Lost Memory

Chapter 2

Sunnyboy's kiss made my mind go completely blank and I had no capacity to react in any way. I was just staring at him, at his closed eyes and his blond hair. Suddenly, a door was pushed open and someone rushed through it. "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?" someone screamed and Sunnyboy started back from me, looking at the screaming person. It was a girl I had only seen from the corner of my eyes before. She was incredibly pale and thin, looking almost anorexic. Her black, sleek hair added to that and her pale-blue eyes stared furiously at me. She wore a black shirt, a mini-skirt with leopard pattern and black high heels. "Uh, Jessica...it's not, uh...it's not what it looks like!" Sunnyboy stuttered like some kind of idiot.

"MANDY! How dare you? Dave is my boyfriend!", Miss Anorexia continued to scream. That girl clearly needed help as I hadn't done anything.

"I don't know, it just...happened?" I tried but was interrupted by a cry from the boss. "CUT! Maddie, what the hell was that? You know your lines, I know you do! Back to the beginning!" he sighed. Miss Anorexia left the room and Sunnyboy dragged me back on the bed. Someone yelled "Action!" and Sunnyboy's face came closer yet again. Okay, this must have something to do with that movie I was obviously shooting but I had no idea how I was supposed to react when that girl came running in on us. Was I supposed to fight? While I was thinking about all possibilities, I kissed Sunnyboy back to make it appear more realistic when that Jessica-girl came in, screaming at us again, "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?" Sunnyboy played idiot again and I decided to not say anything. If I didn't say anything, it could not be wrong, could it? After a moment of silence, Miss Anorexia turned to me and hissed, "Don't you have anything to say?" Don't say anything! I reminded myself and shook my head. "Then say goodbye to our friendship, you bitch!" she screamed, tears forming in her eyes and suddenly she hit me! While I was just holding my cheek in shock, she stormed out of the room, leaving Sunnyboy and me behind. Sunnyboy was looking at me terrified and finally, after gathering his thoughts, said, "Fuck, I'm so sorry, Mandy! I'll...I'll talk to her" With a determined look on his face he rushed out of the room and I watched him puzzled, confused and a bit angry. "CUT!" the boss finally yelled, seeming extremely happy. "That was great! No, that was excellent! You've never improvised that well before, good job!" Sunnyboy and Miss Anorexia came back, looking quite happily as well.

"What the heck is your problem?" I yelled at Miss Anorexia before I could stop myself, "he kissed me! I didn't do anything wrong!"

"Woah, we know!" Sunnyboy said, gesturing with his arms for me to calm down. "We know it's just for the camera!" He pulled the girl to him, putting his arm around her hips and smiled. Wait a second! I thought. Were they...like, together in real life? Or was that a play as well? Damn, I didn't even know what was real and what was fake anymore. "Haha, I was just messing with you!" I giggled, hoping they would not take me serious. At that exact moment, Mister Country entered the set with a small package in his hand. "Hey baby girl!" he greeted me and gave me the package. It was probably my medicine. "Got you your medicine," he confirmed my suspicion, "take one now and another one before going to bed. From then on three pills a day for one week and everything should be alright!"

"Thanks!" I said and smiled at him. Mister Country came closer and gave me a quick kiss on my cheek before leaving. But...he wasn't my boyfriend, right? He was at least 40 years old! Ew! No, that couldn't be. Who else was he, though? Wandering around in the hospital, bringing me my medicine...he either was a family member or a much older boyfriend. How old was I, now that we were at it? "So back to business," the boss interrupted my thoughts, "Maddie, you can go on a short break. Richie and Lexie, you stay here for the next scene!" Aha, their names are Richie and Lexie! I exclaimed happily in my mind. Finally, I knew, how Sunnyboy and Miss Anorexia were actually called. I liked their new nicknames though, so I decided to keep calling them Sunnyboy and Miss Anorexia in my mind.

After I had left the set I searched for a screenplay so I could find out what the movie was about and which character I had to play. Luckily, I found my screenplay in my dressing room, sat down on an extremely comfortable black couch and began to read the plot and my parts of the movie. Apparently, its name was 'Falling Down' and its main characters were Richie, Lexie and I. It was about a love triangle between 'Mandy', a famous actress, 'Dave', personified by Sunnyboy, and a newcomer actress called 'Jessica', played by Miss Anorexia. Mandy and Dave had an affair that only another guy named Eric knew about and he starts to blackmail the main characters. Jessica, however, finds out about the affair and wants to destroy Mandy's career to take revenge. Basic teenager stuff. I concluded and read some dialogues that took place between Richie and me, and 'Eric' and me. Whoever played that Eric-guy.

After what felt like ten minutes only, Sunnyboy entered my dressing room. "Hey, there you are. You're needed on set!" he greeted me and I nodded absently. "You alright?"

"Hm?" I asked, tearing myself away from the screenplay.

"Are you okay?" Sunnyboy repeated, closed the door behind him and sat down next to me.

"More or less," I answered and put the screenplay somewhere else.

"Why are you reading the screenplay?" Sunnyboy asked with a raised eyebrow.

Damn. "Uh...you know, after that little accident I had trouble remembering stuff, so I thought I should read it again to be prepared for my scenes." My conversation partner nodded, apparently believing my (half-)lie.

"Well, it's just a short scene between Lexie and you. Scene...uh, thirty-two, I think. Have you read that already?" Sunnyboy leaned towards me to get the screenplay. Or so I thought. Instead he pressed his lips against mine again and kissed me. At first, his kiss was soft and passionate but it soon became quite wild and rough. Have I mentioned what a great kisser that guy was? I didn't know what to do but his lips basically demanded for me to kiss back, so I did. My mind had gone completely blank; my thoughts were blurred. His right hand caressed my cheek while he leaned on his left hand towards me. I ran my fingers through his blond, soft hair not wanting to stop this kiss. It had a familiar touch to it and I felt like it wasn't the first time we had kissed that way.

Suddenly, something buzzed in his pants and he pulled back from our kiss. We were both breathing heavily and I mumbled, "Practice for another scene?"

"Sure. Another scene," Richie gave me a sideways smirk and fished his phone out of his pocket. "The boss is waiting, though"

"Yes, you're right. I'll...I'll go. See you later!" I nervously said and hesitantly went towards the door. As I opened it, Richie stood up as well and followed me outside. He hardly acknowledged me leaving because his attention was fixed on his phone, so I decided to just leave for the set. I hoped it was at the exact same place as before. Turned out, though, it wasn't. Luckily, I met the boss on the way and he guided me towards another room full of clothes and stylists. While they gave Miss Anorexia and me a new outfit, the boss explained how exactly he wanted the scene to go. What expressions we should bring along and what feelings we should create for the viewers. Even though I had no clue, what he talked about, a feeling in my stomach got as excited as he was. At the latest on the set it was clear, that I knew how to act. I just did what I was told and tried to be the person I was playing. Sounded quite hard, but my heart and my gut knew exactly what they had to do. During the whole scene and its repetitions my brain, however, could not shut up about one fact: Weren't Sunnyboy and Miss Anorexia a couple?

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