Cover Girl [Completed]

Chapter 8

I wanna know you - like I know myself
I'm waitin' for you - there ain't no one else
talk to me baby - scream and shout
I want to know you - inside out
I wanna dig down deep - I wanna lose some sleep
I wanna scream and shout - I wanna know you inside out
I wanna take my time - I wanna know your mind
ya know there ain't no doubt - I wanna know you inside out

[Macie]

Nick finally got a job. It's a part-time job, but it's a job and he took it the minute they offered it to him. It's a part-time position at a news channel so it's not completely out of his comfort zone. It pays enough so that he has enough money to pay his bills and have money for him and the kids, but unless things change, they are going to stay with me at my house until January.

And I'm really fine with that. In fact, I'm kind of happy about it.

I'm not going to lie. It's nice having someone around here, even if it's only temporary. Its nice being around people who enjoy being around me. Zach and Zoey are amazing kids and they crack me up. Zach is such a miniature version of Nick that sometimes it's scary and Zoey is so talented that I don't think Nick actually realizes how talented she is.

In the span of three days, she taught herself how to play the guitar by looking at different websites online and watching videos on YouTube. It was my guitar, one that I've had since I was a kid and I gave it to her. I never played it anymore and she has taken to it like a bee to honey.

And Zach, I always wished I had a little brother and well even though his father is my age basically so I'm old enough to be his mother, I think Zach is a cool cat. He's pretty damn awesome.

And Nick... I can't believe I'm even thinking this, but if I stare at his lips one more time, I'm going to attack them with mine. I keep waiting for him to kiss me and he never does. I don't know if I'm giving him the wrong signs or he's hesitant or what. I can tell he wants to kiss me.

Maybe I shouldn't even be thinking about this since we're starting production on the movie tomorrow. It's just going to be me, shooting some narration scenes and I'm really nervous. I've been going over my lines and Georgia is coming to do the hair and make-up.

Only thing is, she doesn't know Nick and the kids are living with me. I don't even think she and AJ have noticed that they've been gone and it's been almost two weeks.

[/Macie]

Macie sat in the plush chair in her bedroom that evening, reading over the lines that she needed know the next day. It was a Friday night and for the first time in almost two weeks, her house was relatively quiet - Nick was at work, Zach was gone on a band trip and Zoey was at a sleepover for a classmate's birthday.

The quietness was good because she wanted to concentrate. She wanted to be perfect for the movie, not only for herself to prove to others that she could do something outside of her typical roles, but because this was Nick's dream and if she wanted to be honest with herself, playing a character like Julie was one of her dreams, even if it was a low budget movie that she was mostly paying for.

She turned the page in the script, staring at the part where Julie talks about fame. She wondered where Nick came up with the narration. He wasn't a celebrity and didn't know what it was like to have photographers hound you when you go to the grocery store or out to eat with a friend. She was surprised no paparazzi had seen her out to eat with Nick and the kids like they have done a few times.

Macie! You home?

"In my room!" Macie called out, grabbing a silky robe to put over her black, silky chemise that she had on. She slipped it on as Nick walked in to see her and almost walked back out. "Its fine, what's up? Work over?"