Chapter 7 - Getting Settled In

Lilly was a little taken back by just how many cameras and crew members it actually took to make a movie. And even though they had reserved the beach for just the movie it seemed to be more crowded than a mid-summer Saturday. There was someone for everything. 'Wow they even have people that cook the actors food' Lilly thought as she passed a buffet table filled with everything from pizza to hot wings.

"So what do you think?" Jake asks realizing how overwhelming being on a set could be for someone who wasn't used to it.

"I'm amazed at how many people it actually takes to make a movie." She responds as her eyes wander trying to take everything in.

"You want to know the coolest part of being a star?" He asks leading Lilly towards a group of vehicles that resembled small trailers.

"What's that?"

"Getting your own dressing room." Jake says stopping in front of a small trailer. It had to be at least 20 foot long. A giant star on the door was filled with black letters that read 'Jake Ryan'.

"Whoa neat!" Lilly exclaims clearly getting excited.

"But that's not the best part." He says leading her to the trailer next to his. "This one is yours."

Lilly looks up and just like the last trailer this one also had a star on the door. But in black letters it read 'Megan Goodman'. Lilly then looks back at Jake and points to the sign. "So I guess Megan isn't coming back?"

"Nope, she's out of the movie. And your in. I guess we will have to get this fixed. One second." Jake then reaches up and pulls the star sign from the door. And holding it in his hands he says "There's other benefits of being a star. Like people doing what you say."

He then looks around for someone he knew would do his bidding. And sure enough as if by coincidence a man walks by with a black shirt on with the letters 'SFX' on his shirt. "Hey Brad." Jake calls out catching the guys attention. He stops and begins small talk with Jake. And after a moment Jake asks "Think you can do me a favor. Megan isn't going to be coming back, and Lilly over here is taking her place. And well I want her to feel at home, so can you redo her sign?" Jake then hands the sign over to Brad.

"Sure think Jake, anything for you." he responds nodding in agreement. "I'll get it back to you as soon as possible."

After Brad had hurried off, seeming somewhat excited about the task at hand, Jake looked back at Lilly. "Special effects guys always love working on stuff." he says laughingly.

"Wow that's so cool!" Lilly exclaims again. "So what are we shooting today?"

"Well were doing scene 22 on the beach. Its basically the second the time we meet."

And as he said that Lilly suddenly became confused. As she was knew to the film business she didn't understand why they were doing the 22nd scene first. "So why don't we start with scene one?"

"Well even though it seems like a movie, or even a tv show for that matter, is seamlessly shot in sequence it really isn't. We do the scenes as we can. Like today the next day or two we have the beach reserved. So we are going to try and get as many of the scenes requiring the beach done now."

"Ohh! That makes so much more sense. I'm can be so stupid sometimes."

Jake then takes her in his arms and looking down at her he says. "Your not stupid, and don't ever let anyone tell you that. You just didn't know. I remember the first day I did a shoot, I was so clueless that I thought the boom guy was some kind of explosives expert." Lilly and him then share a short laugh. But the look in her eyes told him she had no clue what a boom guy was. "He's the guy that holds the microphone by the way." And as both of them grin they begin laughing again.

"Well we better get dressed and get to make up." Jake suggests pointing towards the trailers.

"How do I know what to wear?" Lilly asks again not exactly knowing how things worked.

"Well the costume designer should be by in a few minutes to help you out with your outfit. I've already had them lay my outfit out."

"Oh cool, well I guess I'll check out my trailer then." Lilly says reaching up for the door handle. But is stopped as Jake puts his hand on her shoulder. She turns to see why he was stopping her. But before she could even ask he had planted a kiss. It was quick, but she knew that he had done it to help calm her nerves. And he was right. It had helped.

"I'll stop by and see how your doing in a little bit ok?" Jake asks as he heads towards his own trailer.

"Ok I'll see you then!" She responds opening the door and entering her own trailer.

It was as if walking into her own private clothes repository. To her left was a closet filled to the brim with brand new clothes. And to her right, a chair that resembled something from a fancy salon. "I must be in heaven." She whispers as she closes the door behind her still unable to believe what was really happening. There was even a mini-fridge in the corner. And upon inspection she noticed it was completely stocked. Everything from soft drinks to grapes.

She then took a seat on the big sofa that took up most of the wall between the closet and mini-fridge. But her relaxation was quickly abated as she took another glance at the closet. And with one quick jump she was in front of the closet rummaging through. 'Wow it's almost as big as the Hannah closet' she thinks as she pulls out a t-shirt and then hangs it back on the closet rod. A few more minutes of looking through the closet goes by before there was a knock on the door.

"Who is it?" Lilly asks feeling special. Realizing that it really was 'her' trailer. However no one seemed to answer so she went to the door and opened it almost hitting the man standing outside.

"Oh sorry" he apologizes and she realizes that it was Brad. He had been hanging up her new sign. "So what do you think?" He asks pointing towards the other side of the door. So Lilly steps outside and looks at the star. He had not only changed the name on it but he had made the extra effort to put her name on it in pink letters, instead of the dull black that everyone else seemed to have.

"Wow it looks awesome. Thanks!" She compliments still admiring the star. "But how did you know my name? Jake never told you."

"Oh I stopped back by and asked him after I left. There isn't that much special effects to do today so I guess I got a little excited at having something to do." He responds then turns to walk away. "Well I'll catch you later."

"Ok nice to meet you." Lilly says and then goes back into the trailer. But before she could close the door a hand caught the edge. Lilly reopens the door to see who it was. It was a shorter women, couldn't have been more than 5 foot 1 or so, with curly blonde hair. She was wearing a blue smock and had a make up bag with her.

"Let me guess, you must be the costume designer."

"You guessed right Lilly" the women begins as she steps inside. "Names Veronica, nice to meet you." she says extending her hand. Lilly shakes her hand and looks a little less stressed. At first she thought she would have to figure out what to wear on her own. "But I'm not only the costume designer, I'm almost her to do your make up. And since your one of the main stars, I guess you could say I'm your personal make up artist and costume designer."

"Wow! This really is awesome." she exclaims again and then turns towards the closet. "So what do we do now? I'm kind of new to this in case Jake hasn't told you."

"Yea they already warned me that you were new." she responds sounding a little sarcastic.

"Warned?"

"Oh I didn't mean that in a bad way. I'm here to be your friend Lilly. If you need anything just let me know." Veronica answers again smiling, realizing that she might have come off a little coarse.

"Oh ok, so what am I supposed to be wearing today?"

"Well..." Veronica begins walking over to the closet. "To be honest you have a few choices actually." She then retrieves 3 bikini's from the closet. Laying them on the sofa she asks Lilly which she liked best. Lilly looks each of them over, thinking to her self about each one. The first one was just plain white. The second one had blue fabric outlined by pink with pink strings. And the third had a sort of floral design with light blue background on the top and the bottom was light green with the same floral pattern.

"I think I like the floral pattern. The others are a little to dull in my opinion." She finally decides pointing to the third one.

"Good choice Lilly. I would have picked the same." Veronica says reaching back into the closet and pulling out a light blue bikini skirt. "This goes with the bottom" She says handing the semi see through piece of fabric to Lilly. "The changing room is back there she says pointing towards a small door next to the closet. "Try it out, you look to be about the same size as Megan so the clothes should fit you pretty well."

Lilly then heads towards the changing room with the bikini in hand. Thinking in the back of her mind 'I can't wait to see what Jake thinks when he gets a load of me in this!' And as she disappeared behind the door Veronica headed over to the salon chair on the other side of the room. Setting down her make up bag and preparing for the next step.

"How do I look?" Lilly asks stepping out of the changing room, putting one arm in the air striking a pose.

"You look beautiful." Veronica answers and pats the salon chair. "Now hop up here and we'll make you drop dead gorgeous." Lilly happily obeys and hops into the chair. And as veronica begins to put some blush and eye liner on they begin small talk.

"So you are dating Jake Ryan I hear?" She says but it sounded more like a question to Lilly.

"Yes isn't he so dreamy." She answers tilting her head to the side beginning to daydream. But Veronica nicely tilts her head back straight and reminds her that she needed to keep her head still. "Sorry" She responds as she continues to think of Jake. She could just imagine the look on his face when he saw her in the bikini.

"Yea I know what you mean about dreamy though. If I was about 15 years younger I might find him attractive to." Veronica says revealing her age. She didn't look that old, not even a year over 25, but from the sounds of it she was at least 30.

As Miley continued to lay her head on Oliver's chest neither of them talked. Not for a few minutes at least. But then as they heard a car pull into the driveway Miley sat up and Oliver looked down the driveway. Robbie had just gotten home. And as he walked up the driveway he looked at the two sitting on the swing set. And the closer the got the bigger his smile got. Until he had finally reached the porch.

"So how's the newest and coolest couple doing?" he asks as he makes his hands into a sort of gun shape, thumbs up and index fingers pointing forward. And as he started moving them up and down Miley gave him an evil look. And then her cheeks grew red. Once again her dad had embarrassed her.

"Dad! Leave us alone." She balks at him. But then she remembers something. Something that she wanted to ask him. "So Dad when were you going to tell me that the concert Wednesday would be part of a movie?"

"What do you mean Miles? I told you that a week ago!" He retorts shrugging with his hands.

"Uhh no you didn't. I found out from Jake when he gave Lilly her script!"

"Oh, well sorry bud. I meant to tell you. It's just that there are so many things going on sometimes, some of the small stuff slips my mind"
"Small stuff! This is not small stuff! Jake Ryan is filming a movie with Lilly and he is going to be at my concert!" Miley roars out angrily. But is calmed down as Oliver puts his hand on her shoulder. "Sorry it's just that, I don't like surprises."

"Well I thought you and Lilly were friends, not to mention you used to be friends with Jake." Her dad begins, but doesn't get to finish.

"And I still am friends with them. But but... I don't know. You should have told me." Miley says again laying her head on Oliver's shoulder to try and calm herself down.

"But what's this about Lilly in a movie. How did she manage that? Not that I'm saying she can't do it. Just curious."

"Well her and Jake are dating now, in case you didn't know! And he got her the main role in it!" She roars again but as Oliver puts his hand on her shoulder again she realizes that she is over reacting again. "I mean oh never mind, its complicated."

"Well ok bud..." Robbie begins as he searches for a way out of this. He knew how teenagers could be. And there was just some things that he would never understand when it came to teenage girls. "I have some cake waiting on me inside, so I'll see you later." He finishes as he thinks of an alibi. And before anyone else could say anything he was inside and closing the door.

"Are you sure your ok Miles? You still seem pretty angry." Oliver asks looking at Miley. But she then grins at him and answers.

"Yea baby. I'm sorry for my petty over reacting. But I did have to ask him about it."

"I know Miles. Don't worry." And then they leaned back in the swing set again. And as both of them held the other in their arms they thought of how great it was to be with the one they loved.

As Veronica finished Lilly's make up there was another knock on the door. "Come in" Lilly hollers and stands up looking at her self in the mirror. She never had her make up done by a professional but she thought 'this is definitely better than anything I could do'. And as she finished the thought the door opened and Jake stepped in.

"Wow" Was the only thing he could manage to say. As his eyes studied her from head to toe. And then back from toe to head. She was beautiful. "A goddess' he thought as he walked towards Lilly.

"Well I'll leave you two alone, we begin shooting in 20 minutes, make sure you two are on the beach by then." Veronica says heading for the door. She then disappeared outside as the door closed leaving the two of them alone.

"You're beautiful." Jake says. "I didn't think you could get any more beautiful, but every time I see you I'm proved wrong."

"Oh Jake, your making me blush" Lilly says bashfully as she looks at the ground. She knew she looked beautiful but it was a definite confidence boost for Jake to tell her. And as he put his hand on her chin she knew what would happen next. The next best thing to dating Jake, kissing Jake!

And as there lips touched she guided him to the salon chair. And without even breaking there kiss she had him sitting down and her on his lap. 'Oh I'm so naughty' Lilly thought as she straddled his lap. His hands holding onto her bare back. The very feel of his hands on her skin sending goosebumps over her body. And as they broke the kiss she couldn't help but laugh.

"What's so funny?" Jake asks as Lilly sat on his lap.

"Have a look for your self" She snickers and pointed towards the mirror. And as Jake looked over he realized what was so funny. Veronica had did Lilly's makeup alright, lip stick and all. And now Jake had pink lipstick all on his lips and a little above and below them.

"Wow you sure made a mess of me." He says making a kissey face at the mirror. "So tell me, does this shade suit me?"

"Oh Jake, you're so hilarious!" Lilly says laughing so hard she almost falls backwards. Luckily Jake still had a hold of her and kept her from falling. "I don't think pink is your color, perhaps we'll try red next time."

"Maybe, but right now I guess we better get down to the shoot." Jake says as Lilly stands up from his lap.

"But first you might want to dab some of that lipstick off" she says tossing him a box of tissues.

"You're probably right." He says as he takes a few tissues and begins to clean the lipstick off his face. "And you may want to redo your lipstick. I think yours got a little smeared to."

Lilly's hadn't been messed up to bad but she figured she better touch it up anyway. "I guess your right" she says with a grin as she picks up the pink lipstick pressing it gently against her lips. And after a few minutes the two of them leave the trailer and head towards the beach holding hands. 'This is going to be fun' Lilly thinks as she realizes just how much time she would get to spend with Jake.

A/N: It looks like Lilly is getting settled in on the set. So what will happen next? How will Lilly fare during the shoot? What will the concert go? Find out next time! (Ok, so the concert may not exactly happen next chapter, but it will happen soon. And trust me I have something in mind. Guess you all will just have to wait and find out.) Oh and sorry I didn't get to the movie shoot this chapter. I just wanted to show Lilly getting used to the set and everything first.