✦ ✧ ✩ Curtain Call ✦ ✧ ✩ - Charlie Gillespie

Chapter 29

Owen looked down at me, then at my phone and the back at me, his eyes open like two big round plates.

"Eri don't tell me you" He started, and his face started to look the same way it did the night of the party.

"Oh god no. Learned my lesson." I answered cutting him off, and then looked back down at my phone confused "I don't know what this is about"

"It could be about your script" Jer said, trying to peep my phone screen from above my shoulder.

"You really are our one brain cell" I sentenced, nodding my head. I finally opened the text, "What does he mean by we tho?" I said and typed exactly that and sent Matt the text. I put the phone back in my pocket and left in night mode so it wouldn't buzz again.

"Ok, ok. I know we all are still really emotional from this but the show must go on!" Kenny exclaimed, "Everyone go get ready for the next scene please. We are moving locations to Luke's parent's house. Come on, see you all there in an hour."

I looked around for Maeve, and she was nowhere to be found. And neither was Charlie. I went to ask Owen, but he said he didn't know and offered me to walk the couple blocks we had to make towards the house where we were filming next.

We were walking together when I noticed him a little flustered

"Hey" I said, pushing him a little with my body "Is everything ok?"

"Yeah yeah I just" he said, and stopped for a second to then continue in a very confused mix of assertiveness and confusion "I think I should ask Maeve to make things official you know"

"Are you kidding me? You guys act like you've been married for 40 years, how is it not official?"

"I don't know, I just haven't asked yet, she hasn't either, and I don't want there to be any confusion"

"Are you worried about something?" I said, and I couldn't help but to let out a little laugh. Maeve had only eyes for Owen since the day she met him, and she was a hopeless romantic as well "Maeve is head over heels for you"

"Yeah people say that and then just turn around and-" He stopped and took a big breath "You are right, I'm just in a bad place. We'll talk about it later"

"Is there anything you need to tell me?" I queried.

"No, not yet" Owen continued and refused to answer any of my follow-up questions laughing them off and reassuring me everything was perfect between the two of them, which was the only thing that mattered to me anyways.

We got to the house and the crew unloaded the equipment from the vans and started assembling them.

I ran to Kenny, and he greeted me with a chair with my name on it.

"It's long overdue but at least it got here!" he said, grabbing my hand and helping me into it "Matthew told us the big news, I'm really proud to have been one of the steps into what I know is going to be a great career" I restrained myself from doing anything but smiling and thanking him. Once he was gone I took my phone out after an hour of not checking it. I've gotten one from Maeve and a follow up from Matthew.

Hers read: "Hey babe. Going to need your help for something tonight. I'm preparing something for Owen, he's been weird since something happened and I want to surprise him with something special"

"something happened" is an ambiguous expression to use I thought to myself.

"Of course I'm in. Whatever you need!" I replied and went quickly to Matthew's chat.

"If you decide to say yes, we leave tomorrow morning. This is a no-brainer Eri. The friend I talked to you about wants to meet you. I didn't arrange anything, this is all you. I'm going because he invited me to visit his fabulous summer house where we are staying, by the way. Just let yourself be happy for once please even if the news came out of my mouth."