"Isn't she adorable," the young blonde stagehand whispered to Cobie Smulders, pointing out the short brunette reading her script. They were a few minutes away from filming the last scene of 'How I Met Your Mother' for that day.
"What...I mean yeah she is," Cobie responded as she stared at the woman. "Who is she, one of Ted's flavors of the month for next season?"
"Oh no, she's 'The Mother'," the stagehand said before being called away.
"The Mother? Damn, they made a cute choice," Cobie thought to herself as her eyes scanned the young woman.
Cobie admired her 5'2" frame covered by a purple dress down to her knees, the same she would wear during her debut on the show. The woman looked over at her and smiled. Jumping out of her chair and skipping her way over in a pair of Ugg boots.
"Oh my god, Cobie Smulders!" the woman said as she grabbed her hand and shook it. "I'm a big fan of yours...my name is Cristin, I'm 'The Mother'!"
"Hi Cristin," Cobie said as she gave the happy woman a hug. "Congratulations on the role."
"Thanks, I'm so excited to get going," she said. "I only have one scene here but next season I'll really be into it." Cristin stepped back and looked Cobie up and down. "I love how that looks on you, it's amazing."
Cobie was surprised to hear the words come from her mouth. She was dressed in a professional manner for her scene. She was in a pair of black pants down to her ankles, a white dress shirt and black blazer. "Amazing" was the last thing the thirty-one year old Canadian had expected to hear.
"Wow thanks," she said with a smile. "You look cute in that dress."
"Oh my god, thank you!"
"Cristin Milioti, you are needed on set in two minutes," the blonde stagehand shouted out from across the hallway.
"Well, I got to get this thing shot," Cristin said as she tossed her script on a chair. "Do you have any scenes left to shoot?"
"Just one in about twenty minutes," the taller woman said.
"When you get done, wanna come to my dressing room and talk for a bit?" Cristin asked with an eager look, praying for a yes to slip out between Cobie's sparkling lips.
"Yeah, sure, I'd love to," she responded, causing Cristin to hug her again.
"Can't wait, see you then."
As Cristin hurried off to the set, Cobie stood still watching her. She was still in shock at having her outfit called "amazing" and thought to herself, "I like that girl."
"Cobie!" Alyson Hannigan yelled from behind her.
"God, why are you yelling?" Cobie said as she quickly turned around.
"I've been saying your name for about fifteen seconds," Alyson said as she looked over Cobie's shoulder to see Cristin. "I see you met 'The Mother', hyper little thing ain't she?"
"Yeah, hyper would be the word," Cobie responded. "But she is really sweet."
"True, at least they didn't hire some bimbo cunt," Alyson said with a laugh. "Well, I'm done for the day. See you at the wrap party?"
"You know it," the brunette answered.
As Alyson walked away, Cobie turned back to look at Cristin but was disappointed when she was gone. In only the brief meeting with her, she had taken a liking to her. She was looking forward to finishing her scene so she could get to know her new friend a little better.
After an hour and a half of take after take, Cobie finally finished filming her scenes with Neil Patrick Harris. They shared a hug before each heading off in their separate directions; Neil to his dressing room, Cobie to Cristin's.
"Damn that took forever," Cobie whispered to herself. "Hope she's still there."
Cobie approached the door with the name 'Cristin Milioti' on it and knocked twice. The door was opened so she pushed it forward and walked in.
"Cristin?" she called out before walking all the way in the room. "Cristin, you still here?"
"Why would I leave?" she heard from behind her. She turned around to find Cristin, who had been hiding behind the door, closing and locking it. "I could never leave someone I've admired for years."
"Admired?" Cobie said with a chuckle. "You've actually admired me?"
"Of course, what's not to love," Cristin said as she walked towards her. "You're tall, you're beautiful, you can make the ugliest outfits look smoking hot," she said as she got up close to Cobie and smelled the air. "You smell amazing."
Cobie was getting somewhat uncomfortable as Cristin pressed her small-framed body against hers. Cristin lifted her arm up and grabbed the back of her head, pulling her in for a kiss. She was in shock once again as the younger woman's tongue wiggled around in her mouth, tickling the roof of her mouth. She did not fight it at all. Once the kiss broke, both girls stared at each other with big eyes.