Here's a long chapter to make up for the last chapter being short! Read and review!
Syl: No stupid commentary?
Nope! Too busy watching Fairy Tail.
Syl: Ooooh no! You are not getting caught up in another show!
Too late!
"No! No way!" Hugh yelled.
Rosa was lying on a couch in the VIP room, on her break. It'd been a week since she and Curtis were told about the script change... and the kiss. Afraid how they'd act, she hadn't told Hugh or the Pokemon.
Until now, that is.
"Tell them you won't it! Refuse to do it!" Hugh was still ranting to her, while the Pokemon, who had watched for a while, had retreated to their PokeBalls to stay away from the shouting. "You can't do it!"
She sighed. "It's not like I have a choice, Hugh. I signed a contract saying I had to do everything the script said."
"Screw the script!"
"Honestly, stop. It's acting. It's not like the kiss will mean anything."
"I still don't want you locking lips with him!" He was pacing the room now, trying to blow off some steam.
Rosa sat up and looked at him. "Why do you care, anyway?" She wasn't too excited about the kiss either, but Hugh was flipping out like he was the one having to kiss me.
"I-I just don't, uh," he stammered, growing a little flushed. "D-don't want you kissing that... that... that pretty boy!"
Before she could respond, the overhead intercom announced: Rosa White and Christoph Green, report to the movie set for final takes of the last scenes. I repeat, Rosa White and Christoph Green, report to the movie set for final takes of the last scenes.
"I have to go," she said before realizing she stated the obvious. "Sorry-"
She was cut off as Hugh stormed out the room. Staring at him in shock at first, she ran after him, but he was already downstairs, knocking a few people out of the way as he went, and busting through the main doors.
Rosa sulked as she walked down and made her way into the set. Curtis was already there, talking to the director. Once she made it over there, the director seemed to jump for joy.
"Ah, Miss Rosa! You are here!" He snatched a paper from a nearby desk and shoved it into her hands. "Here's the new script for the new scenes! We'll be recording them today, and any mistakes you make will be added on to the movie!"
"Wait, what?"
Curtis stepped forward. "The release date will be coming up soon, and they need all the recordings we have. This is the last day the tech crew will give us to finish the few scenes we have."
"Oh," she murmured. She hadn't thought about that. "So I need to get in costume?"
"Later," the director answered. "First, you and Christoph need to go over the new script! Go on, go practice!" He motioned to a table on the other side of the set.
The two made there way over to practice. Once they got there, Rosa sat on the top of the table and Curtis leaned on the wall.
Curtis broke the silence with an unexpected question. "So, mind telling me why you're so gloomy today?"
Geez, he read her like a book! "I'm not gloomy!"
He poked her arm gently. "Liar. What's on your mind?"
She looked at the ground. "Well, if I'm honest, it's Hugh. I told him and the other Pokemon about the whole kiss scene thing and he got really mad at me. I told him it was just acting, but he just left and slammed the door on his way out."
His cheeks grew pink at the mention of the kiss. "Oh, yikes. I'm sorry."
"Forget about it. I'll talk to him later, if I can. Let's practice." She looked at the script. No much was different except, well, the kiss scene and a few added lines.
Curtis was skimming his own paper until he exclaimed, "Can't you see I understand that?! What am I supposed to do, Hope?! What can we do? We're just two teenagers!"
I followed his lead. "Just two teenagers? Just two teenagers?! Could two teenagers stop criminals daily like we do? No, they couldn't! We're so much more than just two teenagers! We're heroes, Percy!"
"Hope, I promise somehow we'll get through this."
"I know we will."
They paused, knowing they were silent in a hug for the scene, until Curtis moved to the next line.
"Hope, please, never leave my side."
"I'd never do that! I'm your sidekick, remember?"
"I mean, never leave me, sidekick or not. I want you to always be with me. I want you to be mine and me be yours."
Another pause. A longer one than before.
Rosa decided to break the silence, daring to say what they were both thinking. "I guess that's where we kiss..." She felt the blood rise in her cheeks as her face grew a little pink.
Curtis, though, was full on red in the face. "Y-yeah, I guess..."
Before either could say another word, a rack of costumes was pushed right in front of them.
A woman, who Rosa only knew as the one who was in charge of outfits, popped up from the middle of the rack. "Time to get dressed! Here's your costumes!" She handed them folded up clothes with matching red masks facing up.
Rosa thanked the woman and hurried into the dressing room. She was in no hurry to start the scene, but she loved her costume! She changed quickly and looked at herself in the mirror. She wore a short-sleeved yellow dress, black tights, a red belt with a infinity-like sign at the buckle, red boots, red gloves, and a red clip-on cape with a blue jewel as the clip. She didn't know why she loved wearing the costume, she just did. It was like she had some sort of connection with Hope when she wore it. Except, that did seem kinda stupid.
She stared at herself in the mirror before putting on her mask and walking back out to the set.
As he saw her come out of the dressing room, the director yelled, "Get to your places! We are doing the scene where Hope cheers up Percy! Page 48!"
Page 48: the scene she and Curtis had just gone over. Also known as, the kiss scene. Rosa gulped. It wasn't that she didn't like Curtis, no of course not, but she always felt weird around him. He was, or used to be, her celebrity crush! Now, that she met him, and he was as nice and sweet as on TV, she thought it wasn't just a celebrity crush anymore. Celebrity crushes are crushes you know that'll never be anything more, but now Rosa thought she had a full blown crush on Curtis.
She shook the thought away and followed directions, getting her place. Just as she turned around, she saw Curtis walk on set with his costume on. He wore red and yellow pants, a blue shirt, a yellow cape that doubled as a vest in the front, a red belt with a normal buckle, red boots, and red gloves. He wasn't wearing his mask yet, but he didn't need it for this scene. Rosa had her mask on until... Never mind...
But she couldn't deny Curtis looked extremely handsome in his costume.
He came to his place, set his mask on a table used as a prop, and hunched over it, placing his hands on the edge. He was signaling he was ready. Rosa looked back at the director and gave a thumbs-up, showing she was also ready.
"Okay, you two! Remember, any minor mistakes you make will be in the movie permanently! Sorry, we're just out of time!" He reminded. "Ready? Aaaaaand ACTION!
They went through the first lines with ease, but both could tell that the other was nervous.
Too soon, Curtis said, "I want you to be mine and me be yours."
They had already been in a hug, but now they had to pull back a bit to look in each other's eyes. Rosa's cheeks were burning up as he took off her mask, but she forced herself to close her eyes and lean toward him, and he did the same. Their lips were only an inch apart. Her heart was racing. She mentally braced herself for his lips on hers.
But they never came. Curtis slowly pulled back, breaking their embrace. He whispered, but he was still loud enough for the microphone and camera to hear him, "I-I can't do this. We can't do this."
He turned and ran out the doors of the set. Rosa stared at him in shock, still trying to understand what happened. She thought about running after him, but what if she was the reason he ran off? He wouldn't talk to her, if that was the cause.
She decided to wait it out.
About half a hour later, Curtis came back in, still in costume, and apologized to the director, who was more confused than angry. He didn't apologize to Rosa, though. In fact, he never even talked to her unless they were acting out a scene. He never spoke using his own words; only words that were written came out of his mouth.
The director announced that they would keep the scene Curtis ran out in the movie, since it surprisingly fit well into the story line.
After they shot all the scenes, and done all their work for the day, they were told that the movie would be released to the public in a month, and they told Rosa she could continue her travels now. Heck, they even got her and Hugh boat rides to Castelia City, the largest city in Unova!
Rosa was back in the VIP room, packing her stuff. She'd called Hugh to tell him, but when he answered, he still sounded annoyed. He still agreed to come and help pack though.
On cue, Hugh came in, still looking how he sounded on the phone. He glanced at Rosa packing before going to the other side of the room to help pack some of his own stuff.
After a few minutes of awkward silence, Hugh spoke up. "So, how'd the scene go?"
She knew she could go ahead and ask which scene, but the real question was 'Did you actually kiss him?' She replied with, "He ran out in the middle of the scene."
"Before or after?"
"We didn't kiss, Hugh."
A sigh of relief escaped Hugh, which Rosa noticed. Before she could ask about it, someone knocked on the door.
"Come in!" she yelled.
To her surprise, Curtis walked in. "Rosa? Can I talk to you?"
She glanced at Hugh, who glared at Curtis, before nodding. Curtis closed the door and looked at Hugh.
"May I talk to Rosa alone?" He asked.
Hugh scowled. "No. Whatever you have to say can be said in front of me too."
Curtis narrowed his eyes before turning back to Rosa. "Anyway, I want to say sorry for how I acted today. After I ran out, I mean."
She looked to the floor and turned away resumed to packing. "I get why you ran out; if you didn't I probably would have. But what I don't understand is why you just started ignoring me."
"It just felt weird- Wait! I-I mean, I just felt kinda weird around you! It wasn't weird! I was! Wait, what?" He began to stammer.
Rosa giggled at his awkwardness. "Okay, okay! You're forgiven! Just stop before you say something stupid!"
Curtis chuckled and blushed. "Anyways, can I, uh, ask a favor?"
"Sure. Shoot."
"I have an aunt in Castelia City, and I kinda promised to go see her. I overheard about the tickets you two got and I was wondering... Can I, um, go with you guys?"
"No way!" Hugh jumped up.
"Why can't he?" Rosa asked while Curtis narrowed his eyes again at him.
"We, uh, only have two tickets, remember? And we shouldn't have to use our money to buy him a ticket to go with us!"
First, who do you want to officially be shipped? LiveCasterShipping (Rosa and Curtis!) or SequelShipping (Rosa and Hugh)?
Syl: Do you not know who you want to be with Rosa?
Maybe... Second, it may be a while before I update this story again unless I finish the next chapter for Crossed Hearts XOXO!
Syl: I would care if I wasn't in Crossed Hearts.
Third, if you have any questions about the story or me, ask and I might do a question and answer thing-a-ma-job! You can ask more than one!
Syl: Are you done?
Yep!
Syl: Review and answer her questions!
