Part 96

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"Belle you're up in 5"

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"Belle you're up in 5"

"Okay thanks" I put my phone down and check if everything is still alright with the costume in one of the mirrors while also grabbing my script to go through my lines another time

I loved Stacey's outfits, might steal a thing or two because these are everything I left my trailer after going through the script once and went on set

"People are crazy"

"Why are people crazy ?" I ask walking in the middle of malia and xochitls conversation

"People think Aryan and you broke up cause you aren't in Disneyland with them"

"People are in fact crazy" I confirmed frowning a little "the thing is, we announced that we're filming this right now. What else do they want ? Do they want me to split up and be in a billion places at the same time ?"

"It's just people being people, don't waste too many thoughts on it" malia reassured me "alright, we're about to go on"

"I can't wait for the beach scenes it's gonna be amazing" I grin happily clapping my hands

"I know right, but not gonna lie from what I read Stacey is a little annoying in that episode, no offence"

"None taken" I laugh slightly "I 100% agree with you she is not just a little annoying"

"Are you doing anything later ? After filming I mean"

"Have nothing planned currently, no" I said after thinking a little

"Yeah me neither" Xochitl shook her head

"What do you think about a, like a board game evening"

"I love board games that sounds really fun"

"Great, I'll ask the others later"

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"That's not what I meant" I laughed "you know it isn't"

"Uh huh sure" Xochitl laughed in response moving her monopoly figure

"Hah you owe me 300" Sophie grinned reaching her hand out

"This game is so stupid" xochitl commented while counting her money

"That might just be you" I shrugged earning a shocked expression from xo

"Okay mean much, no respect towards the elders here" she jokingly hold out her hand to me and turned her face away

"You mean toward the old people ?"

"Thin ice Claribel. Thin ice"

"Talking about ice, does anyone want like a drink ? We could make cocktails" Malia asked looking around

"How did you go from thin ice to cocktails ?" Mo frowned

"Well cocktails have ice cubes in them don't they ?"

"Oh I want one with extra alcohol" I grinned

"You're not getting any alcohol you're like 10" Momona frowned at me

"I'm 15"

"That's basically 10"

"You're 16 ?!"

"I'm turning 17 soon"

"I'm turning 16 soon"

"You're turning 16 next year"

"3 months after you"

"You're born in 2009 you don't have any right to speak"

"Buhu go cry about it"

"Alright, I don't think the living together did you any good" Malia laughed interrupting mona and me

"Honestly they're acting worse than siblings" Sophie laughed getting up "But let's make some mocktails, no alcohol."

"Alright, let's put the monopoly on pause then" Malia and Sophie went to make something for us while we just waited

"So, I see your people are in Disneyland" xochitl says looking at me, I roll my eyes and groan

"Ugh, don't even"

"They didn't invite you ?"

"They did, but I'm filming. They're so mean they still went" I wasn't actually mad that they went, I liked that they had fun, but being the only one not going kind of sucked when the whole group got together

And with Danielle there it kind of felt like I was replaceable. That was stupid to think, I know it was but I couldn't push that thought out of my head

It wasn't like they couldn't have any other friend, of course they can, who am I to not allow them to have any other friends ? I wouldn't want them to not and I had my own friends too. I'm not even sure why I felt that way

It felt strange, they hadn't reached out to me once while they were there. They weren't obligated to reach out, but hearing anything from anyone would've made me feel better

I also felt immense guilt for thinking the way i did. They wouldn't replace me, they loved me, they wanted me around and I had really no place to think this way. They had never shown anything but love for me, so why was I feeling like this ? Maybe part of me still believed that deep down I was unloveable, despite all the words and actions and being reminded time and again how much I've been loved I still couldn't shake the voice in the back of my mind telling me I didn't deserve this, that I would never be truly loved, that people just weren't capable of loving me

"Have you seen Leah's story ?"

"Which one ?"

"The one where she's dancing"

"Yeah"

"Have you seen Aryan in the back of it ?"

"She rewatched it like a bazillion times, I'm guessing she noticed every breath he took in that" Mo laughs, I grinned rolling my eyes

"I might've noticed him, why ?"

"He's probably standing in the back like that cause you're not there, like have you seen the way he's standing there randomly, he's probably thinking about you" I laugh a little rolling my eyes at xochitls words

"That boy is a mystery, who knows what he's thinking"

"Well you know I think 90% of the time he's actually just thinking about you, like to be loved like that one day man" Momona sighs shaking her head, I smile a little to myself feeling my face flush a little. Maybe my mind is trying to manipulate me... Aryan loves me.

"Oh my god she's still blushing ! They've been together for what half a year and she still blushing ?!"

"Woah calm down xo, we've been dating for a little over two months"

"What ?! Shut up there's no way it's been only two months"

"Yeah, I don't know either it feels way longer, but we started dating march 13th" I grin a little

"That's crazy, how was there a time you weren't dating ?! You're like made for each other"


Authors note:
What's a main character without being self-conscious all the time ? 🤪
Anyways bros, do we think Aryan actually loves Belle ? 😧

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