The wedding planner • Bechloe

3. Career

Marissa took me inside the house to discuss things through about the script. Apparently, their deadline is six to eight months, and unfortunately, that's also how much time I have left to finish arranging her wedding. Great. I guess, this year Chloe Beale is a wedding planner/complainer/actress in a real live movie!

The house is so beautiful and bright and modestly decorated. We both sat down on the couch and later Luke joined us.

I read through the script as Marissa explained about my character. "So far, Beca wants to film the last scenes today because some of the scenes that's close to the ending requires a great deal of emotion. Apparently, today turned out well, but we're going to change that scene again...Do you think you can memorize the script today?"

My eyes are still down on the script. I nodded. "I can try."

"Chloe, but there's another thing I forgot to mention."

I lifted my head and looked straight at her. She looked somewhat nervous, aware that I won't be able to take it in easily of what she had to say. "What is it?"

"Well, before I say anything, what kind of plays did you do in theater?"

"Shakespeare. I know I'm an all American gal, but ever since high school, I grew attached to Shakespeare's beautiful English literature. For three years I auditioned for all his plays, from the beginning I was turned down. But after fifteen auditions I was finally accepted as the part of Juliet. Well as her understudy, but the actress caught a flu and the director called for me on time. I was twenty five then, and there was an uncomfortable scene that I had to audition for in private before I got the part as Juliet's understudy..Urm. It was the scene when Romeo sneaks into Juliet's room after having an emotional breakdown of killing Tybalt. Huh. I don't know how I got through that, but I endured it."

"A nude scene? And that was your first time? Dear gracious, you must had a lot of courage in you to do something like that."

I shook my head with a smile. "Oh please, I wasn't brave at all. It took me ten tries to make the scene right. I kept messing up with my lines and fiddled around with the see through night gown I was wearing. But the play turned out to be a success, and three months later I was asked for an audition as the part of Desdemona. That was quite a challenge, but surprisingly the directors depended on me for that role. I was so touched for them to do that for a rookie actress like me, after all the great actresses who were in line for that role...Huh. That was the life. Anyway, why do you ask?"

I don't even have to ask. I know what she's trying to say. Just reading the first line of this script already tells me this film is a suspenseful genre yet also a romance. Oh boy...

"Well, there are a few scenes you have to do without being clothed. Of course, you'll be slightly covered, so don't worry. But you are going to work with Luke here and also another actor who is apparently is very very late."

I turned my attention to Luke. He smiled at me and scooted closer beside me. "At last, we have a Shakespeare Scarlett on set."

"You a fan?"

"My darling Miss Beale, I read Shakespeare before I ever knew about damn pictured comic books and ridiculous video games."

One of his hands slipped under my leg and rested it there. I wanted to yank his hand off me, but for some reason his warm touch just freezes me in one place like a curse.

Marissa was busy looking down at her cell phone.

"Mr. Huntsman, what's up with you being so close to me? Haven't you ever heard of personal space?"

"Luke, please. Don't you think it's better for the two of us to be comfortable with each other? For the next few months, we're going to do a lot of scenes together, it's best to get to know each other quickly. Don't you agree, beautiful?"