𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗲 [ 𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗶 𝗮𝘂 ]

opportunity.29

lewis walked up to the hostess and gave her a huge smile, "hi, i'm meeting with benjamin mazzarra," lewis told the hostess. she nodded her head and led lewis to the table. when he got there, he saw another lady sitting next to benjamin. lewis made his way down to the seat and gave benjamin a confused look.

"good afternoon ben," lewis greeted with a smile. he glanced at the unknown lady and benjamin gave lewis a wide smile.

"lewis! good afternoon!" benjamin greeted back, "this is lana lively. she is the director of the new netflix show, leave me lonely." 

"oh wow!" lewis said a bit surprised, "i heard the casting for the show was amazing. don't you have like jack dylan grazer, jenna ortega, millie bobby brown, and noah schnapp?" 

"yes we do! we got an amazing cast," lana answered with a sly smirk on her face, "...i'm actually meeting with you and benjamin today ...  because i was wondering if you were willing to audition to be part of the main cast?"

lewis felt his heart stop. they wanted him on the show? the boy cleared his throat and tried to hide his excitement, "me? why me?"

lana chuckled, "well, you're an amazing actor! i've seen a lot of your work and i'm always astonished by your acting. i also think that you would be the perfect fit for this role."

lewis looked at benjamin who only gave him a proud smile. lewis continued, "but i just got this one movie role—"

"you haven't signed the contract yet, lewis," benjamin finally added in, "forgot about that one movie and think about this show — with this cast! your career is only gonna go up from here."

"i would also like to add that the show has a contract, guaranteeing four seasons of the show with everyone in the cast," lana explained to lewis, "this show is going to be a hit. they're calling it the new teenage drama series of the decade. you'll get more recognition, more money, more fans — there are no cons."

"there isn't?" lewis asked, eyeing the two. it all sounded too good to be true. why butter him up if there wasn't one con? benjamin sighed and leaned forward onto the table.

"the show takes place in los angeles, california," benjamin told the boy. lewis sighed. he knew it was too good to be true. the boy would have to move to los angeles, for years to be on this show. he would have to leave nini. 

lewis leaned back in his chair, "can i think about it?"

lana nodded her head, "i'm here in new york until the end of the week. you can audition in front of me and we'll see how it goes from there." 

"alright, thank you so much for this opportunity," lewis told lana, "i'll let you know by the end of the week." even though the boy knew he was probably going to decline the offer. he wanted to finally be with nini.

lana nodded her head. benjamin clapped his hands together and sighed as he picked up the menu, "alright! enough about work, let's eat!"

+

nini opened her door to see lewis, "hey!" he happily said and gave her a kiss on the cheek, "your moms home?"

nini shook her head, "nope! date night tonight."

lewis nodded his head and looked around the house. he dug his hands into his pants, "so you wanted to talk?"

"uh yeah," nini said as she made her way to the living room. lewis followed and they both sat on the girl's sofa, "it's kind of a lot."

"it's okay .. i kinda wanted to talk to you about something that happened to me today. but it's not that much of a biggie," lewis told nini with a smile.