Chapter 15

Kiss?

The female character and the male character were supposed to end the act with a kiss.

Wow. She laughed. Just wow.

Was she supposed to do that too?

She thought about it for a while and shrugged her shoulders.

Well that was in the near end of the movie. They probably wouldn't be reaching that part today.

Deciding to focus only on the pages they were sure to cover at that moment, she flipped to the next page.

'Here'. She looked up and saw Daniel's outstretched hand. He had a glass of orange juice in it.

She accepted it and muttered a thank you.

'Hmmmm...This tastes great'. She commented as the cold liquid glided soothingly down her throat.

'I knew you'd like it'. He smiled at her. 'Let's begin,shall we?'

'Yea,sure. Do you want me to act out the scenes too?' She asked,suddenly overwhelmed with nervousness.

'Oh no,you don't have to'. He must have sensed her dilemma. 'The wordings are just OK'. He assured her.

Her shoulders sagged with relief. She handed him the glass she'd just emptied it's content and cleared her throat.

Sensing her readiness, he began. 'You didn't tell me you were coming'.

'Seeing as you took all of my calls'. She rolled her eyes dramatically, just like the script suggested.

Daniel burst into laughter.

'What?' She frowned. 'Why are you laughing? The script didn't say you'd laugh'.

'You needed to see your face right now'. He continued, still laughing. '...very hilarious'.

'I was only adhering to the script. Do you want to continue this rehearsal or not?' She made a serious face.

'I'm sorry. Let's continue'.

'You didn't tell me you were coming'. He began again.

'Seeing as you took all my calls'.

'I was busy with work'. His voice was pleading for understanding, just like the script said.

'Isn't that all you're concerned about Eddie? Work! Work! Work! There's no time for me,no time for us. What are we even doing? Is this your idea of what a relationship should look like?'

She let her voice break.

'Sharon,look at me. Look at me'. He raised her face to eye level with him,using the tip of his fingers.

The script didn't say she'd avoid his eyes but she found herself doing just that.

'This is not worth an argument'. He went on. 'I was busy and that was why I couldn't take your calls'.

'Are you saying I love arguing?' Her voice was sharp, showing she'd just been freshly offended.

'No,No...That's not it. I didn't mean it that way'. There was no mistaking the defensiveness in his voice. 'I just,I'm just trying to say,if I'd been less busy,my phone would have probably not been on silence and I would definitely had heard it while it rang and would have most definitely taken your calls'.

'Do I inconvenience you Eddie? Do you not want me anymore?'. Her expression turned sullen.

'Babe'. He took her left hand. 'I want you,alright? I wanted you yesterday,I wanted you earlier,I want you now. I want you everyday. Hell! I might end up wanting you forever'.

'Ewww'.She laughed. 'That's not what the script says'.

He ran his hand through his head and sighed.

'That was a huge mistake. I think that's a line from another scene. I must have mixed it up'.

'Let's do it again'.

'Babe. I still want you. But you know,there's a line between work and my personal life. My relationship is not meant to be in the way of my work'.

'I don't care,Eddie. On the contrary,I very much want it that way. I want you to have me in your mind all the time. Eddie, you're supposed to carry me in your mind,soul,spirit,body!' She screamed,almost hysterically.

'Oh! And you think I don't?' His eyes softened. 'I think about you when I wake up and before I go to bed. Thoughts of you are what I have in mind every single day. You haunt my days and my nights and worse still,I can't seem to take you out of my mind. You drive me crazy, Macy'. He drew her close then and kissed her...

....He drew her close and kissed her. First it was a light brush of his lips against hers which had her lips quivering.

She stared into his eyes and was frightened at what she saw. His eyes were boring into hers with a fire that was capable of scorching and an intensity that took her breath away.

'Daniel...The script didn't say....' She began.

'Damn the script'. He murmured impatiently and his mouth claimed her lips once again and this time it wasn't just a mere brush of lips. He kissed her,really kissed her.

As if acting on a sheer work of force,her lips opened up for him and she could hear the thud of the script from where it had fallen off from her hand.

She inched closer and impulsively wrapped her hands around his neck.

His lips tasted of the orange juice they had just shared,it's tantalizing sweetness causing her stomach to flip.

'Do you know what you do to me Macy?' He rasped. His left hand caressed her burning cheek while his right hand moved to her hair and rubbed it soothingly,sending delicious tingles all over her scalp.

Whimpering,she moved even closer and held unto him,as if for her dear life.

His smooth hands caressed her neck and her eyes drifted close. He sucked on her lower lip and her jaw and the hollow basement of her neck then moved back to her lips.

She returned his kiss with equal intensity. No one had ever kissed her like that. His kisses were like a drop of water to a soul dying from thirst.

Desire pulled her insides and turned her legs to jelly. She didn't want him to stop. She prayed he'd never stop.

His urgent fingers trailed down from her neck,to her arms,to her back until they rested on her stomach and she froze.