Captain Swan - On the Virge

Part 3/10

The next day, Emma and Ruby held auditions in Emma's apartment for the main character of her movie, Katie. The first girl to read the script looked like she was twelve, maybe fourteen tops. The movie was no porn, but it was a romantic comedy definitely unsuitable for teens.

Emma sipped her coffee as she and Ruby watched the young girl read the lines from the script in her hands.

"Of course I have needs. But I'm not about to give my body over to some man who's only interested in me giving him a blow-"

"Okay!" Emma shot up her hands to stop the young girl from continuing. She couldn't listen to another word from this innocent girl. "Thank you so much! That's... that'll be all."

The girl frowned as Ruby showed her to the door and closed it behind her. She followed Emma into the kitchen with a clipboard that held the other auditions.

"How old was she?! Twelve?" Emma asked as she leaned against the counter.

"No," Ruby replied, looking at her bio and flashed Emma a look, indicating that she really didn't want to know the girl's age.

"How many girls do we have left?"

"Reading for Katie?... just one."

"That's it?"

"Mmhmm."

"Oye,' Emma sighed as she took a another sip of coffee. They heard a knock on the door and Ruby went to answer it.

Emma listened as she let the girl in.

"Brandy Bell, come in."

"I loved your script. It was so funny."

As the girl spoke, her voice was oddly familiar but Emma couldn't quite place a face to it. She peaked around the kitchen doorway and her eyes blew wide when she saw who was standing in her living room.

"Actually, I din't write it. The director did. Wait here and I'll go get her," Ruby said as she left the girl in the living room.

"Okay."

When Ruby walked into the kitchen, Emma grabbed her arm and pulled her out of sight.

"Owe! What's your problem?" Ruby asked, rubbing her arm.

"It's Tina!" Emma replied in a loud whisper.

Ruby shot her a confused look.

"She's a porn-star at Grind!"

"Wait a second, her real name is Brandy Bell and her porn name is Tina?"

"Just read her and get her out of here!"

"Okay." Ruby went back into the living room where Tina was waiting and after she read the script, Ruby showed her to the door. "Thank you for coming. We'll let you know after we've met with some more girls."

"Okay, great! Thank you!" Tina smiled brightly as she left.

Emma let out a long breath of relief as Ruby rejoined her. If Tina found out they were filming at Grind, their whole plan would be ruined.

"Now what are we going to do?" Emma sighed as they sat at the kitchen table.

"We'll just have to keep looking. We'll find someone."

"I hope so. I'm not going to settle on just anyone, even if it takes us longer to find the right person."

"Exactly. Hey, we should go the bar and get drunk tonight. Want to?"

"I can't. I have to go to a party that the director's hosting. Actually, I was wondering if you wanted to come with me," Emma pleaded with her friend. "I don't really want to go by myself."