A/N: I'm procrastinating. I know it's not healthy but I need to get my mind away from school and Till Death Do Us Part. Besides, I need more reviews than for Till Death Do Us Part. I can't believe that y'all actually like this story. I thought I'd be the onlyone.
Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight.
Author's Commentary: I remember watching an interview with Rob and Kristen talking about how they spent a lot of time in the hotel room acting out scenes from Twilight, so that way they develop chemistry before they started to shoot. I figured that Bella and Edward need that chemistry.
The Script
The director gave me a copy of the script. I tried to convince her that I was not a good choice for Isabella, I was too awkward and I didn't know how to act, but she refused to listen to me. Apparently, my performance at the bus station had convinced her that I was perfect for Isabella. After hearing that, I wanted to cry.
It's not that I didn't want to be in a movie, I did. I just didn't want to be in a movie with Edward Cullen. He didn't like me very much and after telling everyone that I was in love with him (why I did that, I didn't know) I kind of had a feeling that he would hate me even more.
"I kissed a vampire and I liked it, the taste of his screaming victim. I kissed a vampire just to try it. I hope his countess doesn't mind it." The radio was playing, rather loudly, in the corner of the room.
I was in my hotel room reading the script as I tried to figure out how to act out a certain part. It was where Isabella (it was weird seeing my name and knowing that it was someone else) and Edward were in the hotel room again (they seemed to spend a lot of time there), it was near the end of the script so I think it would probably be their last time in one.
I had never read the book (I wasn't into vampire novels) but I was starting to wish I had. She was such a difficult character to understand. One minute she was "I hate vampires." The next she was joking around with Edward. It was kind of aggravating.
"That was Patey Kerry with I Kissed a Vampire! " The radio Dj announced. "Speaking about vampires and kissing. Did you hear about that hot make out scene that is rumored to be in the upcoming film The Pretty Corpses? It'll be the first recorded make out session between a vampire and a human, of course, that's if someone doesn't upload a video on YouTube first. What are your opinions of the upcoming movie or better yet the make out scene? Call us up at-"
"I have to a kissed a vampire?!" I screamed.
I started to look through the script again. I didn't remember hearing Jessica say anything about a make out session with Edward Cullen. Wouldn't that be the first thing she would talk about? Seriously! When was this ever mentioned to me! The director even knew how scared I was of Edward hating me and now she wanted me to kiss him! I never kissed a boy before, let alone a vampire!
I dropped the script to the side, giving up, and banged my head onto my hands. "I hate this stupid movie."
Jessica wasn't talking to me because she got fired. Edward hated me for reasons unknown. The director loved me because of my accident performance in the bus station. And to top all of this off, I had to kiss a vampire and I didn't think I would like it!
My cell phone started to ring. I picked up and glanced at the caller ID. I was tempted not to answer. I didn't want to talk to him. I took a deep breath before flipping it open and holding it to my ear.
"Hi Dad." I tried to sound excited to hear him but I don't think it showed. I was too tired to fake any enthusiasm right now.
"Isabella!" He screamed into my ear. "What the hell were you thinking? Vampires? Seriously-"
I pulled the phone away and let Charlie scream at the air. I had already gone through this conversation a million and one times in my head. There was nothing that Charlie could say that I hadn't already rationalized with myself. He had a right to be angry, I guess.
The screaming in the phone stopped. I held it back to my ear with caution. He was breathing heavily into the receiver. I bit my lip as I waited for him to say something.
"Well?" He growled. "What do you have to say for yourself?"
"Um…" I had no idea what Charlie said and I did not want to ask him.
"He wants to know why you would agree to do a movie with a vampire." Someone whispered next to me.
I let out a loud yelp and turned my head to the voice. Edward was sitting on a chair that he had turned around to face the bed, and smiled at me.
"What are you do-"
He held his finger to his lips and pointed to the phone. My jaw loosened and it took all of my strength not to scream at him but luckily I was reminded that I was on the phone with Charlie and screaming at a vampire to get out of my room didn't seem like a good idea.
I sighed. "I'm really excited about this movie, dad." I lied. "The director is really cool and my co-stars are fun."
"Bella, I honestly think-"
"I'll call you back later, dad." I promised hanging up the phone before he could say anything. My eyes locked in on Edward Cullen. "What are you doing here?"
"You know, it's rude to hang up on your father like that." His lip was twitching.
"How long have you been here?" I was pretty sure I hadn't heard him walk in. Can vampires walk through walls?
"It's also bad to lie. Don't you read the commandments? Thou shall not lie." He grinned at me, amused with what he had said.
I bowed my head in defeat. He wasn't going to answer my question. For someone that hated me, he sure did like to be around me. I decided to ignore him.
"Fine, don't answer me. I don't care."
I grabbed the script from the side of my bed and started to read it, hoping that if I ignored him long enough that he would go away. I had forgotten what part I was on, so I just pretended to know where I was. I listened closely to the noises around me, trying to see if I could hear the door close behind him.
"What part are you reading?" Edward's voice was closer than I had expected.
My head shot up. Edward was sitting on the bed in front of me. His hand was holding his chin as his elbow dug into his leg. He was staring at the piece of paper on my lap. I let out a loud yelp, surprised to see him so close. I hadn't even heard him move or felt him climb onto the bed.
"How did you do that?" I gasped.
He looked up at me and smiled, grabbing the script away from me. His eyes ran over it. His face loosened before hardening. He looked back up at me, handing me the script.
"Start from there," he pointed at a line near the top of the page.
"Start what?" I asked, grabbing the script.
"We're reading the lines." He told me. "Katherine wanted to make sure that you're prepared for the shooting tomorrow."
I grabbed the piece of paper and glanced over it. "Um," I hesitated. "So this is where all the prostitutes go?" I asked, reading the words on the page.
Edward laughed. That wasn't in the script.
I looked up at him and frowned. "You don't have to laugh at me."
He shook his head, his laugh dying down. "Be careful where you walk, you might catch an STD." He said it so casually.
I looked down at the script, trying to figure out where we were. "Isabella laughs." I read. "Oh, I'm supposed to laugh, aren't I?" I started to fake laugh.
Edward shook his head. "Okay, stop there." He ordered, holding out his hand. "Has anyone ever told you that you're a horrible actress?" He asked.
I frowned. I couldn't be that bad, could I? I decided not to say anything to him. I didn't respond well to insults.
"Do what you did at the bus station. Forget about the script. Just improvise." Edward ordered, grabbing the script away from me and holding it behind his back. "I'll go off of what you're telling me."
"But I don't know how the scene goes." I admitted, blushing.
opened his mouth and then closed it. "Maybe we should do another scene." He started to flip through the script.
"No." I shook my head ."Let's do that scene." I reached behind him for the script.
Edward got off of the bed, carrying the script with him. He took a seat on the chair facing the bed. "You haven't read the book, have you?" He asked.
I shook my head.
"What do you know about the novel…or the script for that matter? What have you read?"
"I know that she doesn't like vampires that much, except, maybe Edward- which you play. She has this weird obsession with her iPod. And she gets sick. But other than that, there's not really much I know." I admitted.
"The characters," he paused again, "Isabella and Edward, they…they- after spending so much time together, as a last request from Isabella, she- they decide that she and Edward should…become intimate with each other."
"Like how intimate?" I asked, suddenly feeling like there was much more to the make out scene than I knew about.
"It's nothing pornographic." He reassured me. "But Katherine would like me-" he took a long pause- "in the book there's no real relationship that develops between Isabella and Edward, well nothing beyond a friendship, but they decide that even though they're only friends that it would be acceptable for them to participate in actions that…" He went quiet.
"Are you saying that we have to have sex?" I screamed at him, finally realizing that there was more to the make out scene than the radio was letting on.
Edward's head shot up. "No, of course not!" He sounded repulsed by the idea, which actually bruised my ego- not that that I was really fond of the idea myself.
"Then what's the big deal?" I asked.
"They want us to…they want us to share a kiss." He studied my face for the reaction.
I'm sure if I hadn't heard it on the radio earlier, I would have been surprised but seeing as the idea had already sunk in and I was kind of used to it, it didn't bother me as much as it seemed to bother Edward.
"The kiss is essential to the story." He added quickly. "I would never advance myself onto a woman if the time didn't call for it." He didn't look away from my face.
"Are you freaking out because you have to kiss a girl or are you freaking out because you have to kiss me?" I asked, interrupting his rant. It was weird hearing him talk like that. I had never seen anyone act so old fashion before. To me a kiss was a kiss, though admittedly I always imagined my first kiss to be a little more intimate and with a human.
Edward's face softened. "No, of course not, I mean, how do I say this without sounding like a pervert? You're beautiful Bella. But I would never make an advance on you without your permission." He turned his face to the side, he didn't seem proud of the way he said it.
I blushed. He called me beautiful.
"It's not that I don't want to kiss you. I just don't want to make you feel uncomfortable."
"You said all of that to tell me that you don't want to make me feel uncomfortable?" I asked.
Edward smiled. "I have a tendency to make mountains out of hills. I say a lot to get a small point across. It was popular for people to do this in my time and old habits die hard. Journalists and authors usually paraphrase what I have to say."
"It's kind of paraphrase something that's being spoken to you…" I mumbled dryly to myself.
Edward's smile grew. "You remind me a lot of her, of Isabella. Besides the name, you two have a lot in common. It's almost eerie."
"I read the script." I nodded. "We do have a lot in common. Except, she can sing and I can't."
Edward's smile faltered. "You should finish reading the script." He handed me back the papers. "And read the novel, it'll be good for you. Though, I can't say that it's completely accurate."
"Well, movies can't always be exactly like the book." I tried to defend the script.
Edward nodded. "Yeah, right." He smiled at me. "Finish reading the script. I'll be back in the morning to go over the lines with you before we start shooting." He opened the door and stepped out, closing the door behind him.
I frowned at the door. He was a weird vampire. And to make matters worse! I forgot to ask him how he got in here!
End Chapter.
A/N: I know its short but I kind of have to go back to school work. I just felt like seeing more reviews than Till Death Do Us Part. I actually love where this story is going! It reminds me so much of ATPC, which I love. Yay! I'm so excited. There's little, subtle, hints in this story that kind of hint at some of the conflicts in this plot. I'm so excited about this story. I mean, as soon as I get done with Imagination Land (which should be soon) I'll be able to work on this some more. I have a feeling that this is going to be a good story. Review, please?
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