this happy since a long time ago, "Hey, buddy!"

She and her grandfather had this connection, such as good friends. She cherished every moment of time she spent with him. He was the only one who could ever try their best to understand her. If she gave up, then he would bring her back up.

He also embraced her tightly with kindness because his heart shined with such gold, "How long will you be staying for this time?"

"I heard that filming in Canada will be for 2 months, and the rest will be later filmed in the UK and Barcelona!" Claire was already nervous about her journey.

"Oh! I wish you could stay longer with us, love." her grandmother cried.

Claire stood with hesitation; she did not want to stay here longer than necessary because, well, she did not want to put any more burden on her grandparents. They have done more than enough for her since she was a ten-year-old girl, since her parents could no longer take care of her on their own.

"Margaret, how did you miss the lovely lady over there..." Claire's grandfather nodded his head behind Claire showing Anastasia.

Gran started to freak out because she missed Anastasia too and failed to notice her, "My sweet baby Ana! I am so sorry!"

She ran towards Anastasia giving her a bigger hug than she expected which always made her assistant flustered. Then, Anastasia gave a heartwarming smile and returned the hug to her grandmother. Once they were done with all the greetings, Anastasia notified Claire that the second table read for the movie is in three hours.

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Claire and Anastasia stood outside the studio building with the two males they confidently ran away from. Lucas kept secretly eyeing Anastasia, so Claire blocked his view of her for him.

Theo noticed the argumentative stares between Lucas and Claire, so he patted Lucas's shoulder, then telling her, "Nothing to worry about. I told him to back off from her earlier..."

She smiled at him, "Thanks... it is appreciated of you to do the right thing."

He smiled back at her and gave her space to the entrance of the building, "Your welcome... let us go in then."

They all walked in, but with the girls first knowing that the other two in the back were standing behind them as if they were bodyguards.

Her hands sweat with anxiety.