Shuck Face (A Dylan O'Brien Story)

Chapter 10

"Happy Monday everyone. Are we ready to dive into week 2 of filming?"

    Cheers... applause. Why am I still surprised by this? This crowd LOVES to clap and cheer.

    "Good! Places people. Let's get this thing going."

    We spent the next 5 hours filming, taking a break, filming, consultation, filming, and some more filming! Lunch has basically become a ritual. I get my food, sit at an empty table, and then it fills up with Hartley, Thomas, Dylan, Kaya, Jacob, Dexter, Ki Hong, Wes, and Braxton. Dylan and Thomas were the last ones to the table this time. Dylan greeted me with a kiss before sitting beside me. I noticed Wes looking at me with raised eyebrows. I averted my eyes, knowing he will grill me after lunch!

    The scene we're filming next is the scene where they try to rescue Minho the first time, and Newt reinjures his leg.

    "Places people. Remember, focus on the cranks. Everyone ready? Action!"

    "Thomas, stop, we gotta take a break." Brenda plopped onto the sand, breathing heavily.

    "Alright, five minutes, then we move. It's going to get dark soon."

    Newt sits up straight, looking around. "Guys, do you hear that?"

    Everyone turned around.

    "Cranks! Run!"

    "Cut! Wes, I think he needs to be more animated when he yells about the cranks."

    Wes nodded. "Good idea. Go set him straight."

    I saw a guy dressed as a crank standing off to the side.

    "Hey, guy. Come here."

    The guy turned around and walked over to me.

    "What's up, Charlie?"

    "What's your name?"

    He smiled. "Axel."

    I slapped a hand on his shoulder. "Axel, I need you to do me a favor. I want Thomas to act... I don't know more freaked out I guess in that scene. So go hide back there and when you hear me yell GO, I want you to jump out and scare the shit out of Thomas. Think you can do that for me?"

    Axel flashed a mischievous grin. "You got it, boss."

    "Good man."

    I walked over to Thomas, Dylan, and Rosa. "TB we need to work on that last part. I need you to be more scared, louder, uh more animated? Try it."

    "CRANKS!" His voice faltered at the end.

    "Uhm... no. Okay let's pretend I'm a crank. Rawrrrrr."

    Thomas and Dylan started cracking up. "Babe, you sound like a baby dinosaur."

    I kicked Dylan's foot and stifled a laugh. "Shut up. But seriously, let's try it again. Ready, TB?" Thomas nodded, his face growing more serious. "Okay... GO!"

    Axel jumped out in front of Thomas and yelled a bunch of gibberish.

    "SHIT! Run! Everybody run!" He stumbled backwards and his hand flew up to his chest.

    "You scared the shit out of me, mate!"

    Axel stepped beside me and we started laughing. "Well then he did his job. Way to go Axel!"

    "Okay, I think I got it now. Let's do the scene again."

    Everyone got into their places and I walked back to sit beside Wes.

    "Action!"

    "Thomas, I've gotta take a break. Can you please just stop?" Brenda sat on the sand.

    "Okay, five minutes and then we go. It'll be dark soon."

    Newt started looking around. "Hey, do you hear that?"

    Newt stood and walked towards a clearing while everyone started to look around.

    Cranks came out of nowhere, running towards them.

    "SHIT! EVERYBODY RUN!" Newt turned and took off running away from the cranks.

    "CUT! Thomas?!"

"FUCKKKKKKKKKKKK."

    Thomas had tripped when he started running away and his head hit the floor so hard, we all heard a loud KLUNK. Wes and I ran over to check on him.

    "TB, hey are you okay?"

    He stuck a hand in the air so Dylan helped him sit up.

    "Bugger scared me again." Thomas let out a little laugh and then cradled his head in his hands.

    "Shit man, I'm sorry." Axel knelt down next to him.

    I bent down beside them and turned towards Axel. "I think you did your job a little TOO well this time, Ax."

    His face turned bright red so I patted his back in reassurance before turning to Thomas.

    "We all heard you hit your head, so you must've hit it pretty hard. We need to take you to the nurse to get checked out."

    "No, I'm fine."

Thomas motioned for Wes to help him stand. When he was fully up, he started swaying. Wes and Dylan slid up under his arms, helping him keep his balance.

"Fine, my ass. Come on, let's go."

I took Wes' place holding Thomas up. Dylan and I were walking towards the nurse when I heard Wes make an announcement.

"Alright, everyone. Let's just call it a day. We'll meet back tomorrow morning."