Acting has always been my dream. I had done theatre all throughout middle and high school. I never wanted to do anything else. I finally worked up the courage to audition for an actual production. It’s a beautiful love story, I haven't gotten any news back about casting though.
Speaking of which, I’m sitting on my couch as I get a call.
“Perfect! This is Kathy Jones with Starlight Productions. I was calling to let you know that we would love to offer you the role of Auden.”
“Yes absolutely. We fell in love with you at auditions. Now moving forward we will need to do a final chemistry test with your love interest but it should be no problem. We start preparing next week so I will email you your first week schedule and script. We will be filming in North Carolina and mostly by the beach so be prepared for the weather.”
“Okay thank you so much. I’m so excited.”
“Of course, have a great rest of your day and I will see you next week.”
“Alright have a good day. Bye, bye.”
No joking, after she hangs up I scream out loud. I can’t believe this is happening.
I just got off my flight when I saw a driver with a sign. It has my name on it. I walk up to him.
“Hi you must be Y/n. I’m Mark, I’ll be your driver for the entirety of filming."
“Hi Mark. It’s so nice to meet you.”
“You as well. Now come along, I’m gonna drop you off at your apartment so you can freshen up before the chemistry call.”
“I'm sorry, my apartment?”
“Yes, each of the actors get an apartment complimentary of production while you are filming.”
“Oh wow. That sounds perfect, thank you so much.”
I follow him to a sleek black Cadillac SUV. What is my life? I've never been in such a nice car.
When we arrive at my apartment I’m even more shocked. It’s so glorious, and right along the coast. It’s not a penthouse or anything, but gosh it’s still the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen.
“You go ahead and get settled, I’ll be back in an hour to drive you to the office.”
“”Okay, thank you so much.”
He then leaves. The first thing I do is set my stuff down and immediately take a shower. Get the airport air off of me.
After I get out I have about 30 more minutes to get ready. So I quickly blowdry my hair and just leave it straight. I also do a little bit of makeup. Mostly just to look a little presentable. Then my outfit is some jean shorts and an airy sweater.
I check the time when I’m done and I have a message from Mark saying he’s outside. So I grab my keys and head down.
“Hi, Ms. Y/n. How are you settling in?”
“Perfectly, that shower was much needed.” I say and laugh. He chuckles as well.
“I bet, airports and flights always leave me feeling gross.”
“Exactly what I was thinking.”
“This shouldn’t be a long drive. Once you get there, your manager should be in the waiting room. It’s right through the door. She’ll go over everything you need to know for the day.”
“For this production, yes. I know this is your first role so production hired one for you so there's no stress. Her name is Megan and don’t worry she’s an absolute sweetheart. I’m her driver normally.”
“Oh okay. I guess I didn’t even think about a manager. I figured an agent was enough.”
“That’s totally fine, don't worry. You’re new, it’s not something everyone knows.”
“No of course not, they happily hired her. There's nothing to worry about. Speaking of, we are here. Would you like me to walk you in?”
“No I’m alright Mark, thank you so much.”
“Of course. I’ll be here when you’re done.”
“Why don’t you go get yourself dinner. I don’t mind waiting a minute for you to eat.”
“That’s very kind but I ate before I picked you back up.”
“Oh alright then, I’ll see you in a little.”
I get out of the car and head in the building. I see a woman standing there on her phone when I walk in. She looks up when the door closes.
“Hello you must be Y/n. I’m Megan. I'll be your manager while in production.”
“Hi, yes that's me. It’s nice to meet you.”
“You as well. I’m so excited to work with you. We can get to know each other later but for now I’m just gonna fill you in on what’s going to happen today.”
“So firstly you are gonna go into the main conference room and meet the director, producers, costume, makeup, all those kinds of people. It will just be quick introductions so no pressure. After that you will go into a smaller room and that’s where you will have the chemistry read. You’ll meet your main costar. He’s a sweetheart, you’ll love him. Then you should be done. Any questions?”
“No, I think I got everything. Thank you.”
“Of course, it’s what I’m here for. So go ahead and head into that room straight ahead.”
“Okay, will I see you after?”
“Yes if it’s alright I would love to have dinner so we can get to know each other.”
“Yeah of course that’s fine. I’ll see you in a little.”
I head into the conference room and spend the next 40 minutes saying the same greetings. Not gonna lie, a little tiring. Once I shake the last hand I head over to the smaller room.
When I step in I see two women sitting at a small table.
“Hi Y/n please come in. I’m Kathy and we talked on the phone.”
“Yes, I remember. Hi, it’s nice to meet you.”
“You as well, and this is Jacki, she’s another casting manager.”
“Hi Jacki, so nice to meet you.”
“You as well. It is wonderful to finally get started. I’m so excited to see you bring Auden to life.”
“I’m excited too. Definitely nervous though.”
“That’s totally normal though.” Kathy says.
“But do not worry, we have faith in you.You’ll have such amazing costars to help you as well. Speaking of which, Belmont should be here any second. He’s playing Eli. You are going to love him. He’s such a sweetheart.”
“Megan said the same exact thing.” I say and we all chuckle.
Right after that there's a knock and someone walks in.
Not to be cheesy, but he’s beautiful. It sounds so stupid but the air was immediately knocked out of me.
“Belmont, thank you for coming.”
“Of course,” he says and smiles. My god, it's perfect.
“This is Y/n, she’ll be playing Auden.” Jacki says.
“Hi yes of course it’s wonderful to meet you.” he says and holds out his hand for me to shake.
“You as well. I’m excited to work with you.”
He just smiles brightly. I’m so screwed.
“Alright so basically what you are going to be doing is reading two scenes. We just want to see how well you guys play off of each other. We will do the argument scene and the apology. These are two emotional scenes. We figured it would be perfect to see how well you channel the characters' emotions together.”
We both nod and walk over to the table to grab the scene packets.
“Start whenever you are ready. We’ll do the argument first.”
We both nod again and take a breath at the same time. We look at each other and giggle a little bit.
Then we start reading, it goes incredible. No wonder he was casted, he’s so believable with his emotions.
“That was perfect you guys. Although I had no doubt.”
“That was good, I started feeling bad with what I was saying.” I tell him.
“Oh my gosh me too, your facial expressions almost had me tearing up.” he says and we both laugh.
“You guys are adorable. Alright, let's do the apology scene. Then you guys can head out and rest.”
We get through that scene and we both laugh when we are done.
“Okay you can’t sob like that when we film, cause I’ll start crying.” I tell him and laugh.
“Sorry, I didn’t mean to. I just got so into it.”
“You guys are perfect. We are so excited for this. Now you are good to head out and rest for the night. You have fittings tomorrow a little early so don’t stay up too late." Kathy says.
“Okay thank you both so much. It was great meeting you.”
“You as well Y/n. Have an amazing time alright. From here on out we really won’t see each other.”
Belmont thanks them as well and we walk out.
“So that was fun,” he says.
“It was. It was great to officially meet you. I’m really excited to work with you.”
“I’m excited as well. Is it alright if I hug you goodbye.” He asks a little hesitant.
“Of course, I’m a hugger too. Besides, we'll be filming together a lot. Might as well get comfortable.” I say and we hug.
“True, I’ll see you tomorrow. Have a good night.”
“You too.” I say and start to walk out.
Before I make it out he calls after me.
“Wait, let me get your number. We are friends now after all.” He says and smiles a little slyly.
“Right of course.” I say and hand him my phone.
He puts his contact in as ‘Bel💪’
“Good to know. It was great meeting you Bel.”
“You too. I’ll see you tomorrow.”
I nod at him with a smile and head out to the car.
I get in and Megan is in the back with me.
She sees my smile and smirks.
“Wow, falling for him already?” She asks and laughs.
“No, definitely not.” But I’m still smiling.
“I don’t blame you, he is a cutie.”
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