Part Three
"Are you sure they're coming? I mean this is a really personal interview, I completely understand if they have no interest in doing it." the young journalist sighed. She was obviously nervous as her hands fidgeted with the papers she held. They were most likely all of the questions that her viewers begged her to ask and any she'd come up with on her own. Sara smiled over at her, trying to ignore Charles' manager who was on the other side of the room pacing. Moira was a bit more realistic with the prospect of them not coming. She knew that Charles was all for it but wouldn't do it without Erik, Erik wasn't a very agreeable man with interveiwers. He preffered his life to be private, like any other person's life was.
"Don't worry, they're coming. Erik hasn't said no to me yet, why start now?" she laughed, though it was obvious she wasn't so sure about that herself. "You said your name was Emilie, correct?" she was trying to distract herself with small talk. Those huge brown eyes looked up at Sara again, the same deer in the headlights look she's had since they first met about half an hour ago.
"Um, yes. Emilie Irvings." she said, a shy smile on her face. Sara couldn't understand how someone so shy was able to put herself all over Youtube and interview so many celebrities. It was obvious she didn't feel very comfortable around others. "I know what you're thinking." she said, suddenly sounding a bit more confident. Sara raised an eyebrow at her and glanced away only to see that Moira had stopped pacing and was now chattering on her phone sounding a bit irritated. "You're thinking, 'how can she have this job?' Well..." she sighed and sat down in the seat intended for the interveiw. "I usually do interviews via webcam and other such things. I feel more comfortable that way."
"Oh, well if it would be better-" Sara had started to tell her they could reschedule when Moira was suddenly next to them, beaming.
"They're on their way. Apparently they got swarmed by some papps that thought they could beat you to the juicy information." Moira said with a small laugh. Emilie grinned widely, showing that she had dimples. She really was an adorable girl, odd that she was so shy.
"They didn't say anything did they?" Sara asked, her eyes slightly widened. She'd hate to ruin Emilie's big break before it had even started. She seemed like such a sweet girl. Moira laughed and shook her head, putting a hand on Sara's shoulder.
"Heavens no, they told them if they wanted to know they could watch the interview." Emilie almost looked like she'd explode with happiness at that statement. The ego boost obviously gave her enough confidence to quit fidgeting because when Charles and Erik finally arrived it was almost as if she was a whole other person. Moira and Sara stood off to the side, out of the shot to watch them quietly. The camera's were already rolling when she shook their hands, gesturing for them to sit.
"So today I have with me Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr, two of the sexiest men I think the world has ever seen." she said with a small giggle. The cameraman panned out to get all three of them then. Charles was leaned to the side, his legs crossed and looking very much at home. Erik on the other hand looked a bit uncomfortable sitting stiffly in his seat, forcing a smile though it only looked like a grimace.
"It's a pleasure to be here, Emilie." Charles said sweetly. Moira smiled to herself recognizing the ever present friendly charm Charles seemed to hold. It was like there was a magnet inside of him that just pulled people towards it, a very happy sweet handsome magnet. Erik just nodded in agreement, keeping quiet.
"I heard you had a little bit of trouble getting over here?" Emilie offered, making small talk before starting the actual interview. Sara wanted to applaud her for being polite and trying to make them feel more comfortable before starting the bombardment of questions. Most interviewers just dive right in without a thought to how the actors or actresses feel about the situation. Charles chuckled and patted Erik's knee, his hand lingering there.
"You know how the papparazi is, they hear a new story and they swarm it like pirahnnas in the water." he said, earning a small twitch of a smile from Erik. "Erik made sure to put them in their places though." he squeezed his knee to put emphasis on the statement. Erik glanced at him then looked back at Emilie and nodded.
"I'd prefer to only answer the questions once and seeing as we already agreed to do this then here is where they will be answered." his tone was matter of fact and Charles smile was the only thing that kept Emilie from thinking she'd gone and upset them with the whole idea.
"Well you certainly gave your managers a scare." she joked, her smile was a bit forced but they didn't seem phased by it at all. Charles chuckled shifting in his seat, Erik couldn't help but smile slightly at that. Sara he could understand getting scared but Moira was far to calm for that, or so he thought.
"Yes well we'll be sure to make it up to them by making this worth their time, won't we Erik?" Charles beamed at his other half and recieved a nod. Emilie smiled more but could think of no other small talk to make so she decided to just get on with it. Especially since she noticed that Erik seemed to be a bit more comfortable.
"Well, we've got an awfully long list of questions so why don't we get started on this, hm?" she offered, earning a smile from Charles. He gestured for her to go on and start asking away. Erik who had relaxed a bit seemed to tense up again, putting his hand on Charles in hope's to be calmed in some way.
