The two girls sat in stony silence waiting for the phone to ring, Praying it was a job offer.
The brunette on the bed sighed: "Kat, we're screwed if we can't get jobs....I'm gonna end up losing this house!"
Kat glanced around.
"Why did you bother renovating this old place and moving it to california anyway?"
Kira smiled, "It was very important to me...a dream come true..."
Her eyes went hazy in rememberance, then she snapped out of her trance.
"How was the set?"
"What do you mean?" Kat asked.
"I mean the people...The script....You know, typical stuff!" Kira exclaimed, grabbing her purse and lighting a cigarette.
"I guess it doesn't matter anyway...." Kira paced the floor.
"Oh yeah. it's all good. fun, good. And whats wrong?" Kat asked, sipping a Slurpee she got at the 7-11. Kira laughed as Kat's face contorted in the pain brought on by the brain freeze of the mega slurp in her left hand.
"I was just thinking about that Englund guy....You know...just thinking. He seems nice."
Kat could see through her friend's coy-shy smile.
"Well, he is nice, but i wouldn't trust him. Just I don't know." Kat said, flipping through pages of a magazine that was all about Dokken.
Dokken was Kat's favorite band.
"Why not?" Kira probed, hastily discarding her spent cigarette, "He seems sweet to me."
"I don't know!I just get a weird feeling around that guy!" Kat said, somewhat distracted about the baby pictures of Mick Brown, and the senior prom pictures of George Lynch.
Kira sighed, "Isn't he divorced now?" Kira hated saying what she was thinking so bluntly.
"He's not bad looking at all...." She sighed brushing her thick, dark brown hair.
"Well if you like him, go for it. I just want him." Kat said, pointing to a picture of the lead singer for Dokken, Don Dokken. Kat set the magazine down and started playing with her bleach blonde Aqua Net laden hair. "I wouldn't know how to begin to express my intrest in him...Let alone meet the man without stuttering like an idiot...What's up with you anyway?" Kira questioned, fixing her lipstick and grabbing a black hoodie with the Ratt emblem on it.
" What do you mean whats up with me anyway?" Kat asked, tightining her neon leopard print spike belt around her shiney blue spandex and her long black Dokken concert shirt.
Kira mumbled under her breath.
"I'm gonna go to the beach...we're in laguna for god's sake!"
"And your wearing a hoodie? whatever. I don't seem know shit. whatever. I'm going to the sunset strip. I want to run into Don. Like it's gonna happen but whatever." Kat said, storming out, only grabbing her purse and shoving a can of Aqua Net and some needles in there.
Kira grabbed her arm. "Don is gonna be in a music video tomorrow.....On set."
"I know. I'm pissed at Patricia... she's in the vid. Taryn seemed like a better charater so I auditioned for her. Why didn't i try out for Kristen?" Kat paused for a second., and thought. "Wait, that means, Don is gonna be... OH MY GOD! YES!" Kat screamed.
Kira giggled at her friend's stupidity.
"Yes dumbass, he'll be near you."
"Good. That's awesome! but with all my luck, I'll be ignored. Oh well." Kat half smiled, and applied some lipgloss. "Hey, look I'm sorry i was being a bitch earlier." Kat added on.
Kira stopped at the edge of the beach and gasped backing away.
"I can't go in there!"
"Why?" Kat asked, shaking some sand out of her hot pink platform sandals.
Kira shrank behind the other girl.
"He's there!" Kat grinned stepping aside.
"Girl...your in a frigg'in silver bikini and you look amazing....show off a little!"
Kat yanked the hoodie off her friend, prissy instructing:
"Work it girl, work it!"
Kira giggled. "Fine....But your staying close so I don't say something dumb..."
Kira turned toward her friend.
"Kat?"
She' disappeared down the sidewalk.
"Kat?" Kira whispered again.
She turned back toward the beach and ran right into Robert Englund.
"Oh my god! I'm so sorry!" Kira apologized.
"Oh now, it's fine." Robert said, patting Kira on the shoulder, sweetley.
Kira turned away walking down the beach away from him feeling like an idiot, and silently cursing Kat to the eternal flames of Hell.
Flames.....Hell.
Kira went into her trance like state once more.
Then Kat came back shortly, with two cocktails. "Hey, got you a cocktail." Kat said, tying the string of her neon bikini she wore in a Miss. California pagent. Kira sighed.
No wonder she couldn't get a date. All of the guys she'd been with had been nice enough, smart enough, handsome enough....They all liked Kira too.
Kira's fists clenched.
Until they saw perfect Kat....Gorgeous Kat....Princess of fuckin ruining relationships Kat.
Kira pulled on her hoodie. No point in trying now.
Kat noticed Kira's sudden mood change. She felt bad. She hated to see her best friend like this. "Hey, Robert has been starin at you for the last 10 minutes!" Kat said, telling the truth. Robert trotted over, and sat down next to Kira. Kat walked away, hoping that it would work out for Kira. "Yeah? What's up?" Kira asked hugging her knees and burying her face in them, her hood pulled up.
"In case you didn't notice, Kat went that way..." She pointed toward a little bar off the sidewalk, and then dropped her arm in defeat. She was a failure....A big failure. "I'm not intrested in her. Seriously. 1st of all shes not my type, and I don't like her. I sat here because I want to talk with you. Not her." Robert said, making Kira feel a little better. She liked how Robert referred to kat by "Her", instead of her name. "Can I get you a drink, it's on me." Robert said with a smile.
Kira looked up at Robert from under her eyelashes.
The intensity of his green eyes caught her off guard.
She looked away emberassed and blushing like mad.
"No thanks. I'm okay" Kira clung to her hoodie, not letting any part of her remain exposed. Next to Kat, She was a slob.
"I'm no therapist or anything like that, but I can tell something's wrong. You can tell me. I promise I'll keep it to my self, and only tell someone if it would seriously hurt YOU physically, or even metally." Robert said, hugging Kira protectively.
Kira's body relaxed as she leaned on Robert.
"I'm constantly living in her shadow. I can't have one decent realationship due to her and....uh...." Kira looked away before coming clean, "Unresolved...Daddy Issues...."
Kira couldn't meet Robert's gaze after muttering the last part softly.
Robert hugged Kira close. "Your a strong, beautiful woman. I don't know why guys would want her instead of you. I mean call me old fashioned, but your the kind of girl that any guy would KILL to have. I mean I may be speaking just for myself but anyway, I really, really like you. You've got to belive that." Robert smiled, and hugged Kira more. Robert really cared about Kira.
Kira's breath caught.
This was a sick twisted joke.
"Your lying." Kira said through grit teeth.
"No, I'm not. I'm drop dead serious." Robert said.
Kira crumpled into a ball on the sand.
She felt so broken and used...But HE was going to fix that....She just knew it.
Robert sat down in the sand next to Kira. "Anything I can do for you?"
Kira sat up sniffling.
"If you wanna help. Don't get involved with me. It would help us both."
~~~~~~Meanwhile~~~~ Kat watched through the bar window.
Kat sat there, slamming down drink after drink. Anything to numb the pain she felt. She knew how Kira felt around her. Kat kicked her self in the ass for that. She hated making other people feel bad. And the worst part? Kira never let how she was really feeling slip.
"Just whatever." Kat said to the bartender. Then after, what may have been the 30th drink, Kat slunk her head down on the table. She wasn't that drunk,and that really sucked.
"Hey." Robert slid into the seat next to her easily. "What's wrong with you?"
"Don't talk to me! Just leave! I don't wanna mess up Kira's chances with you!" Kat said, with force, and a haunted sound to her voice, not wanting to screw anything more up for her friend. So Kat paied the bartender and booked out of there. Robert followed and grabbed Kat's arm.
"LISTEN TO ME! WHAT THE HELL IS HER STORY?!"
An old woman walked by and raised her eyebrows.
Kat pulled away from Robert's grasp and straightened her dress.
"Well?" Robert demanded.
"Look! I don't wanna get into it! Trust me, ur best just asking her, or just ask me on set tomm! I just plz! I can't be seen with you! She's gonna get mad! and thts just gonna help my goddamn drinking problem!" Kat screamed, not knowing what to do, or say, just wanting Robert to leave. She was tired of hurting Kira.
Robert's eyes glazed over.
"That's it. You really don't give a damn! You want her to hurt...." Robert looked away. Kat slapped him across the face hard.
"DON"T EVER SAY THAT!"
Robert smirked.
"But it's true...You won't tell me because you like to see her hurt!" "No I don't!" Kat said, close to tears. "You don't get it! Me and her share a place, she brings a guy home, 50% of em try to get with me, the other 50% go ask me what ur askin, and then she thinks that I'm tryign to take those guys, When in fact, I just want to see her happy. I don't want these guys to be with me, or what not." Kat said, trying not start a flood with her tears. "You want the story? well I'll tell ya tomm at work."
Robert grimaced, playing it up a bit.
"Don't bother coming in. Your fired."
"WHAT?!" Kat said, shocked. "Why?" She asked.
Robert stood ridgidly, trembling in anger.
"Because, You can't open your eyes to what the hell's going on around you, and stop being self centered!" Robert spat viciously.
"Fine, you want the mother fucking story? HUH?!" Kat scareamed, annoyed at Robert, but more annoyed at her self, and feeling sick.
"Yes. I do. I can help her....I know I can!" He had the sincerest look on his face.
Kat caved.
"What did she tell you?"
"Just that you were like a boy snatcher, and something about daddy issues" Robert said, siting down on a bench.
Kat sat next to him.
"I haven't always been so...nice...to Kira. I used to make her life miserable..."
Kat looked off distantly, "So in a way the first is explained."
Robert remained quiet.
"And the second part?" His voice was calm, not judgemental.
Kat continued quietly.
"Well, uh, Her father left when she was pretty young, like 1st or 2nd grade." Kat said, feeling guilty talking about that, because it was something that Kira didn't really like other people knowing about.
Robert's face contorted angrily.
"Your lying to me....well....It may have happened, but..."
"ANYWAY," Kat said loudly, "She ended up having to live with him. and...."
Robert watched her face.
"And.....He did things to her that caused her to have a fucked up childhood....Until she was nineteen she had to deal with the....'abuse' he dealt her."
Kat go quiet and added, "She didn't deserve it."
Robert fell quiet. "I didn't know." He said, quietly. "Exactly. I don't like talking about it, because it's not a good thing to boast around the goddamn world. And because she trusted me enough to tell me that, the least i could do is keep it a secret. You tell anyone and I will hunt you down and kill you and everyone else you told." Kat said, she was dead seious. Kira was her best friend and she would go to the ends of the world to hurt those who hurt her most,hence Kat's drug and drinking problem.
Suddenly there was a bright flash.
"Smile for the camera Mr. Englund!" Someone shouted from behind a camera that had flashed.
"SHIT!" Robert exclaimed.
Kat clenched her fist and knocked out the camera guy, then she headed back home, to find Kira just lying there on the couch.
"Hey! What's up?" Kira trilled happily.
"Nothing." Kat said, setting her bags down. "Wanna order chinese?" Kat asked, reading a take out menu.
Kira looked over at the miserable expression on her friend's face.
With a painted on smile, Kira cheerily asked: "So, you and Robert have a nice chat?"
Kira stiffened then forcefully made herself relax and act normal.
It was enough to convince Kat.
"Uh, yeah, we talked."
"That's...nice." Kira finished, turning her attention to the TV where an announcement for E! was being made.
Kat watched in horror as Kira's brown eyes widened, rimmed in thick black lashes.
Kat and Robert filled the screen.
Kira sat transfixed listening to the announcement: "Who's the mystery girl recently photographed getting cozy with recently divorced Nightmare on Elm Street star-Robert Englund?
Sources say the two may have met during one of the cast parties thrown for returning actress Heather Langenkamp, who will resume her role as Nancy Thompson..." The reporter droned on.
Kira flicked off the TV.
"Okay..." "i'll be back." Kat said.
Kira smiled sadly.
"It's fine. I didn't have my hopes up anyway." Kat's heart nearly broke at the solem, forgiving look her friend threw her.
"Nothing is gonna fix this."
"I'll do anything to make it better! I promise!" Kat said, eyes filling up with tears. "I didn't know the goddamn paparazzi were there." Kat added on, slamming down a shot of vodka.
Kira nodded. "I'm gonna go talk to Robert."
Kira pulled on her coat and hugged her friend.
"It's okay! I trust you Kat...I trust you."
Kat smiled and set the shot down.
Kira smiled and got in her corvette.
After driving for awhile she arrived at the empty beach.
The moon on the water was so pretty.
As Kira watched, her problems, and anger, and hurt melted away.
She sat on the sand, crying quietly.
She didn't trst Kat...She trusted Robert.
Kira stopped reminding herself;He would fix things.
Robert walked up to Kira. Kira looked up and grinned.
Robert was perfect framed in the pale moonlight reflected on the water.
He was beautiful, gorgeous, handsome....all those words discribed him.
"Hey." He said sweetly.
"H-H-Hey." Kira replied, wiping her eyes.
Robert took a seat next to her.
"What's wrong?"
"I have a feeling Kat told. I don't trust her anymore." Kira sniffled.
Robert craddled her.
"She was only doing what she thought was best for you..." Robert explained, inwardly cringing at the thought of what Kira had seen on TV.
"I'm okay though. I'm 32. I need to grow up." Kira hugged Robert's waist, clutching him as tight as possible.
"I'm here for you... you can be mad at your friend if you want, but i kinda forced her to tell me. But you know you can always come to me." Robert explained.
Kira sighed in contentment.
"I thought this morning that you'd hurt me....That I'd get used to you being there..that you would hurt me like daddy did."
Kira hugged him tighter leaning her head up to watch him contemplate what she'd said...Give him time to process it all, to answer.
"I would never hurt you in that way. I promise." Robert vowed hugging her.
Kira held back how she felt about him, still not sold on him being there.
Plus, the added weight of what she'd have to do to him didn't help.
She leaned forward a bit.
Robert looked confused.
"What?" Kira asked quietly.
"What are you gonna do?" Robert asked, watching her intently.
Kira giggled: "This."
Robert sat dazed as he hit the sand with a soft thud.
Kira was over top of him smiling.
Robert was just about to open his mouth to protest, when sudenly, Kira's lips were on his, and it was a battle of 'Who's a better kisser here?' After minutes of rolling around in the sand and water, Kira finally drew back.
"I want you to know something Robert." She admited shyly.
RObert smiled and chuckled sitting up and pulling her into his arms once more, locking her to his chest posessively, and breathing evenly while he buried his face in her neck.
"What?" He sounded breathless.
"This is my first kiss." Kira said bashfully.
Robert smiled and just held her.
He didn't know what to say.

I'm fuck'in co-writing this with PerformanceKlokDethKlok-Are you fuck'in happy yet?