the biggest star in the world

parental lore?

madeline's pov

10 years ago

"oh honey, are you lost" i hear a voice above me. looking up i see a scary looking lady with a briefcase in her hand.

"i can't find my mum" i start crying without control. she holds my hand and begins walking around.

"what's your mums name?" the lady asked but i couldn't tell her. "do you know your mums number?" i still didn't answer her.

i didn't know where i was. one minute i was by my parents side and now i don't recongise anything.

"okay honey, a lot of people have gone home already, we're you an extra today? do your parents work for the film?" she asked once we got to headquarters. inside i saw uncle chris. him and my parents we're friends because they had been working together for a while. 

"maddie?? what are you doing away from your parents" he said seeing me walk in with the lady, i run over to him and he picked me up. 

"so you can get her back to her mum?" the lady asked and he nodded. 

"maddie, your parents went home an hour ago. why are you still here" 

"did they forget about me?" chris didnt answer but took me to his car. 

"you hungry kiddo?" 

with rose on my hip we had circled all the way back to craft services again violet had went to check scarletts trailer so i dont know where she was right now. 

"you hungry rose?" i asked and she shook her head still bawling. a second later scarlett comes rushing in the double doors. 

"rosey you were supposed to stay with anna" scarlett said scooping the kid into her arms. anna is scarletts assistant. 

"but i missed you! then i couldnt find you" luckily now the kid had stopped crying. but i had a pit in my stomach. 

"thank you again for helping her, gosh i seem like such a bad mother at this point" 

"trust me scarlett, you are far from a bad mother" i smiled weakly at her now. she tilted her head at me. and had that look in her eyes. 

i left to go back to my trailer to try and enjoy the last 10 minutes of my break. when my break was almost up there was a knock at my door. i let out a breath before slightly raising my voice to tell the person to come in. 

"hey hun" scarlett said stepping in and closing the door behind her. she sat down on the edge of the bed and my heart started to pick up because i felt like she was about to lecture me about something. even though i dont know what i could have done. "are you okay? you seem quieter today than usual?" she asked rubbing my leg for comfort. 

"yeah, i dont know whats hit me all of a sudden" i shrugged and she opened her arms for a hug. hesitantly i leaned over and she wrapped her arms around me. 

"look, i know we havent known eachother that long but i am here for you if you need to talk. or if you just need a hug on a bad day" she said gently and i nodded fighting back the urge to cry right now. 

after another 3 hours of filming, the day was finally over. i said goodbye to the people i wanted to and then got in my car and left. 

i drove to nolas house first and then called her. "im here, were going out" 

"slutty or pajamas" 

"pajamas, can you bring me some too" 

"i gotchu girl, ill be out in a sec" and so a minute later she walks out with a blanket and a tote bag full of stuff. im not surprised. "so also brought the bottle of vodka cause you seem like you need it, you go for it ill drive home" she added and i nodded. 

then we drove to servo for overpriced snacks. i got into my back seat and took my work clothes off, glad that my windows were tinted from my time spent sleeping here. after i was in pyjamas we walked in to get icecream, slushies and anything else i wanted. 

when we got to our normal chatting spot which is in some random residential area infront of some park and lake. we finally got into it. "so i know you didnt just pull me out of my warm bed for nothing so spill" she said cracking open the bag of chips as i open the ice cream. 

"okay" i turned in my seat and pulled the blanket over my lap. "sometimes i regret getting emancipated from my parents" she stayed quiet knowing i wasnt done. "like sometimes i think was it really that bad, or was i seriously just over reacting. and today at work just seeing scarlett interact with her daughter, i dont know i missed what i had with my mum when i was younger."

"babes you were barely with your parents, your grandparents basically raised you until they moved to what the french alps? a few months ago" i only nodded. "i understand missing them but madz i think you're just jealous of the healthy relationship scarlett has with rose. like you lived with your aunt for a few months before you got your own place right? how was that, are you missing a mother figure or the security, or the parental comfort"

"i lied to you, i wasnt with my aunt, i dont even have an aunt. i lived out of my car for a few months" 

"madeline, what the fuck. do you know how dangerous that is, did caleb know. why didnt you tell me" 

"BECAUSE, i had to be alone, i was in a bad spot and i couldnt bother anyone else. i didnt feel like i was in the position to ask for help when i was the reason i was in that situation anyway" 

"its not your fault your parents are famous"