McKennas POV
Leo and I were watching the basketball diaries. The most recent movies he's starred in. Its really captivating surprisingly. I thought it'd be a good idea for me to see how he acts. You know now that he's playing Romeo and all.
I kept stealing small glances at him. It was amazing how he was able to watch a movie that he has played in.
I just couldn't get over his jaw structure. It's so... I shook my head. I already felt guilty enough sitting here watching a movie with Leo when I should've been out with Jesse instead.
The thing is after mine and Leo's heated discussion in dads room earlier I just couldn't get out the part where he admitted that he was jealous of watching me and Paul kiss. Why would he have to be jealous of Paul kissing me? Then of course it brought back the memories of the party when he told me he thought Ava was me confessing my feelings for him and he kissed her only because he thought it was me. Then another, earlier today when he spun me around and then to just now. I've caught him steal little looks at me here and there. All of this not making any sense at all. There were always this undefined tension between us now but not the bad kind.
I looked back at the screen to see Mickey and his character Jim sitting at the bar. I squinted
"Wait is that mark Wahlberg?" I questioned as I thought Mickey looked quite familiar
"Yeah it is" he chuckled
"He was at our party? I never understood why he was there" I said thoughtfully, him just nodding in response and sending his focus back at the screen
"I thought you hated him? I remember hearing you talk about him at school"
"That's true, but after working with him, we got to know each other a lot more so now you can say we're close" he shrugged. I wonder if our relationship will get better now that we were costars? Or will it get worse considering we're going to pretty much be joined at the hips. Considering it worked out for mark and him, I could only hope it'd get better for us aswell
The movie has now ended. I had tears close to spilling as I watched Jim cry at his mothers door steps. Leo really knew how to capture his emotions it was quite impressive and as Ava has stated he was super atttactive in this film. I think my little 12 year old self would have frothed over him. I think
I looked over to the left of me seeing Leo starting to doze off
"Leo" I softly nudged him
"Mhmm" he said as he slowly looked at me with heavy blinks
"I'm gonna go to my room now" I whispered, him barely nodding
"Leo?" He didn't say a word. No way was he gonna sleep on this couch, he'll get a sore back. If I could carry him I would but fat chance thats going to happen
"Leo go to bed"
"I'll be fine"
"No come on, I'll help you up" I got up and grabbed his wrists. The instant contact sending a shock through my body. I pulled, standing him up but now he was centimetres away from me, our bodies almost touching.
"Night Kenna" he said as he pulled me into a hug. Making my butterflies burst at the immediate contact. I froze not knowing what to do. He must be really tired. I mean we've hugged all the time in the past it's nothing different. I brought my arms up to return the gesture
"Night Leo" I almost whispered as I broke the hug and walked into my room. Turning into a nervous wreck when I fumbled at the door handle.
One thing I could never explain is when I'm with Jesse I had this warm feeling, I didn't feel nervous around him nor did I feel conscious but with Leo it was whole different story. Despite all the arguing, I had this inexplainable nervous feeling around him, I always have butterflies in my tummy and he was always on my mind good or bad he's always there.
It's now been a couple of days and it has been confirmed that the Leonardo DiCaprio will in fact play Romeo.
Yesterday Leo had a quick fitting in order for us to start filming today. I sat in my trailer as Amy pounded my face with makeup and Melissa putting on my wig.
"So how do you feel about Leonardo being your Romeo" Amy said as she poked my nose
I sighed. I feel like everything was about Leo these days. Leo this, Leo that, Leo Leo Leo. My mind always races between work, Jesse and for some reason Leo
"Oh why don't you sound happy sweet?"
"I don't know, it is what is I guess"
"Are you excited for the kiss?" I threw my hand to my forehead. How could I forget that I would have to kiss him. Several times in fact.
"Oh you must be excited dear" Melissa said brushing out the wig. All I could let out was a nervous laugh. At least today we were only doing the scene where Romeo and Juliet meet for the first time and the scene where he talks to Juliet for the first. So for now there's no need to stress about the kissing.
I walked into set spotting Leo in his armour costume
"Well you look quite dapper mr dicaprio, although you look like you've just gone swimming" I announced in a posh accent
"Really? It's so fucking heavy, I can see why Paul was complaining" I playfully rolled my eyes and laughed. "I just had a scene where I had to dunk my head into the sink" he said pointing to the sink across from the tank
"Hmmm" I gave him a good look. Our eyes dancing as we were silent. His hair was so slick back it made him look....hot
"You guys are weak" I said breaking my thoughts and tugging at his costume sleeves. he gave me a small nudge. I scanned the set, taking in the rooms that stood before us and the big fish tank that divided the space.
"Dad really out done himself, this is fancy" Leo nodded in agreement
"Ok DiCaprio, Romeo has just dunked his head in the sink, I want you to now look into the mirror, you've just seen the tank in the reflection and walked over to check it out. Roberts, your first minute isn't important as we're capturing Romeo's moves first but you want to be at the fish tank as he reaches the tank ok? I really want to capture this scene as love at first sight so improvise! Alright everyone to their places" both me and Leo looked at each other and nodded in unison. I walked to my side of the tank while he went over to the mirror
"Make me proud kids aaaaand action"
I stood at the fish tank getting into character. Acting as If was mesmerised by the fishes that swam around the tank. I leant down to look at the decorative pieces but then got startled by a blue eye that met with mine. I almost forgot we were filming after that. I almost immediately jumped up and saw Leo on the other side giving me a wide grin.
His smile giving me butterflies. He always had such a handsome smile. It's was one of the first things that developed my crush on him back in the days.
At this point I was awestruck.
My mind was doing somersaults and all I could do was stand there with a questionable look. I think Leo picked up on it so he quickly raised his brows to gesture for me to do something than stand there. Oh how that made me melt for some strange reason. Why is nowadays he's making me feel so giddy. All I could manage was a smile. I feel like we were so lost in each others eyes. It felt like I was a magnet, every time I walked forward he did the same. Somehow not breaking eye contact nor even once.
The music chosen for the scene blaring across the set, only it felt like I could only focus on the blue eyes directly in front of me. Even with the thick wall and tank separating us you could feel the tension we shared intensifying.
Leo went in and leaned against the glass causing me to giggle in nervousness. Hoping that my blush couldn't be seen from across the tank.
"Madam your mother calls" Miriam comes dashing in pulling me away. I smiled at Leo once more before I was pulled off set. The music only seeming to get louder now that our spell was broken.
"Cut, that was perfect I don't think we need another take" my dad shrugged. By now the other cast crew were talking. I just stood there watching Leo as he talked to one of the cameramen from across the other side of the bathroom set. He looked up and scanned the room. His eyes meeting mine. It was as if he was searching for me
Even with great distance his eyes seemed to be vibrant. Our eye contact lingered for a few seconds, him not seeming to pay attention to the man talking to him. He gave me a small wave and a smirk then quickly diverted his focus to something else. I just felt like a little fire cracker ready to explode.
"Kenna" I heard a whisper, I quickly realised it was my dad
"You did really good, you captured Juliet's emotions wonderfully. It really did seem to be love at first sight" I smiled at him, he gave a nod and walked off before anyone questioned the interaction
I flattened out my white long dress and sighed. I don't think that was Juliet...I think that was me... my true emotions I don't think I was acting? I think it was all real. Are my past feelings for Leo starting to uncover?