Chapter 21
I didn't really have time to process what Britts had said earlier in the edited photo she had sent me. In my mind, I had merely assumed that Britts would be back in the US soon and that we would meet one way or the other. Her contract with the troupe should be ending just at the beginning of my summer break.
It was the finals for my first semester and damn if I was going to flunk it. Being in first year for my programme meant that we hadn't chosen a major yet, so the finals still consisted of quite a number of paperwork, which I dreaded. In other words, in these these part few weeks, I've been very self absorbed.
My friends and I were cramming for the finals, handing up assignments and at the same time, finding an equal balance between that and going out.
You really can't blame us. We were college kids in LA - like, hello, fake IDs and nightclubs. We still went out almost weekly. Well, Puck and I anyway. By default, even with what had happened between us, I was still Puck's wingman and we tried to meet up for a beer at least once a week, even if it was just to catch up.
So it really came as a surprise when during one weekend in the midst of re-watching Xena - err, I mean studying, when Brittany called me from London to let me know that she had managed to get an audition to appear in a music video by Nelly the previous week and the audition had went well.
She said that the managers at the record company had liked her and depending on the outcome of the music video, she may even be signed on for more videos in the same recording company.
Shooting was to begin in a few weeks – and Britts would have to miss the final days of her troupe performing in London because of it, but the pay off was good. She may be getting a contract for a few videos if everything went well.
The entire contract for the video was for a month, plus minus and Brittany would be required to attend the entire session at a location the recording company had chosen. While the contract would provide her a weekly allowance just to cover relocation costs, Brittany would need a place to stay the entire duration.
To say I was excited for Brittany would've been an understatement. Hearing Brittany's voice with such joy brought a smile to my face and I was too busy congratulating Brittany to hear what she had to say next. Or rather, the favour that she had called to ask me for.
What a minute. Relocation? Favour? Accomodation?
And then I realised what Brittany had been trying to tell me all along.
Brittany was going to be in L.A. for a whole month in 2 week's time and she needed a place to bunk. Brittany was going to be in the same L.A. that I was in and she's asking if I could let her bunk with me for a whole month.
Holy shit.