Big puffy eyes, a big zit on my chin, and mascara streaks on my face is what I saw when I looked in the mirror that morning. The puffy eyes and mascara streaks are from crying myself to sleep. I felt horrible after the way I had treated Justin. Ryan and I had gone out and had a good time. We were expected to. I never made out with him though the thought crossed my mind. As I walked into the bathroom and across to the shower, I remembered telling Justin that I would write and call. I promised myself I would no matter how busy I was. Guilt flooded through me. After I got out of the shower, I blow dried my hair, carefully put on my makeup to hide my eyes and zit, and put on a long red skirt, black tank top, and a red cover-up over it. The drive to the shoot seemed to take hours. When I got to the studio, Ryan came up to me.
"Did you read that article?"
"Yeah, and evidently so did my boyfriend." I said tersely.
"I'm sorry Stacey. But I have to tell you something."
"What?"
"I find you-" He started but got interrupted.
"To the set guys. Stacey go to makeup first. You look horrible." The director said, giving me a disgusted look. I went to makeup and had my makeup redone to his satisfaction. All day long, I sucked.
"If you mess up like this tomorrow, you are through." The director stated. Great, I thought. I'm close to losing my part.
"Stacey, what I was trying to say before was that I find you very attractive." Ryan said and alarm bells started ringing in my head.
"You do?" I squeaked.
"Yeah." Then he brought his lips down onto mine. Before I could push him away, I sensed somebody was in the room. I whirled around to see Justin standing in the doorway. He was holding a bouquet of flowers which he threw down on the floor and started leaving.
"Justin! Wait!" I called out, running toward him. The elevator doors opened and he stepped inside. He turned as the doors closed and I caught a glimpse of the tears streaming down his face. The doors closed, cutting me off from Justin. I leaned against the cool metal walls, tears streaming down my cheeks. As I slumped down onto the floor, the realization hit me. I was about to lose my part in the movie, Ryan had a crush on me, and I just lost my one true love. My world was crumbling around me.
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