Wishful Thinking

Chapter Nine - The End of Our Nightmare Holiday

Gwen Oswin as Shai Kacey

Tony Florence as Sebastian Grey

Evangeline Lilly as Athena

Tom Hiddleston as Apollo

Keira Knightley as Artemis

Benedict Cumberbatch as William Shakespeare

Orlando Bloom as Ares

Robert Carlyle as Hades

Colin Morgan as Hermes

Cate Blanchett as Demeter

John Malkovich as Poseidon

John Hurt as Zeus

Bradley James as Odysseus

Richard Armitage as Hephaestus

Nikki read the list quickly, she didn't seem happy or sad about the list she just read it. "Well, what do you think?" I asked, eagerly anticipating the answer. She gave me back the list and I saw her smiling, this puzzled me greatly. I watched her eyes intently, they moved to behind me and I turned around.

Nothing could've prepared me for this. Nothing. John Green was leading in three of the most important people in my life, it was like everything had gone slow motion. My mouth dropped open and I just gaped at them, my beauties. No, don't you dare say that in front of them. John led them up to me and I just stared open mouthed. Orlando Bloom, Evangeline Lilly and Bradley James stood in front of me, looking at me. It wasn't until Kacie shook me that I realised John was talking to me. "Gwen, I would like to introduce, well you know who they are. Everybody this," John held his hand out to me, "Is Gwen Oswin, the author of Ripped Apart." John smiled at me and I just, well, I stared.

Not the first impression I wanted to give but I think they got the fact that I was a 'big' fan. Evangeline Lilly smiled at me, "I can tell you're a fan." She joked. OH MY GOSH, EVANGELINE LILLY IS TALKING... TO ME! she smiled brighter and I noticed Bradley extend a hand.

"Nice to meet you Gwen Oswin." I shook his hand slowly, still not believing this was happening. Bradley James just shook my hand. I looked at my hand like it was extra-terrestrial. Definitely not the impression I wanted to give.

But then I turned to the final person, Orlando Bloom. "So this is the author of the book." He commented crossing his arms. "You are a very good writer young lady." He complimented. Orlando Bloom just complimented ME.

"Thanks." I replied half-heartedly. My mind just exploded. Kacie put an arm around my shoulders, "Did you know about this?" I whispered to her indiscreetly.

"Yes," she whispered back.

"I'm going to tear your fucking head off and feed it to the fishes." She pulled her arm off around my shoulders and shuffled towards John.

"Well, shall we talk?" John asked me. I shook my head and tried to put on a normal expression but ended up looking like a fish, the irony. I nodded and followed him away from the famous actors and actresses.

—

Kacie sat with the famous actors awkwardly, they were sat on a sofa and she was sat on a normal chair that had been brought in for her. It was Evangeline Lilly who finally started conversation. "So do you know who Gwen wants us to play in her movie?" the actress asked.

Kacie shook her head, liar, "I kind of knew, but then she changed it so I can't be sure." She lied again. "Have you read her book?" Kacie quickly changed the subject.

"Yes, I have read the book."

"Oh? What did you think of it?"

"For a girl her age, it was excellent. I have never been into those kind of fantasy style books but Ripped Apart really left me with a liking for it." Evangeline shuffled in her seat as Orlando Bloom got up for a drink. "When my agent came up to me and said she had found a role for me, she said it was a quite normal role and explained it was based on a book, I wasn't happy at first because I'd just done a book based movie." Orlando Bloom sat down again. She must have been referring to The Hobbit.

"And wasn't that fun?" Orlando joked, Kacie smiled. "What about you Mr Bloom? Have you read it?" Kacie asked, she didn't know whether to say it formally or casually. "Please, we don't need formalities. We're going to be working together for a long time." Bradley piped up. Kacie smiled.

"Well, you guys and Gwen are. Me not so much." Kacie exclaimed, she was somewhat disappointed with that. Kacie was Gwens biggest supporter and yet she didn't get to be with Gwen all the way through the movie process. Kacie realised something then, "Wait, weren't there supposed to be four of you?" she asked.

"Yes, he's running a little late apparently." Bradley replied, tapping his watch. As if someone had read their minds someone burst through the door.

"Sorry I'm late, did I miss the introduction?" a dark haired guy asked.

"Yes, you did." Bradley replied before Kacie could. Bradley stood up and walked over to the newcomer, they shook hands and grinned at each other. "Colin, good to see you again."

"You too Bradley." Kacie realised now he had an Irish accent.

"I think they know each other." Evangeline whispered over to Kacie gesturing the two men greeting.

"Apparently so." She replied, looking at the two. Then she heard a crash, if that's Gwen then I'm bloody worried, Kacie thought.

—

It was like a blur, John introduced me to the director but I already knew who it was so I wasn't as dumbfounded. Peter Jackson came to John about doing the movie in the first place and John said he would ask me, which he didn't, and etc. I wasn't listening to the story. And then we'd come into this little side room. Where I had thrown a chair at John, "You didn't tell me?!" I yelled at him.

"No, I wanted it to be a surprise!" John yelled back from behind the sofa. I rested my hands on the next chair.

"But you told Kacie."

"Yes." I breathed in and out and released the chair. John moved out from his hiding place. "I'm sorry Gwen, I should've told you." I shook my head, to be honest it was a nice surprise.

"It's alright. I was just really shocked."

"I could tell."

"What?"

"The way you looked at your hand when Bradley shook it? Priceless." John laughed, I ended up joining him. "Come on, I'll introduce you properly, Colin should've arrived by now."

"Wait Colin? Colin who?"

"Colin Morgan of course!"

I nearly fainted.

—

Meeting the celebrities was really fun. We talked and joked and had a really good time. They were all excited to star in my movie and couldn't wait, neither could I really. "Really?" I asked. Kacie had Ripped Apart out and was reading it for like the fiftieth time.

"Really." She confirmed.

We were on the train ride home and it had been an hour and a half since we left London. John took us to Waterloo and watched us get the train. Something big was definitely waiting for me in the future, whether it be good or bad. Filming would start after New Year. I had two weeks at school and then Izzy, Janet, Jasper, Tony (A different one) and I would be whisked from school and taken to the studios in America to start filming. Of course after they did their bits they would go back to school but not me, I was staying because well because I was the main role and the author. And, not that she knew it, Kacie would be with me every step of the way. She was my number one fan, there was no way I was leaving her behind.

Here's the next bit! I had fun writing this, couldn't stop smiling when I wrote in Lando, Evie and Bradley. Oh, how I wish. Then having Colin come in just finished it. Huh, Lando. I won't be posting chapter ten for a few days, I want a break and I want to make you guys wait. Enjoy! Keep reading/voting!

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