Being Lizzy Bennet
In honor of #teasertuesday here is a readers’ favorite scene from my NA contemporary novel, Lose Me.
Enjoy!
I glance at my watch. It’s barely five minutes past.
Turns out that what Tim said to me the first day was kind of an understatement. Elle really doesn’t do water. Like, at all.
So, they tell me I’m to be her.
There’s this scene towards the end of the film, where Will and Lizzie are sitting on their surfboards in the calm sea, talking. That’s where we’ll start. They put a dark-haired wig on me, because Elle will be a brunette as Lizzie in the film. It’s close enough to my own hair color, but they want it to be exactly like hers, so whatever. Then they spray tons of makeup on my shoulders and back. I’m wearing a version of the impossibly white bikini Elle will be wearing in this scene.
It will be only close-ups of her face while she delivers her lines. When Wes talks, it will be the back of my head on the screen. Matt comes over quietly, as the makeup team struggle to make my really tan and toned arms look bony like Elle’s, and looks me in the eye.
“I know it’s too soon, but go with it,” he says. “I know you can do it.”
Anyone recognize any Pride and Prejudice quotes in this post?
