A Soft Touch Far Away - (Stefanielle fanfic)

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Danielle's POV :

Charlotte fell asleep on me as I soothed her.

Her slow breaths were still shaky and my heart broke for the little teen.

My phone vibrated in my pocket and I answered quickly, not wanting to disturb Charlotte's slumber.

"Hey bellina, you've been gone a while, is everything okay ?"

"Hi, yes." I whispered.

"Why are you whispering ?"

"I'm in Charlotte's trailer. She... we had a discussion about her and now she's fast asleep on me."

"You'll have to explain because right now I don't really understand." She chuckled but I could still hear an ounce of concern in her voice.

"She's waking up, just come by, you are in a scene together in twenty minutes."

"Alright, I'll be a second." She answered and hung up.

"Hi sweetheart." I smiled, looking down at the sleepy teenager.

She opened her eyes and blushed in embarrassment.

She moved from my lap where she was laying and stayed standing up in front of the couch.

"I- I'm sorry Danielle."

I stood up as well and took her hands in mine.

"Don't apologize pretty girl. I'm grateful you were able to take off some of the things that were making your heart heavy."

"How do you feel ? Do you think you can work this afternoon or do you need the day off ?"

"No no, I'm going to work it's okay."

"You sure ?"

She nodded.

"If at any point you want to stop shooting just give me a sign."

"Thank you." She smiled weakly when we heard knocks at the door.

She flinched and looked at me with fear.

"It's okay." I comforted and went to open the door.

"It's just me." Stefania said softly, entering the trailer but staying by the door.

"Do you want to run lines before the scene ?" Gently proposed my brunette coworker to Charlotte.

"Yeah, okay."

"Do you want me to say ?" I asked.

"No it's fine. You can go, I'm sure you have things to do before we start filming."

"Come find me on stage 7 when you're good." I smiled and exited the trailer.

Charlotte's POV :

We rehearsed our scene with Stefania until it was time to shoot.

Everything went well and smoothly and Danielle was happy with the rushes so I left to go to my trailer and gather my things before coming home.

"Knock knock." Said a voice behind my door.

Danielle entered my trailer with her usual warm smile.

"Are your parents picking you up ? It started raining."

I paled and looked at the floor.

"Ye- yes. They're on their way." I lied.

"Charlotte ?" Danielle asked and I lifted my eyes.

She raised her eyebrows.

"Are they really picking you up ?"

"Yes, I told y- you." I stuttered.