Meeting New People

                                    

                                          
Mackenzie's POV
                          
The next morning I immediately went into planning mode. I started talking about which guest room the twins were going to have, which color we were going to paint the walls, whether or not they should get their own rooms, who should have what shift/times for watching the twins, etc. Mom and Dad probably let me ramble on (mostly to myself) for like an hour before Mom finally told me to chill out because she wasn't due for like 8 months and we had plenty of time to plan everything. 
                          
I told her, "no we have to start now!" 
                          
She said, "no what you need to do is go to school then go film and then come home for dinner." 
                          
I took a deep breath, said ok, grabbed my coffee, my backpack, my book, and left to go to school. 
                          
Before I could get out the door, JJ ran to me screaming "sissy!!" and hugged my leg. 
                          
I laughed and said I had to go to school but I would see her later. 
                          
She said, "I miss you! Don't go!" and gave me the puppy dog face she must have learned from Jared. It was so hard to resist that face! 
                          
I told her, "trust me I don't want to go but I have to. Go back to sleep and before you know it I'll be home ok?" 
                          
"Ok. I love you," she said. 
                          
I said I loved her too and gave her a kiss on the head then left. 
                          
I've tried explaining to JJ multiple times that I'm not really her sister but she doesn't seem to care and calls me sissy. Not that I mind her calling me that, it's just weird that she started calling me that so soon. It's cute though. 
                          
It took me 10 minutes to get to school. By that time I had finished my coffee and was too hyper to concentrate. I went to my locker and put my books for my after-lunch classes in there and went to my first class; Math. Just what I need first thing in the morning. Not!
                          
This teacher is so boring. Even with all the coffee I've had, I still could fall asleep from listening to her talk. At least next I have my favorite class; English. The teacher is really nice and really likes me and always picks me to read out loud in class. Also, she always asks what book I'm reading like once a week and asks me questions about it. And she reminds me of Rowena because of her hair, it's the same style/color.
                          
*skip to English*
                          
I walked in and was greeted by the sub. Yay. I hate subs. Especially for English. That means the next hour will be full of worksheets. At least we get to listen to music though. 
                          
I put my headphones in after the teacher handed out the worksheets and pressed play on my phone. I was listening to Dad's cover of the song Simple Man. It was really good. I've never heard the original version of the song but I don't care, Dad has a good voice so I like listening to his covers.
                          
That class and the rest of the school day went by super slow. Probably because I was really excited to go to work! I was going to meet Kim Rhodes today because she was going to be in the episode we're filming!! And Felicia Day was coming by because she heard I was a fan and wanted to meet me! It was so hard to contain my excitement throughout the school day! 
                          
When school was finally over, I raced to my car and took a lot of back roads so I could speed and get to set faster. When I got there, I went to my trailer and got dressed and everything then raced to where they were shooting so I could meet Felicia and Kim. 
                          
When I got there, Kim, Dad, and Jared were shooting so I saw Felicia and went to stand by her while they finished. I only saw the back of her head but I recognized Felicia right away because of that red hair of hers. She'd be easy to spot in a crowd. 
                          
I gave her a hug then we just sat and watched until they finished that scene. When they were done and we could finally talk again, I introduced myself to Felicia then went to say hi to Dad, uncle Jared, and, of course, Kim.
                          
After about a 10 minute break, the director called for me, Kim, Dad, Katherine Ramdeen (Alex), Kathryn Newton (Claire), and Jared to come on the set to do our scene. After we did the scene with all 6 of us, I had to do a scene with just Kim and then just Kathryn. 
                          
In the scene with Kim, Jody was telling Alice how Claire's gotten into drugs and started skipping class and hanging out with boys that were too old for her. Basically, Claire was rebelling and doing everything you don't want your teenage daughter doing. Jody wanted Alice to talk to Claire and see if she could talk some sense into her. Of course, Alice said she'd try and went up to Claire's room. 
                          
As I got up to "go upstairs," the director called cut and told Kim and I we did a good job. 
                          
I chatted some more with Felicia and Kim and then came up with an idea to have an end of the summer cookout at Jared's house. He agreed then called Gen and talked to her about it. She said yeah but they'd have to make it next weekend. Jared said that was fine and made an event on Facebook and texted the people who didn't have a Facebook that they were invited.
                          
After the break, they had me and Kathryn do our scene. Alice and Claire talked for a little bit and then Alice finally got to the point. Claire, after some fighting, said she would stop the drugs and rebelling and everything and talk to Jody and put everything right again. After that, the director called cut and said it was the end of the workday. 
                          
End chapter  11