To the Moon and Back {Chandler Riggs}

T h r e e

I check my phone after I wake up. Damn, I slept late. It's almost noon. My stomach grumbles, so I decide to go downstairs to grab something to eat. It's quiet. GinaAnn must be at work already and I think William took Grayson to summer football workouts or something.

As I reach the bottom step, I can hear faint moaning coming from the living room. I peek my head around the corner and see Chandler sucking face with someone on the couch. I cringe and attempt to retreat up the stairs.

"Savanna?" Chandler calls. I stop in my tracks and slowly walk back down the stairs.

"Yes?" I ask in a singsong voice as I walk over to the couch. The girl turns around and smiles at me. I recognize her. This is the infamous Brianna Maphis.

I smile back, slightly waving my hand at her. Something about her seems different.

"Brianna, Savanna. Savanna, Brianna." Chandler introduces us.

"Hi." I say shyly. Brianna reaches over the couch to shake my hand, so I do.

I realize she looks different because she's not wearing makeup. I've never actually seen a picture of her without makeup on. She definitely looks better without it, but I'm not gonna say anything.

"Sorry if I'm interrupting something. I just came down to grab some breakfast." I say awkwardly. I just want to go back to my room.

"It's almost noon, Savanna." Chandler states, glancing at his watch. I roll my eyes at him. "She was up late last night, Face Timing her boyfriend." Chandler whispers to Brianna, obviously meaning for me to hear. Brianna giggles.

"I was not!" I object. I totally was, though. I fell asleep at like four in the morning on a Skype call with Cameron.

"You're coming to Universal for my birthday on Monday, right?" Chandler asks Brianna. That's my cue to leave. I grab an apple, aka richonne food, from the kitchen and hurry back upstairs. I'm too afraid to go back downstairs, so I text Lizzy to come over. She doesn't even respond, I just hear the doorbell ring twenty minutes after my text.

"I got it!" I shout, running down the steps to open the door. Lizzy stands on the porch.

"Hey!" She exclaims.

"Come on!" I grab her arm and drag her upstairs to my room. Once we're in the safety of my room, I take a breath.

"Savanna, you know there's a raccoon in your living room?" Lizzy asks. She sounds dead serious too, making us die of laughter.

"That's not funny!" I shout in between breaths.

"Okay, but seriously before I leave, I want a selfie with Chandler and the raccoon." Lizzy states, trying to catch her breath.

"We might be able to take one now. I haven't heard any moaning in like ten minutes, so I think they're between make out sessions." I tell Lizzy, not completely joking.

"Nice."

"Chandler!" I call as we walk downstairs.

"Yeah?"

"My friend, Lizzy, wants to know if she can take a picture with you and ra-Brianna." I stammer.

"Yeah, of course." Chandler says with a smile as he and Brianna stand up. Lizzy hands her phone to Chandler since he's the tallest of us four. Chandler and Lizzy stand in the middle, I stand next to Lizzy, and Brianna stands next to Chandler.

"Say cheese!" Chandler says, snapping the picture.

"Nice." Lizzy and I mumble at the same time.

"Oh my god I look terrible." Brianna exclaims.

"What d'you mean? You look great." I assure her.

"I don't have any makeup on." She groans.

"It's cool. I'll put a filter or something on it." Lizzy suggests as we run back upstairs.

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"Do you need me to pick you up?" Cameron asks, unlocking his car door.

"No, GinaAnn will swing by on her way home from work. Thanks, though." I say, opening the car door.

"No problem, babe." Cameron says. I give him a quick peck on the lips before hurrying into the office building. Roman meets me at the door.

"Hey, baby girl." He sings, handing me a small sack, containing the garments I'll wear for the shoot today.

"Hey, Roman." I say, giving him a quick hug before rushing into the dressing room. I sigh in relief when I pull a pair of joggers and a hoodie from the bag. I was hoping I wouldn't be in underwear for today's shoot. I'm just not in the mood.

I quickly throw on the gray joggers, black sports bra, and aqua hoodie. Roman takes me to a room where the camera and everything is all set up. I take a seat in a director's chair and wait to be called. Roman starts messing with my hair and I get a text from Lizzy. It's the selfie we took yesterday. I zoom in on each of our faces a couple of times, maybe staring a little too long at Chandler.

"Oooooh! Who's that delectable piece of white chocolate?" Roman asks, staring over my shoulder at my phone.

"He's the son of the couple I'm staying with." I laugh, zooming out on the photo again.

"So he lives with you... you're gonna suck his dick, right?"

"Roman!" I exclaim, shocked at his vulgarity. "He has a girlfriend!" I zoom in on Brianna's face in the photo.

"So? You could take her." Roman states as if this is a normal conversation we're having.

"No. I have a boyfriend, remember?" I argue as he continues to curl my hair with his wand.

"Oh, yeah! You got that dark chocolate boy, don't you?"

I face palm myself.

"You have got to be kidding me." I mumble.

"Don't hit yourself like that. You could leave a mark." Roman scolds. I roll my eyes as he finishes up my hair. This is going to be a long day.