Breaking Character by Maggie Twain

Author:Maggie Twain [Twain, Maggie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-06-25T16:00:00+00:00

Nine

Mel

I spill cold coffee across the tabletop and get it all down my leg. “Damn it.”

“You’re all over the place today,” Izzy’s also clearing away a bunch of coffee cups from the next table. These movie people really love their coffee and danishes and because it’s all free, they take advantage and then some. I’ve drunk three coffees already and they’ve not made any difference at all.

I yawn, “I’m alright, I…” actually, I can’t even be bothered finishing the sentence. I somehow make it back behind the server without falling asleep. Right now, there’s only one customer here and he’s got his back to us. Surely nobody would care if I was to just lie down and fall asleep. Izzy can handle things until lunchtime.

“Right,” she scoots up from behind and links her arm inside of mine, “I’ve been dying to bring it up and now you’re going to spill the beans.”

“Now?” I close my eyes but she nudges them open. “Oh, what beans?”

Her arm pulses and it shakes my entire body. “Duuurr, what do you think? The whole set saw you arriving with the star of the show and now I want to know what’s going on between the two of you.”

My heart thuds from the merest thought of Max. “Nothing’s going on.” I wish there was but at the same time, I just can’t bring myself to surrender to him.

She barks and the noise sounds insane. “Girl, we all saw him kiss you and hello … you haven’t stopped yawning since you arrived. It’s sooooo obvious what you were both doing, multiple times, all night long, so don’t you even dare try to deny it.”

Ah, Izzy and her overactive imagination. “That’s exactly what I am doing, I’m denying it, so there.”

“Oh, no, no, no, no, no,” her arm slips out and she comes around to face me, “if you’re sleeping with a Hollywood movie star then I want to know all the goss.” Her accusations have suddenly made me feel more alert.

“Goss? There is no goss.” Well, other than the fact that he chose to rent one of the rooms above the diner and that Max Falcon is now living with us but, you know, that kind of thing happens all the time.

“Yeah, right, hey, come on, I’m supposed to be your best friend.”

I exhale deeply. Maybe if I had gone to him last night then all this would have been worth it. Instead, I spent at least a half hour trying to pluck up the courage, creeping about outside his door, only to chicken out every time I came close. As it is, I’m exhausted for absolutely no good reason and the ocean that pooled between my legs was an awful waste of good lubricant. I’ve never had such an appalling and frustrating night in all my life, having Max so close and yet…

She sees my face and finally, it clicks, “oh, babes, I’m so sorry,” she pulls me in for a hug, “next time I promise to believe you first time and I’ll shut my mouth.

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