Welcome to New York, It's Been Waiting. (Josh Hutcherson Fanfic)

The interview.

JOSH'S POINT OF VIEW

I'm stoked because tommorow I am auditioning for a new role. It's Friday night and i'm going over my lines in my room. I look up at the clock. 11:45 pm. "I guess I should get some rest". I go to the window to close the curtains and look down at the now smaller crowd below. I love my fans but it's kinda creepy that they knew I was gonna be in New York. Sometimes I wonder how they figure this stuff out. I closse the curtains and go to bed. I wake up the next morning an get ready for the audition. Its at 12:30. My manager told me to meet security outside at 11:30 since the audition is not too close. Its about 11:15 and I get dressed. I decide to wear a pair of dark wash jeans, a grey tshirt, and throw on my leather jacket on top. I go into the bathroom and fix my hair. Before I run out the door, I decide to throw a baseball cap an and some sunglasses. There's no telling if some of the fans are in the hotel. I look at my phone. 11:30. perfect timing. i'm texting Jen telling her that i'm a little nervous and she assures me I will do great. As I'm texting her back, I look up just in time to see a girl coming out of her room and I run right into her causing her to drop her purse. The first thing that runs through my mind is that she has a great body. As my mind is going off, I realize I am just looking at her picking up the stuff I caused her to drop. "here let me help you with that" I bend down and get some of the things that are out of her reach. I hand them to her and say "I'm sorry. I wasn't paying attention" She looks at me and that was it. I was gone. She has the most beautiful blue eyes. I got lost in them. I look at her and she is absolutley stunning. She takes my breath away. She. Is. Flawless. She is beautiful, but not in the extremely skinny kind of way that I see way too often. She has sexy curves and her makup is done perfectly, outlining her most beautiful features. I realize I am staring at her  and we are both now standing. She speaks and her voice is that of an angel "it's fine. i'm just so uncoordinated and clumsy. I'm surprised it took this long for me to do something like this while i'm here". I can't help but smile. I decide to ask a question instead of just staring "you just visiting?" she answered with "uh. yeah. you could say that" I wonder what that means. She is mysterious. It's making me like her even more. We both walk to the elevator and I ask another question "so where are you from?" she hesitates a moment and says "um. Texas" "wow a long ways from home aren't we?" "yeah but the flight wasn't that long" the elevator opens and I walk out first. If I don't I could stay there looking at her forever, but I have to go to that audition. Not that I will be able to focus on anything else now. Great... I stop and turn around, trying to be charming i say "see ya around Texas" "bye" I turn around and walk out the door. I sign a few things, and take a few pictures and go off to my audition.

I walk out from the audition. I did ok I guess. It wasn't the best audition i've had, but I can't get that girl off my mind. My manager is going on and on about something but i'm not paying attention. After the audition, I decide to meet up with some friends that live here. We hang out and I decide to go back to the hotel around 5. As we are parking, I see Texas walking back to the hotel and go inside. Perfect timing. She is staying on the same floor as me and I think I remember where her room is. I throw my hat and sunglasses on and get out of the car. I take some more pictures, sign some autographs and even talk to a couple of fans for a minute or two. I get in the hotel and go up to my floor. I see the door. I walk up to it and hesitate for a moment thinking of what I am going to say. I hear her on the other side talking. God, she sound beautiful. I knock praying that she will answer. She answers the door, holding her cell phone to her shoulder, and look puzzled. She speaks first, sounding confused. Probably as to why I am there "hey?" "hey. sorry, I didn't mean to interrupt you.." I say quickly nodding in the direction of her phone. She responds "No. it's cool" she sounded almost relieved as she spoke into the phone "Hey Lilly. I'm gonna have to call you back...bye" I can't help but look at her. She is just so beautiful. I've never seen anyone with that kind of beauty. Honestly, I'm speechless. Something about her is so... intriguing, so intoxicating. She's making me want more and more of her. My thought of her are inturrupted by her talking to me "I'm sorry i'm not trying to be rude, but did you need something?" I stutter, trying to get my words from my brain to my mouth. "I was just thinking since you are from Texas that I could show you a great place to eat" I read her body language. She is not thrilled about this. Was I too forward? I guess I could play this off as "not a date". "I'm not trying to ask you out or anything" I reassure her "I just know what it's like being in a place like this and not feeling welcome. New Yorkers aren't very welcoming at first" she responds "Well actually, Taylor Swift welcomed me to New York and it was quite welcoming, and catchy thank you very much" I can't help but laugh at her Taylor Swift reference. She continues "thanks, but i've allready got a pizza" i try not to look disappointed but I can tell it's all over my face. I need to get to know her. "well what about tomorrow? around 1?" Oh I can't. I'm busy" Another rejection. I'll try again "Tomorrow at dinner?" She looks at me and says with a little bit of concern "Look, i'm not trying to be rude or anything, and normally I wouldn't say this but I'm just a little indifferent about this whole situation. I mean I don't know you and you certainly do not know me and I don't want to get in some random cab with a random guy that I ran into in New York" I now realize I am still in my cap and sunglasses. No wonder she is being hard to get. "so why don't we meet there?" She hesitates and the suspense is killing me. I am so close to her saying yes but so close to her saying no and slamming the door in my face. She looks at me and says "It's not a date though" YES!! I've got her hooked. I smile and say "nope!not a date. Just one guy trying to make a Texas girl feel welcome in this big city" She looks as though she i thinking then she says "fine. Iguess if you are going to be so persistent about it then ok. where should I meet you?" I pull a paice of paper out of my pocket and jot down the name and a rough location of my favorite restraunt in town. "meet me there tomorrow around 8?" "ok" "you're not going to leave me hanging are you?" she smiles mischeviouslly and says "weren't you listening earler? I don;t want to be rude" I can't help but smile and laugh a little  then say "see you tomorrow night Texas" I walk off down to the end of the hall where my room is and walk in. I lie down on my bed and smile from ear to ear. I call my brother and tell him about everything that has happened today. We haven't talked in awhile and he is like one of my best friends. I tell him about the audition and the girl from Texas. We talk for awhile and I decide to order room service and eat in tonight. I go and take a shower and get ready for bed. I go to sleep thinking about the beautiful girl that is hard to get, but I found that being persistent with her works. Hopefully tomorrow, she gives in a little and our dinner can turn into a date.

NORMAL POINT OF VIEW

I wake up early and decide on going to the gym. This will probably be the only way of calming my nerves for my interview this afternoon. I throw on a loose tank top and some yoga leggings and grab a bottle of water and some headphones to plug in my phone and walk down to the gym on the first floor. I hop on the tredmill, turn on some Taylor Swift, stretch for about a minute,  and start jogging. I can feel the nerves working up inside of me and start to run faster. After about 30 minutes of running, I stop and catch my breath while drinking some water. I then decide to kind of cool down on the eliptical. I sttart going on the eliptical and notice someone is also in there.  I turn around and notice it is an older woman. She smiles at me and I return a smile. She hops on the tredmill and starts to walk while watching the TVs they have in there. About 20 minutes later, I check the time and notice it is about 10 am so I get off the eliptical and grab my things and leave the gym. I still have my headphones in and I start to hum as I get off the ellevator and walk down the hall to my room. I open the door and go strtaight to the shower. I blast music as i'm showering and try not to overthink how nervous I am about the interview. I think about what I am gonna wear with the shirt that I bought yesterday. Being the overpacker I am, I think I brought a total of about 5 outfits that I could wear to the interview. I then think about how do do my hair and makeup. As, I'm thinking of all these little details and rocking out to my loud music, I finish rinsing off and wrap one of the pure white hotel towels around me and go out into the main room. I grab my clothes that I had hung up in the closet the day before. I stood there for a moment thinking about the different combinations. I decide on plain black palazzo pants (those pants are so comfy!! lol) and the shirt I bought the day before. It is a  light blue sleveless top with some rouching around the stomach. I then go sit on my bed and start to do my makeup. I decide to do more than every day but still appropriate for a workplace. I  finish off my makeup and look at the clock. 12:30. I'm doing good on time. I grab a bite to eat at a fast food restaurant right next to the hotel and then go back upstairs. 1 pm. I grab the copies of my resume that I printed at home and grab my black wedges and throw on a very casual tan blazer. I make sure my hair looks good and then go over my interview questions one more time. I mapquest the directions and see that it is only like 10 minutes away. I look up at the clock. 1:37. I better get going. Better early than late! I go outside and call a cab. I get in and say "Park Avenue" and he takes off. I arrive at the building at 1:45. I pay the cab driver and step outside and look at the huge buillding before me. I take a deep soothing breath "well here goes nothing!" i open the door and tell the receptionist my name. She tells me to take the elevator to the 12th floor. I do as told and when I step out of the elevator, I tell the assistant my name and she tells me to take a seat. I am sitting playing nervously with my hair and about 20 minutes later I hear Ms. Martinez's assistant say "Madeline, they are ready for you"