Hey babes! Happy Fourth of July to all my fellow Americans out there. I'm back again with a new chapter for ya! Now we're getting into the movie actually being made. So be ready for some fun stuff. Again, I don't know much about the film-making industry, just from what I've seen and read about. So cut me a little slack as we go forward. I'm doing my best.

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"Well, who's this handsome guy?"

Grant looks up from the open book in his lap to see Skye stepping up into the hair and makeup trailer, a travel mug of coffee in her hand and a messenger bag of sorts swung over her shoulder. Her hair is pulled up into a loose, messy bun on top of her head and she's wearing sweatpants and an old, faded concert t-shirt.

He follows her line of sight to see her looking directly at Max, the German Shepard's head now lifted at hearing the new voice approaching them.

He looks back up at Skye and smiles, reaching down to run one hand through Max's fur. "This is Max. I've had him since he was a puppy."

"Hi there, Max," she says, setting her things down on one of the empty chairs and approaching the dog, slowly getting down into a crouch in front of him. She reaches a hand out to the dog and Grant holds his breath.

Max can be known to be a bit testy with new people he meets, no matter the mood he's in. He'll usually warm up to someone after a while of being around them, but upon the first meet, it's either a hit or miss, there is no in-between. Except for with Kebo, but that's a whole other story entirely. He's just really hoping that this time it isn't a miss.

He can't just not bring Max to set if he and Skye don't get along. He could always leave Max in his trailer all day so he and Skye wouldn't cross paths. But can he really do that to his best friend? Max is used to being able to walk around whatever set he's working on at any particular time. It'd be wrong to force the dog to stay cooped up all day.

Light laughter pulls him out of his thoughts and he focuses on the sight in front of him, a smile tugging at his lips. Skye is sitting on the floor with Max, the German Shepard's front legs are resting up on her shoulders and her head is thrown back in laughter as Max licks at her face.
"He likes you."

"Yeah, I kinda figured that out by the licking attack to my face," she remarks teasingly. She shifts on the floor and carefully removes Max's legs from her body, setting his paws back on the floor. She rubs affectionately at the dog's head, kissing the top of his nose. "You are such a sweet boy, Max. The sweetest boy in the entire world."

"He doesn't normally react to people like that," he tells her honestly, sitting up a little more in his seat and leaning on the armrest. "You should feel pretty lucky right now."

She looks up at him, still running her fingers through Max's fur. "Yeah?"

He nods. "Yeah. Usually, he's a bit more hesitant whenever he meets new people. You're one of the rare few who gets that kind of greeting your first time meeting each other."

She smiles. "Well, now I definitely do feel special."
"Good. I'm glad. And just so you're aware, now that Max has seemed to take such a liking to you, he'll probably try and follow you around set or be near you every chance he gets."

She smiles at the dog. "Well, I'm certainly not opposed to that. You wanna hang out with me on set, Max? Does that sound like fun to you?"

Grant watches with a small smile as Skye continues to fawn over his dog, talking softly to the Shepherd and running her fingers through his fur over and over. He knows without a doubt that Max loves every ounce of attention he's receiving from the brunette.

Grabbing his phone off the table in front of him, he quickly opens up his camera and centers Skye and Max in the shot. Their noses are pressed together and Skye has crinkles at the corners of her eyes and the edges of her lips are turned up.

"Skye," he says after snapping the photo.

She glances up at him. "Yeah?"

"Want me to send this to you?" He turns the phone so she can look at the image on the screen.

Her smile instantly widens. "Yes, please. That's so perfect. I think I may have just found my new wallpaper," she says, looking back at Max and rubbing his head again. "What do you think, boy? Wanna be the background on my cell phone forever and ever?"

He laughs quietly, immediately sending the photo to Skye before locking his phone again and setting it on the counter in front of him. He leans back in his chair and then continues watching Skye interact with his dog.

"You're lucky you're not in your costume yet," he tells her with an amused smile. "They'd probably come very close to murdering you for getting dog hair on your wardrobe."

"Very lucky indeed," she replies, dropping another kiss to the top of Max's head. "I'm going to have to force myself not to hang out with Max while I'm in my costume."

"Oh, you can hang out with him, just don't do what you're doing right now, hugging him and letting him climb on you. That's a sure-fire way to get dirt and dog hair on your costume and have the wrath of the costume designer turned on you. You never want to ruin a costume if you can help it. One of the most important things you should remember. Always do your best to keep your costume intact. Accidents on set happen, that's a given, but don't put yourself in situations where the costumes have a higher chance of getting ruined if you can avoid it."

She nods once. "Got it." She shifts against the floor and tilts her head while looking at him.

"What?"

She shakes her head. "Nothing. I just feel like I should write your rules down."

He rolls his eyes at her remark. "They're not rules, Skye. Just some friendly tips on how to survive this crazy life."

"Right. Well, I still feel like I should write them down somewhere."

"Do what you want," he tells her. "I'm just offering you some friendly advice that I wish someone had given me when I started out. And it's not really that hard to remember what I advise you to do or not do."

"Well, some of us aren't lucky enough to have everything just programmed into our operating software."

Grant sighs. "Still with the robot jokes then, I see."

"Always with the robot jokes," she replies with a cheeky smile.

Grant just laughs quietly and shakes his head, leaning back in his chair and pulling his book open again to continue reading right as the hair and makeup department arrive.

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"So is Max really okay being left in your trailer all day while you're filming?" Skye asks as they make their way toward their first set of the day, dressed up in their costumes and makeup for the particular scene they'll be shooting soon.

He nods, waving to a crew member as they pass by. "Yeah. Like I said earlier, I've had him since he was a puppy and I've always taken him to set with me. At first, he would just hang out with whoever was able to watch him for me while I was filming, but as time went on and he got familiar to the environment of being on a set, it got easier to leave him alone in my trailer. And he knows how to open the door so sometimes he'll wander around by himself. But he always finds his way back to the trailer before the day's out. Even if he's never been to a certain set before, he's always able to find his way around pretty quickly."

"That must have been cute," she says with a smile, "having him with you on set when he was super tiny." She laughs quietly at the images she produces in her mind of a big, muscular Grant Ward carrying a tiny, fluffy puppy around in his arms for hours on end.

"All the women I worked with certainly got a kick out of it. Even if Max wasn't the friendliest toward them."

"Am I really the only person he doesn't hate besides you?"

He shakes his head. "Not really, no. He likes my sister and my nephews and a few others. He's pretty hesitant around most people and has a love-hate relationship with my best friend, but I guess there's just something special about you that he likes." He smiles at her.

She smiles back at him. "Yeah, I guess so."

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Approaching the Scotsman on the set, Skye takes a deep breath before she reaches him, doing her best to calm her nerves. It's not like he's as huge a star as Grant is, but he still has a fairly good following, especially in the UK where he got his start in acting before moving over permanently to the States. Either way, she's definitely a little nervous.

"Hey, you're Leo Fitz, right?" she speaks up somewhat quietly, not wanting to startle him. "I remember seeing you at the table read but we didn't really get a chance to talk that day."

He turns toward her and blinks a couple of times. "Oh, um, yeah, I remember you as well. And you can just call me Fitz. No one really calls me Leo 'cept my mum," he tells her with a small smile.

She nods. "Right. Well, I'm really looking forward to working with you, Fitz. I remember you were on that one show a few years ago after you moved to the States and I'm gonna admit it, I was kind of obsessed. You were great on it."

He smiles. "Thanks. That was a fun one to work on."

"Certainly seemed like it. Is it different working on a movie than it was working on a show?"

Fitz shrugs. "A little, I guess. This is actually the first film I've done, so I don't really know yet. The production time will definitely be different, I know that. But I assume it's the same basic principles of making a show. Just with a few tweaks here and there."

"Yeah, probably. Are you excited, though? About doing this?"

Fitz nods. "I am, yeah. When I was reading the script I knew right away I wanted to play Felix."

"Well, if the table read was anything to go by, then I think you're perfect for the part. First time I read the script, some of the lines weren't really that funny, but then when you read them, holy crap, instantly ten times funnier."

"Well I'm glad I could amuse you," he says with a small smile.

"Me too. And I'm really looking forward to working with you more."

"Likewise."

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Falling down onto her bed after a long day of work, Skye lets out a heavy sigh, completely exhausted from her day on set. It was only their first day of filming but they definitely aren't pulling any punches in the pace of it all. The producers don't want to fall behind in production, and she doesn't blame them.

She's heard plenty of horror stories from various people of movie productions that have fallen behind and she does not want their own movie to fall into that particular category.

Pulling her phone out of her pocket she goes straight into her messages and opens the one between her and Grant, smiling at the photo he sent her earlier that morning in the make-up trailer.

Opening up the photo on Instagram, she quickly bypasses the filters and taps directly inside the caption box, before tagging Grant in the photo and sharing it to her social media.

Fell in love today.
#myheart #ilovethisdogmorethanilovelife

After it posts, she scrolls through her feed, liking the occasional photo as she goes, leaving a comment on a few of them.
A little while later, she sees a new notification appear, letting her know that Grant left a comment on her photo.

IMGrantWard: Max misses you. I think he's having withdrawals.

She smiles at the comment, before writing out a reply.

SkyesTheLimit: IMGrantWard I think I'm having withdrawals from him too.

Closing out of the app after she finishes scrolling through her feed, she sets her phone aside and begins getting herself ready for bed. She's got another long day of filming tomorrow, and she wants to be as well-rested as she can possibly get.

Her phone chimes before she can get too deep into her slumber and she looks over to find a new text from Grant.

Quickly unlocking the message, she laughs quietly to herself when she reads over it.

My best friend saw the picture of you and Max and was very upset by it. He's known Max for years and he never acts like that with him.

Well, that certainly sucks for him, then, doesn't it?

Yes, it does.
I'll let you sleep now. I'm pretty tired myself. See you in the morning, though.

Yeah, see you.
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*AnnikaDavila: Seeing Skye with Grant Ward's dog is my new favorite thing. I need more. Now!
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So...really question here: did she actually fall in love with the dog, or was that just an act to make us all think that she didn't really fall in love with Grant Ward? I can't be the only one thinking it.

#Grant Ward #Skye #my precious children #crazier things have happened #that's all I'm saying

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