Episode 1: Pilot

The first chapter is called the "Pilot" because normally that is the name of the first episode of a new show.

In other updated news, the story title was slightly tweaked where I changed "lives" to "life" to have it grammatically correct. What the heck was I thinking back then? I have no idea. There have also been some changes compared to the original version for the first five chapters.

Plot: Namine loved watching the hit teenage drama show, "Destiny Islands." When she heard auditions were being held for the show, she impulsively auditioned and managed to be secure a full-time job. Now, she has to leave everything behind. She wondered what she got herself into as she finds what goes on when the camera aren't rolling seem more like the cast's own dramady show itself.

Genre: Romance/Humor


A blonde girl was sitting on an airplane with her mom and dad seated next to her. She looked outside and saw that they were flying over Destiny Islands. Her name was Namine and she was just your average teenager who went to school and had friends while obsessing over her favorite drama: Destiny Islands. Yes, the show had the same name as the place Namine was hovering over. It first started in 2005 and it was on going to this day, running for five years. The characters on the show were the same names as the actors except for their last names. How does Namine fit into all this? It all started on the very day when she heard auditions were being held for mid-season to guest star. She always loved the fine arts, but she didn't have any acting experience. She may think that she was in over her head of she got herself into and it all started that very day.

Late December 2009

Namine was casually sitting on her bed with her feet crossed where held a sketch book in her hands while finishing a drawing. She brushed off a few eraser pieces and looked at her picture. "There we go! All done!" She removed her sketchbook from her lap to see the TV as preview for the next episode of her favorite show appeared. "Yes!" she screamed, grabbing for the remote and turned up the volume, but found out there was no preview. "Damnit! No preview. Guess its cuz' we're already in middle of the season," she pouted, putting the remote down and back to her sketchbook.

"There isn't a preview for your TV show, but whaddya say to being on the show when it returns in March!" the announcer man said. Namine stopped for a second and turned back her attention on the TV, turning up the volume.

"Auditions?!" she screamed.

"Yes, you heard right! Auditions are being held in Twilight Town at the Sandlot where you get to meet some of the cast and crew of the show! Be there tomorrow at three in the afternoon." Namine's faced dropped when she heard when it going to be held. She had school tomorrow and it does not end till four. The announcer then added one last message. "Open to females that are 16 – 21 years old." Namine begun to think if she should skip at the end of school, but she was a little scared. She never was the type to skip classes.

~ Our Life is Not a TV Show or Maybe ~

At Twilight High, Namine closed her locker and her best friend, Xion, revealed her. "Namine, you have to do it. This could be great thing for you!" she explained. "Your dream was to always be on the show when it first started back."

"I don't know. We were middle schoolers and I have no acting experience. I'm more in the fine arts department," Namine replied.

"Yes and acting is in the art department," Xion added.

"You're right, but the auditions start in thirty minutes and we don't get out till four. Why open auditions to girls our age and hold it during school hours? It's so stupid."

"True, but skipping is not going to kill you. Come on, we're teenagers! We get to do stupid stuff and laugh about it later. Remember that time we took down that former Queen Bee? I thought you'd be better after all of that."

"She was just getting on my nerves."

"You were scared of her."

"Because I had you and Riku."

"And the whole school cheered for us. We're popular!"

"Popular isn't the word I would describe us. Everything went back to normal."

"Okay. Legends! We are high school legends!"

"I'm still not going if you're trying to take this conversation to convince me otherwise." Xion groaned in frustration. Namine wasn't known for taking risks and always played it safe. It was irritating her a bit because it was time her best friend stopped playing it safe and start trying new things like this audition. She was thinking a way to get her to go and remembered a senior friend of theirs had a car. He also did not have classes toward the end. Luckily, he was passing by the two at the right moment.

"Riku!" Xion pulled him from his shirt. "Help me out here! Namine has the opportunity to be on her favorite show and she won't go cuz' she is too scared to skip her classes."

"What?! I'm taking you whether you like or not!" he forced, looking at Namine.

"I don't know," Namine said weakly, holding her books close to her. Then the bell rung, indicating classes were going to start in five minutes. She looked at Xion and then at Riku. He was staring at her and begun to blush. He was giving her the eye that would make her smile and melt because she had a crush on him. "Oh alright! I'll do it," she gave in.

"Yes!" Xion cheered. "Now let's go!" The three were heading out for the door, but a security guard stopped them.

"Where you guys going?" he asked in a very deep voice. Namine was getting nervous and turned around about to blurt out the truth, but Xion covered her mouth to save their little butts. Skipping was never tolerated at their school unless you were a senior like Riku and had free periods.

"We're seniors and we have no other classes today. We're leaving now for the rest of the day," Xion told the guard.

"How do I know you're not lying to me?" he interrogated them.

"How do you know we're not?" Xion fired back.

"Very well, you may go," he said turning his back on them.

The three turn around again heading out for the door. "Wow, the guards here are so gullible," Riku told his friends.

"What was that?" the guard asked looking at them again.

"Run!" Xion screamed as they swiftly head out the door and left campus.

Later on…

Riku dropped off the two at a nearby spot to walk to the Sandlot. He told them to go to the auditions while he searched for parking and that he'll meet them up later. The two got out of the car and start walking to the Sandlot. Namine felt a little scared and tense. Her heart was beating fast and her palms begun to sweat. Once they arrived at the auditions, there was a huge stage in the middle and it was the one used for the Struggle Tournaments. At the scene was a long table that had the parts of the cast and crew sitting checking out the people. There was an abundance of people already in the area with half of them containing fans, which begged the question where did some of these youngsters come from when they should be in school. The ones auditioning were on the stage with one of the cast members to evaluate their acting skills. "I don't think I can do this," she whimpered about to turn away. "I'll take a rain check!"

"And this is why we are friends," Xion told her, reeling her back in. "I'm always here to build your self confidence in case anything happens. Just act normal and—oh my god! It's Roxas Tsukino!" she screamed, seeing the hotshot actor on the stage as he acted with one of the girls trying to get a part. "It's him! It's really him!" Namine looked at her with an odd look. "Like I said," Xion said calmly, playing with a piece of her short raven hair. "Just act normal." Fortunately, Xion's scream wasn't the only one as other fan girls were also screaming about the actors while some guys drooled over on the actresses.

"Hey!" Riku whispered behind them.

"How'd you find us?" Namine asked him.

"Xion's piercing scream," he answered, which made her giggle and Xion playfully pushing him. "Boy, it sure is crowded here. Not as much when there is a Struggle Tournament though." The three were holding hands which was Xion's idea, to get through the crowd and to see the center front. Once they did, they saw everything. In front was the actor Roxas and the person he was acting with, the crew sitting and examining the person auditioning, and the main actors of the show: Sora Motou, Kairi Mizushima, Hayner Suzuki, Pence Kobayashi, and Olette Akiyama.

"Ohh, Kairi Mizushima is in the crowd. She is even hotter in person! Thank god I came here for her!" Riku said, hearing his two female friends clear their throats as they stared at him. "On the show and, uh, we came here for you Namine," he said giving her small hug. "All for you."

"Yeah, whatever Riku," Xion told him, pulling the two apart. "You can have Kairi, but Namine and I like Roxas the most."

"He was the greatest thing to happen to the show," Namine sweetly said staring at him. "Did I just say that out loud?" she dumbly asked herself making her friends laugh. "Wait, aren't I supposed to sign up first to even audition?" she asked.

"Don't worry, I got that cover," Riku answered.

"Aww, thanks Riku. You are such a great friend," she said, giving him a hug.

"Just remember you are number thirteen. The number they are going to call up," Riku told her.

"Oh yay, lucky thirteen," Namine sarcastically said, forcing a smile on her face. "That is just great. That worst thing that could happen is—."

"Number thirteen!" Roxas said on the microphone. "Number thirteen, please step on the stage with the script."

~ Our Life is Not a TV Show or Maybe ~

Namine started to panic. Script? She doesn't remember getting a script, much less know they had to have it. Where was it anyways? "Riku!" Namine yelled at, shaking him out of desperation. "Where is the script?! Didn't they give you one at the table with the sign-ups?! Where is it?! If you don't give it to me, I'll die!"

"Whoa! Calm down and don't worry," Riku assured her reaching for his back pocket. "I got it—hm?" Riku stopped looking around for the script the man gave him, but it wasn't in his back pocket until he looked above from behind to see Xion holding it in her hands, reading it. "Xion!"

"Sorry!" Xion apologized. "It said this was official of an upcoming episode and I gave in," she explained in shame. Riku snatched it from her and gave it to Namine, wishing her good luck and Xion too. She took a hold on the script with her two slim hands and slowly walked onto the stage, feeling the jitters in her. The crowd and the people from the show all stared at her. She sure looked scared as she looked at everybody. Her palms were getting sweaty again and her heart was racing. She felt like it was going to burst if it kept on doing that. What made her more nervous was the fact that actor Roxas Tsukino was going to act with her. A celebrity crush Namine had on, but not like the one with Riku. By just looking into his blue eyes made her melt like ice cream and a fan girl. Namine did her best from screaming. How was she going to pull this off if she kept acting like this?

"Hi, I'm Roxas Tsukino in case you didn't know," he welcomed, holding his hand out for her. Namine pulled her hair behind her left ear and accepted it. She couldn't think of what to say. This was Roxas Tsukino that she was talking and facing. "Sweaty palms, but I can see you are nervous. Don't worry," he assured her, which made her feel a little calmer, but embarrassed. "Okay, let's start from the beginning with the scene where my character meets yours. Shes is the new girl who is shy, loves drawing, and such. I bump into you and you drop your books." How strange; the character the actor described almost sounded like her. Talk about luck. Maybe she could pull this image off. She opened up the script and saw the lines. It all too sounded familiar. Of course it sounded very cliché, but it reminded of her of how she met Riku too. Again, her confidence started to build up. She can pull this off and will do it flawlessly.

The crew on set gave her a set of books and Roxas was on the other side of the stage. With her being sort of a bookworm, Namine could learn to do things quickly if she set her mind to it. Both start off the scene with her walking to him while he was texting. Later, they bump into each other and she purposely dropped her books, but what she didn't expect was that papers were fell out. Where these used and worn out or something? Judging from the audience reaction, it wasn't supposed to happen, and even the cast and crew were shocked.

"Oh, I'm so sorry," Roxas acted helping her out.

"I-It's okay. You can go, uh, go to your class," she replied. "Don't mind me." Boy did she feel déjà vu. This was how Riku and her met at school. It was freshman year and he was a sophomore. Twilight High sure loved stereotypes and the end of middle school was the starting point on which group you would get stuck in. Namine snapped out of her thoughts, remembering she was auditioning right now. She gathered the papers and books, and tried to make it look nice. It wouldn't matter if some were upside down.

"No, I was being stupid cuz' I was texting while walking. Guess I didn't see you," he told her.

"Hmph, like I never heard that before," she sadly said, getting up, including him. He organized the papers and handed the rest of it to her.

"I guess they should ban people from texting while walking, huh?" he joked, making a weak laugh and scratching with the hand that had his phone. "People could get hurt."

"Yep," she flatly said. "And this will probably be our only encounter in our high school life, so it was nice meeting you and goodbye forever." Namine started to walk away like it said in the script, but forgot one last thing.

"Wait!" Roxas shouted. Since everything was happening so fast, she didn't get to see the ending of it and had to make up the lines as she went, including her actions and gestures. She heard the actor's footsteps approaching and her first instinct was to turn around to face him. "Why don't I walk you to your class? It's the least I can do for knocking you down." Namine felt like laughing at the last line, but kept it in like a professional actor would.

"Okay, just follow me," she said as they walked around the stage, pretending it was a school hallway and then acted as if they were already at the class. Along the walk, Namine kept looking at him and he had the strangest look. Of course, Namine knew it was just him acting his character.

"This is your class?" he asked.

"Yeah, why?"

"Because this is also my class," he answered. Now, Namine had to think some good lines. The previous ones were sure easy to reply to, but what? Then she started to remember how Riku and her met again. This was really how they met and she was going to try and say the same words on how the scene played out about two to three years ago.

"Guess it's because I'm not in your popular bubble," she let out. The look Roxas gave her made her knew that the lines she were saying were the wrong ones, but he was an actor. He can improvise right?

"Uh, popular bubble?" he bluntly said.

"Yeah," she says. "I mean, I have been in your English class for the past semester. Oh, and that includes your psychology, science, and Spanish classes. It's great that you walked me to my—I mean our class, but I was just acting to see if I could trigger something in that head of yours if you knew me from somewhere. I guess I was wrong."

"Look, I'm sorry—."

"Save it, it's not like you would like to know me anyways," she harshly fired back. "I'm not part of your crowd and maybe that's for the best." With that, she walked into the imaginary classroom and the scene seemed to end there since Namine walked off the stage. There were a few that actually clapped and applaud at her performance, including those who were her competition. Was she that good? She gave the props to the same person who gave it to her and went to go back to her friends.

"Wow." That was all Roxas could say as he eyed the blonde girl. In his mind, he was hoping she would get the part.

"Thank you…" The casting director stopped to check the clipboard for her name. "Namine Hamasaki." On his clipboard, there was a list of people auditioning and he made a one-word comment on the right of each one. Some said: okay, good, great, or bad. In spite of this, he wrote a big 'wow' next to Namine.

~ Our Life is Not a TV Show or Maybe ~

"Why did you give that girl a 'wow'?" Kairi, the actresses, asked him. "She didn't even say the correct lines near the end." Obviously, she seemed to take a dislike towards the blonde stranger. She sure was acting like a little bitch. Kairi always took her career serious and read her lines perfectly. She had been on the show since it started. She would practice them most of the time, even the bathroom. It was like she was reading a book she really wanted to read and never put down.

"Got something against blondes Kairi," her cast mate, Hayner, asked her, but he was joking around to mess with her. Hayner was most known on the set for being the joker and to make people laugh. He got on the show when the cast entered their freshman year. The casting director loved his humor and made a character for him when he came aboard.

"No!" Kairi stubbornly said, crossing her arms. "It's just, how can anybody be a good actor or actress if they can't even say the correct lines."

"It's called improvising. Something you need to work on, but you have to admit," Sora told her. "She was good in making that scene and Roxas was good enough to follow it." He was what started the whole show. He was cast the central character, but that stopped as it established the multi-drama storyline format when ratings weren't doing well in the first half of season one.

"Kairi, give it a rest," Olette told her. "We need another female. It's always been me and you throughout the show." Olette came on when the show entered its second season. After Destiny Islands was a bonafide hit, the network wanted to add in another cast member, thinking it'll help upcoming young actors.

"Nah uh, there was me, you, Selphie, Yuna, Rikku—."

"Yeah and they eventually left," Olette interrupted.

"That's because the writers and producers wanted to showcase friends growing apart and all that other stuff."

"Enough you guys!" the casting director stepped in. "I gave her a 'wow' because she made the scene better than the original and played it well, including Roxas. These two might have potential chemistry on screen and ratings could go up more."

"Ratings. Everything is about ratings," Kairi complained.

"It's the reason you're still on the air," the casting director sternly replied.

"Point taken."

Namine was looking for her friends, but couldn't find them. As she heard good comments from strangers, even people who were her competition on getting the part, on her acting and the voices of Roxas and the actor in front of him, she couldn't find them. Then she heard her best friend calling out her name. Xion ran to her cheering, telling she did great. Riku appeared with a pack of balloons tied it a small teddy bear attached at the end of the string. "Thank you," she blissfully said when she also noticed he was holding a small cupcake saying congrats. "Where did you get this?"

"Oh, there was a bakery nearby and got the balloons there. We also have great news for you," her friend told her excited. "After you got on stage, Riku and I pushed our way to get near the cast and crew who were going to observe you and guess what?"

"What?"

"The casting director put a 'wow' next to your name!" Both her and Xion screamed and hugged each other.

"What about me?" Riku sadly pouted, but they knew he was doing it on purpose as they hugged and screamed again.

Moments later

The actresses were all up on the stage with the casting director and the cast members in front of them. "First of all, I would like to thank everybody for being here to watch and support these potential actresses for a role on Destiny Islands," he said. "It sure has been a great opportunity to see what each one could bring to the table and show us what they got. I'm also please to announce who gets the part of the character named after them." Namine turned her head to Xion and Riku and both gave her a thumbs up and she showed them with her fingers crossing, but saw something in Riku's eyes like a little disappointment. She began to feel a little distress from the look in his eyes.

"Namine Hamasaki!" the casting director cheered as the crowd and everybody else clapped.

"Huh? What?" Namine was surprised. She looked at the other girls and they were telling her she got the part and were clapping for her too. At this moment, Namine actually didn't imagine she would get the part. What was going through her mind when she agreed to do this? Oh yeah, it was her dream, but now speculated how her life was going to change. She looked at her surroundings and everything felt like it was in slow motion. There was this abnormal feeling in her stomach. Something she always felt when she got extremely nervous.

"Congratulations Namine!" the casting direction told her. "And opportunities don't come like this, but do you mind if your role is prompted to a series regular?" he asked. Namine felt that all of this was overwhelming. She was surprised she didn't throw up.

While this was happening, Xion and Riku were cheering except for Riku. "Riku, cheer for our best friend. She landed a role to be a series regular!" Xion stopped and started to the feel the gloominess aura around him and just sighed. "You're gonna miss her and you like her." Riku immediately changed his mood.

"Yeah, go Namine!"

"Oh come on! That scene she and Roxas did was how you guys meet," Xion explains to him. "Which was ironic," she last added. "Never thought I would see it in person. I only heard it from her."

"All right, I'm going to miss her, but that doesn't mean I like her," he responded.

"Step one: denial," Xion sang, playfully pushing him. Suddenly, they saw their blonde friend throw up on stage and the crowd gasped. "That's our cue!" Xion and Riku stepped on stage, carrying the gifts they had for their best friend and rushed to her side. "Sorry people, she gets like this when she is really, really nervous. Like this one time at our school play—!"

"Xion!" Riku interrupted.

"Right!" Xion said in the microphone. "Namine is grateful to have to landed this part and she'll be going now. She has to tell her parents and break the news. Thank you everybody including the cast and crew of the show. Bye!" The three left the stage, but Xion left for a second to shake hands with Roxas. "It was an honor to meet you."

"Xion!" Riku called out.

"Sorry, gotta take care of your new co-star now." She left the stage and attended to her friends as they ignored everything around them while Riku guided the two to where he had parked.

"I can't believe I threw up… again," Namine soberly said. Xion gave her the cupcake, saying it'll help her and also gave a bottle of water. "What did I get myself into?" she asked her friends. "I don't think I was thinking at all when I decided to do this."

"But you got the part! Be grateful that you got to be on your favorite show," she cheered.

"That means I'm going to move to Destiny Islands," Namine explained. "I have always thought of staying here for the rest of my life. Twilight Town is the perfect place for me." Namine then saw Riku put his hand on hers and both look into each other's eyes.

"Go Namine," he sweetly said. "You know many people would kill for this spot and you need to get out of your little box. You always hold yourself back on a lot of things. Time to stop playing safe." Xion had her mouth hanging wide open.

"I was going to say that!" she gasped. "Riku stole my line!"

"Beat cha to it," he said, amused at himself. Namine laughed and thought about what was going to happen next in her life. First thing for sure was to tell her parents about what had happen this afternoon. She was sure it wasn't going to go so well when she took a job without their consent.

~ Our Life is Not a TV Show or Maybe ~

Early January 2010

Namine sighed as the captain announced they were landing soon. She looked at her sketchbook and it was the clock tower. Remembering how she got the part sure was great. Her parents were shocked when she got the job and thought she was lying. On the contrary, they did eventually believe her when the auditions were seen on the news with the highlight of her throwing up on stage. Of course that made her parents laugh and it made her feel mortified. She got the part and her first acceptance speech was throwing up on stage. People were definitely going to remember it as got to the tabloids and magazines. After everything, Namine and her family had to go through some negotiations and discussing a contract about her time on the show. All three agreed on coming to terms about it and what she was getting into. She was set to be on the show for two years and had to leave everything behind at home and start anew. She had to stay in contact with Xion and Riku in some way other than three-way calling, so her parents got her an Macbook Pro to video chat while she was away working.

The plane finally landed on Destiny Islands and slowed down as it approached the gate. It stopped and Namine unbuckled her belt, grabbed her backpack, and waited for the line to clear because her parents brought carry ons. Once the line started to move, she got in the middle to walk and turned to wait for her mom and dad. "You need help?" she asked.

"No dear," her mom told her. "We're fine. Just go and we'll meet you there at the entrance." Namine took a hold of her bag and left. After leaving the plane and walking into the airport terminal, it felt much warmer. Thankfully this was an island. It was warm and sunny. Twilight Town was similar, but it also can be windy during the winter. People were walking around, leaving or reuniting with somebody around her as she kept looking around the place.

"Namine!" shouted a familiar voice. She didn't have relatives in Destiny Islands. She looked to see it was Roxas from before. She was surprised she didn't any of the paparazzi though. She'd assume they would be all over the place and people would be surrounding the actor right now.

"Um, hi?" she said as he hugged her.

"I was sent in to welcome you here at the islands since we heard this is your first time here," he explained.

"Shouldn't there be paparazzi right now and people surrounding you?" she asked him.

"Oh, well, over here in the islands, it is completely different. Everybody is cool and treats us like normal people. They respect our privacy and that is why me and the cast love it here."

"I'm starting to like this place already. That was the first thing I was worried about once I landed," Namine told him. "So uh, where are my family and I staying? Even my parents don't know." Roxas just smiled at her.

Later on

"You've got to be kidding? We live here? I didn't even start filming yet," Namine shouted. She was going through the whole house, checking it out. It was two stories high, six large bedrooms that had a bathroom in each one, a large garage, a pool in the back, and a pool house. At the entrance, there were stairs on both sides going up and a chandler hanging above. Namine's mom took a liking to the big kitchen they had. Although, there was a downside to all this fabulous stuff. The house looked very plain. The walls were all white and there wasn't much furniture, but they were bringing their old stuff anyways. Luckily Namine's dad worked as an interior designer. He could pimp up the place, but not right now.

She later barged into a random room, claiming it hers and jumped on her king size bed. She sure was enjoying all this. "Aaahhh! I can't believe this! Oh my god!" Namine then noticed a message on her wall mirror. One of the walls in the room was just full on mirrors. She takes a look and it said: Meet us downstairs in the backyard. "Us?" she asked herself, wondering how someone would know she would pick the room. She ignored the thought, headed downstairs, and called out to her parents, but nobody was there. She went outside and got a big surprise from the cast and crew.

"Surprise!" everyone shouted. It was surprise-greeting party and she taken off guard.

"Wow! Thank you guys!"

"Come here my little angel," her dad welcomed, giving her a hug.

"You guys knew and never told me?"

"What kind of parents would we be?" her mom told her. "That would ruin the surprise."

"Thank you. You guys are the best parents in the world," she said, hugging the two and turned her attention on Roxas. "And you knew. Guess that's why you met us at the airport."

"Hehe, yeah," he replied, taking a sip from his cup. "It's good to have another cast member on the show."

"Roxas!" It was the voice of Kairi as she wrapped his arms around him. Namine raised an eyebrow wondering what was going on.

"Namine, you know Kairi right?" Roxas asked.

"Yes! Let me just say it's an honor meeting you Kairi. My friends and I are huge fans of you!"

"Of course you are," she replied. "If our casting director didn't like the fact you forget your last lines, you wouldn't be here," she viciously said, making Namine gasped inside. Some role model she was in person. "Let's go Roxas," she told him as the two and Roxas waved goodbye, but Kairi put his hand down.

"Don't worry about Kairi," Sora told her, making Namine jump by his sudden appearance. "She is just jealous that you got the part right on the spotlight when she had to work hard for hers. Sora Motou by the way."

"I know," she said shaking his hand. "So uh, are Roxas and her dating? I mean, I read some rumors that they were dating off camera."

"Yep, you are right. Rumors are true. I could've sworn it was confirmed though."

"What? I always thought you would be dating her. You two have such great chemistry on screen."

"So does everybody else, but no. We are not."

"Why not? Any girl would date you. Trust me, I know a lot of people… back in Twilight Town." Sora just gave her a smile.

"Thanks, but uh, I'm always stuck in the friend zone you know. I never leave that spot." Namine felt sympathy for the guy because clearly people were blind not to go out with him. It was Sora Motou for crying out loud. Geez, Namine wondered what was going on now. Roxas and Kairi were dating, whom doesn't seem to like her very much, and Sora not getting a date or girl. Things seemed to be different when the cameras weren't rolling. "What about the other three? Hayner, Pence, and Olette?"

"That trio can sure make us laugh on set. I'll just say that," he smiled at her. To Namine, Sora was her first celebrity crush since he was what started the show in the first place. Roxas didn't come around till the middle of the first season as Mr. Popular and still had that title on the show, hence the scene she and Roxas did.

"Hi Namine!" Pence greeted, joining in on the conversation.

"Hi Pence! We get to formally met in person."

"Yes we do. Hope you're a great time right now."

"Why yes I am."

"We need to hang out some time when we're not working. You know, to get to know each other more."

"I look forward to that day."

"So what can you tell me when I start? Namine asked him.

"You are going to have to memorize your lines and don't worry about screwing up. Bloopers are always welcomed because on set we love to laugh when we mess up. Always listen to the director and ideas are always open."

"I can mess up? Good to know when I know nothing about acting."

"You seemed to do fine in your audition."

"For an amateur. It was nerve wrecking! I'm still in shock that I'm even here!"

"Don't be!" Hayner chimed in, bringing in Olette. "Sure we've been part of this industry for quite a while, but hey, we're here! And get paid doing it! Oh, I'm Hayner and welcome to the wonderful islands!"

"Nice to meet you Hayner."

"And I'm Olette," the girl with long brown hair introduced, giving her a hug.

"Yay! A hug from Olette!" Namine cheered.

"I'm flattered. You know, it's a shame we won't be able to do table reads for the time being," Olette claimed. "Filming is going to get tight from what I heard."

"Maybe you won't get the mess up much then," Sora commented. "Sorry about that Namine."

"That's alright. I guess I have to step up my game for being a first timer. Please bare with me guys."

"We'll help you along the way," Pence replied.

"Thank you," she said and remembered something. "I almost forgot, can I have your number since we will be working together?" she asked. "And everyone else too." The four teens accepted as they inputted their number on her iPhone. Namine took a picture of each person because everybody on her contact list had one. She did the same with everyone else, minus Kairi because she denied her. Throughout the day, Namine was enjoying herself talking to her co-stars and crew. Everybody seemed to like her and she can't wait to work with them. Xion told her to have fun and she was living it. After the party was over and everybody left, she went to her room with bags still unpacked and it was nighttime already. There was no time to unpack. She just wanted to sleep on her comfy bed and sleep. It had been a long day and she was feeling a bit jet lag since Destiny Islands and Twilight Town were in different time zones. Even though they were three hours away, she felt the need to sleep. She took out her iPod nano and chose her lullaby playlist that helped put her to sleep. She laid on her pillow and closed her eyes, wondering what tomorrow was going to bring.

Downstairs, Sora was sitting on the couch waiting for Roxas since the two came together. They had volunteer to stay a bit longer to help clean up. He sighed and took something out of his wallet. It was a wallet size picture of him and a blonde girl. He was holding her while she was on his back. He smiled and sadly said, "I guess she doesn't remember me before I left Twilight Town to became an actor."


Looking back as I revise old chapters, I realized how fast everything happened in the first one. I even extended some scenes because I felt some weren't long enough to elaborate what was going on. Heck, Hayner, Pence, and Olette weren't featured as much before in the original release. Hope you can continue on to see what else is going to happen in the coming chapters.

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