On Camera| A Phelps twins Fanfiction
Chapter 7: The First days of Fame.
Warnings: Tooth rotting amount of fluff (let me know if there's anything else)
A/N: It's been forever and two years since I've posted and I'm so sorry for that. Again like the previous chapter, this one is long too and we're getting close to the parts about filming! And as always love to my co-writer @onlyfreds. Now enjoy!
It took the girls a few days to settle in at the hotel. They would call Albert at least one day to update them on the happenings so he doesn’t worry too much about them.
Ever since that night, Charlotte could never stop talking about James. But, to her best friend’s annoyance - Charlotte would refuse to tell her his name.
“You know, you keep on talking about him - but you wouldn’t even tell me his name.” Evie huffed.
Cherry laughed, “So? I don’t want to tell you.”
“You just don’t know his name, don’t you.”
“How could you !? Of course, I know his name.”
Evie gave her a look, “Then tell me!”
She shook her head, poking her tongue out at her, “Not a chance.”
“Whatever.” Evelyn sighed, closing her book, “Should we go down for breakfast?”
Charlotte nodded, getting up, “Sure, come to think of it - I’m hungry.”
The girls then headed out of their room towards the elevator and pressed the button to the ground floor.
“I can’t believe that this is actually happening,” Evelyn muttered as the elevator doors closed in front of them.
“I know, right?” Charlotte agreed, looking around the elevator - seeing their reflections on the walls, “It still feels like a dream.”
“I guess it won’t ever stop feeling like a dream,” Evie said, smiling at her best friend.
The elevator doors soon opened up, revealing the ground floor. The girls stepped out of the elevator and headed to the dining hall, where most of the cast were having their breakfast. As soon as Evie stepped foot inside the hall, a familiar voice suddenly caught her attention.
“Good morning m’lady.”
Turning around, Oliver was standing there with a smile, his hands tucked away in the pockets of his jeans.
She smiled, “Good morning my kind sir.”
He nervously ran a hand through his hair, “You know, if the two of you haven’t had breakfast - you can join me and my brother if you want.”
Evelyn’s smile grew even wider, “That would be amazing! Right, Cherry?”
She then elbowed the girl beside her, who was already giving her a teasing smile.
Charlotte cleared her throat, “Yes! That would be great.”
“Lead the way then,” Evelyn said, starting to walk beside Oliver.
Oliver guided them through the others table, walking towards the table he shared with his brother.
“Here we are.” Oliver said with a smile, “Evelyn, I would like you to meet-”
“James?”
Before Oliver could even have a chance to complete his sentence, Charlotte had already managed to beat him to it.
An exact replica of Oliver looked at her, giving her a look, “Charlotte.”
“Wait.” Evelyn said as she and Oliver exchanged a look, “You two know each other?”
But, James and Charlotte ignored her question.
“He’s your brother?” Charlotte asked, nodding towards Oliver.
James gave a small smile, tucking his hands in the pockets of his jeans, “Yeah. But I’m the more good-looking twin. So, is she your sister?”
Charlotte shook her head, “Evie’s my best friend, but she's like a sister to me.”
Oliver then cleared his throat, finally catching both of their attention, “So, you two do know each other?”
“Yeah.” James said as Charlotte turned to her best friend and said, “He’s the one I was telling you about.”
Evelyn’s eyes suddenly widened as she gave her a teasing smile, “Oh.”
“So,” James said, changing the subject, “You must be the great Evelyn my brother never seems to shut up about.”
“Oi!” Oliver scolded, a blush rising to his cheeks.
Evie giggled, shaking James’ hand, “Guilty as charged.”
“And you must be the twin he claims to be ‘more good-looking compared to’?” Evie added, causing him to laugh.
“Yeah, but obviously, I’m the better looking one.”
“In your dreams,” Oliver argued, crossing his arms over his chest.
Evie scrunched up her nose as she teased, “Might have to agree with Ollie on this one.”
“Hey!” Charlotte played along, causing the four of them to laugh.
The four of them settled down at the breakfast table where all of the other cast were. Just as they were having a jolly time, they heard the filming team come in.
There was a podium in the room, where the director, Chris Columbus, stepped up. He clapped his hands to grab the attention of the boisterous hall of kids who seemed to be getting along.
"Hello to all of you here," he said and smiled at the kids.
"So, I know you all are excited and I'm sure all of you guys will be brilliant at your parts," at this Evie felt Cherry nudge her shoulder and looked to see her smirking. Evie rolled her eyes and slapped her friend's elbow away.
"But since you guys are so new to this, there's a lot of things to learn. So we start small, we'll be going to a village in Northern England, we'll explain more once we reach there," Chris said, stepping aside.
The adults left the room soon after and everyone returned to their food.
"Looks like things are going to be exciting," James said, chugging a glass of juice.
"Well, what did you expect when you were accepted huh?" Cherry cocked, making everyone laugh.
"Well, it was brilliant having breakfast with you boys, but now I guess we must be off," Evie said and the girls got up.
"Well, if you say so m'lady," Oliver said, making Evie giggle.
"I'll see you soon too," James said to Cherry, who smiled gently and nodded.
After freshening up the girls left the breakfast hall and returned to their room, stuffed to the brim and once again bored. But they weren't to remain in that state for too long. An hour or so later, a man from the hotel staff came and told them that the director had asked for them. The girls were then escorted by him to a much larger room where they both were asked to wait for some time.
"What do you think he wants to discuss?" Evie asked Cherry, who just shrugged.
They didn't have to wait long to find out. A couple of minutes later, they were called into the room by a lady. The girls smiled at Chris once they entered who returned the smile, gesturing for them to sit down.
"So girls, I'm assuming you're curious about why I've called you?" Chris asked and the two girls nodded in response.
"So as you know all of you will be heading over to Northern England to start filming right? But before that, a couple of you have interviews to go through."
"Sounds exciting," Evie whispered over to Cherry, who nodded excitedly.
"So when is our one?" Cherry asked enthusiastically, making the director chuckle.
"Well, you both have it soon, this afternoon in fact," Chris informed them. The girls were practically vibrating from excitement.
"So there'll be a car to get you and a couple of others in about 3 hours, I advise you to pack up in the meantime, cus we'll be starting the filming soon," he said. The girls nodded again, trying to appear professional.
But the moment they were in their room they both started squealing and jumping about.
"Oh- My- God! Cherry, this is our first interview!!!!" Evie squealed.
"I know right!?!? Gosh, this is exciting," Cherry said excitedly.
“Who do you think will be in the interview with us?” Evelyn asked, trying to stuff three books in her bag along with some other essentials.
Charlotte shrugged, “Hopefully James and Oliver.”
This caused her friend to nudge her, giving a teasing smile, “I’m sensing there’s more of James than Oliver there.”
Charlotte stuck her tongue out at her, “Shut up. Like you’re not blushing madly at the thought of the other one.”
“Like you’re not keeping the identity of the other one to keep me from teasing you.”
“Teasing me for what?” Charlotte sassed.
“For having a crush on him.” Evie retorted.
The girl turned red, causing her best friend to laugh, “I do not.”
“Yes, you do.”
“I do not!”
A knock on the door suddenly cut their little debate short.
You do. Evelyn mouthed with a teasing smile before going to open the door.
A young woman who didn’t look older than 25 stood there with a small smile, “This is Evelyn Summers and Charlotte Beladonna’s room right?”
Evie nodded, “Yeah, why?”
“Well, the director just wanted to let you know that we’ll be leaving in a bit.” The young woman said.
Evelyn thanked the woman for notifying them before heading back inside to her best friend.
“Who was it?” Charlotte asked, pulling the zipper close on her bag.
“I have no idea if she was PA or something, but she did say that they wanted to let us know that we’ll be leaving in a bit.” Evelyn relayed the message as she shouldered her bag.
“Good thing we’re ready to go then.” Cherry smiled as the two girls headed out of the door.
“What scene do you think we’ll film?” Evelyn asked as the elevator doors closed in front of them.
Charlotte shrugged, “Dunno, but whatever is it - I’m so excited.”
The elevator stopped at the 7th floor, opening to reveal a certain pair of twins.
“We meet again.” James smiled at Charlotte.
“Mind if we join you?” Oliver asked.
“Of course.” Evie smiled, “Unless you want to wait for the next elevator.”
“No thank you.” Oliver chuckled as he and James walked inside.
“What scene do you think we’ll be filming today?” Oliver asked.
“Surely the first scene?” James guessed, “I mean, don’t they film it in chronological order?”
“As a matter of fact, they don’t,” Cherry said.
“I told her that.” Evelyn chimed in.
“Okay,” Oliver said, “I just asked what scene we’re going to film today. I didn’t ask for a debate to launch about how movies are filmed.”
This caused the rest of the group to laugh. The elevator doors then opened to reveal the lobby, the four of them headed outside together.
They all felt like they were spies on a secret mission, to outsiders they just looked like a couple of teenagers going to hang out with each other when in reality they’re making the next blockbuster in the movie industry.
The four friends walked through the streets of London excitedly. They all reached the studio where the filming would take place. From the outside, it looked like any other office building. Oliver went forward and opened the door.
“Ladies,” he said, dramatically bowing in front of the girls. Evie giggled, a blush forming on her face, while cherry rolled her eyes, a teasing smile on her face.
After the girls walked in Oliver turned to see James, a teasing smile on his face.
“Your whipped mate,” he teased Ollie before sauntering inside. Ollie punched his brother’s arm, before following him inside, closing the door behind him.
“Oi what was that for,” James whined, rubbing his now sore shoulder.
“That dear brother was for teasing me,” Ollie smirked.
“Oh come on I’m just pointing ou-” James stopped mid-sentence and his eyes widened in wonder. Ollie frowned but then followed James’ gaze and he too was blown away.
“Isn't this amazing?!” Evie said, marvelling at the elaborate set.
The inside of the studio was quite unlike the outside. The four had never seen anything so amazing. Ginormous cameras stood everywhere as people carefully put together the set. It was the great hall. Even though it wasn't completely ready, they all were still in complete awe.
“Wowza, it's incredible,” Ollie whispered with wonderment.
“Wait till it’s finished, I think you’ll like it even more.”
The four friends turned around to see a man, possibly in his mid-fifties smiling at them. He walked up to them and looked at the set being constructed. As if he was suddenly hit with a thought, he clicked his tongue and turned to Oliver, James, Evelyn and Charlotte and smiled.
“Oh how rude of me, I’m Stuart Craig,” he said. He extended his hand to shake with the boys.
“Nice to meet you, sir,” they said together before extending their hands to receive a shake together. The old man chuckled before taking both of their hands together and shaking them.
He then turned to the girls who heartily shook hands with him.
“I believe you youngsters are going to work here, very soon?” he asked.
“We are,” Evie said.
“Well then I can't wait for you all to spend your days here, I’m quite looking forward to it,” Stuart said, smiling affectionately at the youngsters.
“It looks absolutely brilliant! Did you design it?” James asked, still admiring the set.
“I’m glad you think so young man, and to answer your question, yes I did.”
“Wow that's so cool,” Oliver and Evie exclaimed together.
“Thank you, all of you,” Stuart smiled.
Suddenly there was a knock. Everyone turned around and saw a tall man, wearing a suit and black glasses. An earpiece hung from his ear. There was no mistaking that this man was some sort of bodyguard. Outside the Cherry spotted a car, with someone sitting inside.
“Sorry, Mr Craig, but these four are needed for an interview,” the man stated.
“Oh yes yes, I won't be keeping you all. Go on now,” Stuart said, ushering the four teens to the car.
Once outside, the tall man conducted them to the car standing outside. The moment they all settled inside the driver drove the car towards the main streets.
“I’m guessing that we’re going to the interview,” Ollie said, looking outside the car window at the cityscapes.
James shook his wrist and checked his wristwatch, “Well it is around the time they told us that they’d pick us up.”
“Looks like it's showtime then,” Cherry said, excitement bubbling inside her. She wouldn't tell this to anyone but having already performed with horses many times, she thought she would be the best at interviews. She looked outside the car window to hide her growing smirk.
James on the other hand was nervous. He had always been the shy-er twin. The one that was happy to just be the support role. He had never been the performing kind. But now he was going to be one of the leading roles in an upcoming blockbuster movie series. So he too looked outside of the car window, to calm himself down.
Time seemed to fly by and within a few moments, they were there at the interview studio.
The group of four had to separate for a moment to head to their respective makeup rooms.
“I’ll be seeing you later then?” Oliver smiled.
Evelyn nodded, “Obviously. We’re literally working on the same movie - you won’t be getting rid of me that easily.”
“I’ll be counting on that.” Oliver sent her a wink before heading out with his twin.
When Evie turned to her best friend, she could practically see the teasing smile she had.
“Oh shut up.” Evelyn rolled her eyes as they headed to the makeup room.
“What? I wasn’t doing anything.” Charlotte said innocently, trying to stifle a laugh.
“You definitely wasn’t saying anything.” Evelyn said, “But I know what you’re thinking.”
Charlotte grinned, nudging her best friend with her elbow as they were ushered into their respective makeup chairs, “Perks of being best friends, am I right?”
“Very.” Evie managed a laugh before the stylists started working on their makeup.
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“Here we are.” Director Columbus beamed as the group of four entered the room, “Just the four we’ve been waiting for.”
They then took their seats, James sitting in between Charlotte and Evelyn while Oliver was seated next to Evelyn.
Giving the girl next to him a small smile, James’ words from earlier started echoing in Oliver’s mind.
“Quit staring at her. You’re making it more obvious that you’re whipped. And you’ve got some drool over there.”
Oliver absentmindedly raised his hand to wipe the drool away.
“I’m not drooling.” He glared at his twin, causing him to laugh.
“Are you nervous?” James asked from Charlotte’s right.
The girl shrugged, giving a small smile, “I don’t know? Probably? I am literally having a rollercoaster of emotions and now I can’t identify which is which.”
James laughed, making her heart flutter, “Same here honestly. That’s a funny thing about emotions, sometimes you know exactly what you’re feeling and sometimes you just don’t.”
Charlotte grinned, “Very true.”
“You look amazing, by the way, not that you didn’t look amazing before - but you know what I mean.” James said, running a hand through his hair.
Charlotte smiled. In an attempt to hide her growing smile, Charlotte focused her eyesight on her lap as a blush started creeping up her cheek.
"You look quite dapper yourself," she said, a teasing smile on her face as she playfully shoved James' arm.
"Thanks," James murmured as he smiled shyly, blushing like an idiot.
Then Christopher came into the room, following him were a couple of people and camera men.
“Now it’s starting to get real.” Evelyn muttered, causing the group to laugh.
While the cameramen were setting up, a couple of ladies came into the room to retouch their makeup and make sure that they weren’t looking too pale or too red.
Once the makeup team had left, a couple of journalists sat in chairs opposite of the group as a man took out a clapperboard and yelled, “Action!”
“Okay, so,” one of the journalists said, “since the movie is based on a series of books - have you read them before auditioning?”
“We did.” Charlotte and Evelyn practically answered at the same time.
“Cherry and I are actually a huge fan of them.” The latter smiled.
“That’s great!” The journalist smiled, “How about you, James and Oliver?”
James shrugged, “We’ve read them before and they’re pretty good.”
“So,” Another journalist piped up, “since shooting is bound to start soon - how well do you identify with your characters?”
“Well I would say we identify alot with the weasley twins. I mean they are absolutely amazing,” Oliver grinned, bumpin James on the chest with his elbow who also nodded in agreement a cheesy grin on his face too.
“And what about you girls?”
“I would agree although evie would say that her character doesnt drink enough coffee in the day,’ Cherry replied leaning back in her chair.
Evie smacked Cherry from behind before flashing a grin and saying, “What she meant to say was that the characters are kind of like us in an alternate reality.”
The whole room burst into laughter and soon Evie joined in. After a few more questions being asked and a lot more jokes. The camera crew stopped filming. The four friends shook hands with the interview’s crew and the director before he “dismissed” them all, telling them to return back to their hotel.
“Well this is an absolute relief,” Cherry sighed once the makeup artist helped the girls take off their makeup.
“I agree. And the interview also went brilliantly,” Evie said, smiling at her friend.
After a while the two girls thanked the makeup artist and put on their coats walking outside where they were met with the two boys, waiting outside.
Once James saw Cherry, he quickly walked up to her, smiling and offered her his arm. She chuckled a little before hooking her arm with his and the two started walking away, talking and sharing laughs. Evie and Ollie on the other hand were smiling at them, unaware that they were holding hands.
“Looks like lover boys whipped,” Ollie chuckled walking alongside Evie who also let out a laugh.
“They do look adorable,” Evie sighed smiling.
“Not as adorable as us though," Ollie added, slowly intertwining his fingers with Evie’s smaller one.
“That I agree with,” She giggled before they both picked up their pace and followed the other two through the streets of London, back to the temporary abode of their hotel rooms.
