call it what you want // dacre montgomery

is it a date?

mona's pov

i was sitting in my usual position in the trailer when dacre came in. i sat up a bit straighter, taking my feet off the counter.

"hey, what are you doing here?" i asked, mentally beating myself up over what i had just said. he fucking works here you idiot. i thought, looking up at him from my seat.

"well first of all, i work here." he laughed, walking over and tapping my side, "get up, you gotta take my mullet and moustache off."

i stood up, stepping out behind the chair so he could sit, watching as he did and smiling politely at him in the mirror. "so, how was your day?" i started to take off the moustache, doing the easiest part first. i tried just making small talk because even though it was probably only me feeling it, you could cut the tension between us with a knife.

"i mean, it wasn't particularly great but it also wasn't bad. just did the normal acting job, you know?" he sat back, letting me do what i needed to to his face. "how about your day? do you just sit in here the whole time?"

i shook my head, moving behind him to start taking off the god awful mullet. "i don't stay in here all day. i leave for lunch and help sandy out with fixing up the kids. i had to do blood work on joe since steve can't seem to catch a break." i laughed, putting the mullet back onto the mannequin head it stayed pinned to when it wasn't attached to him.

"oh, right right. i forget that i see you running around the set at any given moment." he laughed again, rubbing the back of his head. "feels kind of weird when you take that off at the end of the day. it's a part of me for most of the day that i forget what it's like to have it off temporarily."

i tried to hide a giggle, dacre quickly catching on and stood up, turning to face me. "do you want to hang out after work? i know you have to help get everyone out of character, but i want to hang out with you. possibly for a later dinner or something?"

i nod, looking down to try and hide the fact that i was starting to blush. "yeah, i would like that. did you have anywhere in mind or would we just figure it out when we're out?" i look up at him, my eyes darting away as we made eye contact and i started smiling.

when i finally looked up i saw him smiling down at me, causing me to blush more. he started to laugh once again, folding his arms over his chest. "why are you blushing so much? i'm not even doing anything." he teased, leaning back against the wall of the trailer.

"shut up! you know exactly what you're doing." i shot back, looking everywhere but at him until someone else walked into the trailer. "okay, you scram. i'll meet you by my car or outside or something. i don't know. i'll just text you when i'm done."

"alright, it's a date." he winked, pushing himself off the wall and walking out.

i tried to keep my cool as much as possible, looking over at sandy who just raised an eyebrow at me, having seen the whole thing. we talked through our facial gestures, not wanting to out anything to everyone just yet.

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sorry this chapter was so short i'm getting back into the groove of writing from not writing since before the holidays!!