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Chapter X

I was absolutely, unbelievably happy.

So happy that I could even tackle Lindsay into a hug.

Yes, that's how happy I was.

Adrian's words resonated in my mind, repeating them over and over again, so much so that I wondered if I had imagined it.

Let me go back a little and explain.

After the whole 'kiss ' thing, Adrian kept his word to tell me the message Mr. Gilbert wanted to deliver to me. To be honest, I was expecting something mild like his well wishes for me or something.

But what Adrian told me, was something I had never imagined.

"William wants you to start reporting to the shoots in two days. He asked me to tell you that he never breaks his promises and since you had pointed out Courtney's error last time, you'll get to assist him throughout the movie," were Adrian's exact words.

To say that I was shocked, would be the understatement of the century. I'm pretty sure my jaw had been grazing the ground after hearing that. My mind was blown away and I could barely form any sensible thoughts after that.

I was sitting in the cafeteria, all my surrounding sounds mellowed down as Adrian's words created a tornado inside my mind.

"Do you think whacking her head would bring her back? Her smile is creeping me out," a voice interrupted my thoughts but I ignored it.

"I already tried. She's been like that ever since Adrian and his troop left. I wonder what happened."

"How about I pour water on her head?"

"If you have a death wish, by all means borrow my bottle."

"You know what, I'm risking it."

At that precise moment, all my thoughts vanished as ice cold liquid was splashed on me. I blinked, waking up from the trance I was in.

My eyes travelled to my side where Brandon stood, holding an empty bottle, which I assumed was the source of the liquid.

"WHAT THE HELL, BRANDON?" I shrieked, looking at my drenched clothes.

"Well, you were practically ignoring us and you had that creepy smile on your which was starting to scare me a little, so..."

"My smile is not creepy," I defended, trying to hold my now wet t-shirt away so that it didn't stick to me. I grimaced once I noticed that it was clinging to me and almost becoming see through.

I raised my head and glared at Brandon. "You'll be dead in the next five seconds if you don't find me something to wear."

"Hey, its not that  bad, you kn-" he tried defending but I cut him off.

"One" I cut him off, still shooting daggers at him through my eyes.

"But list-"

"Two," I spoke, not letting him finish.

Sydney, who was watching us with an amused expression on her decided to butt in before I did any harm to Brandon. "You should really go before she decides to do something. Like telling Bree that it was you who played chop chop with her favourite dress last summer," she said, raising an eyebrow for him to get a hint.

"Four," I said, taking out my phone and scrolling through the list to find the required contact. Once I located Bree's name, I let my finger hover over his sister's contact.

His eyes widened in realization of his doom and he gave me a sheepish grin before sprinting away all the while I glared at the back of his head, hoping to shoot some sense through his thick head.

"Finally!" I exclaimed, throwing my hands my hands up in frustration. 

"Anyways, what were you all smiley about?" Sydney asked, drawing my attention away from Brandon.

Her question made my lips turn upwards. I momentarily forgot about my drenched t-shirt and excitedly faced her. I couldn't help it. The more I thought about it, the more I couldn't help but smile.

"Well, your best friend here is going to be assisting a world famous director for his next movie," I grinned at Sydney whose expression grew confused.

"What do you mean?"

My grin grew wider, if that was even possible. "Well..."

That is how, after five minutes, I ended up shrieking and fan-girling with Sydney.

"I can't believe this! Can I come to some of  your shoots with you?" Sydney asked, widening her puppy eyes and blinking, oh-so innocently.

I chuckled. "Of course! I mean, I'll ask Mr. Gilbert if he has no problem with it, but I don't think he should, though," I grinned.

Sydney whooped loudly, grabbing the attention of the students in the cafeteria. She gave a sheepish smile before looking back at me in excitement. Her excitement was fueling mine as if I wasn't on cloud nine already.

"So, when do you start?"

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I sat on my bed, cross legged, with my laptop on my thighs, eagerly taking in whatever there was on the screen. I was trying to look up the project Mr. Gilbert was working on right now. I couldn't find much, for obvious reasons, other than that it was going to be a thriller and was inspired from a book but wasn't going to be based entirely on the book itself. The name of the book, however, wasn't mentioned anywhere.

It seemed like they were keeping the movie tightly under wraps.

No wonder their shooting schedule was not leaked until that unfortunate (for them) incident when I was supposed to spend a night at the spooky mansion. A night that was changing my life in more ways than I could've imagined.

A knock on the door snapped my attention away from my laptop screen. My mom's head poked into my room with a smile.

"Dinner's ready," she announced.

"I'll be there in five," I replied, my eyes involuntarily going back to my laptop screen.

"Still on it?"

I nodded, not bothering to look up. I could imagine her shaking her head at me as she left my room.

When I'd come home, both my parents had been home. Upon seeing my overly joyous expression and a little weird behaviour, they had cornered me and made me spill the beans as to why I was grinning like a maniac.

Not like they needed to force me to tell them, anyway.

They were pretty surprised, especially my dad. He never took me to his sets when he worked and designed sets for different movies and shows. Even when I begged him. He wanted me to work my way up to a position where I could achieve my dreams on my own. 

I did understand that he didn't want me to take anything for granted. He thought that if I got to experience the life on sets, I'd lose my passion to work hard for it. But even if I did get why he did that, it was still frustrating and felt like I was losing a lot of opportunities that I could get through him.

Anyway, they were happy for me and I was happy that they were. If that made sense.

I got off my bed and shut my laptop. I couldn't wait to go start with assisting Mr. Gilbert already. Just thinking about it was already driving me nuts.

I was about to go down when my phone vibrated.

I unlocked the screen to see that I had a text from and unknown number. Puzzled, I opened the text. If I was floating on cloud nine before, I was certainly two clouds up as my eyes scanned over the words on my phone's screen.

'Hi Addison. I got your contact from the school. On behalf of Mr. Gilbert, I'd like to officially invite you to the shoot of our current project. The details of the schedule and your reporting time will be sent to the email address you had provided your school with.

I hope to see you soon.

Jesse'

I read the text over and over again, just to confirm that I read right. This made it a bit more real.

It was real. I was going to assist Mr. Gilbert in a movie shoot. 

And I couldn't wait!

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A/N

I hope you guys enjoyed the chapter even though its just a filler. I'm sorry for the delay :( I was experiencing a very, very bad writers block.

Leave down comments so I know what you feel about the book so far :)

Here are some of the questions you all asked from me!

@emilylovesbooks0313: How do you stay inspired to write a story for such a long period of time?

Well, its hard sometimes, especially when I get a bad writer's block or have thousand other story ideas running through my mind at the same time but I know I won't start them until I've finished what I already started. So to stay inspired, I try to imagine my characters as people whose life I can change with a mere twist of words or just try to go to Pinterest and Tumblr for inspiration.

@crumpled-papers: Should pineapple be considered a topping for pizza?

God no! (No offence to the people who enjoy that) but its not just for me. I like pineapple as a fruit. But thats what it is. A fruit. And it should stay a fruit!!!!

@hima_avnesha and @AkankshaChodankar832: What would be your answer for the questions you asked?

Well, I haven't really thought about the answers myself but here goes nothing.

1. If I could have any super power in the world, I'd want really quick thinking. I know thats not really a magical power but yeah.

2. If there's anything I'd want to change in my life, I'd want to be a friendlier person. I wish someone had told me sooner that my blank look actually looks like I'm throwing daggers at someone XD

3. Cinderella has been my all-time favourite disney fairytale so why not? Though its a little cheesy and sappy, but oh well, most of the disney ones are.

4. My ideal boy SHOULD.BE.FROM.WATTPAD.

@natasha_nats: 1. Cola or Pepsi?

Don't kill me for this- but I really don't know the difference between the tastes. So...both?

2. What makes you roll your eyes every time you hear it?

LAME PICK UP LINES

3. If magic was real, what spell would you like to learn first?

Any spell that would make the person in front of me forget what they were saying- really handy if you're getting scolded or someone's babbling too much.

4. What movie or book do you know the most quotes from?

She's the man and A cinderella story (the Hilary Duff one)

5. Whats the most interesting concerts you've been to?

The Chainsmokers one! Thats because I was literally so close to the stage and I also had an awkward eye-contact with Drew.

@RaIsE_tHe_TuRkEy: 1. Are you a peanut butter fan or Nutella?

NUTELLA ALL THE WAY!

2. Have you heard of BTS?

DASI RUN RUN RUN ;)

3. Fall out boy or Panic! at the disco?

Both? Can't choose! (Thank you for sharing the books! I'll check them out :)

@CobaltBlue00: Do you already have a basis and a storyline planned out? And is there anything about the title we missed or will everything be revealed later on?

I have a little bit of it. So basically I have a concept in mind, that is the basis but the chapters come to my mind there and then :) Everything will be revealed later on!

@al-juri101: What is your inspiration for writing?

Anything and everything inspires me. From my best friend to my favourite fairytale. From my likes to my dislikes, anything :)

I hope that answered all your questions! Please tell me if I skipped any of your questions, I'll answer them in the next chapter!

Thank you all so much for your love and support! I love you all!