David looked at Patricia and the producer, Sharon, having a heated discussion. He pulled his hair trying to wrap his head around the ridiculous situation. The last thing David wanted was to be the cause of Nadia's firing because of some petty jealousy from a Diva. He needed this job, and he wanted Nadia to stay. Finally the producer came onto set and pointed to David. "Come with me please," Sharon asked him. David followed her to where Patricia was, off set.<br/><br/>"What's going on, David?" Sharon asked David.<br/><br/>"Nothing," he was trying to play it cool, unsure of what Patricia had told Sharon.<br/><br/>"You've been off your game today," Sharon mentioned. "Patricia here thinks it's because of that dancer, Nadia."<br/><br/>David tightened his jaw. This was worse than he'd thought. He hated that he was such an open book. "There's nothing going on, trust me," he lied.<br/><br/>"Well she wants to fire Nadia," Sharon kept speaking, not letting Patricia get her word in. Patricia rolled her eyes. "However I'm trying to explain to her that we can't just fire one of our best dancer's who's been working on this choreography for a long time. So do we have a problem, or are we going to have to fix this situation?"<br/><br/>David turned to Patricia, now time for the performance of his lifetime. "I'm here completely. My head is in the game. I'm not even thinking of her."<br/><br/>Patricia looked at Nadia from far away. "I want her off the set." Obviously she was letting her jealousy take over her sensibility. Sharon sighed.<br/><br/>David grabbed Patricia's hand. He knew what he had to do. He looked at Sharon and said, "can we talk alone for a moment?" Sharon nodded and walked away.<br/><br/>David had to find a connection with Patricia again. He no longer felt that connection, so he did the only thing he could think of. He thought of Nadia. He thought of how he wanted to be close to her, to hold her tightly and give her a kiss, to grab her hair and caress her neck. So he grabbed Patricia's other hand, looking into her eyes, Nadia's blue eyes, and told her, "I'm not thinking about her at all. I'm just thinking about you. I've only been thinking about you." He was lying, but he didn't know what else to do to save both of them. Obviously Nadia's time on set was only to be determined by Patricia's emotions, and so David had to play into them.<br/><br/>"Really?" she asked him, a bit skeptical. "So nothing is going on between the two of you?"<br/><br/>He hesitated for a moment. He really didn't want to do this, to manipulate a woman's emotions to get what he wanted or needed. He wanted to believe he was an honest and good man, but this was a strange circumstance. He looked at Patricia, holding her cheek and the side of her shoulder, getting in close to her. He told Patricia exactly what he wanted to say to Nadia. "There's nothing going on between me and her. I promise you."<br/><br/>Patricia smiled hesitantly, calming a bit. "Okay."<br/><br/>Patricia and David walked back onto set. David felt a bit dirty, lying like that was not something he liked to do. It felt wrong, but he was painted in a corner. He was hoping that Nadia would understand, if she ever spoke to him again that is. Patricia glared at Nadia, but then turned to the Director, nodding her head.<br/><br/>"Alright first positions!" yelled the 1st AD.<br/><br/>For the rest of the day David did very well. There were no sudden cuts, and they got everything done in only a handful of takes. David was in the zone, and Patricia was happy. Unfortunately, because he'd thought of Nadia all day long, his longing for her grew. He was hoping to talk to Nadia at the end of the day, to explains things to her, to make her understand. However he wasn't sure if she even wanted to talk.