BEAUTY AND THE GEEK ~ Timothée Chalamet ✓

~22~

"Let's go girl!" Gregg approached Anya that was standing by her locker with her friends.

"Oh hey there!! Guys, this is Gregg, a theater pal of mine! Marie, Ollie and Lauren." the girl pointed at each one of her friends.

"Hi, nice meeting y'all!!" the boy smiled at everybody, and received a smile back from Marie and Ollie.

"So you're still going to the theater classes? Are you sure this won't make things worse for you?" Lauren asked her friend apathetically.

"To be honest.. I don't care. I enjoy being there, so..." Anya gave her a fake smile.

"Of course!!! If you like it, then go ahead!" Lauren returned the fake smile, Anya didn't pay too much attention to it.

"Anyway, I have to go, see you guys later!" the blonde girl said and walked away with her theater friend.

"She hates the fact you're in the theatrical team, doesn't she?" the boy spoke as they made their way to the auditorium.

"Yes.. She hates it, she feels betrayed or something... As if this is the only thing that changed.." she pointed at her natural, almost make-up free face.

"Thank God I don't have to deal with this type of drama... She's toxic..." Gregg shrugged.

"Come on, she's still my friend, you know..." she rolled her eyes and he put his hands up in surrender.

Kiara and Timothée walked in the auditorium and got Anya's attention.

"Say hi to him..." Gregg whispered and pinched his friend's arm.

"Ouch!... Hi." Anya said quietly as they walked past them. Timothée looked behind in disbelief as Kiara put her arm around his waist.

"Woah... Okay what's going on?" Gregg said when his eyes landed on Kiara's arm.

"She's hugging him... Isn't it obvious?" Anya rolled her eyes.

"Well...... We don't care about it... You still have to talk to him... It's not like you're going to hit on him, it's just a friendly action, so you can both be on good terms with each other.

"Okay.. But he's hugging her back.."

"But I thought you were over him miss Anya!" Gregg teased her.

"Pffffftttt, I am!" Anya quickly said.

"He's looking at you.." Gregg whispered.

"Really!?!?!" Anya shouted and got everyone's attention, then she tried to play it cool.

"My freaking God... I think my eardrum is bleeding..." Gregg dramatically spoke and Anya apologized.

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The next day they went back to the auditorium and waited for their teacher.

"He's coming.... Make sure you say it a little louder this time..." Gregg fastly said to Anya when he noticed Timothée and Kiara.

"Hi." Anya mechanically said when the couple walked past them.

"Hi!" Timothée exclaimed and Kiara looked at him confused.

"Oh yes, hi!" she also said and then they made it to the back.

"He said hi..." Anya placed her hand on her heart.

"She said hi as well!" Gregg laughed.

"Well... It's hard to talk to him without her being there... Cause she's always there. Isn't she?" Anya rolled her eyes.

"I heard they're dating... But that has nothing to do with you and him. Just be on good terms, remember? You don't wanna steal him away anyway... Right?" the boy raised his eyebrow.

"Totally right!...." she fastly responded.

Days passed by, Anya and Timothée only had this type of small interaction in the auditorium everyday. It was another day of rehearsing.

"Hello class!" Mrs Barnes walked in and everyone greeted her back.
"Do you all have a partner? Or actually wait... Maybe it's good to try something different! I'll randomly pick your partner. You all need to work with everybody!" the woman spoke and Kiara sighed in annoyance.

"Why would we do that.... Everybody knows we have to rehearse together... Since we're going to get the parts.." she murmured to Timothée.

"Well..." he shrugged. Mrs Barnes started pairing people up and suddenly her eyes landed on Anya.

"Anya you're with Timothée." she said and then moved on to the rest of her students.

"Fuck my life..." Anya quietly cursed without even noticing.

"Hi again!" Timothée approached her and she smiled at him trying not to look weird.
"We're reading page 42!" the boy looked down at his script.

"Oh yeah!" she picked up her own script and tried to go to page 42. The notepad slipped off her hands. Timothée quickly bent over to pick the notepad for the girl and then handed it to her.

"Thank you!" she smiled and he smiled back at her. Their classmates had already started rehearsing, but they hadn't even noticed.

"Anya and Timothée, on the stage!" Mrs Barnes said and finally got their attention. Timothée let the girl go up the stairs first and then followed behind her.

Anya quickly looked at her classmates, and Gregg had a huge smile on his face that made her chuckle and feel a little more confident about her acting skills.

"I've never met anyone like you... You're something else Rosa!" Timothée said and Anya smiled brightly.

"I used to think that wealthy people are all the same... But you... You're different.. You're not like them.. And it's hard for a girl like me not to fall for your charm..." Anya walked closer to him and looked in his eyes.

"A girl like you..!? Your grace is incomparable my dear! And I've already fallen for it, so set yourself free and give me the love you hold deep inside your chest." he took her hand in his and placed a soft kiss on it.

"If I had wings, I'd take you with me on a flight around the world, if I had a tail I'd swim through the roughest rivers with you on my back, and now that I have legs, I'll defy everyone and run away with you!" Anya spoke happily and the boy looked at her in awe.

"We will run until they can't reach us, my beautiful treasure... Nobody will stop me from loving you, nobody will stop me from spending the rest of my life with you." he placed his hands on her cheeks and looked at her as if his life depended on that look.

"Fantastic!!!" Mrs Barnes shouted and Kiara rolled her eyes as she tried to remain calm.