Lipstick

By Gaby

"Don’t worry, Roma... Oh, sheesh!" John said closing his eyes and shaking his head. He heard Roma laughing at his side. "I’m sorry!"

"Cut!" Larry Peerce, the director of that episode ordered. "Are you ever going to concentrate on this scene?!" He was almost tired after repeating the same part five times already.

"What can I say?" the blond actor said with a wide smile. "She drives me crazy!!" He took the hand she had in his arm, pulled her to him and gave her a big kiss on the cheek. Roma screamed in surprised and swatted him on the arm playfully. They had been dating for about six months now, and had made public their relationship, something most of the people of the crew enjoyed as they had always thought they made a beautiful couple.

"Ok, let’s try again," the director ordered. "On my count. Three, two, one...!"

"Don’t worry, Monica," John repeated his lines. "Gloria will be alright. You’ve done an excellent job teaching her."

Roma placed a hand over his arm squeezing it lightly, closed her eyes and nodded, just as her script ordered. John covered her small hand with his, "reassuring" his "angelic friend". "Thank you," she answered. After a second if silence, she continued Monica’s speech. "Do you remember the first time I had to deal with Monique, John? Oh no!" Roma leaned down to hit her head with her arm. "I’m sorry!"

"Cut!" the director shouted.

"This is contagious!" the Irish actress said chuckling nervously.

"Good to know it," John said with a hint of mischief in his green eyes. "It means I drive you crazy too!" He saw her smiling and couldn’t help but lean over to kiss her on the lips.

"Whenever you feel like working you let me know..." Larry said with mock annoyance. The truth was that he was happy for the actors as well.

"Sorry," Roma said. They cleared their throats and got ready to start.

"On my count," the director started again. "Three, two, one... Cut!" John and Roma turned to look at him with an expression of ‘we haven’t even said a word!’ on their faces. "John, could you please clean your lips?" The blond angel blushed deeply and Roma helped him with a funny mix of amusement and embarrassment. "Andrew hasn’t fallen..." Larry teased, "not even in love!"