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be a dancer, but had to give it up. Looks like I won the genetic lottery and get early arthritis.”
    Angela winced. “Ouch.”
    “But I still keep up, somewhat.” Jaina motioned to one of the chairs. "Have a seat."
    Angela settled into the chair. "I can't tell you how nice it is to have someone who talks normally on set."
    Jaina laughed. "Likewise."

Chapter Four
     
     
    After work, Jaina trudging into the parking lot with her stuff, walking beside Angela. The Canadian actress had offered her a ride, in case her hunk'o'junk wasn't running... still.
    Jaina stopped at the car, noticing a folded paper under the driver's side windshield wiper. She pulled it out and unfolded it.
     
    Jaina-
     
    I had one of the mechanics look at your engine. Turns out it was a loose spark plug. Should be running okay now, but if you ever need a ride, my # is 095554502.
     
    Colin
     
    P.S. Welcome to New Zealand.
     
    She stared unblinking at the paper for several long moments. Not only did she have a note from him, which many, many women--and men--would kill for... She had Colin Pierce's phone number.
    Folding the note, she stuffed it in her pocket and put her things in the trunk of the car. Then she got a notebook out of her trunk, and scribbled a note.
    Jaina trotted over to Colin's car, st uck it under the windshield wiper, and went home, feeling satisfied.
     
    ♥♥♥
     
    That night, as Jaina was getting ready for bed, she was pacing around her room and brandishing her brush like a sword, muttering to herself.
    " Just when you're trying to not like someone, they have to go and be perfectly nice to you! Why can't he be a good boy and let me hate him?"
    She sat down hard on the edge of the mattress and flopped backwards. "I can hate him, I know I can! I can, I can, I can!"
    The problem lay, naturally, in the fact that she did not hate him. In fact, she was already infatuated with him. He was the whole reason she'd started watching Doctor Life in the first place. Well, no, first there had been Hedridan, who had dragged her attention away from the film’s star, and then she'd had to look up the actor online, and the first sight of Colin...
    "Dammit!" she exclaimed, and sat up, throwing her brush on the floor. "I am not putting myself through this!"
    Jaina ran her hands through her hair. "So what if he's nice? He's gay. There are too many rumors out there for him to not be. Gotta fix on something... He's got a big nose. That's it. Big nose. Big nose. Aw, crud."
    There was a knock at the door. Jaina jumped, then called, "Yeah?"
    "Jaina, are you all right?" Teniel's voice called back.
    "Yeah, I'm fine, just, uh, going over some stuff."
    "Okay. Just don't wake the twins. Good night."
    "Night."
    Teniel moved off, and a moment later, Jaina heard the door to the master bedroom close.
    Jaina slumped to the floor and sighed, resting her head against her knees. "I'm screwed."
     
    ♥♥♥
     
    From then on, Jaina was distant and standoff-ish towards Colin as she could afford to be and not get herself fired. She took to calling him "Pierce" and pretty much treating him like one of the extras.
    One afternoon, nearly a month into filming the ne w season, Jaina and Angela were watching a scene being set up in Alex Noble's office. The two women stood across the hall, watching through the window.
    "It's such a shame," Angela sighed. "All of that, wasted."
    Jaina glanced over. "Hmm?"
    "Oh, come on, surely you've heard the rumors. He won't confirm, of course, but it's pretty much common knowledge that he's, y'know, gay."
    "Oh." Jaina's green eyes darted away, fixing on a wheel of a nearby gurney.
    Angela raised an eyebrow, shifting to look at her new friend, whose face was a deep pink. "You didn't know?"
    "No," Jaina murmured. "I'd heard. I just... don't like thinking about it."
    Angela's mouth dropped open. "Oh, you're kidding me!"
    Looking up, Jaina frowned. "What?"
    The taller woman grabbed her arm and dragged her into the area of the set for