The Road Ahead Of Us

Chapter 42

Friday, January 31st, 2020

Brenda's POV

12 PM

We got on the earliest flight to LA this morning, which was at 8 AM, and we're finally getting to our apartment. Sam was carrying Bella's dog carrier and his bags, and I carried mine. I unlocked the door and Sam let Bella out so she could run around and sniff the new surroundings. Eventually, she got so tired, she fell asleep on the couch.

"I'm so happy it's not cold here like in Ohio." Sam said. I nodded in agreement, sitting on the bed, putting my suitcases in the closet's for the time being. Sam put his there too and sat next to me on the bed. We laid on our backs and looked at the ceiling. Then we randomly looked at each other at the same time. We laughed."What do we have to do today?" He asked, grabbing my hand.

"Um, I don't think we have to do anything, work wise, at least. We have to go to the office tomorrow, then on the fifth we audition for the movie, and then I think we have an interview with Jimmy Fallon in New York on the 18th."I said.

"So, we don't have anything to do in the time being?" He asked, climbing on top of me, holding himself up with his arms. I grinned.

"Not one thing." I said, pulling his shirt off.

TIME SKIP

Saturday, February 1st, 2020

3 PM

We got ready to go, and went to the office. Matthew was in his office, waiting on us. He grinned widely when we came in.

"Hey guys, I hope you had a good break. Time for a lot of work."Sam groaned and sat in a chair. I shook my head at him and sat in the one next to him.

"What's up?" I asked, crossing my legs.

"Well, for the next week, you guys are going to have a bunch of interviews and CD, poster, phones, whatever signings, and then next Wednesday, you audition for the rolls, then on the 16th, you go to New York, then on the 18th is your Jimmy Fallon interview. By then you should know whether or not you got the part, then you celebrate!"He said. He handed them each a huge, stapled, stack of papers."Start reading, and memorize it. I already know you two have it in the bag, I've seen that movie that Artie made, with you two in the lead." Sam blushed for some reason.

"Um, okay. I don't have to do anything work related on my birthday do I?" Sam asked.

"Nothing except party!" Matthew said, causing the both of us to laugh. Sam was looking through the script and he asked,

"Who play's Abigail's and Danny's parents?"

"Tim Allen and Sandra Bullock play Abigail's parents, and Tanya Clarke and John Schneider are Danny's parents." Matthew answered.

"Cool."Sam said absentmindedly.

"Who plays Annie?"I asked.

"Sabrina Carpenter."He said.

"Oh, awesome." I mumbled, looking at it.

"So, when are you going to tell us?" Sam asked, flipping it to the front page and looking at him.

"Tell you what?"

"That Rachel and Finn are in this movie too."

"They blabbed, didn't they."

"Yep."

"We wanted to surprise you, but come in guys!" He called, and Finn, Rachel, and Julia came in, Julia in Finns arms. I hugged them, but Sam stayed in the chair, once again looking through the script.

"What, no hug Sam?" Rachel asked, mocking hurt. Then Sam started laughing as if he knew something we didn't.

"What's so funny?" I asked.

"There is a 'birth' scene in this. Meaning, you, have to practice giving birth if you get the part." He said. I looked at it and read some of it.

"Oh god." I blushed.

"Oh come on, if I have to fake getting shot and almost dying, you can do that." He said, rolling his eyes. I rolled my eyes at him.

"That is totally different, Sam."

"So?" He asked, shrugging.

"At least you can automatically make your self cry." I said. He scoffed.

"Oh no, don't even go there. You can too." He said. I grinned childishly and sat in his lap so Finn could sit down, Rachel sitting in his lap the way I was, her now holding Julia.

"You can make yourself cry?" Matthew asked."Since when?"

"Since I knew I could." Sam said sarcastically, looking at him.

"Not funny, Evans. Can you do it now?" He asked. Sam was quiet for a few seconds, then he looked back up with a few tears rolling down his cheeks, his eyes red."Whoa." Matthew said. Sam grinned and wiped his eyes.

"Told you?"

"You definitely have it in the bag. And Brenda will too if she dye's her hair before the audition." I nodded. I looked at my own script and saw that at some point, my character had to cut her hair.

"It says here that my character has to cut her hair to her shoulders. I don't want to cut my hair that short." I said, looking at him.

"Any you don't. Everyone knows that you have a lot of hair, but if you don't want to cut it, they'll just use a wig." He said.

"Then why dye my hair back to brown if I just wear a wig?" I asked smartly. He looked at me for a second.

"You have a really good point."

"Yes, I don't have to shave all the damn time!" Sam exclaimed randomly. Then he grinned cutely, blushing because of his out burst. We laughed. Then Matthew handed us, Finn included, two sheets of paper, words only on the front of one side.

"What's this?" Finn asked confused.

"This is what you guys will be reading off of for your audition."

"Why me?" He asked.

"Because Danny is talking to John in this scene, and John is supposed to talk back, so, yeah. Brenda is going to be doing the same thing, but with Sabrina. Hers is about half way through the movie." We nodded in understanding.

"I don't say much." Rachel said."I mean, I'm fine with it though."

"Yeah, but you get to slap Sam on the head a lot." She grinned brightly at that.

"Why does everyone like hitting me? Seriously, most of the time, it's totally unnecessary."

"Most of the time?" I asked. He pouted and I laughed, kissing him on the lips.