ruin - Jordan Connor

chapter two

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"Hey Em, what do you need? I'm about to start filming right now."

"Lili who are you talking to?" a deep voice questioned in the background.

I was currently calling Lili right now to tell her the semi-exciting news. "Is that audition still available?"

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"... make yourself welcome Emily and maybe Lili can introduce you to the cast mates when you are ready and feel comfortable."

"Thank you so much Roberto, I really do appreciate it."

"I should really be thanking you to be so honest."  I furrowed my eyebrows in confusion.  "After Lili sent me the audition tapes I couldn't picture someone else better for the part of Madison Andrews." Roberto added
"Wow um that means a lot, thank you. I'm really new to this so it was really hard for me to start off." I stated

"Well you are doing great." He smiled

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"I'm so nervous,Lili!"
"You have nothing to worry about Emily I promise. Everyone knows you're new and part of the cast. They are very excited. And plus don't you want to meet your new love interest?" She winked

"Listen, I'm here to work not start relationships and ruin things like last time. Keaton and I were together for years I'm not going to get over him in two months ." I said quietly
"You're right, sorry babes. But it wasn't your fault. Everyone knew Keaton couldn't keep it in his pants, we were all just waiting for the time he would screw it all up." She shrugged

"Alright that's enough, I think I'm ready to meet everyone." I giggled
"Okay then, what are we waiting for?"

"I don't really know where to go I'm new to the set, Lils."
"Oh shoot, I forgot." She got up and opened my trailer door and we walked around for a bit. She showed me the Whyte Wyrm and Riverdale High. 
We walked into the Pop's set and almost immediately everyone looks at me.
I start playing with my hair tie that's around my wrist and look down at my shoes. I was nervous and it was weird because I never am.

"Guys this is Emily. She's the new to the cast and will be playing Archie's sister." Lili  said
My eyes widen as I look at a tall raven haired boy. "Hey I'm Cole and this is Drew,Vanessa and Jordan."  Jordan, his name is Jordan.

That's a cute name. And he's a cute guy.

"Jordan. Isn't she meant to be playing your love interest?" Drew asked
He looked at me and nodded then walked away.
"Okay, well that was weird. I guess I should introduce you to everyone else." A pretty redhead broke the silence.
"I'm Madelaine, this is Camila and Kj." A cute redhead smiled. "Hi. Nice to meet you guys."

Vanessa, Lili, Madelaine and Camila walked me back to my trailer to hang out.
"So, how do you feel about Jordan being your onscreen boyfriend?" Lili asked

She knew that if she asked now I would give an honest answer because I was around new people and I was shy.

"Oh, yeah! Hopefully you two can get to know each other before filming your scenes."Vanessa said.
"If not, the kissing might be awkward." Madelaine joked. I knew she was joking but relationships were still kind of a touchy subject.
" Uh yeah, haha."
"He seems nice. I just want to know when Roberto's going to start making us practice lines together."I added
"Probably soon." Camila smiled

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Later on, I met a few of the 'adults' on set and they happily greeted me. Because I was still learning my lines, I stayed behind the cameras and watched as everyone else did their scenes.
After a few hours they said it was break and we could go enjoy lunch.

Lili told me to meet her at the Pop's diner setup so everyone could have lunch together and get to know me a little bit.
I declined the offer but then she proceeded to tell me there was a buffet and I couldn't help myself.

Ten minutes later I was in line waiting my turn to get food. Only moments after I realized that Jordan was in front of me waiting to order as well. He didn't notice me and I didn't speak. Afraid of what I might say, I went to the end of the line to avoid embarrassment.

Everyone was seated out side by a large table and a seat was empty by Lili. I quickly took it not noticing the person  I was also seated next to. Jordan. I avoided eye contact but remained having conversations with everyone else.

" So Emily! How are you liking set so far?" Kj asked
"It's great. Everyone's nice and I feel like I can be myself here."
"Well Em, that's good. And bye the way if anyone's giving you a hard time call the Serpents. We will deal with it." Skeet jokingly winked. He was a good guy and I knew when I met him we would be close and I could trust him.
I laughed a little and then said "Thanks but I'm tough. I can handle a few battles on my own."

From the corner of my eye I could see Jordan staring at me and it made me nervous.
I know, this is very cliche and of course I would be. But this was different. I wasn't nervous because he was looking at me, I was nervous because I knew that he was my love interest.

I decided that if I wasn't going to be so quiet and awkward I needed to talk to him. "Hey I'm Emily." I smiled
"Yeah I know Cole told us." He laughed "I'm Jordan."
"Yeah I know Cole told me." I smirked

"Jordan. That's a nice name." I tried to flirt.
It was a joke and there was really no point because I had just got out of a relationship and it wasn't like I was looking for one either, I just needed to let loose. Even if that means pretending to flirt and like a guy.

"Oh, really?" He was quite for a moment and his facial expression made it look like he was thinking.

Everyone was staring at us and it was awkward so I looked down trying to hide my smile once again. "Well then you should hear my phone number." He finished.

I started busting into fits of giggles and Lili looked at me but I couldn't read her face. Cole looked at Jordan shocked and  KJ was sat in front of me laughing.

"Uhh Jordan?" Vanessa asked
"What?" He was obviously smiling from ear to ear.
"A word?" Drew finished for her.

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another chapter for you guys :) - j