March - August 2045

R-Dream is a success. They are recalled for a second season. Since everybody crave to have some impossible love, JasTian is the main ship, even if they could be together if just one of them is R-Dream agent, but they all know that real life is as difficult and ungrateful as the show so they just keep shipping on them. Then again the UST is pretty hot. Public's words, not the cast. Aden is particularly knowing at those because he exchanges a lot with his fan, and he keeps writing them letter and sometimes giving out draws (when he has the time, of course).
And for the new season, the producer adds this competence for Bastian and smooth his behavior with women (apparently too anti-feminism).
The JasTian (not BaSon because it's certain that Bastian doesn't top, still public's words) will have more sexual tension because there will be news characters. But mostly they will change scenery. They will film most part of the season in France.
Apparently, the hexagon country really enjoy they talk so much in their idiom so they propose to have some collaboration. And so the R-Dream will introduce a new show in France. Une sorte de production parallèle (French words, well actually he's the one who use these but it's not him that began).
They will just film the first episode in Vermont to introduce Blair character, interpreted by the actress Elizabeth Jenson. Yeah, Aden Eli Brooks almost sister (or actually half-sister). So, basically the first episode, we learn that Bastian can totally have some physic contact with women but only in professional way. But after that, he's just act like a hypochondriac and feels sick for awhile. This is why their superior order them to take some holidays. Kidding, like miss S will let them rest, she just wants them to expend their agency, in Europe.
So, they will film in France. In Ile-de-France region, the 77th department. Seine-et-Marne. Because it's more spatial.
Aden is pretty much hugging all his future co-star instead of faire la bise.  And this is the main difference between him and his Americans co-star who just shake hand with new meeting. Then the producer tell them they will play this part in stereotype way. Like, Bastian will pass out when the only female fait la bise to him and he will bound with one of the soon-to-be new colleague Sylvain. Another short and impossible love interest because of course Sylvain will be another R-Dream member so he has to follow this fucking rule (Bastian's word). So, in the show it says that they will travel the Europe to spread their influence, place others agency, but the studio couldn't really move, so they will mostly film in the Ile-de-France and with little luck they could move to the Alpes, to ski but mostly to pretend that they are in Switzerland.
The French cast is basically like them, not really that many but more than them (because they are like nine with some technicians to travel the Atlantic and it's cher, as the French say). There is the main, like the new interpret of Bastian' new interest Sylvain: Loic Lasomme (30, 27 in the show), the obnoxious Valentin who always says what he knows, but in French: Justin Valence (26, and in the show), the only woman Francine: Irene St-Clair (27, 25 in the show), the younger and impulsive Benjamin: Francis Ducat (18, 20 in the show) and the last and lazy one but has to find a job Marcel: Etienne Caumartin (38, 35 in the show). There is also the (soon-to-be) director of French R-Dream Raymond: Xavier Lieges (39, 42 in the show) and his secretary Clementine: Lea Cadet (28, 26 in the show).
Aden speaks mostly French with them, because honestly their English are lame and the rest of American cast are lame in French too (except Jessica, because she plays the director, so she has to be more experiment).
The first episode is funny, really. Because, of course they won't be welcomed in some palace with luxurious stuffs, so they are like 'Where's the Eiffel Tower?', 'The Seine?', 'sure we're in France?'. And the local people don't speak English or are struggling to find the words therefore they speak French, but then they are like gluey and won't let them do their job. And it's pretty difficult to orient in the country you don't put one foot. Especially when you are in the lost quarter.

At least the show progresses and they eventually has to film at Paris and with all the constraints there are in the Capitale City. At the end of each day, the actors are all tired but sometimes they find time to know each other and Aden enjoys this moments very well. Especially one night they sing all Disney animations' songs. Of course to have more fun, the Englishmen sing in French and the Frenchmen sing in English. And actually, Aden becomes pretty close with Loic, whereas they don't even kiss in the show (because to keep pleasing fans, they won't make Bastian fool around even if Jason doesn't bother to follow this rule). Loic is pretty open-mind even if he keeps affirming that he's hundred percent heterosexual, and Aden is like 'Yeah, I know, I have this special skill to bring up men's gay side when I'm attract by them' and they continue to hit on each other until they start dating out of the stage and the set.

Most of the time after the day work, Aden chats with the fans, and they really enjoy that he can speak French so fluently to them. And mostly they are just hugging because he's too cute to not be hugged.
Once, there is a girl who come with a big box, it was a cake that she cooked for him. Aden is pretty grateful and touched because it's made without egg or milk neither butter she assured, so totally and utterly vegan. For him. But he couldn't receive fan's food, 'cause it could be poisoned, even if it's made genuinely. So he proposed her that she share what she cooked to some other fans (to not waste this wonderful act) and he will give her something in return. He gives him an artwork he was working for three hours just because he couldn't sleep in the plane. It was sloppy because he isn't that focus but at least he did it with his soul like she cooked with her heart (her words). And to please everyone who wait for him while he's busy with one fan in particularly he sing them some songs before they have to dispatch.
The rest fan meet is practically in the same way.

(And the rest of the night, he spent his time with Loic, cuddling him, because the man is a cuddle whore too. And the next morning they are just so domestic, because Aden will spent his night at his place. He will also wake up first and make the breakfast, a vegan one of course, then time to time he will admonish him to learn some cooking so that he can cook for himself when he's alone, 'cause vegan food is pretty easy to make. But then, Loic will wraps his arms around his waist from behind and whisper him to stay with him. And the rest is personal.)

One day they got the day off. The first of May and apparently it means férié to French people, so pratically no one (French at least) work. Aden decides to visit the country aimlessly so he escapes from the security and the fan hiding in a hood and pair of glasses. He's almost lost in Paris border when he spots the last person he could run into.
"Nina!" He calls exhilarated.
A group of girl stop their motion, but he isn't sure if the person he called recognizes him or not so he runs to them. And one of the girl turns to him, eyes light up.
"Aiden!" Nina squeaks and jumps into his arms.
He laughs catching her easily. "Why are you here?" He asks softly into her hairs.
"It's school trip. Education say that's good to know other country than our precious Queen's land."
"Haha, well and did you enjoy that?"
"Of course, you're here!"
They are so glad to see each other they totally forget that they aren't supposedly to know each other. Therefore it's a bit awkward when they have to explain.
"Nina... You- do you know him?" One of her friend asks awkwardly.
"No, the right question is how you know each other, I mean he's..."
"Yeah, it's me." Aden thinks it's useless to hide himself since the girls all know him under his cover (really cheap, he has to admit).
He releases softly his childhood friend and drops his glasses. Then smiles at the girls. He sees clearly that they are excited to see him but stay quite calm and suspicious about his relationship with their friend.
"Well to answer you, you all know that I'm British, I lived near her place and we met way younger. And used to hang out since we're practically neighbors."
The girls nods quietly but still seem pretty impressed.
"Why are you so quiet?" Nina laughs "didn't you say that you will be really happy to meet him during the trip, well you've got luck."
Aden smiles while the girls blush and shyly ask him for a hug. He obviously gives them gladly. They chat awhile (like where's the borough they knew each other -apparently it thanks to Nina's mother shop Lie, and why she calls him Aiden while his name is Aden, well child habit that remained) but then it comes time for lunch.

"Oh, can I borrow Nina?" Aden prompts surprising the girls.
But they aren't quite strong to refuse anything to him so they accept and Nina goes with him.
"It's awesome that the shooting is the same time with your trip. Because if we haven't the timing we could be at the Alps while you just coming to Paris."
"Yeah, and do you enjoy that?"
"Of course! How can you even ask? It's so cool!"
"Yeah, we sure can say that you succeed your life."
"Not yet! I'm still twenty!"
"And you have a harem of young to mature women at your foot."
Aiden looks at her with raises eyebrows then his lips twitch. "Because they think I'm gay."
"But you already say that you're bi. And I think it's more about your easy accessibility."
"And because I'm ginger."
"Sure, because redhead is pretty and you're sexy."
"Are you ironic?"
"No, I'm serious. And I have proof! Hang on."
She catches her phone and searches for something, then she shows him the screen of a blog post. He reads the text because there isn't any title.
"'Aden Brooks is the sweetest person in the world.' Wow, it starts like that?" Aden interrupts his read blushing like a bashful schoolboy. 
"Go on."
"'Last time, I was here to see him and talk to him because we all know that he's the more talkative person in the world. This day, I was really moody and thought that I can be cheered up by his smile 'cos he just has one of those face that we can just melt by just seeing it. And he did better than that. I wasn't that close to him, but after answering one of the questions that just keep launching whereas we know that he will answer, he claps his hand and say sadly that he has to go because he should rest, he open his arms to welcome fans to hug him and that doesn't wait. When the security came to bring him back he walks to me and hug me without a word and just tell me kindly:'you seem to want a hug. 'Hope that you will find smile as soon as possible.' And I did, just because he did that. So, maybe it's useless to say again but he's the nicest person we could meet and I just wish that he could find his mother because he seem also the saddest.'"
"You just are the cutest person they could meet."
"And also the luckiest. I couldn't be more happy with all I got. But her message is more cute even if this kind of help message is useless."
Nina smiles softly and bitterly and pockets her mobile phone without a word. They stay silent but Aden gently leads her.
"You seem pretty empathic to know what we feel."
"Well, I'm not sure but it's like I couldn't sustain to see people so sad. It just makes me want to rub them until they smile again."
"And they did. You really are kind."
"Well, I wasn't always like that. You know that...the school I went isn't really touchy and they probably wouldn't enjoy that I embrace them like we're best friend."
"Well, not really since I haven't had the luck to go," Nina replies with melancholy.
The young man bites his lip. "I'm sorry. I was little insensitive there. I buy you what ever you want to be forgiven."
"I'm in if you can buy a crèpe," the girl say slowly "but you can also bring me to your studio."
"You want to see what a film studio look like?"
"Of course, I think everyone who doesn't have the luck to enter here!"
"Hm, okay. I think it's doable. But first the crèpe, it's lunch time!"
He buys them vegan crèpe and lot of fruits, because it's healthy. They walk awhile eating and talking and thankfully it's free time to the English students because it'll be dubious that Nina vanished for so long.
They come in front of the studio and Aiden gives her the staff card to allow the school girl to walk freely, well, he wishes it's enough if they're caught. They visit the set during one hour and are totally in their world that they barely notice they are caught.
"Aden? Why are you here? And who is the girl?" Francis asks him.
Aden jumps but forces himself to maintain calm. "She's the staff, and she explained me something about the...spots. Why are you here?"
"I forgot something. And don't lie, a staff working today? She's a fan, right? You know that you can't do that."
Aden swallows while Francis raises his brows, he looks at Nina who looks back, worriedly, and without thinks it twice, he holds Nina in his arms and runs away.
"Wha- Aden, attends!" Francis says returning in French  due to the shock.
But Aden keeps running with a shocked Nina in his arms to the exit of the building before they are caught by other people. But having a charge with him slows him so he's quickly caught by Francis.
"Attends, pas la peine de t'enfuir, je ne vais pas vous dénoncer." He says quickly.
Aden looks warily at him then releases Nina when she nods.
"Bon, je penses que je vous dois des excuses et explications," she says slowly in French.
Yeah, well, British school teaches foreigners idioms too.
But Francis isn't silly. "You're not French." He's actually really observant.
"No, I'm not. But did I say something wrong? How do you find out that quickly?" She pouts looking frustratedly at his friend. Aden just shrugs.
"Oh, no, you just have an accent, quite adorable."
"Oh." She raises her brows blushing slightly. "Anyway, I'm sorry I enter in this building without permission but I was really curious to see the backstage. And since I meet Aid- I mean Aden and ask him to let me see, I thrive his kindness. Please don't sent me to the police officer."
"Well, it isn't that big of deal. I mean, policemen couldn't do anything if you don't break anything. You didn't, right?" He asks just to be sure.
Nina shakes his head madly like it's just insane to wreck something. But Aden answers aloud. "No, no, we just visited, we didn't touch anything."
Francis frowns when his eyes laid on him. "Yeah, well but I know that if you touch an underage you could be in jail, Aden."
Nina widens her eyes and answers a little panicky. "It's not what you think! We're childhood friend! He's like my brother, he won't do anything to hurt me!" She quickly defends her friend while this one just smiles amusingly.
"Calm down, Nina, he's kidding," Aden chuckles.
But Francis seems quite pisses off and Nina keeps a worried face.
"Anyway, it's time for you to go home, underage. I take you back to your group." Aden continues leading his friend to the exit.
"I come too," Francis states following them once again.
"Well, it's not like I could do anything wrong outside."
"No, I could just want to accompany you."
Nina looks at him confusingly then glances at Aiden, he's still smiling.
"I'm Francis Ducat, by the way", the young French actor introduces himself.

He doesn't have the time to give a hand that Nina answers: "Nina Lingtren, enchantée."

He smiles because, he's really enchanted. "Where are we leading you to?" He asks once they're outside.
"Hm, gare de Saint-Lazarre, I think. It's time to assemble."
"Wait, you'll just walk to Saint-Lazarre, no transport?" Francis looks shockingly at them.
Because they are like at Notre Dame Des Champs, in the 6th arrondissement while their destination is in the 8th arrondissement.
"Well, it's healthy," Aden says smiling. Too much.
Nina quickly adds seeing that Francis is ready to argue. "And we can enjoy the weather. It's pretty good if we compare to London."
Francis looks at her quietly and Nina breaks away because his gaze makes her quite embarrassed. So they walk for at least one hour. Once they are in the station, Nina spots some of her classmate.
"Ok, you can leave me here," she sighs.
"But we just spend too little time together," Aden pouts.
"Yeah, I know but our schedule is quite tight too, if we have stayed more in the studio I may have run late. Plus, we can see each other this summer!"
"I'm not sure, maybe I'll be busy."
"Oh yeah? Now mister is actor he despises his old friends. I see, I see." She huffs quite exaggerating and Aden knows that but he has to defend himself.
"Hey, I can't know when the occasions present!"
But Nina pouts at him. So Francis divides this time to intervenes.
"Euh... Nina? Could you... Uh, I mean, may I-?"
"On peut parler français si cela vous convient."
"No. I mean... My English is that bad?"
The scene looks too much like the one earlier that Aden couldn't help but chuckles, he tries to stop and retains himself but his hilarity is too strong so he just walks away to calm himself under the disapproving and confused gaze of the two others.
"Pour vous répondre, non, ce n'est pas mauvais mais les anglais qui vous écouteront devineront facilement que ce n'est pas votre langue maternelle. C'est juste que vous semblez chercher vos mots."
"Eh bien, toi, tu parles très bien français pour quelqu'un qui ne l'étudie qu'en langue étrangère. Pas que c'est mal, mais...enfin...bref, ce que je veux dire c'est que...il semblerait que je vais aussi avoir du mal à trouver mes mots en français. Euh...donc, je- j'aimerai, euh, est-ce que tu veux bien me donner ton numéro?" He blurts eventually at the end of his ramblings.
And he's really grateful to the young girl to keep quiet.

Unless she's gone. He glances up at her when any answer is heard. Nina is stunned is the least he can say.

"Or your mail," he rectifies quickly, mortified to the no that will gushed. "You know so we can keep contact. Or do you think I'm too creepy?"
"No. Maybe. I mean, I don't really know you..."
"Yeah, I know, this is why we could learn to know each other by writing mails?" Francis proposes warily.
"I...I- I- uh. Sorry. It's quite confusing to me. I don't know. Maybe- yeah, maybe we can try. I mean try to know each other. Yeah, it could be nice."
"Yeah? Nice."
And Nina knows that she may be screwed because the boy's smile is too pretty to wipe away.
Once they finish their awkward talk, Aden comes back to his friend hoping she's more calm to stand for his cause.
"I never expect me to be matchmaker!"
Or just make fun of her.
"Shut up. I'm still mad at you."
"He's an actor, could you handle that?" He asks concerned, ignoring what she said.
She just shrugs because she's not sure at all of what this will lead on.

True at her word, Aden is proposed to play some big project.

After the end of R-Dream season two (where the rest of the cast will just celebrate in a bar without him because he is still not allowed to drink. Next year. And he had to say goodbye to Loic.), in August (after their reunion, whew) some producer asks him to be in the Insertion cast.
He will interpret Daire, a book character written by Viviane Fawcett. The main character of the adaptation of the latest best-seller on the top of the chart.
His life is pretty good, indeed.

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 (Initially posted : 23 Février 2017 à 21:11)