That night after the bar, the kiss, the conversation I spent a sleepless night tossing and turning. The whole thing ran through my mind on an endless loop accomplishing nothing but making me tired and grouchy. What did Katie want? Hell, what did I want? Was it just sex? Did I want a relationship? Will this ruin our friendship? What about Paul? How was I going to work with her everyday? What happens now? Blah, blah, blah.
I really don't have the answer to any of those questions, so I decided to stop asking them, or at least stop asking them so much. The truth is I don't know what's going to happen next, and I kinda like not knowing. My whole life I've thought things through, maybe too much. This time I was just going to go with it and see what happens.
So here I was, two uneventful days later back at work. Two days where I tried my best not to think so much about Katie (failed). I pulled into the parking lot and I was once again giving myself a little pep talk, preparing myself to see Katie. I told myself that this time I wouldn't let her affect me so much, I was going to be cool (yeah right).
And I was cool. I was cool when I bumped into Carter at craft services. I was cool all through hair and make up. I was cool all the way to the set. My coolness was ruined the second I saw Katie. Two days. Two days and it's like I had forgotten how truly stunning she was. She was sitting in her chair a little behind and left of the monitors, head back, laughing. I swear my heart both stopped and started beating faster at the same time. As if she could sense me she turned her head to the side, and smiled, giving a little wave.
I unstuck my feet and moved to the chair next to her. She looked at me with a little smirk, "Hey, Rita."
"Hey, Katie" I said mirroring her tone. Her smirk turned into a smile, and it happened again. That thing where it's just me and Katie, and everything else just disappears. Just looking at each other, lost in a moment,
"Hey girls." We were pulled from the moment when Bailey came up to stand up beside me, the three of us we filming together today. She gave us both a quick hug. "So, what's new? How was your weekend?" she asked moving the third chair so we were sitting in a semi circle.
The image of Katie kissing me in the parking lot popped into my mind. "Uh, it was good…quiet…uneventful," real cool, Rita.
"Quiet, uneventful, Rita, did you stay home again all weekend? You need to get out more." Baily said.
"What? I go out, I went out this weekend" I laughed.
"Really, like to a place with people?" Bailey joked. The running joke around here was that I was a homebody, and never went anywhere, which wasn't true (mostly).
"Yes with people." I said with a goofy face.
Katie spoke up, "Paul kinda made her go out with us."
"I knew somebody had to twist her arm, so where'd you go?"
"This bar in the valley," I answered "they have a couple of pool tables, the guys beat us so bad." I realized my mistake too late, knowing Bailey would be all over it.
"Guys. Guys, was this a double date? Ohh Rita I need details." Bailey leaned forward as she asked me.
I glanced at Katie, she just raised her eyebrows at me. Ok I was getting no help from her. "No, it wasn't a double date, other people were there, too. Apparently Paul invited his friend Alex because he thought we might get along." I glance at Katie again, just looking at me, her face unreadable.
"And did you? Get along? Is he cute?" Bailey asks. That's the thing about Bailey, she'll ask a million questions and not stop till she gets all the answers.
"Uh yeah we got along, he seems like a really nice guy, he's an architect, he designs eco-friendly houses and stuff." I really didn't know what to say to Baily. Something along the lines of yeah he's ok but Katie's actually more type would start a whole other line of questions that I defiantly wasn't ready for.
"That's all I get? Come on Rita, give me something, anything. Has he called you? Are you going to see him again?"
I could feel Katie's eyes on me waiting for an answer, "Um I don't know. We exchanged a few texts yesterday, he's heading to Boston for a conference tomorrow, so I don't know." I look back at Katie to see her frowning.
"Alright ladies, it's time." Yes, saved by the bell, or the director.
9 hours later we were finally done for the day. I was tired, ready to go home and take a long bath and a glass of wine. I felt Katie's arm slip easily through mine, she looked at me and batted her eyelashes "Walk me to my trailer?"
I laughed at her "Anytime."
"You were awesome today, by the way." Katie was looking at me seriously. "That scene with you and Bailey when you were talking about Karma, it was beautiful."
I don't say anything, I'm afraid to. In the scene Amy was talking about how Karma made her feel after they had kissed, it was a beautifully written scene, but in my mind I was talking about Katie. "Thanks" I say simply
As we walked I could see Katie kept looking at me, I knew she wanted to ask me something. "Just spit it out." I said finally with a smile.
"What?" She asked
"I know when you've got something on your mind so what is it?"
"Um…I…well I just didn't know that you and Alex were like texting each other now." She wasn't looking at me now. Why was she bringing him up?
"Well just a little yesterday, nothing important. He just said that he had fun the other night. It's not a big deal." Why did I suddenly feel the need to defend myself.
"Oh…and you never answered Bailey's question." She looked at me as we arrived at the steps to her trailer.
"What question, she asked so many of them." I said trying to lighten the situation a little.
Her brows did that little crease that I love so much, and she asked quietly, "Are you going to go out with him? With Alex?" Katie was looking at me again, looking into me, looking past all the bullshit. I looked right back at her.
"I thought we already agreed he wasn't my type." I didn't smile when I said it, I just looked right back at her, hoping she would see the honesty in my answer.
Katie just turned walked up the steps and open the door to her trailer, once inside she turned back around to me. "Are you coming in?"
