"Hey, it's nice to meet you." I shook Alex's hand. He was bald and looked to be in his late thirties early forties. He wore a white t-shirt and a pair of beige cargo shorts.
"You too. Please, have a seat." I sat down across from him. We met up at a coffee shop around the corner from my apartment, to discuss the movie situation. It was around 11am and the sun was already beating down, causing it to look like someone sprayed my face with a nerf gun, I was so sweaty. "How are you?"
"Drowning in the heat, but good." Actually horrible but, you know, I couldn't tell you either way. "How are you? How are you liking Texas?"
"It's great. I love the heat, so it's perfect for me. Anyways, if you don't mind I'd like to get down to business."
"Definitely. I just have some questions, you said in LA?"
"Yes, we are shooting the movie in LA. Flight and accommodations would be paid for and everything. We start filming in about a month, so we would need to fly you and Ben out a few days before that."
"Right, about Ben. Is in the movie?" Alex nodded. "Who else is?"
"Um, Ben said the only other person you would know on set is Andy Biersack?" I nodded. Alex explained how much I would be getting paid and the kind of work I would be doing. And it was a lot - of money and work. "We would only need you for about two weeks, and you can bring on person with you. I understand you're pregnant, so we made a few arrangements and your husband can accompany you."
"That won't be an issue." I said quickly. "We're sort of separated right now."
"Oh." Alex said sadly. "I'm sorry to hear that."
"It's okay," I forced a laugh as I pushed my hair behind my ears. "All of this sounds amazing."
"So are you in?" I thought.
"Do you mind if I just make a quick call first?"
"Be my guest." Alex smiled. I walked out of the coffee shop and into the boiling heat again. I called Cameron and explained everything Alex said to me.
"Dude, do it and bring me."
"I can't just- what about Danny?"
"Dude, I don't give a fuck. You're too pregnant to fly alone, I'm going with you." I sighed.
"Cameron..."
"Leda..." She begged.
"What about CC? You're gonna ditch him for LA?" I asked, curious as to why I was trying to find reasons to say no.
"He's already in LA, with Andy. He's gonna be on set all day. And now I get to see him too." Cam squealed excitedly. I sighed.
"Only if you pack for me."
"Yes we're going to LA!" She screamed and I laughed. We said goodbye and I sat back down with Alex.
"My assistant pushed a few things around for me, and it's a go. Yes."
"Ah, perfect. I'll email you all the information, and mail you both tickets, just in case." Alex smiled brightly. We exchanged contact information and cell phone numbers before parting our separate ways. I drove straight home and called Danny.
"Hey, Leda." He answered excitedly. "How's my beautiful little lady doin today?" I laughed.
"A little more beautiful today. Come over? I have some news."
"I'll be there in half an hour."
"Text me when you're here." I smiled as I hung up. I grabbed the mail before going upstairs into the apartment. Danny lived about half an hour out of the city, as he liked being 'out in the country'. I hated the country, and so did Denis, which is why we lived in the city in a high rise building. I sat down on the couch set the mail down on the couch. I pulled out my phone again and called Ben.
"Leda?" He said, sounding kind of sad and a little hopeful. I was curious.
"Yeah, hey Ben." I forced a smile, trying to make myself sound a little less dead inside.
"What's up?"
"Oh, nothing much, really. I got that email from Alex about that movie and-"
"He told me you said yes." Ben interrupted. "When I gave him your name, it was before everything. You know. Before it became weird that I did that."
"Oh." I nodded. It made sense. But did he not want me to go now?
"Not that I don't want you to go. It would be really cool of you. And he isn't coming, so don't worry about it." Internally, I sighed in relief.
"Okay. Neither is the other he. Cameron is though."
"Cool." And that's when things got awkward. We both sighed at the same time.
"Well I better go. Gotta figure out what to pack and stuff."
"Yeah- yeah me too. Have a good one Leda."
"You too." I hung and sighed a breath of relief. Before I could even put my phone down, Brandi called me. "Oh- Hi."
"You answered fast, wow."
"I literally just got off the phone with Ben." I excused.
"You're talking now?"
"I gu- no, not really." I forced a laugh.
"Listen, I'm so so sorry I haven't called you. I know you needed someone and it was shitty of me to ignore you. Can we be friends again?" I laughed, a real smile on my face now.
"All I wanted, Brandi. Yes."
"How are you, how's the baby?"
"Good. Well, the baby's good. I'm pretty sure I'm going crazy but, you know, the usual." She sighed.
"I'm sorry." She sighed. "Anyways, I totally didn't call about this. About the invitation, I just wanted to let you know that-"
"Sorry? What invitation?"
"The one we sent to you?"
"Hold on." I put the phone down on the couch and started sifting through the mail, looking for something from James and Brandi. As soon as I found it I tore open the envelope and read it. A wedding invitation.
Dear Denis and Leda Shaforostov,
We would like to invite you to our wedding!
When: July 18th, 4:00pm
Where: Our backyard!
We hope to see you there! Love, James and Brandi.
It gave an RSVP number, and a note about gifts. I was in shock. This is so soon. When did he propose? Oh my god. "Congrats what the fuck." I laughed.
"Thank you," Brandi giggled. "I thought you knew. We both posted about it?"
"Oh god, I haven't been online in so long. I didn't see. I'm so sorry I didn't check the mail sooner."
"Don't worry about it. Anyway, back to my little, thing. It's no secret things aren't exactly peachy with you and Denis. We do really want both of you there, but you don't have to come as a couple or anything like that. And if you can't make it I understand-"
"Does Denis know?"
"Yeah, we called him after the fact, when we found out he wasn't staying at home. He said he's coming."
"I really don't want to disturb anything. Are you sure I should come?"
"It doesn't matter to me if you're together or not, or what's happening, you're my friend, and your James' friend. We want you there."
"Okay, yeah. It sounds amazing." We talked for a while, catching up, before Brandi had to go. I was still in shock. Am I the last person to know? Probably. Weird. I was the first person to know when Brandi was pregnant.
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Shaforostart It - THE SEQUEL (2016)
FanfictionEveryone is back. This story is a re-publish of a fic I wrote in 2016 and has not been edited since.
