Page 22 of Get Me (The Keatyn Chronicles 6)
"And we've got to get up early tomorrow. Probably should all be getting to bed," Riley suggests, as he places his hand over Ariela's ass. You can practically feel the sexual tension in the air.
"Yeah, we should," Damian says, dropping his fork and agreeing the second he sees Peyton wander into the kitchen in a silky bathrobe.
Cooper stands up and starts clearing the table and stacking dishes in the sink. "How about I clean up, since Aiden cooked?" he offers.
I smile at him. "That'd be nice. I have serious jet lag."
"Me too," Aiden says, throwing Cooper a dishtowel. "Thanks, Cooper." Then he turns to everyone and says, "See you all bright and early."
"Not that early," I say. "We're planning to leave at nine, right, Damian?"
"The band is on the red eye from L.A. tonight, so let's plan on ten."
I brush my teeth and slide into a silky black cami set that Kym gave me for Christmas.
I make a sexy entrance, only to find Aiden completely crashed out, lying diagonally across my bed.
I slide in next to him and go to sleep.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28TH
Cotton candy. Ferris wheel.
10:30am
We meet the band at the video shoot location. Troy gives me a big hug, as do Ethan and Billy, and I introduce them to everyone.
Very quickly, Riley gets down to business. He's even more prepared than I expected, with little drawings of each scene he wants to shoot.
Lying on our stomachs in front of the beach backdrop, facing each other.
"You'll need beach towels," Ariela chimes in. "And sand."
"Sand is being delivered shortly. Can you make a list of what we still need?" he asks her sweetly.
Running through the sand, laughing and holding hands.
"What are you going to wear?" Peyton asks me.
"I brought a couple of bikinis and some little dresses, but I wasn't sure what you wanted, Riley."
"We'll look at the costumes later. Let's make sure the scenes are what the band wants, first."
He continues showing more boards.
On surfboards, in front of the ocean backdrop. Big, corrugated cardboard waves in front.
Eating ice cream together.
Riding on the back of a scooter, my hair blowing behind me.
The band, all in Ray-Bans.
In front of the amusement park backdrop, me feeding Damian cotton candy.
Riding a Ferris wheel.
"That's going to be a tough one," Riley admits. "I don't know how we can recreate a Ferris wheel."
"You don't need the whole wheel, just a seat from one," Aiden says. "Surely, we could find one somewhere."
"I'll put you in charge of that," Riley tells him.
Sitting around a bonfire, Damian and the rest of the band performing the song.
In the moonlight on the shore. The big moon backdrop behind us.
Kissing.
Looking in love.
"So those are the date scenes that we'll intersperse into the video. We'll also shoot the band playing the song in front of all the backdrops," Riley says. "I thought we'd start with those shots while the girls get together the other props and wardrobe. What do you think?"
Troy slaps Riley on the back. "I think it looks like a whole hell of a lot more fun than the video they wanted us to shoot."
"I agree," Ethan says, grabbing his guitar case. "I'm ready to get started."
The band gets set up on the sound stage. A few of the crew members from the Retribution set show up, ready to get going, and I take Ariela, Aiden, and Peyton to my dressing room.
"So, we need two beach towels, cotton candy, a big sparkly heart, five pairs of Ray-Bans, and clothes for Damian and Keatyn," Ariela says.
"And a Ferris wheel seat," Aiden adds.
"Let's split up. Peyton, you make the heart. Aiden, you find the Ferris wheel seat. I'll get cotton candy, sunglasses, and beach towels. Let's see what you brought for clothes, Keatyn."
I try on the bikinis I threw in my bag this morning and model them.
When I'm in the last one, Aiden says enthusiastically, "That one. Definitely."
"Are you sure? I thought I looked better in the blue one."
He cocks an eyebrow at me. "Why don't you show those two to Riley and the band and see what they think?"
"Uh, okay." I put the blue one back on and sneak into the sound stage.
When Riley says "Cut," at the end of the song, I run up, model this selection, and ask them to wait for me to try the other one on.
I change quickly and come out in Aiden's choice. A skimpy, sparkly, zigzag-printed triangle top and teeny bottoms.
"That one," Troy says, the rest of them unanimously agreeing.
"You don't like the blue one better? It looks like the ocean."
"You're the eye candy, Keats."
"Me? No. I'm just the background girl who's going to help bring the story to life."
Riley starts laughing. He wraps an arm around me and leads me off the set. "Definitely that bikini. And, for the date scenes, I want the bikini top with a very skimpy pair of jean shorts. Then one of your flirty little short dresses and heels for the amusement park and the moonlight scenes."
"Okay. I like how you're taking control, Riley," I tell him as I dash offstage.
While everyone leaves to get their props, I play around with some makeup, then get bored and go in to watch the band perform the song a few hundred times.
"Put the bikini, shorts, and some heels on," Riley instructs me a few hours later. "I want you to dance around while they're playing. Kind of like you did with me and Dallas in the video we made on the plane."
I change quick, come back out, and have fun dancing. Shimmying against Damian and Ethan as they play their guitars. Sitting on Troy's lap playing the drums. Pretending to let Billy teach me to play the keyboard.
"Do that thing you do, with your hair," Riley instructs, running his hand through his own hair and shaking his ass.
I burst out laughing and dramatically cover my eyes.
Damian says, "The way she just covered her eyes was adorable."
"Keep singing," Riley says. "Keatyn, go."
I close my eyes and move my body like I did for Aiden on the pool table, slow and sexy, while pushing my hair back off my face.
"Perfect," Riley says. "Now, open your eyes and lick your lips."
I try to lick my lips in a sexy way, but just end up laughing. I know I look like a total dork.
"You need some motivation," Riley says. "Where's Aiden?"
"Just got back," Aiden says from behind the cameras. "I found a Ferris wheel seat. It's being delivered later today. We may have to paint it, though. I think it's in pretty rough shape."
"We'll worry about that later. Come stand here," Riley says, positioning him just off camera.
"All right, Keatyn. It's just you and Aiden."
My eyes brighten immediately and a smile plays on my face. As he smiles back at me, I break out into a broad grin. I can't help it.
Aiden shoots me a kiss, so I kiss my fingertips and blow one back to him. Then I just stare at him and lick my lips, not even thinking that's what I'm supposed to do. I'm just reacting to how he makes me feel. Hungry.
"Perfect," Riley says. "Okay, cut. Let's take a break. I'm starved."
"I had craft service bring us in some food," Damian says. "Let's eat."
After a late lunch, we film Damian and me in the scenes in front of the backdrops.
First, the carnival scenes, with me trying to shove a large puff of pink cotton candy swirled on a stick in Damian's face.
Peyton combined silver and hot pink glitter with bugle beads to make a heart to hang over our heads during the Crazy love is what I feel scene.
We film all the scenes except for the Ferris wheel and the surfing scenes.
When Riley decides he has enough takes, we quit for the day.
"I need to upload all of today's video, see where we're at, and then we'll shoo
t more tomorrow. Great job, everyone. Let's meet back here at the same time."
He grabs Ariela and pulls her into his arms. "Thank you for getting all the props."
"I loved tracking things down and helping you with the details," she says sweetly. "We're a good team."
I hear him whisper, "I love you, kitty," to her. Then he says, "We're going to L.A. when we graduate to do this together. Full time."
"That sounds really fun," she agrees.
