Disclaimer: I do not own „UnReal", any of its charakters or storyline.
Dance with Aquarius
Chapter 1:
Gary Stone sat in his office, when the phone rang.
The man was nursing a drink of scotch, while he stared at the latest viewship numbers of his network.
They weren't horrible, but not particularly good either, so there was an edge in his voice when he answered the phone.
„Who is it?"
„ , I am sorry to bother you. It's Madison Fouler", sounded a timid voice at the other end.
„Who?"
„Madison Fouler. I work as a producer on Everlasting."
„Oh, yes. What is it?"
„Mr. Stone. I have to talk to you. Everything is going wrong. Ms. King and Mr. Welton are basically fighting a war on set and some of the contestants are thinking about dropping out. I think someone needs to talk to them."
Gary's brows furrowed. Chad and Quinn hadn't be civil for a while and an Everlasting set always seemed like a war zone. He was fine with that, as long as he didn't get bothered and the results were good.
But now he felt bothered.
„Thank you for calling Madison. I'll get on it. Have a nice evening", he said, as he stared on those numbers and thought of a solution.
Rachel winced silently as she looked at the screen on which Chad's promo for „Everblasting" ran. She eyed Gary out oft he corner of her eye.
As expected he didn't look amused either.
Last night she had thought about going to him to rat Quinn and Chad out, in the hopes of being handed back the production. But she didn't feel like getting on Quinn's bad side yet and had figured that Chad would make a fool of himself at the presentation.
Judging by Gary's face, she was right. In a minute he would hand the show back to Quinn and take Chad to the nearest bar.
„I'm sorry Chad, this train is off the rails", Gary started of and Rachel could barely contain her grin. With the reins back in Quinns hand she just had to figure out how to take them off of her. It might take longer, but it was better and safer than an open fight with Chad.
„No, he is of the rails", Quinn jumped in, only to be corrected by Gary.
„Then why didn't you pick up the phone", he accused her.
Rachel's smile faltered.
This was not going as had expected.
„Cause this is what an executive producer would do. It seems to me that you let your personal problems get in the way of the job „ Gary shouted at them. „And until you get your eyes back on the ball, I'm putting someone else in charge."
„Excuse me?!", Quinn asked incredulously, quickly looking over at Rachel suspiciously. Rachel tried to give her a lost look.
„Someone who knows how to tell a story. Someone, who can give the american public what they expect every season from this show we all love."
Now that sounded like Rachel and a tiny bit of hope rose up in her, while Chad and Quinn begann seething with anger.
„Oh really. And who might that be", spat Quinn.
„Coleman Wassermann, come in here", shouted Gary and Rachel's smile died.
The door opened to a young, good looking guy in a suit jacket.
Everyone stared at him, while Gary went on and sang that guy's praises.
„Come on Gary, this is totally unnecessary", Quinn argued and Chad chimed in. „Do you have any idea how much money I have made..."
But Gary wouldn't have it.
And while Quinn and Chad did their best to dissuade Gary from this idea of a new excecutive producer, Rachel opened her laptop, googled „Coleman Wasserman" and hoped to find something she could destroy him with.
Author's Note: I promise chapters will become longer and more complext. I just wanted to get the premise out there, for now.
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