It was the official first day for Last Woman Standing and Quinn was both nervous and excited. She knew that today was mainly going to be the read through of the script and then hopefully Santana would answer any questions the cast or crew had. Quinn herself had some questions which she would like Santana to answer in terms of her character and the development of that character.
When Quinn arrived to the set she along with the other cast was sent to a room where they could all sit down and then the script was placed in front of them. In the last few days Quinn had gone over the script a few times to start memorising lines and learning how to portray them, so she was fully prepared for this.
"Alright, we're just waiting for Santana to arrive and then we can start" One of the producers, Will said.
Typical, Quinn thought. She was probably at some girls' house. Quinn rolled her eyes at that.
About five minutes later Quinn saw the Brunette walk through the door.
"Sorry I'm late everybody" Santana apologised as she made her way to her seat which was next to Quinn's and at the end of the table where she could see over all of the actors.
"Okay so now that everyone is here why don't we go around the table and introduce yourself and your character" Will said.
A ginger woman at the end of the table started first, "Hi my name is Emma Pillsbury and I will be playing the role of Bonnie" She smiled as she finished. Quinn had worked with Emma a little bit before so she was very happy that Emma was playing the role of Quinn's aunt in the film.
Next a guy named Mike went up, "My name is Mike Chang and I will be playing Aaron"
"My name is Kitty Wilde and I am playing Katy" Quinn had definitely heard of Kitty before, mainly because she knew of the rumour where Kitty had hooked up with a few of the directors she had worked with in the past. Maybe that was why Santana had cast her. Quinn knew that hooking up with the director of the movie was not classy in anyway, she would never be one of those girls. She was too passionate about her work.
"Hi, my name is Marley Rose and I will be playing Jenny and can I just say I am super excited to be here!" Marley said extremely cheerfully.
Quinn smiled in return at that, she loved seeing young actresses get enthusiastic.
"My name is Mercedes Jones and I am playing the role of Mischa"
A few more people Quinn got to know as Jake, Ryder, Finn and Dani were also introduced after them it was now Quinn's turn to introduce herself.
"Hi my name is Quinn Fabray and I will be playing Emily" She told the group. As soon as she did this she turned her head to the right for the next person which was going to be Santana. Once she turned she saw that Santana was staring at her deeply with a little smile on her face, Quinn decided not to read into it.
"Hello everybody my name is Santana Lopez, I am the writer of Last Woman Standing and also the director. Now, before we officially start I'd like to say a few words. Those of you who have worked with me before now that I do this before every movie I make. I'm going to keep this short and sweet by saying that I believe that this film has the potential to go all the way and with this cast and crew I know we can do it. Now let's go and make all of our best work yet." Santana started clapping and the rest of the room followed.
"Alright, now let's start the official read through for Last woman standing. Okay so, scene oneā¦"
Overall, Quinn was very pleased with the read through. The cast was beyond talented and she knew that this movie would be a huge hit. After the read through lunch was announced and it was great timing because Rachel was just about to get here. She said she wanted to visit the set but Quinn knew that wasn't the case.
At Santana's party the other night Rachel got talking to Quinn's cast member, Finn and Quinn knew that Rachel was already pretty smitten. Quinn didn't have a problem with it though, Finn was a nice guy, and he was actually playing Quinn's boyfriend in the film so they would be spending a little bit of time together.
"So the lunch truck is just around the corner, you want to grab something?" Quinn said to Rachel who was not paying attention to her at all. Quinn knew who Rachel was looking out for and she couldn't help but chuckle at Rachel's obviousness.
"Huh, what?" Rachel said back, obviously not having heard a single word Quinn said.
"I said do you want to grab some food" Quinn repeated.
Rachel shrugged, clearly not bothered by the food part at all. Quinn knew that she should just put Rachel out of her misery.
"You know, I saw Finn head towards to food truck" Quinn mentioned.
That got Rachel's attention, "You know I am feeling pretty hungry"
Quinn shook her head and smiled as she led them towards the truck. As mentioned she saw Finn sat down with their other cast member Jake. Quinn felt like she knew them well enough to sit down with them.
"I'll go get us some food, why don't you join them" Quinn said to Rachel as she pointed to Finn's table.
"Are you sure? Do you not need a hand?" Rachel asked back and Quinn shook her head.
"No, it's fine"
Quinn made her way towards the queue and joined it.
"You did really great in there" a voice came from behind Quinn. She turned around and she was faced with the director herself.
"Thank you" Quinn replied back.
"Did you enjoy the party the other night?" Santana asked.
"I did, it was really great to meet everyone before we started filming"
"See that's why I host them. I think having everyone meet beforehand is a great ice breaker, especially when there is alcohol involved. Makes for great onset stories."
"Oh yeah? Like what?" Quinn asked back.
"Well, I won't say names but I know some cast members have already hooked up with each other"
"And you're okay with that?" Quinn questioned, wondering what Santana's thoughts on onset hook ups would be. No doubt that she would most likely approve of them.
Santana shrugged, "As long as it doesn't fuck up my movie people can do what they like. What about you?"
"What about me what?"
Santana smirked at the blonde, "What is your thoughts on onset hook ups?"
"I personally don't think it is very professional" Quinn replied, ignoring the suggestive smirk Santana was sending her way.
"That's fair, some don't, and some do"
"You never said what you think of them" Quinn told her. She didn't know why she was asking when she already knew what Santana's answer would be.
"I don't like hook up with people I work with. Maybe if the right girl came along" Santana said with a twinkle in her eye.
That wasn't the answer Quinn was expecting, she was expecting Santana to say that she definitely would. Quinn was constantly being surprised by Santana.
After a short moment of silence Santana spoke up once again. "It's you Quinn"
That fully got Quinn's attention, it was her? She was the right girl? What was going on right now and why did her heart start beating two times faster as soon as Santana uttered those words?
"What?" She managed to get out.
Santana pointed to the food truck, "It's your turn to order" she referred to the food.
"Oh" Quinn didn't know whether that sounded like she was disappointed or relieved. She quickly turned around and ordered the food for both her and Rachel. She so desperately wanted to get away from Santana after that moment.
As soon as she got her food she walked away from the truck, not sparing a second glance to Santana.
She walked over to the table where Rachel was sat and placed the food in front of her.
"Where did Finn and Jake go?" Quinn asked as she sat down at the table and noticed the absence of the two guys.
"They went to go and practise their lines. I think I like him Quinn" Rachel admitted.
Quinn chuckled, "I already knew that Rach" she replied.
"What do you mean you already knew?"
"Rachel, it's pretty obvious you like him. I mean your practically gushing over him"
"Can you blame me? Look at him, he's so dreamy" Rachel swooned.
"I don't really see it" Quinn shrugged.
"Well maybe that is because you were too busy flirting with Santana to see anyone else"
"What?! I was not!" Quinn was outraged by this, there was no way in hell that she would flirt with Santana Lopez.
"Oh really? Because you looked pretty flushed back there" Rachel pointed to the queue at the food truck.
"I was not. It's just really hot out here" Quinn recovered. She wouldn't flirt with Santana, she hated Santana.
"Sure" Rachel said back sounding not convinced at all.
"Seriously Rachel, I don't like Santana. At all" Quinn told her, she hated Santana, absolutely hated her, right?"
"Okay, if you say so"
"I do" Quinn assured her.
"Alright, cut" Santana shouted.
Finn and Quinn separated from each other slightly. They were currently filming a scene where Finn had to kiss Quinn, but it was not going so well. This scene was going to be near the middle/end of the film but they were filming it now because the set had already been made.
Quinn knew exactly what the problem was, there was no chemistry between her and Finn at all.
"I know this is awkward and uncomfortable, I get that I totally do. But, I really need you both to focus right now. Finn, I feel like you're just having trouble with the way you're supposed to kiss her." Santana directed towards Finn.
"I'm just not sure what kind of kiss it is supposed to be"
"Okay, that's fine. We can work on this" Santana said. She paused for a moment thinking of how to direct this moment until it came to her of which way to show him.
"Alright" Santana walked up to Quinn, standing face to face in front of her. Santana lifted her hands up to hover over Quinn's cheeks. "Quinn, do you mind?" Santana asked, she didn't want to make Quinn uncomfortable.
Quinn shook her head, she was a professional. She knew she had to do what was best for the scene right now and that was to let Santana do her job and direct.
Santana placed her hands on Quinn's cheeks, she moved forward so that her mouth was just hovering over Quinn's.
"This is the scene where you try and get her to stay with you. You love this woman and you don't want her to leave. I want you to bring her in and look into her eyes like she is the most beautiful woman on the planet, like she is the only woman you desire and then I want you place your lips over hers and softly kiss her lips. To kiss her the way no one has ever kissed her before, you want to leave her wanting more. You want to kiss her so that she will stay and even if she does leave, you want to kiss her so well that she will always remember it" Santana's eyes never left Quinn as she spoke those words.
Santana let her hands fall from Quinn's cheeks. "That's how you kiss her" Santana gave one last look into Quinn's eyes as she finished.
They did the scene, it was good. Finn took on Santana's advice and portrayed it the best he could, but nothing would compare to the way Santana spoke those words.
She uttered them with the utmost sincerity, like she knew exactly what she wanted.
However, there was one thing Quinn didn't understand. She didn't understand why she wanted to lean that extra bit forward so she would feel Santana's lips on her own. She was supposed to hate Santana, so why did she want that? Surely it must have been in the heat of the moment, those words were pretty heavy and they would have the same effect on anyone, right?
It was the heat of the moment, she was not one of those girls who fell for Santana Lopez's shit, she hated Santana. She did, didn't she?
