Broken Star // Chandler Riggs Fanfiction

Chapter 2

Wes caught a ride back to the apartment with me, he went to his room and I went into mine.

I heard yelling inside, I creaked open the door to see my dad lying flat on his stomache. The tv was on some sports game and he was yelling.

"Dad!" I hissed, turning off the tv.

"Shaddup you slut, you left me, like mother like daughter," he gave out a bitter laugh and rolled around onto his back.

"Dad, I got the part," I said ignoring his comment.

"I hope your mother sees," he stared blankly at the wall.

I heard my phone buzz and I picked it up.

Dear Ashley,

We are happy to have you on the cast of the walking dead. We have already sent you your first paycheck. It will be required that you live in Los Angeles. It is convenient for us if all the cast lives in the same place. We have many events coming up, so we also require that you get an agent to manage the events and your publicity. You will not have to come to Georgia until filming starts. Just to remind you, your character is Madison James. She is your age, and we are adding her in as a soft sensitive character. She will be romantically involved with carl grimes, so we wish you would get to know Chandler Riggs. It's optional, but we wish you would create an instagram and a twitter for publicity. We will tell you more about your character later, but for now we want to promote you to becoming a cast member. There will be many parties, interviews, screenings, and red carpet events we want you to attend to promote you. We will also make sure if you create social media that you become a verified user.
We thank you for joining the walking dead cast.

Frank Darabont

I smiled.

"Dad I got my first check," I said excitedly. He mumbled something, as I went to check how much the check was for.

My mouth dropped open and my dad glanced at me.

"What is it now?" He growled.

"Nothing," I mumbled rushing into my room. I pulled off my clothes to change into new ones, the cuts on my hips caught my eye.

I glanced towards the door, seeing it was locked. I traced my fingers gently over the cuts. There was an occasional bruise. On my stomach from times when my dad got seriously out of control.

I heard someone banging at my bedroom door and I quickly slipped on an old ratty hoodie and some skinny jeans.

"Open the door Ashely!" I heard my dad yelling.

I bit my lip and peeked through a crack in my door to see my dad angrily banging on the door. I noticed behind him a smashed pictureframe with a picture of my mom inside.

I yanked open the door and my dad tumbled onto his face, he cursed but stayed down and eventually I heard him snoring.

I rolled my eyes just as the front door burst open. Wes stood there wide eyed.

"I thought I heard your dad, I came to help," he rubbed the back of his neck.

"Nope, um he's fine," I pointed towards my passed out dad. Wes smirked at my dad passed out on the floor.

"I got my first check," I grinned at Wes.

"Seriously? You got to treat yourself! Get new stuff, your a celebrity now Ash! Come on, you've got to get new clothes, new phone, new house, new car," he smiled at me he looked like a child as he imagined everything.

He looked so happy, and for once it looked real.

In a way I felt an urge to do just what Wes said.

"I can't just spend all my money, but I'll work at one thing at a time," I nodded at him.

"Okay," he smirked at me.

"I'll get new clothes, phone that kind of stuff today," I smiled at him.

"You want to come with me?" I asked. He looked a little excited.

"Yeah. I mean I shouldn't, I don't have money," he muttered.

"Wesley, it's okay, we can fit in now," I smiled using his real name. He blushed.

"Shaddup, let's go," we went and drove downtown.

Wes walked patiently with me as I went from store to store, coming out with lots of bags.

I loaded up on makeup, clothes, and items I had always needed.

By the time I was done buying an entire new wardrobe, my arms and Wes's arms were filled with shopping bags.

We drove back to my apartment, dropping the bags off in my room. I locked my bedroom door, and slipped the key in my pocket. I didn't want my dad touching my stuff.

We drove back downtown to the electronics store. I bought myself a the new iPhone, and a new laptop as well as an iPad.

I admit I went a little crazy, but I hadn't had a day like this in forever. When I was growing up I had nobody to take me shopping.

Wes and I were strolling along the sidewalk, we passed a skate shop, and I caught Wes staring at a skateboard in the display.

"Wes?" I said quietly.

"What? Sorry if I'm going to slow we can hurry up," he muttered quickly averting his gaze from the skateboard.

"Hey wes can you get us some coffee? I'm going to check something out," I said handing him a ten dollar bill.

He walked off and I headed into the skateboard shop. I asked the store clerk about the skateboard, and he gave me the last one. I quickly paid and asked for it to be put in a gift box.

He wrapped it up in a lime green wrapping paper and handed it to me.

I went outside and walked over to Wes, who was sitting at a small outdoor table.

"What's that?" He raised an eyebrow at the package as I handed it to him.

He opened it and a grin broke onto his face.

I hugged him as his phone rang. He looked at the screen and frowned as he answered it. I could hear someone yelling on the phone, and Wes held the phone away from his ear and cringed.

"I think my mom wants me home," he gave me a apologetic look. He thanked me again before rushing off.

I sipped my Starbucks. Things were going okay. Maybe eventually I could get my dad into rehab, I could live a happy life.

I drove back home, and put all my new purchases away. Most of them in places where my dad couldn't find them.

As I was setting up my new laptop, I got another email from frank.

Dear Ashley,

Just some information about your character, Madison James.
She's a sweet sensitive girl, were trying to connect with teenage girl fans so Madison is a very insecure girl. Her mother passed away from cancer before the outbreak, and her father killed himself the day after the outbreak. You run into the group and seeing you're only a teenager they take you in. We will have your script sent to you soon, we will email it to you, since you told us that you will soon be moving into a new house. We have hired an agent for you. Her name is Karen and we have her attached information. We do have some upcoming events but Karen will let you know in advance.
Glad to have you on the team.

Frank

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Okay so next chapter is a school chapter so she meets chandler :)

I've got a lot of the story planned out and I'm thinking eventually I'm going to add Hana Hayes as a character once chandler and Ashley get close. Hana Hayes isn't bad I know that just in this book I'm going to twist her personality to make the story more interesting. I'm also trying to not rush chandler and Ashley's relationship I want them to slowly realize they like each other. I don't think ill do Pov chapters BC it's too complicated and I want it to be more in just Ashley's Pov.

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-punktwd