in love with a pornstar (modern au fanfic LAMS)

chapter 49

third person

"listen, you disgusting, foul, piece of shit. i swear to god and all that is fucking great like my ass, i will kill you if you do anything to him before our contract is up."

"threat or promise?"

"that's a promise. i will break my foot right up in your ass."

"you telling me all of this doesn't scare me. i mean, i could really just send them in right now-,"

"you wouldn't. i know you wouldn't."

"i'm sorry, would you like to test that theory?"

alexander grumbles something under his breath.

"that's what i thought. i except you and maria to be on set today."

"fuck you." alexander spits.

"right back at you."

the line goes dead, alexander throws his phone down on the bed. maria frowns, sighing deeply. she looks at alexander who practically looks dead inside.

"i don't want to go get my guts rearranged." maria speaks.

"could you say that in a less disgusting way?"

"i don't want to go get my back blown out."

alexander grimaces, a small smile rising to his face but disappearing quickly.

"why can't we just leave?"

"we could," maria replies. "then feel guilty for the rest of our lives."

"i always feel guilty." alex sighs.

"why did we choose to work in this business?"

"it seemed like a good idea at the time."

"look where that assumption got us."

"rich, upset, and questioning all of our life decisions?"

"yes."

~...~

"i will not be putting this on."

maria is holding up an extremely skimpy bikini. it was red and tied in the back. the bottoms couldn't classify as bottoms, it looked like shoe-strings. she was holding it with two fingers, looking at it with disdain.

"out of all the years i've been working in this business, no one has ever made me wear something like this."

"there's a first time for everything."

"that phrase is used in the context of me trying a food i've never tried before. this is me signing a contract without knowing what i'm signing away my rights to."

"reynolds."

"what?"

"put the bikini on."