Find Me

25. A Bit Creepy

Once at the tall, intimidating building, I instantly climb out of the car. Hero stays quiet and put which I am grateful for. He had told me last night that I would need to meet Jamie inside and she'll give me the run down of what I need to do.

"Josie!!" I hear her call once I enter. The place is very warm compared to outside which sends a shiver through my body as it tries to adjust to the new temperature.

Looking over I see her short blonde hair bounce with each excited step she takes towards me, soon I am wrapped in her warm embrace.

"It's so good to see you!" She exclaims excitedly. "Where's your golden retriever at?" Jamie laughs and looks around.

"He's in trouble, so he doesn't get the privilege of coming with me," I roll my eyes as she laughs even more.

"Fair enough, where's the mini Hero then?"

"With my parents, I'll be going to get him after this though," she nods along as I speak.

"Alright, well here walk with me." She starts strutting towards the elevator. "We will be going up to the fifteenth floor, and when we get there, there will be a desk that we will need to check you in at. From there we will wait till you are called in for the audition, don't worry I'll be in there with you, I'll be there to give them some important information about you and schedule times if they'd like to see you again. Sound good?" We enter the elevator.

"Uh, yeah." I answer unsure.

"I hope you memorized that script, if not I bet they will have a version in there that you can use but it looks best if you already have the lines down. It shows commitment and gives you the chance to really act to your full ability." She looks over at me with a raised brow.

"Yeah I do, Hero said the same thing and made sure I had them down. I practically remember them like I remember my name now," I giggle at the memory of our long hours spent going over it and how into it Hero got. He's so excited that now I may have the chance to work on a project with him in the future. I grow dreary thinking about earlier, first I had a meltdown than he blew up, I think we both are just very stressed and don't know how to handle it. Maybe we should do counseling?

"Earth to Jo!" Jamie snaps her fingers in front of my face.

"What?" I asked a bit startled.

She walks behind me and starts pushing me out of the elevator doors that I now realize are open. "Cmon, girlie! Wake that brain up and let's get you goin!"

I laugh, "alright, alright."

Side by side we walk up to the desk, sitting behind it is a chubbier man with dark skin, thin gold wire framed glasses and a black turtleneck.

"Hi there! Are you here to check in?" His voice is very soothing in this nerve racking situation.

"Yes, my name is Josephine Fin- Langford," I catch my slip up before it fully comes out. In my peripheral I see Jamie look at me with a big smirk on her face and knowing eyes.

"Wait, are you the Josephine Langford that's dating Hero Finnes-Tiffin?" His eye brows raise and his body language starts to show that he is excited. "Oh my, you are also that super cool rocker chick from Australia!"

"Uh y-yeah," I nervously chuckle, not knowing whether to tell him that we are actually engaged. I need to speak with Hero about if this is something we want to keep a secret or not.

"That's just lovely," he giggles and brushes his hand over one of mine resting on the counter in a friendly way. "So, let's see," he squints his eyes at the computer screen in front of him, "oh! Here you are, and you'll be trying out for the role of Naomi today, honestly girl, I think you'd be perfect for Marley." He adds with a wave of his hand.