"Shit, I am so sorry!" I said from the ground. Look across I found this rather skinny boy on the floor across from me, looking at me lost. I stood up and brushed down my skirt before offering my hand. "I should have been watching where I was going, I'm terribly sorry."
"No, don't be," He insisted standing up. He kept looking at me with wondrous eyes, it made me giggle in a nervous kind of way. "I'm Alfred, but all my friends call me Alfie. It's a pleasure to meet you, Ms. Montgomery."
"You know who I am," I laughed and he nodded, shaking my hand.
"Of course, I've seen Dawn of the Dead at least 10 times, and my girlfriend loves the Inevitable Alice." Alfie explained to me and I nodded my head. "You're one of the best actresses of all time."
"She isn't that good," Someone snorted from the top of the stairs. I looked up at the brown haired girl.
"My Grammy would beg to differ," I laughed as she came down the steps. "And so would me 3 Oscar Nominee's and the two Oscar's I won."
She laughed and enclosed her arms around my neck. I squeezed her waist and Alfie sat back, wondering what was happening.
"You got so gorgeous," I complimented, brushing hair out of her face.
"Me, look at you Tatum, you got so fucking pretty and famous!" She yelled and I laughed. "Come on, I want you to meet everyone else." She dragged me along into the living room where everyone was scattered around either at a table or on a rather old fashioned couch with the tiny buttons on the cushion that hurt your bum.
"What the hell," Someone had stated seeing me walk through the door.
"Joy…" Someone else had stated seeing Joy's hand in mine while she led me into the living room.
"Guys, look who came for a visit!" She exclaimed to everyone and they all stood up, staring at me. I felt a little awkward, it was silent and no one was really saying anything. Just staring at me.
"I got your bag, Tatum Montgomery," Alfie came running in holding both my Louis Vuitton bags. He dropped them at my feet and I smiled, thanking him.
"Okay, well," Joy began. "Tate, this is Fabian, Amber, Mara, Willow, Eddie, Patricia, and… him." She snarled at the blonde headed boy with lots of hair.
"I'm sure cheekbones has a name," I encouraged looking over at his light pale blue eyes. "So what is it?"
"Jerome Clark,"
"Well Mr. Clark, it's a pleasure to meet you."
"Trust me," He stood up. "The pleasure is all ours."
"So what brings you here?"
"Well I have a few weeks off before I film the last Dawn of the Dead, so I thought I'd stop by and visit since Joy always begs me to in her emails," I laughed.
"You two know each other?" Eddie questioned and I nodded my head. "How?"
"We've lived next door to each other for how long now, 12 years," Joy began. I nodded. Close enough. "Well, we used to hate each other, but when we found out my boyfriend and her boyfriend were the same person, we instantly clicked."
"So how long are you staying?"
"A month," I shrugged. We talked for a while before Joy led me up the steps to my room with Mara and Willow close behind. I was sharing with Willow. Supposedly the girl who was going to stay in that room had left.
"So since you're really good at acting, are you going to audition for the school play?" Willow asked.
"What's it about?"
"Lost love or some shit like that," Mara shrugged. "Jerome is the male lead and no one has auditioned for the female lead."
"Why, he's a very attractive man," I smirked and Mara and Joy both snarled.
"He's a player, dated me and poor willow at the same time." Mara explained. "He's an ass, and no doubt he'll be going for you next. Believe me."
I just shrugged.
"Don't worry, though, Tatum's an expert heart breaker," Joy explained.
"Really," Mara grinned and I looked at Joy who was grinning too. I knew that grin, Joy has had it many times and it normally involves her doing a lot of begging me doing something that would probably get me in a bunch of trouble.
"Tatum…" Her voice trailed.
"No,"
"Come on, you don't even know what I was going to ask!"
"No."
"Just please listen, you're my best friend ever, Tatum," Joy began getting down on her knees and taking my hand in hers. "Just get the main role, get close to Jerome and crush him like he crushed theirs."
"Why me, why not you, Joy?" I wondered and she laughed.
"Because I know Jerome and he'd go with you because you're hot, famous, and rich, it'd be easy for you." Mara explained. "I know we just met, but Jerome really hurt me and you're an amazing actress it could work."
"I don't think it's a good idea to start making enemies when I just got here," I told them and Mara shrugged. "I don't know, it just doesn't feel right to me, plus the pap could get in on it and everyone would know how I used a guy just to hurt him. It doesn't sound right."
"Well neither is what he did," Joy argued and I took in a deep breath. "Please."