The next day Keira woke up early to go to the gym. She wore black work out shorts with a teal sports bra. She was about to go on the elevator when an idea popped in her head.
"Keira just do it" she said to herself in her head. Before she could change her mind she walked to Orlando's door and knocked.
"One second" she heard Orlando say. A few minutes later he opened the door with a towel wrapped around his waist. "Oh hey' he said looking at Keira's face.
Keira tried her best not to blush but felt her cheeks redden. "Hi I um just I was wondering if um-" she stopped as she couldn't find words to speak and started moving her hands nervously as she looked at the ground. When she looked back up her eyes met the ones of a very confused and worried Orlando.
"Keira are you alright?"he asked as he was leaning against his door with his arms crossed. "Why is she here" he asked himself in his head. "Did something happen? Is she sick?"
Keira tried to give him a smile. "Me? Yeah I was just wondering if you would want to come to the gym with me" she managed to say a little too fast.
Orlando scratched the back of his neck then answered. "I have a costume fitting" he said which was true this time. Even if it wasn't he would have made up some excuse.
Keira stood there disappointed before speaking. "Oh yeah sorry. Maybe some other time?" she asked with a small weak smile.
Orlando gave her a small quick nod before closing his hotel door. Once in his room he leaned against his door. "I'm sorry" he thought before heading to get dressed.
Keira stood out there in the hall way in front of his door. "I'm sorry" she thought also.
Just then the elevator door opened and it was Johnny.
"Hey Keira, I wanted to see if you and Orlando wanted to head to the gym. I see you are ready. After that maybe we can go somewhere like pals instead of just co-stars" he said with a smile. His smile faded when he saw Keira's watery eyes while standing in front of Orlando's door. "Are you okay?"
Keira looked at him then nodded. "I'm fine I'm just going to go change." She walked to her hotel room and opened the door before closing it shut.
Johnny stood there wondering what had made her so upset and sighed. "This is going to be a long long two years" he said to himself.
The two weeks of freedom had passed by quickly. Keira kept trying to grow close to Orlando and he kept trying to grow away from her. She continued inviting him to the gym, to lunch, to get ice cream and other things but he continued giving her excuses.
"Why don't you just tell him?"asked Lisa as she helped Keira into his first costume on the first day.
"I can't just walk up to him. What will I say Hi. I lied a year ago and now I want you back?"
Lisa shrugged her shoulders. "Why not? Keira, you guys have lost so much time. What is exactly that you are waiting for?"
"I'm trying to get him to talk to me again, and to stop avoiding me."
"I doubt that will happen. He doesn't know you're still in love with him-"
"How can he not know?" asked Keira slamming her hands on the table in front of her. "I try to be near him all the time and I try to talk to him but he pushes me away."
Lisa looked at her friend with sympathy as she walked over to her. "He's not doing it to hurt you. Orlando probably believes you are just doing all this stuff to be polite or..." Lisa stopped talking as played nervously with her long brown hair that was in a pony tail. She didn't want her friend to feel an worse.
"Or what?"asked Keira looking at her friend's green eyes.
Lisa bit her lips nervously. "There's a possibility Orlando thinks you are just trying to use him" she said quietly.
Keira's eyes grew wide with fear then she nodded. "You're right. He probably thinks that.""
"Keira I'm sorry. I know you never did and never would do something like that, but you told him that you were using him and in front of everyone. That's why it's important you tell him the truth as soon as possible."
"You're right" said Keira nodding. As soon as we film this first scene, I'll tell Orlando the truth."
Lisa smiled as she hugged her best friend. "Now" she said pulling away. "Let's put this veil on you."
