Friends of Fame

S7E5: Rumor Has It

Morning
[Juicy Couture Headquarters]
*Jo sat at a table in a room across from Danielle Lythgo.*

Danielle: Ms. Simmons, you have potential. You have the face, you are what we need to revive this company. If you take a look right here, you can see your many street looks that represent Juicy Couture. You are even wearing it in a few of these.

*On a big screen, a man clicked from slide to slide, showing many paparazzi photos of Jo walking around the streets of LA. Her fashion and style was always really cool and you could easily tell she loved it by what she wore. Jo dressed kind of like an early 2000s tom boy. She wore cap sleeve tees, mini camo and denim skirts, low waisted jeans, long sleeves under short sleeves, claw clips, and so on.*

Danielle: This tracksuit you were here, made by Juicy, proves your natural flow and complexion with the company. We want you to be the face of the company, our head model-

Jo: Modeling?

Danielle: Yes. We will sponsor every event you go to, and you would need to wear Juicy Couture to every public event you go to. Juicy was really big during y2k, but let's be real, everyday we get less and less relevant. What we need is a familiar name, someone to bring us back up. You've gotten much less relevant recently, too.

Jo: That was by choice.

Danielle: Right. And of course before we found our perfect target, you, we did loads of research. From what we've found, you dated someone named Tucker Rakes for three years, which is when and why you decided to quit all social media, correct?

Jo: Uh...

Danielle: You don't need to answer, we know enough. Also according to our research, you broke up months ago. Which means your reason for being out of the public eye is well... gone. We are not asking you to confirm or deny any of this, we don't want to make you uncomfortable. All we want to know is well... are you in or out?

*Jo looked around at all of them.*

Jo: I'm in.

Danielle: Perfect. Here is your entry check. It's small, but as you excel in the company so will your payment.

*Jo picked up the check and saw twenty thousand dollars written on the cover.*

Jo: It's perfect.

Danielle: Great.

That Same Time
[the NICU]
*Nancy weeped next to Natalie's bed. She was covered in tubes going up her nose and out of her mouth. They were taped to her wrist and around her ankle as well. She was also so tiny, and tinted purple. The nurse walked in.*

Nurse: Nancy, you're here, good.

Nancy: I'm so sorry I couldn't come in last night. My job is driving me crazy right now.

Nurse: No worries whatsoever. She did great. She slept through almost the whole night.

Nancy: Really?

Nurse: Yep. She's a great little girl.

*Nancy laughed through her tears.*

Nurse: And she'll be okay. We really aren't supposed to say this, but I think she'll be going home in the next couple of weeks.

Nancy: Oh, that's so good to hear. Listen, tonight I am being forced to go to an event for my work, I won this award and I have to attend to accept it and keep my record label.

Nurse: Oh, well congratulations.

Nancy: Thank you so much. I am telling you to give you this. It's my agent's number. I'm not allowed to have my phone at all tonight so call this number if you need to reach me and I'll be here as fast as I can.