Rare || Awsten Knight

7

**CONTENT WARNING**
This chapter has mentions of drugs and domestic violence.  It does not go into full detail.  This story will always give fair warnings at the beginning of any chapter containing something potentially triggering.

Okay carry on..
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"You never loved me," I shout as the tears prick in my eyes. "You never loved me, but I fell for it. You made me believe it and now-" I sigh, wiping the single tear that had fallen off of my cheek. "Now you're going back on everything you've ever promised."

"And scene," the casting director says, a smile on her lips. "That was great Sophia, thank you so much for coming in today. Can we shoot some different angles of you for our camera? The movie is going to use a bit of CGI and we just want to cover all of our bases," she states as she walks over to me and leads me towards her camera man. I stand still in front of him as she rattles off different expressions for me to make or asks me questions related to the movie as he shuffles around me.

"I just think you'd be perfect for this role. It's female power all the way," she says clapping her hands together.

"Where would we be shooting from again?" I ask curiously. I know Isabel and I had talked about this already, but I tend to zone out after a while.

"There are a few location shots that we need in England and Iceland, but the best part is that it's mostly local. The CGI and green screen means it's mostly a closed set and we have the perfect location on the shore of California. Nothing better," she quickly glances down at her clip board before looking up at me. "So it looks like we're all set. I'll be in touch with Isabel." And with that she leads me out of the room before closing the door behind her.

This was the most nerve wracking part of my job. Auditions are where your dreams can either come true or fall into pieces and in L.A. everyone wants their dreams to come true. I pull my sun glasses down over my eyes as I make my way out of the building and into the busy streets. I'm met by Rob, my newest security guard, and we begin the walk to the parking garage in a comfortable silence.

The silence is quickly ruined by the padding of feet coming from behind me, followed by a few more. Rob is quick to turn around, ready to fend off whoever is quickly approaching. "Sophia, can we get a picture with you please?"

I turn around and come face to face with a girl and a boy, both in their later teens, but seemingly harmless. I give them a warm smile as I side step Rob and approach them. "Absolutely." Once we're close enough I give each of them a hug and I hand Rob their phones for him to take the pictures. A few more people show up and I quickly make my rounds, talking to everyone as much as I can while taking selfies with a few. When the crowd starts to get a little too heavy, Rob announces that we must get going and the small crowd that formed around us lets out a collective groan.

"Sophia, can you just answer a question for my twitter?" a girl asks as we begin walking.

"Sure," I nod, looking over at her to see she's recording me.

"Do you like Knightgomery or Sophsten better?" She snickers as my face changes from a smile to a bit of a shocked look.

My cheeks instantly heat up as the crowd that's still following behind us all let out their giggles, clearly getting a kick out of the question. "Ask Awsten," I quip, looking at her camera with a smile as Rob directs me towards the door to my apartment building chuckling to himself as he stops the group from following us inside.

Awsten seemed to be the question on a lot of people's tongues these days which unsettled Isabel a little bit with my upcoming trip to see him in just a few short days but I couldn't care less. Our friendship was well established on social media with how often we liked each other's photos or commented on something the other said on twitter. The fans were eager to put in their two cents into whatever relationship they thought Awsten and I were harboring, which was, for the record: still platonic.