Perfectly British In An American Dream

Chapter 18

It felt like the first day again, people's eyes following me as I went to sit down. The boys just kept staring at their breakfast before eventually giving me a quick glance to make sure everything was ok. I nibbled a bit of toast as I watched everyone in turn. Dylan was stuffing his face with bacon and sausages and anything else he could get his hands on. Jack was doing pretty much the same except to my surprise he was devouring a full English. Hayley and Scarlett were silently slicing up their avocados and giving me a small death glare. Livy was chatting to one of her friends who had come from Canada with her to film, her face lit up with a joke he made. Finally my eyes rested on Thomas only to find him staring back at me. I jumped back a little and that annoying smile crept onto his lips. "What?" I said with a smile on my face as I took a huge bite of toast. "Nothing, just glad you're okay." At that point I tried to speak, but crumbs flew out of my mouth and covered the table. I laughed at my stupidity which means even more crumbs flew out. Eventually I managed to swallow, "I'm perfectly fine." With that I grabbed a third piece of toast before walking out to grab my stuff for the day. And trust me, it was going to be a very long day.

Livy caught up with me as I headed up to my room. "Hey, Faye is everything okay after yesterday?" I gave her a small nod before continuing up the stairs. "Good, anyway I was wondering if you wanted to come with me tonight to a party a friend is having, he lives nearby and he used to go to school near me in Canada and we stayed in touch. Do you want to be my plus one?" She smiled like a little kid as I turned round, hanging off the handrail. "Of course I'd like to go, well as long as Thomas lets me, but that shouldn't be too hard!" I flashed her a quick smile before dragging myself back up the stairs.

Soon enough the four of us were in the car on the way to set, Livy's lift needed to pick some stuff up so she hopped in with us. Plus as she said, "perfect set up to convince Thomas to let you go to the party!" As we climbed into the car Thomas turned round in his seat, "what's up with you two, you look like you're planning something?" I looked at Livy and burst into laughter, "Livy's friend is having a party and I want to go with her, it's just outside the town centre and she's known the person for years, can I go?" We both crossed our fingers and legs as Thomas thought, looked at Dylan and smiled. "Sure why not." "Yes, Thank you! I promise you won't regret it!"

We reached set and the first scene being shot was Thomas carrying me in after we've been attacked by rebels on the outskirts of the city. I basically just had to be unconscious, wake up at a key moment say a mumbled line then fall unconscious again. Easy stuff really, it was Thomas who had the hard part, he had to run and carry me at the same time as well as shouting his lines and talking to Dylan. We got into make up nice and quickly so that we could start straight away. I was still grinning that Thomas had said yes, I was going to my first American party. The make up lady, who I now know is called Trina, was quick and effective as she turned my face into a bloody mess. "Someone seems happy today, what's put you in a good mood?" She was finishing off my lips so I had to wait for her to finish painting blood onto me before I could answer. "I'm going to a party tonight with Livy. I'm just really excited to go." "I can tell you've been a real fidget, right you're all done, off you go." I climbed out of the trailer and headed towards Ralph, Thomas and Dylan, where they were waiting for me.

"Right now you're here we can get started, Thomas you start from that corner and run this way. Everyone turns to look at you as you come past and then Dylan you run up to him and ...." He continued to describe the scene as me and Thomas headed to the start of the dirt track. There was a low rumble of chatter as everyone prepared for the first take of the day. "Ready?" Thomas bent down to pick me up. "Ready." I let him pick me up and I got comfortable, I mean it's hard enough being carried without having to act unconscious at the same time. Once we were ready I heard a faint voice. "3,2,1,action!" Suddenly we were off I had my eyes closed thankfully because I constantly thought he was going to trip and end up throwing me into the mud. I listened to Thomas' out of breath lines before slowly opening my eyes. The camera was right above my face, I stared straight at it and recited my line as I'd practiced. Everyone gasped and then I closed my eyes again and slumped back in his arms. He placed me carefully on the ground shouting my film name before slowly reaching out and brushing a strand of hair of my cheek, that wasn't in the script, but it definitely made the scene feel real, I guess that's one of the reasons he's such a good actor.

I'm so happy to be back to writing, I've just had so many commitments that it's been hard to fit stuff in and then it kind of fell down on my to do list. I hope you all enjoyed this chapter I can't wait to write about the party so the next one should be coming soon. Thank you for sticking with me and my crazy timetable and I hope you have an amazing day!