Being a Hollywood Actor's Girlfriend

A Film?

Andrea's POV

I could not comprehend what he was saying. Everything was a part of a film? How was this possible?

Possibly I had heard him wrong.

Finnick continued saying, "There is this contest organised every year called NAC..Natural Acting Contest. It believes that the best acting is when someone does it naturally..like the person does not know he or she is acting."

Maclove smiled before speaking, "So this NAC is organised and Finnick and team which includes me and many others entered it last year too but could not win, so we tried our luck again this year."

I did not want to believe what I was hearing.

But I did.

I did not want to understand what they were saying.

But I did.

Still I asked them, hoping what I was thinking was wrong, "So..where does that lead us to?"

"You were a part of that film, Andrea," Finnick said, keeping his eyes fixed on a point on the wall in front of him.

"H-How? Why me? I don't get it.." I asked them, still in daze.

"See initially it was supposed to be Anne and me. But when I arrived to your school, you know what happened. She won't talk to me..so it was not possible to make a film with her when she had differences," Finnick said with a sigh.

He took a small pause before saying, "And then I saw you with her..you had the look and personality. I instantly messaged Love about you and striked a conversation with you in the bus."

"You came to our school because Anne was there and you wanted her to be a part of your film?  It was all planned?" I asked him, keeping my voice low.

"Definitely. As you know Anne and me were best-friends and then she was my girlfriend..we could have made a great movie," He said, moving away towards a table.

"And then everybody agreed to cast you instead." He comes back with a laptop in his hand.

"We needed to change the script, of course," Maclove eagerly said. "You know..like the basic plot. And I am extremely happy how the movie has shaped up."

I stood in silence, not knowing what to say.

"Well here's the complete film," Finnick said, pointing towards the laptop.

I let out a small gasp when I saw my recent life being played in front of me .Finnick and me riding on the same cycle, of him telling me about the notes, our figuring them out, his coming at my room drunk at midnight, movie, our first kiss...then going to kidnappers, fighting them and finally rescuing Harris.

This was all a film.

I stared at the laptop screen dumbfounded. My mouth had sealed itself, disabling any words to come out.

With great difficulty, I murmured, "All this was a film..and I didn't know."

"You were not supposed to know, Andrea. It had to shot without the main character's knowing that it was all a film," Finnick said,looking directly into my eyes.

I started shooting them with questions, asking them all my queries and doubts, hoping they won't have answer to a question..that this was all a prank, that they were joking.

"How was all this shot? I didn't see any camera-men around." I demanded.

"Hidden cameras..latest." Love answered promptly. "They were all in your room, home, neighbourhood, Finnick's home, kindnapper's den..simply everywhere."

"Every single thing was planned? What if I had reacted to something in a different way?" I asked.

"Not everything was planned. Just the basic thing was planned...like you starting to like Finnick..you like him, don't you?"Maclove chuckles."Anyways, the notes thing, and kidnappers thing and the most important..the night of your birthday-when you discover that notes thing was a part of a game, and then your kiss. All this was planned. Rest was all due to your reactions and how everything shaped up."

Tears welled up in my eyes. I still remember I was thinking how Finnick was being so romantic that day, flattering me and then...our first kiss..all that...it..it was absolutely nothing. It happened because it was supposed to happen. Because it was all planned for a film.

I maintained the flow of my breaths. In. Out. In. Out.

And then something else dawned on me.

I turned to face Finnick. I looked up at him and questioned, "You were cruel enough to let me get raped by that Rick just for the sake your film?" My voice was a bit higher than the usual.

He averted his eyes off me and replied, "No..no Andrea. That was not planned.Jimmy..er I mean Rick he is a very proffesional actor but the thing is he gets too much in character. I was fearing he might harm you but nobody paid much attention."

"But that scene added a bit of drama to our film, don't you agree? Like the hero comes and fights the villain and saves the heroine.."Maclove says rolling her eyes and moving her hands in the air.

I blinked back the tears from my eyes but I could not. I felt sluggish and dazed. But I wanted to get one more answer, although I already knew it. But still, just for the sake of my heart, I wanted to hear it from him.

"Everything between us was nothing? You don't like me?" I asked him, with tears flowing from my eyes.

"See, don't freak out Andrea. Try to understand..I..I have a girlfriend already..Love," Finnick said.

I closed my eyes shut after listening to his answer. Breath in. Breath out. Breath in. Breath out.

"I know it's difficult, Andrea but just forget him...everything." Maclove's voice reaches my ears but I am too busy to be bothered by her.

"Fine. Have a great time kissing your Love, Finnick Peterson," I said as tears continued flowing non-stop and stepping away from him. "Just to inform you, I saw you both passionately kissing..that's why I..I..."I spit it all out at him while gesturing to my bandaged hands.

He looked horrified but I don't care.

I step out, away from this madness, out of the studio. I can't stop crying and I don't want to stop.

I see Finnick running behind me, shouting at me, but I don't care.

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So I hope all your doubts have been answered too. If there is still any unanswered question, please feel free to ask.

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