✧*･ﾟ—ᴍɪʟᴋ ᴀɴᴅ ʜᴏɴᴇʏ.

        ‘ THAT’S A   DAMN       shame.  ’    there was nonchalance in his voice but it was fake.  eliot was an expert in pretending not to have emotions.  he had them though,   so many of them bottled up inside, waiting to explode.  which was exactly what had happened as he put his foot through the set wall.  val was right obviously,   the producers weren’t going to be happy and he’d probably be looking at an immediate firing   if   they found out.   ‘ such bad craftsmanship from the set design interns to make something so   flimsy. ’   he turned around,  facing valentina as he tried to hide his mixture of rage,  sadness and guilt.    he could talk to her?  call him a sinic but he really didn’t think the girl could relate.  she was too nice to have had bad stuff happen to her,   ‘  let it out?   i think you’ll find i just did that. ’   he approached her slowly,    a serious look in his eye,   ‘ thanks for the offer though  —   tell anyone about this and i won’t be so grateful. ’

“He is my favorite person in the whole wide world.” Not to mention her pseudo father figure. “You know, that kind of person who always has only your best interests at heart.” Although she wasn’t sure if the other knew that, and she’d have kicked herself for assuming. “It’s kind of like… you got all the way over here hoping it would happen, but then it does? And suddenly you’re very much wrong-footed because while you were really gunning for it… you didn’t have the certainty of it being real. Am I repeating myself? I feel like I’m repeating myself and making no sense at all now. Sorry.” Riley smiled apologetically, giving a slightly dismissive shake of her head.

       “val. got it.” sally repeated her name with a nod. “it’s stillbeautiful. however, we can be a double act, val and sal, quite catchy, no?” she chuckled, knowing full well she sounded like an idiot but that attitude normally made people feel a little more at ease with everything. “it happens at any production company you go to but it makes you realise what’s important and what you enjoy. life: by leah is where i started and i should continue to further myself.” of course, sally had a desire to produce her own television show but she just needed to find a pilot that she felt connected to before that happened. “you’ll have to fill me on, what show are you working on? i’ll pop around and say hi when i have the time.”

      ‘  TREBLE MAKERS.    i’m the woman behind the curtain.   only the woman behind the curtain is suffering from a severe case of writers block a few days before we record.  ’   that explained the mood.   and the reason why chloe didn’t recognise the girl straight away.   she was on the severance.   and whilst she wasn’t a big enough fan to list who she played,  she caught enough episodes of the show to recognise faces.   ‘ i know who you are.   chloe ingram,   by the way. ’  she manoeuvred one hand free from all the stuff she was holding so she could hold it out for the other to shake.   ‘  and i wouldn’t know.  i’ve lived here for — ’  she paused,  having to think for a moment, ‘  thirteen years  now and i still haven’t been up there. ’

       WAS HE OKAY?       how much time did the girl have?    because he surely didn’t have enough to go over that tedious tale.   let’s see it started with his mother living vicariously through him as a child …  and well,  it was still ongoing.   everything single day he lived with the bad memories in his head.   he looked to the damage he’d caused,  assuring himself that it looked worse than what he thought   &  that he wasn’t going to be looking at a criminal damage lawsuit when his onlooker blabbed.    ‘ i’m fine.  or at least i will be once you FUCK off.  ’   his voice was full of venom as he spoke with little regard for the girls feelings.   it wasn’t personal,   he told himself as he turned to face val.   ‘ sorry to be so blunt — i’m really not in the mood for socialising. ’