Accidents Happen

Chapter 6

(Ricky's P.O.V)
I can't believe she left. Although if my manager was as scary as hers, I wouldn't waste a second doing what she said. Why did I care so much about her seeing us perform? There's no way I could like her already. Is there? No...no I'm just going crazy. That's all.
"Ricky. Let's go." Emery says to me, making me nod. I follow the other boys on stage and sit on the stool behind my mic.
"My name is Emery Kelly." Emery says happily.
"I'm Ricky Garcia." I smile to the small crowd.
"And I'm Liam Attridge." Liam says into his mic.
"And we are Forever In Your Mind!" We say together, smiling at each other.
"This is our newest single, Sweet Little Something." Emery says and Liam starts playing guitar. I start singing, putting my all into it, wanting to do the best I can. Emery and Liam take their turns singing, a few of the people in the crowd enjoying it. I look down at the stage, waiting for my next part to come around. Once I sing again, the song is over and we all walk off stage.
"That. Was AWESOME!" Emery says excitedly.
"I agree dude!" Liam says happily, both of them still trying to calm down after the adrenaline rush.
"That was fun!" I smile at them, both of them nodding quickly.

(Skylar's P.O.V)
"Woah, woah, woah. I have to do what now?" I ask the man behind the chair.
"You have to report to set. Tonight." He says to me.
"You're kidding me right?" I ask looking at him.
"Afraid not. Have you learned the script?" He asks me.
"I just got it this morning? How can I learn it in mere hours?" I ask him, making him shrug.
"I just figured a talented actress like yourself would have learned it already." He shrugs, making me raise an eyebrow at him.
"Oh and um, you're wanted back here tomorrow morning. It's something a little different." He says to me, making me sigh quietly.
"What time?" I ask softly.
"10:30a.m." He says and I nod, sitting back in my chair, feeling exhausted and disgusted with myself for leaving the boys like I did.
"Thank you so much for letting us come in at such a late hour." Lisa says and I shoot a glare in her direction. Are you kidding me?! She had this planned the entire time?! And never mentioned it once? I can't believe she'd do that to me. Especially when she knows I have never broken a promise. Well except for tonight. Ugh! I can't believe her right now!
"Sky, away we go." She smiles at me.
"Don't. Call me. Sky." I snap at her, walking out the door ahead of her and walking quickly down the hall.
"I don't appreciate being made a fool young lady." She says chasing after me.
"You made ME look like the fool! I haven't broken a single promise in 17 years! Until tonight because you forced me to! I broke a promise to my first friends and now they probably hate me! And it's all YOUR fault!" I yell at her, walking away from her and fighting the hot tears that sting my eyes. Come on Skylar, get a hold of yourself. Just relax, I know you're angry but that isn't going to help the situation.
"Just chill out." Lisa says to me once she gets in the car with me.
"Don't tell me to chill out." I snap at her, looking up from my phone.
"I didn't want to make you mad." She says and I laugh coldly.
"Really? I guess you should've thought about that before you lied AND broke a promise! All in the same day!" I say, trying to stay as calm as possible.
"Skylar, please. Just bear with me on this." She says driving towards Universal Studios where the set of my new movie is. Lisa pulls up to the back lot gate and a guy around my age looks out of the booth at her.
"ID." He says simply, smiling at me. I dodge his glance and look out my window, the mountain side sloping off to the city, the tiny lights seeming brighter when they're against the velvet black sky. The car starts moving again and soon my view is blocked by palm trees and bright lights shining against them. Lisa finds a spot to park and I get out, shutting my phone off and leaving it in the car, stuffing my hands in my pockets and following her silently.
"Look alive." She smiles at me. I glare at her and open the door, going inside and stopping when I see an entire cast and crew standing between me and the set.
"Skylar!" Someone says happily, coming over to me.
"Hi." I say shyly, shaking their hand.
"I'm Spencer. I'm the male lead. Hopefully I don't mess up too much." He says shyly, making me smile.
"Rookie?" I ask him curiously, following him over to the group.
"Yeah." He admits, nodding quickly.
"Don't worry. You'll be fine." I say to him, going to meet the other members and acting like everything is fine.
"Alright everyone! I'm Joe, your director! Let's start out by introducing yourselves. Name and agency." He says sitting in the chair.
"I'm Gabe, the producer and this is Martin, executive producer. Andy our assistant." A tall guy says a little too cheerfully.
"Alright. Cast. Names, roles and agency!" Joe says happily.
"I'm Skylar, I play Danielle and my agency is LA Talent." I say smiling, the director nodding happily. The rest of the cast introduces themselves and the director gets up.
"Okay! Let's form a circle. Here's a script for each of you." He says, handing each of us a book sized packet of paper.
"Let's run through the script a couple times and film the first scene. And Skylar, action!" Joe says loudly, everyone falling silent. I read from my script, looking up occasionally and acting out the emotions of my character.
"Nicely done!" Joe says clapping for me.
"Thanks." I say shyly, looking at the ground, looking back up as another girl starts to read her part of the script. I eventually lose interest in the reading and I think of anything but this.
"Alright. Skylar and Spencer. Makeup and wardrobe." Joe says and I turn, walking over to the makeup table, sitting in one of the chairs, getting my hair and makeup done before moving on to wardrobe. I'm handed a blue dress and I take it, going to a dressing room and changing into it, putting my regular clothes on the shelf in the room. I find the shoes I was given, sliding them on and zipping up the back of them and walking back out to the set.
"Read over the script while we get ready." Joe says to Spencer and I. I grab my script from the set couch and read through my lines. Woah, this might actually be fun.
"Spencer, on the couch, scripts away!" Joe says eagerly. We do as we're told and Spencer sits on the couch, visibly getting into his character of Lane.
"Okay here we go people! Quiet on the set! Roll camera. Action!" Joe says, giving me my cue to walk on set.
"Whatcha doin?" I ask, sitting on the couch beside my 'brother'.
"Watching tv. Aren't you supposed to be doing something?" He asks rudely.
"No. Mom and dad said I was done with chores. What are you watching?" I ask him, making him shrug.
"The Breakfast Club." He sighs, making me scrunch up my face.
"It looks really old." I giggle, making him shake his head.
"It is, but it's a good movie." He says to me.
"Hmm. So, I heard you were grounded." I say, looking at the tv.
"What if I was?" He asks me, looking at me briefly.
"Sooo, what'd you do?" I ask, poking his shoulder.
"Don't you have homework to do?" He asks me.
"How long are you grounded for?" I ask curiously.
"A month." He snaps, making me giggle.
"Woah, what'd you do? Wreck dads car?" I ask, getting up and leaving the room.
"And CUT! That was brilliant! Skylar, amazing as always! And Spencer! Nicely done!" Joe says excitedly.
"Can we watch that back?" I ask Joe, walking up to him.
"Sure! Come on over!" He says, turning a monitor on and the first frame pops up. We watch the first scene and I nod in approval.
"I like that." I smile at Joe.
"It was very nicely done. I must admit, Skylar. This movie is gonna open doors for you." He tells me, making me look at him.
"And what do you mean by that?" I ask, following him to the set.
"Well, bigger roles, a bigger fanbase, you know." He states, looking over his shoulder at me.
"Right." I nod, leaving him and going to the table and sitting down, sighing. I try my best to stay in character, but it doesn't seem to work, all I can think about is the promise I broke. Why is my life so complicated?