Life in High Def by Griffin Kimberly Cooper

Author:Griffin, Kimberly Cooper [Griffin, Kimberly Cooper]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Night River Press
Published: 2016-04-20T16:00:00+00:00

The Memories Are Still There

REILLY DIDN’T WANT TO FACE Drew in her emotional state, and she wondered if she could beg out of the yoga session. She mustered a smile as Drew approached, a few tactful moments after Melissa’s exit, and hoped that her acting ability would get her through the next few minutes.

“Hi, Reilly. You look amazing,” said Drew. Her eyes traveled over the skintight dance costume that Reilly still wore from the scene that she and Cray had just rehearsed. The unexpected glance and compliment helped to distract Reilly’s spiral into a burgeoning breakdown.

“Thanks,” said Reilly. She ran nervous hands down her flat stomach. She was glad for all of the practice that she’d done to get in shape for the strenuous part. “It’s good to see you, Drew.”

Drew smiled, and things tilted a little more back to right. The serenity that Drew always carried with her seemed to surround Reilly in a calm embrace. Reilly gladly succumbed to its thrall.

“Are you ready to get your yoga on?” asked Drew.

Reilly, who had been less than a minute earlier trying to figure out a polite way to ask Drew to leave, now didn’t want Drew to go.

“Definitely,” replied Reilly. “I’m amazed that you’d come out here at the last minute to do this. Thanks.”

“I have a big gap in my schedule most afternoons, so it works out perfectly, actually. It allows me to do location work. And Cray told me to remind you that the studio pays very well.”

“Do they? Because I can—”

Drew rested a hand on Reilly’s arm and Reilly forgot what she was saying.

“They really do. You can relax. This is far from an inconvenience for me.”

Reilly stared at Drew, entranced by the smile in her eyes. She forced herself to look away so that she could continue the conversation.

“I guess I need it. Especially after that thing with my mom,” Reilly groaned. She couldn’t even explain how she felt about the argument with her mother, but she was compelled to share it with Drew, knowing that, somehow, Drew would make it better. And she did.

“Mothers! They aren’t doing their job if they aren’t making us crazy,” Drew laughed. A simple, undemanding response.

In just a few minutes, Drew had calmed the storm of emotion in Reilly. Not completely, but enough to get through the next hour or so without a breakdown.

“Do you have a place in mind to do this? A room? A trailer? Anywhere without distractions will do,” said Drew, scanning the area.

Reilly had long since accepted the fact that Drew would always be a distraction to her, but she didn’t mention that. She considered their options. She had expected to use the trailer that Marty used for massages, but when she asked, he told her that the break for dailies was his busiest time. There was only one place she knew that would be quiet enough.

“How about my trailer? I think we’ll have room.”

Drew shrugged.

“Sure. I’ve done it in trailers before.”

Reilly knew that she was feeling better when her inner twelve-year-old snickered at the unintended double entendre.

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