Chapter 8
I landedin Australia in B. Night’s plane at three in the morning. I was exhausted from the eighteen-hour flight. I was never one to be able to sleep on a flight. Despite the jet having a private bedroom, I still couldn’t pass out. I was too nervous, which was completely ridiculous given it was Aires and the consuming history we shared.
We hadn’t filmed together in over seven years, and both of us had grown tremendously in our craft since the last time we were on-screen together. However, The Kids Club wasn’t anything like we’d be filming for the next two months. The level of acting was intense. Not only was it going to be a mind fuck to play a couple that were madly in love but we were also filming in extremely dangerous situations.
The first day of production was tomorrow, and we’d jump headfirst into filming the plane crash. The weather was pretty frigid in Australia at the moment, and the ocean would be freezing at this time of year. Most of the movie would take place on a private island about a mile from the Great Barrier Reef.
This wasn’t my first time in this country. The Kids Club toured internationally, and the last time I was there, it was with Aires. I still remembered it as if it were yesterday. We were so excited to get to see our fans overseas. It was a shame that we never got to tour the city. We were always on set, and it seemed like this production would be the same, given our short timeframe to complete it.
I wasn’t looking forward to the strenuous conditions we’d be filming in. B. Night described the movie like Blue Lagoon and Castaway had a baby with the special effects of Pirates of the Caribbean. That was quite the setup for us. Although I was terribly anxious about what was to come, I was more than ready for the challenge of bringing this movie to life.
A lot of the scenes involved us being in danger and having to constantly save each other, or it involved us fighting our emotions over how much we still loved one another. Constantly contemplating the life we could have had if we didn’t let everyone else’s opinion get in our way.
Not to mention, the sex scenes would break the internet. This was the first movie I was doing that involved me being topless during a sex scene. I usually strayed from doing that, but for this movie, it was needed.
They actually have us making love under a waterfall and in a cave. Another scene will be us in the ocean with the waves crashing on our bodies as we’re completely naked. We even had an intimacy coordinator to make sure our sex scenes were as authentic as possible.
The pressure to produce a number-one hit was heavy and at an all-time high. I was used to that since I always strived to film the best and most successful movie I could, yet this one was different.
It wasn’t just any role.
It starred Aires and me, and I wanted it to be perfect.
I wanted this to be an iconic film that had such a crazy fandom that people would be talking about it for centuries. A staple in cinematic history, that was my goal, and I knew that applied to Aires and B. Night too.
By the time the driver pulled up to the rented estate on the water that I’d be calling home for the next two months, it was a little past four a.m. My team told me that my room would be the one up the stairs and down the hallway. It was the last room on the right, and I couldn’t wait to crash. I’d been up for over twenty-four hours at that point, and I didn’t do well on no sleep.
After the driver brought in my bags, I thanked him, and he left. I didn’t want to wake anyone up since it was still night and dark out. The makeup artists and wardrobe would be staying there with me, and they were supposed to be there already. I didn’t mind since the house was big enough for at least ten people with their own rooms.
From what Capri said, the house was near the set to make it easier for us to come and go, but we’d still have private trailers on set. I used the elevator to go up to my room with only my carry-on since it had everything I’d need for the night. I’d deal with the rest of my luggage whenever I woke up.
Luckily, production didn’t start till tomorrow, so I had a whole day to catch up on sleep and get ready for the first day on set. I’d spend most of the day rehearsing my lines. As I made my way to my bedroom, I wondered if Aires was already there and if he was staying close by. I imagined he would be.
“Oh, thank God,” I whispered as I softly shut my bedroom door.
I was beyond exhausted, and I’d gotten ready on the plane to pass out in order to come here and just crash. The full moon illuminating through the window made finding my bed in the middle of the room easy. I threw all my clothes off. I always only slept in my panties.
I swear I was already half asleep when I got under the covers. Grabbing a pillow to hug while I was asleep, I turned around and came in contact with a warm body almost immediately.
With wide eyes, I instinctively screamed and jumped right out of bed. It must have activated something in the room because the lights instantly turned on as the person in my bed hauled ass out of it too. Before I could grab the blanket off the mattress, I came face-to-face with the man I least expected.
Aires stood there in front of me in all his glory.
Butt. Ass. Naked.
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