"Shit come on you stupid card, god I miss keys, OK here we go." Alexia belched out as she managed to open the door.
She threw her things aiming for the couch but instead all landing on the floor "The hell with that .... Hello" she asked trying to catch her breath
"Al .... is that you?" a male voice asked a little concerned.
"Steven!!!!!!! Oh my god how are you!?" Alexia yelled into the speaker.
"A little deaf now," he joked. "Well actually great. I heard you were in Orlando and I decided to drop by to see how you are doing. We haven't seen you for a year, so I decided it was time for some catching up."
"Yeah I know, god its been a long time," she said sitting on the large bed next to the phone.
"So what are your plans for tonight?" Steven asked gently> Steven and Alexia had been friends for a long time, he was actually the one who gave her the first acting job. Thanks to him she would rewrite history. They had met one day in New York; Alexia was late to class, how strange, and they crashed into each other on Broadway, she offered him a hand he offered her a life opportunity
"Well Mr. Spielburg, are you asking me on a date?" Alexia laughed lightly
"Well that depends Miss Fernandez, are you saying yes, because Kate and I want to see you and we are only here for two more days," he answered laughing a little too.
"Sure, pick me up at 8" Alexia smiled at herself finding herself playing with the phone cord.
"We'll be there at 7:59" he said before a good-bye and hanging up the phone.
"Well its 5:30 and I need a shower, so I better get going," she said as she looked at her golden Rolex. She unbuckled it as she walked to the dresser.
She turned on the TV and found herself staring at the image of her walking into the hotel. "What is so fantastic, me walking into a hotel," she laughed trying to feel better of that situation.
She turned around and walked in the bathroom. Half an hour later she emerged form the steamy bathroom with a white robe and a towel on her head. She sat down on the bed and flipped through the channels stopping on MTV.
"...And now for our top story, Alexia Fernandez, the actress that redefined acting, who just a month ago won her fifth MTV movie award and not long before that won her forth Oscar making history again, announced just two days ago, that she would be taking a break from the movie making business and either work on other artistic factors or take a long vacation. Well today she was spotted walking into Jive records building in Florida and we confirmed that she just singed a contract today for an album. " John Norris said with out pausing for air.
"Wow Alexia, does move fast" Carson Daly said impressed by the news. "No actually the companies who want to sign with her are the fast ones, they say that she actually picked Jive because of her long time friend producer John Hanks and because friend Britney Spears is singhed to that label. And also the two most important boy bands, n*sync and bsb, so she has a lot to lean on" Carson said as he ran his hand through his hair. "Well after the break more on Alexia, the bsb new album and your number one video of the day " Carson said as he was sent into a commercial
"Why is it that they record my every move?" Alexia said laying flat on the bed.
Her thought was interrupted by the ring of the phone. She slowly reached for it. "Hello?" she asked softly.
"Hey Ale, so how is the hotel?"
"Oh hi John, the hotel is fine."
"Hey, I was wondering do you have plans for tomorrow night?" he asked changing the conversation abruptly.
"No, I don't think so."
"Great!" he yelled
"Why?" Alexia got intrigued by his yell.
"Well I fixed up a dinner meeting with the head of Jive records and vice, they want to make an important offer to you," he said sounding very happy.
Alexia pressed speakerphone, because she had to get dressed "What kind of offer?" Alexia asked as she put on a white tub top and a pair of black slacks.
"They want you to do a duet with someone," he said lowering his tone
"A duet, why they think I can't sing!?" she raised her voice feeling a bit offended. She pulled her long hair back and tied it in a bun.
"No, nothing like that you'll see tomorrow, it's at 7 :30 at....you know what I'll pick you up at seven at the hotel OK"
"OK, hey thanks for calling, see you tomorrow " Alexia said her good byes as she finished applying a little makeup on her face. She looked back at the muted TV and realized she had ten minutes to get down stairs. "Wow, does time fly by," she said grabbing her purse and keys to her car and walked out the door.
the next night
"So, what is this meeting about" Alexia asked as she entered the fancy restaurant with John.
"You'll see, just be patient" he smiled.
They were taken out to the terrace with a view of the beach, the lighting was low, giving it a romantic mood as a live pianist played love songs and classics. As the waiter pulled the chair for Alexia she took her jacket off reviling a black shimmery strapless dress. "What?" Alexia asked as she saw the look on John's face.
"Nothing, it's just that you look great" he answered as he took his seat next to her. "Hey watch it, I know your wife " Alexia laughed punching him lightly on his shoulder.
They waited about ten minutes ordering drinks. Alexia ordered a dry martini while John asked for rum and coke. As the drinks arrived two men walked to the table.
"Sorry for the delay," an older man said shaking John's hand
"We wanted to be looking our best for this lovely lady," he continued as he shook Alexia's hand.
Both men were introduced, the older man was the president of Jive records and the younger man was the vice president.
"Alexia may I be direct with you?" the young man asked.
"Sure," she said not knowing what to expect.
"Well we listened to your demo on the way over here, for the million time and we were blown away, you have an angelic voice, but..."
"But you don't think I have the ability to sell albums?" she asked a little annoyed.
"No, of course not, the thing is we wanted to ask a favor of you."
Alexia looked confused at the response she had gotten. "I will be retiring in a few months" the older man cut in, "and my dream had always been to put together the perfect group" he said looking Alexia straight in the eye. "I know I am in no right to ask you this but I would like you to join a group that has been with us for a while now, but they just came back from a very long break and well with your angelic voice I know that sales will increase four time more than expected, it would just be one album and then you could have your solo album," the man said playing with a very stylish zippo.
"So you want me to make your dream come true?" Alexia asked smiling at him.
"You already have the perfect group, you singed the bsb" she said remembering her encounter of the day before.
"They came to us as a group, they found each other" the younger man said noticing the sadness in the older man's eyes.
"Someone took a chance with me on Broadway, ..... and you seem to know what you are doing, and I know John totally agrees with this, so the answer is yes, I will do the album." Alexia smiled directly at the older man as the sadness was replaced with joy in his eyes.
They ate dinner and left the subject of the album alone.
As Alexia opened the door to her hotel room she
realized she forgot to ask the most
important question, who was this mysterious group she
would be making an album with. "Well I guess we'll find out who they are tomorrow in
the meeting" Alexia said out loud as she got ready for bed.
"What... Cat oh my god!" Alexia said as
she sat up in bed. "You didn't call me
and you say your my best friend" Cat said lowering her
tone of voice "Sorry its just that
I've had a lot of work to do, will you ever forgive me" Alexia begged with an annoying
tone of voice which she knew drove Cat crazy. "OK...OK
just stop talking that way and
tell me how are you?" she asked "Well lets see.........