Falling For Sam

Chapter 1

A couple years ago I finally decided to follow my lifelong dreams. Yeah, sounds cheese-y, I know, but it's the truth so why hide it? Acting is my life, and I can't imagine it without it. Especially today. Well, it's hard to imagine what is actually reality. That doesn't make much sense, but I'm not a writer, I'm an actor. Correction, actress. Actress.

I finally landed a gig I have been waiting for years to get. After building up my experience with annoying musicals (geez do I hate feeling like I'm in some show like High School Musical), not-so rigorous theater practice, and those high school plays that aren't really liked by many, I finally got my dream role. I get to play Ally Conners on Life After Near Death.

Now, if you haven't heard of Life After Near Death, I'm going to have to smack you. Sorry, that sounds a bit harsh. Disappointed is more fitting. The show has quite an intriguing plot that has for some reason caught my eyes ever since I was 8, at least that's how old I think I was when it aired.

My mother thinks it will really do something good for me to have this job, but I'm still worried. I'm worried about my nerves. What if I screw up on the same scene a thousand times? What if I get sick from all the nerves? There are just so many what ifs. All I can do is sit back and wait. Just "go with the flow" you could say.

My best friend Spencer already has been an actor for a few years, and is quite the miss popular. She doesn't let the fame get to her, which is one quality I really like about her. Also, she happens to be dating (unlike me) a famous "pop star" named Ryan. I've met him a couple times, and he's really nice too. She certainly deserves someone like him where they can truly appreciate each other's company aside from both of their fame and fortune. They are quite adorable together actually. They remind me of those couples you see all over Tumblr that make you want to eat ice cream and wish you were in their place because of how adorable they fricken are, like seriously? But yeah, they are great together and great people themselves.

I plan on moving to Cali to just start a new life with my acting career. Spencer lives in a nice small house there and we've managed to convince my mother to let me stay there while I'm shooting for the show. She's someone that my mother can really trust, besides the fact that we met because her mother is my mother's best friend since years ago (probably since the 80s as far as I'm concerned). She supposedly has an extra empty room for me to stay in, but it is currently a storage room. I don't want to be like some pesky fly while I'm staying there, so I wouldn't mind staying in Spencer's room if I had to. It's not like I haven't had to share a room with someone before.

When I start to think of my first day on set, "Confidence is key" is all that I repeat to myself. If I keep it in mind, it can't be that hard, right? I mean, if you have confidence, talent, and a good personality, that's all you need to be an actor. Just don't forget to show all of those qualities or your act might just fall right down into the basement of an abandoned warehouse.