Five Years Later | ✓

36 | Acting Audition

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"Bree, I wish you the best of luck with your audition today!" My best friend Peyton told me with excitement in her voice from her spot on the couch. "I can't wait to hear how your audition went when you get back."

"Thank you so much, Pey." I told her, looking at her over my shoulder as I put my purse over my shoulder. "Me too, I will share how the entire process went. I should get going. I don't want to be late for my audition."

"You're welcome, Bree." My best friend told me, still looking at me. "See you soon, Bree."

"Goodbye, Pey, I will see you later today." I told my best friend over my shoulder as I walked to the front door.  I opened the door and walked out of the house.

I unlocked my car, I opened the driver's door and hopped into the driver's car. I closed the driver's door, put on my seat belt before I turned on the ignition and pulled off the driveway.

Before I started driving towards the destination of my acting audition, I quickly pulled my car next to the curve to put on some relaxing music to calm down my nerves about the audition.

Once that was done I started driving to my destination. Last night before I went to sleep, I looked up the address on my GPS to realize the destination was fifteen minutes away from my house.

Fifteen minutes later, I turned my car into the right lane and got in the line of the security check. Two cars later, it was my turn to be checked by the security guard before they verified that I was allowed to be in the building.

"Good morning, ma'am, can I have your ID and the reason for your visit today?" The male security asked me, approaching my car after I turned the window down.

"Good morning, Mister. I will get my ID for you in just a moment." I told the security guard, reaching for my purse from the passenger seat, I took my wallet out, I opened up my wallet and took my ID out.

I placed my wallet and purse back on the passenger's seat before I gave the ID to the security guard. "Here is my ID and the reason for my visit is a movie audition for the project living a double life."

The security guard took the ID from my hands and told me. "Thank you Miss Aubree , I will be back after verifying this information."

"Of course, you are welcome, the time you need!" I told the security guard as he walked back to the security booth to verify the information that I gave him. 

As I waited for the security guard to come back, my phone's screen lit up from the bash board. I picked up my phone from the bash board to read the text notification. My eyes landed on the text notification while I unlocked my phone, quickly a soft smile appeared on my lips.

Calvin: Hello Aubree, I hope you have a great audition today and I am wishing you the best of luck! I am looking forward to hearing how it went if you are willing to share.

Me: Hi Calvin, thank you for your luck! I will text you with how the entire process went!

"Miss Aubree, I gave the green light to allow you to enter.You can park your vehicle in the first parking lot on your right and you need to go to building E for your audition." The security guard said, appearing back to my window as he returned my ID back. "Good luck with your audition."

"Thank you!" I told him, taking my ID back from his hand, then he unlocked the gate and I entered the premises, getting one step closer to my acting audition.

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"Aubree Rose, thank you for coming to audition for us. We will let you know if you have gotten the role." One of the female casting directors told me after I finished saying the last line of the script that I was given over email.

"Thank you for having me and it was an honor to audition for all of you today." I told them, still staring at all of them with a bright smile on my lips.

"The honor is ours, Aubree Rose." The same female casting director told me as she returned my smile.

"I hope you have a good rest of your day." I told them, picking my things from the table, walked out from the room and I gently closed the door behind me.

I entered the reception area, holding my head high as I scanned my surroundings. There were two young women waiting for their name to be called so they were able to do their audition.

I pushed the glass door open to exit the building once I was standing outside, I felt the cold wind of late december around me. I zipped up my jean jacket, retrieving my phone and car's keys from my purse as I walked towards my car.

I unlocked my car to climb into the driver's seat and once I was inside I made sure to lock the car for my own safety. I entered my phone and clicked on the texting app.

I was going to be texting Peyton or Calvin to tell them how my acting audition went, but I quickly changed my mind at the last minute and I clicked on the group chat with my four friends. I started typing my text message, I read the text message a couple of times before I hit the sent.

Me: Hello everyone, I just finished my acting audition. Is everyone free to hang out?

I clicked out of the texting app to enter into the GPS app. I placed the address of my house before placing my phone on the dashboard. I turned on my car and started driving back home. It wasn't until fifteen minutes later when I was able to read text messages that were sent by my friends to the group chat.

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Thirty minutes later, Peyton, Tristan and I found ourselves standing in the hallway of the fifth floor standing in Calvin's apartment door. Peyton was holding a bag full of snacks and I was holding a bag with our favorite drinks. With my free hand, I softly knocked on the wooden door.

Not even one minute later, I heard the door being unlocked and opened it. The person who was standing behind the wooden door was Samuel. "Hi, Aubree, Peyton and Tristan, welcome to Calvin's apartment, please come in!"

"Hey Samuel!" Peyton greeted Samuel as she and her fiance were the first ones who entered inside of Calvin's apartment. 

"Hello Samuel!" I heard Tristan greeting Samuel as I started heading inside of the apartment.

"Hi Samuel, nice to see you again." I greeted him, walking right past him and I walked into the kitchen.

The first thing that my eyes landed on was Calvin who was standing in the middle of the kitchen, taking a plastic container from the refrigerator and placing it on the kitchen's counter.

His eyes landed on me like I was magnetic searching for the polar. Our eye contact didn't last very long for the reason I was the one who broke eye contact as I set down the bag that I was holding on the kitchen's island right beside the other bag.

"Hello Calvin, how are you?" I finally greeted him as I heard the door of the apartment being closed shut by Samuel.

"Hi Aubree, I am doing good, thank you for asking." Calvin replied to my question, feeling his eyes on me. "How are you doing?"

"I am glad to hear that you are doing good." I told him, sitting down in one of the bar stools located in front of the kitchen's island. "I have been doing well, lately, Calvin."

"I am happy to hear that, Aubree." Calvin told me as he closed the refrigerator behind him. "Aubree, Peyton, Tristan and Samuel, do you know where you want to order food from?"

"I was thinking about ordering food from Taco Bell?" Peyton suggested to us, sitting down on the bar stool next to me.

"Taco Bell sounds good right about now." I agreed with my best friend.

"I vote for Taco Bell!" Samuel said, sitting down on the last remaining bar stool.

"I vote for Taco Bell as well." Tristan shared his response to Calvin's question after Samuel had finished talking.

"I  am feeling like eating Taco Bell tonight." Calvin shared his opinion with us, retrieving his phone from the back pocket of his jeans. "While we waited for our food to get here, do you guys want to listen to my debut album before it comes out?"

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Fun fact, I had planned for Aubree to audition for this role for months now.