"Girlfriend?" Emma and I asked in unison, a little too loud. Everyone looked at us while we looked at each other awkwardly. Tom furrowed his eyebrows at Emma. He might know why I reacted that way but not Emma.
"Hey, Y/N" Melissa said waving awkwardly. Tom had his arm draped around her shoulder.
"Hey, Mel" I said smiling slightly at her. Rob placed an arm around my shoulder, rubbing it reassuringly. I looked at him and zoned the others out.
"How about we go for sushi tonight?" Rob asked making me shake my head no.
"Pattybear, did you forget? Dinner at home with the family" I reminded him resting my head on his shoulder. I sighed loudly and saw Melissa talking to the others while Tom glared at us.
"Did you guys talk?" Rob asked making me tear my gaze away from Tom and onto my book.
"What do you think?" I asked sarcastically.
"Y/N, Rob and Tom, we're going to be here after hours as well. Need to shoot scenes before you leave" Alfonso said and Tom furrowed his eyebrows at me. Alfonso made it seem like I was leaving too.
"Sure! Rob, this scene is over, I'm going to take a nap in my trailer. God knows I need it" I said standing up. I packed up my books and went to my trailer.
I was feeling like taking a nap but I had so many assignments. I opened my laptop and started typing my assignments. I was in the middle of my third one when I heard some commotion outside my trailer, just when I was about to check it, my phone rang. It was an unknown number.
"Hello?"
"Hey, Y/N"
"Erm, hey, who is this?"
"Really? It's Carver. You don't have my number saved?"
"Ohh, Castillo. Yeah, I don't have your number saved"
He groaned and said, "How many times? Es Carver para ti"
(Translation - It's Carver for you!)
"Alright, alright, Carver, why'd you call?"
"By any chance did you finish the Humanities homework?"
"Yeah, just now"
"Ohh thank God, could you help me?"
"Er, yeah, sure. What do you need help with?"
"Just... Everything?"
I chuckled at his reply and said, "I'll help you but since it's due tomorrow, when do you want to do it?"
"Can I drop by?"
"I'm currently on set, Carver"
"Pleaseeeee" he said stretching the word.
"Fine, fine, call me at security, they're not going to let you in just like that. I'll put in a word at the gate, so there shouldn't be any problem"
"Gracias preciosa"
(Translation - Thank you, gorgeous)
"Okay, so, what you can do, is take this part off from here, it's not needed. And here, we can add some content from the internet and add it in citations" I said pointing at the screen and doing the needful.
"This is great, thank God you're here" Carver said after editing his document.
After editing for another hour, and after wasting half of the time, joking around and laughing, we completed the work.
"Shorty-" the door opened revealing Tom. He looked at me and then at Carver. He was sitting close to me, since even I had to look at the laptop screen.
"What the hell are you doing here?" Tom said angrily. Before Carver could could speak, I said, "Tom, Carver was here for help in his assignment-"
"Carver? Since when are you on first name basis?" Tom said closing the door behind him.
"Tom-"
"I don't need this shit!" he said before listening to me and slamming the door of my trailer.
I sighed loudly and Carver looked at me and back at the door, I swear I saw him smirking a little.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to cause that" he said and I shot him a small smile.
"Y/N, your scene's ready!" someone yelled knocking my door.
"Alright, see you at school, Carver" I said sweetly and he hugged me.
"Thank you so much, Y/N, you have no idea, with the practice and everything, I had no idea how I would be abhle to finish it, but you helped me" he said into the hug. He pulled away and kissed my cheek.
••••••
Tom's POV
It has been another two weeks since I saw fucking Castillo in Y/N's trailer. I was already furious because she decided to move to another country. Adding to it, I saw him in her trailer.
That's not the worst part, for one, I don't know what was he doing there but it seemed like she enjoyed him being there. For two, it was difficult for me to spend my days without Y/N so I decided to smooth things over. For three, whenever I thought about her moving to America with Robert, I got so jealous that I decided to ask Melissa out.
"Tom" someone called me snapping me out of my thoughts. I turned around to see Robert coming towards me.
"Hey, how you've been?" he asked putting his hands in his pockets. I saw Y/N get close to Rob a lot. Guess, it was my fault, I mean, we used to do everything together, but now that I was ignoring her, Robert was always there.
"Great" I said pulling my phone out.
"Look, I know you probably don't want to talk to me but just listen to me. Y/N hasn't been great since you guys fought. Just give her a chance to explain. She also hasn't eaten much. Every night we all have dinner together, because everyone else is going to America, Y/N still hasn't decided. It's not my place to explain further but just see her once" he said smiling lightly.
He left me bewildered. My scene wasn't until 10 minutes after this scene clears out. I sighed and headed for her trailer.
"Y/N, you in there?" I asked knocking on her door. I don't knock usually but since we were in a fight I thought I should wait. When she didn't answer, I knocked again, "Shorty, come on. I know you're in there, I saw your lights on"
She didn't answer the door, so I opened and saw her taking a nap on her couch. I slowly closed the door behind me and saw her. She wasn't in any makeup, Rob was right, I could see her dark circles prominently. I smiled when I saw her cuddling with a penguin soft toy that I gifted her years ago. I couldn't believe she kept it.
I sighed and stroked her hair, "Y/N, I know you're sleeping but I just can't see you like this. I'm sorry, I should've listened to you but I got so angry when I heard you and Robert talking. This last month that we didn't talk felt like hell for me, I was just pushing you away so that it would be easy for me since you're leaving but it wasn't. It was so difficult, Shorty. And when I couldn't take it, I thought I'd clear it..." I said cupping her cheek and caressing it with my thumb, "I saw Castillo, my blood boiled, I just... you're one of the most important people in my life. I know it's selfish and I can't ask this from you but... Don't go, please" I kissed her forehead as a tear escaped my eyes.
"I'm not going" she mumbled against my chest. I jolted up, I thought she was asleep.
"What?" I asked pulling her up. She smiled and said, "I decided not to go, Tommy" I pulled her in a bone crushing hug. In the heat of the moment, I cupped her cheek and kissed her lips.
"I'm so happy!" I said pulling away and that's when I realised what I did. She shot me an apologetic smile before I cleared my throat, "I-I'm sorry, S-Shorty-"
"That's alright, Tom" she said sweetly pecking my cheek.
"Thanks, just don't tell Mel" I said with pleading eyes. She's a great girlfriend , I don't want to lose her.
"Right, Mel" she said smiling lightly.
Y/N's POV
"So, I was thinking since you and Tom already have an interview scheduled with Ellen, how about you guys do it after the premiere, like after a month or so? When people have seen it?" Alfonso said and Tom and I sat down for a scene.
"Sure, anything you like, we're fine" Tom said as his makeup artist brushed his costume.
"Great, then, you and Y/N can go after the premiere, I suggest you tell your managers that" Alfonso said before leaving for his duty.
"Hey, Michelle, yeah, I just wanted you to reschedule the interview that Tom and I have with Ellen after the premiere. Alfonso says it's at the end of May '04" I said calling my manager.
"How about in August?"
"Tom, how's August?" I asked looking at him.
"Sounds good" he replied before pulling out his phone.
"Yeah, let's do August"