Young & Inlove // Tom Holland

1 // The Phone Call

"Shit, no--really!?" I scream into my phone, my words jumbling together. I suddenly feel a small pang of guilt for my agent, Tammy on the other line. I probably just busted her eardrum for the millionth time. But that thought slips out my head almost as fast as it entered. Thankfully, she doesn't respond irritated; just with a simple laugh.

"Yes, really. They contacted me personally." I was lost for words as she responded, "Apparently they're looking for a new love interest to expand the story a bit. They're creating a FOURTH movie!"

"And they want.. Me?" I couldn't believe it. Apparently SONY had contacted me personally, wanting me to be apart the most popular book to movie adaptation trilogy to date: "Lust for Love.". As soon as it popped on screens, fangirls all over the world rushed into theatres, only to fall deeply and madly in love with it just as I had fallen in love with "Harry Potter" and "Twilight" only years before. I remember running into the theater with my best friend, Anna at midnight and battling people for good seats. As soon as the crack of light started emerging on the dark screen, my heart gave out. I couldn't take in all of this news at once, it was absolutely insane! There were only three books but they're expanding- or creating- an alternate ending- what? How could they do this!? The film industry really is unpredictable. Not to mention that the new "boy of the century", Tom Holland was the leading male role. And now... they.. They want me to star in the..- I must be forgetting to breathe as I'm becoming a little faint-

"Yep! They saw you in that short film. What was it again.. Oh! 'Life in the Dark?' It won them over."

"How did they find it..." It was a small project I did with my friend, Sam who was in my film class. I had written it, he directed it. We were the perfect team. It was such a small project though; barely reached over 100 views on youtube. How on earth could have the representatives at SONY gotten ahold of it-and actually like it!? I had never heard better news in my entire life.

"The leading man, Tommy?" I giggled at her remark. She was new at this 'being an agent' thing. But I took a chance with going with her. She has such passion for the film industry and her dad used to be one of the most successful agents in all of Hollywood. She is still figuring out the terminology and getting familiar with important names and faces though.

"Tom Holland." I said, effortlessly. I wouldn't be working with him, right?

"His best friend is a film director! He has quite good work too, actually. I googled him as quickly as I could."

"Harrison?" I was slightly embarrassed to be such a fan of him and Tom, but for some reason I couldn't stop speaking, "He saw my work? And liked it?"

"Obviously, aren't you listening to anything I've been saying? We made it, girlie! You're going to be a superstar and I will be the best agent in all of Hollywood." But that's when I lost it. Between my breath getting caught in the back of my throat and the jumbles of excitement in my stomach, my body couldn't seem to take enough.