"Bianshay by Request"
Rated M for Mature Content.
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"Look at it this way, you had Maya as Emily and now you have Bianca as Shay. You've won."
"Wow. That's so true. I never thought about it like that. Thank you Sterling. You're right, I have Bianca."
"So, now Emily can say goodbye to Maya and move forward," he adds.
"I guess she can. But, it's still gonna sting a little for a while."
"Ready on set!" The Assistant Director calls out.
And we film and we wrap and I go home. I go home to Bianca because I have her…
Chapter 32: Stolen Kisses
Bianca POV
One Month Later…May 2012
"So, are you ready to get back to PLL?" Shay asks as she's finishing getting dressed in our bedroom.
"Yeah, I guess. But I doubt I'll be seeing much of you while I'm there."
"What do you mean?" She asks as she puts her brush on her vanity table and stands facing me.
"I'm being shipped off somewhere to take outdoor photos and according to my call sheet there will be only one director with a few crew members and no other cast."
"That sounds kind of strange. It's like they don't want you around the main cast members or at least that's what it feels like," she flips my hair passed my shoulder.
"I think it's more like everyone's moving forward and Maya is finally moving on in the afterlife so to speak. Emily is with Paige now because that's how they want it. I'm just going in and doing my thing and moving on too."
She hugs me close because she doesn't want me to move on. And she doesn't want Emily to move on but that's exactly what's happening here. I need to change the subject. I'm feeling sad all of a sudden. I really did love playing Maya and I really loved her relationship with Emily. And it's going to be a solemn day filming, knowing they will not get their happy ending. But then I look up at Shay who's not quite sure if she should be smiling right now and that's when I realize I got my happy ending with Shay and that's all that really matters…
"So the fans have been begging me to do a Ustream with them but I'm not set up for that on my laptop so I'm going to do a question and answer segment. I'm going to be videoed answering prepared questions and I'll release it for the fans to enjoy."
"Why didn't you say so? I can set up the Ustream."
"Well, I already have the questions and I'll feel bad if I don't answer them if I'm too busy answering the real time questions. So let me do that and, yeah, let's Ustream together."
She closes her eyes and kisses me sweetly, then opens them to say, "I like the sound of that. Let's Ustream…"
She starts kissing my neck and my jaw and my lips again but I have to pull away, "Baby, we'll Ustream later but for now, we have to go."
She gets all pouty and I find that so sexy. Only Shay can make pouty look sexy!
"Fine. Let's go to work. Drive together or separately?"
"I think separately because we're not going to be on the same sets today. And then I can take off and do that question and answer session."
"Okay. But I was kinda hoping to ride with you."
"That would be nice. But if we take our own cars then I can get that thing done so it's not hanging over my head. The fans have waited long enough, especially my girl Yessy and the BPC's."
"The BPC's?"
"Bianca's Perve Crew! Shay! Hello!"
"Hahaha! Well, I perve Bianca. As a matter of fact I always perve Bianca," I look her up and down many times.
"Yes, I know," she winks.
"Well, I think it's time for twitter B. You've got to be more technically social."
"Someday my selfie Queen, someday!"
"Hey!"
"I love my selfie Queen," I say super sweetly!
She can't keep from smiling cuz I kinda do that to her and we laugh about my little selfie Queen together!
I drive behind Shay onto set and right away I'm taken to an undisclosed location away from the regular cast and crew. I film my scenes the way they want them but I'm a little saddened by how Maya is being portrayed. It's as though she has a bipolar disorder if only to throw confusion at the audience so they will more easily accept Emily's choice to move on. But that's Hollywood! You go play your part and go home for the day. And that's exactly what I'm going to do…
Shay POV
I can't believe I have a make out scene with Lindsey while Bianca's on set somewhere far away from me. I mean, everyone is so supportive of our engagement yet the show itself seems less than pleased. They would rather have me marrying a man just to keep this Paige and Emily fantasy alive. But I already have my fantasy and it's so far removed from PLL. Bianca is my fantasy and now she's my reality too…
Bianca finishes her day without me even getting a glimpse of her. I guess they really do want to keep us apart as far as PLL is concerned. She texts me that she's going to do her question and answer session and she'll meet me back home later. I tell her I have to kiss Lindsey and then swim in my last scene with just my underwear on next to her and smile the whole time I'm doing it. Pure torture if you ask me but I am an actor and this might be my greatest performance yet!
Lindsey and I film our kiss but we have to retake because I'm not being very forthcoming. The director pulls me aside and reminds me the longer it takes me to get it right, the longer I'll have to kiss her. He's right, just do it, you're a professional, and get it over with. I think about how Bianca says I duck face when I kiss her so I think I'll just keep doing that! Lindsey will never know the difference as I back away trying to escape the ickiness of the kiss! I'm so bad! I really need to stop! I'm sounding just a bit bratty!
"Action!" the director shouts!
And it's off to pretend land where everything I do with Lindsey is fake unlike everything I used to do with Bianca.
Emily says this bullshit garbage about the fact that being drunk was the only way she realized how much Paige means to her. Yeah, I just threw up in my mouth a little too! This is such careless writing. To suggest that getting drunk is the only way to feel real feelings is pretty pitiful. Well, at least I don't have to live it; I just have to act it! And boy do I!
"Okay, that's a wrap as far as the kiss is concerned. Now if you two can get ready for the swim scene then we can all go home."
"Shay," Lindsey calls to me.
"What's up?"
"Are you sure that kiss was good enough to show how Emily is really feeling?"
"Believe me Lindsey, it was good enough."
"I just thought maybe you would want to kiss more like you and Bianca used to do as Emily and Maya."
My eyes open wider than they ever have before and I'm thinking is this girl for real?
"We'll never kiss like that."
"Why not?"
"Cuz it's different. You don't kiss your girlfriends or boyfriends the same way. You kiss how it feels right. Paige and Emily kiss like freshman in high school whereas Maya and Emily kissed like seniors in high school, get it?"
"But Paige and Emily are seniors in high school."
"I know. But it's not the same. Paige and Emily are more like friends who kiss whereas Maya and Emily were more like lovers who kissed."
"But…"
"But, we need to get ready for the swim shoot so we need to go."
I walk away wishing I had walked away sooner.
We film the scene with me swimming side by side with Lindsey smiling the whole time because I wasn't thinking about Lindsey or Emily or Paige. I was thinking about Bianca and meeting her at the beach. I just know it's going to be just as magical as the first time and I can't wait to see her…
Bianca POV
I know Shay and I know she's going to make that kiss with Lindsey look as awkward as possible by pulling away from her and duck facing her. I laugh because she makes me laugh! It's so funny how she does these little things on camera that make her seem disinterested in her current romantic situation. I think it's sweet that she would do that for Emily and Maya. But now that I'm officially done with Pretty Little Liars I want to make sure that Shay knows I'm officially committed to us. We both have tomorrow off so I text her to meet me at the restaurant by the beach so we can take a walk to where we first said I love you to each other. She sounds happy. And that makes me happy…
She peeks around the rocks at the beach with her jeans rolled up her calf, barefoot with a sheerish white v-neck t-shirt on and a silky black bra underneath. Her shirt is a tight fit which makes my eyes exaggerate their openness for a second, noticing her voluptuousness. Her hair is wild and her makeup is minimal. She's a natural Filipino wonder and I love every inch of her beauty inside and out.
"Hey B, love the short jean shorts on you. Your legs look especially silky and smooth glistening in the moonlit night."
"Go on…," I kid but seriously go on…
"Ha ha. I love your sleek dark hair, straight as a pin, resting over your shoulders just waiting for me to flip it back so I can kiss your toned, cut arms. So sexy, I love it!" she laughs.
"Anything else?" I love putting her on the spot. She's just so damn cute about it!
"I love your perfect smile and those white, white teeth of yours. And those lashes I can feel from miles away gently caressing me up and down whenever you look at me. I love that you wore a sleeveless T so my lips can feel you without delay. And by the way, your favorite color, black, looks so good on you. But most importantly, she walks me up against the rock face, I love you."
We kiss a warm, welcoming kiss, deep and meaningful. But I didn't bring her here to just kiss. I brought her here to make sure she knows what we are to each other even when we're not physically together...
"Baby," I put my arms around her neck and slip my hand softly against her heart shaped face just below her cheek-level.
Her eyes light up from my touch as she anticipates what I might say.
"Shay, I know you already know this but I want to say it out loud for us both to hear. I want you to know I fall in love with you every single day and I want you to know I'll be loving you 'til we're seventy. And, baby, my heart could still fall as hard as twenty-three but with just a touch of your hand you'll bring me back to our reality."
A tear trickles down her face as she tilts her cheek into my hand letting me wipe it gently away with my thumb as her lips begin to tremble from the emotion behind my words.
"And I just wanna say when your legs don't work like they used to before and I can't sweep you off of your feet, will your mouth still remember the taste of my love?" I look at her lips and then return to her eyes, "I know they will. And I know mine will know the taste of your love, always."
More tears…
"When my hair thins out and my memory fades and the crowds don't remember my name. I know you, Shay, will still love me the same."
"Bianca…"
"Baby, your soul could never grow old and, baby, your smile's forever in my mind and memory. Falling in love like you and me, it's all part of a plan. Even the mistakes we'll make along the way but I also know we'll understand and be made stronger because of those mistakes."
Now I can feel tears roll down my cheeks and my voice cracks just a little as I say what I need to say from my heart.
My hand secures itself behind the nape of her neck, "Baby, now take me into your loving arms.
Kiss me under the light of a thousand stars. Place your head on my beating heart. Yeah, I'm thinking out loud and yeah, maybe, just maybe, we found love right where we are…"
"I love you Bianca. I love you right here where we are and anywhere we'll end up."
"I love you too baby. But I needed you to know just how much I'm invested in our love."
Our watery eyes feel our love through our souls. Her arms wrap tenderly around me holding me securely against her. My one arm reaches around her waist while my other pulls her into a deep, binding kiss, one that will last a lifetime…
We walk along the edge of the water and Shay's smile exposes her inner thoughts not even realizing she's giving them away with her one-sided dimpled smile.
"What are you thinking?"
"Oh, it's silly and maybe just a little sexy too."
"Well now you have to tell me."
She stops. She faces me, "Okay. I think we should go home and you know, Ustream."
I laugh.
"I told you it was silly!"
I pull her into hug, "No, not at all, let's go home," I kiss her sweet blushing lips.
She responds quite eagerly.
And then I look into her wanting eyes and say, "Let's Ustream…"
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To Be Continued…
Thank you Ed Sheeran for "Thinking Out Loud".