Chapter 16

~Adrien's POV~

"Well, amazing is what I was going for." Chloe smiled with a slight smirk. "So, mission accomplished."

I leaned away when she leaned in. "Adrikins!" Chloe said. "That was our kiss!"

"Cut!" Nino called out.

"I'm sorry, Chloe." I said. "I'm not exactly used to kissing you."

"Oh, don't worry about that." She said, no longer as upset. "You will be in no time.

I seriously doubted that but didn't say anything. Instead, I walked back to the room that had large sections of white paint on one wall on the already maroon-ish red paint. Chloe walked back outside the room and waited.

"Scene thirteen, take four." Alix said, and Nino called out to start taping.

I stared at the wall with the different white paints, my arms crossed so I looked as if I was thinking hard about which one looked best. "Which ones seem creamier or yellowish to you?" I asked.

I turned to look behind me to see Ambrose sitting on that red chair. He rolled over in it, and I waited a little bit before turning back to the wall. Nino was going to have Ambrose mew as if he were responding to me.

"Yeah, I agree." I said. "None of them are right."

I turned back to look at him and tilted my head slightly. "Don't get too comfortable." Ambrose looked at me then walked around on the cushion, rubbing against the right arm of the chair. "I'm still looking for a new home for you."

A doorbell ring went off twice as I turned back to the wall, followed by five knocks. I turned around and walked to the door, and opened it to see Chloe. She wore a tight black dress that ended just above her knees. She wore her hair down and straightened it for her role of Blair. She also wore big, shiny hanging earrings.

"Wow, Blair." I said as soon as I opened the door. "That's some kind of dress.'

"I'm glad you like it." Chloe said. "It's Gucci." Even though it was a designer dress, it was my father's, not a Gucci product.

"I wore it for an editorial in vogue," She said as she walked through the door and passed me, looking around the room. "And they let me keep it... At least they didn't say anything when I took it." She said the last sentence turning around and facing me as I walked up to her.

"What was the ad for?" I asked.

"Toothpaste..." She said. "I think."

"Well, you look amazing in it." I said, taking a couple of steps closer to her. Here it comes...

"Well, amazing is what I was going for." Chloe smiled with a slight smirk. "So, mission accomplished." Time for that kiss...

When she leaned in, I forced myself to lean in too. We shared a quick kiss, and I had to force myself to smile at her as she turned away and walked to the room with all the white paint. When she stopped walking, she looked around and sighed.

"It doesn't look like you've made much progress." She said.

"Well," I said as I walked behind her. "I haven't had a lot of time to work on it." I said as I walked behind her and put a hand on her shoulder with my arm around her.

Chloe had insisted we act more like a couple for the film. I didn't see why not because I'd end up breaking up with her anyway.

"Here." I continued. "Help me pick a color."

"They're white." She said with a scoff as she looked at the shades of white on the wall.

"No." I said as I pointed to each shade individually. "That's eggshell, that's ecru, that one's buttercream, and that one is-"

"They're all white." Chloe interrupted, looking at me with a slight laugh as if I was kidding.

We both looked to see Ambrose walking between us. "What's that?" Chloe asked as we turned around and watched him jump onto that red chair from earlier scenes.

Chloe let out a surprised, yet annoyed breath, and I let out an amused breath, as she looked at me. "You got a cat?"

I smiled a bit and shrugged as I looked at Ambrose, but looked at her when she continued.

"You didn't tell me you got a cat." She looked slightly hurt when she said her line.

"Well, he kind of got me." I said, looking back at Ambrose as he rolled around on the cushion. "Um, I rescued him from a dog, and now he's stuck to me like glue. I've been looking for a family to adopt him."

"Good." Chloe said, looking back at Ambrose with disgust. "Just put him on Craig's List or Petfinder. Get rid of it."

I looked at her with slight confusion. "I'm kinda surprised you don't like cats." I paused as she looked at me. "I thought you'd be more of an animal lover since your father owns a pet supply store."

"A cat's a nuisance." She said, smiling in amusement and shaking her head. "You have to clean up after it, feed it, what if you want to go to Italy for Christmas on a whim? You're going to have to find somebody to look after it."

She paused and looked at me with a serious expression. "It's like having a kid, only worse because it never grows up and moves away."

I looked at her, then back at Ambrose. "He's only here until I find him a new home anyway."

"That's why I like you so much." Chloe said as she smiled and put a hand on my shoulder before starting to rub my upper arm. "Good times, no strings. Now please go get dressed. I made us reservations at Mangiamo."

"Oh, fancy." I said with no excitement as I turned and walked away.

"I want you to meet my friends." Chloe called after me. "I know you'll just love them." She then looked at Ambrose and rolled her eyes with disgust.

"Cut!" Nino said, and I turned around again and walked back into the room with Chloe.

"Good job, Adrikins." Chloe smiled at me and took a step closer. "I bet you're already getting used to kissing me."

I stepped back away from her and forced a smile at her. "I don't know, Chlo." I said. "I need to focus more on being ready for the kiss between Zachary and Marilee. I'm not sure when it is yet."

Chloe looked questioningly at Nino. "Hey, don't look at me." He said as he was putting away the camera with Alix's help. "I don't write the script."

"Right." Chloe said. "Where's that nerd?"

"Alya..." Nino said in a correcting voice. "had to leave early to get an early start on those scripts. She said that she hadn't expected us to finish the scene so early because she made arrangements for us to film at the restaurant tomorrow."

Chloe groaned. "Fine." She sighed. "She needs the extra time anyway. Maybe she'll actually make good scripts if we give her the time she needs."

"Alya is doing just fine in writing our scripts." I said, frowning at her. "But yes, she's said that she needed time to finish all the scripts."

Chloe rolled her eyes slightly. "I still don't see why Blair and Zachary can't just stay together. Marilee really ruins their relationship."

I didn't say anything. I didn't agree with her at all. I knew the relationship between Zachary and Blair would never last long, just like any chance of romance between me and Chloe.

I'm kind of excited to get more filming down. That means filming with Marinette, and less screen time with Chloe. Plus, I'm curious to see how Zachary and Marilee's relationship turns out.