Chapter 6

Kings of Leon are nominated for MTV best film clip at the MTV music awards with sex on fire which you stared in is there any hard feeling about that?

No, I'm glad they're getting recognition for the album I know how hard they worked on it. They better win it because I didn't pose nude for anything less than gold. Hahah

The thing is everyone thinks that I must hate them or they hate me it's not true. I talk to them all the time we're still friends.

Even Caleb?

No not Caleb.

We were at the set of Sex on Fire. It was five o'clock in the afternoon. They weren't starting the filming until the sun went down so there be to be much light. It was an abandoned warehouse in the industrial grounds on the outskirts of town. It was a cold over cast day and as the sun disappeared it got colder until I had my second jacket on. The cold seemed to be a problem for Dean because the band was supposes to be sweaty and hot so they had to be wiped down with a mixture of oil and water. The first shots were of them performing. These shots would be the easiest because they were just playing the instruments and acting like they're were performing for a crowd.

The filming process was a lot more complicated than I thought. They did about thirty takes of one scene. Each roll they would have to start from a different spot in the song some they would do a few times. As soon as the stopped shooting people ran out to touch up makeup or fix the back ground. They kept applying water and oil on Caleb because he was supposed to look sweaty in his singlet and jeans. Dean called for a five minute break and everyone separated for some food. We had been there for over three hours.

'Kate,' Dean said catching me as I walked over to the food, 'We're doing your scene next so head over to make up.'

I sat in a chair, in front of the mirror, my hair was in curlers I had heavy black eye makeup on and I all I was wearing was a dressing gown layered with scarfs because I was freezing. My curlers had been taken out and my hair fell over my shoulders. I had to admit I looked pretty good. I stood on the set talking to Dean.

'Ok, so this is a big scene, first you're going to get up from the bed, look around, then you'll walk over to the sink, where you'll pick up bucket of paint, then you'll pick it up walk over to here,' he said marking an x on the floor with chalk, 'place the bucket down, shrug the shirt off, ok we'll start there.' He said. Everyone was still milling around having dinner and conversations. We were only running through it so we didn't need the sound or camera men except for Rob who stayed annoyingly close.

I walked over to the dirty old bed still in my robe and ugg boots, I lay in the bed. 'Ok that's greats, now get up,' So I did, 'Walk over to the kitchen sink and pull out the paint,' So I did, 'Walk it over to the spot and put it down,' So I did, 'Then shrug the shirt off,' I didn't, I just pretended to, 'Ok that's great when you take the shirt off make sure you look over your shoulder in a seductive sort of way,' I did that part again with a seductive look.

'Perfect! Ok I thing we're ready to do this,'

Ten minute later the camera men were back in there spots and we were ready to start.

'Kate gets up there,' said Dean.

Crap, I reluctantly took off my robe and the three scarfs I was left wearing an over sized white button up shirt and a flesh coloured thong. I walked onto the empty set. Everyone who didn't have a job to do was watching. I took my place in the bed. People touched up my makeup and hair then stuck this weird camera in front of my face and then we were ready to shoot,'

'Quiet' Dean yelled from his chair, 'and action!' Music started playing and I followed the directions I was told. I walked to the sink got the paint; put it took a deep breath and shrugged off my shirt turned and gave the camera a seductive smile.

'Cut, perfect Kate darling you're superb!'

Someone watching wolf whistled I was pretty sure it was Jared but I couldn't see past the lights, I quickly grabbed my shirt and tugged it back on.

'We're going to do it one more time,' so like before I got back in to bed.

We quickly moved onto the next shot of me actually painting myself. Dean walked me through my instructions which were easier this time. We only had one shot to for this so I had to do it right. When he yelled action I was kneel next to the bucket and wash myself with the paint.

'Perfect now let's get her painted.' After the shot a few people lead me off to the side still wearing nothing and freezing cold. Were they started pouring blue paint on every surface of my body? While I stood on the side the set was being changed for my shower scene. Caleb came over to where I was standing in a big jacket and beanie by now I was completely blue with paint not to mention shivering and tired.

['You're doing great,'

'Shut up,'] don't no what that's about

'Kate, we're ready now,' said Dean. He gave me another set of instructions again this was only going to be a one take shot so they were using two cameras.

'Action!' he yelled. I walked to the far end of the room and stood under neither a shower. It took every bit of restraint not to scream when the water came down. It wasn't warm water like dean had said someone had forgotten to heat it and I was showering with freezing cold water. The shower scene seemed to last forever and I was finding it hard to be seductive when I had lost feeling in my toes.

'Cut!'

'Holy shit!' I screamed before I could help it, 'You said it would be warm water,' I stammered through shivers. The women from makeup ran up to me a towel and my robe. I sulked off. I passed Caleb who was still in his big jacket.

'Oh my god, you're blue!' he said taking off his jacket and throwing it over me. I tried to stammer out a thank you but it was too cold.

'Someone forgot to heat the water,' I said. He threw his arms around me and rubbed my arms to create a bit of friction.

We had been at the set for just over ten hours. Everyone was exhausted and wanted to go home. Including me I was still wet and freezing not to mention sick with anxiety the last scene would be me and Caleb having sex and we couldn't even ask for a closed set because there wasn't another room they could go in and it was three degrees outside. So everyone on the set was gathered around to watch. My instructions were to be all over Caleb as he sat on the bed, he would be singing the lines for the third verse. First though I had to be wet so I was being rubbed with warm water as I stood buck naked in the corner, it was the most privacy I could get.

Rob had his camera taking in the Video making experience. 'We're here at the set of Sex of Fire, and yes I do have a small role in this film clip. So far I've been painted blue and soon I will be making out with Caleb, it should be good, currently it's three degree's and all I wear is a pear of undies.' I said to the camera. I had to laugh I couldn't even imagine what everybody at channel [v] thought about what I was about to do.

'Action!' Dean yelled. And I walked over to Caleb who was sitting on the bed. I climbed on behind him and stared to kiss his neck and nibble his ears. My hands were on his chest and I was pretending to whisper things in his ears. Well actually I wasn't pretending to whisper in his ears. I was. It wasn't anything sexual I was saying anything that was on my mind.

'Koala's carry Chlamydia' he was trying not to smile when I spoke. 'It's going to take me weeks to get the blue out of my hair.'

'Cut, perfect, let's do it again!' So we did it again, and again and once more for luck. Then we moved on to the actual sex scene.

'Caleb you're on top,' said Dean. So we got in position I lied down on the bed and Caleb was positioned on top trying to put as little pressure on me as possible. Dean was standing over us moving arms and legs so we were tangled together while Caleb and I avoided all eye contact.

'OK, I'm not going to give you much direction just goes with it,' he said walking to his seat in front of the monitor.

'Action!' Caleb looked at me for the first time since he had gotten on me. It only lasted a second then we were kissing first softly then more passionately. His hands were grabbing my hair and I was ripping his shirt off there was a sudden need to be in each other that both of us felt. I had completely forgotten about the crowd Dean had to yell cut three times before me and Caleb heard it. Neither of us moved he was still on top of me and still shirtless. Man did his body looked good even better than Nathans.

Dean walked over, 'That was great guys, I really like the passion,' both of us blushed, 'let's do it again this time Caleb maybe you could pick her up and do it pressed against the wall.' The camera rolled and we skipped past the soft kissing and straight to where we left off. We had moved we were now sitting up in the bed I was sitting on him and before I had even noticed he had lifted me up and carried me across the room. I was now pressed against the wall while Caleb was kissing my neck. My god he was strong not to mention a great kisser I tried to suppress a moan but I couldn't. As soon as the shot ended the set gave a huge applause there were whistles and calling out I'm pretty sure that it was coming from the Followills.

Soon after I was allowed to go and get back in my clothes. We were done and it was almost four o'clock in the morning.

'I'm so tired I can't be bothered to pay you out,' said Jared in the car on the way home.

'I'm so tired I can't be bothered to ask if you're clothes came in men sizes,' The rest of the trip was silent everyone stumbled in side and slept for the rest of the day.