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Cate had been looking down at her script when she bumped into you. It was a bad habit of her to be distracted while she walked but it was the only way she could cram in some line memorization before her next scene.
"Oh! I'm so sorry. I wasn't paying attention."
You just stutter out a quiet 'it's okay,' before you rush off to the tent that you had seen some food. Cate was a little shocked to find that not only were you quiet young but it seemed like you were actually living on the streets. Your clothes were practically rags, it looked like you had barely gotten anything to eat and you hadn't gotten a warm bath in a while. She quietly followed after you, wondering what you were doing sneaking around in the set. Her heart breaks as she sees you look around before entering the tent that held food for the cast and crew. Making her way inside, she calls for you.
"When was the last time you were able to eat a decent meal?"
Her voice makes you panic and you make a run for it. The last time you had been here, they had threatened to send you to the police.
"Wait!"
Cate silently curses as she takes off her heels and runs after you. Security spots the commotion and helps Cate out with you. They're much faster and manage to catch up to you. Gripping your arm tightly until Cate arrives.
"Let her go!"
"But ma'am..."
"Now! You can go after."
The men give you a cautious look, not wanting to lose their job if Cate got hurt because of them letting you go.
"She's a kid, she can't hurt me."
They release you and head back to their stations.
"I'm sorry for scaring you. I just thought that you could use a decent meal."
"I don't have any money."
Cate gives you a smile and holds out her hand.
"It's okay. I can pay. I just want to make sure that you eat something healthy. None of that sugary stuff."
You were hesitant to take her hand and follow her after your last run in with someone that had tried to help but she looked like she genuinely wanted to help you. Taking her hand, the woman smiles and leads you to a car.
"You can call me Cate"
X
At the dinner, Cate learned much more about you. How your parents had kicked you out for a simple mistake that no one should've blamed you since you were just a kid, how you've been living in the streets for almost a month and how you've been living on scraps. There was no way that she was going to let you go after hearing that. She wanted to help you.
"Why don't you rest in my trailer? You can take a shower and change into clothes that aren't ripped."
"Ms. Cate, that's kind of you but that's too much."
"(y/n), please. Just Cate and I insist."
A hot shower did sound nice and she was insisting, who were you to turn that down.
"I'd really appreciate that, thank you."
X
As promised, Cate let you stay at her trailer while she filmed her scenes. Honestly, she had expected for you to shower and leave but she found you sleeping on the couch in the trailer. Seeing how peaceful you looked for once, a thought came to mind. She called her manager and filled her in on everything that had happened in the morning.
Cate wakes you up a few hours later.
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to fall asleep."
"It's okay. I'm glad you were able to rest."
You stood up and started to walk to the door when she stopped you.
"Listen, while you were sleeping. I made some calls...not to the police! To my manager. It broke my heart to hear that your parents had kicked out someone as young as you and there was no way that I could let you go back on to the streets." Pulling out a folder, she holds out the paperwork she had her manager file for her. "I was hoping that you would let me adopt you. I know that it's all so sudden but you're living on the streets and this is the quickest way without involving the police."
"Ms Cate..." Cate gives you a look, making you switch. "Cate, this is too much. You barely know me. Aren't you afraid that I might not be so good. My parents did kick me out."
"I'm sorry but you shouldn't even call them parents. They kicked you out on the streets and from what you told me, they barely took care of you."
"They were still my parents. They gave birth to me."
Cate sighs and nods.
"You're right and I'm sorry. I can't replace your mother or your father but I would like to be someone better that is there for you to take care of you and give you all the love that they never gave you."
You had been holding in your tears, not wanting to cry in front of her but this was too much. Tears started to slip and when Cate noticed this, she wrapped you in a hug.
"You're safe with me."
"I...I can't thank you enough, Cate."
Cate continued holding on to you as you cried until you managed to fall asleep. She didn't want to wake you up so filming was delayed to the next day. This was not how she had expected for her day to go but she wouldn't change a thing.
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