sᴇᴄʀᴇᴛ sᴘᴀʀᴋs.

𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚒𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚎𝚗

ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ғɪғᴛᴇᴇɴ
'ɢᴏᴏᴅ?'

ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴡᴏ sᴀᴛ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʟɪғᴛ, ɢɪɢɢʟɪɴɢ ᴛʜʀᴏᴡɪɴɢ ʟɪɴᴇs ʙᴀᴄᴋ ᴀɴᴅ ғᴏʀᴛʜ ᴀɴᴅ ɢɪᴠɪɴɢ ᴇᴀᴄʜᴏᴛʜᴇʀ sᴛᴏʀʏᴛɪᴍᴇs.

In all honesty, the two and a half hours had felt like five minutes to the two (ignoring the first awkward ten minutes to fifteen minutes). Somehow, there wasn't any lingering tension or awkwardness between them.

Aspen smiled, her gaze plastered on the floor, as Jenna's, on the other hand, ran across her face. Jenna took in a sharp breath, eyes moving away from Aspen and to her phone.

"If you mess up our lines on Thursday-" She began, making Aspen cut her off with a small laugh.

"Nah," She rolled her eyes playfully, resting her arms against knees, "It wasn't my fault you couldn't make eye contact with me."

"Right," Jenna nodded sarcastically, her head tilted towards the girl, making her drop her jaw in fake offense. A small laugh left the brunette's lips, making Asp try to suppress a growing grin at the sound that passed her ears.

But before she could say any more, the elevator doors opened.

Apparently, they had to busy talking to hear the chatter and words of comfort from the maintenance man on the other side of the door. He apologised to the girls for the wait, letting them step out of the elevator.

They both thanked him, collecting their things and both of them simultaneously glancing at the other lift when they left the one that had broken down. Aspen let out a chuckle at their situation, before looking back to Jenna and shaking her head.

It was clear that she had the same though, letting out a small huff, "You wanna take the stairs?"

"Yep," Aspen nodded and the two actresses almost skipped down the hallways to make their way to Jenna's floor- two floors above and Aspen's floor- which was three floors above the one that they were on. 

"What floor are you on?" Aspen asked, trying to make conversation, as if she hadn't already mentally noted the girl's floor in her head. 

"Four," She responded, a small smirk on her face, clearly plotting something, "Glad I wasn't roomed on your floor, it woulda made me rip my hair out."

Laughing at Jenna's (hopefully) joke, she eyed the girl, "Hey, I'm not the one who goes around breaking people's eggs."

Jenna's brows furrowed, a confused smirk on her lips, before she shook her head, eyes plastered on the girl as they trekked up the stairs, "I'm sorry, what?"

The other girl finally caught on, letting out a loud laugh and realising that the brunette had never found out about the egg situation, the oblivious look on her face only making Aspen giggle louder.

Her laughter soon died down, a small giggle leaving the American's lips at her hysteria. Explaining the situation, the two walked up the stairs, Jenna's scrunching up her nose at the girl's words, softly letting out an apology in another snicker. 

Aspen smiled at the girl, forcing her eyes away from her face, taking her bottom lip into her mouth and her hand resting on the banister, Jenna panting, both of them out of breath at the amount of steps.

The brunette glimpsed to her co-star and love-interest, a small smirk on her lips, "Last one up owes the other a coffee."

Asp chuckled, sprinting up the stirs after the girl, eyebrows furrowed as she realised something, calling up to the girl, "Wait, I don't like coffee."

"Too bad!" She heard Jen call out in a laugh from above her. She rolled her eyes, running up the steps, quicker now just out of spite. 

She sprinted up the stairs past the girl, childishly sticking out her tongue making the other girl roll her eyes with a small chortle, as she reached the big number '4' on the wall. Jenna reached just after the girl, both breathing heavily from getting their daily bit of exercise in. 

Jenna rested her hands on her hips, shaking her head at girl, Asp letting out a breathy laugh, hand reaching for the door handle, "You just lost your own game, Ortega."

She pushed her tongue up against the inside of her cheek, shaking her head, bottom lip in her mouth, "Oh shut up, Hills."

Brushing her hair out of her face, the Britt smiled, scrunching up her nose, and eyeing the girl, holding the door open for her, "See you on Thursday?"

"'Your majesty', huh?" She joked, repeating Aspen's prior words that had basically became an inside joke, "And you're too lazy to walk me to my door?"

Aspen laughed, shaking her head at the girl, before feigning guilt, "Oh, I am dearly sorry." She held the door open, a hand ushering the girl in, making a grin spread across Jenna's features, emphasising her dimples, both of them trying to refrain from another laugh, "After you, your majesty."

The two grinned like idiotic children, giggling at something that the other had said, before Jenna stopped at her door, turning to Aspen, whose smile had dimmed slightly, realising that their time together was over.

Jenna seemed to subconsciously do the same, glancing at time on her phone, before turning it around to take her keycard out of her phone case. She sighed, smiling smally when she watched Aspen's eyes scan the area, shuffling on her feet. 

"Do you wanna come in?" The brunette offered, Asp's eyes snapping to meet Jenna's at the proposal, a slight light in her eyes. 

She sighed, remembering that she had promised to get to bed early so that her, Alia and Ren could go out in the morning, "I can't, I'm going out early tomorrow, so I've gotta get to bed."

The other girl nodded in understanding, swiping the keycard, and opening her door slightly, eyes locked on Aspen, "I'll see you Thursday?"

Asp nodded with a smile, sending her a quiet, "Bye," before stepping away, as Jenna entered her room, closing the door behind her.

The other actress smiled, shaking her head and jogging up the stairs to her own floor just above Jenna, entering her own room, chucking her phone on her bed and immediately heading into the shower. 

Eventually, she got into her bed, checking the numerous texts from her friends and the group chat, noticing that she had practically blanked them, while she was talking with Jenna. She apologised to them quickly, scrunching up her nose and scrolling back down to see one more notification.

An unread message.

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ᴜɴsᴀᴠᴇᴅ ɴᴜᴍʙᴇʀ:
so, when do you want your coffee, Hills?