When the Cat Met the Wolf

20. Of Moviemaking & First Kisses

"Agent Smith, it's too dangerous! We must evacuate!" Adrien exclaimed to Myléne. The class was currently filming a short movie so Nino could get into a contest. They had divided the tasks amongst all of them, or most of them, since Chloe and Sabrina didn't do anything.

Myléne and Adrien were the lead actors, Nino was the director, Marinette was the producer; Alya and Thiago were the screenwriters, and Arianne was the production sound mixer; she basically made sure to choose the right soundtrack, and that the sounds were heard clearly.

"You're suggesting we run, Officer Jones?!" demanded Myléne "After it devoured my family? My friends? Even my beloved dog Sniffles? Never!" she stood up, holding a water gun in her hands "I won't run! I no longer fear it! I'm going to face it and I—" she screamed when she saw Ivan with the monster mask, much to everyone's annoyance. 

"CUT!" yelled Nino "Myléne, that's like the tenth take, and we are only on the first scene!"

"Fourteenth, actually" corrected Alex, making Nino groan. At this rate, they wouldn't be able to finish the movie in time.

"I'm sorry" Myléne apologized sheepishly, peeking from behind the desk "I'm gonna do better in the next take, I promise" Arianne looked at her sympathetically, though she had to admit that after two hours she was getting annoyed as well. 

"Anyone wants some tea?" asked Rose sweetly.

"You're playing a hero from the special forces" said Nino, ignoring Rose "You're not supposed to get all freaked out!"

"I know" replied the girl "But...that monster mask he's wearing is so...realistic and scary!"

"It's just me, Myléne" said Ivan, showing her the mask "Nothing to be scared of"

"You ask me, he doesn't even need a mask" mocked Chloe, and proceeded to burst out laughing.

"Well, he's a lot better than what you have to look in the mirror everyday" Arianne spoke up, making some of her classmates chuckle.

"Ivan, put the mask back on, you're playing the monster!" ordered Nino, before looking at the lead actress "And Myléne, we need you to stay in character!" when Myléne looked at Ivan with the monster mask, she started to sing her 'happy song', 'Smelly Wolf'. She sang as she stepped backwards, bumped into Adrien, and screamed once more.

"And the Oscar for best pathetic scaredy cat afraid of her own shadow goes to...Myléne!" mocked Chloe once more. Myléne ran off crying.

"Chloe!" said Adrien angrily "Seriously?!"

"Yeah, so what?" questioned the blonde, with no interest at all as she folded her arms.

"Chloe, you disgust me!" said Arianne, as angry as Adrien "Is anyone going to go after Myléne?!" she questioned, and Ivan went running out of the room to fetch the girl.

"Epic, Chloe!" scolded Nino once Ivan left "Just epic!"

"What are we supposed to do know without the leading actress, huh?!" questioned Thiago, folding his arms. He had only known Chloe for a couple of weeks, but he already disliked her a lot.

"Who needs her, anyway?" questioned Chloe, sitting on one of the desks "She was totally lame!"

"You're lame!" Ivan's voice came from the door, and all the teens turned to look at him. He seemed very angry "Myléne is crying her eyes out in the bathroom thanks to you!"

"Me? Lame?!" said Chloe angrily. Marinette exchanged glances with Alya and Arianne, before speaking up.

"Hey, hey!" she said, raising her hands up "Everyone chill out!" she turned towards Ivan "You're right, Chloe is lame, but fighting isn't gonna bring Myléne back" she then turned towards the rest of the class "I'm the producer, and I'm gonna do everything in my power to finish filming tonight!" Max then proceeded to say, very precisely, might I add, that the deadline for the film festival was tomorrow evening "Thank you, Max!" said Marinette with a smile "And we still have editing, post sounds, soundtrack..."