So I arrived in L.A and my dad had a bed set up for me in a room. I hopped in my bed and went straight to sleep.
**next day **
My dad made food and sat at the table.we started talking about his job.
"So .. Who's gonna be in your new movie ?" I asked.
"Brad Pitt .. No big deal." My dad said.
"Oh right !! Cause brad isn't that great ! Haha! " I said sarcastically.
"So .. Your mom tells me you want to be a writer.. And it had me thinking ..." He said. I waited for him to say something.
"Maybe you can start writing a script of some sort you come up with and I'll see if my team thinks it's good?..!" He said.
"Are you kidding ?!?! Yes ! Yes !!! Oh my gosh !!!! Thank you !!" I said then hugged my dad!!
"Alright I gotta go!' Make yourself at home .. Because this is your home !!" My dad said. I went in my room and noticed it was kind of empty and boring. There was only a BED! I decided to go to IKEA and get a little table and other random furniture. I got back home and started writing a script. I couldn't think of anything. I was sitting tapping on the table doing nothing. Then something clicked and I began writing. I wrote maybe 10 pages And let my dad read the dialogue.
"Looks good so far! I never knew you were a great writer!" He said.
"... Hey! How about you come into the script office part of the studio and just sit writing some ideas there!" My dad suggested.
"Yeah ! Sure !!!" I said. So I had to wake up early the next day because they were shooting early and my dad had to be there early!!!!! He gave me a key to go in room that was labelled "writers room" . It was pretty nice. It was air conditioned and has some good snacks along with drinks!! I was the only one in there ! I was just on my laptop writing things that popped in my head. An hour later.. This girl who looks my age walks in.
"Who are .. You ?" She asked.
"Umm I'm Alex nice to meet you too..." I said sarcastically.
"Haha! Sorry I'm Tiffany ! .. " she said. (Tiffany will look like emma Roberts)She took a seat across from me. She just had her headphones in for the first hour of writing.
"So... You help write for the studio now ?" Tiffany asked.
"Yeah.. It's pretty insane but yeah . How long have you been working here ?" I asked.
"Probably a year ... I'm only 20." She replied.
"Yeah same.. I'm 20." I replied. We continued to write. It was 3pm and someone walked in.
"Alright ! You guys can clock out of here !" He said.
"Alright ! See you tomorrow Alex!" Tiff said cheery. It was kinda weird.
"Yeah .. See you around!" I replied. So I got my stuff and walked near the set to tell my dad I was leaving.They had 2 more hours of filming left and I didn't wanna wait! So I left. I ubered to that beach near the pier. I just saw near a rock and went on my phone. As I was scrolling through my Instagram feed it looked like my friends were having fun. It made me miss being there in New York having fun with them. But I tried to think positive about being here in L.A. I got back home. Took a shower. Then took a giant sleep! The next day we got back to the studio. I saw Tiffany in there. We started talking.
"So how'd you get a job here anyways ?!" She asked. It was a little too forward .
"Yeah I studied creative writing and my dad saw my scripts and thought they'd be good for the production here. What about you?." I replied.
"Yeah my dad works here too ! He helps co- direct with your dad I think !" She said. Some worker lady walked in and took a look at our scripts. There's a team that reviews our scripts and other peoples to really see if they like it and they revise it.
"This is great!" The lady said then left taking one of my scripts.
"Guess she isn't a fan of lovey dovey scripts!" Tiffany said laughing. 1 hour this guy who looks our age walks in.
"Oh hi!" Tiffany said .
"Hey I got moved from the other room to here. I'm Logan.(Logan will look like Jessey Stevens). He was kinda cute I guess. But I didn't care to approach him that much because i was tired of boys. We all kind of sat a little distant from each other. Tiffany walked over to me.
"Hey umm I'm kinda feeling sick.. Can you ask someone if they have an aspirin?" Tiffany asked.
"Yeah sure ..." I replied. I walked around and literally had to ask everyone but they didn't have any! Until one of the actors heard I needed one and they actually gave me one. I walked in the office and Tiffany was sitting directly in front of Logan and she seemed all happy.
"Oh hey... " Tiffany said.
"You want your aspirin...?" I asked.
"Oh yeah thanks.." She said then continued writing and talking to Logan. As we clocked out of there I went back into the office room because I left my phone in there. Before in left .. I was about to throw out my candy wrapper and saw the aspirin pill in the trash. I walked to the parking lot waiting for my dad to finish up doing last minute stuff. I saw Tiffany about to walk to her car.
"Hey! Tiffany !" I said as I jogged to her.
"What's up Alex?!" She asked.
"I just wanted to remind you that we start work apparently at 8:00 am for tomorrow!" I said.
"Oh ! Thanks!" She said then opened her door then I interrupted.
"And.. I also found the aspirin pill I got you .. In the trash .." I asked. She hesitated.
"Yeah I was having a headache and it went away. I'm really sorry about making you run around looking for one! I really am!" Tiffany said.
"No .. It's .. It's alright ! Well I hope you don't have any more headaches making me run around !" I said.
"Haha! Yeah! I'll see you tomorrow !" Tiffany said. Some things seemed a little odd with her. But It was a long day for me so I didn't care so much! I got back home. Jess texted and wanted to FaceTime because a lot our friends were together. I accepted.
"Hiiii! Holy crap! I miss that face!!!" Jess said. I laughed. She pointed to camera at some people.
"What's up Alex! Thanks for leaving me with Jess to do stuff you and I used to do!" Jaden said.
"Shut up!" I could hear Jess saying in the back ground.
"yeah .. Sorry bout that!" I replied. Me and Jess were talking for about an hour. My dad came home.
"So Alex .... Everyone loves the scripts you've been writing!" My dad said.
"Seriously ? So ... Are you gonna use them for your next movie...?" I asked eagerly .
"Probably ! But come outside !" He said. We walked out the front door to the drive way.
"Since you click out of work earlier than me... I figured you get tired of waiting for me so.. I got you this!" My dad said. I looked and it was a car.
"Haha! Honestly ! Thank you so much for this, dad! It's so great working here too!" I said then went for a spin in the new car. Turns out L.A isn't so bad as I thought it could of potentially been for me.
**couple weeks later***
I got to work. Logan was there before me. And Tiffany didn't come yet. He was already typing and stuff. I was waiting for my computer to finish the update and I was looking around the room. My eyes just happened to land on him. He was actually really beautiful to look at. That sounds kinda creepy I know. I never really spoke to him. Tiffany came in.
"Hey!" She said then sat in front of Logan. She started looking back at me then walked to me.
"Hey Alex! Leanne wanted you to print out 7 copies of your 3rd script!" Tiffany told me. I went to the printer room and made them. I tried to find Leanne. I also saw my dad directing some scenes and they looked so cool! I finally found Leanne.
"What can I help you with...?" She asked.
"you said you needed 7 copies of my 3rd script I made ..?" I said. She gave me them back.
"Umm... We already printed them out .... You didn't have to print them out! I told Tiffany to tell you.." Leanne replied then drank her coffee.
"But... She ... Umm yeah sorry for this!" I said then walked back in the office.
"Hey... Can I have a word with you...!" I said.
"Sure .. Me or her?" Logan asked.
"What?..." I asked. He looked back at me.
"Umm .. Tiffany can I speak to you.." I said. We walked in the hall.
"Why'd you make me print out 7 copies of my script when I didn't need to?!?" I asked. She tried to act like she thought Leanne meant something else.
"Right when you left .... I got an email from her saying you didn't have to anymore ! But I was too lazy to go after you !" She said.
"Sorry ... Here ! To make it up to you ! I'm gonna get you some Starbucks !" Tiffany said.
"Alright .." I replied . She left right away. I got back In.
"Everything all good ..?" Logan asked.
"Uh yeah.." I replied. This was like the first time he was talking to me. But it was just about unimportant stuff. He seemed pretty nice.
"Hey .. Umm.. I feel like a douche by waiting 3 weeks to actually say hi or something to you .." Logan said.
"Haha no ! It's .. It's alright !plus , I didn't even say hi to you ever either !" I said.
"Well.. I'm Logan .. Just to properly introduce myself .." He said .
"I'm Alex nice to meet you as well..!" I replied smiling back.
30 min later.
"So you're really good at writing right? I heard they're gonna use 2 of your scripts already for movies!" Logan said.
"Huh? Oh yeah they are but I don't think I'm that good. I just think of random stuff and somehow the writers like it .." I replied.
"I heard you made the script for the last movie produced here though..!" I said.
"Oh that... Yeah! They've used at least all of mine!" Logan said jokingly.
"Haha alright !" I said. Tiffany came in.
"Oh hey... You bought Starbucks ..?" Logan asked laughing.
"Yeah to make up for something... Anyways I got one for all of us !" Tiff said. As we clocked out , Tiffany stopped me.
"Hey! You and Logan were actually talking to each other ...." She asked.
"Uh yeah.. What's up?" I asked slowly.
"Oh nothing ... It's just that .. I really like him and ... I just don't want you interfering or anything. .." Tiffany said. After she said that.. Now it made sense.
"So.. You made me run to get you an aspirin and go to the print room just so you could be with him by yourself? !" I asked.
"Please, how could you not tell!" She said sipping her drink.
"Why does it matter .. You don't like him do you?" She asked me. I thought about it. He is pretty cute and nice.
"Well whatever ! He probably likes me more since we speak more!" Tiffany said.
"Alright I'm gonna leave already... You're annoyingly childish!" I said then went in my car.
**end of chapter** to be continued . Wait for next chapter. Just to notify you guys!
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The Ordinary Girl
Teen FictionThis novel is about a girl named Alex (portrayed by Lia Marie Johnson)who moves to New York with her mom. Her mom gets a new job and stops homeschooling alex, leaving her to finish her senior year at a real high school. She experiences what it is li...