Chapter 3

Liz's POV

I struggled to keep my eyes open the next day. I was on the set of Victorious, but it looked like I came from Zombieland instead.

"Hey, Liz!" Ari waved. I yawned. Who could be that happy at this ungodly hour? I thought. But I instantly waved back and smiled lazily.

"Lizzzzzzzzzzieehh," Matt greeted in that exaggerated way of his. I laughed. I spotted Victoria and Avan talking excitedly in a corner. The crew was still setting up and discussing the lighting.

"Where's Leon?" I asked both of them. Ariana shrugged.

"He's usually early." Matt glanced at me.

"Well, I won't be surprised if he overslept. We had a livechat late last night," I yawned again.

"That sounds like fun," Ari said. I mindlessly nodded.

I'm pretty sure they kept the conversation going, and I think I replied here and there, but I wasn't really in the right mind. After a few minutes, Leon arrived. He looked as dead as I felt and we laughed when we saw each other.

"Okay peeps. Time to get the show rollin'!" Dan's voice boomed. Leon turned to go to make up, while we all scrambled to go to our places.

Liz's POV

The shooting of the first episode we filmed today went exceptionally well, even if I was a half-zombie. I was greatly relieved when Dan yelled the final, "AAAAND, CUT!" We now had a two hour lunch break. I immediately speed-walked to my trailer. I daydreamed of my cozy sofa in the trailer.

"Zoey kissed you on the cheek?" Victoria's shrill voice cut through my trance. I shot a quick glance at who she was talking to. Surprise, surprise. It's Avan. I didn't know who Zoey was, and I really didn't want to listen to their conversation.

"Shut up!" Avan laughed and punched Victoria lightly. "But yeah, I vaguely remember her doing that." he lowered his voice slightly. He caught me glancing in their direction.

I snorted and rolled my eyes. I opened the door to my trailer. Just as I put my foot inside, a hand grabbed my arm roughly. I looked up. I was now face to face with infamous Avan Jogia.

"What." I snapped. I glanced at his face. His eyes were shooting murderous daggers but his face was surprisingly calm.

"Eavesdropper." The accusation hung in the air.

"Get over yourself. I don't care about anything that involves you. I was just leaving, Jogia," I practically spat. Avan tightened his grip on me.

"You're such an idiot, Liz." he said in a low, angry voice.

"So is your face." I retorted.

"Well I got that from spending too much time acting on set with you."

"So you admit your face is an idiot?" I jerked my hand away from his grip and slammed the door of my trailer. ARGH. He was so frustrating! As if I care what happens to him!

I threw myself on the soft, velvety brown sofa and flipped through my script. I needed to memorize my lines to distract myself. After a few minutes, the words started getting blurry. I felt my eyes slowly close and my head drift off to dreamland.

Avan's POV

"Avan, this is getting serious. You guys fight like five-year-olds. You have to talk to her." Victoria said for the nth time. I exhaled loudly. She's been talking me into making things right with Liz ever since I lost my cool and she slammed the door in my face.

"So what? If she doesn't want to be friends, then I don't want to be her friend either." I turned away.

"Avan Tudor Jogia, you sound an awful lot like a child. Talk to her or I will," Victoria used her listen-to-me-I'm-your-best-friend voice. I rolled my eyes.

"Fine. I'll try. But if the trailer explodes, it's your fault." I stalked off and headed towards Liz's trailer.

I was going to give Liz a piece of my mind. I'm going to make her listen to me. I thought defiantly.

But as I opened the door to her trailer, all my angry thoughts and well-thought of comebacks vanished. Liz was sound asleep on her chocolate-brown couch. And (though I hate to admit this but) she looked absolutely beautiful. Her hair framed her face perfectly, and was spread out on the pillow like she was going to pose for a picture. Her facial expression was peaceful and her lips formed a half-smirk.

No, no, no. I wasn't falling for Elizabeth "I despise Avan's guts" Gillies. But why did I suddenly kneel down and stroke her hair? I pushed it away from her face and admired the contrast between her pale glowing skin and dark brown hair. She had forgotten to take out Jade's highlights.

She stirred. I jumped up. I nervously ran my hands through my hair. Her head turned to rest on the other side of the armrest. I sighed in relief. I turned to leave. Before I turned the closed the door, I looked back one last time at the ice princess.

Victoria immediately grabbed me by the shoulders as soon as I went out. "I assume it went well?" she raised her eyebrow jokingly.

"I didn't even get to talk to her. She's asleep," I shrugged. Victoria nodded.

"You'll talk to her later then." And with a flip of her hair, she walked over to Ariana, Matt, and Leon. I sighed and followed her. Victoria was very persistent.

Liz's POV

As soon as I felt a sharp pain on my finger, I shot up from the couch. Ugh, paper cut. I immediately grabbed tissue from my table and pressed it on my finger. I glanced at the clock. I had exactly 27 minutes to eat lunch.

I grabbed my script with my good hand and my cup of tinted water on the other. I ran out my trailer.

I headed towards the place we usually hang out in and quickly grabbed a salad. The guys were playing video games (what's new) and the girls were either watching them play or talking. I sat between Ariana and Victoria.

Just as I was sitting down, Avan quickly turned his head. I caught his eye and he quickly looked away. I rolled my eyes.

"Liz, can I tell you something?" Ari whispered in my ear. I nodded, chewing my salad.

"Sure. Right now?" I raised my still "studded" eyebrow. Ari nervously looked around.

"Okay, but we have to go somewhere private." she said louder. The rest of the cast yelled and hooted as Matt's car crashed into Leon's. I nodded and quickly stood up. Ari trailed after me.

As soon as we were outside, Ari grabbed my hand.

"Pinky-promise-you-won't-tell?" Ari said in a rush. We shook pinkies.

"Okay, so...I have a crush on someone." Ari began. I continued to eat my salad.

"Is he in the Victorious cast or..." I trailed off. I forked another leaf and and put it in my mouth.

"Yeah. Promise you won't get mad?"

"Of course I won't! Why would I?" I replied with a smile. Ari just looked down on her feet.

"The suspense is killing me! Who is it?" I said a little loudly. I was guessing it was Matt since they hung out all the time. I was hopping on my two feet in excitement while eating.

"I have a crush on...Avan."

I spit my food out on the pavement.


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