~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ August 2005 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"When are our cameo's going to get here?" Cat asked her assistant.  Filming was almost over.  They just had the huge crowd scenes left, along with some others.  But the people whom she was going to use in the crowds weren't here.
Every artist on her soundtrack wanted cameo's in the film.  She decided to use them in the crowd scenes.  But the plane bring them to Europe had been delayed.
They should have been there three hours ago; but there wasn't any sign of the vans bringing them from the hotel to the beach.  There wasn't even a way to contact the drivers.
"I'm not sure, Cat.  They should have been here by now," Victor, the assistant said.
"No shit."  She picked up the bullhorn.  "Meeting for everyone.  Get your asses over here.  NOW!"
All of the actors, actresses, and staff came over.  "The extra's aren't here.  So do we want to take the rest of the day off, which if any say yes to it, I'll kill, or do we shoot another scene and hope the extra's get here?"
"Well, Cat, you haven't given us a choice.  We shoot another scene,"  Faith said.  Faith played the main character's best friend.  She told Cat long ago that if Conquest, Cat's book, was ever made into a movie, she wanted to star in it.  Many of the characters were played by long time friends of Cat.
David Boreaneaz laughed.  "Yeah, Cat.  None of us want to die.  And if we did die before we finished filming, you'd find some way to make our afterlives miserable."  He wrapped his arms around Faith.  They'd started dating, although he played opposite Cat.
Everyone laughed.  "Which scene do we shoot then?"  Victor asked.
"The one where Alexandra tells everyone about her past."  Everyone groaned.  They'd shot that scene like twelve times and it still sucked.  "I know, I know.  I don't want to do it either.  But we have to.  You have ten minute to change.  The scene is already set up."
Ten minutes later, everyone was in their spots.  Filming began.

Towards the end of the scene, the vans pulled up.  Everyone piled out.  N'Sync, Backstreet Boys, 98 Degrees, LFO( who performed the theme song for the movie), Sisqo, Tyrese, Monica, Brandy, Mariah Carey, Christina Aguileria, Korn, Limp Bizkit, Kid Rock, and many others, stood around the lot, waiting for someone to recognize them.  Victor came over to them and told them to keep silent.  We walked back over to the camera's.  Everyone followed.  The scene had gone from one with nearly half the actors to just Cat and David, making out.  They were laying on the beach, the waves hitting their feet.  Everyone watched.  Ten minutes after everyone arrived, Victor yelled, "Cut."
David and Cat stood up and walked over to Victor.  "Okay, let me see it."  Cat sat down in her chair, wrapping a blanket around her.  They watched the scene.  "It's good."  She looked up.  "We never have to do that scene again."  The crew cheered.
Victor pointed out the people.  Cat walked over to them.  "So, you all finally decided to show up."  She gave Liz and Lex hugs, and turned to everyone else.  "We have to get started.  The lighting won't last long."  She explained to everyone what they had to do.
No one thought it seemed hard.  But after doing the scene ten times, they changed their minds.
"That's a wrap," Cat called.  "Everyone go to the hotel and get some sleep.  You're getting up bright and early tomorrow morning."  The crew started packing up. Justin walked over to Cat
"Are you staying at the same hotel?"
Cat looked at him.  "Yeah.  Our rooms are right next to each other, although there's no connecting door.  But how long we have tonight, I don't know.  Liz, Lex, and I are probably going to spend half the night catching up on things, and then I have to be up at five."
"I can survive.  Do we have to get up at five?"
"Nope, just the crew.  The actors and extras have to get up at six; you have to be out here at seven thirty."
"Six?"  He shuddered.  "Call me tonight, if you can. I've got to go.  The vans are leaving."
"Bye," Cat called.  He was half way to the vans when he turned around.  "What time are you coming back to the hotel?"
"Later tonight," she called.  Justin nodded.
"We need to talk."  He walked over to the vans.  Cat rolled her  eyes.  She knew what he wanted to talk to her about: the sex scenes in her movie and how much they showed.

Cat knocked on Justin's door.  He answered it the moment she knocked.  They didn't want anyone to see them.
Cat walked in; they kissed.  They walked over to the bed, kissing.  Cat broke away from him
"We can't do this.  I only came over because you said we need to talk."
Justin sighed.  "Okay, I suppose."  He sat on the bed, Cat next to him.  "How detailed are your sex scenes?"
Cat sighed.  "Justin, I'm going to say this once and only once.  My sex scenes are as detailed as I can make them.  But they don't mean anything.  It's a movie."
"I know that.  But I want to know how much of my girlfriend the world is going to see."
"Not that much.  You can only show partial, frontal nudity.  At least, that's what everyone told me."
"Good, I'm glad.  i don't want anyone seeing everything I've seen."
"What if I posed in Playboy?"
"You're not posing in Playboy.  I won't let you."
"I'm not. But you says you have any say in what I do?"
"We're dating."  Justin got off the bed and paced around the room.  "I don't want my girlfriend in Playboy, or in the tabloids, or anything like that."
"Justin, it's my life.  We might be dating, but no one knows, and you don't have that big of a say in my life.  And as for the Playboy thing, I would never do that; my friends would all kill me.  And the tabloids will always have me in them, just like they'll have you in them."
Justin walked back over to the bed and sat down.  He took her face in his hands.  "I know, baby.  It's just that I love you so much and I don't see why someone like you would ever lower yourself to be with someone like me."
Cat placed one of her hands on his.  "Justin, you have a lot to offer.  You could do so much better than me."  Cat was on the verge of tears.  The man she loved had just told her he loved her, and she couldn't say it back.  Hopefully Justin would understand.
Justin knew what the told her, and the response he was getting wasn't surprising him.  Cat was ready to say that she loved him and he wouldn't force her to.  He wanted it to come from the heart.  He could understand why she wasn't saying anything.  She'd never been in love before and was afraid of her emotions.  Justin leaned over a kissed her, sweetly and tenderly.  Cat kissed him back.  She moved her hands to his chest.  Justin wrapped his arms around her, pulling her close.  They stretched across the bed, kissing.
 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ September 2005 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"I'm so glad filming is over," Cat said as she kicked her shoes off and stretched out on the bed.
"I'm glad too.  I missed you," Justin said, straddling her.  They were in New York.  Cat had just gotten back from Europe.  Filming had gone faster than anyone dreamed, especially for a nearly four hour movie, and was currently in the process of editing.  That was being done in New York, so Cat was able to stay with the guys for a few days.  The movie would be released in November.
Everyone but Cat, Justin, and Joey had gone out to dinner.  Cat and Justin went into their rooms and Justin had slipped over to Cat's through the connecting doors.
They were making out, on the verge of sex when a knock came at Cat's door.
"Hey, Cat.  Can I ask you a question?" Joey said, slipping his head in.  Cat and Justin had broken apart, but it was obvious as to what they were doing.
"Never mind," he said.  He slipped out and closed the door.  They could hear him laughing.  Cat and Justin looked at each other and ran to the door.
"Joey, please don't tell," Cat said, coming out of the room.  Joey was sitting on the couch, his feet on the coffee table.  "Please?"
"Yeah, you can't tell," Justin said, coming up beside.  Cat and slipping his arm around her waist.
Joey looked at them.  "I won't tell."
"Thank you, Joey."  Cat gave him a hug and a kiss.  Her and Justin went back to her room.  Later that night, when Liz went to check on Cat, she saw the two cuddled up, like usual.  Ever since that night when they were locked in a room together, they'd been best friends.
JC and Joey were in their room, getting ready for bed.  Justin nd Cat are dating."
"What?"  JC's jaw dropped.  "Are you serious?"
"Yep.  They've been dating ever since that night back in June."
"How did you find out?"
"I walked in on them making out."
JC laughed.  That must have been fun.  Are you going to tell anyone else?"
"Hell no.  I shouldn't have told you.  I'm definitely not telling anyone else.  And you can't tell anyone."
"Why can't I?'
"Because Liz and Lex would kill Justin; Cat would kill me, and I'd come back and haunt me."
"God, I wouldn't want to be haunted by your ghost.  I won't tell."
 
 
 
 
 

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