Picture Perfect

eleven

The next morning went smoothly. Amelia and Leah woke up both of their parents and they went out for breakfast. The two adults had to go to set at around two so the girls were going by their friend's house.

Melissa walks the girls up to their friend's house. She smiles at the excitement of her daughters and knocks on the door. 

"Livia!" The two girls yell when a young girl opens the door. They both run to their best friend and give her a hug. Behind her, her mother walks to the door, smiling a friendly smile at Melissa.

"Hey, Melissa." Livia's mother, Aimee, greets walking onto the porch. 

"Hi Aimee, thank you so much for letting them come over today," Melissa says, an appreciative smile on her face. 

"Oh, it was no problem. Liv loves when they come over to play." Aimee replies with a smile. 

"Well, I'll see you guys later. I'm thinking around six. Bye guys." Melissa says, waving to them. Leah and Amelia both give her one last hug before she leaves. She walks out to the car that Chris was waiting in. 

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Melissa and Chris arrive to set an hour later due to awful traffic. The two rush into their trailer to start getting ready. Their costumes had already been laid out for them; Melissa's being her super suit and Chris's being a normal outfit. Chris was able to easily get his outfit on but Melissa had a bit of a struggle. 

"You'd think now that they know about Baby Wood that they would make your suit a little less tight," Chris admits, struggling to zip up his wife's suit. 

"I've been wondering how they're going to write around the pregnancy or if they're going to write it in," Melissa explains. Chris sighs when he's finally able to get the zipper all the way up.

"I don't know, but they need to get it figured out soon. The baby isn't going to stay this small forever." Chris says, putting his hands on Melissa ever so slightly visible bump.

 "Let's go so they don't have to continue to wait for us," Melissa says, kissing Chris's cheek before turning to the door. 

The two of them walk to where they're filming. It was the scene Melissa would have to film with Brent, which she wasn't the slightest bit happy about. He was the only person not aware of Melissa pregnancy and she planned to keep it like that as long as she could. She had no desire to tell him, knowing he would bring up Caiden in some way. 

When they get there, Brent wears a certain smirk on his face that makes Melissa suddenly very uncomfortable. She hated that she couldn't look at him confidently in the face, but with the way he treated her in the past, how was she supposed to act around him?

Brent gets off his chair and begins to walk over to Melissa. Chris sees what Melissa is looking at and wraps an arm around her. Melissa always felt guilty that she never told Chris the whole story about what happened between her and Brent. She did tell him that Brent ditched her after Caiden died, but that wasn't the full truth. 

"Hey, Melissa, I heard a few people mumbling around about you being pregnant. Congratulations, but try not to mess this kid up okay? We all know what happened with little Caiden and I'd hate to see you have to go through that again." Brent said, a smug look on his face. 

"First of all, it wasn't her fault that her son died, she had no control over that. Second, what makes you think that you can walk up to her and say those things?" Chris announces defensively. The two men stare at each other, both had hatred in each other's eyes.

"Please, not here. Not now." Melissa whispers. She grabs Chris's hand and walks him away from her ex-boyfriend. 

"I could've beaten him up for you," Chris says. 

"I know you could, but two wrongs don't make a right. He was a jerk to me in the past, but that doesn't mean I want you to beat him up." Melissa explains. 

Melissa walks away from Chris and to the harness she's supposed to be strapped into for today's shooting. She was supposed to be doing a fighting scene in the air with Brent's character. As she was getting strapped in, she refused to look at Brent and instead talked nonsense with the people strapping her up. 

"We're all ready here." Melissa team yells. Soon, Melissa is getting lifted into the air. Melissa scrunches up her face as the machine gives her an extreme wedgie. 

"Take one, action!" The director yells out. Melissa turns to look at Brent, feeling uncomfortable again. The two are able to with no distractions and are lowered to the ground. As soon as Melissa is unattached from the large machine, she walks away from Brent and walks with Chris back to the trailer and they stay there until Chris has to start filming.

A/N: Who else here wants to learn more about Melissa's past with Brent?