There was pretty much no talking between the two of us for the entire three or four hours that we were up there in that little box that turned out to be something that resembled a sauna. It got to the point where I was finding little reasons here and there why I had to leave. I have to go to the bathroom. I need to tell Angela something. I forgot a page of my notes down there. I need a drink of water, etc, etc. I was out whenever I had a small break just to get away from the heat, but Edward was perfectly fine in his hoodie. I think he mumbled something about being cold when I questioned him about it briefly before climbing back into my hole of shyness.
Ang caught me in the lobby one time while I was "getting a drink of water". "Sooooooo how is it up there with Edward?" she said with a grin that could light up Las Vegas. "It's alright." I said with a shrug. "Just alright?! I know how much you were drooling over him and now when you are stuck in a room with him for four hours where no one can see either of you, you say that it is alright? There is no; oh my god he is the best guy in the world and I am going to marry this kid if I have to drug him and tie him to a chair to do it, moment?!" She said all in one breath, flinging her arms around in every which way.
"Calm down okay! I just don't know what to do or say around this guy, and he seems pretty content just sitting with his headphones in staring into oblivion daydreaming about god knows what. Probably his girlfriend, because he probably has one so what is the point of even talking to him. Besides even if I do talk to him he wouldn't go out with me ever cuz I mean look at me! And" "Okay, shut the fuck up! You can get any fucking guy out there! Even fucking Jonny Depp if you really wanted to get him, but he is mine so don't even think about it. You need to just talk to him! Open yourself up to him and show him who you are and believe me, he won't be able to say no." She said with a smile. "Now get your sorry ass back up there before Kate gets pissed because the sound girl disappeared!" She shoved me off in the direction of the stairs that lead up to the sauna. "Have fun and talk!" She said as she disappeared back to her post.
I sighed and trudged back up the stairs to the hot box. I stopped right outside of the door and took a deep breath bracing myself for whatever I would encounter and praying that it would be something good, hoping.
I walked down the hallway and sat in my chair. I suddenly felt like I was invading someone's personal space and I had no right to be there. It didn't feel right to sit there next to him thinking things about a complete stranger that should only be thought when people are in a relationship with another person. I pulled out my I Pod and started reading a story that I had found on a site called fanfiction. Some of the writers on this site, are so good it's crazy to think that they are not published.
I saw Edward swivel his chair around to face me out of the corner of my eye and I swear my lungs stopped producing air. "So, are we going to actually talk to each other this time, or are we just going to pretend that we are enemies and not even acknowledge the other person existence?" He said with a hint of a smile. I giggled softly and turned slightly to face him."I guess we could speak to each other." I replied softly with a smile. "Is this your first time doing a play here?" he asked glancing out to the stage to make sure that he wasn't missing a cue. "Yeah it is. It's my first time doing sound too." I said sinking farther into my chair. "Well your doing a pretty good job so far." He said with a smile that seemed to squeeze my chest in a hug that I wanted to experience for forever. "Thanks." I said, and returned the smile he gave me. I could only hope that he felt the same way that I had when he smiled at me.
HE IS A STRANGER!My mind shouted at me. I knew that the probability of him liking a stranger, like me none the less, was very low and that I shouldn't get my hopes up, but I couldn't help myself. How could a person see a guy like this and have him make you feel this way and NOT want to believe that he liked me. At that time my brain never thought to grab a hold of my body and talk some sense into it and make it stop feeling like this, but the only thought that really came into my mind was, I would have to make him someone a hell of a lot closer than a stranger if I ever wanted to be anything more than friends with him. So the next time he smiled at me, I met him with a smile that was full force and even giggled a little. A little voice in the back of my mind wondered if I was even doing this right, because I had never had any experience with this kind of thing before. I made a mental note to talk to Ang later about it when this was all over with, and than threw myself into my task of getting my cues right, while getting to know Edward.
****Later that night on the phone with Ang****
"Like, I don't even know what it was Ang, but when he smiled at me I got this really weird feeling in my chest and it made me want to make him smile allllllllllll the time, so I would always feel that thing in my chest. Is it just me, or did that remind you of that one movie we watched and than got really scared afterward cuz that alien popped out of that guys chest. I think that movie was called Alien VS. Predator. Anyways, what do I do?! I am like so fricken lost. I'm nervous around him because I don't know how I am supposed to act and..." "Ok girl, first things first. SHUT THE HELL UP! Quit stressing out about this guy because if you are meant to be with him eventually than it will happen. Just be yourself, don't hold anything back from him, and he will either find out that he loves you and that you guys were meant to be with each other, or he will turn out to be a fricken asshole and not worthy of all your awesomeness." Ang said all in one breath again.
To this day I still do not know how she does that.
"Okay. I'm calmed down." I said with a sigh. "Good." She said with a similar sigh. Through the phone I could hear a tune that sounded really familiar, but I just couldn't place my finger on what it was. "What are you listening too?" I asked. "Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride, from Lilo and Stitch." She said. I could practically hear her grinning when I started to sing along. She joined in not too long after I started.
Aloha e aloha e
'Ano 'ai ke aloha e
Aloha ae aloha e
A nu ay ki aloha e
There's no place I'd rather be
Then on my surfboard out at sea
Lingering in the ocean blue
And If I had one wish come true
I'd surf till the sun sets
Beyond the horizon
A wiki wiki mai lohi lohi
Lawe mai i ko papa he'e nalu
Flyin by on the Hawaiian roller coaster ride
A wiki wiki mai lohi lohi
La we mai iko papa he na lu
Pi'i na nalu la lahalaha
O ka moana hanupanupa
Lalala i kala hanahana
Me ke kai hoene i ka pu'e one
Helehele mai kakou e
Hawaiian roller coaster ride
We didn't care that it was about one o'clock in the morning and everyone in our houses were asleep. We practically screamed those lyrics with pride. We are such abnormal people that there was no debating. We were just best friends. We were just to much a like not to be best friends and we still are best friends today. I don't know what I would do without that crazy chick by my side.
We both passed out around three in the morning and I woke up with my phone still against my head. I smiled at it and looked forward to that eavening when I would see her and Edward because of rehearsal. I jumped out of my bed and dressed and got ready way too early looking at my clock every few minutes. Time couldn't move fast enough, because, I was ready to face him.
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Helooooooo readers! :) Sorry I haven't updated in what seems like forever. My dad got a virus on my computer which killed it and I had to download a whole lot of things to save it which took what seemed like foreverrrr (two days) but! I am now back! YAY:) I would love to update my story every Sunday, but with school starting I don't know if that is realistic with my zero hour class:( But I will try! Please review so that I don't feel like this is going nowhere and I stop writing... :( Until next week! Stay classy my friends.
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Ashley