Behind the Scenes

part 11

Author's Name: yoshh

Title: Behind the Scenes

Part: Classification: K/j

Rating: PG-13

Short summary: *** this fanfic is a Josh and Katie romance that tells the story of the relationship Joshua Jackson and Katie Holmes behind the scenes of Dawson's Creek.***

Katie watched from afar as Josh and Scott Foley were laughing at each other's jokes. It had been over a week since they've talked. She felt horrible. She missed him. She walked around like a zombie as Michelle and James tried to cheer her up, but nothing was working. She cursed her stupid pride and headed for her trailer. Today's script was just as awful. Pacey and Joey's first kiss. In other words, it was her first kiss with Josh. She knew that it was only a stage kiss, but she couldn't help but feel nervous about it. She flipped through the script, sighing as she went over numerous scenes that she had with Josh. Working would be horrible if they didn't get pass this quickly. She knew that she had to take the first step because he hadn't done anything wrong. She vowed to herself that some time today, in the middle of their hectic schedule, she was going to apologize to him. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

She fanned herself, hot and sweating from the scorching sun. They were filming on location all day today and it was starting to take a toll on her. She watched as Josh joked around with the crewmembers, the sweat glistening off his back. He took his shirt off hours ago and she wished that she could do the same. Two more minutes until break was over and she still hadn't made an effort to talk to him. However, the idea of confronting him in front of the crew was not appealing.

"Places! Places!" The production assistant called out as he whispered into the headset as well. Katie followed him as he led her towards the creek. Josh followed not far behind. "Just walk in the water. Walk." The director directed them as they waded into the murky water. She shivered slightly at the coldness of the creek, but shook her head and walked further. She looked around at the camera crew, who were following their movement from the ground. It was just her and Josh. "That's enough." The words of the director stopped them. The production assistant stood in front of the camera and snapped the marker shut. "Action." The director shouted out loud. "Look it's no big deal the boat will wash ashore eventually." Josh said as he led the way through the water.

"Well believe it or not the boat isn't my first concern. I should have known after what you did to our snails that I wouldn't be far behind. I'm freezing." Katie snapped back, poking his back angrily. Silently she hoped that Josh didn't take it personally and that she was only acting. His sudden turn caused her finger to miss him and plunge right into the water. She heard murmurs and laughter as her face took all shapes and forms. Her shirt was thoroughly soaked and she was shivering from the cold. "Are you okay?" Josh asked her. Katie threw her hands up. It was upsetting that this was the zillionth time that everyone has asked her if she was alright since she started shooting the damn show. The second thing was the fact that Josh was not laughing. He was not laughing! This couldn't be a good sign because he laughed at everything. Her face fell as she realized that he must be really angry with her. "I guess maybe you shouldn't poke him so hard." The director chuckled.
"How about not at all?" Katie shouted out. "That will work too." The director didn't stop his laughter. "Get out." He gestured them. "Wait." He paused. "Don't we have to do a shot of them getting out of the water?" He flipped through the script quickly. "Here it is." He stabbed the paper. "Everyone, we'll go onto scene 18 now. Quickly before they become prunes." He laughed to himself at his lame joke.

Katie and Josh stood in the water, confused. They watched as the camera was wheeled to another position and the truck was driven near the creek. "Well…" Katie said quietly, hoping that he would talk back. He didn't. Frustrated, she hit the water and sent splashes of water into his face. "Oops." She said sheepishly. Today was definitely not her day. She wished she had gotten any sort of reaction from him, but his face didn't show a thing. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Alright. We're done. Now just climb out of the water. That's all we need." The director said quickly, putting on a head set.

"Places. Places." The production assistant called out with his arm raised to shush everyone. "And action." Katie walked ahead of Josh this time and stopped to climb out of the creek. She stopped too sudden, causing Josh to bump right into her. She felt his chest against her back and his large hands on her elbow to keep her from falling. Her legs felt weak as she could feel his warm breath brushing against her ear. Her lips curled up as she felt something else too. Something hard. She was sure of one thing. Josh definitely didn't have a problem with shrinkage. "Cut!" The director hollered out at them, waking her up from her thoughts. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"Well am I going to have to fail another mid-term or can we do it again sometime?" Josh asked Katie uncomfortably. "Well we still have a report to write and I'm pretty sure we're going to be spending a lot of time together." She smiled obliviously. "Actually that's not what I was talking about Joey." He explained cryptically. "Then what did you mean?" She implored further. Katie felt her heart beat so hard that she was afraid her rib cage wouldn't be able to contain it. She knew that this was it. This was going to be her first kiss with Josh. She knew that she was supposed to act professional, but she couldn't fool her heart. "Well, let me put it this way…" Josh said and stepped forward to kiss her. She closed her eyes, waiting for it. Their lips connected and she swooned at the softness of his lips, her mind begging her to seek entrance into his mouth. "I'm sorry." She whispered against his mouth.

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