Zero to Something.....
Standard disclaimers apply
She had arrived in Los Angeles three days ago in hopes to make it big. Well that was the last time she was briefly in that town her agent had set her up for some auditions and she had actually gotten a call back which led to her getting a roll.
Sure it wasn't a starring one but it was something which was what led her to the lot on the morning in question.
The lot was a hustle and bustle of crew members and actors and everything in between. It didn't seem as glamorous as you'd think but it beat getting ready for her next semester at Smithdale U any day of the week.
Adjusting the straps of her tank top and nervously fighting with her sunglasses she spotted a man that she approached. He didn't look important however she needed help and she was sure he'd be able to get it from him.
"Excuse me," she said as he looked over to her like she had just insulted him or something, "but I was wondering..."
"Yea huh, yea, I have some kid trying to talk to me call you back babe."
Manny then realized he was on some type of telephone and she was being an interruption.
"Sorry, Sorry," she said backing away as he gave her a perturbed look.
"Well you're here now, what do you want."
Manny sucked in a breath as she knew these Hollywood types had attitudes but she thought there were some good people, weren't there?
"Hi, I um, I'm trying to get to stage fifteen."
The mans eyes sized her up as he shook his head.
"Figures," he replied giving her directions.
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She made her way toward where he directed to her. She could swear she spotted her favorite actor from a soap she watched in the commissary as she passed, beginning to wonder if her movie was the same movie he was working on.
As she walked she mentally was thanking her well I guess it would be her ex Jay Hogart who she had recently split from. It wasn't that the former bad boy and her got in another fight about something like his lying quite the opposite in fact. No, Jay and her split because despite her constant pleas he felt that he was holding her back and he personally bought her plane ticket with the money he got pawning his mothers engagement ring with ironically he had recently stolen back from the pawn shop.
Arriving at the set which looked like a beach indoors she was suddenly met by some mousy looking red head that she met back when she auditioned.
"Ah, Miss Santos finally...GUS Manuela Santos is here."
Soon an older greasy looking man with bad teeth and an even worse foreign accent approached.
"Thank you Mindy," he said looking at Manny who was simply dressed in a pink and black layered tank top and a pair of low rise jeans as she figured she'd just be changing when she got to wardrobe so why dress up. Gus simply shook his head as he looked at her. "Well, not as tanned as you were last I saw you but fortunately that's what make up is for."
She didn't know what he meant by that but she assumed he was referring to the light tan she got from sunning on the beach on her previous trip.
Following the older man she arrived at a small trailer outside the building.
"Ok Manuela you have no lines so you need no script. Here is your costume and Janna will do your make up in there."
Manny simply was nodding as Gus pointed to the trailer before Manny looked down at her hands. In them was a red bikini bottom which wasn't that much of a bottom at all.
"Where is the top?"
"What top."
She looked at Gus wondering if he was kidding.
"The top to my bathing suit."
"Hot girl number 2 doesn't need a top."
Manny's eyes lit up like saucers as her agent Bernice never informed her she'd be topless in this roll for if she had the answer would be a most definite no way.
"Excuse me."
"It's just for this scene relax."
Manny let out a sigh of relief.
"In another scene you don't even need the bottoms if you know what I mean."
Manny blinked.
"You didn't know this was an adult film did you, relax the first time is overwhelming for everyone."
"Well then find someone else for this to be the first time for...because I quit."
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She left the set in a huff calling up Bernice and cursing her out over the telephone telling her she had better set up an audition for non pornographic projects ASAP.
Now she knew why she was supposed to go to the set this late in the day and she was infuriated and knew of only one thing to do and she was glad that Jay made her a fake ID as a parting gift for her to do so.
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Entering the dive bar a few moments later she instantly ordered a shot of tequila and tossed it back knowing the best thing to do was drown her sorrows now and think about searching for a waitress job or something in the morning.
Soon she was on her third or forth shot when she spotted a man heading into the bar causing her to drool a bit and not an idiotic drunken drool either. This guy was HOT and she was going to do something about it.
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TBC
OK next chapter we'll see Johnny's POV leading up to him entering the bar then in the part following that you'll see them meet and what not.
