"Kate why are you here?" Orlando asked her in his dressing room. The minute he saw Kate on set dressed as Keira's character he knew she was here to cause trouble. At least that's what he thought…
"Orlando" she said trying to calm him down as she watched him tap his foot impatiently in worry. She thought it would be best if she just sat still on a chair and stayed calm herself. "I am not here to cause any trouble. Believe me, I'm not like that anymore-"
"Then why would you accept a role here? Better yet why would you accept her role?" he started. "You I love her so why come here and for what?"
"Because I told her to" said Lisa with a grin as she walked in and closed the door. "I heard Edward Russo was looking for an understudy for Keira so when I heard he had hired Rupert as yours to cause hell, I thought why not give Edward a taste of his own medicine."
Orlando looked at the two women standing in front of him confused. "You…you told her too? You told Kate to accept Keira's role as an understudy…on this movie set?"
"Yeah" Lisa said with a grin which Kate gave back.
Orlando sat there still for a minute in utter confusion and in…..well..just mainly confusion. "Lisa, I don't quite understand why?"
"Because she's part of my plan" Lisa said as she put her hand on Kate's shoulder. "My plan to put everything back to normal. He hired Keira's ex to give you hell, so now your ex is going to cause him hell."
"Lisa told me everything that Edward Russo is doing to you and Keira and after all that I did to you in the past I just thought this was a way of saying sorry" Kate said with a small smile not sure if Orlando would allow her to help.
Orlando kept looking at the two before he released a chuckle. "You two actually came up with a plan..together?"
"Don't sound so shocked. Kate's actually a pretty nice gal" Lisa said.
Both Kate and Orlando laughed until they faced each other. "Orlando you were an important part of my life, you helped me through thick and thin and I never appreciated that." She started as she walked closer and put a hand to his shoulder. "Let me make up for it by helping you now."
Orlando released a small grin before pulling her in for a hug. "Come here you." Kate laughed as she hugged him back . "It's nice to have the old Kate back" he whispered to her.
Kate smiled. "It's great to be back" she replied.
"Aw, isn't that sweet" said Lisa as she smiled at her power to fix friendships.
Kate gave her a smile. "Come on, join in" she said as she gestured her to come over.
Orlando watched and did the same."Yeah you too, get over here" Orlando said as he pulled Lisa in for the hug.
As soon as they pulled apart Orlando was eager to hear exactly what Lisa and Kate had in mind.
"Well Edward Russo told you guys to avoid any scandals right?" asked Kate as she tapped her finger on her chin. "He's about the meet the queen of scandals…." she finished with a grin.
"Rupert I didn't know you were offered to be an understudy here?" Keira asked Rupert as she, Rupert sat on the chairs behind the set reviewing lines while Jerry and Johnny sat on other chairs nearby making sure Rupert didn't try anything.
Rupert gave her a small smile. "I didn't tell anyone because I wasn't completely sure if I should accept the role with everything that happened in the past. I wanted to make sure things wouldn't be weird between you and Orlando-"
"Um baloney" Johnny said as he fake coughed earning him an elbow from Jerry telling him to sssh.
Rupert gave him a small glare while everything went unnoticed by Keira who was looking towards the ground. "Well you don't have to worry about that now. It's ancient history-"
"Oh yeah I heard about that. What exactly is it that happened between you two?"
"Playing dumb huh? Well I oughta-"
"Johnny!" whispered Jerry in a small yell seeing as Johnny was having a hard time controlling his opinions.
"To be honest" Keira continued still not having heard Johnny. "I don't know. I've asked him numerous times and he just doesn't tell me."
"Well to be honest I'm glad you two broke up" started Rupert causing Keira to look at him in surprise. "You deserve better than that, you deserve better than some guy who's just going to manipulate you and then change his mind after he's gotten what he wants."
"Manipulate?"Johnny said to Jerry in shock and anger. "Did he say that? Well look who's talking-"
"Johnny! For the last time keep it down!" Jerry said as he elbowed him again causing Johnny to scream "Ow!"
Keira heard that and when she looked towards Johnny she saw him and Jerry just smile and wave to her. Being confused and a little uncomfortable, she turned back to face Rupert.
"Thank you Rupert that means a lot to me" she said as she gave him a small smile. She was glad she had Rupert at this time. Even after she broke his heart he acted so sweet to her and showed genuine friendship. Maybe a little too much kindness..
After Keira had thanked Rupert he gently grabbed her face and he seemed to be leaning in. Johnny turned just in time to catch it and quickly thought of something to stop it.
"Ah Keira!" he screamed as he jumped out of his chair and ran to her. Keira immediately realized what was just about to go on and thanked Johnny a million times in her head. Rupert moved his hands from Keira's face as soon as Johnny came and stood right in between them.
"What is it Depp?" Rupert asked sounding rather annoyed. His tone was one thing Keira had noticed.
"Well I just came over here to tell Keira that, well" Johnny paused not having completely thought his plan through.
Fortunately, Jerry came to his rescue. "We wanted to tell you that the scene where you and Johnny kissed might be cut out."
"Yes!" said Johnny immediately trying to go with the flow. "Our kiss, our kiss is a no no."
Keira nodded understanding and that turned to confusion. "Why though?"
"Why? Why. Jerry tell her why." Johnny said giving the responsibility all to Jerry who gave Johnny a look that said "thanks for nothing."
"It's not final or anything yet. The writers are still contemplating whether or not they want to cause that much tension between Will and Elizabeth."
"Oh I see" Keira said believing it. "Okay, well thank you."
"You welcome" Johnny said as he took off his Captain Jack Sparrow hat in nerves.
Keira nodded once again wondering why he and Jerry were still standing there in between her and Rupert. "What on earth are these two hiding from me?" Keira asked herself in her head as she studied them closely.
Johnny feeling Keira's eyes on him swallowed hard. He was nervous that she would be able to figure out he was hiding something if she smelled his fear. He decided the best way for her not to find out anything was if he wasn't there.
"Well this was a nice little chat" he said. "I'm going to head on over to my chair and finish reviewing lines, Jerry let us go now" Johnny said as he pulled Jerry by the arm back to their original spots.
"That was odd" Keira said as she still looked at them before looking back at Rupert who was drawing something intently on the back of his script."What are you doing?" she asked in curiosity. When she tried to peek he playfully pulled it away.
"Not yet" he said in a teasing tone before he finished. When he handed her the script she opened her eyes a little wide once she saw that he had drawn …her.
"Rupert.. you did this just now?" she asked as she looked at him in disbelief.
He nodded. "Yeah.. it's not that great-"
"It's amazing" she told him. "Rupert" she said before leaning in to hug him. "You are too good of a friend to me you know that?"
At that worst moment Orlando walked in to see Keira hugging Rupert. Her back was too him so only Rupert could enjoy the look of heart break and jealousy on Orlando's face.
"Yea, but only because I care about you and would never do anything to hurt you" he said loud enough to make sure Orlando heard.
Orlando kept looking until he remembered why he walked back stage for. "Johnny" Orlando said as he stood behind Johnny making him jump when he heard someone call his name.
Johnny turned and rolled his eyes at Orlando. "You know I have been come more jumpy ever since joining this film. I'm starting to think it's all you people and-"
"You can explain later. Right now, I need you and Jerry to come with me."
Johnny and Jerry not knowing what all this was about followed Orlando to his dressing room eager to know what was so important.
"Why are we-" Jerry paused as soon as he saw Lisa and Kate in his room talking. "What's going on in here?"
Lisa smiled as the three walked in and as Orlando closed the door behind him. "We came up with a plan to get everything solved."
"Well" added Kate "Almost everything.."
After Lisa took a few minutes to explain to Johnny and Jerry why she told Kate to accept the role she started to explain to everyone what she had in mind.
"Edward hired Kate thinking she would be able to convince Orlando to take her back, therefore completing ending his relationship with Keira. What he doesn't know is that instead of her being of help to him, she's going to become a huge problem causing chaos with everyone including Rupert" said Lisa as she walked around the room.
Kate continued. "Once he sees that there is no use for me and Rupert to be here since we will be fighting constantly, he will fire us and demand we leave the set therefore forcing Rupert to leave Keira alone. While that doesn't solve your whole problem of getting her back, it solves a huge chunk of it."
"Once Kate and Rupert are gone all we have to do is figure out a way to convince Edward Russo to let you and Keira be together, therefore allowing you to tell her everything" Lisa said with a small smile. "I know it's not complete and not the best idea but it's something."
Johnny smiled. "Anything that gets Rupert out of here sounds like a genius plan to me."
"Agreed" Orlando and Jerry said simultaneously.
"Alright" Lisa said as she turned to Kate. "Are you ready?"
Kate raised an eyebrow. "Am I ready? I think the question is are you guys ready because I am about to raise hell itself."
"I knew you'd be useful one day" said Johnny as Kate walked past him. She playfully rolled his eyes at him before walking out of Orlando's dressing room onto the set ready to five Edward Russo a run for his money.
"No Kate! I don't know why your soda is regular instead of diet!" said Edward in an angered and annoyed tone as he was practically being chased by Kate around the set. For the past two weeks since he hired her she had been going after him. He tried threatening to fire her but he realized that unfortunately he needed her to keep Bloom and Knightley apart.
"I told you to fix this problem two weeks ago!" she screamed. "You promised me that if accepted this role that I wouldn't have to worry about anything accept for getting Orlando away from that troll!"
Edward cursed under his breath until he ran into the other fool he had hired to get the job done. "Rupert get over here!"
Rupert who was sitting on a chair ready the lousy script walked over to him and he groaned when he saw who was following him. "What now?"
"Handle her" Edward told Rupert through his teeth. Rupert glared at him until he turned back to the dumb blonde in front of him.
"What the heck is your problem?"
"My problem is that every person on this set is trying to make me fat!" Kate yelled in whisper. "How can I get Orlando back if I am fat!"
"Maybe you should try eating less" Rupert replied. Throughout the past two weeks since he and Kate had been here she had been more of a burden then of help to get Orlando away from Keira for good. Rupert was starting to think that she wasn't planning to help from the very beginning. "Why did she accept the role then?" he asked himself.
"Well excuse me for wanting to do my job properly. I don't see you making any effort to get that pest away from Orlando-"
"Hey! Watch what you call her" Rupert said. He didn't care what anything thought about him but when he came to Keira he would not anything for her. He loved her, and that's why he was doing all of this…
Kate snorted. "If you really wanted your precious little Keira back so badly you would make sure I'm in model shape and kept happy because if not I'm gone."
Both Jerry and Johnny watched from a far and laughed hysterically as they saw Kate torture Rupert without mercy.
"I think I'm starting to feel a bit sorry for that kid" Jerry said as he watched Rupert walk away and Kate follow him to who knows where.
"Nah I think he deserves it" said Johnny as he watched Keira and Orlando sit on two different sides of the room. "Look at them" he said in pity. "What a shame really?-"
"I know but hope fully God willing all that will soon be fixed."
"THAT'S IT!" everyone on the set heard someone scream. Everyone jumped in surprise as they saw Edward Russo followed by Rupert and Kate who seemed to be making complaints to him.
"I think soon is now" said Johnny as he and Jerry stood up to walk closer and see if what they wanted to happen was finally about to happen.
Lisa ran closer to having heard all the way from the trailer outside. "Yes, come on" she said in her head hoping Rupert was about to get fired in front of everyone.
"I have had enough of your whines, of your complaints, of your fights, of your everything!" Edward screamed to the pair. "I am the owner of the rights here and people follow my rules and my orders! The only one who gets to complain here is me!"
Kate knew that Edward was so close to dismissing her and Rupert so she decided to say something in such a teasing voice that would push him over the edge.
"That's not what you promised me" she said as she toyed with her hair. "You said I would get everything I want, you said I would be kept happy, you said-"
"You know what I'm saying now!" Edward Russo screamed. "I'm saying to get off of my set! You two are fired!"
"What?" Rupert and Kate in unison as they heard what Edward Russo just said.
"Yes!" thought Lisa in her head as she saw that her plan had worked. Jerry, Orlando, and Johnny also celebrated inside, everyone accept for one.
"Why is Rupert being fired?" Keira asked as she walked on to the scene. "He hasn't made an demands or complaints since he has been here-"
"Keira no!" Lisa taught frantically as she saw her friend defending the man keeping her from her happiness. Jerry and Johnny felt the same worry as Lisa, but Orlando, for some reason Orlando seeing Keira defend Rupert made him feel as if he had lost a war he hadn't even begun fighting in yet.
Keira didn't care that everyone was looking at her. She wanted to defend Rupert because for the past few weeks Rupert had comforted her and been kind to her through her break up. She felt that he didn't deserve to be fired just because Kate had another one of her little tantrums. Of course, she felt all this not knowing who she really was defending…
"Knightley I was not addressing you-" Edward Russo said glaring at her. "Get off my set-"
"No!" she screamed as she got closer in annoyance. "I won't because it's not fair that Rupert has to pay the price for something he didn't do-"
Before she could continue she felt someone tugging on her arm to pull her sway from the scene.
"Keira stop" Orlando said as he tried leading her off.
Keira annoyed at the fact that he was trying to tell her what to do pulled her arm away from him. "Don't touch me" she snapped.
Rupert watched with a grin as he noticed he plan was just starting to work. Keira was pushing away Orlando and defending him.
Even Edward noticed this discovery and smirked towards Rupert. "Maybe it won't be bad to keep this kid around" he thought to himself.
"Keira this doesn't concern you-" Orlando tried telling Keira. Before he could finish she was already back to standing in front of Edward Russo.
"If he goes…then…if he goes then I go" she said not really knowing why on earth she said that.
"That's a pretty bold move Keira" Edward replied "I like that. Because of that Friend your staying" he said pointing to Rupert.
"Basworth get off my set"
"What?" Kate said trying to save the situation "Edward that is not fair and was not part of our agree-"
"Good bye Kate" he said as he walked away from her. Kate having no other choice walked off the set. Before she did though she caught Orlando's eyes.
"Sorry" she mouthed towards him before walking off pretending to be annoyed so that no one would suspect anything.
When Orlando looked back he saw that Rupert was hugging and thanking Keira while he was there standing alone like an idiot. Upset, hurt, and angered he practically stormed off the set passing Lisa.
"Orlando" she started saying but before she could finish he had walked straight passed. The next people he would pass were Johnny and Jerry.
"Orlando" Jerry said as well. Johnny saw that Orlando wasn't going to stop so he got straight to the point.
"She doesn't know Orlando" he said as Orlando walked right past him as well without even stopping.
Orlando walked straight back to his dressing room and slammed the door shut.
"God damn it!" he shouted as he banged his fists on his dresser. One million thoughts went through his head as he recalled what he just saw and heard Keira saying to defend Rupert.
Don't touch me!
It's not fair that Rupert has to pay the price!
He didn't do anything!
If he goes..then…if he goes I go.
Orlando closed his eyes trying his best to control his emotions as everything came crashing over him like a wave. He remembered the first time he met Keira, the first time she told him she loved him, the first time they kissed, they first time he held her in his arms, the first time they made love. He also remembered the last time Keira said she loved him, the last time they kissed, and the last time they made loved. All of those now were just memories….
As he thought and thought he heard a knock on the door. Thinking it was Johnny he told the person to go away but they kept knocking.
"Johnny just forget it!" Orlando said even louder as he picked up his script. The person however knocked one more time so he finally got up to go answer it.
"You know I had every right defending him" said Keira as she stormed into his room. "You know very well that he has done nothing wrong and that he didn't deserve what Edward was going to do to him-"
"You're right" Orlando simply said. "Is that all you came here for? To hear that you were right or to defend your beloved Rupert a long with you?"
Keira looked at Orlando for a good while in confusion before she burst out laughing sarcastically. "You know you can be a real bastard when you want to be " she said. She started to walk out and open the door but before she could Orlando put his arm over her head and shut it.
"What do you really want?" he asked as she still had her back turned to him.
When Keira turned she face him with a glare. "What do I want? What is it that you want Orlando?" she screamed. "For the past few weeks you have been giving me hell-"
"I've barley said a word to you-"
"That's how!" Keira screamed. "You don't talk to me but yet somehow you still manage to send me mixed messages! At the interview you kept squeezing my hand as you told me you cared about me, what the hell was that suppose to mean?"
"I was just trying to help you out!"
"Bull shit Orlando Bull shit! Just now, I defend Rupert and you look at me as if it were the ultimate betrayal-"
"I could care less about Rupert Friend!"
"Then stop acting like you do care about him! Stop acting as if it bothers you whenever you see me with him if it doesn't! Stop making me feel like you still love me when you don't! I mean, gosh, do you see why I'm so confused? Am I just crazy or do you not see how your practically toying with me.."
"Keira that was never my intention and you know it! You know me for crying out loud! Am I the type of man who would hurt you ?"
"Yes actually you are!"
"How can you say that after everything we've been through? Huh? How can you say that after everything? After Kate, after Troy, after Gore after everything!"
"Because you're hurting me right now!" Keira screamed as she paused to catch a breath. "You hurting me now by toying with my emotions and by not giving me answers! You could have a least warned me that the end of our relationship was coming… you didn't have to just surprise me with it."
"I didn't know it was coming to end!-"
"You see! Right there! You break up with me now you say you didn't know you were going to break up with me? That is the stupidest thing I've ever heard! For crying out loud Orlando just say whatever your hiding now because this game is getting old!"
"How can I if you don't let me explain!-"
"Well, look whose being hypocritical now! Now you know what I felt like in the beginning of this film!" Keira said.
"I would have let you explain if you would have just talked to me when I asked you too! How did you expect me to listen to you two years later when I was trying to move on ? How did you expect me to trust you!" Orlando screamed as he turned away from her.
"I expected you to know that I would never do anything to hurt you and that there was a reasonable explanation!"
"Well now I expect you to do the same!" Orlando yelled stopping right in front of Keira looking her in the eyes. He felt a immediate regret as he played back what he just told her.
As Keira took in what he said she knew for sure he was hiding something and that this something was big and that it was the reason he ended their relationship.
"What's the explanation Orlando?" she asked him calmly as she continued looking at him.
Orlando started to walk towards the door and he opened it but before he could open it all the way Keira ran in front of him and leaned on the door causing it to close shut. "Orlando no, no please just tell me" she repeated. As they stayed there for a few more minutes Keira kept thinking of reasons while he wasn't telling. aIt wasn't like him to keep stuff like this hidden from her this long. Finally she thought she figured it out, and she did. She realized that if Orlando wasn't telling, it was probably because someone or something wasn't letting him.
"It's not that you want to tell me is it?" she asked in a whisper "It's that you actually really can't. This secret won't let you will it?"
Keira had to wait a moment before Orlando confirmed by nodding that she was on the right track. A sudden feeling of relief washed over her but then that relief turned into worry.
"Orlando" she started as she touched the side of his face gently with her hands. "What did you get yourself in to?" Orlando didn't answer as he closed his eyes remembering her touch after two months.
"I need Knightley and Pryce on set now!" the pair heard Gore scream from the set.
Keira sighed but before she left she whispered something to Orlando. "You may not be able to tell me but I swear to you that I am going to figure it out" she whispered against his forehead.
Thinking she would have the last word she turned to leave but Orlando quickly whispered the last word in her ear. "Don't give up on me" he said as he held her tightly for just a moment. "Don't give up on us."