Kate's POV

When I heard of Leonora's visit from Rachel, I was completely appalled.

'I'm actually embarrassed I went to drama school with her' I responded, tears running down my cheeks. 'There is just no need for that'

I was still doing Off The Hook as poor Amelia was still stuck doing her reshoots in LA. This did cause the theatre a few headaches, as they had to give out some refunds because a few theatregoers had wanted to see her and not me. My fellow cast members weren't impressed, one of them even stating they were lucky to have a play to even see

The latest news we had heard back was now November.

'Hopefully she'll get back before December 5th' I explained as another round of tears ran down my cheeks. 'That's when the run ends'

Rachel nodded and tenderly wiped my tears before giving me a passionate kiss

Kirsty's POV

'Oh my god!' Sophie burst out, tears running down her cheeks. 'She is such a lightpole!!'

She was reading an interview with the lead actress from The Phoenix of Prague, who had been very disparaging about Kate's career choices so far, including her voice over role in Forest Friends.

'I mean' she continued wiping her tears,   'What the hell is wrong with doing voice over work anyway'

'Absolutely nothing!' Samantha said passionately, tears streaming down her face 'I still remember voice over actors from my favourite shows'

We agreed to forget about Leonora and concentrate on better things, like our Christmas shopping

Caitlin's POV

Me and Robyn reunited in Kings Cross Station. We exchanged a loving embrace tears running down our cheeks.

We wiped each other's tears and briefly kissed. Then we found a seat in one of the eatery places in the station and had some lunch

'You have to come to Marie's House sometime' Robyn offered. 'You'll like it so much'

'Okay, I will' I replied smiling. After our lunch we both returned to our Oxford home, and decided to snuggle on the couch and watch a film. Since Kate had finished making her movie in Cornwall, she had returned the ones she had borrowed. Robyn chose The Big Sleep and we sat down to watch.

As spring turned into Summer, we visited Kate and Rachel a few times and helped my sister with her line learning for Carole Fletcher Brewer. Then in late August she got another job, doing a CBeebies cartoon.

It was good for her to get back to her acting. She had had a tricky time with job opportunities for four months. And then as luck would have it, by pure coincidence she would get the same part she had already learnt.

'It's horrible for Amelia though' she explained, tears running down her cheeks. 'To have worked so hard and not get the opportunity to play a character she loves must be heartbreaking'

I placed a comforting hand on my sister's as my own tears streamed down my face.

Me and Robyn got the chance to see her with Milly and Millie about four weeks into her run. This was the first time they had seen her perform and they were both impressed

'She's really good' Milly told me. 'When is her film coming out?'

'I don't know' I replied 'Sometime next year'

We made a promise to all go see it on opening day

Kate's POV

It turned out I had underestimated my memory a little. My extensive rehearsals of the character of Carole had born fruit.

The director of Off The Hook was relieved after the first run through. He did need to give me a few notes and after a break we did another go.

Meanwhile the producers were frantically negotiating with the studio, but they were holding firm. Amelia had to be in Los Angeles in two days or she would be in breach of contract. That meant she had to leave that afternoon.

The wardrobe department were all hands on deck to make me my various costumes as unfortunately I wasn't quite Amelia's size. The legal department was even more up against it as they didn't have any time to draw up a proper contract for me.

Instead I had to sign a letter of intent  for the first couple of performances, until they could finalise my deal.

We weren't quite ready as the curtain went up. One of my costumes wasn't quite finished, and my cast mates had to guide me through the blocking but despite the elevated nerves, I didn’t do too badly.

The audience however seemed to enjoy it and after we had taken our bows, Stephen  who was playing the harassed hotel manager came up to me

'We are so glad you are here' he told me relieved. The rest of the cast concurred and tears ran down my cheeks. They were all so kind, it must have been hard to adjust to a new actor

A couple of days later, when my contract had been properly drawn up and Dad had confirmed everything was in order, I applied my signature on the dotted line to officially join the company

Billie's POV

Me and Gemma waved goodbye to the Channel Islands as the ferry pulled out of St Helier.

Tears ran down our cheeks as the town grew smaller in our field of view. We interlinked arms and pulled our bodies close together, rubbing our booted legs up against each other.

'Let's go back inside' Gemma suggested after a few minutes. We wiped each other's tears and kissed on the deck. As we moved back inside we tied back out windswept hair into a couple of ponytails