Pyromance 3

We where covered in sweat out of breath in the desert. We where tanned and tired and at the end of the day there was nothing to do but hang out and drink beer in our trailers. Our eyes met throughout the days. Carmen on her side learning her stuff I was on mine learning my stuff. On one of these nights, the last night, Benny had some mushrooms; so we ate them, even Carmen. It was the click. Me, Carmen, Benny…..Carmen’s boyfriend Bruce. Casey….Belinda…the cast…except for Bruce he was not really part of the cast but he was there anyway…..We all hung out and did everything we could. We didn’t have a choice. There was no crew at the time just the trainers who were ex marines and didn’t want to talk to us past the day. So we lived with each other and that was that.

Before this we should go back to Carmen leaving me all in a tangle at her party.

 I tried to find her in the thick of people. I didn’t know what I was going to say. I hadn’t the faintest idea really. I guess I just wanted to know what was going on. But at the same time I didn’t want to know. I didn’t want to stress myself out about it so early on. I chalked it up to both of us being drunk and wanting to get into character as fast as possible. So I left that night. With some blonde I found. She gave me a ride to my house and I promised to call her….which I never did.

I walked into my apartment threw my keys down and checked my messages. 3 in total. One from my folks wanting to know if it was true…was I really going to be in a movie? I deleted that one as fast as I could. The other from Dana reminding me to pack for the 5 am drive out to the desert….she didn’t mention which one at first……..The Mojave….of course….The last one was from Carmen…..I could hear the throng of people in the background…the pulsing of the music….

“……Hey its me…Carmen ……I shouldn’t be calling you from my bathroom hiding from people…..but….I liked watching you on the show……no…that’s not what I mean to say….usually I am really good with these kinds of things…..ok…..We kissed the other day….and we almost kissed again….and ……I kinda like that…..and….I am not like that….you know…so…yeah…..delete this will ya….I don’t want see it on ET…later on in my life…thanks…see you tomorrow…..”