Fan Fiction |
by Hibiscus
Tuesday got on her toes and extended one leg till she touched the wall. Holding the pose, she flung her head back and the slight breeze made her white short skirt flutter.
“Can you hurry up?” Tuesday said to Daniel who was still fiddling around with his camera.
“This can’t be hurried.” He said not looking at her. Tuesday felt a peculiar emotion gathering in the pit of her stomach. She narrowed her eyes and yes… it was irritation. Nobody had ever cared to irritate her before.
Finally, setting up the equipment and angle to his satisfaction, Daniel announced grandly that he was ready.
“About time.” Tuesday muttered.
He went to take the picture and then paused. “You look beautiful but there’s something missing.”
Tuesday made to straighten from her pose but he raised his hand, stopping her. He walked over and then looked over her critically. “Your form is beautiful but…oh.” He smiled as realization dawned.
“Oh? I can’t hold this pose much longer Daniel.” Tuesday said.
“Breathe.” Daniel whispered.
Tuesday opened her mouth to take in a bit of air and Daniel kissed her. Tuesday stumbled from her shock and would have fallen had Daniel’s hands not caught her side and steadied her in her current position.
Tuesday’s eyes fluttered down and she let him kiss her, a strange feeling spiking her temperature and sending it soaring.
“There, much better. Now don’t move.” And Daniel ran back to his camera and as Tuesday opened her eyes bemused, he captured her awakened expression in a photograph.
“Why did you kiss me?” Tuesday asked, straightening from the pose.
“Cuz there was something missing in you. You have fire inside you, you do but it’s carefully banked. The kiss let the fire come to the surface and it burned from inside your eyes and it made my photograph…more.” Daniel explained packing up his equipment.
“That was my first kiss.” Tuesday said, barely audibly.
Daniel stopped his movements and then raised his head and smiled in a curiously possessive manner. “I know.”
CUT!
Angela walked over as Ariel stretched out the kinks that holding the pose for so long had caused. She glanced at Mike who gave her a half smile.
“That was good. Good job, guys.”
Ariel and Mike both turned to her, flushing with pleasure from her praise. “Thank you,” Ariel said speaking for both of them.
“However…” Angela continued and Ariel felt her smile falter.
“The next few scenes that we have to do require a lot of familiarity with each others persons.”
“I don’t understand.” Mike said.
“We are going to shoot the entire relationship sequence right after the weekend. That includes the two make out scenes that you two have.”
Ariel felt her eyes widen. She turned to Mike who was studiously avoiding looking at her.
“And while I know that you two are friends and have known each other a long while, I sense that you are still not completely comfortable with each other. So I’m sending you camping.”
“What?” Mike said not believing he had heard properly.
“I’m sending you camping, just you two and of course a guide.” Angela smiled.
“Why can’t we go shopping?” Ariel said.
Mike started laughing. “Yi Chen hates the great outdoors.”
“I do not. I just think…that there are better places to sleep than the ground!” Ariel said hotly. She turned to Angela, “Come on, Angela, shopping will be good for us, really.”
Angela laughed. “You can go shopping with him whenever you want but this camping trip that I have organized; it will let you depend on him and vice versa and away from everyone else, you two will be able to…connect. I know it’s unconventional but anything for my drama. I hope you agree.” She waited to hear Ariel’s response.
“I don’t mind going along with it.” Mike said cheerfully.
Ariel narrowed her eyes and glared at him. “Okay okay, I’ll go but I’m telling you, if I get lost or something eats me, you will be sorry.”
Angela whipped out a folder and said, “Here you go, here’s all the pertinent information. You go on Saturday, come back Sunday. Have fun.” She said gaily and walked off.
“Isn’t she asking a bit too much?” Ariel grumbled to Mike.
He smiled cheerfully. “I like camping.”
“Blergh.” Ariel licked her lips.
“Hey Mike!” She called to him as he made to enter his trailer. “If you keep on eating ice cream, you’ll get fat.”
Mike’s eyes widened and he asked, “How did you…” Oh. The kiss. “Next time I’ll eat garlic,” he said laughing.
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Author's note: Peter is my imaginary friend and I know we said we wouldn't update till Monday but we decided to update anyway. We are girls, we change our minds as many times as we breathe. ;) No cliff hangers, see?