P5 Of Love on the set
It was 5pm. which meant it was time to go home after a long day of writing and watching retakes of any scenes that got messed up, or who knows, maybe Kingston just didn't like the angle.
I saw Carter Wu starting to walk to his car; I had something to ask him as I ran up to him.
"HEY CARTER, WAIT UP! I HAVE TO ASK YOU SOMETHING REAL QUICK!" I yelled out at him as I chased him down.
He stopped and looked at me. waiting for me to catch up to him.
When I did, I looked him in the face. and opened my mouth to ask.
"Do you have a vinyl player at your house? I would love to bring some of my vinyls over, and we can spin them, you know?" I said nonchalantly.
"Oh, uhhh… Yeah, I do. I don't use it too much, though, because of the fact I can play music from my phone, but sure, I wouldn't mind. Just make sure to bring ACTUAL MUSIC, you weirdo," he said, laughing.
"Oh trust me, man, I have good music taste, like Gorillaz, Nicole Dollanganger, Narvina, Molchat Doma, TV Girl, Mitsuki, Pastel Ghost, Rob Zombie, Alice in Chains, and uhhhh…" I said, Trilling off to think of any other artist that I play on my playlist.
"Basic bitch," he said, fake coughing with a smile.
"At least I know real music, unlike you, who probably listens to Nickelback. " I say to clap back at him, not holding in the need to laugh a bit.
We both started to laugh at each other. I had to admit. He was a funny guy. always popping jokes at the best times to make everyone laugh. Like today. I started to reminisce.
2:30 PM. When retaking a scene with Miles and Cat. Cat was trying to jump over Miles from the car to make this cool scene of Cat taking the final shot at the infected Peels, but she fell right on Miles, knocking him down as well. As they were getting untangled from each other, Carter yelled out.
"STRIKE ONE!!!!" in reference to bowling. We all started laughing hard; I started to laugh until I cried.
Cat and Miles were fine and got back to recording soon after. but I can't help but think about how funny it was.
"Uh, hello earth to Bri?" Carter said to me.
I hadn't realized I had drifted off into my memories and was just standing there like a mindless robot.
"Awww, were you dreaming of marrying me, you freak?" he joked.
I pinched his cheek.
"In your dreams, pal!" I said with a tensing smile on my face as we both laughed.
"Well, I should get going now. "See you at your house at 7, Carter," I said as I started to walk to my car.
"Don't be a stranger, Bri. See ya," he said as he started to walk to his own car to head off to his house.
I hopped in my car and drove home. I got there after 30 mins. So it was 5:55. I was greeted at the door by my cat Buddy, meowing for love. I pet him on the head and kissed him on his forehead as I set all my stuff down and took a quick stretch.
I had about half an hour until I had to head off, so I want to get him a gift as a way of saying thank you for his friendship, but what would he like? Hm… OH! I know! I can pick him up a dragon plushie!
I said in my mind as I took out my phone, opened it up, and called my local store.
"Hello, this is Big Shot. How can I help you?" a woman said over the phone.
"Um… Hello, can I order a dragon plushie for delivery?' I asked the woman calmly.
"Sure, just…um, what kind? We have a lot of colors and sizes that you can choose," the woman told me over the phone.
"Uhhhh, do you have a gold-colored one? in, like, a medium size?" I asked the woman.
"Mhm! It is about 600 V-bucks. Would you like to pay now or when the delivery person gets to the door?" the woman asked me.
"When it gets to the door, please," I said.
"Alright, tell me your name and address, and it'll be at your door in the next ten minutes," she said.
"My name is Mx. Brian Tayanita.
and my address is ***," I told her.
"Thank you," the woman said. "Anything else I can help you with?" she asked me.
"No, thank you very much," I said happily.
"Thank you for choosing Big Shot. Have a good day," the woman said as she hung up the phone.
I put down my phone and took out the 600 V-bucks for the plush and an extra 100 as a tip for the delivery person as I waited for the delivery person. After 10 mins they were here with a cute gold dragon plushie.
"Delivery for Mx. Bri Tayanita?" The delivery person asked me, wondering where I was.
"That's me!" I said to the delivery person as I handed them 700 V-bucks.
"Thank you for your business, Mx. Have a nice day," the person said as they started to walk back to their car.
I petted the plushie and grabbed my vinyls and stuff and went to my car, heading off to Carter's house.
After 15 minutes of driving, I was at Carter's house. I took out the plushie and walked to his door, knocking on it.
He opened the door with his puppy dog smile on his face.
"Hey there, Bri!"
"Hey Carter," I said with a smile as I held out the golden dragon plushie to him, waiting for him to take it from my hands.
He looked down at my hands and took the plushie from my hands softly.
"Awww, he's cute. Thank you," he said sweetly.
"Anytime, let me grab my vinyls from my car, and then we can start training," I said as I walked to my car to grab my vinyls.
He stood in the doorway holding the plushie, watching me run to my car.
When I got to my car, I got out my vinyls and walked back to his door, where he was still standing there with the dragon plushie.
"Let's see what you got, man." He said as he walked in the house with the dragon plush.
I walked in right behind him and shut and locked the door.
"So what kind of vinyl did you bring?" He asked me curiously.
"I brought the good stuff, like the Hillbilly Deluxe album by Rob Zombie and Nirvana, both Incesticide and Nevermind."
I said as I held the covers with the vinyls in my arms carefully to not drop them.
"Ahhh, I see," he said as he pulled out his vinyl player. "Start playing; I'm not picky."
I looked at him.
"Pick a number from 1 to 10," I asked him.
"Seven," he said to me.
I counted starting from insecticide. and landed on Nevermind. I picked up the cover and took out the vinyl and set it down on the platter and put the needle on the lines to play the first song.
"Now! Let's get down to business." Carter said as he stretched.
"Don't be mad when I learn all the skills faster than you can blink!" I bantered at him with a smile.
We spent the next 2 hours together; he taught me how to balance better and showed me some of his skills. I tried to recreate them but did them poorly. He laughed, thinking it was cute.
We would only really stop so I could put the needle down on a new song.
After 1 more hour of this, we finally called it quits and sat down next to each other with some water.
"So what did you think?" He asked as he took a sip of his water with no sweat on his body.
"Hard, but it seems fun," I said as I was covered in sweat and was out of breath, drinking my water like it was the last thing on earth.
He laughed at the fact I was covered in sweat and out of breath as well as drinking my water quickly.
"What? Too much for you, you slowpoke?" he said teasingly.
"Oh hush you! I've never done this before!" I said back at him with a laugh.
We laughed for a bit, finding it funny. When we got done, I looked at him.
"So what are you going to name the dragon plush?" I asked as I looked at the dragon plush that had been watching us train together.
He took a moment to think. Then after 8 minutes he said,
"I think I will name him…" He picked up the dragon plush and held it in the air.
"Huolong!" he said with childlike happiness in his voice.
I laughed, thinking it was cute.
"Ahhh, I see. Want to tell me what it means?" I asked him.
"It means fire dragon, fire dragon," he said with excitement.
"Ahhh, nice," I said.
"Well, I should get going; I need to get to bed soon," I said as I stood up. I was really tired.
"You can sleep here tonight if you need to; I personally would recommend it because you look REALLY tired," he said with a hint of concern.
"How would I brush my teeth, though?" I asked him.
He stopped for a second and walked into his bathroom and opened up something; after that, he walked out holding one of those basic toothbrushes and handed it to me.
"Toothpaste is in the cabinet. I will make your bed," he said as he started to walk to a closet.
I went inside of the bathroom and opened the cabinet in order to get the toothpaste. I put some on my toothbrush and started brushing for the next 5 mins. After I was done, I walked out to see an air mattress with pillows and blankets on it.
"Your bed awaits, my prince," he said in a mocking tone.
I laughed as I lay down in the bed and covered myself with the blanket.
He sat down next to me.
"Do you want me to wake you up a bit early so you can get your stuff from your home?" he asked.
"Yeah, sure, I wouldn't mind," I said. softly;
"Thanks, Carter, for the toothbrush and for teaching me some things about martial arts," I said softly.
"Anytime, man, sleep tight," he said as he held out his fist for a fist bump.
I fist-bumped him and lay back to close my eyes.
He walked to his room to go to sleep.
After a bit of my eyes being closed, I started to dream; it was about Carter and me sparring while laughing. It was sweet. and it's something I would never forget because of knowing I had dreams like this.
made me happy.
