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Sarah sat on a couch that was black with blue throw pillows as accents around her, in the office of her producer, waiting to be called in. She had become an actress after collage and loved theater, following in her mother's footsteps. She sat there looking through a random magazine. Her long chestnut brown hair was pulled back by a clip that held most of her hair from her face leaving some hanging down in the back. She wore light makeup in browns on her eyes that made her green eyes stand out and lip gloss on her lips. The only time she wore more makeup was on stage. She wore a white short sleeved button up shirt that she left unbuttoned to her mid breasts and cut off jean short shorts. She sighed softly to herself as she put the magazine down and looked to the secretary. The secretary looked up to her with a small smile then went back to her work.
A few moments later the door that lead to her producer's office opened and a man with salt and pepper hair that hung to just below the shoulder blades pulled back into a pony tail walked out. He was tall and wore a suit of grey and black dress shoes that shone like they had just been polished. The man smiled as he saw Sarah and beckoned her into the office. She stood and walked into the office with her producer following behind. He continued to smile at her as he walked behind his desk and took his seat. He had been her producer since the beginning of her career a year ago. Motioning for her to take a seat opposite of him he opened a folder that sat in front of him on his desk.
"So, what do you got for me?" she asked taking her seat.
"I wanted to talk to you about the part you auditioned for last week," he said as he continued to smile knowing something that he was not going to divulge.
She smiles as she waits for him to continue.
"Well, you know…" he began to say and Sarah sighed thinking she didn't get the part after hoping that she had. "You got it."
She picks up a blank piece of paper, crumples it up, and throws it at her producer with a mock scowl on her face.
"That's not funny, you know," she stated irritated.
Her producer continued to smile and chuckled. As he stood he handed over a manila envelope to her.
"The manuscript is inside as well as the rehearsal schedule. Your lines are highlighted pink, start memorizing." he states after she takes it from him. "The first rehearsal is Tuesday."
"Thank you," she says smiling and stands.
She exits the office and once she is gone her producer opens his desk. Pulling out a small crystal he looks into it.
"It is done," he says as he continues to look into the crystal.
Sarah arrives home to find her best friend and roommate Tsai sitting in the living room reading one of her many dark romance novels, her pet fox asleep on her feet. Tsai leaned forward the longer front ends of her hair falling like wings around her face, her bangs cropped short left her lilac blue eyes to be seen. She wore a to big black t-shirt that read 'chibi kill stick', black boy shorts, and black and white ankle shocks. Tsai looks up from her book as Sarah enters, an unamused almost blank stare on her face.
"I got the part!" Sarah screeched and started to jump up and down.
"Good for you!" Tsai replies irritated and goes back to her book.
Tsai's fox jumps up from Tsai's feet and goes after Sarah. Tsai drops her book quickly losing her place and scrambles after her fox as it tries to jump on Sarah.
"No no no no…" Tsai said as she scrambles after her fox and catches it as he leaps at Sarah. "Sorry."
Sarah, used to Tsai's fox's actions, shrugs and heads into the room they share. One side of the room was full of light wooded furniture, a bookcase, knickknacks from Sarah's younger years, and a vanity mirror. The other was like something that came out of a vampire lover's fantasy. On Sarah's bed rested a Kinder Goth doll that belonged to Tsai. Sarah drops her manuscript onto her vanity mirror table and walks over to her bed.
"Tsai!" Sarah hollered as she picked up the doll and headed back out of the room.
"I didn't do it!" Tsai replied looking over her shoulder.
"Then what was this doing on my side of the room?" Sarah asked irritated.
Tsai points to her fox innocently.
"Right, I doubt that," she replies and tosses the doll at Tsai. "Keep your toy's on your side of the room!"
Sarah returns to the room again and throws herself onto her bed with a sigh, deciding that she would go over the manuscript the following day. A few minutes later she stood up and walked over to her mirror. Sitting down she looked at herself and smiled.
"Hoggle, Ludo, Sir Diddymus… I need you!" she said in a voice that reminded her of her past.
"Then why didn't you say so?" the gruff and gravelly voice of Hoggle replied from behind her.
Sarah smiled and turned around to find Hoggle, Ludo and Sir Diddymus around her once again. She jumps up from her seat and hugs each one of them quickly, almost toppling Hoggle over in the process.
"I have missed you all," she says as she sits down on her bed with Hoggle and Diddymus next to her and Ludo sitting on the edge of her bed looking at her.
"It is good to see you again, my lady," Diddymus said tipping his hat to her like he always did when they saw each other.
"It has been a while since ya asked for us, Sarah." Hoggle said looking up to her.
"I am sorry, it is just been kind of hectic around here lately." Sarah replied hugging Hoggle again. "It isn't like I haven't wanted to talk to you all, I have just been busy."
"Ludo miss Sarwah." Ludo said and she smiled at him.
She leans over and wraps her arms around Ludo in a hug, tears almost coming to her eyes. She tells them about what she had been doing since she saw them last and laughed with them.
"Last week I auditioned for a part in a new play." Sarah said excitedly. "Today I was called into my producer's office and was told I got the part that I auditioned for!"
Tsai walks in at that point with the phone resting on her shoulder. She smiles at Sir Diddymus, throws the phone at Sarah, grabs Diddymus and runs out of the room. Sarah was about to say something to Tsai but shakes her head and grabs the phone, putting it to her ear.
"Hello?" she says softly and looks to her friends.
"Sarah," a male's voice is heard over the receiver.
"Hey, Kay!" Sarah said happily a larger smile gracing her face.
Her friends stay quiet now as she talks to this man who she had told them was her boyfriend.
"Any news about the audition yet?" Kay asked.
"Just got the news about an hour ago." Sarah replied unable to wait to tell him the news. "I got the part!"
"Oh, Sarah that is great." Kay replied. "Why don't you get dressed up, tell Tsai to get dressed up and we go celebrate?"
"I would love that," she said looking away from her friends.
"Alright then," he said. "How about I pick you two up in an hour?"
"That works for me, see you then." Sarah replied as she stood up from her bed and walked over to her closet.
"Great," Kay said lovingly. "I love you."
"I love you too, Kay." Sarah said. "I will see you in an hour."
She hung up the phone a second later and looked to her friends that still sat on her bed. Tsai walks in then caring Diddymus in her arms. She holds Diddymus up to Sarah. Diddymus wore a little Victorian suit. Sarah blinks and shakes her head.
"Look he's a proper little gentleman now." Tsai said smiling.
"My lady, are these the trappings of your world?" Diddymus asked Sarah.
"When it comes to someone like Tsai they are." Sarah replied after a pause and then looks to Tsai. "You may want to get ready. Kay will be here in an hour to get us."
"I'm practicly naked!" Tsai says as she sets Diddymus down and runs across the room.
Tsai starts to throw clothes around the room as she searches for the right outfit. Sarah sighs softly as a pair of Tsai's panties land on Hoggle's head.
"Please keep your clothes on your side of the room, Tsai!" Sarah said as she walks over and grabs the pair of panties off of Hoggle and throws them back to Tsai.
"Are you going somewhere, my lady?" Diddymus asked as Sarah walked back over to her closet.
"Well, yes actually." Sarah said as she starts to go through her clothes in her closet. "My boyfriend, Kay, wants to take Tsai and myself out to celebrate the news of my new part."
"Sarwah, must go now?" Ludo asked and Sarah pauses.
She didn't want to leave them so soon after calling them to her, but her boyfriend wanted to celebrate with her.
"Not yet, Ludo." Sarah replied as she looks over to them. "I don't have to leave for a bit yet. Maybe you all can help me pick out an outfit for the night."
"AHHHH! I still have to do my hair!" Tsai interrupts and runs across the room and into the bathroom.
Sarah pauses and watches Tsai run into the bathroom and sighs softly. She turns back to her closet and starts to go through her clothing once again pulling out different outfits to show to her friends to see what they think. They chose one of her most conservative outfits that Sarah owns. Before she could even get into the outfit Tsai comes out and snatches it from her.
"I don't think so!" Tsai says as she walks over to Sarah's closet and pulls out a box. "You are wearing this!"
She thrusts the box into Sarah's hands and walks over to her side of the room. She picks up one of her pairs of boots and then walks over to Sarah's bed where she drops them.
"Now get dressed!" Tsai says as she walks back into the bathroom to finish her hair and makeup.
Sarah opens the box and smiles. Inside laid the gift that Tsai had given her on her last birthday. She pulled it out and lay it down on her bed. She started to get dressed. Upon seeing the outfit Hoggle, Ludo, and Diddymus looked to each other.
"Sarah, are ya sure ya wan'ts to ware that?" Hoggle asked Sarah as she pulled on the tight leather hip hugger pants that laced up the front.
She pauses again after tying the strings and looks to Hoggle, having missed the little look they all had given each other just seconds before. She now stood before them in a bra and the leather pants. She looks to the leather sleeveless half jacket and white tub top that would go underneath. She blinks a few times and smiles as she looks back to Hoggle. Just above the waist line of the leather pants rested wings of some kind of bird tattooed on her skin, it rested on her right side.
"I like the outfit, Hoggle," she replied as she turned her back on them and took off her bra and replaced it with the white tub top.
She walks over to her vanity mirror and takes a seat before it once again. She takes her hair down from the clip and picks up her brush. She smiles as she brushes through her hair, wondering why her friends were so quiet. She pushed the thought from her head as she pulled her hair up into a high pony tail. She adds some pink to the lip gloss that already sat on her lips and eyeliner to her eyes. Standing again she walks over to her bed and picks up the boots smiling. The boots are high heeled mid calf leather boots. They had laces up the front but a zipper on the side. Smiling she looks herself over in her mirror after putting on the boots, before putting on the jacket.
Tsai walks out of the bathroom, hair with ribbons woven though it and fluffed out, makeup dark somewhat extravagant, with a swirl below both eyes and her lips painted black. Sarah turns to Tsai and smiles.
"So, what do you think Tsai?" Sarah asked.
"About time…" Tsai replied as she looks over Sarah then walks to her side of the room.
Sarah sits down on her bed once again and waits for Tsai to get dressed. She still wonders why Hoggle, Ludo, and Diddymus were so quiet but didn't dare ask. She wondered if it had anything to do with what happened eight years ago when she first met the three. She looks over to Tsai and smiles. Tsai had put on knee high, high heeled boots, Lolita Goth dress, mesh stockings and lace arm warmers. Around her neck rested an Ankh necklace and a frilly high neck chocker.
"Looking good like always, Tsai." Sarah said and looked to the clock next to her bed. "Kay should be here any minute."
She looks to the three that sat around her bed with her and then looked away again. She didn't want them to leave but knew that they would have to go. She didn't think Kay would understand like Tsai did. Tsai gathers up some of her makeup and places it in her coffin shaped purse as Sarah debates in her head weather she should let Kay know about the three from the underground. Shaking her head she decides against it and looks to her friends once again.
"It is time for Ludo and friends to leave?" Ludo asked innocently.
"It is, Ludo." Sarah replied walking over and hugging Ludo. "But I will see you all soon I hope."
She pulls Hoggle into a hug as Diddymus quickly changes into his own clothes before being pulled into a hug as well. Diddymus leaves the clothes he had worn on Tsai's bed before saying his final goodbye to Sarah and disappearing with the others. A few minutes after they had gone the doorbell rang and Sarah looks over to Tsai as Tsai continues to gather things into her purse. Sarah stands and takes a deep breath before walking out of the bedroom and up to the front door. She peeks out the little peep hole and smiles. Sarah opens the door and lets a tall well tanned man with short black hair into the apartment. His eyes glanced over her and his lips formed a smile. He wore a leather jacket, a tight black shirt with a band logo printed upon it. He wore a pair of black leather pants and biker boots. A bit of eyeliner brought out his brown eyes.
"Wow! Sarah, you look hot!" Kay said before pulling her close to him and kissing her passionately.
Sarah kissed him back wrapping her arms around his neck. Tsai walks out of the bedroom then and sees them kissing.
"EWWwwww!" Tsai said and then walks up. "Where's my kiss?"
Kay slowly pulls his lips from Sarah's and looks to Tsai keeping his arms around Sarah. Sarah rolls her eyes and laughs softly. She pulls out of his arms and gathers her purse as Kay leans down and kisses Tsai on the cheek.
"Shall we head out now?" Sarah asked turning to look to Tsai and Kay.
"Lady's first!" Kay said opening the door once again.
Sarah walks out the door and Kay grabs her ass as she passes. After he grabs her ass Tsai hits him over the head with her purse.
"Oww! What do you have in there bricks?" Kay asked looking to Tsai.
"Maybe…" Tsai replied as she walks out the door.
Kay follows making sure the door was locked and closed behind him. He drapes his arm around Sarah's waist and led them to his black Mustang. He opened the passenger door for Sarah and let Tsai open her own door remembering what had happened the last time he tried to open the door for her. He walks around the car to the driver side and climbs in. Starting up the car he pulled out of the parking spot and out of the parking lot. Driving down the street his music thudded through his stereo system. After driving for a bit he pulls into a nearly full parking lot and stops in front of the main doors to a large concert like building. He smiles as he looks to the two girls and hands over a couple tickets to them.
"I will leave you two here and see you both later." Kay says smiling.
He leans over to Sarah and kisses her on the lips after bringing a hand to her cheek gently.
"But, I thought we were going out to celebrate." Sarah said after the kiss.
"Consider this my way of saying congratulations for tonight." Kay said and nodded. "Now go on. I will see you soon."
Sarah and Tsai climbed out of his car and watched as he drove around the building. Tsai pulled out a pack of cigarettes and lit one.
"Well, I didn't think this was the way we were going to celebrate." Sarah thought aloud and then shrugs. "So what do you think the tickets are for?"
"Well, why don't you go inside and find out?" Tsai replied as she puffed on her cigarette. "I will follow after I have finished my cigarette."
"Alright, Tsai." Sarah replied and turned to the door smiling.
She handed over her ticket to the tall buff man at the door and entered with the rest of the crowd. She entered into a room with no seats at all and a large stage on the opposite side of the very large room. She smiled as she realized what was going on. Kay had a gig tonight. Kay was a member of a rock band and she always did love to hear him sing. She didn't always get to because of her own work schedule but when she did she thought of nothing else except the music. She continued to walk with the crowd and got to a good spot where she could see everything she wanted to see and not be too close to the speakers. She waited for Tsai to join her dancing to the music that played over the speakers as people talked and waited for the concert to begin. Soon later Tsai joined her.
"I wonder why he didn't tell us he had a gig tonight." Sarah said to Tsai smiling.
"Maybe he wanted to surprise you." Tsai replied. "I should have looked on the calendar earlier. I have all his gig's written down there."
"Maybe this one was spur of the moment." Sarah said and sighed.
She still regretted sending her friends away so soon after she had asked them to come see her. She shook her head and placed them from her mind for now. She never really thought about how much she missed them until she had called them and sent them away again.
"Maybe," Tsai said and smiled. "You know what?"
"What?" Sarah asked looking to her.
"While you are busy working, I get to go to all Kay's gigs and you don't." Tsai teased.
"That's not fair!" Sarah said then paused.
She had not said those words in a long time, but she used them now not knowing why. She pushed all thoughts of that time eight years ago from her mind for the second time that night and sighed.
"Well, you know he always needs groupies." Tsai said.
"But you are nothing like a groupie." Sarah said looking to Tsai and laughs softly.
"Maybe not but I will be here if he wants to call a girl up on stage for backup vocals." Tsai replied smiling. "Plus he always prefers to call up girls he knows instead of those he doesn't. You know that."
Sarah nodded in agreement. The over head lights turned off and the opening band walked on stage as the crowd goes wild. They played a few songs before introducing Kay's band and walking off stage once again. Kay's band walked on stage to screaming and clapping. As the music washed over Sarah all thoughts about her friends and everything else was pushed from her mind. The only thought left in her mind was the music as it washed over her body and the energy of the crowd fueled her own.