ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɴɪɴᴇ
"ᴄᴏᴄᴋʙʟᴏᴄᴋ"
ᴀsᴘᴇɴ ᴛᴏᴏᴋ ᴀ sɪᴘ ᴏғ ʜᴇʀ ᴇɴɢᴇʀʏ ᴅʀɪɴᴋ, sitting in the passenger seat to the group rented car.
"I can't believe you can have an energy drink at nine in the morning," Alia said from the backseat, making Noah in the driver's seat laugh.
"It gives out energy," Asp rolled her eyes, knowing she needed it since the group had stayed up for hours on end trying to help Renee find the perfect tune for the chorus of her new song, "Where's Ren again?"
Ali shifted in her seat at the mention of the singer's name, playing with her seatbelt, "She's uh- She was busy. She said she needed to perfect her second verse."
Noah and Apsen nodded in aknowledgement, before Noah spoke, "Dont worry, I'll get her out of there when the time I get back."
Asp smiled, glancing at Alia for a slight moment, before looking out the window to see that they had arrived at where Noah and Al were dropping her off.
"Tell her that she better sing us it once I get back," Aspen said, hopping out of the back and thanking Noah for driving her.
They all said their quick goodbyes, as she waved them goodbye as they drove off.
She sighed out a hot breath, smoke drifting from her mouth as she approached her trailer, wincing when her hand met the cold handle. Aspen shivered in the cold, the door of the trailer being stuck shut.
"Having trouble there?" A voice came from behind As, almost making the girl drop her keys.
She laughed slightly as she spun around to almost bump into Jasmin, as she looked up at the older woman, "A little."
Jas chuckled slightly at the girl, her coat zipped up as the fluff framed her face, "You can wait in mine until we start shooting? Plus, we could practice our lines; I need to anyway. "
The black girl smiled cheerily with a nod, quickly thanking the girl, "Sure."
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Time ticked by quickly, Aspen and Jasmin sitting rehearsing their lines in Jasmin's trailer as Aspen's door defrosted.
A quick knock on the door, interrupted the two girls from their bursts of giggles, being Melissa telling Aspen that it was time to do her scene with Jenna.
"Have fun!" Jasmim said innocently, shooing her up from the couch they were sat at.
"Yeah," The other girl laughed, rolling her eyes playfully as she approached the older girl who held the door open, thanking her, "I will."
The two pretty quickly said goodbyes, Melissa explaining that she needed to go see Devyn about something, allowing Aspen to take her time to walk to set.
Aspen's eyes instantly found the slightly older brunette on the set bed, doing a scene with Liana, her eyes lingering on the girl as she fidgetted with her bracelet.
She admired her outfit, her eyes shooting to the brown ones, as Jenna's met hers, letting Aspen forget about the eggy situation yesterday. She was beautiful.
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𝖲𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝖻𝖾𝖺𝗎𝗍𝗂𝖿𝗎𝗅.
𝖶𝗂𝗅𝗅𝗈𝗐'𝗌 𝖻𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗍𝗁𝗌 𝗁𝗂𝗍𝖼𝗁𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝗇 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝗋𝗈𝖺𝗍 𝖺𝗌 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝗋𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝖻𝗋𝗎𝗇𝖾𝗍𝗍𝖾, 𝗄𝗇𝗈𝖼𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗈𝗇 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖽𝗈𝗈𝗋𝖿𝗋𝖺𝗆𝖾, 𝖺𝗌 𝖰𝗎𝗂𝗇𝗇 𝖺𝗅𝗌𝗈 𝖼𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍.
𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝖽𝗁𝖾𝖺𝖽 𝗌𝗆𝗂𝗅𝖾𝖽 𝗅𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍𝗅𝗒, 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖻𝖾𝗍𝗐𝖾𝖾𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗐𝗈 𝖺𝗌 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗁𝖺𝗇𝖽𝗌 𝗀𝖾𝗌𝗍𝗎𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝖿𝗋𝖺𝗇𝗍𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒, "𝖨'𝗆 𝗀𝗈𝗇𝗇𝖺 𝗀𝗈, 𝗅𝖾𝗍 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗀𝗎𝗒𝗌... 𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗍."
𝖶𝗂𝗅 𝗀𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗇𝖾𝖽 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖺 𝗌𝗆𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝖼𝗁𝗎𝖼𝗄𝗅𝖾, 𝗍𝗎𝖼𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺 𝖻𝗋𝖺𝗂𝖽 𝖻𝖾𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖾𝖺𝗋, 𝖺𝗌 𝖰𝗎𝗂𝗇𝗇 𝗀𝗈𝗍 𝗎𝗉 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗈𝗉𝗉𝗌𝗈𝗂𝗍𝖾 𝖾𝗇𝖽 𝗈𝖿 𝖳𝖺𝗋𝖺'𝗌 𝖻𝖾𝖽.
𝖲𝗁𝖾 𝗁𝖾𝗅𝖽 𝖳𝖺𝗋𝖺'𝗌 𝗉𝗂𝗅𝗅𝗌 𝗂𝗇 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗁𝖺𝗇𝖽𝗌, 𝗀𝗂𝗏𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖳𝖺𝗋𝖺'𝗌 𝗋𝗈𝗈𝗆m𝖺𝗍𝖾 𝖺 𝗌𝗆𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗌𝗆𝗂𝗅𝖾, 𝖺𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝗉𝖺𝗌𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝖾𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋, 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝖽𝗁𝖾𝖺𝖽 𝗌𝗁𝗎𝗍𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝗈𝗈𝗋 𝖻𝖾𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝖾𝗋.
𝖶𝗂𝗅 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗍 𝖳𝖺𝗋𝖺, 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖾𝗒𝖾𝗌 𝗌𝖼𝖺𝗇𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝖾𝗋, 𝖻𝖾𝖿𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝗅𝖺𝖼𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝗂𝗅𝗅𝗌 𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝗈𝗈𝖽𝖾𝗇 𝖽𝖾𝗌𝗄 𝖺𝗅𝗈𝗇𝗀 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗁𝖾𝗋 cowboy 𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗁𝗈𝗅𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀.
"𝖳𝗁𝖺𝗇𝗄 𝗒𝗈𝗎," 𝖳𝖺𝗋𝖺 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗇𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖺 𝗀𝗋𝗂𝗇, 𝗆𝖺𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝖺𝗋𝗄𝖾𝗋 𝗀𝗂𝗋𝗅 𝗌𝗎𝖼𝗄 𝗂𝗇 𝖺 𝗌𝗆𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝖻𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗍𝗁 𝖺𝗍 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗏𝗈𝗂𝖼𝖾, "𝖸𝗈𝗎 𝖼𝖺𝗇, 𝗎𝗁, 𝗀𝗈 𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄 𝗍𝗈 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖽𝗈𝗋𝗆, 𝗂𝖿 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗐𝖺𝗇𝗍. 𝖯𝗋𝖾𝗍𝗍𝗒 𝗌𝗎𝗋𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀'𝗌 𝖽𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝖺𝗒."
𝖶𝗂𝗅𝗅𝗈𝗐 𝗅𝖺𝗎𝗀𝗁𝖾𝖽, 𝗋𝗈𝗅𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖾𝗒𝖾𝗌 𝗉𝗅𝖺𝗒𝖿𝗎𝗅𝗅𝗒, 𝖺𝗌 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗍𝖼𝗁𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗀𝗂𝗋𝗅, "𝖨'𝗆 𝗉𝗋𝖾𝗍𝗍𝗒 𝗌𝗎𝗋𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗆𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝖢𝗁𝖺𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗇 𝗆𝖾. 𝖡𝗎𝗍 𝖨 𝖻𝖾𝗍 𝖨 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽𝖺 𝗀𝗈𝗍 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝗍𝗌 𝗂𝗇 𝗂𝖿 𝖨 𝗐𝖺𝗇𝗍𝖾𝖽."
𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝗀𝗂𝗋𝗅 𝗌𝗆𝗂𝗅𝖾𝖽, 𝗌𝗂𝗍𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖻𝖾𝗌𝗂𝖽𝖾 𝖳𝖺𝗋𝖺, 𝖺𝗌 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖾𝗒𝖾𝗌 𝖿𝗈𝗅𝗅𝗈𝗐𝖾𝖽 𝖶𝗂𝗅𝗅𝗈𝗐'𝗌 𝗆𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗌, "𝖮𝗁 𝗒𝖾𝖺𝗁?" 𝖶𝗂𝗅'𝗌 𝖾𝗒𝖾𝗌 𝖿𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖽 𝖳𝖺𝗋𝖺'𝗌 𝗌𝗅𝗈𝗐𝗅𝗒, 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗌𝗍𝗈m𝖺𝖼𝗁 𝖽𝗈i𝗇𝗀 𝗐𝖾𝗂𝗋𝖽 𝖿𝗅𝗂𝗉𝗌 𝖺𝗌 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗇𝗈𝖽𝖽𝖾𝖽, "𝖡𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗂𝗍."
𝖶𝗂𝗅𝗅𝗈𝗐 𝗅𝖺𝗎𝗀𝗁𝖾𝖽, 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝖽 𝗍𝗎𝗋𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝗆𝖾𝖾𝗍 𝖳𝖺𝗋𝖺'𝗌, 𝖻𝗈𝗍𝗁 𝗈𝖿 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗆 𝖺𝗄𝗇𝗈𝗐𝗅𝖾𝖽𝗀𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝗈𝗐 𝖼𝗅𝗈𝗌𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝗐𝖾𝗋𝖾, 𝖺𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗂𝗋 𝖾𝗒𝖾𝗌 𝗋𝖺𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝖼𝗋𝗈𝗌𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋'𝗌 𝖿𝖾𝖺𝗍𝗎𝗋𝖾𝗌, 𝖻𝖾𝖿𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝖳𝖺𝗋𝖺 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝖽𝗈𝗐𝗇.
"𝖳𝗁𝖺𝗇𝗄 𝗒𝗈𝗎," 𝖲𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝖺𝗂𝖽 𝖺𝗀𝖺𝗂𝗇, 𝗆𝖺𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖶𝗂𝗅 𝗌𝗁𝗂𝖿𝗍 𝗂𝗇 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗌𝗉𝗈𝗍, "𝖥𝗈𝗋, 𝗎𝗁, 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗅𝖾𝗍𝗍𝗂n𝗀 𝗆𝖾 𝗀𝗈 𝗎𝗉 𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗌𝖾 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗂𝗋𝗌. 𝖸𝖾𝖺𝗁, 𝖨-𝖨 𝖽𝗈𝗇'𝗍 𝗄𝗇𝗈𝗐, 𝖨 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗄 𝖨 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝗆𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝗆𝖾𝗌𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝗎𝗉 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗇 𝖨 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗅𝗂𝗌𝖾𝖽."
"It's okay," 𝖶𝗂𝗅 𝗇𝗈𝖽𝖽𝖾𝖽, 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖾𝗒𝖾𝗌 𝖿𝗈𝗅𝗅𝗐𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖳𝖺𝗋𝖺'𝗌 𝗀𝖺𝗓𝖾 𝖻𝖾𝖿o𝗋𝖾 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗅𝗈𝗐𝗅𝗒 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄 𝗎𝗉 𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝗋𝗎𝗇𝖾𝗍𝗍𝖾, 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝗏𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗉𝗅𝖺𝗒𝖿𝗎𝗅𝗅𝗒, "𝖡𝖾𝗌𝗂𝖽𝖾𝗌, 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖼a𝗇 𝖽𝗈 𝖺 𝗅𝗈𝗍 𝖻𝖾𝗍𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗇 𝖽𝖺𝗍𝖾 𝖱𝖺𝗉𝖾 𝖥𝗋𝖺𝗇𝗄𝗂𝖾."
𝖲𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝗂𝗀𝗁𝖾𝖽 𝗌𝗅𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍𝗅𝗒, 𝗌𝗆𝗂𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗐𝗁𝖾𝗇 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝖺𝗐 𝖳𝖺𝗋𝖺 𝗌𝗆𝗂𝗅𝖾, 𝗌𝗁𝗂𝖿𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗂𝗇 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗌𝗉𝗈𝗍 𝗈𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝖺𝗀𝖺𝗂𝗇.
"𝖳𝖺𝗋𝖺, 𝗒𝗈𝗎'𝗋𝖾- 𝖨- 𝖨 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗄 𝗒𝗈𝗎'𝗋𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝗌𝗉𝖾𝖼𝗂𝖺𝗅," 𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝖺𝗋𝗄𝖾𝗋 𝗀𝗂𝗋𝗅 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝖿𝖾𝗌𝗌𝖾𝖽, 𝗆𝖺𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖾𝗒𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝗍𝖺𝖼𝗍 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖳𝖺𝗋𝖺, 𝖺𝗌 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗈𝗈𝗄 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖻𝗈𝗍𝗍𝗈𝗆 𝗅𝗂𝗉 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗆𝗈𝗎𝗍𝗁, "𝖠𝗇𝖽 𝖨- 𝖨'𝗆 𝗌𝗈𝗋𝗋𝗒 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍- 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝗈𝗏𝗂𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝖿𝖾𝗋𝖾𝗇𝖼𝖾 earlier. 𝖨𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗌... 𝗌𝗍𝗎𝗉𝗂𝖽."
𝖳𝖺𝗋𝖺 𝗋𝖾𝗆𝖺𝗂𝗇𝖾𝖽 𝗌𝗂𝗅𝖾𝗇𝗍, 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖾𝗒𝖾𝗌 𝗄𝖾𝗉𝗍 𝗌𝗍𝗎𝖼𝗄 𝗈𝗇 𝖶𝗂𝗅𝗅𝗈𝗐, 𝖺𝗌 𝗌𝗂𝗅𝖾𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝗋𝗈𝖺𝗆𝖾𝖽 𝖻𝖾𝗍𝗐𝖾𝖾𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗐𝗈.
𝖦𝗎𝗂𝗅𝗍 𝖺𝗅𝗆𝗈𝗌𝗍 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝗌𝗎𝗆𝖾𝖽 𝖶𝗂𝗅, 𝗆𝖺𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄 𝖺𝗐𝖺𝗒, 𝖻𝖾𝖿𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝖾𝗅𝗍 𝖳𝖺𝗋𝖺'𝗌 𝖿𝗂𝗇𝗀𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝗈𝗇 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇 𝗌𝗈𝖿𝗍𝗅𝗒 𝗉𝗎𝗅𝗅 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗈 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄 𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄 𝖺𝗍 𝗁𝖾𝗋.
"𝖨𝗍'𝗌 𝗈𝗄𝖺𝗒," 𝖳𝖺𝗋 𝗋𝖾𝗉𝖾𝖺𝗍𝖾𝖽 Willow's words 𝗂𝗇 𝖺 𝗌𝗆𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗐𝗁𝗂𝗌𝗉𝖾𝗋, 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖾𝗒𝖾𝗌 𝗋𝖺𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗅𝗈𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗀𝗂𝗋𝗅'𝗌 𝖿𝖺𝖼𝖾, 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖺 𝗌𝗆𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗌𝗆𝗂𝗅𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗈𝗇 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗅𝗂𝗉𝗌. "𝖨 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗋𝖾𝗑𝖺𝗀𝗀𝖾𝗋𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀. 𝖨- 𝖨 𝗄𝗇𝗈𝗐 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖽𝗂𝖽𝗇'𝗍 𝗆𝖾𝖺𝗇 𝗂𝗍 𝗅𝗂𝗄𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍."
𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗐𝗈 𝗋𝖾𝗆𝖺𝗂𝗇𝖾𝖽 𝖼𝗅𝗈𝗌𝖾, 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗂𝗋 𝖻𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗍𝗁𝗌 𝗆𝗂𝗑𝗂𝗇𝗀, 𝖻𝗎𝗍𝗍𝖾𝗋𝖿𝗅𝗂𝖾𝗌 𝖿𝗅𝗈𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗂𝗇 𝖶𝗂𝗅𝗅𝗈𝗐 and Tara'𝗌 𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗆𝖺𝖼𝗁, the darker girl nodding.
"𝖨'𝗆 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗆𝖾𝗌𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝗎𝗉 𝖺𝗇𝗒𝗆𝗈𝗋𝖾," 𝖳𝖺𝗋 𝗍𝗈𝗅𝖽 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗌𝗈𝖿𝗍𝗅𝗒, 𝗁𝖺n𝖽 𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗀𝗂𝗋𝗅'𝗌 𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇, "𝖩𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝗌𝗈 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗄𝗇𝗈𝗐."
𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗀𝗂𝗋𝗅 𝗇𝗈𝖽𝖽𝖾𝖽, 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖾𝗒𝖾𝗌 𝖿𝗅𝗂𝖼𝗄𝖾𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝖳𝖺𝗋𝖺'𝗌 𝗅𝗂𝗉𝗌 𝖻𝖾𝖿𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝗀𝗈𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄 𝗎𝗉 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖾𝗒𝖾𝗌, "𝖮𝗄𝖺𝗒."
𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗐𝗈 𝗀𝗋𝖾𝗐 𝖼𝗅𝗈𝗌𝖾𝗋, 𝖳𝖺𝗋𝖺'𝗌 𝖿𝗂𝗇𝗀𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝖻𝖾𝗇𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝗉𝗎𝗅𝗅 𝖶𝗂𝗅'𝗌 𝖿𝖺𝖼𝖾 𝖼𝗅𝗈𝗌𝖾𝗋, 𝖺𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗂𝗋 𝗅𝗂𝗉𝗌 𝖼𝗅o𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝗇 𝗈𝗇 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋.
𝖳𝗁𝖾𝗇, 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝗈𝗈𝗋 𝗈𝗉𝖾𝗇𝖾𝖽. 𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝖺m𝗂𝗅𝗂𝖺𝗋 𝗏𝗈𝗂𝖼𝖾 𝖾𝖼𝗁𝗈𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝖼𝗋𝗈𝗌𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝗈𝗈𝗆, 𝖺𝗌 𝖶𝗂𝗅 𝗉𝗎𝗅𝗅𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗐𝖺𝗒, 𝖳𝖺𝗋 𝗍𝗎𝗋𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄 𝖺𝗍 𝗐𝗁𝗈 𝗁𝖺𝖽 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝖾𝗇𝗍𝖾𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝗈𝗈𝗆.
"𝖨 𝖿𝗈𝗋𝗀𝗈𝗍 𝗆𝗒 𝗉𝗁𝗈𝗇𝖾."
𝖶𝗂𝗅 𝗌𝗂𝗀𝗁𝖾𝖽, 𝗌𝗁𝗂𝖿𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗎𝗋𝗇 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝖳𝖺𝗋𝖺, 𝗌𝗈 𝗂𝗍 𝖽𝗂𝖽𝗇'𝗍 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄 𝗍o𝗈 𝗌𝗎𝗌𝗉𝗂𝖼𝗂𝗈𝗎𝗌, 𝖾𝗒𝖾𝗌 𝖿𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗀𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺𝗐𝗄𝗐𝖺𝗋𝖽𝗅𝗒 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗎𝖼𝗄 𝖺 𝖻𝗋𝖺𝗂𝖽 𝖻𝖾𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖾𝖺𝗋.
𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝖽𝗁𝖾𝖺𝖽 𝗌𝗍𝗈𝗉𝗉𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝗇 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗅𝗂𝗌𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗋𝖾𝗀𝗋𝖾𝗍, 𝖻𝗂𝗍𝗂n𝗀 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗅𝗂𝗉 𝗌𝗅𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍𝗅𝗒, "𝖮𝗁 𝗆𝗒 𝗀𝗈𝖽, 𝖽𝗂𝖽 𝖨 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝖼𝗈𝖼𝗄𝖻𝗅𝗈𝖼𝗄 𝗒𝗈𝗎?"
"𝖶𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖽𝗂𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝗌𝖺𝗒?" 𝖳𝖺𝗋𝖺 𝖺𝗌𝗄𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝖾𝗋, 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖾𝗒𝖾𝖻𝗋𝗈𝗐𝗌 𝖿𝗎𝗋𝗋𝗈𝗐𝖾𝖽, 𝖾𝗒𝖾𝗌 𝗌𝗁𝗈𝗈𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗎𝗉 𝗍𝗈 𝖿𝗂𝗇𝖽 𝖰𝗎𝗂𝗇𝗇.
𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝗀𝗂𝗋𝗅 𝗋𝖾𝗉𝖾𝖺𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗌𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝗌𝖾𝗇𝗍𝖾𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝖺𝗀𝖺𝗂𝗇 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺𝗀𝖺𝗂𝗇, 𝗆𝖺𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖳𝖺𝗋𝖺 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖶𝗂𝗅𝗅𝗈𝗐 𝖻𝗈𝗍𝗁 𝗌𝗁𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗂𝗋 𝖾𝗒𝖾𝗌 𝗂𝗇 𝖼𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀𝖾, 𝗋𝗈𝗅𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗂𝗋 𝖾𝗒𝖾𝗌 𝖺𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗒 𝗏𝖺𝗀u𝖾𝗅𝗒 𝖽𝖾𝗇𝗂𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗇𝗒𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀.
"𝖲𝗍𝗈𝗉 𝗌𝖺𝗒𝗂𝗇𝗀 '𝖼𝗈𝖼𝗄'," 𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝗅𝖺𝖼𝗄 𝗀𝗂𝗋𝗅 𝗋𝗈𝗅𝗅𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖾𝗒𝖾𝗌 𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗇𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗎𝗉 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗀𝗋𝖺𝖻𝖻𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝖾𝗌𝗄.
𝖳𝖺𝗋 𝗌𝗂𝗀𝗁𝖾𝖽, 𝖶𝗂𝗅'𝗌 𝖾𝗒𝖾𝗌 𝖿𝗅𝗂𝖼𝗄𝖾𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝖳𝖺𝗋𝖺, 𝖺𝗌 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖾𝗒𝖾𝗌 𝖿𝖾𝗅𝗅 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖿𝖺𝖼𝖾, "𝖠𝗅𝗋𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍- 𝖶𝗁𝗒- 𝖶-𝖶𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖽𝗂𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗇𝖾𝖾𝖽?"
"𝖬𝗒 𝗉𝗁𝗈𝗇𝖾," 𝖰𝗎𝗂𝗇𝗇 𝗋𝖾𝗉𝖾𝖺𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝖺𝗀𝖺𝗂𝗇, 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗁𝖺𝗇𝖽𝗌 𝗌𝖼𝗎𝗋𝗋𝗒𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝗀𝗋𝖺𝖻 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗉𝗁𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝖾𝖽𝗌𝗂𝖽𝖾 𝗍𝖺𝖻𝗅𝖾, 𝖺𝗌 𝖳𝖺𝗋𝖺 𝗉𝗋𝖺𝖼𝗍𝗂𝖼𝖺lly 𝖽𝗂𝗌𝖼𝗂𝗉𝗅𝗂𝗇𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝖾𝗋.
"𝖶𝖾𝗅𝗅, 𝖨'𝗆 𝗀𝗈𝗇𝗇𝖺 𝗀𝗈," 𝖶𝗂𝗅 𝗌𝗂𝗀𝗁𝖾𝖽, 𝗀𝗂𝗏𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖰𝗎𝗂𝗇𝗇 𝖺 𝖿𝗈𝗋𝖼𝖾𝖽 𝖻𝖾𝖺𝗆, 𝖻𝖾𝖿𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗍 𝖳𝖺𝗋𝖺, 𝗉𝗈𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺 𝖿𝗂𝗇𝗀𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝖾𝗋, "𝖡𝗎𝗍 𝗀𝖾𝗍 𝗌𝗈𝗆𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗍, 𝗀𝖾𝗍 𝗌𝗈𝖻𝖾𝗋 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗉𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗌𝖾- 𝖯𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗌𝖾 𝖽𝗈𝗇'𝗍 𝗄𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗌𝗂𝗌𝗍𝖾𝗋, 𝗈𝗄𝖺𝗒? 𝖲𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗅𝗒 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾𝗌 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗅𝗈𝖺𝖽𝗌."
𝖶𝗂𝗅 𝗌𝗂𝗀𝗁𝖾𝖽, 𝖻𝗋𝗎𝗌𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗁𝖺𝗂𝗋 𝖻𝖺𝖼𝗄 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗁𝖺𝗇𝖽𝗌 𝖺𝗌 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝖿𝗈𝗋𝖼𝖾𝖽 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖾𝗒𝖾𝗌 𝖺𝗐𝖺𝗒 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝗋𝗎𝗇𝖾𝗍𝗍𝖾 𝗐𝗁𝗈 𝗐𝖺𝗌 𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝗌𝗂𝗍𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖻𝖾𝖽, 𝖻𝖾𝖿𝗈𝗋𝖾 𝖺𝖼𝗍𝗎𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝗆𝖺𝗄𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗐𝖺𝗒 𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝖳𝖺𝗋𝖺'𝗌 𝗋𝗈𝗈𝗆.
"𝖦𝗈𝗈𝖽𝗇𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍," 𝖲𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗈𝗅𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗍𝗐𝗈, 𝗍𝗎𝗋𝗇i𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖽 𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖽𝗈𝗈𝗋𝗐𝖺𝗒 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖺 𝗌𝗆𝗂𝗅𝖾 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝖽 𝗇𝗈𝖽, 𝗉𝗅𝖺𝖼𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗈𝗇 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗁𝖾𝖺𝖽.
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"Goodnight," Aspen said goodbye to the crew after the many times that they had to repeat scenes, the sky already darkening.
They said goodbyes back, Asp yawning slightly, as she chewed on a peice of gum, waiting at the pick-up area for Noah.
Thank god, she didn'𝗍 have to book a taxi- 𝗍hat being one of the perks to her friends following her to a different country.
In the distance, a face was slightly shown by the lit up phone screen ahead, Aspen approaching slowly, ready to offer the girl a ride back to the hotel, so she wouldnt have to pay.
"Hi Jenna," She smiled, as the girl looked up her eyes raking across Aspen's features, reminding her of the scene they had filmed together earlier.
The corner of the actor's lip pulled 𝗎𝗉 slightly a𝗌 she looked at Aspen, before she seemed to force it away, "What do you want?"
"My friend's coming to pick me up, do- uh- do you want a lift?" Asp said hopefully, fidgetting with her bracelet.
Noah's car pulled up almost instantly after, making Aspen nod her head that way, recognising the grey sedan's liscence plate.
"You think I'm gonna get in a car with you after you've been nothing but a bitch to me?"
Aspen's brows furrowed at her words with an unsure and disbelieving smile, "Are you joking? I apologised for that coffee thing and you got me back. Plus yesterday you made me crack all my eggs. How have I been a bitch?"
"No you didn't," Jenna mummered, making Aspen look at the girl in confusion, "You didn't apologise."
"Well, I'm sorry," Asp rolled her eyes sarcastically, as frustration consumed her, Noah beeping to tell Aspen to hurry the fuck up, "But I've genuinely been nothing but nice to you since."
Jenna stared at the girl, fidgetting with her rings as she looked down, taking her bottom lip into her mouth, as the other actress shook her head in disbelief, decidng to just turn away and go back to the hotel.
"Aspen, wait," Jenna sighed slightly, seemingly realising that she was overreacting, her hand reaching the grab Aspen's wrist to pull her back, accidentally grabbing onto her bracelet in the process and pulling, letting the peice of jewwellry snap.
Beads fell to the floor, Asp's heart dropping as she looked down at the broken bracelet.
"What the fuck?" The girl stammered, as her heart pounded in frustration and desolation. Her glossy eyes dropped to the floor where the remains of her bracelet lay, the horn of Noah's rented car beeping again.
Asp's breath hitched in her throat, as she turned away from the girl, hands trembling, as she made her way to the car.
"Aspen!" Jenna called out after her, also looking down at the remains of her bracelet, before looking back at the girl who had ignored her call, hopping into the back of the car.
She kicked her feet up onto the seats, her eyes staring blankly ahead as she felt the empty space her bracelet once was.
"You alright?" Noah asked, as he looked through the mirror at the girl.
"Yeah," She lied, tugging on her jacket tighter, "J-Just drive please?"
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