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Tatum sleeps in the next morning, taking off school to stay home with Emma. Well, partially stay home. Tatum learned how to schedule a doctor's appointment with the girl's primary doctor in LA. She will take Emma in at 1 PM.

It's 10 AM when Tatum actually gets up. She checks on a sleeping Emma, who spent most of the night coughing, keeping her awake until 2 AM when she finally fell asleep from pure exhaustion.

The brunette goes downstairs to make herself some breakfast. She makes the classic avocado toast and has a glass of milk with it. As she's eating, her phone rings.

"Hey!" Tatum smiles when she answers the phone.

"Hey, Sweetheart. How are you? I haven't heard much from you," One of her moms, Talia, asks. Tatum's moms both know about her job, but not about her relationship with the girls.

"It's good. I've been so busy lately with my job and school though. How are things at home?" She asks.

"Oh, they're good. Mama's traveling again in a couple weeks for work," Talia replies, "Tell me about you, I wanna hear how my girl is."

Tatum smiles, "I don't know, I've just been studying and working."

"Having fun with work?"

"Oh, yeah. I've gotten to do so many cool things, like be a stunt stand-in," Tatum explains, "You should come out to visit me and meet my bosses!"

"Meet your bosses?" Her mom questions.

"Well, yeah. They're not like traditional bosses, you know? Since I live with them and all," Tatum explains.

"That's true. I guess we could take a quick trip out before Mama leaves for her work trip," Talia suggests.

"That would be perfect! You and Mama would have to sign an NDA though."

"Ah, yes. The first of many," She sighs.

"What do you mean?"

"Well, we'll probably have to sign more when you become a famous actress," Talia enthusiastically says.

"Mom!"

"You're going to make it big, Tatum, I know it. You'll be our little star," She insists.

"Hey, who's on the phone?" Emma asks as she comes into the kitchen. She coughs once, which then sends her into a fit.

"Oh, hey, Mom, I gotta go. I'll text you later though, okay?" Tatum asks.

"Okay, sounds good. Bye!" Talia says before hanging up. Tatum puts her phone down.

"That was my Mom. How are you feeling?" Tatum asks, standing up to feel Emma's forehead. She's had a fever since yesterday, which prompted the girls to want to take her to the doctor. Her face is still warm, but her arms cold, raised with goosebumps.

"Like shit. Still," Emma sighs. The brunette frowns.

"Sit, I'll make you something to eat."

"I'm not really hungry, I don't really think it's a good idea," She replies.

"You gotta put a little something in your stomach. And water. I can make toast, that shouldn't upset your stomach," Tatum suggests.

"Okay. Thank you."

"Yeah, of course," She answers as she begins to make the toast. Emma coughs again in a little burst, "So I think my moms might come visit soon."

"As bosses or girlfriends?" Emma asks.

"Bosses for now. I haven't told them about it yet," Tatum replies.

"Do you think they would get mad?"

"No... Probably not... I just don't know how they'd react. My moms are super chill, but I've never dated anyone let alone start off with four girls," Tatum explains. The toast pops out of the toaster and Tatum puts it on a plate.

"Yeah, that makes sense. I would love to meet your moms," Emma smiles. She then has a small coughing fit again, "Maybe not when I'm sick though."

"Yeah, no, I wouldn't invite them here when you aren't well," Tatum nods, "Here you go."

"Thank you."

***

"And joining us today is Sadie Sink! Welcome to the podcast!" Laura, the podcast host for Pretty Girl Podcast announces. Sadie was invited to be a guest on her podcast a couple weeks ago and today they are recording.

"Thank you! I'm absolutely stoked to be here," Sadie says into the microphone. The two girls sit on couches facing each other with their own individual microphones in front of them. A camera records them and will be uploaded as a YouTube video.

"Let's get right into it, first off, since it's so recent, we gotta talk about Stranger Things 4," Laura says, "Tell me about your filming experience during this season."

"Yeah, it was definitely an experience. Stranger Things has always had dark undertones within it, with the monsters and stuff, but this season was a whole lot heavier," Sadie explains, "And we all kind of came to the realization that our characters aren't really kids anymore. They're teens going into high school and now navigating high school while they have these monsters."

"Yeah, it definitely adds a whole new element," Laura agrees, "And when you talk about navigating high school, you mean with the popularity and relationships?"

"Yeah, relationships especially for Max. I feel like Max isn't one to care about being popular. I mean, we see in season two she joins right along with boys who aren't popular at all," Sadie laughs, "Her relationship with Lucas is definitely an important factor of season four."

"And at the end of season four, we see Max and Lucas kind of... rekindle, I guess? What do you think is gonna go down for them in season five?"

"Honestly, I have no idea. In my ideal situation, Lucas and Max would get back together," Sadie smiles.

"Yeah?"

"Yeah, I think Max deserves a happy ending. Or at least some happiness," She explains.

"Oh, totally," Laura nods, "And as far as your other popular projects go, what do you think we'll see from you in the future? You've come along with two more incredible movies, Dear Zoe and The Whale, what kinds of roles do you see yourself in?"

Sadie thinks for a moment, "Hmm, that's an interesting question because I haven't really thought about it. I'm still in that young age where I'm mostly playing teenagers. I think in my opinion, I want to expand out and maybe do some more mature roles."

"I feel like The Whale was a very mature role for you," Laura comments.

"It was! And even thought I was playing a teenager, it was very different from playing Max or playing Tess or even Ziggy. Even though I feel like I've kinda been type-casted as the "Stereotypical angsty teen girl", I feel like The Whale was a role that really made me break out of my shell," Sadie explains.

"Yes, absolutely. So what about the different genres? You've been in horror and drama mostly, what about romance?" Laura asks. Sadie blushes which makes Laura laugh.

"I don't know, I guess I've never thought about it. Any kind of romance scene still makes me kind of nervous," She replies.

"Nervous?"

"Yeah, I don't know why I just... get nervous at the thought of doing kissing scenes," Sadie laughs.

"Honestly, that's a valid feeling. I'm assuming then that there's no special someone?" Laura words this playfully but Sadie blushes. She doesn't normally get asked this in interviews so it throws her off-guard, "Or is there?"