Chapter 10
~Adrien's POV~
"I'm going to get going." Ivan said as he walked through the door, followed by Max who muttered, "Yeah". They were both in blue firemen uniforms.
The fire department had allowed us to film for a while. At the moment, we were in in the garage with a large walk-in room full of equipment on racks and shelves.
Ivan stopped and looked at a counter with a mirror hanging on the wall above it. "I left them right here." He pointed to the counter and looked at Max.
"I'll check your equipment." Max said, walking to the equipment room. Kim, also in a blue uniform, walked out of the room, passing Max on the way.
"Have you seen my keys?" Ivan called over to me. I looked up at him with my phone held up to my ear. I too was wearing the same blue uniform. I was sitting on a fire engine with Ambrose on my lap.
"No, sorry," I called back. I looked forward, staring at nothing as I talked into my phone. "Hi, yeah, this is Zachary Stone calling again. I left you a message last night. I found your cat, Ambrose, and this number was on his collar."
"Nothing in here." Max called out as he stepped back out of the equipment room.
"Oh, I'm sorry to hear that." I said, still talking into my phone. "Yeah, thank you."
I pretended to hang up, because I wasn't really on the phone with anyone, and put it down next to me as Max walked over.
"Hey what's up?" He asked.
"Uh, well, I found this cat yesterday, and he followed me into my house." I said as I scratched Ambrose behind his ear. "Turns out his owner's this elderly woman who died last week, and she doesn't have any family."
Max sat down next to me as I paused.
"Do you know anyone who wants a cat?" I asked.
Max scoffed. "Not me, I'm a dog guy. I don't understand cats."
Ivan walked into the equipment room as he spoke and turned to us as he entered, pointing to Max. "That's probably because you've never had one."
"Hey, check this out." Max said. "There's this dog on YouTube. He got separated from his owner, walked over a thousand miles, using only scent to find him."
"A thousand miles?" I smiled a bit. "How bad did the guy smell?"
"Alright, maybe I got the actual distance wrong, but that's not the point." Max said. "The point is, dogs are loyal, I get that. Cats, they're mysterious."
"Aw, not once you get to know them." Ivan said walking over to us from the equipment room. "Actually, cats are very intuitive. They feel earthquakes before they happen, they smell smoke long before the fire alarm. They save lives."
"Great." I said to Ivan. "You want to take him?"
"Harriet's allergic." Ivan responded. Harriet was the name of his character's wife.
"Hey, how does the gorgeous dental hygienist feel about cats?" Kim asked, holding part of a hose in his hands.
"Melinda?" I asked, looking at him. I grumbled a bit as I put Ambrose down, then stood up, leaning against the front of the engine and crossing my arms. "I'm not seeing her anymore."
"Yeah, he's dating Blair now." Max smirked. "She's a model."
"Of course she is." Kim said with a small scoff.
"You know, it's like this magical revolving door of beautiful women." Max told me. I chuckled slightly at his wording choice. "And seriously, I don't know what they see in you."
"Women like the challenge." Kim called over. I gave him a questioning look as he continued. "He tells them he's not interested in a commitment, and they think they're the one that's going to change him."
"Zach, she's a model." Max said, causing me to look at him. "Come on, would it really be that hard waking up next to her every morning?"
"She does not want to get married, and neither do I." I told him.
"One of these days," Ivan said. "You're gonna meet the right girl, settle down, get married." He turned and walked away as Max looked down and shook his head.
"It'll never happen." I called after Ivan.
"You don't believe in happily ever after?" He asked.
"I believe in happy right now." I said.
We heard the jingling of keys, and looked over to see Ambrose pawing at them. "Ever after never works." I added as Ivan walked over to Ambrose and picked him up, along with the keys.
"Keep the model," Ivan said facing Max, Kim, and I. "Don't keep the model, but the cat stays." He grinned and held up the keys.
"Scene!" Nino called. He looked happy to finally say that after all the cuts we made. "After thirty-two takes, we finally finished the scene."
"Yes," Alya said. "Except, we're only eleven or twelve minutes into the film, and it's going to be close to an hour and a half."
I smiled a bit, though others complained. I don't care that this is a school project, or that I'm one of the main characters, I enjoy acting out Alya's scripts with my friends.
"Adrikins!" I groaned a bit at hearing the, all too familiar, voice speak my nickname that only she called me.
"What is it Chloe?" I asked, trying my best not to look annoyed.
"You've mentioned my character's name!" She said happily as she stood in front of me. "That means we'll have a scene together soon! Maybe it's the next one, or the one after that!"
"Sorry, but I don't know when Alya will write us a scene to be in together." I tried to say nicely. "The next time I'll film a scene with anyone will be with Marinette. Other than that, it'll just be me and Ambrose."
"Ugh!" Chloe scrunched her face up in anger. "Why does the baker's daughter get a scene with you before me?! We're dating for crying out loud!"
"We're only dating... In the... Film..." I tried to say as she stormed off, most likely to complain to Alya.