First day of shootings… there's an atmosphere of enthusiasm… 6 am and the crew already started to work, illuminators are placing the lights; Cameramen, soundmen, and theirs assistants are preparing the equipment. Hanna is just going around helping with some stuff but her work starts 6:30 when the three actresses come. Of course, Alison comes 6:45
Hanna is waiting for the actresses to be ready, she is out of the make-up trailer. She's talking about random things with Spencer, one of her coworkers, she's another production assistant, they met each other a month and a week ago when they started to work, and by now are kind of friends.
Spencer "What do you think about the main cast?"
Hanna "Emily seems okay, I just exchanged a few words with her, but she seems nice. Olivia is completely on her own world… and the boys are funny I think, I chatted with them yesterday… Toby and Luke are a little bit immature, but I like them"
Spencer "What about Caleb? I saw you two laughing yesterday and I saw you were checking him out before during the table read" She smile
Hanna chuckles. "OMG Spence, I was just checking him out, that's all. This is my first job as a production assistant and I will not screw up my career as a TV producer just for a guy"
Spencer "A guy who is pretty hot and was flirting with you, by the way" she says and enters to the trailer to check on the actresses
Hanna "What? No! He was just being nice, that's all" and she smiles because she knows that he was flirting with her but she is not going to admit it to Spencer
The actresses are done with the make-up part, now it's time to do their hair and Spencer is the one who is making sure that they will be ready on time, meanwhile Hanna is waiting for the boys, she looks at her phone's screen, it's 6:57
Caleb shows up. "Hey Han! How are you?" and he checks his wrist watch "It's looks like I'm in time" and smiles cockily at her
Hanna thinks: OMG he just called me "Han" and it sounded so good with his voice… slow down Hanna, you are at work, focus in, concentrate… and she loses it with that cocky smile and she is not even listening what he is saying now
Caleb "Hey you! Are you listening to me?" he chuckles because he knows she's in her world
Hanna "Sorry, What?" she smiles
Caleb "I was asking you where I have to go now" smiling
Hanna "Oh, yes… come over here, I'm leading you… your dressing room is over here, and your first change of clothes is already there" she starts to walk to a building and he follows her
Toby and Luke arrives together at 7:08 but that's okay because they are boys and they are always ready quickly. And their make-up is just a little bit of foundation to avoid the brightness when the camera captures their faces.
The day goes by normally, after shooting the first scenes in the morning, they have a lunch break and then they are back at work.
Spencer is working in the exteriors team, they are shooting an outdoor scene with Luke and Toby on the streets of the town scenography. And Hanna is on the interiors team, they are shooting on set, in one of the bedrooms, Emily, Alison and Olivia are in this scene.
Caleb is wrapped so he goes to his dressing room to take off his character's clothes. And when he is done, he decides to stop by the set, to hang out and to watch the shooting from behind scene. Caleb enters the set and he sees that Hanna is sitting aside while watching the scene's rehearse so he goes and sits next to her.
Hanna "Hey" without raise her look from the papers that she has in her hands
Caleb "Busy day? I saw that you and Spencer were coming and going here and there, and going around all the day"
Hanna smiles and looks up at him. "Kind of… It's just the first day, everyone have to pick up the pace, and then everything is easier... tomorrow will be harder I think, we have the first scenes with extras, that's like fifteen people more"
Caleb "Wow, that stressful, I wouldn't like to be in your shoes"
Hanna chuckles. "I just have to deal with actors and make me sure that they are ready to shooting on time, but her work is more stressful" she says looking up at Maggie a brunette with some thirty-odd years. "She's my boss, it is her responsibility if the shots take more time than planned… Anyways here is your call sheet for tomorrow" she gives it to him, smiling
Caleb takes the paper without even looking at it, he keeps looking at Hanna. "Do you love your job, don't you? Where did you study? How you ended up here?
Hanna nods. "I studied on a TV school for four years and I got my degree… My dad is a TV producer too, so I used to hang out in a lot of TV studios and sets when I was a child, but I didn't get my job here because of my dad, he wanted to me to go back to New York and work for him at his news broadcast, I'm from New York, but I wanted to stay in LA and I wanted to start my career as everyone does, not from a high position just because of my dad. I ended up here because of Sarah, the executive producer, she used to be my professor on TV school"
Caleb "I am from New York too" he smiles at her "I haven't gone back since I graduated from high school, I wanted to be an actor, and my dad didn't take it happily, he's a businessman, he wanted to me to follow his steps… So I had to work as a waiter to pay my acting classes" He gets serious and narrows his eyes "Wait a minute… Are you related to Ashley Marin, the news presenter?"
Hanna smiles shyly. "Ok, you discovered me, I'm her daughter"
Caleb chuckles. "I'll keep your secret"
Hanna "It's okay, it's not a secret, I just don't go around saying "Hi, I'm Hanna Marin, Ashley Marin famous New Yorker news presenter's daughter but people realize it sooner or later when I say that I'm from New York, because of my surname" she rolls her eyes
Their chat is interrupted by the director's assistant who is asking everyone for silence, they are going to start to shooting the scene. Hanna and Caleb remain sitting quietly. She is focused watching the scene so he feels free to stare at her. He is already aware of her beauty since yesterday when he saw her, but now that he has had a longer talk with her, he likes her even more.