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Sugar, Spell It Out
Chapter two
After I dried my tears we slowly make our way through the movie set, so I could meet the people who's going to make this movie happen. I must say I feel a lot better after talking to Jamie.
She knows where I'm coming from with all the shit she's been through too.
"So, what's with the big dinner you're going to tonight?" Jamie asks me after a moment of silence.
"Oh, yeah. Kyla's mom is coming in from Baltimore along with her grandparents and some other relatives. They're all gonna live in dads mansion until the wedding in two weeks. So we're having a barbeque there tonight." I say with a smile.
"Oh, sweet!"
"Yeah, you're welcome to come if you want. The more the merrier."
"No, it's okay. Don't wanna intrude."
"You won't be intruding." I say with a chuckle before continuing "You're family and besides it would be nice to know that there actually is someone there I know."
"Isn't that kind of the point, so you'll get to know some new people?"
"No, the point is to have fun and I can't have that without you" I say at the same time as I look up and see three people sitting on the ground talking. But one girl especially caught my eye.
"Unless..." I continue with a sly grin as I watch the blond beauty laughing at something one of the others said.
Man, she is fine. Wouldn't complain to wake up next to that after a long night of heavy...
"Unless what?" Jamie asks and interrupts my train of thought.
I turn my head Jamie's direction and see that she's watching me with an amused smile.
"Unless she's coming with me, 'cause I wouldn't mind getting to know her and I don't mean that as in I want to know her life story and share mine with her, if you catch my drift?" I point to the girl discretely and laugh at my own inability to form sentences that sound at least somewhat normal.
Jamie follows my finger and her face falls when she sees who I'm talking about.
"No, no, no, no, no, no, no. Not gonna happen, not in this world!" She says as she grabs my shoulders and forces me to stop staring at the girl.
"What? Why?" I whine.
"Because that is one of the leading actresses in the movie and one of the best. I kind of want to keep her since she's awesome and I don't have time to find someone who's equally good. That's why you can't do your usual fuck'em and leave'em game and by the way isn't it time to give up that shit? You're not a kid anymore and I won't let you roam around my set and fuck every girl possible and destroy my movie. And for your information I will pick the movie before you at any cost, so if that means I have to fire you I will, do you understand me?" Jamie desperately says.
"Wow, are you done with your little rant?" I say trying to contain a smile.
She nods in answer.
"First of, that really hurt. I don't fuck'em and leave'em, at least not anymore. Even if I were to do that, it would be mutual. And second, I'm not talking about roaming your set and fuck every girl possible as you kindly put it. I was talking about one girl, one girl who happen to be miss lead actress. And for your information, I wasn't even serious. do you understand me?" I say mocking her own tone and start to laugh.
"I really hope you weren't serious, you scare me to death girl. Because even though I know she's straight as an arrow and recently divorced, I kind of don't doubt for a second that you could get her if you wanted."
"Serious?" I ask in disbelief.
"Yeah, I've seen it happen before." She says with a laugh.
"In that case, I am serious." I say as I start walking in the direction of the girls.
"What?" Jamie shrieks and runs up to me with a worried face.
"Chill, Jamie. Still joking. It's just too good to let go, especially with that face you were pulling two seconds ago. I need the fun today, after the morning I had."
"Just behave yourself." She whispers as we reach the girls.
"Hey ladies!" Jamie says to them and they all stand up.
"I'd like you to meet Ashley Davies, the girl who's gonna make the movie complete with the mastermind of hers when it comes to music. Ashley, meet Chelsea Lewis, my partner in crime otherwise known as the co-writer." Jamie says with a laugh as I shake Chelsea's hand.
"And this is Madison Duarte, my costume designer and right hand, sometimes even left."
I shake her hand and give her a small smile as my eyes travels over to the beautiful girl next to her and she meets my gaze. Her eyes are so blue and I don't even know what to compare them to. Blue in the dictionary would be described with a picture of her.
"And this, Ashley, is my favourite actress and a real pleasure to work with, Spencer Carlin." Jamie says this emphasizing the words Ashley, favourite and real.
As soon as I touch her hand I'm lost in the feeling of electricity shooting through my body and the depths of her eyes. I don't know how many seconds pass before reluctantly let go of her hand, immediately missing the warmth.
It hits me that they all kind of expect me to say something and I clear my throat to give me time to come up with anything really.
"Yeah, nice to meet you all. It's going to be a pleasure working on this movie. Jamie is a real genius when it comes to the art of filmmaking."
"Ah, thank you Ashley. I actually think that's the nicest thing you ever said to me." She says with a bright smile, which falters as soon as I hit her on her shoulder.
"It is not! I compliment you all the time." I say trying to defend myself.
"Oh, really? When was the last time you actually complimented one of my many qualities?" She asks with a challenging face.
I stay quiet, stroking my chin and pretending to think.
"I guess you're right, I can't come up with a thing."
"Yeah, I'm always right and you know it!"
"Yeah, it may be so. Or it may be because of the fact that you don't have any other qualities or it could be because you're so full of yourself that you don't need anyone to compliment you. I mean, you wouldn't threw gasoline on a fire, right?" I say with a sly smile as I dodge her trying to hit me.
"Hey! Hit on someone your own size" I say as I back away from her.
"What's that suppose to mean? I'm not much bigger than you are."
"Oh, sorry! Didn't mean size. Meant age, old woman!" I say and hide behind Madison and Spencer, who are now laughing along with me.
"Man, that was bellow the belt. Really low, Ash. You know I can fire you on the spot." Jamie jokes.
"I know, but who's gonna work the musicmagic then?" I say still behind the girls 'cause I know if Jamie gets me I'm going down.
"I'll find someone, don't you worry."
"I'm not, please fire me so I can start acting on, you know who, that we talked about before." I say with a smirk.
Jamie's face falls and the other girls look quite confused.
"You are so smug. I'm not gonna fire you so don't you even think about it. Remember what I said." She says with a smile.
"Oh, I remember. But can't say I'm not thinking about it though." I say this at the same time as I move behind Spencer and innocently places my hands on her shoulders.
"Funny Ash. Such a comedian. You know I'm gonna kill you when I get my hands on you, right?"
"Yes, noted and ignored." I say with my hands still on Spencer.
"But, right now I gotta go to a meeting, so I guess I'll have killing you to look forward to."
"Can't wait." I say with faked enthusiasm.
"Right... On a more serious note, can we talk alone for a sec before I have to go Ash?" Jamie says and throws a look at Chelsea, Madison and Spencer.
"I got to run anyway. It was certainly fun meeting you Ashley. I haven't seen Jamie this relaxed in a couple of week. To say at least, it's been stressful." Chelsea says and I answer with a big smile still hiding half hiding behind Spencer.
"Yeah, I second that." Madison says and then the two girls turn to leave.
"Yeah, I gotta..." Spencer starts.
"No, you're not going anywhere" I interrupt her and pull her back in front of me by her shoulders. I really don't want her to leave.
"Okay?" Spencer hesitantly says.
"Yeah, you're my safety net right now and if she somehow manage to kill me at least there's a witness." I say with a serious face.
She laughs at this and her laugh is like music to my ears. I'm gonna make it my mission to make her laugh as often as I can.
"So, what is it Jamie darling?"
She looks hesitantly at Spencer, like she have something to say that she isn't sure should be said in front of the other girl. And it hits me that she probably want to make sure I'm okay about what happen last night and that I'm going to stick to the plan on going to the clinic.
I step out from the safety behind Spencer and walks the two steps to Jamie and when I'm there she meets my eyes. I really don't care that Spencer is there to hear what I'm going to say even though I don't know her. I take Jamie's hands in mine.
"Don't worry, Jamie. I heard you before and I'm going to do what you told me. I'm going straight to the clinic when I leave here and I'm going to a meeting today. I promise" I squeeze her hands a little to reassure her. I know she's worried about me.
"Do you still want me come with you? Because I can probably get out of that meeting."
"No, you don't have to. I think I need to do this myself. Please, don't worry. I'm not feeling any withdrawals or cravings or anything like that. I'll be fine, I promise."
After I finish I pull her into a hug and as we let go she kisses me on the forehead.
"Okay, be safe and call the second you get out from the clinic." She orders me with a sad smile.
"Of course, mum." I say jokingly because I can only take a certain amount of seriousness at once.
"Good girl." She says with a laugh and pinches my cheek gently before placing another kiss on my forehead and leaving.
I sigh as I watch her leave, she really is like my mother, sister and best friend in one package and I wouldn't dream of having it another way.
For a second there I forget that Spencer is still here and that she probably heard our whole conversation.
I turn around and face her. The look she's giving me, I can't really place it. Her eyes shows a mix of emotions. Everything from curiosity, to fear and pity. It's like she can't decide what she's feeling. Maybe that isn't so strange.
"Sorry." Is the only thing I say as I take a seat on the curb.
"Don't be" She answers as she sit down beside me.
I roam through my bag for the cigarettes and the lighter and when I find it I lit one of them up, taking a deep drag from it and exhales slowly.
We sit there in comfortable silence for a while as I smoke.
"You know, you shouldn't smoke. It's bad for your health and it destroys that beautiful voice of yours." She says with a chuckle and snatches the cigarette from me.
I let out a laugh and turn to her.
"How do you know I have a beautiful voice?" I ask with a smile.
"Oh, I know who you are Ashley Davies." She says as she takes a drag from the cigarette she just stole from me and then hands it back to me. My eyebrows frown at the action. Wasn't she just preaching about how bad smoking was?
"Hard not to with my past hunting me." I quietly say as I take another drag and stare straight forward at nothing.
"She speaks very highly of you." Spencer says after some time.
I turn to her, not really following. She meets my gaze and sees my confusion.
"Jamie." She continues.
"Aha, yeah..." I trail of as I hand her the cigarette.
"Don't know why though. She and my sister has been my lifeline, without them I probably wouldn't be sitting here right know. She shouldn't speak highly of me, I should speak highly of her." I reason and take the last drag of the cigarette before flicking it away.
"You just did." Spencer says.
"Did what?"
"Spoke highly of her. You called her your lifeline, that's pretty highly. Not many people can be called that." She reasons as she stands and reaches out her hand for me to take.
"Yeah, you're probably right."
I take her hand and she helps me up and we get caught in a hypnotizing game of staring deep in each others eyes. Such beautiful eyes.
She chuckles and smiles.
"Why, thank you!"
"Did I say that out loud?" I ask as I blush. What the fuck? I never blush.
"You did, but it was nice. No one ever complimented my eyes before."
"Hardly believe that." I say with a bright smile.
"It's true." She says as she starts to walk.
"Well, I guess I have to make up for that then and say it every time I see you." I say with a smirk as I caught up with her.
"I seriously doubt you're going to remember that." She laughs.
"Are you challenging me?" I ask as we reach the car park.
She thinks for a moment before answering.
"I guess I am, Miss Davies."
"Consider the challenge taken, Miss Carlin."
"Okay." She says as she stops "This is me." She continues and motions at her car.
I really don't want her to go, but the promise made to Jamie and the fact that I really need to get going myself gets the better of me.
"Okay, it was nice talking to you and I guess I'll be seeing you and your beautiful eyes pretty soon." I says as I start to back away.
"Yeah." She chuckles "Nice talking to you to." She continues with a smile.
I give her a nose, crinkling smile before turning around and walk to my car.
"Hey! By the way, what are the stakes challenge? I wanna know what I'm going to win." She calls after me.
I turn around and watch her she opens the door to her car.
"What about this? You think about what you want until the next time we meet and I'll let you know if it's achievable?"
"Sounds fair." She says as she climbs in her car.
I unlock my own car thinking that I might not be able to keep my promise to Jamie about staying away from this girl. She makes me feel something I've never felt before and I certainly not planning on losing this challenge even though it probably will be the death of me. What a sweet way to go though, I chuckle at my own thoughts as I leave the movie set.