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21

The very next day, all of the girls have things to do, which is a shame for Mikey, Sadie, and Emma. They are definitely feeling the after effects of their night. Tatum drives her car with Emma in it. Today, Emma has stunt training for a movie she's going to be staring in.

"How was your date with Mikey last night?" Emma asks over the sound of the radio.

Tatum blushes, but doesn't let too much information spill, "It was good. What did you guys do? You were already asleep when we got back."

Emma takes her turn in blushing while Tatum glances over at her for a second. It doesn't take Tatum long to know what happened.

"Oh... I see," She comments. Emma coughs.

"It's not like that," She tries to explain.

"Not like what? Like you aren't in a relationship with three girls and having sex with them?" Tatum asks innocently. She's starting to show her sassy side with Emma. Something about her just brings it out.

"Well, I mean yeah, I just thought——"

"It's okay. I'm just giving you shit," Tatum laughs. Emma grins before laughing with her.

"Yeah, you shouldn't be the one to talk, virgin," She jokes. Tatum blushes again. Emma doesn't know about what happened with Mikey.

"Whatever," Tatum plays it off. She pulls up to the set and puts her badge on, "Where should I park?"

"By building four, over there," Emma answers, pointing to one of the big buildings. Tatum parks in a spot in front of building four. The two get out of the car and Tatum grabs Emma's bag from the back, "Hi! Connor!"

"Hey, Emma! Good to see you!" Connor, the stunt coordinator says.

"Not like you don't see me twice a week, every week," She jokes, "This is Tatum, my personal assistant. She's also an acting student."

"Nice to meet you. I'm Connor. I'm the stunt coordinator on this project," He shakes Tatum's hand, "If you ever wanna talk about getting into stunt work, give me a call." He hands her a business card.

"Okay, thanks," The brunette smiles. Connor flashes a toothy grin before turning to Emma.

"Right, go get changed and we'll warm up," He instructs. Emma takes her bag from Tatum and walks to the bathroom. She was wearing jeans and a white button up, but she comes out in leggings and a crop top that shows off her abs.

Tatum watches from afar as Emma begins warming up. She starts by stretching out into an almost perfect split. The brunette's eyes widen at the sight.

"Right, so today, we're going to block the fight scene that's coming up in a couple of weeks," Connor says. He and Emma stand on a giant mat. They start doing movements, slow and controlled, "You're going to get kicked upwards and fall back. Brendan's going to kick me and I'll show you what it looks like."

"Okay," Emma answers, stepping off to the side. She puts her arms above her head and Tatum gets a view of her abs once again. Another stunt person, Brendan, swings his leg up to "kick" Connor in the chin. Connor throws himself up and sideways to flip around so he lands on his stomach.

"Holy shit," Tatum says out loud. Emma turns to her with a smile.

"Cool, right?" She asks. Tatum nods.

"Okay, so come here and I'll help walk you through it," Connor instructs. Emma gets back onto the mat, facing Brendan, "When he kicks, first you're going to jump up and throw your body back."

Emma does the motion and it looks silly.

"Now, once you're in the air, you're going throw your shoulder over and let your body follow," Connor instructs. He puts his hands on her hips to slowly lift her into the air. Tatum suddenly frowns at the sight in front of her. He obviously isn't going to hurt her but why does he need to lift her?

He holds her in the air, "Now turn your back shoulder. Let it drop back."

She turns her shoulder and Connor twists her body in his hands like she's a doll. It makes Tatum want to push him away. He doesn't need to put his hands on her. After all, Tatum is her personal assistant. She could definitely help Emma herself.

"This is what it will feel like," He begins to let her body fall and she twists more so she is face down by the time she reaches the mat, "Feel okay?"

"Yup. I'm ready to try it," Emma smiles. She and Jenna love doing their own stunts. They are very unafraid of stunt work and will literally come home in bruises from throwing themselves around.

"Okay, Brendan go ahead, whenever you're ready," Connor instructs. He stands by, ready to catch Emma in case she starts to fall wrong. Emma stands still as Brendan swings his leg up. It's not even close to actually hitting Emma as she launches herself into the air. She twists but not far enough and lands on her side.

"Oops. Almost got it though!" She cheers as she gets up. She gets back into place and launches herself again. This time she lands correctly and sits up immediately with the biggest grin on her face, "Yes! I did it!"

"Yeah that was great! Now we'll have you come closer," Connor motions to Brendan. Emma stands up and takes her place again. They run the stunt again and Emma goes right into it without any hesitation, "Great! Let's run what we have so far for the scene."

Brendan and Emma get off of the mat. The first part of the scene involves running and they want the mat to be the last place they land. In this scene, Emma is running from police. Brendan is a villain who is also chasing after Emma.

"Stop!" Brendan shouts his line. Emma runs and then throws herself into a side aerial, which Tatum's jaw drops at. Emma lands and continues running, stumbling a bit to add to the scene. She stops when she gets to the mat and in the scene, she'll be cornered. This is where most of the fighting takes place.

The two throw punches back and forth until Brendan swings his leg up into the kick that sends Emma flying. She flips and lands on her stomach, lying there for a second before lifting her head up, "How was that?"

"That was good. We'll do more refining later after we add the rest of the stunts," Connor says, "Let's take a quick water break before continuing."

"Cool," Emma smiles. She stands up and walks to Tatum, who holds her bag. Tatum is still a little hung up on the side aerial. Even without the actual set in place and the CGI bullets that will be flying past her, it still looks so cool. Tatum also marvels over Emma's abs and how flexible she is, "Is everything okay?"

Tatum snaps out of her thoughts and nods, "Uh, yeah. Sorry. How are you so good at gymnastics?"

"I did dance when I was younger," She replies, "I guess all those years paid off."

"Yeah... yeah they did," She blushes, still thinking of Emma's abs. Emma catches onto the blush.

"Why? Is it hot?" She whispers. Tatum looks away, which only confirms Emma's suspicion.

"A little.. and..." Tatum stops herself from talking about Emma's body. Although her eyes don't want to stop talking.

Emma notices though, "My eyes are up here, Tatum."

"I'm... I'm sorry Emma, I swear I wasn't trying to be weird or anything——" Tatum reverts to her shy demeanor.

"It's okay," Emma cuts her off. She takes a long drink from her water bottle, intentionally letting some water drip down her chin and into her crop top. She puts the bottle down and grins, "I'm just messing with you."

"Ready Emma?" Connor calls. She nods and turns back to Tatum. She runs her hand along her waist.

"Try to keep your mouth closed so you don't drool."