Backstage

Chapter 6

It was my first day at my new course today. My alarm started going off. Ugh I hate getting up early well 8 isn't that early but coming from a person who usually never gets up before 11 it's early!

I roll out of bed and walk to my wardrobe I decide to wear a pair of black skinny jeans, a blue jumper/top and a big gold triangle necklace. Hopefully I won't look to casual but it's only a film course I doubt anyone will make that much of an effort.

After getting dressed i walk to the kitchen to have breakfast probably best not to go on an empty stomach. I notice a note on the table from Millie saying she went early with a friend called Emily for some horse thing. I use to ride regularly too but I stopped when we moved because I lost a lot of confidence. I still love horses though and I occasionally ride when Millie invites me down to the yard where she keeps her adorable pony sugar. Millie and sugar have been together for years now and they really were the perfect pair. They bring the best out of each other.

After looking through all the cupboards I finally chose just to have a bowl of coco pops and an apple juice. I try and be quiet so not to wake Belle but me being me I dropped the cereal box on the floor.

"Shit!" I quickly pick up the box. Luckily there wasn't to much mess. I get the dustpan and brush out if the cupboard under the sink and sweep up the scattered coco pops.

By now it was 8 30 I need to be there for 10 and it's a 15 minute walk. Walking to the bathroom, I brush my teeth and wash my face. I have the worst skin no matter what I do. I swear I get a new spot every day! For fucks sake.

I sneak back to my room, I think belle must still be asleep. I sit down at my dressing table and get out my makeup. I decide to put on a thin layer of foundation to cover my spots and blemishes. I then put concealer under my eyes trying to cover the bags. I really need to sleep more. I finish with mascara and winged eyeliner. Trying not to put to much on so I don't look like an emo which is something I sometimes do if I'm not careful.

I plug in my straightens and start to attack the mess on my head. Naturally I have curly or wavy hair depending on what mood it's in. When it behaves it actually looks rather nice but today I'd rather be safe than sorry and I have work later so it will be easier to put up.

Grabbing my phone, bag shoulder bag and keys I put my black mini boots on. I leave a note for Belle so she doesn't panic and then leave.

I arrive at the college building at 9 55. Just in time. I find the room I'm meant to be in quickly. There was already about a dozen people in there. My nerves I've had all morning started to grow as I open the door. I keep my head down as I walk to a desk. I quickly put my head up to look around the room. It was rather large with displays and poster's of theatre shows and films on the white walls.

" Hey" I turn round to see a boy probably about the same age as me. He's quite tall probably 6 foot and looks muscly but not over the top. He has black hair in a sort if quiff style and is wearing black jeans with a plain navy blue top and a jack wills hoody. I almost forget to say anything back as he looks at me worryingly.

"Hi" I say quietly. God I'm so awkward.

"I'm Isaac." He holds out this hand for me to shake.

"Esme" I take his hand and shake it.

" so what's your thing?"

"Huh?" I reply confused.

"Like in film. What do you do?" He clarifies for me.

"Oh, I like writing, scoring and sometimes directing what about you?" I start to relax a little. Isaac has a sense of calm around him.

" I do more lighting and sound"

"Cool" I say and a suddenly a man walks into the room. He must be in his early 40's.

"Good morning everyone I'm mark, head of this course" he smiles warmly around the room which now has about 20 or so people in it. " just as a starter thing can we go round and introduce ourselves with a random fact each go!" He points at a small girl who looks a but taken back by the sudden excitement but continues to say " hi everyone I'm Sophie and I have a weird Obsession with skittles" I smiled at that. This continued round the room until it got to Isaac who said he liked cars and then me. Still nervous but determined to seem confident I said strongly.

" hey everyone my name is Esme and I spend way to much time on the internet"

Isaac winks at me. How does he know that I would of found that difficult? I've only known this guy for 10 minutes. I smiled back. I could see me and Isaac becoming good friends. Finally the last person to introduce themselves was a tall skinny but muscly guy. He was even taller than Isaac! He has chocolate brown hair slightly darker than mine in a side fringe style. He was wearing black skinny jeans a casual button down blue and white shirt and a leather jacket that really suited him. That sounded creepy...

" hi I'm dan and I'm probably the most socially awkward person you'll ever meet' he does a half smile. Wow he's hot.

"Ok sorry that was a bit schooly but now you all no a little bit more about each other. So onto what we're going to be doing for the next 12 weeks. I've decided to put you into groups of 4 and I want you to make a 12 minute horror film' he pauses as he lets that sink in "you can cast your own actors and have your own set and the movie can be about anything as long as it's scary" marks voice dripped with excitement. Haha I like him. " I've put you into groups to make it easier based on your specialties" god I hope I'm with nice people. " right Lauren White , chase Long , Kate staton and Devon Bailey " the four people looked at each other as Mark continued to call out names for groups " Daniel James, Sophie deyes, Isaac Wright" I looked across to Isaac. " and Esme Parker" my head shoot up at my name.

Mark finished calling out the groups. "Ok everyone get in your groups" I got up and walked behind Isaac.

"Hey man" Isaac greeted Dan like they were old friends. They shook hands and started chatting about the course.

"Hi you must be Esme" the small girl I noticed earlier said.

"Yes hi and you must be Sophie" I smiled. She seemed nice. She was smaller than me probably around 5ft 4 minus the black heels she was wearing. She was wearing a tight short black skirt with a bright high neck pink top with a big gold bar necklace and a black and white striped blazer. On anyone else it would look weird but somehow she pulled it off. She has short blonde hair that was perfectly curled with baby blue dip dye. Wow she was pretty. I hope she isn't stuck up I'd rather like to get on with her if we're going to be working together.

"Yeh so are you looking forward to the project?"

"Yeh I can't wait"

"Me either" she grinned.

The rest of the lesson went quickly. We talked about ideas and what we liked. Turns out Sophie liked costumes, sets and makeup (big surprise) and Dan liked directing, some writing and set design. We decided that me and dan would mainly write the script. God Dan was gorgeous. He kept looking at me out of the corner of his eye.

"Right guys it's the end. Same time next week everyone. Make sure you can all contact each other so you can work on your mini films. If you have any questions come speak to me or call or email" he smiled.

"We should swop numbers" dan said I realised that he was now right beside me.

" yeh" Isaac replied for all of us.

I gave dan my phone and he gave his to me as we punched in our numbers. Dan smiled at me as he handed me back my phone. Once we had all got each other's numbers we packed up and left.

" see you soon Esme" dan waved goodbye

I loved him saying my name. "Yeh" I smiled back.

I walked out quickly as I only had 10 minutes I get to work.