Page 25 of Role Play
My blood ran cold.Another situation. Another boyfriend? Another lover? What the fuck did she mean by that? But I couldn’t blame her. She was right—it wasn’t fair to her. We needed to keep ourdistance.
So then, why the fuck couldn’t I stop stroking her wrist? Why couldn’t I let go? And why did I find myself inexplicably drawing closer and closer to hermouth.
“So… friends?” Iasked.
She nodded. Our words said friends, but the way our eyes locked, and the molecules around us buzzed with energy, said something elseentirely.
“Friends,” sherepeated.
The walkie talkie on her hip buzzed and Kelly’s voice cut through our silence. “Lucy, where the fuck are you guys? Do I have to doeverythingmyself?”
I cleared my throat and stepped back. It was just the sobering wake up call we both needed to snap out of it. Lucy snatched the walkie talkie and spoke into it, “We’re coming out in a second. He was on acall.”
I shook my head. We all had to put up with some shitty bosses in this industry, and every industry. And Kelly certainly wasn’t the worst I’d seen. But even still, I felt for Lucy. “It’s going to be a long three months foryou.”
She gave me a small smile. “At least I have tomorrowoff.”
She did? Well, I guess that made sense. The costumes for Sunday’s sex scene weren’t exactly complicated and didn’t need a whole lot of prep. Even still, my stomach sank at the prospect of not seeing her for an entireday.
Which was idiotic at best. I barely knew the girl.Friends. Frankly, I didn’t know if we could be friends… but I had to at least be friendly. For Lucy’s sake. And for the sake of thefilm.
And if I was being honest, Iwantedto be herfriend.
I just wasn’t sure I knewhow.
