Behind The Scenes

Chapter 5 (Part two): Young Hearts Go Crazy

"How come they let you drive?"

Matthew complained, sitting by Ally's side at the clinic's front desk. The place was empty, as usual when Alyssa Hayes had an appointment. Only the employees were roaming there, extremely curious and excited with the presence of not only one but two Hidden Springs' stars. Matthew Crawford was there, being generically handsome and smiling, and no one could hold the excitement.

"How come you cannot shut the hell up for half a second?" Alyssa answered, gazing the In Style edition on her lap, curiously with herself on the cover.

"For real, I punch paparazzi and it's a world-wide collapses; you almost ran over, like, fourteen of them and-"

"Miss Hayes?" A nurse showed by the door, and Aly sighed, half of relief by the interruption, half of fear for what would come next.

A doctor's appointment would make everything so much more real. It was not like she was thinking it was all a joke, it was just taking some time for her to believe it, though, more time than she expected. Alyssa quickly stood up, and noticed that so did Crawford.

"What are you doing?" She whispered.

"I haven't finished talking, so I'm following you."

"What the hell, are you eight? I'm not letting you go inside the room while I'm all...Commando." Aly complained, and watched the actor hold his laugh. "Oh, go to hell, pervert." She added following the nurse, but she still was able to listen to the actor's laugh with the door closed.

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Alyssa stroked the hospital gown she was wearing to make the exams frantically in the mirror. She looked at herself by the side, fantasying a bump there, but it all still seemed too surreal to her. She's always dreamed about being a mom, but never thought things would happen so fast and in such an unexpected way, though. She shook her head, determined to take one step at time, and left the little place where she changed to the doctor's office.

"Hey!"

"Ah!" She screamed, covering her mouth right away. "Crawford, what the fuck! I told you to stay outside, how did you manage to get in here? Get out!"

"Wow, breathe, mother of the year." He smiled, sitting comfortably in the bed where Aly was supposed to lie, stretching his arms. She just rolled her eyes, pushing him off.

"Get out, Crawford!" She complained, but the actor barely moved. "You were supposed to come here with me, not to interrupt my doctor's appointment!"

"It wasn't my idea" He said, making a weird face. "The nurse pushed me inside, saying it is important for the child's dad to be present in these moments."

"You told her that...?"

"No. She concluded that by herself" He replied, and then looked at Aly from head to toe. "Nice clothes."

Alyssa instinctively covered her body front with her hands, cursing in a lower voice.

"I hate you."

"Do you think when they turn on that light I'll be able to see everything through this thin fabric?" Crawford asked, and laughed aloud when Alyssa pushed him hard out of the bed.

"This has got to be a nightmare!" She grumbled, e Matthew laughed one more time, getting up for her to sit.

"For me, it certainly is."

"Great shit your part on it, Crawford. You're getting much more than I am with this ridiculous little skit."

"What?" He laughed, sarcastic. "I'm assuming a child that it is not mine, and still you think pretending to be my girlfriend is worse?"