Dreamboat | Chase Stokes Love Story

Chapter 13

"Hey princess, wake up. You slept through dinner."

I blinked my eyes not realizing how long I had been asleep for.  Drew walked in with Austin in tow and handed me a plate with a few pieces of pizza on it. "What time is it?" I asked.

"It's a bit past ten. They broke for dinner after they finished setting up for the fight scene," Drew answered, "We're gonna be filming soon so we thought we'd probably check on you and see if you were alive and wanted food."

"Always," I said taking a bite of the pizza as they sat down, "Did I miss anything else?"

"Not really, we just practiced the fight a few times. I hope they get your genuine reaction cause it's gnarly," Austin told me, "It'll probably take a bit longer to film since they have to make sure they have the right camera angles and the punches look real."

"I'm so excited to see it!" I said before eating some more, "The episode two script is super good too."

"Definitely, it sucks that we can't read the whole show all at once but I kinda like having the surprise of each week and not knowing what will happen next," he answered.

I finished the food and then a PA came and grabbed Austin to run through the fight scene on set before coming back and asking for me as well. When we got to set I was told where to stand and when exactly I was to intervene in the fight so that I wouldn't get caught in the punches. They had a bonfire going on where a bunch of extras were being placed around it and Austin and I would be starting the scene there as we left the party. They cleared the set and we sat on a log near the fire. I sat leaning on Austin as they got a few shots of us walking away from the fire past the pogues.

"Let's go," Austin said when they called action. He reached out his hand to me and I intertwined our fingers as we walked along the beach. We walked passed Chase and Rudy who were acting drunk.

"Hey hey, Sarah!" Rudy called as we walked.

"Hi," I said stopping and giving him a confused look as to why he would be speaking to a kook.

"Sarah, can I interest you in a tasty Milwaukee beverage?" He asked.

I looked at him and shook my head in disgust, "No, thanks."

"What? Is it not fancy enough for you?" He asked as the group started to argue.

"No, we're just leaving," I pulled Austin's hand to leave.

"You know what? I'll take it," Austin interjected reaching for the cup, "Thank you, man." He took a protective step in front of me to stand up to Chase and Rudy.

"I appreciate that, Topper, but I didn't ask you," Rudy fired back, "If you said pretty please then maybe."

"Oh pretty please?" Austin asked chuckling to himself.

"So Sarah, you can have it," Rudy turned to me before Austin hit it out of his hand and into Rudy's face that was my cue to step back.

"She doesn't want it," Austin told him as he was about to push him. JD came running into the group from his place by the fire pushing both Chase and Rudy back.

"Okay, okay," I said grabbing Austin and guiding him back by his chest and calming him down.

"Dirty pogues," Austin yelled at them which was my cue to take a step back before Chase lunged at him pushing him backwards. He took a step back looking between the two of us.

I rushed to Austin and helped him steady himself as Chase walked away, "Babe, babe, babe!" I shouted as I watched him lunge at Chase and punch him in square in the jaw or at least from my standpoint it had looked like it. I covered my mouth watching as the fought back and forth. The crowd started to chant and gather around us as we watched them. It was staged but every hit between the two brought tears to my eyes and I had to remind myself that it wasn't real. They were in the water now and I kept shouting for them to stop.

"Hey John B, don't make me drown you like your old man, all right?" Austin told him as he kicked him into the water. They tackled each other both getting soaked and I continued to watch as the rest of the pogues shouted for them to stop as well. Chase had the upper hand and was punching him in the gut as they both wrestled to the ground.

"Topper, stop!" I yelled. They got back onto land and circled each other with their fists in the air. Austin got a good hit on him just nearly missing his face making it look so realistic as Chase stumbled back he pushed Austin back into the water as he screamed at him in anger.

Austin finally flung Chase over him and into the water getting on top of him holding his head under water.

"Topper! Topper, stop! Oh my god," I screamed tears were now running down my face.

"He's drowning him," JD gasped.

"I know," Maddie answered as they watched on.

Rudy ran over and pointed the gun at the back of Austin's head, "Yeah, you know what that is."

I ran forward knowing the fight was now over but keeping a distance from them, "JJ, stop! Put the gun down," I yelled as Maddie and JD also yelled at him while Austin let go of Chase.

"Did you say something princess?" Rudy asked me.

"JJ, put the gun down!" I yelled back. Everyone had run away from the area, "Kie, can you check your psycho friend," I shouted at Maddie before running to pull Austin away from Chase and run up the beach.

"Okay, everyone listen up! Get the hell off our side of the island!" JJ yelled before firing the fake gun twice in the air while everyone ran away from the scene.

They called cut and I breathed a sigh of relief. I don't think anyone realized how hard that scene had hit me and had assumed it was just good acting. I don't know how I was going to get through that scene through the rest of the night. Austin gave me a high five as we turned back to get notes.

"Wasn't that great?" He asked completely oblivious to how I was actually feeling.

"Yeah, it was really cool," I nodded faking a smile. Jonas gathered us around and gave us notes for the scene and what we needed to do. Like Austin had stated earlier he said that they got a lot of reactions of the fight saying as the rest of us hadn't really seen it prior so they were going to be doing more close up shots of the actual fight next. Austin and Chase were going to have to go get dried off and get another set of clothes from wardrobe before we would film again.

"You really freaked out. Are you okay?" Chase asked beside me as I left the group meeting

"You guys are just really realistic with those fight scenes," I nodded keeping my eyes to the ground.

"Well we're both safe so there's nothing you need to worry about," he told me.

"I know but having not seen it before it was just a bit overwhelming and it might have got to me. Luckily everyone will just think that I'm a really good actor," I laughed.

"You are, I mean those tears, I really thought they were for me," he shrugged.

"Oh stop," I shoved his shoulder, "Don't get too full of yourself or I'll make sure Austin doesn't let you live."

"Wow that's harsh," he answered.

"I'm kidding, just please don't actually kill each other or anything."