Welcome back, everyone. I've not much to say about this chapter but it could happen outside of Basil's unconscious. Enjoy and review.
Good and Ugly… Which is the Hero?
After the play, the cast got together backstage. A glass was raised for the standing ovation that the cast got.
While Basil was praised, Brad stared angrily. Why should Basil, someone who had been disfigured in a car crash, have gotten the lead role? Why should Basil, someone whose face had been burned, be praised?
Brad was good-looking. Why was he not praised? Why did he not have the lead role? He could act as well as Basil!
It just wasn't fair!
Brad walked towards the group of people congratulating Basil. He forced a few people away and grabbed Basil by the shirt.
"Why? Why am I not treated this way?" Basil tried to get out of Brad's grip but to no avail. He had always been the physically weaker of the two. He always would be. "I'm a movie actor's son, I'm a movie actor myself! I should be treated like a god! I should have gotten the role of the hero, top billing! I'm handsome!"
"The only movies you are fit for is the one genre that never gets any rewards." Basil grinned a sly grin. Brad stared like a green-eyed monster at Basil. "And I don't mean B-movies!" Brad let go of Basil and backed away.
"Why does one as ugly as you get the lead role?" Basil touched his face, hurt. Brad's question was one that always hurt Basil. He hadn't been that good-looking before the accident, now he was absolutely grotesque. Brad's question was just to torment Basil. "Everyone knows that ugly people are villains?"
"Not always." Basil and Brad both looked at Lee as he stepped forward. He would defend Basil. "You've obviously never read 'The Hunchback of Notre-Dame.' Quasimodo is…" Lee turned his head to look at Basil. "… Different in appearance but he's not the villain." Lee then looked at Brad. "And Phoebus might be good-looking but he's a complete jerk." Brad backed away and then finally left. He was beaten. Brad couldn't argue with that logic.
