Be my light in the dark

eight

I don't know if I am tired or already dead. Every inch of my body aches. I took a half hour nap at midnight, but I don't know how I'll make it through the rest of the night.

- Do you want to explain me, now, what I saw this morning? – Emeraude gets me by surprise, grabbing me by my arm, making the rest of the walk to the studio with me.

- There's nothing to explain – I say – you saw, what you saw. Me and Dominic, arriving together. And that's it.

- And why did you arrive with him? – I looked at her, smiling – tell me! I'm dying here!

- Please, calm down – I give her a kiss on the cheek – he needed someone to talk, and some drinks to drink. We finished the tequila bottle you brought the other day and that's it.

- Did he sleep at your house?

- Yes. At my bed, actually – she is in totally shock, and I leave her entering to the studio. She follows me, but I end up being trapped at a small talk with one of the producers.

When I leave that spot, I go to the cast area where are all of their chairs. Only one of them is here. Dominic.

- Good evening – he says. He is with his hands together on his stomach. I take them, opening his arms – hello – I guess he is surprised with my actions. I sit on his lap, leaning my head on his chest and he immediately holds me – what's wrong?

- I need to sleep. I've been awake for almost twenty hours.

- You didn't sleep during the day? – I nod my head, holding me tight against him – you can take a nap now. I won't be shooting for another hour. I'll cover you up.

- I can't – I open my eyes, looking up at him – they need me to test some lights at the shoots.

- You look really tired.

- I just want this day to end.

- There's only five hours left – he gives me a kiss on the forehead, looking at me – sleep, if they come to find you, I wake you up.

I don't say anything else, cuddling in him. With my eyes closed, I stay in his arms and earing everything that's going on around us. I couldn't sleep, but earing his heartbeat calms me down and I could get some rest.

- I could get used to this – he says really low. Does he know I am not sleeping? – don't you feel comfortable here? – I smile, keeping my eyes closed – I really, really think this friends thing is amazing, but – I open my eyes, looking at him – Emeraude is looking at us from across the room – we both laugh.

- I already talked with her, but she is always trying to mess with us. So, get ready for more.

- I'm okay with that.

- Madelaine – I hear my walkie – we need you at stage 4. Asap – I grab it, holding the line on.

- I'm on my way – I turn the line off, taking my head off of his chest – I need to go now.

- I'll be here if you need me again – I give him a kiss on the cheek, going my way to the stage 4.

I see Emeraude gesturing something, but I pretend I didn't saw her. When I get to stage 4, time flies and I don't even know what I've been doing. I am so tired that I fell like I was a robot during the last two hours.

- Hey, hey – Dominic catches me, as it seems I was about to collapse – you need to sleep, eat or drink a coffee.

- I'm so tired, Dom – I don't know what 's going on with me today; it isn't my first night shooting, but I have never been awake for so many hours.