lillianrhode

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The week they get back to L.A. from the camping trip, Joel texts Lily that he wants to hang out but she tells him that she’s busy, which isn’t a total lie. She has a couple lifeguarding shifts, and Platinum Triangle production is keeping her occupied with a filming schedule to shoot final footage to be edited into the end of season 2. Filming will officially wrap tomorrow, after the Dress for Success fashion show.

Sam convinces Lily to film a scene in the pool house where she calls her mom in Reno to talk about what it’s been like living with the Paleys and to share her concerns over her upcoming court case. Lily reluctantly agrees to the call. She doesn’t know what to say to Erin. Thanks for selling me for a handbag? Are you still with the same guy or have you updated your profile? But there’s a part of Lily that misses her mom. Especially while trying to navigate the minefield around Hailey. Maybe Lily’s mom can relate and tell her something about her relationship with Whitney that will help Lily understand Hailey better. Despite it all, Lily still wishes they could be friends. Lily’s followers keep pitting them against each other, and it’s just worsened since the extended trailer was released.

Lily takes a deep breath before she calls her mom on camera. She puts her phone on speaker and lets it ring. When no one answers, Lily wishes she could hide her face from the camera filming her. Sam speaks up from the corner of the room, which she almost never does when they’re rolling.

“Try again,” she says.

So Lily makes another call. It rings again.

“At least it’s not going straight to voicemail.” Lily shrugs, trying to make light of this situation. When the voicemail does pick up, Sam motions for Lily to leave a message, but Lily hangs up. She isn’t going to let the first time she talks to her mom in weeks be through a voice message.

Lily regrets filming the scene and wants to ask Sam to not use the footage. But she knows it’s out of her control. It says so in the fine print of the contract that Lily’s mom signed. Platinum Triangle and MKTV literally have a clause that says they are allowed to humiliate her on television and there’s nothing she can do about it.

Later, Lily shoots another scene. She and Whitney take a conference call with the Paleys’ lawyer. At least Shapiro answers. But he’s frustrated. Chris is sticking to his story. Apparently he’s hoping to do a sit-down TV interview but no one will touch it because he’s asking for so much money.

“The good news is, we got a court date,” Shapiro says. Lily’s surprised by how soon it is. Two weeks away.

“Just before the premiere,” Whitney says. “Won’t it be such a relief to put this behind you once and for all, and in time for photos?”

“I pulled a favor to get us in before the school year,” Shapiro says. “I don’t want this hanging over your head, Lily. It won’t be easy with Chris Taber refusing to co-operate, and the court might make an example of you because of the high-profile nature of the case, but I’m still confident that you’ll get off with community service.”

School. Lily’s been so caught up in adjusting to life in Beverly Hills that she hasn’t really considered where she’s going to school in the fall. Ever since Joel brought up New Beverly High on the beach, it’s been in the back of Lily’s mind.

“We have time to go shopping for the perfect dress,” Whitney says. “You should wear white. White on a pretty blond girl really says it’s the illegal immigrants you should be worrying about.”

Lily cringes. It’s one of those moments caught on camera that Whitney will never be able to live down. It’s almost like she can’t help herself, but Lily knows the truth. Whitney doesn’t want to help herself. The whole point is to shock and offend.

After the scene, Lily is alone in the pool house. She knows she’s not supposed to contact Chris but she’s determined to get him to confess and help her get out of this mess. Lily unblocks Chris’s number and calls him. He answers on the first ring and doesn’t sound at all surprised to hear from her.

“I wondered when you’d come running back to me.”

“Get over yourself,” Lily says. “I only went out with you because I was desperate and you had wheels. You said you were taking me to a party in Malibu.”

“Technically, I said I knew of a place to party in Malibu.”

“I am not doing this with you!” Lily snaps. They were bickering even as the police put them in handcuffs on the PCH. Lily takes a deep breath through her nose. “I’m just calling because I want you to do the right thing, Chris. Tell the police the truth! That I was just along for the ride and I had no idea what was about to happen!”

“Are you sure that’s the truth?” Chris asks.

Lily remembers Chris calling the Lalanne her ticket out of the Valley. He was right.

“Hey, if that’s the story, then I’m happy to go along with it,” Chris says. “I’ll play the bad guy. Anything you say.”

Lily waits for it.

“There’s just one thing.”

She closes her eyes and tries to stay calm. “And what might that be, Chris?”

“I want you to do an interview with me on Access Hollywood. They’re offering me double if I can get Patrick Paley’s niece to sit down with me!”

This was a mistake. Lily thought she could reason with Chris but he won’t be satisfied until he’s milked this for everything it’s worth.

“You know what?” Lily says. “You are not worth my time.”

She hangs up and is still staring down at her phone in a rage when a DM comes into her phone from Idris. He reminds her that they’re supposed to start their cursive lessons today and asks if he can come over now. Lily forgot. She got caught up in the shooting schedule and then Chris…. Lily blocks Chris’s number again.

After Lily caught Joel and Hailey holding each other at the campground, Lily sent Idris a DM and told him she would help him learn how to write after all. It was a knee-jerk reaction. Lily wants to make Joel feel as jealous as she does.

Lily replies to Idris, telling him to come over whenever, and heads to the main house to ask Ana for some snacks to help them practice. Patrick’s sitting out by the pool with his Avengers script.

“Hey, Lily.” He smiles at her from behind his dark-lens Ray-Bans. “I haven’t seen you since you’ve been back. These hours on set are killing me. How was the camping trip?”

“Whirlwind,” Lily says.

“You have some time to help me run lines?” Patrick asks. “Hailey usually helps but she’s at a production meeting for her fashion show.”

“A friend’s stopping by, but I have a minute.” Lily accepts the script Patrick passes her and sits on the chaise across from him, scanning the page.

“Kang and Enchantress?” She gasps. She’s not a huge Avengers fan but she’s seen on gossip blogs that Enchantress is being played by Margot Robbie. “That’s an unlikely duo!” Lily laughs.

“It’s not exactly as it seems,” Patrick says.

“Is it ever?” Lily’s eyes flicker up from the page.

They run lines. Kang’s monologue goes on for most of the scene. Lily prompts him with Enchantress’s one-liners. She’s no Margot Robbie but this is fun. Enchantress has Kang under some kind of love spell.

Patrick finishes his last line in the monologue and Lily stares at the page. The action line calls for Kang and Enchantress to kiss.

Lily can feel Patrick staring at her and she looks up from the script. Patrick raises his arm and tucks a strand of hair behind Lily’s ear. The sun beating down on them is so hot that Lily’s mouth has gone dry and she feels a bead of sweat dripping down her back. For a second Lily thinks Patrick is actually going to lean in and kiss her. But then he retracts his arm. The script almost slides off Lily’s lap. Patrick catches it, his hand grazing her bare legs in a way that makes Lily jump up from the chaise and smooth out the creases in her skirt.

“You read well,” Patrick says, leaning back in his chaise and adjusting his sunglasses. “Have you ever thought of acting?”

Before Lily has a chance to answer, they’re interrupted by Idris coming around the side of the house.

“I was in the neighborhood,” Idris says, “so I thought I’d come right over.” He looks from Lily to Patrick. Lily’s staring at the tile around the pool. When she looks up, she sees Patrick flash Idris an easy, charming smile.

“Good to see you, Idris,” Patrick says, diving back into his script.

Lily motions for Idris to follow her into the pool house.

“Thanks for agreeing to help me with this,” Idris says as they enter. He sits on the couch. “I really want to do right by Greta.”

“Have you heard anything?” Lily asks. She takes a seat next to him.

After the camping trip, Greta was MIA for a few days. Valeria reported her car as stolen and some headlines popped up. Then Lily saw on Instagram that Greta was back home. Without the car. People are saying Greta’s strung out. Lily doesn’t know what to believe, but the comments make it sound like she was on a nonstop bender.

“She’s ghosting me,” Idris says. “But I’m going to win her back. With your help.”

“Well, I’m glad to help you learn how to write cursive. If you depend on technology for everything, then what separates you from a robot? Writing by hand is a part of your humanity.” Lily looks out the window at Patrick by the pool. “You don’t want to lose that.”