When the script came out/fittings/rehearsals
Blake's POV
"Today's the day!" I yell in my head. All I can do is smile, I turn to my side to look at Maria as she sleeps. I don't want to wake her, so I slowly move myself off the bed and head into the living room. I just can't help but smile as I start making my usual breakfast, cereal. Millions of thoughts rush into my head as I eat, the first one being who will I be dating! I start going over all the possibilities of who I will be working with. One thing is for sure even though my character is going to be in a relationship, I hope I also get to work with Cory. I can't wait to get to paramount! I finish my bowl of cereal and place it in the sink, then begin to get ready. As soon as I'm down I go back into the bedroom to grab my wallet. I slowly walk over to Maria's side of the bed and lay a gentle kiss upon her forehead. I walk out the room making sure to leave her a note in the kitchen before I walk out the door. I can feel this is going to be a great day.
-Cut to Melissa-
Melissa's POV
I honestly really nervous about the script today. Ryan had told me that he wanted Marley to have an eating disorder but he never told me when it was going to happen. What if it's this episode, it just makes me nervous and excited. Also I get to find out about Blake's character which I'm excited about. I really hope we get to work together he seems so nice and sweet. My thoughts are cut off when my phones begins to ring beside me. Nicks name flashes on my phone, so I answer it.
"Hey baby, how are you?" he says.
"Hey, I'm great, how are you?" I tell him.
"I'm good, I know your about to go to work, I just called to tell you that I love you and miss you and that I'm super excited that I'm coming to visit you in 2 weeks!" he says excitedly.
"Aww I love you too. Things have been feeling a little lonely here, so I can't wait for you to come, I miss you like crazy" I say.
"Well I see you soon sweetie' he says.
I hang up the phone and begin to get ready. As soon as I'm done dressing I begin to fix my hair. I look at the time only to see I have spent over 45 minutes doing my hair. "Crap I'm going to be late" I yell out loud.
I grab my purse and my keys and head out the door.
-Cut to Blake-
Blake's POV
I get to paramount and I'm direct escorted to Ryan's office. His assistant tells me that he wanted to speak to me before handing me my first script so we can talk about my character. Walking down this hallway felt like it was taking forever, but I could finally see the sign pointing to Ryan's office. This is insane, I'm about to figure out who my character will be! The assistant opens to door for me and I see Ryan sitting at his desk. He walks around his desk and greets me with a hug.
"Hey Blake, how's it going?" he says.
"It's going good sir, how are you?" I say.
"Oh Blake, don't call me sir…It makes me feel old" he says.
"I'm sorry sir—I mean-Ryan" I say nervously.
"Okay so let's get to discussing you're character. His name is Ryder Lynn, he is a sophomore. He plays football. He has some crushes in my as you may see when you read your script. I also wanted to you about where I want to go with you character." He says.
I begin taking in all the information about my character. It's basic so far, and I think Ryder's a pretty good name. I stop thinking for a second and may attention to what Ryan says.
"I want Ryder to struggle in school. I want him to have a learning disability, we had the character of Sam have dyslexia, but we never really explore the depth of it. So I really want to do that with your character, and I think it's going to inspire a lot of people with a learning disability" he says.
Wow, I mean that seems like a pretty emotional storyline, but I'm extremely excited. We talk some more before he gives my first script. I'm sort of freaking out this is it, my first episode. I get up from the chair as Ryan comes back over to hug me.
"Thanks Ryan" I say.
"Don't worry Blake, you're going to do great" he tells me.
I walk out of his office and try to find the nearest sitting area so I can begin reading my script. I'm super excited. I sit myself down on a bench as I begin to read. The episode is in entitled "The Role You Were Born To Play". My first scene is where Finn is recruiting new male for the lead in the school play which is "Grease". I continue to read further into the script and I start freaking out. My dream of working with Cory is coming true! I get to have a duet with him, and I get to interact with him. This is amazing! I read much further, and what do you know….my love interest is Marley. I feel a smile creep upon my face, this is going to be great. I find out towards the end of the episode, that Ryder gets to be lead as the awesome Danny Zuko. I finish reading the script and I can't help but smile. Another assistant finds me sitting on a bench, and tells me that they need to me to go right into fitting, and that I have to start dance rehearsals for "Born To Hand Jive" right away. Wow this is going to be crazier than I though.
-Cut to Melissa-
Melissa's POV
I get to set and go straight into getting into the character as Marley. First I have to go change, then I have to get my hair and makeup done because I'm filming a scene for "The Break Up" episode where Jake cancels on Marley because he doesn't want to go over grease songs with her. I head to set after becoming Marley, however the crew needs at least 30 minutes, so I head back to my trailer where I find my script for episode five placed in my mail box. I grab the script and take a seat on my chair. I begin to read the script, I read the first few pages and I already know this is going to be a great episode. I have a duet with Alex, I start fangirling for no reason, I just love working with Alex, he is just fierce. I find out Blake's character is name is Ryder, and I already love his and Marley's scene together. It's really adorable, the character of Ryder is already adorable. I get to work with Blake this is going to be amazing. I know I probably won't work with him that long, as now its official, Marley got herself in a love triangle. I gather my thoughts and finish reading the script before hearing my phone ringing. It's was Becca.
"Melissa, the crew is having some problems right now so we are starting dance rehearsals for "Born To Hand Jive" okay?" she tells me.
"Oh okay Becca, thanks for telling me" I say
"Of course girly" she says.
I hang up the phone and get my things and start walking my way to dance studio.
-Cut to Dance Studio-
I walk in late, everyone is already there. Harry, Amber, Jacob, Becca, and even Blake. I go over to the wall to place my things against it before joining the others. I walk over to Blake, and he greets me with a hug. It was an odd feeling, the hug felt so warm, and comfy. I sort of felt like I was in a dream. What the hell is wrong with me, I have a boyfriend who I'm in love with…this is just some stupid attraction because I've been lonely here without nick. Thank god he is coming in 2 weeks, I really miss him. My thoughts are cut short when Blake begins to speak to me.
"So Melissa, what did you think of the script? Zack told me everyone already read it, things work faster than I expected" he says.
"Yeah, I did read it. I thought it was amazing, I'm so glad that we get to work together. To be honest I actually fine your character rather charming and adorable." I begin smiling like a complete doofus "and yeah it's crazy here every day" I say.
He starts smiling at me back, making my smile even bigger. My face is getting a little hotter and I know I'm starting to blush. I'm not sure what Blake is doing to be so charming right now, he hasn't really even spoken an actual sentence. I feel this strange connection, and I just met him. "I'm really excited to work with you Melissa, and I do agree Ryder is an adorable little charming ass devil" he says.
I start laughing at his comment "Yes he is, anyways how are you?" I ask.
"I'm good, a little nervous and freaked out by all this, but I'm good. What about you?" He asks me
I make sure to bring up Nick "Don't worry Blake, you got this…and I'm okay, I just really miss my boyfriend" I say.
"Oh you have a boyfriend? Does he live here in LA?" he asks.
"No he doesn't he lives in New York" I say.
"Well that sucks, no wonder you miss him" he says.
"What about you, I'm sure an attractive guy like you has some girl at his hip" I say.
He gives a slight smirk "I do have a girlfriend, and she lives here with me" he tells me.
"Well that's good, at least she's here with you instead on the other side of the country" I say.
"Well I don't know about that" he says softly.
"Why is that?" I ask
"I'm not sure, lately it just feels different. I'm sure it's just all the adjusting to this lifestyle for her" he says.
"Yeah that's probably it" I tell him.
Are conversation is cut short, when we begin the choreography with Zack, Brooke, and Britney.
Blake's POV
We are starting to dance to the music the backup vocals have already recorded. I feel like a complete idiot, but being there with everyone especially Melissa made me feel comfortable. I'm not sure what it was but Melissa being there took a lot of pressure of my first glee rehearsal. She made today easier and I couldn't stop smiling.
I take Melissa's hands and we begin to gallop to the left, I'm not sure why but that moment there felt really nice. I can't explain it, but I feel we already have great chemistry so this is going to be fun playing the love interest to Marley.
We continuing dancing for about another hour. I'm dead tired, worn out and it was only the first day too. This is going to be interesting. Zack calls it a day, and I walk over to the wall to grab my things. I see Melissa things next to mine so I picked them up and walked them over to her.
"Here you go" I say.
"Thanks Blake" she says smiling.
"Well that was a fun first day for me" I say.
She starts laughing "Get us to it, anyways it was funny hanging out here with you today" she says.
"You too" she starts walking away "Hey, Melissa wait up" I yell to her as we walk out of the dance studio.
"Yea, Blake?" she says.
"This may sound weird, but I was wondering can I have your number? Don't worry this isn't a like pick up line or something, I just wanted to be able to talk to you as a friend outside of work" I say awkwardly.
"Nice" she laughs. I give her my phone for her to enter her number in "here you go, just text me whenever" she says smiling.
"Will do" I say. I go in to hug her once again. This time the hug was different than the first one I gave her today. It was like we've been friends for a long time. "Well by Melissa, I see you tomorrow" I says.
"You too" she tells me.
-Cut to Blake getting home-
I walk into my apartment only to be attack by the little fury creature named Milli.
"Looks like someone missed you today" Maria says.
"I guess so" I say smiling.
"She wasn't the only one who missed you today" Maria got up and walked over to give me a kiss. She gently presses her lips against mine "how was your first day?" she asks.
"I missed you too, and it was great. I had a really good time, and I met some great people." I say holding Maria in my arms.
"That's great babe, so are you allowed to tell me anything?" she asks with a smirk.
"I'm not going to tell you anything, unless I have a kissing scene of course. When that times comes I'll tell you" I say, pressing my lips against hers once again.
"You suck" she pushes me softly
"You know you love me" I say with a smirk.
"Yes I do, now can we go on our date now?" she says smiling.
I place Milli in her cage, and grab Maria's hand as we walk out the door.
-Cut to Melissa in between takes-
Melissa's POV
I grabbed the phone and search for him in my contacts. It's late over there, and he has to go to bed early, but I have to call him. I press the call button and place my phone against my ear.
"Hey…" I say
"Hey babe, how are you?" he says
My eyes begin to tear up "I'm good, I'm really sorry for calling this late. I just really wanted to hear your voice" I struggle to say, while crying.
"Baby, its okay…I'll be with you in two weeks just got to wait a little longer" he reassures me.
"I know, I just I miss you so much, we haven't really been apart like this" I say trying to dry my tears.
"I understand this is hard for me too, but we love each other, so we can do this" he says putting a smile on my face. "Look I got to go, but remember I love you"
I hang up the phone, and try to pull myself together before anyone realizes I have been crying. I just miss him so much, I don't understand why he wouldn't move out here with me. This sucks so much, I'm not sure how long I can do this anymore. However I love him so I'm going to try, but if or when it gets too much…I have to end it. I can't keep feeling like this.
A strange thought came across my head, when I was with Blake I completely forgot all about my relationship problems. He made me forget about them. I wish he could take right now. I feel like I need his advice. Before I knew it I was receiving a text message from an unknown person
TEXT: "Hey Melissa. It's Blake I just wanted to text you that it was so much fun hanging out at the studio today. I wanted to thank you for being so nice and welcoming today. I hope we can become really great friends. I wish I could call you but I'm busy so I only had time to text you. Your awesome :D!"
A smile creeps upon myself, and suddenly I feel like things will be okay. I shouldn't worry, and I own this all to Blake. I look down and smile before having to do another take.