Commercials, appearances on random TV shows, doubling up as some other character… Nothing too fancy, but still a small seat in the wide world of fame.
That is until one certain day a big ‘yes’ stands in Elizabeth’s doorstep, giving her the opportunity of her life.
She’s given the main role in a new teen movie called ‘Friend Zone’, and if she shows all of her potential it will surely send her career flying.
Everything is okay, she’s given some more scripts, she gets to know the crew-
Oh.
She was never told who her male co-star would be, and it’s not less to say that she wasn’t expecting Mr. Charming.
Aka, Leo Howard.
It’s alright, though. They build a professional relationship, rehearsing their lines with the rest of the actors included in their main scenes, having an occasional cup of coffee, trying to have a casual conversation…
They are just colleagues, but Liz can’t help to get way too distracted by him, becoming an awkward, stuttering mess.
The script isn’t helping, seeing they are supposedly best friends.
The director realises and immediately has a word with dear Liz. She gets threatened with losing the job, because not only she’s not focusing on the film, but romance is strictly prohibited in set.
Obviously.
So, as hard as a decision it was, Elizabeth chooses to simply ignore Leo when they are not shooting. She might get too carried away and forget her lines again. And that is something Leo is no liking all that much.
Also, as if it wasn’t enough with that problem, she needs to gain weight for the movie, seeing her character is fighting eating disorders. She wasn’t told about that either, and sure as Hell doesn’t feel comfortable with it.
So what if the movie slowly starts to intrude in hers and Leo’s life? What if it slowly becomes kind of… reality?
What happens behind the script?
// A W2S Fanfic //
If it is true that "insanity is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting different results", then Alex had been living in insanity her whole life.
Alex feels like she as been going through the motions for way too long. Like she had been stuck living as a supporting character in someone else's story-- often playing roles like the less attractive friend, the older hardly-present sister, the annoying younger sister, the girl you go out with before you meet the love of your life. Feeling like an extra in your own life is not fun, but she realized that there is only one constant in her predicament and it was her.
If anything was going to change for her, she would have to change. So she made a resolution: to do the things she won't normally do.
It was when she started on this quest to push herself to do things she normally wouldn't that she meets Harry. An awkward chance encounter that quickly grew into an undeniable attraction. And Harry, with his outrageous stunts and youtube popularity, that something Alex would've never thought she'd go for.
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