This was Sam kissing Ty.
It was real.
It was tender, and it was perfectly timed because he was not acting. He was kissing Ty like he wanted to kiss her and not how he thought he should for the scene. He was lost in that kiss. He didn't think he went too long with it, but there was no way to be sure. He pulled away at the first possible second. It felt impossible to rip his mouth from hers, but he did it reluctantly. They stood there for a few seconds in stunned silence.
The crew applauded them when Alex yelled for them to cut the scene.
Chapter 13
Ty
A week later
Alex had liked the egg scene so much that he wanted to get the other kissing scenes done while the chemistry seemed to be there with Sam and me. He said we were going to strike while the iron was hot. In the days that followed the kitchen scene, we filmed the three other scenes where my character kissed Tommy Logan.
Things were sincere and electric between the two of us, and Alex was beyond excited about how the scenes were turning out. He rearranged everyone's schedule so that we could fit in all of the romantic scenes before Sam's trip to L.A. Alex didn't want him going out of town and cooling off. The attraction between us was effortless, and those scenes basically filmed themselves. If anything, we had to tone down our tension and attraction for the cameras, at least I did. We never said as much to each other.
Tommy was sweet and kind to Lottie, and it was heartwarming to say these scripted words that were so thoughtful and romantic. I felt so much in those scenes with Sam that it was difficult to separate fiction from reality. I was havingso much fun playing Chloe, who was playing Lottie, that I hardly knew how Ty really even felt.
I had been stewing on my brakeup for three weeks, and then suddenly I was having all these feelings for someone else. It made for some good chemistry between my character and Sam's, but it also left me feeling inwardly confused and overwhelmed when Sam went out of town.
He had to go to L.A. to do movie star things, and he had made me no promises when he left.Why would he?He had written me a couple of notes in the last few days. They weren't signed, but I knew they were from him. I was happy and confused and scared and excited all at the same time.
And then he left Montana, and the happy and excited part of me dwindled while the confused and scared parts seemed to take over. I was already starting to feel anxiety and doubt when I heard from Sam on the second day of his trip.
He sent me a text.
Sam:
Hey, how are you?
I texted him back right away.
Me:
I'm good. Not working yet. We'll do one of the campfire scenes after sunset. How are you? How's your trip?
I saw the little bubbles appear the instant I sent my message.
Sam:
It's good. Everything's smooth. Meeting with the cast and photographer tonight. Having dinner near the photography studio and then heading over there.
Me:
Nice.
I didn't know what else to say, so I just sent it.
Sam:
Did Alex say anything about our scenes?
Me:
No. I think he's happy with them. I saw him quite a bit today, and no mention of retakes. All he told me was good job.
Sam:
