The Defender

Chapter 7

Mark slowly rolled over as the sun started to shine in his eyes. He placed his arm over his face as he looked at the clock to see what time it was. The clock read 10:30 am. He shot up out of bed and sat up fast. He could not believe that he slept that long. He looked around the room there was no sight of Mia. He was not surprised that she was not asleep. He walked over to the bathroom and started to clean up a bit. He grabbed a shirt and put it on as he walked down the hallway. He walked down the stairs and into the dining room. He stopped and looked at Mia who had a cup of coffee in one hand and papers in the other.

"Good Morning," Mark said as he walked over to the cabinet and grabbed himself a cup along with some coffee.

"Morning. There is some breakfast in the microwave if you want to give it a few seconds of heat" Mia said not looking up at him.

"What are you reading?" He asked as microwave clicked on.

"Another script" She paused and looked up at him "Would you leave because of my work?"

"Um, what do you mean another?"

"Like this script has more nude scenes then I could even think would be in a movie."

"Well, maybe it is porn and not a movie" Mark laughed at his joke and Mia looked at him.

"I am being honest. I need to know..." She continued to speak to her "I need to know that you are not going to leave me."

Mark could hear then panic in her voice. "Mia, I am not planning on leaving" He paused "How long have you been up?" Mark could tell the anxiety was kicking in and was not sure where it came from.

"I did my workout, made breakfast, and have read 3 scripts." She said as Mark walked over with coffee in one hand and his breakfast plate in another.

"Look, put the scripts away. You know what they are all asking. You need to know how much you want to show yourself to the world." He paused putting eggs in his mouth "Today we are going to go out. You have a week before the roller coaster ride starts. So, let's enjoy it."

"I need to figure out which ones I am going to give to Dean and tell him to book auditions too." Mia paused "This is a big decision."

Mark looked at her and finally put his hand on top of hers "If it is that big of a decision. Why are you not making Dean make the decision? You pay him for his knowledge and his guidance in this jungle."

"True," She said closed the script and Mark smiled.

"So, pack your bag we are spending the night at my place. I have so much in mind for you today." Mark smiled and looked over at Mia who was looking at the scripts. "Mia, did you hear me?"

"Yes," She said and Mark had about enough. He stood up and walked behind her and pulled the script from her hand and Mia reached up to him. He placed all the scripts on a pile and then put them on the other end of the table.

"You have yourself all worked up. Scripts will come and go and you need to make Dean work for you." Mark grabbed bottled water out of the refrigerator "You also need to drink more water not the caffeine which is working up your anxiety." Mia looked down at the water bottle as Mark placed down as he sat next to her.

"Your right." Mia said "I only have a week left. I better live it up."

"Good, sounds like a plan" Mark smiled and took a drink of his coffee. "So, John is going to throw a party tonight at my house. I would like to get there earlier."

"Okay, nothing fancy right?"

"Right," Mark said and looked over at Mia. Mark began to question if he was making the right decision colliding the two worlds together even more, but Mia was capturing everything he wanted in a partner right now.