The Road Ahead Of Us

Chapter 56

Monday, May 25th, 2020

Brenda's POV

6 AM

Monday morning, we got up at 5 AM and brushed our teeth and hair, and then just wore our pajamas to set. We got there around 6 AM, and everyone was just getting there, except for the crew and producers, who were there way before us.

"Are you ready to get YOUR makeup and hair done?" Denise asked, and Sam groaned, rubbing his eyes.

"You shouldn't have gone to bed so late, Sam." I said, looking at him. He playfully glared at me.

"Says you. You're the reason why."He said."But not the dirty kind." I snorted and slapped his arm.

"But yeah, were ready." I said, looking at her. She grinned and led us into the building.

"This is Yolanda Toussieng, she will be putting the wig on you, Brenda, and making it look realistic." Denise said."This is Rachel Solow, she'll be doing the boys hair, Lisa Mosenson, she'll be doing Finn's makeup. This is Nuria Sitja, she'll be doing Sam's makeup. Laurie Cocheio will be doing Rachel's makeup and hair, and Ariel Diaz will be doing Brenda's makeup."We shook all of their hands and Ariel came up to me.

"Oh my gosh, you are so beautiful in person! You're beautiful with out makeup on!" He exclaimed, hugging me. Sam raised an eyebrow, and Ariel must have seen it."Apparently, you don't know who I am, but I'm gay."

"Oh, okay." Sam said, nodding, the jealous look on his face gone. I shook my head at him.

"Okay, well, everyone know's their lines and have memorized the script, right?" Michael asked. We nodded.

TIME SKIP

2 hours later

8 AM

"What scene are we doing first?" Sam asked, looking over his script again. We'd gotten our hair and makeup done, and I had my wig on.

"Well, since the entire movie will be filmed inside, except for the running through the woods part and stuff, so, you and Sam are kind of DRESSED up, so, the beginning of the movie." We nodded. Michael led us to set 1, where there were fake buildings and a side walk. Michael made us stand on two different, small, pieces of tape and Ian gave us ear pieces while the costume designer was finishing up Terry and Josh's costumes. 

"When I yell action, all you have to do is walk to the next piece of tape, when I say so, you start talking Brenda, and then the two of you stop on the tape. You put your arms around his neck, and you put your arms on her waist, and then kiss her on the lips, then say your next line, Brenda. You say yours almost immediately after she says hers, Sam." We nodded and a few seconds later, we were the only ones on the set except for the people holding the cameras. The lights dimmed and it looked dark, except for a few lit street lamps on the side walks.

"And...Action!" Michael yelled. Sam and I started walking hand in hand to the tape. When we were almost there, Michael told me in the ear piece to say my line. We stopped on the line and looked at each other, doing what Michael told us to do.

"I really love it, Danny. It's beautiful. And I love you."I said I didn't realize I said Sam's name instead, and neither did he. He told me to smile widely, and I did."I can't wait to be your wife." Sam smiled back and Michael must have told him to kiss me again, because he did and then said his line,

"I can't wait to be your husband."

"Cut! That was a great first take, but Brenda, this time, say Danny." Michael said. I looked at him.

"I seriously said Sam?" I asked. Everyone behind the cameras laughed."I'm so sorry!"

"It's okay, I know you two are new to this and your nervous. Let's just go again." We went back to our first spot."And....Action!"

TIME SKIP

2 PM

We had a 1 hour lunch break, but we filmed half of the 1st scene, and we messed up a lot. Sam and I both kept messing up our lines, and I fell twice, Josh completely missed Sam's hand, even though he wasn't actually supposed to kick it. He kicked like, three feet away from his hand, which made Sam burst out laughing. Terry forgot his lines, and Josh actually kicked Sam's hand by accident, which he felt really bad about, and Sam told him,

"Don't worry about it. I've been through worse."

Sam had to keep doing his lines over and over again because his voice kept cracking. It took us at least 5 hours to get to the part where he got shot and I got kidnapped. Sam was in the middle of getting the little blood thing attached to him, which would explode when a gun went off. He gave the camera, which was recording us behind the scenes, a thumbs up and a grin. I shook my head at him and smiled.

"Time for the rest of the scene and then there will be another break!" Michael yelled, getting everyone's attention. We stood in our places. Terry stood on a piece of tape 5 feet away from Sam, with a fake, but realistic hand gun, and Josh stood on the other side of Sam, and I was the farthest away from him.

"When I yell action, Terry, shoot the gun, and When you hear the gun shot Sam, fall backwards and put your hands over the packet of fake blood. Josh, you get a hold of Brenda and Brenda, you start screaming, and when you're almost to the van, scream 'Danny', and then Terry, I want you to run over there and slam the van door shut when she's all the way in. You know what else to do." Michael said. We nodded and got into the right positions."And.....Action!" Terry pointed the gun at Sam and pulled the fake trigger, and there was the sound of a loud gun shot and Sam fell backwards, his hands over the packet of fake blood, which had exploded, causing his shirt to rip and look like a bullet. He had face blood all over his hands. I started screaming as Josh started dragging me to the van.

"Danny!" I screamed, fake tears streaming down my face. Sam acted like it was hard to stand, but he was hunched over, and then yelled 'Abigail' as I was pushed into the van. The door shut and then Josh and Terry got in and I watched through the back of it as Sam fell backwards again, acting like he passed out.

"Cut!" Michael yelled, and he sounded happy. Terry, Josh, and I got out of the van and made our way back to everyone else. Sam was already there, waiting on us.

"So, how did we do?" I asked.

"That was great. We don't have to do that one again, thankfully. The tears were a good touch." He told me."And Sam, you acted like you really got shot." Sam shrugged.

"Not that hard." He said, making everyone laugh. Sam changed into a clean shirt and I helped him wash the fake blood off of his stomach.