Chapter 4: "Hey do you have a lighter on you?"

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Monday, February 13th:

It's finally the day of my audition for 'OuterBanks' and I'm starting to get nervous as I get ready to go. It's currently 10:23am and my audition isn't until 12:00pm. I've paced around in my bathroom about 5 times and have smoked 2 cigarettes in a span of 20 mins.

I get dressed in a white crop top, blue denim shorts and paired it with a oversized white jacket. I decided to put my hair in a messy bun and a favourite gold necklace of mine that has a compass ring attached to it.

As I'm headed for the door I quickly put on my white airforces & grab my packet of cigarettes, a lighter, my AirPods, my script & disposable camera, I bring a small black handbag to put everything in

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As I'm headed for the door I quickly put on my white airforces & grab my packet of cigarettes, a lighter, my AirPods, my script & disposable camera, I bring a small black handbag to put everything in. I lock up my apartment & head to my car.

The drive to the building the auditions are at is only 23 mins away from my apartment.

I arrive outside the building at 11:30am and start to feel really nervous at this point, I've noticed during the car ride I've rubbed my earring multiple times & have smoked two more cigarettes. I take a deep breath getting out of my car and start heading towards the building & make my way inside.

As I get inside I see that there are two people already here. One was a brunette girl with wavy hair that's been thrown up in a messy bun. She's sitting on the couch outside the audition room waiting. Shes really pretty & I start to get more nervous. I make my way closer to where she's sitting until the director Jonas notices me.

"Hey Ashlie right?" Jonas asks as he smiles at me.

I notice that next to him was the second person I saw when I walked into the building. He's a tall, handsome guy with brunette hair, he's also wearing a backwards blue cap. I admire him for a few seconds before I give Jonas an answer.

"Yeah that's me, hey Jonas." I answer with a smile as I shake Jonas's hand.

"So the plan for today is that there is one other person auditioning for Avery today they were meant to be here before 11:30pm but I guess they are running late." he explains

"Is it cool if you can hang around for a bit and we will hold your audition for 1:00pm?" he questions.

"No yeah that's totally fine, yes I can hang around." I smile at him while he nods his head.

"Cool, now for the mean time you can go outside walk around for a bit or you can have a seat until we're ready for you." he gestures to the couch before he returns back to the audition room.

I take a seat on the couch next to the brunette girl that's sitting on my right as I go on my phone for a bit til she speaks up.

"Hey my names Madison Bailey I'm auditioning for Kiara." she says with a small smile as she holds out a hand for me to shake.

"Hey I'm Ashlie Niemi auditioning for Avery." I return the gesture and shake her hand.

"You nervous?" she asks.

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