Never Saw This Coming

Avalon.

Maddy

In the past week, I've come up with all five designs for my women's swimsuits and one for the men. I didn't want to wait until I came up with all the ideas, so I've already started to stitch up my first idea. It's a two-piece. The top is purple and then the bottom is white with a flowery design I managed to find at the fabric store. I decided to have one thong-style panty so this will be the one. I've been working on it all day now.

I sew the bottoms when a knock on my door distracts me. "It's open, Nat!" I yell at my roommate. The door opens, but it's not Natasha. It's Novalee. She has a huge smile plastered on her face which immediately makes me smile. I finish the line on the panty before turning off the sewing machine. She walks in and hops on my bed. "Guess what," she says through her large smile. I start to worry that her cheeks hurt. I get up from my chair and furrow my brows. "What?" I ask.

She takes a deep, dramatic breath. "I got the fucking part!" She raises her hands in the air and my mouth drops at the news and the f-bomb. She rarely curses so she must not be lying. I attack her with a hug and she starts laughing. "Nova that's fucking amazing!" I hug and shake her at the same time. My best friend is going to be famous soon, I will bet on that. I pull away and look at her. "What?" She stops her giggling. "Farrah or Avalon?" I ask her. She wanted to get the part of Farrah because of the way they're alike in many aspects.

"Avalon," she says. I frown. "It's okay, Maddy! I got a part on a freaking Netflix show that's supposed to do well, I really don't give a single crap who I play. I'm finally gonna play a main character!" She throws her arms in the air again and the smile on my face returns. "You fucking are," I cover my mouth a bit "that's fucking sick," I say. I'm still in shock, literally shaking from excitement. She waited long enough to hear back from the casting management. We cheer together again.

"Wait, when did you find out?" I ask her. "Yesterday, when I was at Chris's. I just didn't say anything because it was Cgc's birthday, but it's not anymore so!" She grins. I hug her again and then pull away, grabbing both sides of her face. "Who got the part for Jaxon? Do you know?" I ask her. Jaxon is going to be her love interest in the show. "Oh, let me show you!" She pulls her phone out from her back pocket and presses a couple of things before turning it over for me to see the screen.

I gasp, "He's fucking sexy." I glance at the guy one more time. He has light brown hair, blue eyes, and a perfect jawline that almost make me drop to my knees. "We did a chemistry read together. They said we had the most chemistry with each other, so that played a big role in us getting casted," she tells me. I snatch the phone from her and admire the man on her screen. "You're going to be kissing that. I'm so jealous." She laughs. "I have a boyfriend, Maddy," she reminds me.

"Ooo, Valdez should be crying right now," I joke. She tilts her head, snatching her phone back. "I'm in love," she tells me. I roll my eyes. "I know, I'm kidding." I hug her for the thousandth time. "I'm so proud of you, I told you you could do it," I say genuinely. She's smiling when we pull back, "Thank you, Mads. I'm so excited!" She moves her shoulders up and down. I walk over and pick up the top which is already sewed. "What do you think? This is one of the tops I've made so far. She gasps, "It's cute!" I smile, setting it back on my table. "I think so too. I'm still working on the panties though," I tell her. "It's gonna be so cute," She nods her head quickly.

"When do you start filming by the way?" I ask her, sitting back down on my chair to sew. "Late May in New York, can you believe it?" The excitement in her voice is clear. "That's sick, I might join you over there for some time. Maybe I'll get some company to buy my designs," I say. "Oh my gosh, that would be so cool! Just you and me in NYC for a couple of months." I smile at the idea. That would be fun, but we'll see. I need to focus on trying to make more designs to actually start submitting things to bigger companies.

"What has Chris said about it?" I ask. "Oh, he said he's down to come and see me whenever he can. Football doesn't start until mid-July after we finish school in June, so he could be there for a little if he wanted to." That would be fun too, having her boyfriend there. "Plus, Xan is from NYC so whenever I'm filming, he'll be able to see him," she says. My face drops slightly at her statement. Of course, he lives in the city I've always dreamed of living in.

"Oh," I say. Nova's phone starts ringing. "Speak of the devil. Hello?" She says.

"Yo! Where you at?" I roll my eyes. I thought Christian was calling her. It's Xander.

"Dorms, why?"

"Need a favor."

"What?"

"I need you to pick up some medication for me. Everyone's in fucking class and I'm heading to my next one. The pharmacy closes at 4 and I won't be out by then. Be a babe and-"

Xander's voice gets cut off. I turn around and Nova's holding the phone to her ear now. She turned off the speakerphone. Her eyes are a bit widened and I glare at her. Why did she take it off speaker?

"Yeah, sure. Text me the info. Okay bye." She hangs up. Her eyes don't move from me and her face starts to flush. "What did he call you?" I ask. She shakes her head and furrows her eyebrows. "Nothing," she says shakily. She hops off my bed and starts walking towards the door. "Well, I'm gonna go get his medication. I'll see you later, Mads. Maybe we can celebrate me getting the part since it's the weekend," she says, smiling. She's doing a good job acting like that didn't just happen right now.

"Okay," is all I say. She gives me a thumbs up and rushes out of my dorm room. Novalee is very strange, but what happened just now was weirder. And as her best friend, I have to get to the bottom of it. Quickly too.

I pull out my phone and find Cgc's contact.

Me: question.

I set the phone down, not expecting him to answer quickly, but he does.

Cgc: ??

Me: do you happen to know if xander has a class right now or is he home?

I obviously already know since I just heard part of the conversation he had with Nova, but I ask anyway.

Cgc: What the hell are you going to do with information about Xander????

Me: answer the question.

Cgc: Why??

Me: cgc, i'll hurt you.

Cgc: You don't scare me.

Me: just tell me, damn.

Cgc: OK. Yes.

Me: perfect. do you happen to know which one it is?

Cgc: He's gonna kill me. European History with Prof Hoffman.

Me: you're the best!

And I didn't even have to beg.