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I laugh and smile, “Someday, I’m gonna take you home with me and break out the old home movies I have of Mr. Famous. He wasn’t always so perfect. I have videos of his awkward teen years.”

She snorts as she changes her outfit, “Oh I doubt that. I’ve seen those “before they were stars” things, and he was still cute. Someday you’re gonna have to tell me the whole story of how the two of you hooked up.”

“
I will, I promise. It’s not that big of a romantic story or anything. And a lot of it had to do with our Mom’s kind of pushing us together.”, I shrug and grab the car keys. “Luke should be meeting us outside in just a sec.”

Krista gathers her things and we make our way out and I stop and frown when I see Lucas getting patted down by Eric.

“Isn’t that a bit much?”, I cross my arms and look between them.

“
No, Mrs. Warren. When it comes to your privacy, and safety as well as those that is on set, this is just precautionary.”, Eric says as he steps away.

“
Sorry Luke. You ok?”

“
Yeah…I’m good.”, he mutters and smooths down his shirt.

I nod and we pile into the car. “Ok, so when we get there, you’ll have to show them your ID and I’ll tell them that your with me so they don’t go into an even more thorough search then what Eric just did.”, I smirk back at him as I see him grimace.

“You guys must be old pros at all this now, huh?”, he asks and looks between Krista and I.

“
Are you jealous, Lucas?”, Krista asks with her eyebrows raised.

He snorts and crosses his arms, “No, what’s to be jealous of, Kris? Daily pat downs?”, he says with a shudder  and Krista and I exchange a knowing look.

"Mhm, whatever you say buddy.", she teases him and is rewarded with a glare.

After a somewhat quiet drive, other than Krista finding reasons to pick at Luke, we finally pull into the lot where there are about a hundred crew members with walkie talkies and cameras and actors getting touch-ups on their make-up and who knows what else.

As I told Luke would happen, when we step up to security he's asked for his ID, and patted down, again and gets a long lecture of all the Do's and Don'ts of the set.

"Is all that really necessary?", he grumbles  after we get out of the checkpoint and we make our way over to where all the actors trailers are.

"Mrs. Warren, Ms. Quinn...and who is this?", Mitchell Fallon asks with his arms crossed over his chest.

"My friend, Lucas Austin. Lucas, this is Mr. Mitchell Fallon, the President of Excite Entertainment, where Liam is represented."

Lucas stretches out his hand, "Nice to meet you sir."

Mitchell returns the handshake and nods, "Can you act? You've kind of got the look."

Lucas actually blushes and I find myself laughing and notice Krista is doing the same thing.

"No sir, I'm studying architecture. Don't think acting is in my blood."

"Well, that's a shame. Here's my card though.", he pats his shoulder and hands him a card as he walks over to chat with people.

"What...just happened?", Luke asks looking down at the card in his hand.

Laughing again, I pat his arm, "You were almost discovered."

He shakes his head and shoves the card in his back pocket, "Crazy Hollywood people."

"Tell me about it.", I mutter as I see Liam, Scott, Alexia and another actress that I don't recognize come around the corner with their little entourage.

Liam stops in his tracks and narrows his eyes as he crooks his finger for me to come over to him.

"Yes?", I ask innocently as I take his hand.

"What the hell is he doing here?", he asks with clenched teeth.

"He's my friend and I invited him...and you are not allowed to be angry about that."

I watch his jaw muscle jump and reach up to smooth it out with my hand. He's extra handsome when he's angry, even if that anger is directed at me.

"Oh, I'm not. And why is that?"

"Because you have me now....and if you play your cards right, forever. So be nice."

Chapter 11

Before we could walk over to everyone again, Liam grabs me and kisses me long and slowly.

When I’m able to pull back, I’m breathless and look up at him in a daze, “What was that for?”

He puts on his sexiest grin and kisses me quickly before grabbing my hand, “Just showing everyone that you’re mine.”

I roll my eyes and shove his shoulder, “Unnecessary…does that mean I can pull you out in front of a group of your adoring fan girls and kiss you senseless?”, I ask mischievously.

He gets a playful glint in  his eyes and pulls me tightly against him and as I put my hands onto his shoulders, he leans down to whisper in my ear, “Senseless, huh?”, he starts making a trail of kisses down my neck.

I let myself close my eyes for a second and shake my head, “There are like a thousand people all around us right now, Liam.”

He just laughs and tucks some of my hair behind my ear, “I could always take you back to my trailer, baby. No one could disturb us there.”

I just shake my head at him and start tugging him towards our friends, “As tempting as that sounds, you have a job to do.”, I give him one last kiss as we approach everyone.

"About time you got back over here!”, Krista says as she hooks her arm in mine, "I can only take so much of little miss skank over there.", she whispers to me while eyeing Alexia up and down. "She keeps flirting with Scott AND Lucas. And I think Lucas likes it!"

Rolling my eyes, I mutter, "Wonderful.", and step forward. "Alexia...very nice to see you again."

She puts on an evil smile and walks over to where Liam is standing and leans against him before putting her hands on his chest, "Oh, really nice to see you again too Katy. We get to shoot a very hot love scene today...I have to go to wardrobe and get my lingerie. Black silk, Liam's favorite.", she smiles and lets her hand linger down his chest and he throws her hand away before it goes all the way south and clenches his teeth as she walks away.

"I wish I never touched that woman...she makes my life a living hell!", Liam grounds out and pulls me closer to him, "I'm this close to speaking with the director. She may be a woman, but she sexually harasses me all the time."

"She doesn't seem that bad", Lucas says softly and earns a dirty look from all of us, "What?! She's just...flirty."

"She's creepy.", I say shaking my head and looking around at the crowd of workers getting everything ready. "Do you really have to do a love scene with her today?"

"Unfortunately...after this, I'm turning down any project that even has a mention of her name it."

"Sounds like a good plan.", I give him a quick hug as the director walks over.

"Alright, Liam, Scott...this is our last scene to shoot. Sorry folks, gonna have to ask you to step back so we can get the set ready."

I nod, "Right, good luck!", I kiss Liam's cheek and Krista gives Scott another hug and we pull Lucas over to the side out of the way.

It isn't long before we see Alexia walking to her spot of the set wrapped in a short silky robe and black flip flops. As she passes us she sends a flirty grin and wave to Luke and gets herself into professional mode.

Luke shifts around some and looks over at me, "So, do we actually get to watch them have make believe sex?"

Krista and I both smack his arm and he flinches, "Just asking, jeez."

"Don't get too excited there Romeo", Krista tells him, "She'll be in lingerie, and Kate's hunky hubby will be shirtless, but he'll have boxers on."

I give her a look and she gives me an innocent look, "What? He is hunky, and looks dang good without a shirt on...but I've got to see Scott shirtless..."

"Whoa. Wait, is there something I should know?", I ask with my arms crossed.

She sighs and shakes her head, "No...THAT hasn't happened between us...yet.", she adds with a smile, "But, I've got to see his lovin' scenes with that Aria Watson chick, he's very good at what he does."

"Those guys aren't the only ones good at what they do, or that look good without a shirt on...right, Kate?", Luke asks with his eyebrow raised and I shoot him a warning look.

"Not something to talk about right now, ok?", I say with as much force as I can.

He puts his arms up in surrender and I rub my face. Maybe it wasn't such a good idea to bring him here. There is a very good chance just his mouth could end up getting him into a fist fight with Liam. Taking a deep breath, I look over at Krista who is fiercely whispering in Lucas' ear and whatever she is saying is apparently getting across because he looks down at the floor and in the next moment he whispers, "I'm sorry, Kate"

"Yeah...it's fine", I mutter and catch Liam's eye for a second.

He mouths "I love you", and kisses his fingers and sends it my way making me smile again. God I hope this doesn't get all messed up again. Hollywood or not, what we have is real, and even despite the time and distance, that flame hasn’t faded and I’m going to have to do all that I can to not extinguish it.

"Here we go", Krista whispers as the director yells for everyone to quiet down so they can start filming. "You gonna be able to handle this?"

I nod and take a breath. This isn't real. It's basically an illusion, right? That's what I have to think anyways. This isn't real!

But God is it hard to keep that in my mind when I watch Liam stalk over to Alexia and grab her and see her wrap her perfectly skinny legs tightly around his waist and yank that barely there robe off her shoulder.

Lucas reaches over and squeezes my hand and gives me a slight reassuring smile and I bite my lip to keep myself from screaming. I can handle this, it’s just a job. Soon I hear, "Cut!", and I can breathe again. I think it’s time to leave.

"Hey baby, you ok?", Liam runs over between shots and hugs me but I pull back smelling Alexia's perfume all over him.

"Yeah...I'm good. You did a really good job", I force a small smile on my face.

"Don't believe her Liam. She's freaking out, just look at her!", Krista pipes in and I shoot her a quick glare.

"I'm fine, really"

Liam sighs, "No, you’re not. I can see it in your eyes Katy. I don't want you to have to feel uncomfortable."

"Well let's see...would you be comfortable if say, you had to watch her kiss me?", Lucas asks.

All of Liam's muscles tense up and he steps up into his face, "Try it and find out."

"Hey! Ok, that's it. We're leaving, now, ok? No fights...I just wanna go home."

"You know what? That's exactly where we need to go.", Liam says with a confident smile and I look over at him confused.

"Huh? What are you talking about?"

"We need to go home. Where both our families are. They don't know yet we're working things out right? If we go home, we can be away from the madness for a little while and just be with family.”

I frown, "What about your movie stuff though?"

"This is our last shoot. I get some time off before my next project. See if you can get your classwork for the next two weeks and come home with me, baby."

"I...I don't know, Liam..."

"Think about it, ok? I'll call you tonight and if you decide it’s a go, I'll call and make the reservations."

I nod and look over at Lucas and Krista. Krista has a secretive smile on her face and Lucas doesn't look too pleased.

"Ok...I think it’s time for us to head out...I'll talk to you later.", I reach up to kiss Liam's cheek but he turns his head to catch my lips.

"Think about it.", he whispers with a small smile.

"I will, I promise."

"I love you, Katy.", he says with a sigh and kisses my forehead.

"I love you too, Liam", I whisper back before I can stop myself and see the surprise in his eyes before he gets an extra big smile on his face.

"I didn't think I would ever hear that out of your mouth again."

I just smile as I step back and towards Krista and Lucas, "Well, now you did."

Chapter 12

When we finally reach the car again, we sit in an awkward silence. Krista seems lost in her own thoughts and Lucas just stares at the window.

“
Alright, the both of you, out with it. What’s going on in those heads of yours?”, I say impatiently.

“
Nothing…nothing. I promise, just thinking about the date Scott and I have planned later this week.”, Krista answers with a too bright smile on her face.

“
Uh-huh…and you, Luke? What’s wrong?”

“
You’re really just gonna up and leave just because he asked you to?”, he asks with his jaw tight.