Chapter 2-Courage
It's now December and we have been filming for 7 weeks, getting so much done thanks to Cameron and the other cast. Despite the roles he has played before he is pretty professional, a joke here and there but other than that he gets work done and reads his lines fluently.
"For once can we just have a normal conversation without a single sexual comment or movement, seriously like damn!" Cameron shouts, quoting his lines at his co-star Elliot.
"Because we're guys and that what we do, you used to like acting like this." Elliot says calmly.
"Well sorry if I don't talk about sex like I'm a addict anymore." Cameron let's out in a sour tone.
"OK THAT'S A RAP! 20 MINUTE BRAKE!" I yell.
"Damn Aiden any louder and you might burst my eardrum your so loud." Nolan said grinning at me.
"Hey I'm not loud I'm just Puerto Rican and anyways I have to be loud for them to listen to me you know." I stare at my co-director.
"Ya, ya I know."
"Hey I'm going to get some coffee you want anything?"
"Nah I'm good just go check out your boyfriend."
"He isn't my boyfriend and can you not say that out loud I want to keep things professional here."
"Alright just go get your coffee."
"Ok be back in a couple minutes."
"Alright." Nolan gives me a hand gesture then checks his phone as I walk away.
Everybody was either outside fooling around, in the bathrooms taking pictures or in their dressing rooms rehearsing lines, or getting ready for the next scene. The snack table was empty.
I was alone.
Thinking about Cameron and how amazing he is at acting and well everything else. I get my coffee added some cubes of sugar and a bit of half and half cream. Stirring I daydream into thinking about when me and him first met, about how we gained a connection that moment he walked into that door (as cheesy as it might sound).
"Heyy Aiden!"
I jump and spill some of the steaming coffee on my hand causing me to gasp.
"OH MY GOD IM SO SORRY!!" Cameron yelps when he saw me in pain. He runs to the table and gets a napkin to clean up the hot liquid from my burning hand. After that he got some ice from the ice cooler wraps it in a cloth napkin and hands it to me.
"Thanks, you didn't have to do all that for me it was just some coffee, nothing major."
I say putting the ice on my hand seeing that it still burned.
"Ya, sorry I just kinda panicked you know?"
Cameron smiles an awkward smile at me.
"Ya I understand, thanks for the thought tho' it was sweet of you." I smile at him putting the ice down on the snack table.
"So, were you thinking about something when I came cause by how you jumped it looked like you were in mid-thought?" He looks at me curiously.
"Um...ya I was." Frightened I didn't want him to know I was daydreaming of him, so I had to think about what to say carefully.
"Oh, about what if you don't mind me asking." He cocks his head sideways a bit.
This is it tell him you like him, make a move do something. I think and then push away all the fear I've had. Still a bit afraid but it won't stop me. I have courage in this one moment. Carefully I chose my words and the order they will go in.
"Uhh...about youーand me." I say trying not to stumble over my words.
"What about me and you?" Cameron gazed at me with a puzzled look.
"Well I um... I've beenーI've had the longest crush on you and...I was just thinking how I could ask you out on a date. So I was going over it in my head how to ask you and what we would do if ..."
"You have a crush on me?" He looks at me sorrowfully.
I begin to blush which there is no way hiding it.
"Y..yes, if you feel weirded out by me now it's completely understandable. Finding out another guy likes you, and me being a guy- and your director is..."
"I like you too." Cameron smiles.
"You, you do?" I stare at Cameron in puzzlement.
"Ya, it might sound weird the first day at the auditions I felt a connection, and these past few weeks made my feelings grow stronger." Cheerfully he smiles again.
"R..really cause I felt-I feel the same about you. And the connection you felt that day I felt too."
My face starts to gleam with excitement, excitement i try to hide.
"Your blushing." Cameron laughs.
"What...oh ha I guess I am." I rub the back of my head. "You know your a really good guy you know that. I guess that's one of the reasons why I have a crush on you."
"Your a really nice guy yourself..." Cameron nudges my arm.
"And a great writer and director. Your really talented Aiden O'Reagan, and I really like you." He stares at me with those eyes I'm so madly in love with, the eyes that make my knees feel like they're giving up on me. His eyes have a serious in them that makes me know for sure he is telling me the truth. With that I get the extra courage I need to ask him the question I've been yearning to ask him.
"Would you like to go out on a date with me on Saturday Cameron, I would really like to get to know you better." I say in a quick breath before he could changed the subject of conversation.
Cameron stares at me for a while with a blank stare, then he blinks, grins then speaks.
"Ya, I would like that. How about we go ice skating and then go to Colette's Café to warm up does that sound good?" A nervousness crept into his voice as he spoke.
"Ya that sounds great, Saturday at 4 would be perfect." I say in a reassuring tone.
"Ok, give me your phone and I'll give you mine and we can exchange numbers." Cameron hands his phone to me and I hand him mine.
"Alright, there you go. Could you pick me up around 3?" I ask trying not to sound needy.
"Ya that's fine can't wait."
"Me too."
Cameron gives me a hug and then we have to head back to set, brake was over. As we walk back I feel a pressure come off my chest, as if something was pushing me down not allowing me to ask Cameron to a date. But I did and it feels great. Happiness swarms all around me causing me to work faster and better than before.