When The Time Is Right - 6/? - Updated 2/23

[daydreamer]

Authors Note - Hey everyone This is my first ever full length (and trust me, its LONG) story. Just a warning, it starts off a bit slow because I wanted to write about the Keira/Orlando friendship but also show how the fall for each other. It starts with the beginning of the shooting of the first movie of POTC and it will end wayyyyy in the future.

So, let the fun begin Hope you guys enjoy it!

Disclaimer - I don't own anyone or anything but the plot.

When The Time Is Right

Chapter 1 - The Beginning of an Era

Sometimes, you have to grasp the hands of time and make it stop. Say what you need to say before it is too late.

It had always been the wrong time for them. When they first met, they were with other people. In the course of 5 years, they had become close friends, but there was never a good time. When one person was dating, the other was single, or at times they both were dating. They never were single. Nonetheless, that didn’t stop their friendship from developing into something more. But what happens when the time is finally right?

August 2002 – Middlesex England

Keira Knightley stared at the script. She had just pulled it out of the fed-ex envelop which was lying haphazardly next to her. On the front cover in large bold letters was “PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN”. Trembling, she turned the page, where it had the names of the cast.

Johnny Depp
Orlando Bloom
Keira Knightley

She dropped the script and let out a loud and jubilant scream, while somehow simultaneously jumping up and down on her bed.

Frantic footsteps could be heard from the hallway and within 5 seconds, her parents both appeared in the doorway, gasping and panting.

“Keira sweetheart, what on earth is wrong?” Sharman, her mother managed to say between breaths.

Will Knightley didn’t even bother for an answer and flopped onto Keira’s bed. “Did Madame Tussad’s wax museum write to you and tell you that they are making a wax portrait of you?”

Keira stuck her tongue out at her dad, “No! Even better! I’m going to be in a Disney movie…”

“Like Cinderella? You are going to be the voice of Cinderella?” Sharman interrupted excitedly as she plopped down on the armchair opposite Keira’s bed.

”Mum! Could I please finish?” Keira impatiently pushed her hair behind her ear. “Like I was saying, I am going to be in a Disney movie with…”

“Mum? Dad?” Caleb Knightley materialized in the doorway. “Keira! What are you guys doing?”

”ARGH” Keira groaned as she flopped over on her bed. Her father absentmindedly patted her hand before sitting up and staring at his son.

“What are you doing here Caleb?” Sharman asked worriedly getting up to check her son. Caleb rarely showed up on the house during the weekdays unless something was wrong.

“No more money.” Will Knightley sternly said, while smiling to show that he was joking.

“Dad, I haven’t asked for money since I was in high school.” Caleb grinned, rolling his eyes. He walked into the room and sat on the floor, as there was nowhere else to sit. “Did you guys hear about the new movie Keira is going to be in with …”

”NO!” Keira screamed, shooting up from her sprawled out position. “I’ve been trying to tell Mum and Dad that but I keep getting interrupted.” She glared at Sharman and Caleb for extra measures.

“Okay Pumpkin, why don’t you tell us now.” Will smiling at how antsy his daughter was getting.

“I’m going to be in a movie…” Keira paused, making sure that she had everyone’s attention.

“YES?” Her family expectantly waited for her answer

“WITH JOHNNY DEPP! IT’S THE NEW JERRY BRUCKHEIMER MOVIE AND ITS CALLED PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN!” Keira finished, screaming on top of her lungs.

“Oh honey, that is amazing!” Will beamed, hugging his youngest child. Sharman clapped her hands and then launched onto Keira as soon as Will let go of her.

“You forgot to mention Orlando Bloom.” Caleb smirked, giving his sister a one handed hug while messing her hair up.

“Oh? Wasn’t he that lad in the Lord of the Rings trilogy?” Sharman asked, “The cute one with the long blond hair?”

”Yeah, Legolas” Keira shrugged, “But I don’t know what the girls see in him. Long blond hair and pointy ears. That’s really not my type of guy.”

”You know, he doesn’t always prance around with the long blond hair and pointy ears.” Caleb pointed out.

“Yeah, well, it doesn’t matter because I get to be stuck on an island with JOHNNY DEPP!” Keira squealed, with Sharman joining in.

Caleb and Will grimaced at the high-pitched squeak. They looked over to each other and shook their head. As the family chatted about Keira’s plans about filming and arrangements, one thing was undeniable. This was the start of a new journey.

***

August 2002 – Kent, England

“Pirate? You get to be a pirate!” Elijah Wood bounced up and down excitedly, “I used to be a pirate every year for Halloween!”

“When did you stop? Last year?” Dominic Monaghen snickered, throwing a piece of popcorn at Elijah.

Sonia Bloom walked in with a tray of drinks, smiling at the ensemble in front of her. It was the last premiere of Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, which happened to be in London. Orlando had invited some of the cast to spend a few days before everyone scattered to different parts of the world. Unfortunately, the busy life of all the actors had started immediately, leaving only Elijah Wood, Dominic Monaghen and Billy Boyd to enjoy the quiet town of Kent.

Sonia didn’t mind. It had been far too long since her house had been filled with people and laughter. With Orlando jetting around the world and Samantha spending her time in London, the house was quiet.

“Mama Bloom, you are spoiling us too much!” Billy Boyd winked, as he helped Sonia distribute the drinks and plates of desert.

”Nonsense, I enjoy it.” Sonia said smiling at the four boys, “So Orlando, tell us about this new role.”

”Well, I get to spend about 6 months down in the Caribbean, being a pirate.” Orlando said, flipping through the script. “At least all the elf training won’t go to waste!”

“6 months?” Sonia said, dismayed at the thought. She had barely seen Orlando in the last 2 years because of filming Lord of the Rings.

“Don’t worry!” Dominic said, “We will pop in at times to keep you company. Billy and I are only a swim away.”

”I’ll come too!” Elijah said, not wanting to feel left out.

“Don’t worry Mum, I get some weekends off. I’ll fly in whenever I can.” Orlando said, hugging his mom.

Sonia smiled at the boys. She was happy to notice that Orlando had made some lifelong friends who would always be there for him.

“Who else is in the movie?” Elijah said flipping to the second page of the script, “Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Keira Knightley?”

”Oy! She is the gorgeous lassie that is in that football movie, Bend It Like Beckham.” Billy exclaimed, “Man Orli, you are so lucky!”

”Really now? That’s her? I knew her named sounded familiar but I couldn’t place it where.” Orlando said, taking the script back from Elijah.

”OB, she is 17. You have to be careful not to rob the cradle!” Dom cackled before realizing that Sonia was in the room. “Uh, I mean…”

Sonia laughed, “She is pretty, cute, blonde, your type, right Orli?”

”Mum! I don’t have a type, I like all girls the same.” Orlando grinned, as his mother went to hit him on the arm, “Just joking!”

“Keira has had her share of fame too. Our very two Brit imports in one movie.” Elijah said, skimming through the script. “You get to kiss her in the end!”

Suddenly, the conversation abruptly broke off as they heard the slam of a door and running feet.

”ORLANDO JOHNATHAN BLANCHARD BLOOM!” Samantha Bloom screeched, tearing off her jacket in her haste to get to her brother. She managed to make it over to the sofa and collapse at his feet.

”Sam!” Orlando helped her up, wondering what had shaken his unusually calm sister up. Sonia helped Orlando, pulling Samantha to a chair and smoothing her hair.

”Sam darling, what’s wrong? Are you hurt?” Sonia asked, concerned. The other boys gathered around Sonia and Orlando with equally concerned looks.

”I can’t believe you!” Samantha swatted her mother’s hand, glaring at Orlando. “How could you not tell me that you were doing a movie with Johnny Depp?”

Sonia let out a sigh of relief, finally realizing what was wrong with her oldest daughter. The hobbits snickered and sat back down in their chairs to watch Samantha yell at Orlando.

“Sam!” Orlando said, holding his hands up in mock surrender. “I swear, I just finalized everything this morning. I was going to call you up personally, but I’ve been tying up loose ends.” He gave his sister a hug, trying to placate her.

“Fine.” Samantha huffed, she could never stay too mad at Orlando. “But beware, I’m going to come visit you and you are going to set up a dinner date with me and Johnny Depp.”

Orlando laughed and agreed, as the atmosphere went back to lazy and relaxing. Little did Orlando know, this was the last time it was going to be the last lazy and relaxing time in his life.

***

Hope you guys liked it Chapter 2 coming up in a few days!

[designerdenimx3]

Freaking awesome!! I love everything you write!! Can't wait for the next chapter! ;D

[penguinsrpals]

I love it! The line about long blonde hair and pointy ears is hilarious! Looking forward to seeing what happens next! Keep up the amazing work! Please update again soon!

[missawesomeness11]

its really good!! update update update!!

[[Rachel]]

[xstepheezy]

Oh! This sounds like a great ending to a fan fic! I can't wait for moree!

[missendicott]

That was GREAT!! I love it already! ^_^

[thankful24]

hahaha! i love your writing style! the bit about dressing up for as a pirate for halloween was great! UPDate Soon!!

[pottypirate]

That was amazing update real soon

[daydreamer]

Author's Note - Awww, thanks for the comments Here's chapter two where our lovely stars meet each other. I'm going to actually post a timeline soon about how the story is going to go because I have half of it mapped out.

Anyway, no more rambling, ONWARDS!

When The Time Is Right

Chapter 2 - First Impressions

September 2002 – Heathrow Airport, London,

“Oh Mum! I’m going to miss you so much!” Keira teared up, throwing her arms around her mom. Sharman hugged her daughter back tightly.

“Are you sure you don’t need me to come?” Sharman asked for the 50th time, as she let Keira go. Will put his arm around his wife, squeezing her shoulders.

”Keira is a big girl. She is going to do amazing.” Will smiled down as Keira threw her arms around her dad. “I’m so proud of you pumpkin.”

“Thanks Daddy.” Keira sniffed. This was the first time she was going to be so far away from her family. All of her other productions had been either in England or one of her parents had come along.

“Have fun baby sister. And please, come back with a tan, you are so pasty.” Caleb said, picking Keira up and giving her a bear hug.

“Look who’s talking, Mr. I-Blend-In-With-The-Living-Room-Walls.” Keira giggled as she felt her feet touch the ground.

“I’ll be home for Christmas, okay?” Keira said, noticing her mother getting teary. “It’s only in 2 months, and while you lot are pale, I’ll be nice and golden!”

Everyone laughed, as a tall man in a uniform came up to them.

”Miss Knightley?” He politely asked.

“That’s me!” Keira said, hoisting up her bags.

“If you would come with me please, we are now boarding the flight.” He smiled, “I’ll be over there when you are ready.” He pointed to a long hallway.

”Okay, be there in a jiffy!” Keira said, putting her bags down. She turned to look at her family one last time and gave them a hug.

”Have fun sweetheart, give us a ring as soon as you get there.” Sharman said, wiping her tears away.

“Welcome to the life of fame, Miss Movie Star.” Caleb said, giving her one last hug. “You no longer travel with us mere mortals, but Walt Disney sends you personal planes!”

Keira laughed, “I’ll give my regards to Walt Disney’s grave. Okay, I really have to go now. BYE!”

With a final wave, she walked towards the hallway. Following the man, she boarded a relatively large plane. On board, Jerry Bruckheimer greeted her.

”Welcome aboard Keira!” Jerry smiled, hugging her. “I hope you are ready.”

”As I ever will be!” Keira giggled, moving into the plane. There were 24 seats in 6 groups. Four seats were facing each other with a table in the middle. There were already four seats occupied by four men. One of them got up, with his hand extended.

”Hello Keira,” he shook her hand, “I’m Gore Verbinski, the director. It’s nice to see you again.”

“Oh Mr. Verbinski!” Keira bubbled, already so excited, “Thank you for choosing me! I’m so excited to work with you all!”

Gore laughed, “We are glad to have you onboard Keira, I know you will do a fine job. Let me introduce you to some of your co-stars.”

Turning around, he pointed to the oldest man out of the three. “That is Jonathan Pryce. He is going to be playing Governor Swann, in other words your father.”

Jonathan stood up and stretched his arms out. “My daughter!”

All four of them laughed, as Jonathan sat down. “Nice to meet you.” Keira said, executing a perfect curtsey.

“Excellent!” Gore said, clapping his hands. “You get to do more of that in a week! Sitting next to Jonathan is Mackenzie Crook. He is going to be playing one of the pirates.”

Mackenzie smiled shyly at Keira, “It’s nice to meet you. I thought you were smashing in Bend It Like Beckham.”

“Thanks!” Keira said, surprised and proud of her role. “And I absolutely love you on The Office. Bloody hilarious.”

“And last but not least…” Gore said, diverting Keira’s attention to the last person sitting down.

“JACK DAVENPORT!” Keira squealed, clapping her hands. “Oh my gosh, I didn’t think I would meet you so soon. I have my Coupling DVD’s, could you please autograph them?”

“Of course,” Jack said, “Only if you sign my wife’s Bend It Like Beckham DVD otherwise I will never get to sleep in the same room as her.”

“Naturally!” Keira beamed, excited to meet two actors of her favorite shows.

“Hmm, Keira, why don’t you have a seat there.” Gore said, pointing to the seat right across from Jack. “Mr. Bloom and Jerry will join you in that quad.” He turned back around to Jerry who was standing at the entrance of the plane. “Jerry? Where is Orlando?”

Jerry turned his cell phone off. “Funny story.” He said smirking, “Looks like our boy got stuck in a crowd of fan girls and paparazzi. He just managed to break free, he will be here in about 2 minutes.”

Gore and the others laughed. “Sounds good, why don’t I go tell the captain to start the engines.”

Keira stretched out on her seat. This was definitely much comfier then and other plane she had ever been on. She looked outside the window and saw the bustling runway. With a jolt, she realized that she was leaving England and this might become a common occurrence in her life.

“Everything all right Keira?” Jack asked, noticing her sad expression.

”Yes!” She said, smiling for the effect. “I just realized that I am going to miss England a lot.”

Jack reached over and patted her hand. “Don’t worry, we will be back in 2 months and then you can lug over a suitcase filled with whatever you miss!”

Keira giggled. “I don’t mind. This is an once-in-a-lifetime chance! I wouldn’t trade it for anything.”

Jack nodded, “I don’t have as big of a part as you but I am still very excited.”

“Orlando!” Jerry smirked, “Glad to see you finally made it.”

Keira and the rest of the cast looked over at the entrance. Orlando must be in the hallway because she couldn’t see him. She was rather interesting in seeing this elf-boy without his prosthetic ears and long blonde hair.

“I am so unbelievably sorry. I would have gotten out fine until one of my friends accidentally called out my name.” Orlando said, finally stepping into the plane.

The first thought that came to Keira’s mind was Wow. I get to kiss him.

Even though he was dressed casually and looked tired, Orlando still exuded a boyish charm. His hair was curly and tied back in a small pony tail and his eyes sparkled as he relayed a story about how a girl almost managed to put his sweatpants off of him before the security guard could get her off.

Her second thought was, I think I like elves.

Jack Davenport chuckled, noticing the slightly dreamy look on Keira’s face. Luckily, that brought Keira back down to earth and also prevented her from making a fool out of herself. She stuck her tongue out at Jack just as Gore introduced Orlando Bloom to the men.

“This is Jonathan Pryce, he is going to be playing Governor Swann. Next to him is Mackenzie Crook who is going to be a pirate extra and here is Jack Davenport, who will be playing Commodore Norrington.” Gore pointed out each person.

“Can you sign my wife’s Lord of the Rings DVDs? Otherwise she will not let me come into the house.” Jack quipped, as the others laughed. Orlando agreed, rather excited to get to give out his autograph.

As Orlando shook hands with the men, he replied with similar responses as Keira. To Mackenzie, he rambled on for about 5 minutes about how Office was a classic show and how the American version of the Office was not really the Office and they should give it a different name like Nursery School.

“Okay Orlando, and last but not least, this is Keira Knightley, aka your childhood love. Don’t get on her bad side, otherwise you will be forced to kiss her repetitively.” Jerry grinned, sitting down next to Keira.

“Nice to meet you Ms. Knightley.” Orlando smiled, showing his dimples. As Keira shook his hand, she couldn’t help but notice how her heart started beating faster.

Not NOW Keira! You have a boyfriend. Stop acting like a schoolgirl with a crush! Smiling, she replied back, “Please, just Keira. I’m only 18! I should be calling you Mr. Bloom.”

Orlando groaned, taking the seat across from her. “Please! That makes me sound like my grandfather who chased children with a cane.”

Keira giggled, as Jerry stood back up and addressed the cast.

“Okay, so basically, this is it for the British crowd. We are going to be flying directly to the Caribbean’s and then once we land, we are going to show you guys your apartments and then have a cast dinner tonight so that everyone can get acquainted. Further more, right now on this flight, Gore and I will talk to you individually about your roles and then you can relax until we get to the islands.”

Gore had already started talking to the other three as Jerry settled back down in his chair. He got out his script and Orlando and Keira followed.

”Okay, I’m going to talk to both of you because your roles are intertwined per se. So, basic story, Elizabeth Swann is the governor’s daughter. She used to sail when she was younger and on one voyage, she spotted a boy floating in the water, aka Will Turner. Elizabeth and Will were childhood friends and as they grew up, Will fell in love with her and vice versa. But then when Elizabeth is kidnapped, Will goes off to save her and they both realize their love.”

Orlando and Keira nodded, as they had already known this when they had flipped through their script.

”Now here is the deal, in the beginning, Will wears his heart on his sleeve while Elizabeth doesn’t realize his feelings for her or her feelings for him. So Keira, you are going to be friendly while Will, you need to be more cautious about showing your feelings but still wearing your heart on your sleeve.” Jerry said, flipping through the script a bit more to make sure he didn’t leave anything out.

“So does this mean I get to break his heart?” Keira smiled, shooting Orlando a look, who made a face.

”Woman, I’m going to save you and all you can think of is breaking my heart?” Orlando said, holding his hand to his heart as if he was mortally wounded.

Jerry laughed, liking their chemistry already. “Well, you don’t break his heart now. But I promise to give you a chance!”

”Great!” Keira clapped laughing, as Orlando groaned and pretended to swoon.

A few hours later, the plane was silent for the first time since they all boarded. After Jerry and Gore finished their talks with each of the actors (and actress), they retired to the back of the plane and talked about the more technical aspects. Jonathan and Mackenzie had fallen asleep while Jack was watching a movie.

Orlando and Keira sat in comfortable silence. Orlando was flipping through the script while Keira stared out at the clouds.

“You aren’t at cocky as I thought you would be.” Keira blurted out, and then immediately slapping her hand over her mouth.

Orlando laughed, closing the script. “What do you mean?”

“Oh bollocks. I am so sorry. I have a terrible habit of saying the first thing that comes to my mind.” Keira said mortified. She wanted to appear older and sophisticated, but instead she made a blunder that not even her 10-year-old cousin would do.

Orlando brushed off her rambling. “No worries. It’s better to be honest than to sugarcoat everything. But tell me, what do you mean?”

”Well, you are ORLANDO BLOOM.” Keira said in quotations and judging by Orlando’s face, she needed to explain more. “You are like the biggest thing to hit the world since sliced bread!”

“Sliced bread eh?” Orlando said shifting uncomfortably. “Nah, I’m not that big. It’s just little ole’ me.”

Keira stared at him, “Are you serious? You know that I’m going to get death threats because I get to kiss you.”

“Well, you deserve them. You wanted to break my heart anyway!” Orlando nudged her ankle with his toe.

Keira stuck her tongue out at him as he tickled her knee. They soon fell into a long conversation ranging from their favorite colour to their fears. They both realized that they had a lot in common, such as smarties being their favorite candy to Orlando wishing to act in indie movies to Keira’s homesickness.

As the airplane neared the Bahamas, they both realized that the entire plane had been sleeping while they spent the entire trip talking.

”Oh god. I hope I don’t fall asleep at Johnny Depp’s feet. That would be utterly embarrassing!” Keira sighed, mentally reminding herself to drink some coffee when they landed.

”I still can’t believe I am going to meet Johnny Depp. He is amazing.” Orlando mused, shaking his head.

“It’s crazy! My mum wanted to fly down with me because she absolutely loves him.” Keira said.

“No way! My mum said the exact same thing.” Orlando laughed, “Except I told her it would look kind of funny for a 25 year old to be chaperoned by his mother.

“Have you two been up this entire time?” Jerry asked, coming back to his seat.

”Yeah!” Orlando and Keira said at the same time, “Jinx!”

Jerry shook his head as Orlando and Keira fought over who owed who a coke. Yep. These two were definitely going to have their own movie plot going on off screen.

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Hoped you liked it This is just the start of O/K goodness

[penguinsrpals]

Hehe! O and K are hilarious! Looking forward to seeing what happens next! Keep up the amazing work! Please update again soon!

[designerdenimx3]

So.. this story is pretty much amazing! ;D More soon, please!!!

[missawesomeness11]

absolutely amazing!!!!! keep writing!!

[xstepheezy]

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[pottypirate]

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[kelefenn]

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[venus567]

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[daydreamer]

Yay I'm glad you guys are liking it! Here is part 3, I'm trying to get ahead in my writing and I promise that the next chapter will be out by the end of this week. P.S. Look forward to the next chapter because I promise its funny

Enjoy!

When The Time Is Right

Chapter 3 - The One Where Orlando and Keira's Chemistry Starts Being Noticed

September 2002 – Bahamas

It hadn’t even been 3 hours since she had first stepped foot in the room and it already looked like as if her closet spit out all of her clothes.

”Goddamnit.” Keira mumbled, hopping up and down as she tried to get her shoes on. She couldn’t tell how fancy this dinner was, which is why she had a stylist. Unfortunately, you didn’t get stylists for informal dinners. After trying on 6 dresses, 2 pairs of pants, and 8 shirts, Keira finally decided on a pretty pink eyelet dress with white shoes. She rummaged through her suitcase looking for her necklaces and earrings.

“AHA!” Keira squealed, finding her makeup kit and jewelry case. “Sweet, kill two birds with one stone.”

As she padded over to the bathroom, she checked the time. 6:36 PM. She still had 14 minutes to get ready before Orlando came over to pick her up.

The apartments where the cast and crew were really nice. In reality, there were more like small cottages or condos in a row. The best part about them was that the backyard was the beach. There was a pretty porch that led into the sand and the ocean. Disney sure knew how to treat their stars right. Keira was already excited to just sit on the beach at night and relax with some wine.

The cast and crew were all put in the same area, just for convenience sake. On one side of her was Orlando’s condo and on the other side was Jack’s. Johnny Depp had the condo on the other side of Orlando but alas, Keira had yet to see him.

DING DONG.

Keira gasped, dropping her eyeliner. She poked her head back out into her room and looked at the time. 6:45 PM. ‘Bloody Hell.’ She thought, 'He is early!’

DING DONG.

Running down the stairs, Keira quickly opened the door before sprinting back up the stairs. “Be downstairs in 5 minutes! Make yourself comfortable.”

Orlando chuckled, the only bit of Keira he saw here her leg disappearing up the stairs, “Take your time!” He wandered into the living area, which he noted was exactly like his. The entire wall of one side was a big pane of glass, with a sliding door that gave an amazing view of the ocean. On another wall was a TV with a VCR and DVD player and a stereo system. Opposite the entertainment center was a long sofa and a small love seat. One thing Orlando learned very quickly was that Disney treated their actors impeccably and he planned on taking advantage of that.

“Okay, I’m sorry! I didn’t realize you were going to be early.” Keira said, coming back down the stairs.

Orlando gave her a kiss on the cheek as she got to the bottom stair. “You look beautiful.”

Keira slightly blushed, willing herself not to turn into a tomato, “Thanks!” She was surprised at how natural everything with Orlando seemed. Even thought they had only known each other for less than 24 hours, she felt as if they had been friends forever.

Orlando held the front door open for Keira, “Sorry about being early. I had a girlfriend that threw a hissy fit every time I was late. I guess old habits die hard.”

Keira laughed, “Wow, she had you on a leash.” Orlando pulled her hair, which she dodged laughing.

As she walked towards Orlando’s car, she asked, “What about now? Do you have a girlfriend?”

“Not really.” Orlando said, opening the car door for her to get in. He got around to the other side and started the car. “I mean, I met this girl, Kate Bosworth, and we went out on a few dates. But I don’t have the time. Lord of the Rings was my life and now its Pirates. I actually broke up with my girlfriend during Lord of the Rings. She and I had been together for 2 years.”

“Wow.” Keira said, as she just realized how much time she was going to be away from Jamie. She prayed that they would be able to make it through.

”What about you?” Orlando asked, easing the car as they traveled the windy roads of the coast. The dinner was going to be held at this quiet restaurant on the beach just a short distance from their complex.

“I have a boyfriend, his name is Jamie.” Keira smiled, thinking about him. She looked down at her phone, remembering that he had called earlier. “We have been together for a year.”

”That’s great.” Orlando said sincerely. “I hope you guys can deal with the distance better than I did.”

Keira said nothing, looking out at the oceanic view. In all honesty, she hadn’t really thought about any of this until Orlando had brought it up. She felt her stomach churned unpleasantly as she realized that during the entire filming of the movie, which was about 9 months, she was going to get to see him twice, if she was lucky.

”Hey.” Orlando said, putting his hand on her knee, “I’m really sorry about that. I didn’t mean to sound so cynical.”

”No, that’s fine. I just didn’t think about any of that until now.” Keira said, fiddling with her purse. She looked over at him. He was staring back at her with a concerned look.

“Please don’t feel bad.” She begged, “I’m fine, it’s just that everything is starting to hit me at once.”

Orlando maneuvered the car into a parking space and turned the engine off. “It is a big change. But hey, if you need to talk to anyone, I’m here. I’ve already been through this once.”

“Thanks Orlando.” Keira said, squeezing his hand. “Now, let’s go finally meet Mr. Depp!”

Orlando and Keira walked into the restaurant. It was a very traditionally setup. The restaurant had two parts to it, an indoor part and an outdoor part. Orlando and Keira could already hear loud laughter and talking from the outdoor section.

The hostess smiled at the couple as they approached her. “Pirates of the Caribbean?”

”Yep.” Orlando said, flashing her a smile. The girl blushed and Keira smiled gently, sympathizing with her.

”If you would just follow me.” The waitress, who’s name was Carly, pulled out two menus. She paused for a second as if having an internal debate.

”Could I please get your autographs?” She blurted out, blushing.

“Sure.” Orlando smiled easily, already signing a paper for her. Keira paused for a moment, surprised that someone wanted her autograph and excited to be signing an autograph.

Orlando handed her the paper as Keira scribbled something about best wishes and her name.

Carly beamed as she looked at the paper. “Now, if you would follow me!” as she led them through the restaurant out in the back.

Keira sighed as she saw the oceanic view again. She realized it would take her awhile to get used to seeing the gorgeous site all the time. She spotted the table of the cast and crew. It was a long table of about 30 people or so. Jerry and Gore were sitting at the head of the table.

”Orlando! Keira! Finally nice of you to join us.” Gore said, winking at them. Keira blushed a bit as Orlando laughed. She sure hoped that he didn’t jump to conclusions. “Have a seat.”

As they sat down, Keira looked across the table and paused. Sitting there, looking ridiculously hot in black was Johnny Depp.

Johnny Depp smiled at her, “Hello love.”

Thump. That was Keira’s bum hitting the chair.

“Oh my god, you have gold teeth!” Keira blurted out, clapping her hands over her mouth. Oh my god. You are such a stupid fool. That is the second time today!

Everyone around them started laughing as she slid down in her seat. Orlando patted her on the back as he said hello to Johnny.

”Don’t mind her. She has a tendency to not think before she says things.” Orlando winked at her.

Keira sat up, clinging on to a slight bit of dignity. “Mr. Depp, it’s a pleasure to meet you.”

“It is a pleasure to meet you as well. And don’t worry, that is the first thing my daughter said.” Johnny said laughing.

Keira relaxed as the conversations around her picked up. During the course of the night, she debated about environmental issues with Orlando and Gore, talked about CSI with Jerry, discussed the pros and cons of the French culture with Johnny and reminisced with Jack about what she was going to miss most about England.

Towards the end of the night, Jerry and Gore stood up at the end of the table and tapped their glasses. Keira sighed as she leaned back to listen to them. It was already dark, and the stars were out and twinkling. The tiki torches were lit and illuminated Jerry and Gore’s face.

“Okay everyone. We start filming tomorrow. We are actually going to start with the beginning of the movie so I would like everyone to be familiar with the script until page 156. I’m going to be e-mailing the cast and let you know what time you need to show up at the studio. The crew should already know where they are expected to be and if you don’t, just come up to Gore or Me.” Jerry instructed, as his audience nodded in agreement.

“These few months are going to be rough and long. I’m not going to lie; you are going to have to strengthen your stamina and endurance. But this movie is going to be amazing because of the insane amount of talent in our amazing cast.” Gore continued.

“And don’t forget the eye candy!” Someone yelled out from the audience.

Everyone laughed, as Gore and Jerry nodded grinning. “You got it!”

“So, starting tomorrow, we are going to film. Everyone has had experience of being on a set, whether it is a movie set or a TV set. So, we expect everything to run rather smoothly. Anyway, enjoy your last night before we begin hell tomorrow!” Jerry smiled, sitting back down.

“Wow, is it really going to be hell?” Keira leaned over, asking Jerry.

Jerry smiled, “It’s not going to be easy love. At least for you, it’s not going to be too bad. You just have to practice walking around in a corset but for Johnny and Orlando and the rest, they need to practice sword fighting and different stunts.”

Gore turned to Orlando, “Although I don’t think that the sword fighting should be too much trouble for you, since you have already gotten a lot of that training done with Lord of the Rings.”

Orlando nodded, “I thought I was done with those days, but I guess not!”

As the others were talking about sword fighting and stunts, Keira sat back and pouted. Johnny was the first one to notice her.

“What’s wrong love?” Johnny asked, touching her arm gently.

“I want to get to fight too!” Keira sulked, looking like a three-year old who was not allowed to hang out with her older siblings.

Johnny laughed, “I promise it’s not as fun as it sounds. Sore shoulders, sweaty strands of hair, that is only the beginning.”

Keira still pouted, “That’s not fair! I just get to prance around in a corset while you lot get to bang away with swords.”

Gore jumped into the conversation, “Keira darling, I’m sorry but Elizabeth Swann does not play with swords!”

“How about this, I can teach you some sword fighting, just on the side.” Orlando said, noticing Keira’s upset face. “Who knows when you have to bang away with swords. Maybe you can chase off unwanted guys, I’m sure you get sick of beating them away with sticks.” He stuck his tongue out, laughing at her.

Keira felt her face turn red as the other snickered around them, “Okay, that sounds fun, that way, I can turn all Xena, warrior princes, on those stinky producers that wouldn’t let me fight!”

Jerry and Gore put up their hands in surrender, “Okay, okay, if you are good, we might be able to stick in a scene. But no promises!”

As the rest of the cast chattered away, Gore pulled Jerry to the side.

”We did a good job casting Keira and Orlando. They have amazing chemistry.” Gore said, sipping on his wine.

“Yeah we did, but I just hope that they don’t get into a relationship and mess everything up.” Jerry said.

“True.” Gore agreed, “But I heard that she has a boyfriend and he has a girl.”

”Oh, well, we better hope that they don’t fall for each other then!” Jerry said, looking at the two of them, who were laughing at a story Johnny had just told them.

The most important rule in producing a good movie was to keep all relationships off the set. Don’t mix business with pleasure. But after the movie, it is all fair game.

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Hope you guys liked it

<3, Tina

[pottypirate]

Great chapter ;D. update soon

[designerdenimx3]

Loved it! You've captured their personalities really well, i think. Please update soon cause this story is amazing!!!

[thankful24]

great chapter- cant wiat for more!