i miss you, i'm sorry → timothée chalamet.

O22. → your best friend just got stabbed

༊*·˚ CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO *ೃ༄

your best friend just got stabbed

april 25, 2022 ( 11 months after ) - time skip!

the cast of the movie had been filming for almost two months at that point, and that day in april was the last scene they'd film. timothée was pleasantly relieved to see that nothing much impacted the andy-april chemistry between him and haley. at least the two were able to hold casual conversations with each other and crack jokes on set.

"HALEY!" bellowed james, his voice crackling through a megaphone. they were filming outside on set in los angeles, and he was directing a crane shot from up above, seated behind the camera.

"YOU WERE JUST STABBED BY A PATHETIC PLASTIC KNIFE, BUT YOU FEEL INCREDIBLE PAIN IN YOUR SHOULDER! HOW WOULD YOU FEEL?" the director screamed down at her.

"I'D BE ANNOYED AS HELL, JAMES."

"GIVE SOME MORE OF THAT PLEASE!" he yelled at her. "AND TIMOTHEE?"

timmy didn't want to lose his voice, so he tried climbing the crane a little so he'd hear better.

james took a breath. "you're filming this all on a camera, and i'm gonna get that blurry movement shot for some scenes. i need you to convey urgency, got it? how would you feel if haley was stabbed?"

"ummm, angry?" he replied.

"yes, but no. you feel frantic. your best friend just got stabbed, for chrissake. one more, from the top."

they clambered into position by a doorway once again on the set in los angeles that mimicked 23rd street in new york accompanied by loads of extras, one of them being the author of the book himself: hank green. he had a goofy smile on his face and had a phone out, like most of the extras there that were also holding up protest signs.

timothée picked up the DSLR camera that his character was using to film april (haley's character) and followed her into frame.

"ready?" haley asked him, as the clapper loader positioned the board in front of the camera.

"ready."

< scene >

haley made a move to get out the fake apartment door they had set up, as a large crowd of extras jostled around in front of her to get a view of the giant alien statue that was position a couple meters away.

"april, i have to advise you not to go out there right now," andre braugher told her. he had a small role to play, which was april's doorman.

"what fantastic advice jerry. don't worry, it's more of a party than a protest!" she said loudly, since the crowd of extras began cheering loudly. timothée acted unsettled, but he continued filming with his camera. his character, andy, didn't like the idea of april getting out there and mingling with the crowd.

"april may here on 23rd, just outside gramercy theatre, also known as the residence of new york carl." haley began confidently. "a few members of the defenders movement have continued to protest the appearance of a clearly benign presence in our lives, but the impromptu response to their violent attacks will go down in history as one of hope and solidarity." timothée couldn't help smiling behind the camera as he followed her into the crowd. she delivered her lines so easily, so casually, so surely, he forgot that she was the same insecure haley that he used to know.