A/N: Anything Bolded and in quotes is reading from a script...You'll understand in a bit
As we all walked into the cool California air, we talked awkwardly as if we were complete strangers. Ethan and Parker were excitedly talking about their wedding plans, while Miranda linked arms with Gordo and Andrea listening to how they met. Me- I walked happily holding Corey's hand chatting about physics and how I needed extra help. As we rounded a corner I noticed this really great bar and grill.
"Hey, how about we all go to McGee's Bar and Grill- I hear the food is pretty awesome- not to mention the beer!" I looked at Corey and we began to laugh, while everyone turned their faces towards us in confusion.
"Yeah, it is pretty good- I met Tony there, or was it Tom?" Miranda added trying to calculate which boy it had been. "No matter, it's still awesome food!"
We all agreed and walked into the huge bar and grill-packed with college students. I looked over at Gordo and he seemed really happy and relaxed even though I had been making him feel a bit out-casted. So maybe I'm being a bit too much of jerk. So the guy broke my heart but we were best friends-so maybe I should just let my feelings die and start again. I am, after all, quite happy with Corey and we do have this amazing spark.
"Gordo, can I talk with you for a sec?" I asked the now tall brunette boy standing before me. He had grown at least a few inches taller since graduation and was looking quite cute.
"Sure Lizzie!" he said excitedly as we excused ourselves from the table. We walked to the washroom area where there was a long hall. "So Liz, what can I do for you?" he asked looking back towards the table and waving.
"I-I just wanted to apologize for being such a jerk. I should be happy to see you-it's just-hard! You know?" I asked him fumbling with the words. He looked deep into my eyes and just kept looking deeper. His expression softened.
"Liz, I know its hard-it's hard for me too. But we both need to move on with our lives-we live on opposite sides of the country-it couldn't possibly have worked out. Besides you seem pretty happy with Corey and he's a nice guy. And I'm very, very happy with Andrea" he looked over at the table and turned back to me. "Lizzie, don't worry so much, you'll be fine. Let's get back-we have some major catching up to do!"
We walked back to the table and began an evening which turned out to be quite fun. We ate a long relaxing dinner and had all different kinds of dessert that we shared. It was like old times again-this time with some new members to our group. As we all pitched in for the tab we grabbed our coats and stepped out of the restaurant for a much needed walk. Gordo had begun to tell us about his new film project with Andrea about the drama in California-he just so happened to ask Corey and I to act for him in the film. It was going to be short and all we had to do was go on a date and get in a fight then make up again. This was an unusual choice for Gordo considering his films were usually about "coming of age" and documentaries. It was obvious that Andrea had swayed him to do a romantic drama.
As we finished off the night and headed back to our apartment, Andrea and Gordo headed to a nearby dorm that they had rented out. Parker and Ethan walked briskly with Miranda talking about wedding plans while Corey and I discussed our roles in the film we'd be shooting on Saturday for Gordo and Andrea.
"I just think it'll be weird fighting with you Liz, we haven't even had a real fight yet," Corey continued as we walked slowly into the apartment and began into the stair well.
"It'll be fine Corey, besides; the make up part will be the most fun!" I said as I winked at him. We'd been going out for just over a week now and things seemed to be moving pretty quickly.
"I guess your right Liz, maybe we should practice that scene-I mean we do want it to look good!" he winked back. Gordo had decided that he wanted us to have a scene that would insinuate us going to bed together including floor play and lots and lots of making out. This surprised me that Gordo would want to see me making out with another guy-but if that's what he wanted that's what he'd get!
"I think that'd be alright!" I began to kiss Corey slowly and teasingly up and down his neck. We were going to practice floor play-even if it meant doing it in the middle of the stairwell. As I kissed his neck we climbed the stairs slowly to his floor and pushed through the swinging door. We began to kiss each other's lips and playfully pushed ourselves from wall to wall as if this were the first and last time we'd ever see each other again. I mean this was acting! We finally reached his apartment and he opened the door with us still lip-locked. I kicked off my shoes and began to pull off my jacket as we backed slowly into his room-but as we reached the door we were interrupted.
"You two kids be safe now-here!" Lance said throwing a condom at us and laughing happily with Miranda at the kitchen counter.
I blushed furiously and followed Corey into his room. "So, now what?" I questioned Corey as we cuddled beside each other on his bed.
"Let's just lay like this-just like this-it's perfect!" he whispered and I closed my eyes falling asleep as he stroked my hair.
Unbeknownst to us, Lance and Miranda were having their own fun-playfully making out and doing God knows what outside in the kitchen. We just slept in Corey's room until the next morning when the sun woke us up.
"Hey beautiful," he said giving me a peck on the cheek.
"Hey," I responded cuddling closer to him.
"We have our physics quiz today Liz, you ready?" he asked as he stroked my hair and entwined his fingers with mine.
"Yeah-I suppose. What time is it?" I asked looking for a clock.
He checked his watch, "7:20" he answered and went back to playing with my hair.
"I guess I should go home and shower because class is at 9 today," I looked up into his piercing eyes and leaned up to kiss his lips. I slowly rose off the bed and grabbed my coat off the floor outside of his room, then put on my hot pink leather pumps. I closed the door quietly behind me and went up the stairs yawning.
As I reached my door I unlocked it to find Miranda and Lance passed out on the couch cuddling. How sweet-for once they won't wake up naked together! I laughed quietly to myself and headed into my room to gather some clothes for the day.
I got ready quickly that morning and was out the door by 8:30. I went down the stairs and headed for Corey's apartment so that we could go to class together. I knocked quietly and he answered the door with his books in tow.
We headed towards the science building and walked slowly as we climbed the steps to our seats to prepare for the half-hour quiz. I was so nervous about doing well on this tiny quiz that I was flipping out. Corey sat beside me and attempted to calm me down which helped. It was what Gordo use to do, tell me I'd do great and that I could do it-and I always did. I just hoped it worked the same with Corey. We took our quiz and as we passed them down for collection-I felt confident I had done at least ¾ of it right.
We left the science building and I continued onto my other two classes-English and vocal training. I was training to be in this choir event that my class had been organizing for Christmas-which was only a month and a half away! My day seemed to pass quickly and as I headed to my apartment at 5 pm that evening my eyes were suddenly covered and I heard a voice say, "guess who?"
I pulled the arm from my eyes and spun around to reveal Gordo and his girlfriend Andrea standing behind me.
"Hey guys, what's up?" I asked casually fiddling with my hair.
"Not much, we were just coming by to run over lines and ideas for filming on Saturday with you and Corey. It's only two days away and we want you guys to be prepared!" Andrea answered in her most professional tone.
"Oh, okay, awesome. Corey should be home-I don't think he has any classes tonight. Come on, we can go get him!" I said as we walked towards the apartment and up the stairs to Corey's door. As I knocked softly Lance answered looking past me and checking out Andrea.
"Hey good looking! What can I do for you tonight?" He began to flirt with her and she blushed as she noticed he was shirtless.
"Oh Lance give it a rest-we've come to see Corey!" I said playfully and swatted him aside.
"Oh, he's in his room!" he answered. We went to his room and knocked, him answering the door shirtless as well.
"Hey Liz," he said kissing me happily, "what can I do for you guys?" he asked pulling on a shirt.
"We came to run lines and prepare for your acting debut on Saturday," Gordo answered with a smile.
"Yeah, okay, so where are we going to rehearse?" he asked eyeing his small apartment.
"Oh, at the beach of course!" Andrea chided.
We all left the apartment with a quick good bye to Lance and headed for the beach. It was still light out and the setting sun was so romantic. As we arrived at the beach we all took off our shoes and walked in the sand.
"So I was thinking we should rehearse the fight scene, since it might take some effort considering you two have probably never had a fight." Gordo began looking us over.
"Now Corey, imagine Lizzie has just had sex with some one else and your best friend had to break the news to you. Lizzie, imagine that the guilt about what you've done is so strong that you can barely look at him. Here are your scripts-now begin!" she said handing the scripts to us.
"Hey Ben, I need to talk to you," I began to read from the script.
"I have nothing to say to you!" Corey began, "You broke my heart! I don't think I can ever look at you again!"
"I haven't done anything wrong!" I pleaded.
"Yeah Cassie, really? Is that what you want me to believe? Johnny just told me about your night with him. Was it good for you? Huh? Was it?" he said beginning to yell.
"I- I can explain! I was drunk- you know how I get with too much liquor- and he was very persuasive! You were gone-remember the fight we had. I was upset, he was just comforting me!"
"Yeah, comforting you with sex! How could you do this to me? I thought you loved me! I mean-I love you!" he answered with tears in his eyes. Corey was quite the actor!
"I do love you! I really do! Don't hate me for my drunken mistake. I love you with all my heart Ben! I really do!" I read from the script and followed the directions to pull him into a deep, lingering kiss. Just as I was about to pull him towards me, Gordo yelled out "CUT!"
"So what'd you think?" I asked as I looked over to Gordo and Andrea. Andrea had tears in her eyes and was wiping them away with a tissue.
"That was beautiful-so real, such anger!" she answered drying her furious tears.
"Good job! That's it for tonight then!" Gordo called and we left the beach heading back towards our apartment with Andrea and Gordo heading back to their dorm.
As we walked I looked up at Corey, "You seemed so angry, it was actually really scary!" I began.
"I'm sorry, it's just that, when I was in high school, in eleventh grade, my girlfriend cheated on me with my best friend- and it was really hard on me." He answered looking down at his feet.
"Oh, you know we don't have to do this thing for them if you aren't comfortable!" I said trying to make Corey feel better.
"I want to, it's fine Liz. Besides, like you said before, the make up scene will be the best part!" he smiled broadly and we headed to the apartment.
The next two days passed quickly with classes and evenings spent cuddling with Corey. It was finally the big acting day and we apparently had to have this filmed by Saturday night because Gordo and Andrea flew back out to New York on Sunday.
We had to meet at the beach by 7 am and that was a tough task in itself. I was tired from the previous night being out at a bar with Miranda and Parker-we stayed out until like 3 am. As I put on some light lip gloss and grabbed some clothes for the different scenes, I heard a knock at the door. It was Corey picking me up to head down to the beach. I grabbed my purse and all of the clothes and we walked out into the dim lit morning hand in hand. We arrived at the beach ten minutes later to find Andrea and Gordo all ready and set up for the shoot.
"Hey guys, nice to see you're on time!" Gordo exclaimed and started fiddling with the camera.
"Here Lizzie, your first costume is your bikini and hair up in a pony tail. Corey, shirt off- you two are lying in the sand and fooling around playfully. This is the perfect light for this scene- the time when you guys are making up- so begin!" Andrea exclaimed and we set to work.
We went through our dialogue perfectly and only had four takes to make it just right. Then came the fooling around! It almost felt awkward to have to kiss in front of a camera, but that still didn't stop us. Andrea gave us some direction in what the characters would have done and we went to work. Corey began with kisses up and down my stomach playfully kissing my neck and moving slowly to my lips in which I rolled on top of him and we began to make out furiously forgetting about the camera and Gordo and Andrea. Things were getting quite heated as we rolled around playfully and Corey even undid the string to my bikini top. We continued to kiss and I undid the strings that were keeping his trunks up playfully, the both of us still in the moment.
"STOP!" Gordo called and we broke out of our little world and realized they were still there. I tied my bathing suit together, which had surprisingly stayed up and Corey tied up his shorts. "That'll be enough for that scene. Now let's move to the scene where you two are fighting!"
I changed into another outfit and Corey left on his trunks. We performed the fight scene just like rehearsed a few days earlier and if I do say so myself, it was awesome! We continued to film the rest of the day and had fun doing so. Corey and I kissed a lot and sometimes we got really into it. The insinuating of the sex-scene was perfect as we watched over the pre-edited material. It really did look like we were going to have sex getting all hot and heavy. Then the film stopped and Gordo smiled happily.
We left the beach and grabbed a shower before heading out to a good bye dinner for Andrea and Gordo. It was kind of sad to see them go, but we managed to have a happy celebration with lots of beer and coolers. I was pretty out of it by the end of the night and fell asleep upon hitting the pillow of my bed.
The next morning my head felt heavy and hurt much like the night Corey and I went to the pub. I slowly rose off my bed and began to get ready hopefully salvaging my Sunday peacefully.