Genevieve "Phoenix" Benali is a 22 year old film student at UCLA. When she gets the opportunity to join the crew of Infinity War, she catches the attention of one of the biggest stars on the planet.
"Red." She confirmed. "Even got a red car and named it after Kylo Ren."
"Where have they been hiding you?" He questioned. "I can already tell we're going to be the best of friends."
Phoenix let out a breath she didn't know she was holding. Tom's presence made her feel a lot more comfortable not only because of his age but also his relaxing aura. He felt and acted like a normal, regular guy with not one intimidating bone in his body.
When Tom and Phoenix broke eye contact and ended their Star Wars centered conversation, they realized had everyone's attention. The chemistry between the two of them radiated off the chair they shared and everyone in the room could feel and see it.
Evans couldn't help but to smile at Phoenix. Every time he had seen her on set, she was running around and in a rush to get somewhere. He had never seen her so open and comfortable with anyone; most likely because the only time he ever saw her was at work. The way Tom was making her laugh and grin made Chris' heart flutter. He never realized how beautiful she was but that was mostly in part due to the fact that he never really got the chance to take a good look at her.
"She has a lightsaber!" Tom announced to the group, that was looking at them in amusement. "How cool is that?"
"THAT'S what you're over there cheesing about?" Mackie questioned. "Not only do we have He-Nerd but we've added a She-Nerd."
"Star Wars is still dope." Phoenix shrugged. "I mean I wouldn't expect you to know what's 'still dope' considering the fact that you still use wired headphones. Can't afford AirPods?"
"She's lovely." RDJ spoke in reference to Phoenix as the gang laughed. "You are lovely."
"BURN." Pratt chuckled.
"I hope you can take it as well as you can dish it, Phoenix Skywalker." Mackie shook his head. "You should've just sat there and kept that mouth shut. Now I gotta stop treating you like the sweet and quiet little girl I thought you were."
"It's actually Darth Phoenix." Tom corrected.
"You hear that guys?" Evans asked. "We gotta start calling her Darth Phoenix now."
"I like Darth Phoenix." Mark added.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah. Call her Darth Phoenix." RDJ agreed. "Now let the Pictionary games begin!"
"Team Pratt goes first." Elizabeth said. "Since we were the last ones to be picked, it's only fair."
"Go for it." Hemsworth shrugged.
As Elizabeth Olsen of Team Pratt began her drawing, Tom and Phoenix began another conversation - completely tuning out the noise that was the cast of Avengers:Infinity War.
"Marshmallows and ice cream?" Tom raised an eyebrow at Phoenix. "That has to be fiction."
"Nope, it's all fact!"
"Yuck! That sounds disgraceful."
"What was disgraceful was your performance of Umbrella on lip sync battle." Phoenix countered jokingly.
"Ohhh damn. You got me there." He chuckled. "Okay sooo pineapples and pizza. Fact or fiction?"
"I refuse to believe anybody puts pineapples on pizza on purpose." She joked. "But you seem like the Hawaiian pizza type so I'll say fact."
"MAJOR fact!"
"Fact or fiction? The booty and groceries." Phoenix asked with a laugh.
At that point, Tom couldn't even control himself and he began to laugh hysterically. The sound of his laughing made Phoenix laugh even harder which garnered the attention of the others in the room.
"What's so funny over there?" RDJ asked. "Is Pictionary not entertaining enough for you?"
Tom and Phoenix looked at one another before simultaneously answering with "The booty and groceries."
"The booty?" Hemsworth raised an eyebrow.
"And groceries, yes." Phoenix mumbled and that caused Tom to laugh again.
"What is the booty and groceries?" Mark wondered. "Is it like booties that babies wear? Or booty as in-"
"There was a song a little while back that had a line 'eat the booty like groceries.'" Mackie explained.
"Eat the booty like groceries." Evans repeated. "I've gotta hear this song now."
"Let's give it a whirl." Pratt agreed. "Pull it up Darth Phoenix."
"Alexa: play eat the booty like groceries." RDJ called to his amazon echo.
"I'm sorry, I couldn't find 'eat the booty like groceries.'" Alexa spoke out.
"Alexa: play Post to Be by Omarion." Phoenix corrected.
"Post to Be featuring Jhene Aiko and Chris Brown by Omarion from Apple Music."
If your chick come close to me, she ain't going home when she post to be
"Hey I kinda like this." Mark bobbed his head to the music.
For the rest of the evening, the group listened to Alexa play Phoenix's music suggestions in the background as they finished their game of Pictionary.
By the end of the night, Phoenix felt more comfortable than she had since she left Los Angeles. She was elated with how everyone embraced and welcomed her. It didn't take long for her to relax and finally be herself which made her understand why Anthony wanted her to get to know the amazing cast. Not only were they incredible people but they were all jokesters, as was she. She had a feeling the next few months were going to fly by knowing she made a great friend in Tom and at the very least, an acquaintance in the others.
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