Author's POV:
Lucy's in her dressing room, getting ready to shoot some 'Ezria' scenes with
Ian. Right before they started shooting, Ian knocked on her door. Lucy opened up
her door for Ian, letting him in.
"So, do you want to rehearse our lines before we're scheduled to go on?" Ian
asked.
"Uh, yeah. Sure." She responded, a little distracted. As they were going through
their lines, Marlene knocked on the door telling them that everyone was waiting
on them.
Lucy and Ian were shooting various scenes for the past couple hours.
In the middle of the scene, Ezra was suppose to kiss Aria to reassure her that
nothing would ever separate them. Not her parents, nor the new A. As Ian leaned
into the kiss, Lucy suddenly became very nervous about kissing him. Her heart
started racing and butterflies started fluttering inside of her stomach. Ian
looked at Lucy with a questionable look on his face, wondering if she was
alright.
"Luce, are you okay?" Ian asked as he put his hands on her arms. Lucy looked up
at him.
"What?" Lucy asked as she got out of her trance. "I said, are you alright? You
kind of blanked out for a second." He said. Lucy nodded her head and they
restarted the scene over.
"Take two!" The director shouted. Once they redid the scene, they started from
when Ian had to say "I love you." Lucy's heart nearly melted. Having those three
small words come out of his mouth. Of course they both were in character, but a
part of her felt like it was real. Lucy knew her and Ian were very close, they
tell each other practically everything. Like who they're dating and it never
gets weird between them. But there's a small part of her that wondered what it
would be like if they started to date. She knew that Ian wouldn't feel the same,
though.
After their scene was done, Lucy dashed off back to her dressing room. She
slammed the door shut and nearly fell onto her couch. She took deep breathes in
and equally deep breathes out. Lucy heard a knock on her door. When she didn't
answer, Holly poked her head in.
"Goose? What happened to you out there?" She asked questionably. Lucy shrugged,
not saying a word.
"Is there something wrong?" Holly stepped into her dressing room, closing the
door behind her.
"I don't know what happened, I usually don't freeze up like that. But saying 'I
love you' to Ian in character, it felt ..real." Lucy said as she looked up at
Holly. Holly smiled softly down at her.
"Do you like him? You know, more than a friend?" Lucy shrugged her shoulders
once more.
"Sort of. But I don't know if he likes me back. That doesn't matter though,
cause I really don't feel like messing up our friendship by dating him. I mean,
Ian is amazing and I care for him. If we ever dated and if it doesn't end well
.. Then I might lose him as a friend." She said. Holly stared at Lucy, trying to
find the right words to say.
"Hey, I know how you feel. I've been there before, lots of times actually. But
what you don't know is, if you two do end up going out in the future, you never
know the outcome." Lucy smiled slightly and nodded her head.
"I guess you're right." Lucy let out a small sigh. Holly patted her knee and
left her dressing room.
Holly was right. She doesn't know what will happen if her and Ian started
dating. It might end bad, but then again, it might not. Who knows what will
happen. Maybe they'll end up marrying each other. She smiled at the thought of
marrying Ian and having little Lucy and Ian's running around.
Ian knocked on her door, pulling her out of her trance.
"Hey there, Luce." Ian said as he shut the door behind him.
"Hey, sorry for not doing my best today. I've been a little distracted lately."
Ian smile slightly.
"No, I get it. I've actually had some things on my mind as well." Ian said as he
came over to her couch and sat beside her. Lucy and Ian made instant eye contact
once he sat down. They gazed lovingly at each other. Lucy took all of her
strength to not kiss him right then and there.
"Oh really? And what are those things exactly?" Lucy teased as she scooted a
little closer to him, resting her elbow on the top part of the couch and her
hand on the side of her head.
"Well, I know we're really close and all .." He started to say. "But have you
ever thought of what it would be like if we y'know, dated?"
"Of course I thought about it, I think about it all the time!" she wanted to
say, but didn't.
"Ian.." Lucy said as she settled her hands on top of his knee. Ian looked down
at her hands, a little shocked that she was touching him. He quickly brought his
eyes back up to hers. Soon enough he crashed his lips onto hers. Lucy kissed him
back, but pulled away quickly. Lucy sprung up from the couch.
"I'm sorry, I thought.." He started to say. Lucy looked at him shocked and left
the room, slamming the door behind her. Ian cringed at the loud bang. He ran his
fingers through his hair and slapped the sofa.
Lucy ran out of the building and then towards her car.
Why did he kiss her? I mean, like she's been saying, she likes him but she
doesn't want to screw up their relationship. But now, everything got super
confusing.
Lucy jammed her keys into the ignition and drove out of the lot quickly. Once
she reached her apartment complex, she killed her car engine and climbed out,
slamming her door. All she wanted to do right now is scream at the top of her
lungs.
Lucy hurried up to her apartment, once she opened the door, Jack ran up to her
and barked as he rested his paws on her thighs.
Lucy smiled softly. "Hi, Jack!" she said in her baby voice, but stopped once she
realized her and Ian talked like that together.
She walked through her living room and into her bedroom. Lucy changed into some
running clothes; Black shorts, a white tshirt and a sports bra. She slipped on
her Nike running shoes and headed for the door.
Jack sat at the door with his leash in his mouth. Lucy smiled down at him.
"Wanna go for a walk, Jacky?" She asked and Jack responded to her by barking
twice. Lucy hooked his leash to his collar and they headed down the stairs and
started their run.
Lucy and Jack were running in downtown LA, which was a few miles from her
apartment. Lucy had her head down just incase she got recognized. As they passed
Starbucks, a young male came out of the building and Lucy ran into him, making
him spill his coffee all over himself.
"Oh my god! I am so so sorry!" She exclaimed.
"It's alright. Why are you in such a hurry?" He asked. Lucy lifted her head and
got a good look of him. The young male was a lot taller than she was, he had
blondish hair and hazel eyes. Lucy checked him out slightly.
"Talk about perfect timing.." she thought.
"Hello?" The young male asked, waving his hands in front of her face slightly.
"Oh, sorry! Uhm, I'm not in a hurry. I'm just taking my dog out for a run." Lucy
said gesturing to Jack.
He nodded.
"My name is Chris. And what's your name?" Chris asked.
"I'm Lucy." She replied, She held out her hand, waiting for him to take the
offer and shake it.
Chris firmly grasp her tiny hand and shook it. They stayed like that for a
while, smiling at each other until Lucy pulled away and scoffed.
"Anyways, how can I repay you by dumping your coffee all over yourself?" Lucy
asked.
Chris put his finger on his chin and tapped it.
"Well, give me your number and maybe we could get some coffee sometime. But
don't spill it, okay?" He asked with a wink.
Lucy giggled flirtatiously and nodded as she handed him her phone so he could
add his number into her contacts. Chris did the same.
"Here you go." Lucy said as she handed Chris's phone back.
"I'll be in touch." Chris said as he did the same and they went in separate
directions.
On the way back to her apartment, She got a text from Chris.
"Can't wait to see you again, Luce. - C (;" Lucy smiled down at her phone and
typed away on her touch screen.
"I promise I won't spill your coffee on you this time. - L 3"
As she reached the door to her apartment, she unlocked the door and let Jack off
his leash. She fell onto her couch and sighed happily. This should get her mind
off of Ian for a while.