Chapter 9

Later that afternoon, Theresa had come over to my place and we were both sitting in my room; Theresa sitting cross-legged on my bed and me lying on the couch. On the night table near the bed were our two bowls of vanilla ice cream. For a while now I had been reading through the movie script while Theresa sat and read some magazines. I got nearly halfway through the script and I set it down on my lap and reached for my bowl of ice cream.

"So what did you think when you found out that Ken is the professor?" Theresa asked as she closed the magazine.

"We've already been through this, Theresa, "I said as I took in a spoonful of ice cream.

"I told you. I was just relieved that I finally figured out who was playing him."

"That's rubbish."

I looked at her and we both started laughing.

"What is your problem, Theresa?"

"No I'm not."

"Yes! You are! Look, I understand your whole 'I'm with Tony' situation, but we can still talk about men. I know you're in love with Tony, but come on, you're eighteen. You can drool about Kenneth with me!"

I started laughing and shook my head at her. She was right though. If I loved Tony enough, I'd make sure nothing was going to happen between Kenneth and I.

"Look man, I don't know what to tell you. I don't like saying stuff like 'Oh my God he's SO hot!' I mean, I say it in my mind, but when I tell people these things I'd say something like 'Now THAT Kenneth Branagh...Ahh yeah...Mmm-hmm..."

"Yeah. So anyways..."

"Ugh, fine then. Forget it."

"No I'm just kidding! I know what you mean."

I paused as I took in another spoonful of ice cream. Theresa did the same.

"Okay so I was a little excited when I found out that I get to be with Kenneth."

"A little?"

"Fine. I got really excited when I found out. But then a little worried."

"Worried about what? Oh no wait I know. You're worried that Tony might go into some jealous fit about it."

I nodded my head. "I know it's perfectly normal for him to feel that way in this situation, and I guess normal for me to worry about this..."

"So don't worry about it then."

I let out a big sigh, picked up the script and continued reading.

"Is Tony coming over tonight?" Theresa asked as she sat up.

"I don't think so. I think he's going to be doing his own thing for a while," I said without lifting my head away from what I was reading.

"Okay, well I'm gonna head home now," she said as she got up from the bed. While she was getting her stuff together, I was reading through a love scene between my character and the professor.

"Ohh wow..." I muttered.

"What is it?"

"As the two are engaged in major lip-locking, the professor is to lead them on the bed, where they begin to quickly undress each other..." I read from the page.

"You two have a love scene? I think you should ask Tony what he thinks about all this."

"I'm sure he'll be fine with it. It's just acting anyways."

"Yeah maybe just for Kenneth," Theresa joked as she left my room.

"Whatever, Theresa! I'll call you someday!" I shouted out to her. She said goodbye and I went back to reading.

A week had passed and most of the first few scenes had already been worked on. Until now, I still hadn't told Tony about the love scene. I wasn't exactly sure why I was worried that he'd be worried about it. I was sitting in my dressing room trailer and decided to call him about it. There was a phone in the trailer and I dialed the number to his house.

"Hello?"

"Tony! Hey!"

"Ah hello, dahling. How are things going on the set?"

"Everything's going well so far. I just wanted to ask you something."

"What is it?"

"Well you know that Kenneth is playing the starring role as the professor. He and I have a few scenes where...Well we get pretty physical."

"Oh don't you worry about that. I had a feeling this was going to turn up sooner or later. I know it's all just acting."

I breathed a sigh of relief. "That's good. I'm glad you understand."

"Of course I do. But don't you enjoy your work too much luv!"

We both started laughing.

"Don't worry about me, Tony." There was a knock at the trailer door. "Oh look I have to go now. I'll call you again sometime!"

"Good luck, Jennifer. I love you!"

"Love you too, Tony. Bye!"

I hung up the phone and went to open the door. Kenneth was standing outside with two other women.

"Jennifer darling, I want you to meet these two ladies," Kenneth said as he helped me for some reason as I went down the stairs. He led me to the first woman. "This is Sarah. She'll be doing your hair and makeup."

"Hello Sarah," I said and we shook hands. "I look forward to your work. I don't wear any makeup so it'll be interesting to see what I'll look like once you're through with me!"

"Oh I'm sure I'll have fun with you then!" she said and smiled.

"Hi! I'm Christina. I'll be doing your wardrobe for the movie," she said and extended her hand to me. I shook it and said, "I look forward to working with you as well!"

"Well, now that you all know each other, let's begin working on scene three again. Sarah and Christina, you two can organize the main dressing areas. Jennifer, come with me," ordered Kenneth and we all did what we were told.

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A few days went by and the first scenes were finished with. The next scene was to be when my character moves into her new place and meets her roommate, Linda. I was sitting around on the apartment set going over my script when this girl came up to me.

"Hi there, Jennifer. We haven't been properly introduced, but I'm Marilyn." I looked up at her, smiled and shook her hand. I recognized her though. She was sitting at the table in the library that one day. "I'll be playing your roommate."

"Oh yeah! Well that's cool. I'll be playing your roommate too then."

We laughed and she sat down on the couch next to me.

"So is this your first movie?" Marilyn asked.

"Yeah, it is, actually."

"Cool! Mine too!"

We laughed and continued on with our conversation. It turns out that we had a few things in common. We were both from California, and we graduated high school in the same year, though I was a year older than she was. It was a mystery how we both ended up here in the same place.

"You know I almost died when I found out who was going to be in this movie!" she said excitedly. "I just love Kenneth Branagh and Cary Elwes."

"Oh I know what you mean!"

The other little story in this movie is that Cary's character falls for Marilyn's, but she doesn't fall for him until the end. It was just the opposite of my situation.

Another week went by and the filming was running along smoothly. Tony never visited the set, but we did talk to each other on the phone every day. On the night of our first day off, Tony took me out to dinner, saying that he had something important to ask me. He waited until we were both finished eating before he said anything about what it was.

"I'm going to just flat out ask you this right now and get straight to the point," he began. I just nodded and said "Okay Tony."

"Will you move in with me?"

Oh wow, the whole relationship cycle was really going somewhere. The first thing that came into my mind was "Of course I'll move in with you, Tony!" But then Theresa wouldn't be able to just walk over whenever she wanted. Then again, she has a car, and I'd always see her at school. I sighed and smiled at Tony.

"Yes, Tony. I'll move into your place with you," I said and we held hands in the middle of the table.

"Wonderful! See I planned everything out. I could get all your stuff moved into my place while you're at work. Then on your days off, we can arrange everything. How does that sound?"

The man was brilliant, I tell you. We stared at each other and started laughing.

"That's well thought-out, dear. Sounds good! I'll talk to Theresa and Kenneth about it tomorrow. Hey, just one thing. What would of happened if I said no?"

He squeezed my hand, looked deep into my eyes and said, "I knew you wouldn't."

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