Thank you so much for your wonderful reviews on Chapter 1.
sonfan92, prissy020304, mutt009 and nightwish fan – Thanks so much!
MrsMusgraveTNG – Aw thanks Rock Star! I thought it was time to have our girls meet in a new way
drummergirl244 – Thanks heaps! So glad you liked the song, I so do not see song writing as a skill of mine
WillowOn3 – A roll? Not sure about that, I was rather inspired over my chirstmas break though. So glad your free to be chained to your computer lol, sorry to entice, if you want to know more you can ask…no promises that I'll tell you lol
mischevious1 – Thanks so much! That is so sweet. I'd love to hear what you think about my other stories
LoveAsh87 – Thanks, I like these versions of our girls too, something a little different from my other stories (well I hope so!)
DarceLynn – Hope you surived the wait til I posted chapter 2 lol, has it been too long? Have you had to concoct a punishment for me?!
uluvme – Thank you. Yep working together on a music video…we'll see how that pans out, knowing me there will be drama!
slushy – Thanks. The song was inspired by a song by The Calling
... – Aw thanks! I am a fan of MGMK's work so it is an honour to be considered a favourite along side them.
You Had Me At Um
Chapter Two – Hell Of A Day
Ashley's POV
I stepped out of my sleek black Porsche and looked up at the building that housed Spencer and Eva's production company. There was an eye catching, yet elegant sign over the door that read Worlds Away Productions in funky black script.
The building was inviting with huge windows along the front allowing passers by to see into the large reception area. I stepped through the front doors and smiled at Ethan who was already seated on one of the plush leather sofas in the reception area. Ethan was a good guy, a bit of a doofus outside of the confines of work, but a good guy none the less.
I glanced around the room, drinking it all in. I'm not totally sure how I knew it, but I was certain that Spencer had decorated the reception area. It had a warmth to it that was only rivaled by the woman herself. I stepped closer to the wall behind Ethan, which housed photos and posters from the company's various productions.
I was studying the poster from my favourite of Spencer's films when Eva came out with an apologetic smile on her face. "Hey Ethan, Hi Ashley. I'm so sorry we kept you waiting, Spencer only just got done with her last client so she will join us in a moment. If you guys would like to follow me, we'll head back to the meeting room so we can get this underway."
Ethan and I assured Eva that it was no problem and followed the short blonde out of the reception area. As we were walking down the hall a door opened and out came Spencer giggling with a gorgeous raven haired beauty following her. Spencer grinned warmly at us and I was sure I felt her eyes linger on me for a fraction longer than the others before she said, "Hey there, I'll be right with you guys," and continued to walk out the other woman.
I felt the oddest stirring of jealousy at the sight of Spencer interacting with this other woman, which was ridiculous given that I'd met Spencer less than twenty-four hours earlier. I really had to fight the urge to shove the black haired woman away when I saw her place a hand on Spencer's back as they walked together towards the door.
"Ashley you coming?" Ethan called over his shoulders, stirring me from my thoughts, which I so did not have the luxury to entertain.
"Yeah sure, sorry," I muttered as I followed Eva and Ethan into a small conference room. I took a seat and tried to stop my eyes from locking on the door and waiting for Spencer to come in.
A minute later Spencer came breezing into the room with a blinding smile. I couldn't help but take in the gorgeous sight of the other woman, she was so beautiful. Spencer was wearing a tailored tan skirt that fell to just above her knees with a jade green spaghetti strapped top. Her long, sun-streaked blonde hair was left out to flow freely over her tanned shoulders and she wore minimal make-up. Spencer was one of those women who was a genuine natural beauty.
I have to admit that I was a little overwhelmed by my feeling towards the blonde, it was something that had never happened to me before and it was throwing me for a loop. I kept trying to tell myself that I only felt the way I did because I admired Spencer's work so much. I have to say I really wasn't doing a great job of convincing myself.
Spencer's POV
I took a seat next to Eva, directly across from Ashley. I would be lying if I didn't admit that I had been thinking of the gorgeous brunette since our meeting the day before. I was very intrigued by the other woman, it was intense and not something I'd experienced so quickly before.
I slipped on my glasses and pulled out my notebook, "Ok so let's jump right into this. Last night we put together some ideas and concepts which Eva has for you," I paused as Eva slid two folders containing our ideas for the music video across the table to Ethan and Ashley, "If you guys want to have a look I'll leave you to go through them while I'll go grab us some coffees and Eva will go get the DVD of the music videos we've done in the past."
Ethan and Ashley thanked me and put in their coffee orders. I disappeared to get them their coffees, which was mostly to give them time to go over the folders without me watching them. I was really anxious to hear what Ashley thought of the ideas I had come up with. Eva's suggestions had not made it into the folders we had given to Ethan and Ashley. Her suggestions tended to feature Ashley and I acting out sex scenes from various movies (the Wild Things scene in the pool, oh yeah you know the one, seemed to get a lot of mentions) as Ashley's song played. I had deemed them to be a little bit too inappropriate, much to Eva's disappointment.
I had put so much thought into the ideas we put into the folders for Ethan and Ashley. I wanted Ashley to get an idea of what I was about and I wanted her to know that I got the song, that I understood the emotion behind it. I wanted the ideas I had come up with to fit to her unique style and image and I wanted them to be true to the emotions in the song and to her as an artist.
Ashley and Ethan had finished reading through the folders and Eva had returned with the DVDs by the time I strode back in with their coffees in my hands. I grinned at them as I passed out the coffees. "Ok so what did you guys think? Any ideas in those folders take your fancy?" Eva asked as she took her coffee from me.
Ethan looked at Ashley, "It's your video Baby so this is your show."
"Well I really liked the idea about the two lovers existing in different worlds and struggling to find commonalities. I like the idea of one of them wanting more while the other is afraid. The idea in folder talks about seeing the two lovers in different locations and showing that even in the same places they are in different worlds, like one of them being a musician so kind of artsy and the other being a business person." Ashley said excitedly.
I beamed, that was the idea I had liked the most too, "Great that one we can definitely work with. Ok so Ashley do you want to play one of the lovers or do you want actors for both roles. I was thinking we could get you to play the musician and have you singing the words of the song to the other person like you were having a conversation but I was thinking that it could be like you're talking to them and they are so stuck in their own world that they aren't hearing you. What do you think?"
I waited while Ashley thought about it for a second, a second that made my heart race and my mouth go dry as the nerves threatened to over take me, "I love it, I think that sounds perfect and I think I'll enjoy doing a bit of acting." Ashley finally said, making me grin happily.
Over the next hour or so we discussed the video in greater detail, going over possible locations and how the video should progress. The conversation started out between all four of us but eventually ended up being mostly Ashley and myself, with Ethan looking bored and left out and Eva grinning knowingly at me when Ashley and Ethan weren't looking.
Just before the meeting ended it occurred to me that I had forgotten to ask a rather important question, "Oh just one more thing, we have been gender neutral so far in our discussions about the other character in the video so do we want a man or a woman to play Ashley's lover?"
Ashley went to answer only to be cut off by Ethan, "Well a man obviously, right Ash? Seeing as Ashley is straight it wouldn't make sense to have her lover played by a woman now would it."
"Ok, sorry Ashley I didn't mean to assume anything," I said quickly, looking down at my notes to try and hide my blush. I guess Eva was wrong, Ashley was straight. I was surprised at how much that revelation upset me. I had known the woman for less than twenty-four hours and for some reason I almost felt betrayed that she wasn't gay.
Ashley looked between Ethan and I with a strange expression on her face, I guessed she was just worried that Ethan's comments had insulted me or something. I noticed Eva looking at me with sympathy so I shot her a slight shrug, getting me a brief grin in return.
The meeting ended not long afterwards, with awkwardness being the key theme of the rest of the discussion. As we got up to show them out I noticed Ashley watching me with the oddest of expressions, I guess she was worried that me the crazy lesbian was going to hit on her or something. It was not my habit to hit on straight women, no matter how gorgeous they were or how instantly I felt a connection to them.
"Ok so me and Eva will work on getting a script and some story boards together by the end of the week and get them over to you guys to go over. If you have any questions or idea please give one of us a call," I said as I led them into the reception area.
"That's great, thanks you Spence," Ethan said, dropping a kiss on my cheek dangerously close to the corner of my mouth. Eww, last time I had kissed a guy I was fifteen and he had ended up having to ice his balls for like four hours following my response to his kiss. I was so not going there again.
I caught Eva stifling a giggle at my obvious discomfort and shot her a glare, making her roll her eyes at me. I turned to Ashley and said, "Thanks for coming in and we'll be in touch. I'll see you guys later." I turned and walked over to the reception desk to answer the ringing phone, thanking God for my out from the awkwardness that had sprung up between Ashley and I.
"Hello, Worlds Away Productions, this is Spencer speaking," I answered the phone.
"Hey there sexy, it's been a while," said an all too familiar voice which made my stomach churn.
"Clearly not long enough. What the hell are you doing calling me Toni? I thought I made it very clear that not only are you to stay the fuck away from me, but you are especially not to ever contact me at work!" I snapped down the phone line.
"Spence, don't be like that kitten. I miss you and I want to talk about us. Hurting you was the stupidest thing I have ever done and I would give anything to get a chance to make it all up to you," Toni said seductively.
I rolled my eyes, same old shit, "Toni it's been a year and we've been over this. I want nothing more to do with you, not now not ever. Yeah you hurt me, but all that did was show me what kind of person you really are. All this time and not a word Toni so why the fuck are you calling me now?"
"I have just been thinking about you is all," She said, not very sincerely.
Then it hit me, I knew why she was calling, "Oh let me guess, you haven't booked any acting gigs in a while and you're hoping I'll have a production on the go that you can get some work in? Am I right?"
I was waiting for her to respond when the phone was torn from my hand and Eva practically shouted down the line, "Toni, this is Eva. You fucked up when you hurt my friend and now we want nothing to do with you. You will never work on one of our productions again and if I have my way you will never work anywhere again. Now fuck off and leave Spencer alone, haven't you hurt her enough?!" With that Eva slammed the phone down.
I was about to thank her when I realized that Ethan and Ashley were still in the room both looking anywhere but at me. I blushed and shook my head, way to be professional. "Oh I am so sorry you guys had to see that, that was so unprofessional of me! I am so very sorry."
Ethan came forward and wrapped an arm around my shoulder, "it's ok Spencer, you and I are friends before we are business associates. Are you ok?"
I nodded and glanced at Ashley who was giving me the strangest of looks, I really couldn't decipher it. "I'm sorry Ashley," I said softly.
She gave me a ghost of a smile and said, "It's ok, it wasn't your fault. Um I'd better go so I'll talk to you soon." Ashley smiled once again and walked out of the building. Ethan said a hurried good bye and headed out after her.
I sat down on the sofa in the reception area and looked up at Eva, "Well this has certainly been on hell of a day huh Evie?"
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Hmm so what do you guys think?
