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[Prof. Caleb Rothwell]

 
Act 2, Scene 3
 
Setting:

Front porch of a modest home.

 

It's around 8:50 to a bit after 9 P.M, on a cold, clear, moonless, slightly surreal Friday night
in the middle of the deepest part of a Northern Maine winter.
 
Characters:
Daniel

Hope
 

SCRIPT

Edited by Aymeric Mallard, 16 April 2023 - 09:14 AM.

[Ash Weasley]

[Chad Whitlock-  closed scene with Eva Whitlock] 

[RPC: Failed test]

 

Ash was getting the hang of this acting business, not really phased by it like others were or had ever experience a case of "stage fright". Honestly, he had taken it in stride and didn't know why others seemed to be panicking over remembering lines or their cues as it seemed quite elementary. He had told Aaira that they needed to go over a scene and immediately stopped her before she got too ahead of herself or anything, quickly shutting it down and reminding her that he wasn't Chad in real life and that outside of this scenario he wouldn't be this "jock" person. She had seemed to get it stuck in her head that Ash needed more friends to step out of his shell, but he had quickly retorted that he was outside of his realm by even joining this bloody class. "Just because I'm not hyperventilating or panicking doesn't mean I'm not uncomfortable doing this. I just know not to behave hysterical, Aaira." He lectured her in such a typical Ash manner, but no matter as they walked across the props and into the scene of a garage that was decorated with everything band related his usual persona was shed and in came Chad. 

 

Chad finds Eva's failed math test accidentally when he went into her room to grab a music sheet. Disappointed the young boy sighs heavily as he returns to the garage and gives his twin a look of concern mixed with anger.

 

His steps could be heard hurriedly coming down the stairs and as he reaches the landing quickly waves the failed math test in his hand, walking towards Eva with deeply furrowed brows and sighs out an exasperated, "Again Eva? What's going on with you?! How are you failing another test?" Pushing the sheet of paper her way, he shakes his head and rubs the back of his neck in a frustrated way as he looks down at the floor, mildly stumped on what to say but at the same time knowing exactly the hard truths she needed to hear. Without sugar coating it he turns to her with a serious and determined gaze on his face and says, "It's those freakin' stoner losers you're hanging out with, isn't it? It is !" Chad interjects already answering the question for her and turns to reach for the guitar she is holding but meets resistance from his sister to which he snaps at, "Instead of playing you should be studying! Let me help you...you know I can. I don't know why you don't let me!"

[Nora Darcy]

[Hazel Lawson - closed scene with Nate Blakelee and Allison Devereaux (eventually)]

 

Nora took another deep breath, reading through the script. She had done this way too many times to be really rattled by the process of being up on stage. Her hair and make up had been completed quite some time back - her blonde hair turned quite bushy, braces placed on her teeth and big spectacles on her eyes. in all honesty, Nora was playing a girl so completely opposite of how she is - but that is what acting was all about right? Embracing the character and living out their story - this is what she loved so much about it. The best and the worst part were her co-actors. She was excited about doing this with Ana..and loved the character that Daniel had. But their history, could probably make the whole thing a bit volatile. Anyone who knows, would understand her concern. Looking back at herself - she gave a nod as they were asked if they were ready before walking on stage to take her place beside the window. Okay, no more Nora - now onto Hazel. Nora closed her eyes, took a deep breath as the sound track played.

 

Hazel is sitting by her window, her notebook opened on her laptop as she pretends to study - but actually she is waiting for Nate to pass by his window. 

Its 7 PM in the evening, and the dusk is setting - a few stars have appeared on the sky.

 

Hazel flipped through the pages of her notebook, reading over all the notes she had taken in school that day. She knew mostly Nate would want to discuss notes with her, probably because he missed the class for practice or something and she wanted to be all prepared for that. It was the only way he would spend time with her anymore - because all his other time was spent with Allison. Even thinking of her name would cause a wave of sadness to engulf Hazel, who bit her lower lip, shook her head and went back to reading - even though her eyes would surreptitiously look sideways to see if Nate walked in. 

[Angela Marlowe]

Phoebe Levan [closed scene with Chad Ripley]
{1; RPC #30. Mess up}

 

Having Matty as her romantic interest for the movie was beyond perfect. What was amusing was the fact that he was supposed to be the jerk she eventually fell out of like/love with, which would be extremely difficult for them to pull out. They had already had a tough time while reading the script and learning her significant other would be Santiago, which came at the wrong time honestly because of the new feud the boys had. It had been difficult at first but Angela was more chill about the whole thing as Matty had promised to make an effort, and while she wasn't happy with him and his few scenes that might require snogging with different girls she considered to be too pretty, she trusted him. Now they wanted to do the hardest scene they had as it involved his character being the ultimate jerk and Phoebe slapping him. The simple thought of hitting him made her laugh out of pure nerves because she had never, and knew she would feel too bad at slapping Matty, no matter how many times he said it was okay.

 

They would be having this scene outside of Chad's home, right at the car he drove and in which he had promised Phoebe the most romantic date but she would be just too confused when he pulled out outside his place. Angela was fully dressed for a date, wearing white vinyl boots and a beautiful aqua dress that did make her feel really pretty. It was a bit over-the-top but that was how her character was, besides this was supposed to be an important night at some luxurious place. She was sitting in the car, trying to stop smiling and joking with Matty, fanning her face so the tears didn't mess her makeup because she was laughing too much. Taking a deep breath and trying to think of something that could annoyed her, she pouted and turned to him. "Okay, I think I'm ready. Just- don't make me laugh, okay? Or we're repeating this scene way too many times," she leaned in and kissed his cheek, and when he agreed to be ready, the scene started.

 

It's around 8pm on a Friday night. Phoebe had lied to her parents saying she had to work on a project the'd have to submit by Saturday morning, right before the Football game, or she wouldn't be able to perform with the cheerleaders. She had said she'd go to Allison's and that Augie would pick her up... which he did, but she was quick to ditch him as soon as Chad appeared and she had changed her clothes. Now they were parking outside Chad's place and she refused to exit the car.

 

"I'm not going anywhere until you tell me what we are doing here," Phoebe said, pursing her lips, not yet mad but a bit confused. Perhaps he had forgotten something and they were taking a small detour. She couldn't say she wasn't curious about seeing his place and his bedroom, but she was a lady and wasn't deaf to all the comments about the Ripley twins, especially when her closest friend was one of his exes.

[Mathias Lundstrom]

1

Chad Ripley / Costume

 

So, Matty had no experience in any of this when it came to acting. And he wasn't even going to sign up for this class had Angela not signed up. But he was so proud of her and the effort she was making to put herself out there and try new things, plus he took any chance he got to spend time with her. So he had gotten roped into doing this whole movie thing. The funniest part about it was he was playing the biggest doucebag named Chad and he found his own personality such a joke. It was ridiculous how many exes and hookups this guy had. Thankfully, his main love interest was Angela which he was grateful for. However, he had to treat her so poorly which then made it worse since Matty did not want to be a doucebag to her. Though, he was semi-grateful it was him and not some other guy. Especially, not Santi because that would have been worse. Instead, and ironically Santi played her other love interest which still pissed him off but he was learning to live with it. Deep down Matty knew Santi and knew the type of person he was which was a good person and had they not had a giant fight he would be finding it all humorous. But now things were different and the thought of Santi kissing Ange made him sick. Though, he tried not to think about it. 

 

Mathias had been unable to stop laughing at how extremely ridiculous this whole scene would be. Chad being a major toolbag and then eventually Phoebe slapping him. The lines were cringeworthy almost and whenever he had to act like Chad in front of Angela he would just bust up laughing. He sighed as they were laughing at the scene but they had to do it. Angela looked as if she was getting back into character and tried to put on a straight face. It was funny seeing her all decked out but she really did look beautiful. Though, Matty loved her no-makeup and sweats look too so he wasn't picky. "And you can't make me laugh either, okay? Just don't look into my eyes like you do." Though, truth be told it was mostly Matty being the one to break character first and she kind of had to look into his eyes. He laughed once more and covered his face trying to get back into character. He took a deep breath and tried to think doucey thoughts as he pictured his lines, "Okay, I'm good." 

 

Chad had been flirting with Phoebe for the past few weeks as she was his new target. He had asked her on a date and she said yes as no surprise to Chad. He told her they would be going somewhere nice and she had dressed for the occasion but him? Not so much since he actually had better plans as they pulled up to his house. Putting the car in park he looked over at her with a devious smile as she informed him she would not be getting out till he told her what they were doing here. "Aw, come on Phebs, relax." He looked at her as he went to place a hand on her knee. It was an innocent move for a Ripley but he wanted to pretend he had some decency before attempting anything. "Just a little detour is all. I wanted you to see my room." He moved his hand over her kneecap but not further up as he was testing the waters. 

 

Mathias could feel laughter coming but bit his lip trying to look seductive but wasn't sure how well he was doing. If Angela stayed in character then he'd know and could probably pull himself together. But if she lost it, he knew he would be quick to follow. 

[Daniel Callum Macnair]

Nate Blakelee - Closed Scene with Hazel Lawson/ Allison Devereaux

The irony of his life - Daniel wanted to fucking laugh as he re-read the script for the third time. He was doing this to support his best friend who is the writer. It was summer and the class is supposed to put them in a different role and make them temporarily forget. The role Daniel got was different from him as a person. Surprisingly, he found out it wasn’t an effort to play the preppy, intelligent Nate Blakelee who puts himself out there. With his improved relationship with his parents, Daniel is slowly coming out of his sulky teenage phase to a mature one and taking advantage of the perks his life has to offer him. The irony here is the love situation of the character that made him laugh darkly. Nate got the girl, alright - not the one he is dating. But the best friend who is in love with the character and the character who falls in love with her later. The irony is the co-stars cast opposite to him; Ana and Nora. Nate is dating Allison, Ana’s character who he doesn’t get due to their differences. In short, Daniel fucking doesn’t get Ana even in the movie. He felt pissed at Anton for writing this but he doesn’t blame the boy. Who knew Daniel of all people will be cast as Nate. He sighed gritting his teeth trying not to feel annoyed and read the script once more. He doesn’t have particular lines and the scene is memorized so all he has to do is the act - good enough.

Nate pushed the door open of his room, the other hand occupied holding the cellphone as he argued with Allison over the third time she canceled on him. The entire week he’s been trying to get them to go out but there is a new excuse each time. If there is one thing he hates, it’s being made to wait or delay but for her, he will do it too. The line on the other end cut as he groaned in exasperation and ran a hand over his face, sitting down on the bed facing the window, noticing his best friend, Hazel bent over a book. She looked up at that moment and he gave her a wry smile.

[Angela Marlowe]

Phoebe Levan {2}

 

"Matty!" Angela whined because he was making it extremely difficult to stop laughing, but knew they couldn't help it. At least they were having fun and enjoying this despite how they needed to act and there was no tension between them caused by other scenes they might need to enact with other people. She had been wary for weeks after the bottle incident and what he had said to her that day but hoped Matty did trust her as she had been working hard to earn it back. The fact that he hadn't asked her to step down or make a huge problem out of the fact that she'd have to spend time with Santi did mean a lot to her and showed her they were on the right direction. She chuckled a couple times more as he did, but as soon as she grew serious, he did as well and they were ready.

 

Phoebe was a bit disappointed about his outfit as she just knew he could do better than that for a date like the one she had been fantasizing about for weeks now. That was the first red flag but in her naivety, she had chosen to think they were at his place so he could get changed. She smiled a bit nervously at his words and tugged a lock of hair behind her ear, looking bashfully down to her lap before looking up at him again, feeling a bit nervous as he placed his hand on her knee. She didn't know if she liked it or not, but so far, her body language remained the same. However, she narrowed her eyes at the second red flag popped up. "See your room? What for?" Phoebe laughed nervously, already having a feeling of where this was going but wanted to stay positive. Chad Ripley had definitely not asked her out on a fake date to try to get in her panties... right? The lip bite was hot though, so she decided to not get ahead of herself just yet, and hoped things were just looking mistakenly bad.

 

Angela was trying to stay in character but Matty was very convincing, to not mention his touch did have a positive effect on her because, well, they had grown closer over the break, barely leaving the bed so it was a bit hard to pretend she was uncomfortable about it and that she didn't like it. She was serious about her role though, so she'd hold her breath if need be if that meant they could go through the scene and do it in one take, but at the same time, tried not to look him in the eye for long or else both would end up laughing.

[Mathias Lundstrom]

[Chad Ripley]

2

 

Mathias laughed but was really trying to get back into character. He loved doing scenes with Angela despite how long it took because they were laughing so hard. This was why he did the movie for moments like this where they could just be total idiots together. Of course there were parts of the movie class that he was not happy with but he knew Angela wanted to make this a good experience so for her he tried to look past the parts he didn't like and just have fun. For Angela he knew he could do at least that. And if that meant playing this toolbag of a character who made Matty roll his eyes at, so be it. 

 

Chad had his eyes on Phoebe for a while now and flirted with her shamelessly whenever given the chance at school. He was confident he could get any girl he wanted so Phoebe was just another check off the list. Somehow though, he felt like she was different than the rest and would possibly consider dating her if things went well. She was hot and not like some of the other girls he hooked up with. That thought was solidified as she responded to his answer and still seemed oblivious to what they were doing here. It was the innocence for Chad that made him look away and laugh as he shook his head. "Oh, that's cute." Being the doucebag he was, Chad thought her innocence was cute which made him want her even more because, yes, in fact he had asked her on a date to get into her pants. He then took a breath and looked back at her deciding to sweet talk her a bit, thinking it would make her more comfortable. Which made Matty want to scoff and punch this idiot in the face but he just had to get through this dumb scene. "You're the most beautiful girl at Watfield, you know that?" He smirked and licked his lips as if he didn't say that to every girl he ever went out with before adding, "And damn, Levan, the way your hips move when you walk just-" Mathias couldn't do it and broke into a grin and as started laughing as he dropped his head to rest it on Angela's shoulder, "Merlin, I'm sorry, Ange but this guy is such a dick!" He was laughing again before lifting his head to look at Angela hoping she wouldn't be too fed up with him breaking character once again. The laughter settled down again and taking a deep breath, Matty tried to get back into it as he straightened up and did the line again, "And damn, Levan, the way your hips move when you walk just make me want you." he looked at her with lust in his eyes and a grin plastered on his face. That line usually made girls go crazy and they'd be kissing him by now so Chad could only hope for the same reaction from Phoebe and hoped she was like those easy girls. 

[Aaira Joseph]

[Eva Whitlock] [1]

 

Aaira stuck her tongue out at Ash as she fixed her hair properly by running a finger through them. She had no idea if she could act but throwing all those tantrums and getting her way was bound to have some uses. When the class had gone up, she had been sooo excited. They were to dress up as different people and act like them and well, it had taken her a clap of her hand to decide and apply. But when she was giving her audition, she had an even better idea. It resulted in dragging Ash to the auditions after bugging him nonstop to take the class with her. It was no secret that she was the cooler of the two and as his cousin thought it to be her sole responsibility to get him to experience the "fun" aspect of the camp. Poor guy... the last thing she wanted was for him to be 60 at 16... whenever that was in the future. And with the rate he was going in his social life, there was no doubt he'd become an oldie soon. So auditions are done, and they were soon playing their roles. The funniest part was, Ash was playing her twin, and that had literally got her jumping and had hugged him so tight. Who better than Ash Weasley to play her twinnie. It was just an excuse to get her way. "I am not panicking... this is Aaira being extremely excited that Ash is finally doing something fun! Eeeep!" She jumped and clapped, her hair getting a bit haywire in the process. "Just think about it... your parents will be so proud that their son is finally living his life... or that he is no longer an old man." She was definitely boasting and ended up point bowing down like a princess. Aaira could have gone on and on had the director not called her out and gave her that exasperated look to keep silent. She mouthed a sorry and turned to her script, wiggling her eyebrows at Ash before they began.

 

 

Plugging her guitar to the stereo, Eva increased the volume to the loudest so even if someone tried to call her out, their voice would be drowned out. Not that they did. Why would they? Their perfect son was inside and well, everything they needed, they got it from them. It took her seconds to lose herself in the music, singing and stringing on her guitar with all of her energy, all the frustration, and passion. Eva had no idea what was going around her until Chad pushed his way in but even then she didn't listen. Her eyes closed, she continued to play tuning out his voice over her own. But then when he continued, Eva opened her eyes and glared at him annoyed. What was his problem? This garage was her place to stay out of their way but Chad wouldn't even leave her alone here. She wasn't going to bother with replies as she barely heard him over the sound but he decided to take matters in his own hand and grabbed it out of her hand. It's when she stopped playing and Eva gripped her guitar hard and glared at him. "I don't need your help. All I need is for you to leave me alone, okay? Can't you see I am practicing." She tugged the guitar away harshly and stared at the test paper in his hand. In her annoyance, she took it and crumpled it, throwing it on the other side of the garage.

[Nadia Dimitrov]

[Aurora Larson] [Closed scene with Maddox Williams, Adam Lockwood, Wyatt Brody]

[RPC 38. Amnesia]

After being manipulated by Rose into force-feeding and hurting a human, Aurora felt her insides twist with a hunger she was running away from and invited her three blood bags to a private party at her place.

THE HOUSE

 

The hunger... it was unfathomable, her veins burned as she yelled in her house, wanting to lash out in the woods and sink her fangs into a human body to kill that urge. But her damn morals wouldn't allow her. How could she feed on an innocent human? What if she killed them? Aurora had killed her fair share of humans, lost control but moving to MA, she had promised herself to not harm the innocent. She grabbed a glass of the strongest vodka from her dad's study and downed it in one go but the fire that was started from human blood wouldn't go. It helped tone it down and she used that opportunity to step out of the house and deal with her problem. There was only one way to deal with her problem. It took her a while, a lot of self-control not digging in her fangs there and then inside the humans, she was approaching. Maddox Williams and Wyatt Brody were the easiest to convince when they weren't looking at her like she was some insect who had crawled out to existence. Why would anyone want to hang out with nerdy Aurora Larson? The unpopular, shy, stammering kid. So a teensy bit of compulsion was required to invite them to the private party she was having without blabbering where they were going. She could invite anyone so why them? It was simple... they weren't innocent. She could hear every bit of nonsense that was uttered from their mouth, targeting girls like they were some trophies. They weren't innocent so spilling a bit of their blood wasn't going to harm anyone.

Her last stop? Adam Lockwood. The nice kid, the innocent one. Let's just say Aurora's newest Watfield obsession. She had one accidental taste of his blood and it burned in her like wildfire. She couldn't keep away from him but always made sure she was gentle with him. It took a lot more convincing and no compulsion. Aurora invited him to her house, the house everyone desired to see, asking him to help her study and he easily agreed. People shouldn't be too nice, you know? Nor too wanting. After that, she fled home to drop her nerd look for something much lighter.
 

[inside of the house]

 

 

Nadia giggled as ended her scene and re-read the other half of her script, she couldn't help but bang the desk so hard. It was hilarious. Like who even wrote this? Vampires, compulsion, draining people of their blood. The funniest part was, the casting crew decided she was the best fit for being a nerd in disguise as a vampire. Approaching the mirror, she looked at herself, shedding off her nerdy attire for a tiny outfit that Aurora Larson would never wear in front of the school. Nor would Nadia wear in front of her parents. They would have a mini heart attack at the amount of skin their twelve-year-old was showing. She let her hair loose, taking off the glasses, and looked down at the script. Was it her looks that got her the role? Or the confidence? Whichever it was, she was excited to portray it. Nadia thought she could pull off the vampire very well. She was fun-loving, flexible in her moves, and looked older than your average twelve years. What was difficult were the people. Some of them were older than her, not too old but still, and she didn't know how she'd feel pretending to drain them of their blood. It didn't matter and she was prepared to nail her role.

 

[1]

[Angela Marlowe]

Phoebe Levan {3}

 

Phoebe wasn't too fond of him calling her cute because the reason behind it wasn't the most convenient. As naïve and somewhat innocent as she might be, she wasn't stupid, only had chosen to think the best out of this situation. Big mistake. He didn't really answer to her question about his room and went on sweet-talking her, which did put a smile on her face, though she wasn't as convinced anymore. Phoebe did like to hear those compliments, but then he moved onto a more physical aspect of her- one that was interrupted as Matty bursted into laugh. Angela tried to keep a straight face but it was impossible, especially as it was just very funny to picture him saying something like that when he was nothing but a gentleman to her. "What are you talking about? You'd certainly get me with those lines," she wiggled her brows at him and laughed, totally teasing him because there was no way she'd go out with someone who was so forward and wanted one thing only, like Chad did. She fanned herself with her hands and took deep breaths to stop from laughing, pulling down the visor to look in the mirror, making sure she hadn't ruined the makeup or else she'd have to go back to Bethy and it was a bit annoying. Once settled, she went back to her position and almost straight face, trying to picture some jerk instead of Matty so she could actually get mad. What if some guy at the school talked to her like that? There were several guys she could use to do that but none of them were capable of saying such things, as far as she knew, so she'd just have to use her imagination. Phoebe narrowed her eyes at him yet again, turning to the front then and chuckled sarcastically under her breath. "My hips? So you asked me out on a date because you like how my hips move when I walk?" She was trying to get it right as if she hadn't heard correctly, only to give him a chance to affirm it or do himself a favour and say something else while also acting as if she had really taken that as a great compliment. Phoebe also wanted to see if he would understimate her intelligence, and make it known what his real intentions were, and though it was like giving him an opportunity to lie to her face, she'd just decide what she wanted to do as soon as he opened those pretty lips of his.

[Beau Kinsley]

[Aurora Larson] [Closed scene with Maddox Williams, Adam Lockwood, Wyatt Brody]

[RPC 38. Amnesia]

After being manipulated by Rose into force-feeding and hurting a human, Aurora felt her insides twist with a hunger she was running away from and invited her three blood bags to a private party at her place.

THE HOUSE

 

The hunger... it was unfathomable, her veins burned as she yelled in her house, wanting to lash out in the woods and sink her fangs into a human body to kill that urge. But her damn morals wouldn't allow her. How could she feed on an innocent human? What if she killed them? Aurora had killed her fair share of humans, lost control but moving to MA, she had promised herself to not harm the innocent. She grabbed a glass of the strongest vodka from her dad's study and downed it in one go but the fire that was started from human blood wouldn't go. It helped tone it down and she used that opportunity to step out of the house and deal with her problem. There was only one way to deal with her problem. It took her a while, a lot of self-control not digging in her fangs there and then inside the humans, she was approaching. Maddox Williams and Wyatt Brody were the easiest to convince when they weren't looking at her like she was some insect who had crawled out to existence. Why would anyone want to hang out with nerdy Aurora Larson? The unpopular, shy, stammering kid. So a teensy bit of compulsion was required to invite them to the private party she was having without blabbering where they were going. She could invite anyone so why them? It was simple... they weren't innocent. She could hear every bit of nonsense that was uttered from their mouth, targeting girls like they were some trophies. They weren't innocent so spilling a bit of their blood wasn't going to harm anyone.

Her last stop? Adam Lockwood. The nice kid, the innocent one. Let's just say Aurora's newest Watfield obsession. She had one accidental taste of his blood and it burned in her like wildfire. She couldn't keep away from him but always made sure she was gentle with him. It took a lot more convincing and no compulsion. Aurora invited him to her house, the house everyone desired to see, asking him to help her study and he easily agreed. People shouldn't be too nice, you know? Nor too wanting. After that, she fled home to drop her nerd look for something much lighter.
 

[inside of the house]

 

 

Nadia giggled as ended her scene and re-read the other half of her script, she couldn't help but bang the desk so hard. It was hilarious. Like who even wrote this? Vampires, compulsion, draining people of their blood. The funniest part was, the casting crew decided she was the best fit for being a nerd in disguise as a vampire. Approaching the mirror, she looked at herself, shedding off her nerdy attire for a tiny outfit that Aurora Larson would never wear in front of the school. Nor would Nadia wear in front of her parents. They would have a mini heart attack at the amount of skin their twelve-year-old was showing. She let her hair loose, taking off the glasses, and looked down at the script. Was it her looks that got her the role? Or the confidence? Whichever it was, she was excited to portray it. Nadia thought she could pull off the vampire very well. She was fun-loving, flexible in her moves, and looked older than your average twelve years. What was difficult were the people. Some of them were older than her, not too old but still, and she didn't know how she'd feel pretending to drain them of their blood. It didn't matter and she was prepared to nail her role.

 

[1]

 

1 Outfit

Maddox Williams

 

All in all, acting had actually been quite fun. Beau had gotten to work more with other students he never really talked to before, which hopefully meant that next year at Hogwarts, he would know more people in class as well. He still didn't feel a connection with the character he was playing, but the scenes were definitely enjoyable. The next one was going to be a challenge, with his character being mind controlled into something he likely didn't want to do. How does one even act mind controlled? Or worse, how does it feel getting your blood sucked out of you? He'd just have to wing it, he and the three other guys that were in the scene. Maybe the others had some tips on what to do exactly. 

 

Maddox had just been walking around the town he just moved to. Being a part of the basketball and the football team meant he easily got acquainted with a lot of the guys. He hadn't been there long enough to really get close to anyone, but there were definitely a couple of guys he considered to be his new friends, one of which was Wyatt. They hadn't really had a reason to be out, they just walked around town talking about the next upcoming game and girls they'd been with, or wanted to get with. Ever since moving to Watfield Maddox hadn't even kissed someone, that was something for when he was around longer. Maybe he could find some cheerleader to take to prom and take things further with. Their conversation abruptly ended when they were approached by some sophomore nerd they usually didn't have anything to do with. And without realising why, they were on their way back to the girl's house. Maddox sat on the couch in the grand house, he felt kind of numb until the nerd girl returned with a completely different outfit. "Oh fuck..." He muttered and nudged Wyatt. He definitely hadn't expected that from her.

[Mathias Lundstrom]

[Chad Ripley]

3

 

Sometimes these lines Chad used were just so ridiculous to Matty. Hence his breaking character. And even though he knew it was acting, saying it to Angela’s face was even funnier and at times a little weird. He sighed but laughed again when Ange said he would get her with those lines and he even snorted because he knew that was the furthest thing from the truth. "So you want me to talk like Chad from now on? Okay... but just remember you asked for it." Matty laughed as he teased her and shook his head before deciding he would get into character and try and not break it this time. It had already taken them a while to get this far so he just had to get through this scene.

 

It was surprising to Chad she wasn’t all over him after that. In fact, she didn’t appear too impressed by his obvious compliment. Didn’t girls like it when boys complimented their bodies? She had a nice ass and he was trying to word it in a respectful way. Then again, he needed to remember Phoebe was different than any girl he had gone out with before. A healthy challenge for sure. Laughing, he shook his head and replied trying to save himself, “No, no, of course not, Pheebs. Don’t be like that. There’s so much more to you than that.” He realized he hadn’t prepared to compliment her on anything else so he would need to improvise and distract her. His hand on her knee squeezed it gently as he leaned a bit closer to her and said as he stared straight at her lips, “You’re smart, talented and funny,” those were good traits to have, right? Ugh, whatever. “I don’t know how I missed you your freshman year.” Chad took a strand of her hair in his hands and tucked it behind her ear as his fingers then traced along her jaw and said, “The backseat works fine too if you don’t want to go inside.” He said even softer right next to her ear before placing a kiss on her neck hoping what he had said was enough to keep her satisfied as to why he asked her out and maybe earn him some points so then they could get to his real reason.

[Angela Marlowe]

Phoebe Levan {4}

 

 

"Duh," Angela answered while looking up, chuckling along because that would be such a turn off, though coming from Matty and knowing how he was, she'd probably find it funny instead. She liked Phoebe most of the times, but if she were her and a boy was talking to her the way Chad did to Phoebe, she would have already slapped him and gotten out of the car... or maybe that would be her seventeen-year-old self. What would fifteen-year-old Angela do? Maybe she wouldn't slap the guy, but would totally get out of there. She kept on forgetting she played a younger and quite naïve girl, but that was part of the challenge that she was enjoying so much, to be honest. They were able to let their laughter die down and ready to continue with the scene, Angela nodding at Matty and even giving him a quick kiss on the cheek before they resumed the car situation.

 

Phoebe's eyes were narrowed as she awaited for a different answer. And she got it. His hand hadn't moved an inch and his words were sweet. She smiled at him brighter than before, bracing herself for a kiss as he leaned forward and touched her face, giggling at his comment about freshman year. She had liked him from day one but he had been dating someone back then, or at least that was what she had heard. She had been busy trying for the cheerleaders and the softball team as well, and it wasn't until towards the end of the year that she started getting attention as one of the main cheerleaders, the youngest one at that time. But oh, that mouth of his. Phoebe had been almost melting due to his proximity, but as soon as he talked about the backseat, her eyes snapped open and she moved her head back. "Woah, wait... the backseat? Are you serious, Chad Ripley?" To say she was offended was an understatement. She could have pretended he was only referring to making out, but who was she kidding? He hadn't even gone for a kiss, but rather had made it abundantly clear where this was going when he kissed her neck instead. Phoebe leaned backwards, using her hand as shield to keep him away. Worst part was that they didn't know what could have happened after having a magical night, but there was no way she was going to sleep with Chad just like that, least of all at the back of his car, outside his place. Phoebe was really upset and disappointed, because she had decided to play deaf whenever someone warned her about him, and because she really liked him, and thought he did as well. The sad part? Her outfit would go to waste. "You have the worst ideas for a first date," she was visibly mad, and was now trying to open the door to get out of the car. Walking in high heels wouldn't be the comfiest thing she had ever done, but she didn't even want him to take her back to her house as that would be freaking embarrassing. "Open the door, please."

[Mathias Lundstrom]

[Chad Ripley]

4

 

The kiss from Ange helped to get Matty back on track and into character. This was the parts he loved about the movie class and just spending time with her in general. At least they could laugh about it and have fun with it. And now he would totally pretend to be Chad sometimes just to tease Angela because even she knew he'd never talk to her the way Chad did. Which also make it that much funnier. 

 

Chad could feel things starting to piece back together. And whatever rocky beginning this whole thing seemed to get off on, he was pulling it back. It was what he did so of course he had skills in sweet talking. Phoebe even was starting to smile and he did too thinking he had won her back. Looks like this little date wouldn't be for nothing after all. He used her smile and giggles as an invitation to get back on the path he had started on. He had to have turned her on now and seriously, he wasn't against the whole backseat idea. He had done it before and some girls even admitted to liking it better back there. He went to kiss her neck and was waiting for her to make her decision on where to do this thing but suddenly, he was thrown off his game again. He started to laugh thinking she had just thought the backseat was a funny idea so he said, "Yeah, the backseat! I have blankets and the windows are tinted. I'll even text Marco to make sure no one comes out of the house it will be fine. You have nothing to worry about." He said still going in to kiss up her neck and was going to make his way to her lips but he could feel her starting to push him away. "What? What'd I do? I think this is pretty romantic and you look hot so I'd say the first date is going pretty well." He scoffed and asked in defense thinking he had done nothing wrong. What was the point of going on a dumb date? It was so old fashioned and there was better things to be doing than going to some fancy restaurant and a movie or some dumb shit like that. She insisted he open the door but Chad assumed she was just being difficult and overreacting. He wasn't going to unlock the door until he knew why she was acting this way, "Seriously, chill Pheebs. What'd you expect? I was going to take you to dinner or something? You really are going to sit here and tell me you wore that dress just to have me drop you off at your house and leave you with just a goodnight kiss?" His hand that was on her knee that hadn't moved yet started to move up her leg and played with the fabric and he tried to save this thing yet again, "I'd rather see if off. Most girls would kill for a night like this with me, you know?" He eyed her lips as if expecting her to lean in and kiss him. How could she resist Chad? 

[Angela Marlowe]

Phoebe Levan {5}

 

Matty was so commited to the role, it was easy to go through the scene because he made it very believable. He could be a great actor since he was so convincing as Chad, it was hard to believe they weren't two different people. Their chemistry was transfixed onto the scene and they really enjoyed it. They would do great at the Thespian Society to be honest, though she wondered if she could make Phoebe's uncomfortability believable as she wasn't uncomfortable at all, only because it was Matty, her Matty. It was a bit complicated to hold back her laughter and amusement, and that was why they had messed up several times already. Angela was worried she'd do that now as what she had to do next was something she really didn't want to do, no matter how many times Matty had told her it would be okay. The last thing she wanted was to repeat the scene and that specific moment, so she had to do it right.

 

Chad seemed to not really catch onto the seriousness of her rhetorical question. Phoebe looked at him in disbelief as he started laughing and explained himself. Which girl dreamed about having their first time at the backseat with Chad's twin knowing what was happening inside the car? She had expected something entirely different, and while it didn't need to be out of some fairytale, it definitely didn't look like this. Her face had changed and was staring at him, feeling like her little pink bubble had bursted on her face. He just wouldn't hold his tongue and made it worst with every single word that left his lips. Phoebe wanted to cry so badly but she would never do that in front of a guy — that would be the worst thing she could do. Her eyes became icy instead and her face, stoic. At least she had that ability, to not let him know how this whole situation was affecting him, at least not really. She'd only shake her head and laugh sarcastically, but as he kept on commenting about her dress and moving his hand, that's when her whole demeanor shifted. Phoebe's hands went to his and stopped it abruptly before slapping him, hard. Her hand had been balled into a fist and her first reaction was to punch him, but she softened midway as she wasn't a fan of violence. "I'm not one of them!" By no means she thought she was 'different than the rest' or some shit like that, and she had never pretended to be a saint, pristine or something along those lines, but she had imagined her first time over and over again and it looked nothing like this. Chad had been the ideal prince with a bit of a bad guy attitude, but you know, she didn't believe he could actually be the bad guy. His intentions were super clear and well, he'd have to look for that somewhere else. Phoebe quickly moved past him to reach his door and unlock the other doors, then pulled the handle and finally pushed the door open. "Most boys would kill to see this dress off, and you know what? Now you're one of those that'll never do." She mimicked his voice tone before slamming the door. Call her dumb if you may, but Phoebe was looking for a real connection, not a physical relationship, and it was just mind-blowing how boys seemed to only want to be the first to sleep with a girl, as if that was what women were for. Guys chasing virgins around the school were a real deal, and she had been told Chad was one of those, but she didn't listen. Guess she had to see it with her own eyes.

 

As soon as her part ended, Angela rushed towards Matty's side of the car and opened his door, cupping his face right away and pouting. "I'm so, so sorry! Did I hurt you, baby? Does it hurt? Awe, I feel so bad!" She gingerly touched his face and gave him a tender kiss. "You'd like to see the dress off, then?" She whispered near to his ear, teasing him as she always did while she kept on examining his face with a coy smile on her features. "We don't have to re-do it, do we?" Because she didn't want to slap him again. They had had a few arguments and fights, but she had never gone this far and she felt awful. She had only slapped one person twice in her life, and that was Santi. If she had felt bad back then, when he had totally deserved it, imagine how she felt right now. Of course it was acting and they had a special way to do this without causing harm, but no one had given her directions on how to do that. "Better?"

[Mathias Lundstrom]

[Chad Ripley]

5

 

This was the part Matty was dreading the most. And surprisingly, it wasn't the slap he was dreading. It were his lines and how messed up they were. If felt unnatural even coming out of his mouth but he wanted to get it over with so he tried his best to not stop and have to redo them. And even worse he was delivering them to Angela. She was fine with it and he knew he wasn't actually saying it but it was weird. He just never wanted to be associated with someone like this and here he was acting like it. Not that Ange would see him different after it and he knew that, but he didn't feel bad about feeling weird about all of this and how his character treated women. Matty felt like he had every right to. 

 

Chad had plans for tonight and he was going to make it clear what they were. Phoebe had been so excited about this night he could have sworn they were on the same page. He didn't think girls actually got excited about real dates these days since all the girls he had gone out with were always down to stop at Chad's when they went out. He could almost feel her lips on his and in the moment of silence he was sure she was going to grab his face and kiss him. Her hand even quickly went to his and for a moment he wondered if she was going to help guide his hand. Chad had barely gotten out a half smile when suddenly he was hit on the side of the face with Pheeb's bare palm. It stung immediately and his head jerked to the side. At this point, Matty didn't know if he was acting anymore as his hand immediately went to touch the side of his face. He had known it was coming but DAMN. Angela did not hold back. Mathias had never been slapped before. Punched loads of times, fallen off his broom too many times to count and hell, Ana had even stomped on his foot once. But this was a whole new feeling. Dare he say, humiliating? He had to snap back into character to finish out the scene so he did. Chad glanced at Phoebe with daggers in his eyes. He was mad. Mad she had rejected him because this never happened. He scoffed and shook his head as she reached to unlock the door, still holding the side of his face. Phoebe then told him he would never see her dress off and he didn't say anything but just looked at her and hoped his eyes conveyed the message, "You want to bet?" She was quick to get out of the car and he didn't even look. Instead, just sat and decided he was not going to stop. She wanted to play a game and Chad was a well seasoned player. 

 

As soon as the scene ended Matty reached up to feel his face again and opened his mouth to feel his jaw had shifted. It wasn't primarily due to Angela's hit... Probably accumulation of all the hits he had received in his life but it had definitely moved it. He heard her open the door and he greeted by her sweet apologies and a sincere kiss and though he wasn't upset in the first place, he knew he wouldn't be able to be if he tried. "No, it's fine, Ange. Really." He said but her pouting did something to him that he couldn't explain and he soon found himself smiling. Even more as she asked if he would like to see the dress off. He grinned because Ange always did this where she'd say something dirty and it was just so funny. Matty replied, "I thought I was one of those who wouldn't get to see if off?" Referring to the scene and giving her his own rendition of the pouty face. Ange asked if they'd have to redo it and he shook his head, not wanting to be slapped by Angela again, "Hell no. I think you got your message across, babe. They said to 'slap me' not try to knock me out." he laughed as he instantly reached up to feel his face again. "I think you knocked my jaw out of place, Ange." Matty rubbed where his jaw was, feeling it make a weird popping noise. He didn't think she'd find that too funny but he did so he chuckled before holding his cheek for her to see, "And can you see? Did you leave a mark?" The last thing he wanted was Angela's hand print plastered on his face for the day and people thinking she actually slapped him. "Remind me to never piss you off, okay?" 

[Angela Marlowe]

Phoebe Levan {6}

 

Angela didn't know how she had done it, go through the scene after seeing Matty's face jerking to the side and the look on his face. She didn't know if it was all acted or if he was truly in shock by the slap, that had come out harder than she had intended, but she swore Phoebe had gotten complete control over her at that moment, or else she wouldn't have been able to do that. Him staying in character helped her as it was easy to follow the script when he looked so mad, though she felt her heart twisting, especially when she noticed her hand stung. She knew she'd feel bad, but she absolutely hated this feeling, and the sight of his reddened skin.

 

She had to to hold on until the scene was over so they could record Chad's reaction as Phoebe left the car, but as soon as she realized it was over, she ran around it to check on him. Angela looked deadly worried, teasing him to ease her nerves and perhaps distract him from the sensation she had left on the side of his face. "No, it was too hard. I'm sorry, I don't know what happened," really, she was mortified, no matter how cool he was acting. At least he was smiling as one of her concerns had been he'd get mad at her, and he'd be in all his right to be as she had hurt him when it wasn't needed, even when it had added more realism onto the scene. She was noticeably relieved at his reaction, and breathed easier as she smiled as well. "Someone like Chad definitely would never. Luckily, you're nothing like him," she brushed her thumb across his skin, softly blowing onto it to try and diminish the stinging sensation with the cool air. His pouty face was cute and funny at the same time. As he spoke up, she felt terrible once more and closed her eyes, pressing her face to the side of his face and was going to give him the pouty look and tell him she didn't need him to add more salt to the wound, no matter if he was laughing, but lifted her head and looked at him with concern as she noticed he wasn't joking anymore. "No, I didn't," she whispered, looking at him with wide eyes, musing that to herself mostly as she'd never forget herself if she had done major harm. "Do that again? Does it hurt? If it does, don't do it," Angela whispered, asking him to move his jaw to see if she could hear anything, and she did. She definitely didn't find this funny, at all, and felt extremely guilty. "We can go to the first aid cabin," her heart was racing and maybe she was getting overly worried, but she had never hit someone like that before, nor injure someone, and this was just not anyone, but Matty. "Do we have water? I need water," Angela spoke louder as she got up and looked around, searching for a bottle since they were given some refreshments as the weather at Camp Avalon could be suffocating. She was so concerned, she hurried to grab one and took it back to Matty, the bottle turned to ice in her hands. "This will help," Ange sat on his lap and tended to his cheek, her face looking as if she had stabbed him or something. "I'm truly sorry, Matty," she placed another kiss on his cheek, then patted it softly with the ice bottle.

[Mathias Lundstrom]

[Chad Ripley]

6

 

He didn't want Angela to feel bad because he knew she would feel really bad. But at the same time the force of the hit had come a lot harder than he expected and so his reaction was a bit more than he thought it would be. And had the slap been only the slap he would have been able to get over it quicker but it was his jaw that was causing problems and he couldn't ignore that right now. "Seriously, it's okay." He said trying to reassure her because he didn't want her worrying about him. Then again, that was Angela for you. It was sweet and he did love her for it but he didn't want to sit here and sulk about it because it would make her feel worse. He smiled at her as she said he was nothing like Chad and that he'd get to see the dress off which honestly was a good distracter for the pain he was feeling in his jaw. And the way she tenderly touched his cheek. Yeah, okay, maybe he liked being tended to by Angela. He could play Mr. tough guy all he wanted but he would be lying if he said he didn't love the attention from her. Maybe he should get hurt more often. 

 

Matty moved his jaw again to show her and it popped which he didn't think she would like to hear, "Yeah, it hurts a little." but did pop it one more time even though she told him not to but only because he wanted to see how much it had shifted. But then she suggested they could go to the first aid cabin and Matty gave her wide eyes, "No, I don't want to go there. Can't you just like.... Pop it back into place?" The last place he wanted to go was to the first aid cabin. He avoided places like that and it was clear in his avoidance of the Hospital Wing during quidditch season. Matty steered clear of it because he didn't like to admit he was hurt. Well, this situation was an exception because it was to Angela. But to anyone else? Forget it. She had left to find some water and he looked down to feel his jaw again, unable to stop touching it but soon enough Ange was back and he leaned back letting her sit on his lap. He was loving this special treatment and you can bet Matty was going to milk it as long as he could. "What are you sorry for? Just means you're a great actress." He grinned but he knew why she was sorry. She kissed his cheek and then pressed the bottle to his face but it was icy cold so Matty flinched as the cold sensation met his skin, "Ah, that's cold." He pulled back and noticed the bottle was completely frozen and he had expected it to only be a bit colder than room temperature. And where had she gotten a frozen one? He decided he'd better just endure it and let her keep going since ice was good in tending to injuries. "You're a good little nurse, you know?" He smiled and wrapped his arms around her pulling her closer. "I think I'm going to come to you for all my injuries. Plus, I get free kisses." He would have Ange tend to him all day but unfortunately, they did not have that time, "So, do you want to try popping it back or not?" Matty trusted her and how hard could it be to pop a jaw back into place?

[Angela Marlowe]

Phoebe Levan {7}

 

No matter how many times he assured her it was okay because the popping sound wouldn't go away. If she felt bad for the slap, now that she seemed to have inflicted other damage made it ten times worse and she felt like the worst girlfriend ever. Matty didn't seem to be in a lot of pain, managing a smile and all, but Angela didn't feel better, only a bit more embarrassed for how it had turned out when he was being such a sweetheart despite it all. She winced at the sound and gingerly touched his jaw as if she'd be able to find the damage just like that. Now she was about to learn something new that she hadn't paid attention to before, and that was that he avoided the healing premises like the plague. It was pretty evident at how his facial expression had shifted once she brought it up. It was her turn for her eyes to widen. "Pop it back to place? Me? How am I supposed to do that?!" Ange was getting sort of stressed out because this had been her fault, and she could become a bit hysterical when under stress and not knowing what to do. She could seriously injure him if she tried to move his jaw. Besides, she had no idea how that was done. She'd go to get the bottle of water and was back to tend to Matty, probably making for a funny sight as she was all worried, upset and being so loving to him at the same time, moving aggressively but slowing down whenever she touched his face. "If I were a great actress, I would have been able to fake that slap," she commented, finding it hard to not smile when he was grinning at her despite having her fingers imprinted on his cheek. She shushed him when he flinched but made sure to not leave the bottle onto his skin for too long so it wouldn't burn him. Her eyes shifted from his cheek to his eyes, finally relaxing a bit and rolling her eyes playfully while managing to smile at his words. His grip had always been comforting and distracting, and Angela was now more focused on his lips than anything else but was still worried. "Free kisses? Oh no, sir, I might charge for them," she smiled wider and giggled, lowering the bottle to assess his skin. It was a bit red due to the coldness, but she trusted there would be no marks left. She sighed and bit her lip, looking at his jaw and shaking her head. "No Matty, what if I make it worse? Besides, what should I have to do?" She opened her mouth and touched her jaw, then started opening and closing to see if she felt something, but she didn't. "Come on, the first aid cabin is run by students this time around. Anton and Amber are two of the junior healers." Ange cupped his face, placing the bottle on her lap. "Does this hurt?" She leaned in and kissed him. Hopefully it didn't hurt to kiss her back, though.