ON AND OFF THE SCREEN || J.N ✔️

14.

we put our scripts down and look at each other. sean mouths "why is she here?" and i shrug.

"ah, speaking of the devil," dan says to jace, then peers to the person behind him. "oh, isabela, is it?"

she nods and smiles. "yes, mr. schneider!" she says in a fake, cheery voice. out of the corner of my eye i see ella roll her eyes, making me smirk.

jace walks in, sitting at his designated spot, isabela following him.

dan looks slightly flustered and it appears he doesn't know what to say.

"um, isabela? as much as we want you here, our table reads are strictly restricted to those on our show. feel welcome to wait in the lounge!" dan offers.

she nods. "i understand. thank you!" she gets up, pecks jace on his lips and walks out, closing the door behind her with a passive aggressive slam.

"nice of you to finally show up," cooper says with a smile.

"well, when you have a girlfriend, it's like a spell. you want to be with her all the time," jace says, leaning back in his chair.

"if you say 'when you have a girlfriend' again, i'm barfing," sean says, causing jace to roll his eyes.

i snicker at sean's comment and jace looks at me.

"okay, before we get another interruption, let's get on with this from the beginning," dan announces.

we start reading through, although it's mildly awkward playing the love interest of jace's character. sure, it's an act between henry and fia, but it's also an act between the two of us.

we manage to get through the table read without any additional interferences.

"alright, thank you all for today! we'll be here tomorrow doing run throughs on screen. jace, remember to be on time," dan says, standing up.

jace darts out of the room to get to his beloved girlfriend.

"wanna hit up lemonade?" i suggest to ella, riele and sean.

"as long as you're driving," ella says.

"yeah, and i call shotgun," sean chimes in, picking up his pace to beat riele to the car.

and there's jace and isabela, his hands on her waist, her arms around his neck. near the doors.

"gotta get out of here before i vomit at the sight of this!" sean yells, leaving the studio.

us three burst into laughter and we feel isabela giving us a look which makes us laugh even harder.

"where are you off to?" jace asks.

"lunch," i respond, halfway out the door.

"where? we'll join you."

i freeze in my place.

"uh, lemonade," i respond, realizing i made a mistake.

"ok, i'll call an uber," he retorts, pulling out his phone.

we rush outside to my car where sean stands, his hand on the passenger car door's handle.

"come on, we can get there before they can even make it!" riele yells, running.

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