Coming Attractions* Chapter Two

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“ Today is Tuesday, my day off, remember?” Natalie complained into her cell phone as she sat in the backyard, the sunnyday warm enough to make her hair cling to her neck.
“ I need a break, Tyler. I’m tired from the last four months in Peru, I’m not signing anything yet,” Her eyes fell on Nick coming out to the back porch/patio and glancing at her. He looked away and started fiddling with the barbeque and she listened impatiently to what Tyler, her agent, was saying.
“ I get the week off?...Ok, thanks, Tyler, I got another call-” The door opened again and this time, AJ joined Nick out on the patio. She hung up and AJ looked over before waving.
“ Hey, Natalie!” He called and she smiled before returning his wave.
“ Care to join us for a dip in the pool?” He asked and once again, she wondered where he got his self confidence from.
“ No, thanks. I got a lot to do,” He nodded and she walked back inside. Her mood that was just beginning to turn up sank even lower when she walked into the living room and saw her sister seated on the plush sofa.
“ Natalie, hi,” She greeted, her voice sounding slightly artificial, forced.
“ Evelynne, what are you doing here?” She asked but felt guilty when she saw the hurt look on her sister’s face.
“ Back from Peru?”
“ Yes. Finally, I get a break,” She said lightly, breaking the tense air.
“ That’s good. Do you want to join me and Marcus for lunch?”
“ Um. Actually, I have a lot to do today. Maybe some other time.”
“...Yes. Some other time,” Evelynne stood up and smiled, forcing it to stay on her face.
“ Well, I should get going...”
“ I’ll call you,” Natalie promised.
“ Don’t cancel any appointments for me,” Nat stared at her and her sister’s smile was quickly replaced on her face.
“ Nevermind I said that. I’ll talk to you soon,”
“ Bye, Evvie,” Her sister walked out and Natalie sighed before going to her bedroom to get ready to go shopping and run the rest of the errands planned for the day... ***** Natalie rolled over angrily, trying to block the loud music coming from next door. Sighing, she opened her eyes to look at the digital alarm. 3:45. Getting out of bed, she pulled on her robe and walked to her balcony. The backyard was crowded with people and they were all being extremly loud. She wondered why none of the other neighbors were complaining yet. She shut the glass door which she had made the mistake of leaving it open for fresh air. It blocked out some of the sound and she walked to her stereo and turned on some soothing music. Crawling back in bed, she made up her mind to have a talk with her new “neighbors” the next day...