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Chapter 16 - Chapter 16: End of filming

An alarm clock is ringing loudly showing the time is 6:00 am

Henry wakes up and immediately starts to get up towards the bathroom he turns off the clock on his way up

After 40 minutes he leaves his room and walks towards the elevator

As he was about to press close on the button in the elevator he saw a door opening

Henry assumes the person is going down as well so he leaves the elevator doors open

He looks up and sees a woman kissing a naked guy atleast from what Henry sees the top half is exposed, as she holds his neck

She then pushes him away strongly and waved flirtatiously signaling her goodbye as she walks towards the elevator she makes eye contact with Henry and nods in greeting, clearly not embarrassed by what has just happened

As she walks into the elevator Henry recognizes the woman, it was Catherine Zeta Jones, from what he can remember she was married to Michael Douglas by this time

"First floor?" Henry points towards the buttons on the elevator

Catherine Zeta Jones nods

Henry presses the button and closes the doors

Music starts as the elevator decends

It finally reaches the first floor

"Ladies first" Henry gestures

Catherine nods and quickly walks away towards the back of the hotel

'Well that was a coincidence' Henry thought, as he briefly glances her way

He then proceeded to walk towards the front of the hotel lobby

"Good morning" Henry greets the doorman

"Good morning too sir" The doorman tactfully replies

'Catherine Zeta Jones, cheating on her husband poor Douglas' Henry thought, pitying the man as he walks towards the nearby deli.

It was still dark out and not many have left their houses to go to work

There wasn't too many people yet at this time so he didn't need to take a ticket to line up in the deli

"Good morning" Henry greets the owner of the deli, and old Jewish man

"What can I get for you?"

"Uh a black coffee and a bagel with some cream cheese in the middle" Henry says

"Gotcha, go to the counter" The owner gestures to the counter

"Make that 2 bagels actually" Henry says hurriedly as he walks towards the counter

"Gotcha" The owner responded

Henry watches him quickly slice up two bagels, and layers the cream cheese onto the bun, he wraps them individually and puts on a paper bag, he then takes a cup of coffee and fills it up quickly and efficiently, he walks to the counter

"8 bucks" The owner says to Henry, he quickly pays and starts to leave

"Sugar and cream in the back" the owner shouts slightly to remind him

"Thank you" Henry responds

He walks out the deli, 'I should have added I'm good as well' Henry thought as he walks to where the final scene is set in, luckily for him the it's only a few blocks away from his hotel

He was near the building and sees it's still closed, so he starts to walk around the area to find a place to eat at

He walks around and sees a park bench, he decides this is where breakfast will be held, he sits down and unwraps the bagel and takes a bite out of it

He takes out a black iPod and plays "Here Comes The Sun" by the Beetles

He enjoys his breakfast this way as the sun also starts to come up

After a quiet and peaceful period with him just enjoying his food and coffee, he takes a look at his watch and sees the time is now 7:20, he starts to walk back to the building where the crew will film the final scene

He enters the building and already sees some of the crew

"Oh hey good morning" Richard Graves the assistant director greets Henry "The crew is down that hallway over there at the far end" He points out

"Thanks Richard" Henry thanks him

He walks the hallway and sees Ginny setting up

"Good morning Ginny, let me help you" Henry helps her unpack

"Good morning thank you dear" they finish setting up

"Only you today?" Henry asks as she usually has a few assistants helping her

"It's the last scene only you and the new girl" Ginny refers to the the girl named Autumn that Tom meets at the end of the film marking the beggining of a new relationship

"Is she here yet?" Henry curious

"Nope you're the first one, alright sit down and let's get started" she pats the chair

"Leg me change first" Henry says

"Oh yeah I forgot" Ginny says and afterwards starts to look for the suit he wears

"Here" she hands him hanger with the suit

Henry carefully places the suit in his arms and asks"Where can I change?"

"Bathroom right here" Ginny points to the bathroom in the room

Henry quickly changes and after starts to get his hair and makeup done

During the process, a girl walks into the room

"Hi I'm Minka Kelly, I'm here to get my make up and hair done" she politely said

"Oh hi change into your costume in that bathroom" Ginny takes the clothes and hands them to her and she then points to the bathroom where Henry just changed

"Thank you" she quietly walks to the bathroom

"Gotta finish up quick" Ginny continues her work with Henry

After 10 minutes

Henry has just gotten up and was looking at himself in mirror when the door in the bathroom opened

Minka Kelly came out with a pants suit on

"Hi I'm Henry I'm playing Tom Hansen" Henry extends his hands towards her

"Minka Kelly I'm playing Autumn" she shooks his hand back

"You're in good hands here with Ginny, I'll leave you guys be" Henry leaves the room

He walks down the hallway and sees Mark sitting in a chair eating a bagel while looking at the script

"Good morning Mark" he enters the room and starts to sit down

"Good morning, you memorized your lines?" Mark asks

"Yeah I have last night, I know them like the national anthem" Henry quips

"Well you can never be too sure, here." He hands him the script he was reading and starts to stand up

"I'll be supervising the camera angles" Mark says as he walks out

Henry reads the script again and he tries to visualize it, his every expression the setting of the scene, how his scene partner is going to react and etc.

3 hour later they already have started to film

"Cut!" Mark yells as he looks at the monitor

"Henry I need you to give a bit more of what you're already giving ok?" Mark directed

They were filming the very last shot in the entire movie, the one where Tom looks at the camera as Autumn introduced her name

"Okay okay I get it" Henry responds

"And action!" Mark emphatically yelled

Henry looks down for a moment and looks at the camera with a small smile it's giving the impression of a knowing look

"Cut!" Mark says and afterwards he leans back in his chair exhausted

He stands up suddenly and starts to look around seeing the crew

"Alright everybody thank you for all the time and effort you've dedicated to this film, I'll say more later at the wrap party, but we're finally done thank you" Mark tearfully says to the crew

They all start to clap with Mark at the center

About 30 minutes later Henry was walking out of the building carrying a suit cover bag

He saw Jeff parked on the other side of the side street

To be continued

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