《Actions Speak Louder Than Fortune Cookies》74 - Late Late Show

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Sebastian, Rylee, Chris, and Alexa all rode together to CBS TV City and entered through the back door they were led to. Rylee and Alexa were given VIP audience wrist bands, which claimed them seats in the front row when filming started.

They were then led to the green rooms, Chris and Sebastian getting their own spaces, Anthony, and Hayley would be showing up for today's taping as well, which Rylee was pretty excited about. She hadn't seen either of them in a while.

The group split off to get ready, the girls staying with their significant others.

Sebastian dove right in to changing into what was left out for him by his stylist, black jeans, a simple dark blue button down with small white dots patterned all over, a black leather jacket, and black Chelsea boots.

"They went dark today," Rylee smirked, "you a bad boy now?"

"Apparently." Sebastian laughed. "Why? You like it?" He said as he pulled the jacket over his shoulders and adjusted it.

Rylee shrugged but kept her smirk, she watched him slip the boot on his right foot and pulled the hem of his pants over top. Clean cut. Perfect fit. He was kind of bummed he couldn't wear both shoes, his walking boot still claimed his left leg for at least another month.

Sebastian's eye was caught by something across the couch, another clothing bag. He walked over and noticed a small note attached which read,

For Rylee if she'd like. :)

xx Maria

Sebastian held the bag up and opened it, revealing a beautiful black, vintage scoop neck flare dress.

"I don't think this will look good with my boots, do you want to wear it?" Sebastian chuckled as he held it up for Rylee to see, who had just looked up from her phone, her face in aw.

"Maria?"

"Maria."

"She's so sweet," Rylee responded practically cooing as she gently took the dress from Sebastian's hands and laid it down. She loved it. It was casual but elegant all at once.

Sebastian walked back over towards her, shaking a shoe box. Rylee couldn't help the huge grin that filled her face from cheek to cheek as she took the box from him. Inside were gorgeous purple suede pointed high heels as well as a small baggie holding matching dangling purple amethyst earrings.

"Mariaaaa," Rylee chimed excitedly. "God I love her."

Sebastian laughed and came closer to Rylee, pulling her into an embrace. He looked down at her, but slowly tilted her chin upward, kissing her gently for a moment, running his thumb along her jawline.

"Have you ever watched James Corden before?" Sebastian asked quietly, still close to one another.

"Um. Not really. I've seen occasional clips." Rylee replied, her head along his chest now, still enveloping him in her grasp.

"He's pretty laidback, very goofy. But it's almost a guarantee that if he knows your here...you may get pulled into something crazy."

"Good to know," Rylee said sounding nervous.

"It'll be fine," Sebastian comforted her once he saw the worry draw across her face, "how about you get changed, and we'll head over to find hair and makeup, hmm?"

Rylee nodded as she turned around to change. She loved everything about the outfit Maria picked out for her. Maria could read Rylee like a book and knew out of a small selection of clothes, what she would like best.

Once Rylee was changed, they both left his room and went next door, Sebastian knocked four times, paused, and then knocked one more time. They both then heard through the door, "Come on in Seb!"

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Rylee furrowed her brow in confusion, but before she could ask, Sebastian already answered, "All of us on tour do the same knock, so we know if it's one of us coming or not. I dunno. It's weird but it works." Sebastian shrugged as he opened the door, Chris and Alexa both relaxed together on the couch.

Chris must've just explained the knock to Alexa too, because she nodded and said "So you all do it? Smart."

"Pretty dress Lex, you two ready?" Sebastian asked.

"Thanks! Kristina, Chris' stylist got it for me." Alexa mentioned as she did a quick spin in her beautiful dark blue v-neck knee length chiffon dress. "Rylee yours is beautiful too!"

"Maria picked it out." Rylee quickly spun in hers as well, letting out a laugh.

"Chris, you look as shitty as ever," Sebastian said as Chris walked past him to head out the door, "Thanks man, you too." He laughed, clapping him on the shoulder as he walked by in his black chinos, dark blue button down, and brown wingtips.

They all made their way down the hall towards hair and makeup where they ran into Anthony and Hayley. Eventually they all went down a hallway together to a small conference room where James Corden, along with a handful of other crew members were seated.

Everyone stood up and greeted one another, introducing themselves, a whirlwind of names and handshakes. Once everyone sat, they quickly dove into how the timeframe would flow and what would overall go on.

They were the main guests of the evening so they would all get called out one at a time. And they would mainly talk about the new movie coming out, dropping in occasional banter.

They also mentioned that Rylee and Alexa would have front row center seats that they could go to before the cameras start rolling around 4.

"Any questions? Concerns? Or anything completely off limits today?" A producer who's name Rylee already forgot, asked.

"Uh, actually yeah," Sebastian rubbed the back of his head with his hand, looking towards Rylee and then back again. "I figure it's common knowledge at this point that a few weeks ago something happened at Rylee's apartment...that's a no-go."

Chris also threw up two fingers, as if raising his hand, and said, "and I'm not personally discussing relationship status on camera."

"Noted." The producer jotted the thought down in a small notebook as James nodded.

Rylee was surprised. She didn't realize that tv interviewers actually took the celebrities opinions into account and avoided topics as they wished. She had assumed that they all just jabbed and ripped at celebrities any way they could to get a good interview.

She smiled and nodded at Sebastian, a quiet thank you for making it a nonstarter. He smiled back, squeezing her leg gently.

Soon they all wrapped up and everyone left the room, Sebastian and Rylee walking hand in hand down the hall back to his green room.

"I'm surprised they ask if anything's off limits." Rylee spoke about her thoughts from earlier.

"Not all places do, but the places I consider the best do. Corden, Kimmel, Fallon to name a few. They're here to have fun, not cause problems," Sebastian smiled.

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At around 3:55, Rylee and Alexa met up and took their seats in the audience. It was such a strange experience, literally getting to see all of it, from the green room, to the production, to the recording. Rylee was just glad she didn't have to be up there herself, but she still tried to mentally prepare herself just incase something came up.

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Soon, the Late Late Show band started playing and the lights dimmed, an applause sign showed bright red above the audience, causing an eruption of cheers to ring out.

James Corden dipped out from behind a curtain, waving as everyone in the audience finished clapping.

"Hello everyone! Welcome to the Late Late Show!" James then continued into a quick monologue about current events for a few minutes, occasionally causing the audience to laugh genuinely.

"We've got a special one for you all tonight. We had to bring in the firemen from station 64 down the street because the Fire Marshall said it would be too hot in here tonight!" James clapped.

"We've got some of the cast from the newest Marvel movie, Captain America: The Last Mission! Anthony Mackie! Hayley Atwell! Sebastian Stan! And Chris Evans are all in the vicinity, so try to keep calm. We don't want to get shut down before the party even gets started."

"Speaking of, we may have a few party games to play later today with our guests so make sure you stick around! Anyway, hang tight and we'll be right back with these four after the break!" The applause light shined brightly in the dimmed hall again as the audience clapped and someone yelled cut.

They reset for a few minutes and soon they're calling quiet on the set. The applause light shined yet again, and James was now standing behind a desk on the stage.

"Welcome back everyone. We're going to dive right into it since we've got a lot to talk about! First up, let's welcome Anthony Mackie to the stage!"

The applause light came to life, though it wasn't needed with the natural applause that came with introducing a guest. Anthony strutted out on the stage and shook James' hand vigorously, and stayed standing in front of the couch. Rylee wondered if they get told to remain standing or if Anthony just did it.

"Next, Hayley Atwell!" Hayley came out from behind the curtain to a roar of applause as well as hoots and hollers from Rylee and Alexa. When she got to the stage, she hugged James and Anthony as though she wasn't literally just standing next to them five seconds ago backstage.

"And next up, Sebastian Stan!"

The cheering and applause became slightly louder as he stepped out from behind the curtain and made his way to the stage. He caught sight of Rylee and sent a sly wink her way. She tried not to blush as she clapped and cheered along with the rest of the crowd. When he got up onto the stage he hugged Hayley tightly and, all Rylee could think to call it was, "bro hugged" Anthony and James.

"And last but certainly not least, Chris Evans!"

The cheers and claps became even louder as Chris stepped out around the curtain. Rylee and Alexa still cheered slightly louder than everyone else. He slowly stepped along the couch where everyone stood and gave them each hugs, again, as if they hadn't seen each other or talked to each other in months even though they see each other daily.

Once Chris joined the stage they all took a seat on the couch behind them, long enough to fit four people comfortably and James took a seat behind his desk. The applause light dimmed and the crowd became silent.

"So glad you all could make it again! It's always a blast having you all on the show!" James excitedly stated.

Everyone on the couch nodded in agreement, though Anthony spoke, "we love being here!"

"Alright so, Hayley, what have you been up to lately that opened you up to being in the new movie. At first we thought we heard you weren't going to be in it!"

"That's true! I almost had to pass because I had another obligation at the time, but I could never give up Peggy. I love her too much to just pass her off to someone else, so we made the schedules work."

"And we're so glad you stuck with her! We couldn't imagine anyone else as Peggy either! So, Anthony, as everyone knows you were Falcon in the Avengers movies, Chris was Captain America, and Hayley was Peggy Carter. But you Sebastian. It's almost like you take on two different roles. If you haven't seen any Marvel movies at this point then...well...sorry, ten year old spoilers. You play Bucky Barnes as well as, what would you call it? His alter ego? The Winter Soldier."

"Yeah, it's basically like playing two different characters," Sebastian ran his fingers through his hair quickly, like he always did when he was a tad bit nervous. Rylee thought it was cute.

"The Winter Soldier is so dark and menacing but Bucky's just a jackass with some one liners." Sebastian tacked on.

The audience laughed as well as everyone on the couch, "So Bucky's just you?" Anthony laughed, pointing Sebastian's way.

"Pretty much." Sebastian laughed.

"So who are you in this movie?" James leans onto his desk, waggling his eyebrows as if he was trying to seduce secret information out of him.

Sebastian shrugged with a smirk, "You'll have to wait and see."

The audience laughed and sighed, sad they didn't get any information out of him.

"Oh fine." James waved his little cue cards at him, laughing, "so Chris, how was filming for you? Was it nice to get into the suit one last time? Or emotional?"

"Definitely a solid mix of both, especially when I thought I was done being Cap. But when The Russos approached me about this movie I knew it would be the perfect little bow tied onto my MCU Captain America."

"Physically coming back was exhausting. I definitely had to get back into a routine..I had a good bit of work to handle with working out and fight scenes and stunts."

"Speaking of stunts. What kind of stunt did you pull Sebastian? Doesn't look like it went well." James asked, pointing towards the walking boot on his left leg.

"Yeah...it didn't go great," Sebastian chuckled.

"So what happened?" James asked curiously.

Sebastian ran his fingers through his hair again, "Chris and I were doing a stunt where I had to jump out of a window and my rigging failed. I ended up falling 25 feet straight to the ground. I got knocked out so I don't remember much of it, but I'm told it wasn't pretty." Sebastian threw in a chuckle to ease the severity of the conversation. "But yeah. That's where this beauty came from," he patted his boot gently.

"But over the decade of working with them, and even now, I trust our stunt crews with my life...Literally. Cause even when something went wrong, they still knew exactly what to do and how to handle it. And I'll be forever grateful."

"You guys always sound like you've got a good solid crew of people on these sets. That's great, and hopefully you get that thing off soon!" James replied.

"A few more weeks!" Sebastian responded cheerfully.

"Alright, so who's going to tell us about the movie?" James asked.

Chris scooted up in his seat, "All we can say is it covers that five seconds that Cap was gone in Endgame. So obviously it's a five second long movie."

The audience laughed as James said, "We've got a clip from the movie! Who wants to set it up for us." James said tapping his cards on the table.

"Surprisingly, the clip kind of just speaks for itself," Hayley said confidently.

"Alright! So with that, here we go!"

The audience clapped and the clip played. It was of Steve Rogers standing outside of Peggy's house, slowly walking up the sidewalk, and knocking on the door. As it's about to open, the screen goes dark, and the audience claps again.

"So great, so great. Alright we're going to a commercial break and when we come back we'll be playing a game full of secrets and reveals!" James said as the producers yelled cut.

A few set changes occur, and a box of props end up on the table in front of everyone. Soon enough the lights came back up and the applause light beamed.

"And we're back! So it's game time and why not make it a little drinking game? Truth or drink shall we!"

The crowd clapped and cheered as Hayley pulled shot glasses from the box, covering her laughter filled face with her other hand.

James, Chris, Sebastian, Hayley, and Anthony all took a glass and filled them with vodka, placing the bottle on the table.

"Alright so, rules are, you pull a question out of this jar and if you don't want to answer it you drink, otherwise, you spill your guts. Ready? Alright first up, how about Chris!"

Chris shrugs with a laugh and reaches into the jar, "'Have you ever pulled a prank on anyone and got away with it?' Oh yeah, Sorry, Scott, there was a time when we were kids when Scott spent three whole years thinking he was adopted.

The crowd laughed along with everyone on set. Chris passed the jar down the table to Sebastian and he pulled out a slip of paper. "'Have you ever eaten pizza for two or more meals in a day?'"

Sebastian laughed, "I can't chance it, my trainers probably watching." Sebastian quickly took his shot and made a quick face afterwards, putting his empty glass back on the table.

Hayley pulled out a slip of paper next, "'Have you ever laughed so hard you peed your pants?' Oh my god. Absolutely. I may have had a few drinks already at that point but yep." Hayley said with a belly laugh.

Anthony took his turn next, "'Have you ever gone on more than one date in a night?'" Anthony immediately took his shot like a champ, causing the audience to laugh. Rylee made sure to remember to ask him about that later.

The jar was passed back to Chris and his question read "'Have you ever eaten from someone else's plate when they weren't looking?' Guilty. Sorry. More than once." Chris laughed.

Sebastian pulled the next slip out and read "'Have you ever been pregnant or had kids?' Weird question, but no I've never been pregnant," Sebastian laughed.

"None on the way?" James wiggled his eyebrows, "didn't I just read an article last week about that?"

"Uh, no. Haven't gotten anyone pregnant either. I take this game seriously, James. I wouldn't lie during truth or drink," Sebastian laughed again, trying to brush off James' comment.

"Fair enough, you know those tabloids, always digging for whatever they can.." James laughed.

The jar was then passed to Hayley....

What?....no.....wait, what?

Rylee looked at Alexa, who flushed under the dimmed lights, she whispered, "Sebastian didn't tell you? Shit Ry...I thought he told you..."

"What are you talking about...what is he talking about?" Rylee whispered back in return.

Alexa didn't respond right away. She didn't know what to do. Show her the article or...Rylee didn't give her the choice. She stood up quietly and left the soundstage. Alexa quietly and quickly followed behind her.

Rylee made a beeline for the one place she remembered how to get to, the green room. Once there, Rylee turned around quickly asking, "What is going on...what did you guys not tell me."

Alexa sighed, combing through her text messages to Sebastian. It didn't take her long to find the link and click it open, showing Rylee. "Sebastian's PR person was supposed to handle it... it was posted the day you had your surgery..."

Rylee skimmed over the article and was at a loss for words. "Alexa...."

"I'm sorry, if I had known you were still in the dark about it I would've told you..." Alexa said, upset with herself that she let her friend down like that.

Alexa pulled her in for a hug and slowly pulled her down to the couch to sit together and Rylee let her.

"I can't figure out how I feel right now...I'm annoyed...angry..."

"Here," Alexa stood up and got Rylee a drink of water in a large cup. She sipped from it slowly, processing what E!News put out about her almost two weeks ago.

"I literally go out and buy one thing and the world shits on me for it." Rylee sighed exasperatedly, but how could Sebastian not warn me about this? "This is bigger than just someone following us around to see what we had for lunch."

Just then, Sebastian walked into the green room, a huge smile plastered on his face. He was parting ways with Chris, Anthony and Hayley as they went by his room. He closed the door and started talking before he fully turned around towards the opening of the room.

"Hey baby, James al-" suddenly, Sebastian had a drink thrown in his face, stopping him mid-sentence.

"What in the hell?" Sebastian said, more from shock than anything, his upper body completely soaked with the water that was once in Rylee's cup.

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