Film of Love

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“We are we going next?” Tallia excitedly asked. Honestly, my butt is hurting as I seat in the stool for a long time. Speaking of time, as I can see we have more time to spend on.

“Going to the carnival?” Alejandro suggested. I looked upon the window and notice that the ice outside is not that thin and also by looking on other’s clothing and our it seems likely that the winter is getting out the place—sooner or later it will be summer time.

“Carnival?” Hani asked again. “Really? Are you crazy the air is freezing and I about to have hypothermia.”

“Then why did you dress yourself thin?” Alejandro clapped back. Hani looked at what she is wearing and yes, Alejandro is partly correct because she really is wearing thin clothing inside is there is no padded jacket she will look like she wants to suffer in the cold.

“Whatever!” she rolled her eyes to him and just sip on her coffee. Look at her, she ordered an iced Americano although its winter. I sighed and just leave it like that and noticed how Jace and Tallia grinned subconsciously at the same time. Something is fishy, it’s like they know something between the two.

Don’t tell me…they are dating? They are in relationship? Is there a bond between them? OMG! I want to ship them too if that’s what Tallia do. You wonder if why I know the word “shipping” not the fee or the cargo or something like that but between two people it’s like you are matchmaking them because they can be seen as a couple or a very close mates or pals.

Jace faked a cough and said. “Shall we go now?”

“Where are we going?” Tallia asked. Did she not hear it or she is doing it on purpose? I sighed and replied to her.

“Carnival…that’s what he said.”

“Not me…I mean I’m just suggesting,” he denied and pointed to me and continued. “Ms. Ashton, where do you want to go?” Look at him, passing the question to me. I looked at them and landed to Jace’s eyes and we accidentally locked eyes and it was embarrassing so I looked away first and cleared my throat before answering him.

“I actually…no idea around this area.” I really being honest because this place is not the same where we first ate with Dem. I don’t have a time to roam around when we are getting in the end of the story. Apart from it, I wonder how is the situation if Dem’s father and her. I am guilty that I can’t even visit him nor give them something like fruits and other goods that they can benefit from it.

I am quick to change moods and I am unfortunately down and sad right now. I can’t feel my other heart’s happiness and I think that I failed as a friend because of one thing I promised to her, and that is to be with each other’s sides if things went horrible. Just like her situation, I should be by her side right now but I can’t do it because of what happened.

I am hoping that those people behind those things will be caught and suffer, because I know that Mr. Linton doesn’t jump into people’s businesses as well as their nerves. I know him to be calm and preserve person and also Dem mentioned that as what she can tell, her dad is a friendly person and he is sometimes open a friendly fire on but it does not lead to a greater scene where they start to argue with each other. She also knows that her dad doesn’t have enemies in the industry because of how her dad worked in silence. I am also sad about the fact that they should be celebrating the winning moment of Dem and to welcome back her dad from his sail.

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I am too quiet right now and even Alejandro noticed that I am not being myself. I can’t be myself if I am in front of her. Its seems that my mind can’t process anything and I don’t blame my mind for that because the part of me want to be slow but the other part of me likes this set up of destiny to me. I’d say that her being here in front of me is euphoric moment that was given to me. I’ve been waiting for her, and she is here.

Even though I spend the rest of my years in the states—I grown up into a man, I hit puberty, I went on so much adventures and mom surprisingly taking off my leash as I hit 16 and went on my own. Although my mind loss it’s information, what she looks like and what are her little details when we are kids, my heart seems to remembered or make me remembered her, there is no in between.

As my eyes landed on her that day, my frozen heart show shines of being warm and starts to beat so fast but not into the extent of bursting out. I still can handle it but it shows that even my mind can’t remember her facial structure and all, my heartbeats know that she is the woman that I am with through our childhood years.

As I seat in the stool just across her, I noticed that my heart appeared to have calm down and felt that he stared at her lovingly for a while.

“Shall we go now?” Jace asked. They all nodded their head and they head out first. I finished my coffee too fast out of nervousness but I don’t mind that at all, I can order another if I want to.

I looked at her again and see that she looks down today or her change of mood went like that. It’s not like there’s someone on us that shared their long ass sad story just like what will Alejandro will share if someone open that gate that will lead him to that topic. Alejandro is my best of friend in the industry except for my manager and assistant, I don’t even know if I have one. I want to put him on the list of my best of friend because first of all, it is hard as rock to have a true friend in the industry not unless if they are in a band because people will automatically see you guys as all friends and brotherhood, my case is different and I am glad that he became my friend. He is goofy, mischievous person but he has a good heart and mind also, he loves to tease Hani although Hani is not really one of the actress under Levitate entertainment she just adapted and finally signed a contract after her contract to the other company expired.

If Alejandro teases Hani, Tallia and I teased them both as a couple and I don’t know if the love is on the air. Aside from that let’s talk about Hani, she is half Korean and half French a wonderful combination or breed it is. She has the color of his father’s eyes and a rich dark brown hair from her mom. She is also one of my friend in the industry and we often being called as the “ideal couple”. I thought in the first place that she is making a moved to me but she is a frank and sincere friend to me and that’s when I hear a woman said that I am not her type and laugh at me, then we became friends after the after night party.

I thought she will be uncomfortable when people start to give us a label as what I said earlier but my worries were gone when she looks so chill about those and later on she gave a frank statement in her IG live and answered their awaiting questions and cleared that we are just friends. I am shook on how she can make the question vanished suddenly. I can see that she is a powerful woman that time. She is a model and an actress on the other entertainment and actually signed a contract to our company last 14 months ago.

I actually excited to be with her in our upcoming movie and as she came into our group (Alejandro and I) I can sense that Alejandro has a crush on Hani when she was still a rookie. I actually cornered him and he eventually confessed that’s why I am teasing him with Tallia. Let’s talk about Natallia Chalamet, she is not on my friend list not until Alejandro introduced me to her and she is a bubbly and very kind woman. She is actually a singer and actress from the old entertainment where Alejandro and her trained. She debuted with a single 4 years ago and debuted as an actress a year after that and she actually enjoy being an actress and pursue the career but as what I can see she is still releasing a single, and as what I heard she will be also singing one of the original soundtrack in our movie. As I get to know her I also kept her into my list of friends.

When the time comes, all of us are actually so nervous when the dividing happened because of the what if’s we all have in our mind. We are hoping that we can be in one project or have a collaboration in any magazine photoshoot and we are here having all of us in one movie

“Hey! Why are we riding a bus?” Hani suddenly asked me. I actually be going somewhere a bit far, and doesn’t care about the time we will be spending. I don’t care if this is not the timing we want or the time we are wasting, because for me an unexpected trip happened it will always go right and those best laid plans sometimes can go wrong.

I know they don’t worry about the money we will be spending or where we are going but the time. I know that but it will be quick. This place is located just 170 kilometers (105 miles) from Paris and we there is an actual bus just to get there.

“Les cerfs-volants de Dieppe? Are you for real!?” Alejandro asked unbelieving what he just read in the bus sign.

“Wait—what? Where?” Aryn asked.

“In the long name beach!” Tallia answered. She looked not so good when they said and looked at the time.

“Forget the time! The bus is here—t is too late to go back now!” I said and went in the bus and they followed me.

I am sorry to be stubborn because I want her to know that she will not regret going to our mini-trip. Seas can be calming and I am hoping the sea will calm her mind. It will be 1 hour and 53 minutes as what I estimated and we will use the remaining time, before we get off our work, to enjoy and also get back exactly.

I am not afraid to do it because I know that scriptwriters have a time of their own. I looked at my side and Aryn is beside me, who looks so worried.

“Don’t worry about it!” I said giving her a smile. It changed when she didn’t smile back. Ops! Did I mess this up?

“What do you man don’t worry about it? huh?” she asked me back. I heard a teasing sound coming from Alejandro and just glared at him.

“I mean for what I know scriptwriters have their own time.”

“Well, we have our own time discussing and writing not going on this stupid trip,” she said harshly. My heart is wounded but I understand her because she is stressed.

“I will call Ms. Julia for you then,” I said and took out my phone and dial her number. Just a few seconds she answered me with a question.

“Where are you, Mr. Jace?” she asked.

“Well, honestly, we are just looking for a place where we can continue our practice,” I reasoned out. It can be turn into a truth if we find the place peaceful. I smirked as I turned on the speaker this time because I heard her sighed which is there is nothing to do about it.

“Please be careful and be back before the dismissal time.”

“Wait—Ms. Julia are you for real?” she asked and I turned off the speaker and thanked the woman.

“Hey!” she reprimanded. “That’s rude, Mr. Jace!”

I smirked and replied. “What happened to “Jace”, Ms. January?”

“Hmpf!” she just grunted and I just smirked and look at the window.

“Don’t be annoyed, January and please stop teasing her Jace!” Tallia requested.

“Fine!” I just said and sighed. I looked to her who just avoid my eye contact and I just looked back to the window and wait for the 1 hour and some minutes to passed by. Not later, we all opened up a conversation on the various subjects.

I can now see her smiling and laughing in the conversation. I didn’t know that she is a quiet girl when what I remember is she was a talkative one back then. I am happy that she is being like this, I like her being like this and it will never change. I lock eye contact with Hani and she just smiled at me. I rolled at her and threatened her with my glare.