Chapter Seven

Wary

"Cut! Great job everyone; you have an hour and a half for a lunch break and then come back here so we can start the next scene!"

WayneWayne smiled and clapped along with his cast mates, watching as the director and cinematographer started to pack up their things and get ready for the next scene. He ducked out of the way as some of the crew started to walk by, carrying large pieces of set. He couldn't explain it, just something about being on set, whether he was watching his father produce, acting in the production, writing his own TV pilots, or even having a short chance to film something, it gave him a high each and every time. It was something that he ended up being more addicted to than he thought. The only complaint that he had about it was constantly leaving his friends for weeks at a time.

He pulled his phone from his pocket and dialed Dak's number. "Hey Dak, it seems that we're going to be done working earlier than I had planned, so I'll be down in Denver a couple of days early. Let me know about the hotel info and I'll get back to you later." After leaving the message, he hung up the call and dialed another number. "Hey Riles, I'm guessing it's either really late or really early since you're not picking up, I hate the time change thing here. Sorry about that, anyway, I think it's your turn to pick out the movie that we watch, so I hope you have that done by the time you get to Denver so we can have another date. Later." Once again, he hung up that call and dialed another one. "Hey Rhubes, like I said to Riles, it must be really late or early there, sorry. But I need you to do me a favor so call me back when you get the chance, please and thanks."

He hung up his phone once more and headed over to the craft services table to figure out what he was going to eat that day for lunch. It was probably his second favorite thing about working, every one of his favorite food items was on the craft table. The whole time that he had been in Vancouver, he and his cast mates had been eating nothing but crepes. It was his new food obsession and he didn't think that he was going to shake it anytime soon.

WayneWayne grabbed a plate off of the end of the craft services table and started to move down the buffet line, looking to see what he wanted to eat that day. He lifted his head, his eyes scanning around to see where his cast mates had gone to sit. It was a bit of tradition for them to eat together every day. WayneWayne liked that about working with people that were close to his age, he didn't have to eat alone, and they actually became friends. When it was people that were older than him, he was never sure if they were acting professional or not.

When it comes to working on movies or TV you never know.

WayneWayne turned his attention back down to his plate and continued to step to the side, accidentally jostling a girl beside him, knocking her plate to the ground.

"Oh, I'm sorry!" WayneWayne bent down and quickly picked everything up, handing it back to her. He then gave a sheepish smile. "I don't even know why I'm giving this back if you have to throw it all away now," he said with a slight laugh.

"Oh, it's alright," the girl replied with a bright smile, moving her dirty-blonde hair from her face. "I wasn't sure if I was going to eat any of this anyway." She gave him a pleasant smile before tossing the plate out into the trash can beside her. Her smile widened as he reached over and grabbed another plate, handing it to her. "I'm Mel, by the way." She greeted. She cut WayneWayne off as he opened his mouth to speak. "And you're Wally Dooley, yeah; I have a cousin that loves to watch the Ziggle Zaggles."

WayneWayne paused. "You don't expect me to sing the Banana or Bath Tub song do you?" He asked slowly.

Mel giggled, her green eyes flashing. "No," she reassured him, shaking her head. "I hear that enough at home. Plus," she looked at him out of the corner of her eye as she started to stack up her plate again. "I'm sure that you get enough teasing from your friends about it." She then turned to face WayneWayne completely. "I can see how that can get annoying."

"You can't be friends if you don't tease each other every once in a while," WayneWayne shrugged. He then studied her closely. "I don't mean to be rude, but I haven't seen you around much-"

"Oh, I'm a new temporary intern." Mel supplied quickly. Her eyes darted back and forth, as if she was trying to figure out what she wanted to say next. She noticed WayneWayne looking at her, waiting to see if she was going to keep going, and blushed, looking at her feet. "I want to become a cinematographer."

"That's cool, as clichéd as it sounds; I want to be a director." WayneWayne nodded encouragingly.

"It's not clichéd when you have the face for it," Mel replied sweetly. "Hollywood, or Canada for that matter, could use better looking directors." She seemed to have noticed the way he froze and the uncomfortable look across his face for she took a step back. "I'm sorry, I'm being too forward. You have a girlfriend right? From the DarkElements?"

WayneWayne blinked slowly, trying not to panic. "How did you know that?" he asked slowly. So far he hadn't told anyone besides his family and friends that they had started to go out. He didn't officially announce it to anyone, as he was still waiting for Riley and Ronan to get back to him after talking to their publicist about it as well as to what to expect now that people knew.

Mel shrugged. "I read it in a magazine," she replied quietly. "It was PopTiger, Universe, or BopMe. I don't remember which one." She shrugged. "They all sound the same."

Fuck, WayneWayne squeezed his eyes shut. Riley's going to kill me if she doesn't know about this already.

"You're dating Rhuben right?" Mel continued.

"Riley." WayneWayne corrected.

"Sorry," Mel lightly hit herself on the forehead. "I can never tell the two of them apart." She looked over her shoulder for a moment before picking up her plate. When she turned back to WayneWayne, her eyes narrowed a little bit and a small, devious smile slid over her lips. "I have to go and sit with the other interns, but I'd like to see you around sometime, you seem like the kind of person that would be interesting to talk to."

"Thank you…?" WayneWayne phrased it as a question, not sure if he should outright thank her for the compliment.

Mel smiled and walked away.

And for the first time in his life, WayneWayne felt unsafe.

A/N: Sorry it took a while for me to update and sorry the update is short, I've been working as well as doing some yard work. I've also had a bit of writer's block that I couldn't shake. But here's the best that I could do, I didn't want you guys to wait so long for it so that's why I just did this, but hopefully it still amps up the suspense and everything. I hope you can overlook the wait by enjoying the chapter. *Sheepish Smile*

Cheers,

-Riles