A Coincidence||Fionn Whitehead

9

The next day Dotty was run ragged, she was fixing costumes, picking up litter from the beach as tissues that wrapped around chicken and and cheese wraps from a van were dropped on the golden sand. Helmets were dropped too, the set was like a bomb had hit it.... literally. Her dad was slightly stressed, the weather was not on their side, it kept raining in and off and filming scenes with no rain in different parts was proving tricky.

Dotty had her hood pulled up over her head from her hoodie, a denim jacket over the top, ripped jeans and boots on her feet. Her glasses were awfully clogged with rain drops. As the beach cleared because of the rain, people returned to tents and marquees that had been put up on the closed off road and car park nearby, meaning Dotty had to continue working clearing the sand as it was easiest to do when it was clear. Wet sand and boots were not the greatest mix, nor was ripped jeans sticking to her leg either.

Sighing in annoyance, she ripped off her glasses and tucked them into her pocket and continued with her work. Her vision was slightly blurred, but not so much that she could my see properly, the rain being at fault the most. It was like an army drill in itself, bending down scooping up the rubbish into her hand, straightening up tucking it into the bag, and repeating over and over again. "I should really go running or to the gym...."she muttered to herself, "nope, food is love, food is life, so is the sofa." The young woman isn't unfit, nor was she unhealthy, the task was very tiring and straining in the body, she was sure her back would be murder the next day.

Once finished, Dotty dumped the bags in a large bin on the side of the road and made her way to the refreshment tent. Her father ushered her in from the rain and handed her a coffee that he had made before looking around the tent for her. "Why were you out there? I thought you were in here! You're soaked and not wearing a raincoat!" Chris exclaimed.

The girl shook her head taking the coffee gratefully, "I'm fine. The beach was a shithole full of rubbish, better getting down whilst no one was on there." Chris nodded patting her on the shoulder before joking the producer, leaving his daughter to take a seat and drink her coffee, warming her insides. Fionn saw the girl sitting alone and decided to join her, giving her a towel that he was wrapped in. "Thanks."

"Don't worry about it, why aren't you sat with us. We invited you to didn't we?" He replied sitting beside her, still wrapped in a towel himself.

"You invited me to sit with you at dinner last night not all the time."Dotty stated bringing her coffee cup to her lips.

Fionn chuckled, "And by that we meant all of the time. Don't want you all alone." He nudged her with his shoulder laughing.

Dotty smiled, "Thanks. What are you doing here anyway? Over with me that is and not with the guys."

"Like I said. Don't want you all alone. Now come on, come with me." He stood up and waited for her to do so too. She copied his actions pulling the hood from her head that was still up, Fionn lead the way, weaving in and out of people until they reached the group.

"You look like you've took a dip in the sea, there Dotty. Didn't know you were being an extra today." Jack joked and the woman rolled her eyes.

"Yeah because I wouldn't stick out like a soar thumb in this movie at all." Dotty chuckled, pulling her hair off of her rosy cheeks. She wiped her glasses on the towel and replaced them onto her face, her vision becoming fully clear. "That's better." She grinned.

"Woah! You have orange braces!" Tom (GC) exclaimed, "I have not noticed that before."

She nodded, "my teeth were very messed up." Her cheeks flushed red as she looked down, she wasn't very fond of her teeth, they still were not great after having braces for a while. Another thing was, they hadn't moved in months, and some were still crooked. "Still are." The girl added, her thumbs wrestling each other in her lap.