Sunbeams fell on Sawyer's face when she gradually woke up, but without opening her eyes yet. She didn't understand how it was possible that those sunbeams were shining on her because the only window in Lindsey's room was located at the head of the bed. When she finally opened her eyes she saw a mirror standing on the opposite side of the room where sunbeams reflected on. Sawyer rolled over to her left sight and found Lindsey lying next to her. She was still asleep but that wouldn't be for long. Just a couple more minutes before the alarm clock was going to wake her up. Sawyer gently pressed a kiss on her girlfriends cheek and then got out of bed. Just when Sawyer had left the room she heard Lindsey's alarm ringing, followed by an annoyed groan. Arrived at the kitchen, she poured water in the coffee machine and pressed the button on top of it. Then she started setting up the table. When the coffee was finished she poured it in two cups and handed one over to Lindsey, who just walked in the room.
"Mmmmh…coffee. Just what I need" Lindsey said satisfied and they both took place at the table.
"Want some cereal?" Sawyer asked.
"Yes please" Lindsey answered, so Sawyer poured some cereal in a big blue bowl. "So, what are your plans for today?" Lindsey asked.
"I don't really have anything planned" Sawyer answered. Now that Lucy's album was completely finished, Sawyer had nothing to do and so did TJ. They only needed to meet up once more to decide which songs Lucy was going to sing on her release party, but they already decide to do that on Wednesday afternoon and it was Monday now. But other than that, TJ and Sawyer could only wait for the company to call to assign them to another job. Maybe next time Sawyer would be working on a movie. That definitively sounded interesting.
"What about you?" Sawyer now asked.
"Well I have to be on set in an hour and a half and I actually have to stay probably till the end."
"Big scenes?"
"Not really, just a lot of little ones." Sawyer nodded. "Hey, maybe I can ask if you can come by on set? You know, if you want to" Lindsey suggested.
"Yeah, that sounds great" Sawyer said excited.
"I'll call Marlene right away."
When Lindsey finished her call with Marlene, she had a big excited smile on her face.
"Let me guess" Sawyer said: "She's letting me on the set?"
"YES!" Lindsey replied with a jump in the air and a hug.
An hour later, Sawyer and Lindsey arrived on the Pretty little liars set. They first went to Lindsey's trailer to put away their bags. Lindsey also found her clothes she would wear for her first scene. Before she put on her clothes she went to the hair and make-up trailer. Lindsey took place next to Shay who was already there and Sawyer decided to wait outside and enjoy the morning sun.
"Hey Sawyer!" It was Troian calling her. She came running over to the trailer with her sunglasses on her head and a cup of coffee in her hand.
"What are you doing here?" she asked.
"Lindsey invited me to come visit the set" Sawyer replied.
"Is she in here?" Troian asked, pointing at the hair and make-up trailer. Sawyer nodded.
"Hey do you even watch PLL?"
"Well…I started watching it when the show premiered but when Lindsey first appeared on it, I kinda stopped. Not because I didn't like the show or anything…Just because, you know…"
"Mmh…" Troian nodded to show Sawyer she understood. "Well now that you're back together, you can start watching again" Troian said with a smirk.
"Well I actually did start again."
"Which season?"
"I'm almost at the end of season 2."
"Wow, than today is gonna be one big spoiler for you."
"Not really. Lindsey was too excited about the things that had happened on set and has told a lot of what happened during the other season." The girls laughed. Behind them the trailer door opened and Lindsey and Shay walked out.
"Good morning ladies" Shay greeted them.
"Ready for another day?" Troian directed her question to Lindsey and Shay.
"Sure am" Lindsey replied with a smile, looking at her girlfriend who smiled back.
The four of them walked over to the school set, where the first scene of the day would take place. Marlene was already busy with ordering people around.
"Hey Marlene" Troian greeted her with a smile and Marlene came closer.
"Good morning girls." Then she turned to Sawyer. "So you are the girl who has our Lindsey all rainbows and butterflies…" Sawyer looked confused to Lindsey.
"I have her what?..."
"Let's just say we've never seen her so happy" Shay said with a smirk and a poke against Lindsey. Lindsey, who had red cheeks now, produced a somewhat embarrassed laugh.
"Marlene, this is Sawyer. Sawyer, this is Marlene" Lindsey introduced them.
"It's nice to meet you" Sawyer said, reaching out her hand. Marlene accepted the handshake.
"It's nice to meet you too. Okay, come on girls. You get in position now. We're first gonna go through the scene as a rehearsal" Marlene said: "Sawyer you can come stand along me."
The rest of the day, Sawyer enjoyed watching the scene rehearsals, the filming and of course the bloopers. Marlene had also let Sawyer follow along the sound director, which she found very interesting. During their lunch break, Sawyer had caught up with the guys and the other girls. Sawyer especially liked talking to Troian. She was very nice and kind. And for some reason it clicked between them. Troian also shared a passion for music.
Later that day, Marlene asked the actors and a couple stage people to come together in the room where they would do their first read-through of a new script. Only this time it wasn't for a new script. It was about finding music for a certain scene, and a very important one it seemed. Luckily Marlene didn't mind Sawyer being in the room too.
"Okay people, we still need some music to put on the background for Allison's return to school scene. There have been made some suggestions, but we haven't been able to find the right one" Marlene started: "Normally it's the producers team who searches the music but for some reason this scene is hard to find a song for. Does anyone has some new suggestions?" The room stayed quiet until Lucy spoke: "Maybe you should play the scene again. Saywer is really good with music, maybe she knows a song that fits." Sawyer was caught by surprise.
"I'd like that idea. What do you say Sawyer?" Marlene asked.
"Sure, I'll give it a shot" Sawyer answered a bit uncertain, excited for the opportunity but also scared for failure. Marlene nodded to a guy sitting a couple seats to the right from her. The guy pressed a couple buttons on his computer and the scene from Allison's return to school played on the rolled out screen. Sawyer watched carefully and before the scene was over an idea already popped into her head. When the scene did end, the guy behind the computer paused the video and all eyes were on Sawyer.
"I may have an idea…" Sawyer was able to bring out.
"Great" Marlene set excited: "Let's hear it." A quick flash of fear raised through Sawyers body. Lindsey, who had noticed the sudden change in her girlfriends eyes, came closer. Sawyer whispered in Lindsey's ear which song had popped into her mind.
"That's it! I can't believe I haven't thought about it!" Lindsey said excited.
"Care to fill us in with your idea?" Lucy asked. Sawyer nodded. She took out her phone and scrolled through a playlist, pressed play and put the volume up. A voice started singing accompanied by the sound of a piano. After the song ended Ashely was the first one to bring out what she thought about the song.
"That song is amazing!" she said with a big smile on her face.
"Guys…I think we found our song!" Marlene announced: "Just one question, Sawyer. Who wrote the song? We do need to get permission to use it."
"Well…actually, I wrote it" Sawyer answered shy. Mouths fell open.
"You…wrote that song?" Lucy asked with big eyes. Sawyer nodded.
"Well that's it. I'm need to get signed as an artist yourself, no hiding behind the buttons anymore for you" Lucy said decisive. And that's what happened, sort of. After giving Hollywood records a CD with a couple songs she wrote, Sawyer got signed as a songwriter. She did started to like performing for small groups again but she wasn't quite there yet to perform on real stages. Sawyer was happy with the new contract. It was already more than she'd ever hoped for.
The song I'm referring to 'Begin again' by Rachel platten, is the actual song used for the scene when Allison returns to Rosewood high school.