Theresa Salvatore
My phone has been constantly ringing for the past five minutes and I'm just too lazy and sleepy to get up and receive it. Plus the way Hardin's hugging me and sleeping, I don't think I'll be able to get up without waking him up.
I look up at him and see how he's enjoying his sleep. His long eyelashes resting on his cheekbones. His hair is completely messy and his pink lips are pouted. He looks like a Greek God. So handsome.
I give him a kiss on both of his cheeks and then slowly remove his arms from my waist. His grip is too tight but somehow I manage to remove his arms.
Hardin's white button down shirt is lying on the floor so I quickly pick it up and wear it. Just the shirt, nothing else.
I finally grab my phone and see three missed calls from Lydia. I immediately call her back, hoping everything is fine.
"Oh my god, thank god Tessa. I've been calling you for the past ten minutes. Where have you been?" Lydia says as soon as she picks up my call.
"Hey, sorry I was asleep. Why have you been calling me continuosly. I'm not even late."
"I just wanted to inform you that be here on time. Don't be late. We have a couple of important shots today. Okay?" She is literally my second mom.
"Yes mom. I'll be on time. Now let me get dressed so that I can be there on time," I say and hang up.
I keep my phone on the nightstand and pad to my closet to pick today's outfit. I take a quick look at the mirror and I scream as soon as I realize something.
"Hardin McCall! What the actual fuck!" I scream and I hear Hardin wake up.
"What is wrong with you Tessa? Why are you screaming so early in the morning?" He walks towards the closet where I'm standing.
"Are you serious asking me that? What is this?" I point to the red mark on my neck.
"It's a hickey Tessa. Why are you so shocked seeing that? We had sex last night, remember?" He says is a duh tone.
"I know that's a hickey and I know we had sex you asshole. But couldn't you be a little careful? You know I have to shoot and what if someone sees it?" I give him an angry stare.
"Ok I'm sorry. I didn't even realise when I gave you that. Can you calm down now? Can't you cover it up with makeup or something?" He gives me his puppy dog eyes but I'm still frustrated at his carelessness.
"Ya fine. I'll do that. Now go get ready."
He nods and before leaving gives me a small peck on my lips and on my neck, on the hickey.
I take a quick shower and decide to wear a turtle neck top with jeans. I've applied makeup on the my neck but I can't risk anyone seeing it.
When I go back in the room, Hardin is already dressed in his casual shirt, jeans and converse. As soon as he sees me, he lets out a small chuckle.
"Why the hell are you laughing?" I furrow my brows.
"Why are you wearing a turtle neck in such heat? It's really hot outside. You'll die because of the heat," he says pointing at my top.
"You shut up. This is all because of you. You are the reason why I'm wearing this," I huff and leave the room and hear Hardin laughing really loudly in the room.
He gets on my nerves when he does such stuff. I really hope next time he's a little more careful. I'm in no mood to get into any trouble anytime soon.
Lydia and Trevor directly meet us at the location. They've been going on breakfast dates a lot lately. But I'm happy for them. They should enjoy their time here, together.
As we walk towards them Lydia asks, "Tessa you know that we are in Atlanta right? It's so hot. Why are you wearing that? Have you lost your mind?"
"Oh god not again. I wanted to wear this so I wore it. Now can we please shoot?" I snap and she raises her hands in defence.
Today we have a few kissing scenes to shoot. Earlier it wasn't that awkward but now that I'm dating Hardin it's definitely going to be weird. I just hope he doesn't get angry. He gets really jealous during such scenes.
I go into my trailer and see the outfit that's hanging. It's a tube top with shorts. Great. Now how am I going to hide this stupid hickey. I quickly get changed and just when I was about to leave Lydia enters the trailer.
"Hey! What's up?" I ask her and her eyes go straight to my neck. Shit.
"Do you have a hickey? Is that why you were wearing a turtle neck?" She asks in excitement.
"Yeah yeah, it's a hickey and that's the reason why I was wearing that top. Please don't emphasis on it much," I plead.
"Ya I won't tell anyone. Except Trevor ofcourse. But did something happen between y'all? Like more than just making out and all?"
"Well, we went on a date. Hardin asked me to be his girlfriend and I said yes. And then we had sex," I saw the last part almost as a whisper even though it's just the two of us.
"Oh my god Tessa. I'm so happy for you!" Lydia says in excitement and hugs me tight.
"Thanks. Now let's go. We'll be late."
We start shooting for the day and I notice Hardin constantly staring at us during the intimate scenes. After the shoot I'll make sure he doesn't get upset or jealous. It's his first relationship and I don't want him to be uncomfortable in any way.
Suddenly in between the shoot Trevor notices my neck and asks Lydia to stop, "Is that a hickey?"
My eyes widen at his reaction and I notice that Hardin spits his coffee back into his mug.
Luckily Lydia covers up for me, "Yes it is. It's part of scene. Let's carry on!"
After sometime I notice that Hardin isn't at the set anymore. He just disappeared somewhere. I can't even see him anywhere around.
I ask Lydia if she's seen Hardin because she was with him and she informs me that he's near my trailer. I go to check on him.
"Hardin?"
"Yeah," he turns and puts his phone in his pocket.
I go close to him and wrap my arms around his waist and look into his amazing green eyes.
"Is something wrong?" I ask his nervously.
"No," he answers plainly and I know he was uncomfortable watching that scene.
"I know what's wrong. You were uncomfortable watching me kiss Trevor right?"
He doesn't answer my question so place my hand on his cheek and caress it.
"You don't have to worry about anything Hardin. I'm all yours," I give him an assuring smile.
He smiles and leans in to give me a kiss. His lips feel so soft again mine. He holds my neck and kisses me passionately. Both of our tongues swaying with each other. We were lost into each other. No one around mattered to us at that moment. It was just Hardin and I.
"Oh my god! What the fuck?" We hear a familiar voice and break our kiss to turn to look at the person.