Thank You For Saving Me // Stauren

chapter seventy one

Steven's P.O.V
"M... Maggie... I'll find you." I croaked out as I fell to the floor, blood oozing down my face and neck. However, the people around me continued to act.

"Aaaaand CUT! Alright Steve and Michael you can go back to your trailers and get cleaned up. Everyone else get ready for the next scene. And bring the dummies on set!" The director shouted, causing me and Michael to stand up and start walking.

Before I could walk fully away, I turned back to see Lauren still crying, it broke my heart to see her so generally upset, but I knew that with my face like this, with my "eye" almost on the floor, I knew I wouldn't be of any help if I stayed to comfort her.

It took a long time for us to get cleaned up, and even when we were done, the rest of the cast were still filming, so we had to wait. So we did. But I decided to go over to Lauren's trailer, as there was something that I didn't get to look at before. The random book. I don't know why, but it's been bugging me ever since I accidentally came across it months ago. As soon as I stepped in, I looked through the trailer. It didn't take me long to find it and before I knew it, I was flicking through it. Most pages were filled with, "I'm still not used to writing down how I feel" or "I'm just not happy right now." It hurt to read it. Her feelings on these pages. The book was almost full. Dates written in the top right corner. The first twenty, or so, pages were filled with negative comments and feelings. But then it changed. It became happy and light hearted. Like the Lauren I know. There were a few pages in between that weren't happy and were negative, but only one or two. The rest were happy. Very happy.

So I couldn't be happier.

"Lauren!" I shouted, a few hours later, as I walked closer to set. As soon as she noticed me, she ran straight towards me, like a car trying to reach full speed. "Woah woah woah slow-" before I could stop her, she jumped onto me with force almost knocking me over but I managed to steady myself. "Hey... You good?"

"Yeah..." she mumbled into my shoulder, holding onto me tightly. I chuckled while my hands went under her thighs to keep her up.

"you done for the day?" I asked, slowly moving my hand from her thigh, up to her head and stroking her hair, gently planting a kiss on her head.

"No... I've got a few more scenes... then we can go away this weekend." She looked at me, red eyes but a smile on her beautiful face. God, I hated seeing her upset. Even if it's fake or real, but in this case it was both. "I just hated seeing you like that today... I know I'm acting like a cry baby... but it's just not a nice thing to see..."

"I know babe..." I mumbled, slowly placing her down on the floor. "But you were not and are not acting like a cry baby, okay? The doctor said your hormones might not go back to normal for a while yet... so it's okay."

She nodded, "Okay..." Her eyes slowly met mine as my hands went to her jaw, cradling it carefully.

"I love you babe..." I whispered so only she could hear me, a wide smile slowly appeared on her face as I did so.

"I love you too." She mumbled as a slowly leaned in, our lips millimetres away.

"Hey, where's Nova? And Addy? Aren't they with you??" She asked, slowly starting to get worked up in a matter of seconds, ruining the moment.

I chuckled lightly, "well I feel loved." I joked, only to earn a small glare from her. "They're with Alanna and Kish. They haven't left them for like, two hours babe. I didn't want them to see me with blood down my face, so I asked them if they could watch them for a while. Which they happily said yes to by the way " I smiled.