[A/N. I know I haven't updated this story as much as I used to, which is
why I've made this a fairly long chapter, and it's not because I don't like
writing it anymore, but more because I don't have a lot of spare time on my
hands. Although, I have to admit I wonder whether it's beginning to get a
bit boring, and people might not like reading it as much as they used to?
Anyway, I'm back at Uni next week so again it might be a bit longer before
I update, but I'm determined to update my stories on here as much as I get
the chance. Enjoy!]
Chapter thirty-eight: Snape on radio.
The next morning Snape went down to breakfast avoiding Emma, Adam and the bodyguard's eyes. He couldn't believe he hadn't realised that the woman was a prostitute- he knew they existed, but not in Hogsmeade, and certainly not at Hogwarts, so he had never really come into any contact with them. It was clear, by the way that Adam was looking at him, that Emma had told him about it the moment she got the chance.
"So, today we've got a radio interview to do, and then we're on the Jay Leno show tonight." Adam said as their breakfast was placed in front of them. "Emma is also going to be doing a magazine interview between the two, but as it's for a woman's magazine you're excused from it Severus."
Snape nodded, inwardly thankful that he'd gotten out of at least one of the muggle interviews.
"Please tell me you're not going to talk about prostitutes on the interviews." Emma said snidely, and Snape glared at her. Did she really need to bring that up again?
Adam snorted through his food. "I heard about that..do you live in a box or something Severus? I would have thought someone like that would have been obvious- even to someone like you." He asked.
Snape glared at him, knowing that if there was anywhere he could curse him it was certainly not here, in front of all these hotel guests. But he was beginning to think that once this was all over, once he was back in England he was going to do something to teach both Adam, and Emma, a lesson.a very big lesson. The moment he got back to Hogwarts he was locking himself in his office and not coming out. That made him think, not for the first, and probably not for the last, time about the school children going to see "William the Wizard" over their Christmas holidays, and he shuddered slightly. But then, things wouldn't be as bad as this, would they? They couldn't get worse than this, surely?
"In Severus' favor, she didn't look completely like a pro." The bodyguard put in, and Snape shot him a surprised, but grateful, look.
"Well as long as nobody else finds out about it, the last thing I need is people thinking that the star of our movie needs to use the services of a prostitute." Adam said, finishing his breakfast and pushing the plate away. "Mr. Hampton has trusted me inexplicably with accompanying you two over here, and looking after interviews and things back home as well..if something happens then I can kiss my chances of ever getting anywhere in this business goodbye."
Snape raised an eyebrow; that was certainly interesting news in light of his new plan to make sure that these two annoying muggles paid for their actions.
"I can't eat any more." Emma said. "For some reason I'm so bloody nervous about these interviews."
"Just be yourself and people will love you. And remember what we talked about..." Adam assured Emma, and Snape resisted the urge to gag. At first he'd thought Emma seemed a nice enough woman, if somewhat determined, but as he'd got to know her more he thought she was a royal pain in the butt.
"What about Severus? I'd assume that would be the opposite?" Emma asked, cheekily.
Adam shrugged and for once didn't comment. Instead he glanced at his watch. "We should be getting on our way."
Snape, Emma, Adam and the bodyguard gathered up their things, and then went out the front of the hotel where a taxi was waiting for them. Adam quickly got in the front seat, shooting Snape a 'please keep your mouth shut this time' look as he, Emma, and the bodyguard got into the backseat. Like the first taxi they'd been in the driver was a maniac, and Snape ended up closing his eyes so he couldn't see what was happening. Eventually the wild ride ended, and the four of them got out of the taxi in front of a tall, plain building. When they walked into the building there was a woman at the front desk and Adam went over to talk to her whilst Emma and the bodyguard studied photos on the wall.
"Look there's Mel Gibson- he must have been promoting one of his movies.isn't he gorgeous?" Emma asked, pointing to one of the photos.
The bodyguard's attention was on another photo. "Here's Gwenyth Paltrow- now she's gorgeous."
Emma wrinkled her nose slightly. "I think she's got a funny shaped face." She said.
The bodyguard laughed. "That's probably because you're just jealous- right Severus?"
"Huh? Oh.yeah.right." Snape agreed. He didn't recognise any of the photos, but from the reactions of both Emma and the bodyguard they must have been famous muggles.
Adam came back over to them. "Ready? We've got to go up to the third floor and there will be someone there to meet us." He said. "Apparently Adam Sandler's being interviewed up there at the moment which is interesting because Mr. Hampton wants him for his new movie."
The four of them got into the lift, and Adam pressed the button for the third floor. As they went up Emma asked, "Do you think Mr. Hampton's planning on making a sequel to 'William' anytime?"
Adam nodded slowly. "There's a script for it floating around somewhere, but it depends on how much this one makes at the box office first. With all the press in England we're thinking when it opens there in a few days it should do well, so if it does the same here, then we'll certainly consider making a sequel." He replied, as the doors opened and they left the lift.
Snape made a face. They better not think that he'd be in a sequel to that stupid movie!
"Adam?" A woman asked and Adam nodded.
"They're running a little behind, but it shouldn't be too long. Perhaps if you come into the studio to get ready, but keep quiet of course." The woman said, and she led them into the studio where the radio program was made. Snape gazed around curiously; there were so many instruments and panels and things. Two men were sitting on one side of a desk, near the control panels, and another man was sitting on the other side, looking relaxed and comfortable as he laughed at the question he'd just been asked.
"I wonder why everyone asks me that." The man said. "I hadn't really thought about it, but who knows? It's a possibility."
Emma was gazing at the man with rapture. "Genius." She mouthed to the others.
"Well we better leave it there for now. Thanks for joining us, Mr. Adam Sandler." One of the men said, and the man who'd been laughing nodded.
"Thanks, it was a pleasure." He said.
One of the men pressed a button and then turned to Snape and Emma. "Sorry, we were running a little behind schedule, but just jump on over here and we should be right."
Snape did as he was asked, reluctantly, but Emma hesitated. "I just want to say I love your movies, I loved 'The wedding singer' most, and I was pretty impressed with 'Mr. Deeds.'" She said to the man.
"Thanks," He said with a grin. "So you're the witch?"
"Try bitch." Snape muttered, but luckily he was unheard.
"Sure am.have you heard of our movie then?" Emma asked.
"I'm going to the premiere tomorrow night with my fiancée. We're looking forward to seeing it. You know I've always wanted to play a wizard.I think I'd make a good one." The man said.
"Really?" Adam looked interested now. "Well you never know, Mr. Hampton may have a role for you in the future."
"Great." The man said. "I better get going, I've got things to do and you two have to put up with the Spanish Inquisition here."
"Right." Emma said, and she hurried over to where she was meant to be sitting. "I'll see you tomorrow at the premiere then."
"Sure thing, bye guys." The man said, and he left the studio.
Snape and Emma were sitting near the two men who were to do the interview, and Adam and the bodyguard took seats near the door.
"Ever been on radio?" One of the men asked them, and they both shook their heads.
"The good thing is unlike television you can come in wearing your oldest clothes, and no make up, and there aren't cameras and people in your face like on television." The man explained. "The bad thing being it's live, whereas even a lot of the so-called live shows aren't and you can do things again if you muck them up."
"Another good thing is radio interviews don't go for as long as television ones." The other man said, and he leant forward in his chair to check something on the panel. "Right, are you ready? We're about to roll."
He pressed a button and then said, "Welcome back to KWYZ with Frankie and Marty. Our next guests are virtual unknowns here in the states, but after the release of their movie I get the feeling they're going to be bigger than Ben Hur! I'm speaking of none other than William the Wizard's Emma and Severus. Hi guys, and welcome to New York."
"Thanks." Emma said brightly, and Snape echoed her thanks, although not quite as cheerfully.
"So, have either of you been here before?" The first man asked, the one who had spoken to them when they'd came into the studio.
"No, neither of us has, so we're pretty excited. We did the tourist thing yesterday which was pretty cool." Emma said, answering for the both of them.
"So tell us about the movie?" The second man asked.
"Well it's basically about William- Severus- and his wife Wendy- me- and their adventures when an evil wizard returns and is out to get revenge on William for something a long time back." Emma explained.
"So are there lots of spells and things? People turning into frogs and becoming invisible?" The first man asked.
Emma laughed. "Well there are spells in it, but nothing as cliched as frogs. We wanted to make it a more interesting movie, different to your usual wizard movie, and hopefully we succeeded." She explained.
"So we don't see William flying across the sky on a broom then?" The second man addressed Snape, who had remained happily silent up until then.
"I think it was a mop actually, and it was only a brief flight." Snape replied, and the two men laughed. Emma shot Snape a surprised, but happy, look.
"I read that you, Severus, have never been in a movie before, and have no ambitions to be an actor. So was this something you just did for fun, or was it more to prove something to yourself?" The first man asked.
"Well.it just sort of happened.." Snape said. "I was in London and I ran into the auditions and they offered me the job. I decided to do it because I thought it would be an experience.."
"Was it?" The first man asked.
"It certainly was." Snape said dryly, but neither of the interviewers picked up on the connotation.
"But you Emma, you're hoping to make a career out of acting?" The second man asked.
"I'm hoping, yes. It's really all I've ever wanted to do, so when I got this part..it was a dream come true." Emma explained. "And to be in a Hampton movie too!"
"Yes, Hampton movies certainly are big productions and have good reputations, don't they?" The second man agreed. "Do you think maybe I could be in the sequel- assuming they're making one?"
"Well we don't know if they are making one yet, but the way I see it is, if you're good enough, audition, and maybe you'll get a part." Emma replied.
"I heard on the grapevine that if a sequel is made they are going to try and get some more well known actors for parts in it, instead of a cast of virtual unknowns like this one. Does that concern you?" The first man asked.
"Not really, no. I mean, they're going to want William and Wendy in it, so our parts are safe, and the experience of working with some high caliber actors or actresses would be amazing." Emma replied, with a smile.
"And before we run out of time, tell us, what are your plans for the future?" The second man asked.
"Well I'm enjoying all this publicity for 'William' at the moment, but at the start of next year I'm filming a movie with John Cleese and Dawn French, which is a comedy, of course, and it's set during the second world war." Emma said. "And after that, who knows?"
"And what about you Severus?" The second man asked, turning to Snape.
"Um..well I'll be back at work again when we get back to England, and other than that I really don't have any plans." Snape said.
"That's right, I read in your bio you were a science teacher, is that right?" The first man asked.
"That's right." Snape said.
"Okay, well thanks for taking some time out of your busy schedule to speak with us, and we hope you have fun on Leno tonight, and at the movie premiere tomorrow night." The first man said, and the second man echoed his thanks.
"Our pleasure, we had fun." Emma said, and Snape muttered a "Yeah, thanks."
The first man pressed a button, and the interview was over and done with. Now, all Snape had to worry about was the television show that night.
Chapter thirty-eight: Snape on radio.
The next morning Snape went down to breakfast avoiding Emma, Adam and the bodyguard's eyes. He couldn't believe he hadn't realised that the woman was a prostitute- he knew they existed, but not in Hogsmeade, and certainly not at Hogwarts, so he had never really come into any contact with them. It was clear, by the way that Adam was looking at him, that Emma had told him about it the moment she got the chance.
"So, today we've got a radio interview to do, and then we're on the Jay Leno show tonight." Adam said as their breakfast was placed in front of them. "Emma is also going to be doing a magazine interview between the two, but as it's for a woman's magazine you're excused from it Severus."
Snape nodded, inwardly thankful that he'd gotten out of at least one of the muggle interviews.
"Please tell me you're not going to talk about prostitutes on the interviews." Emma said snidely, and Snape glared at her. Did she really need to bring that up again?
Adam snorted through his food. "I heard about that..do you live in a box or something Severus? I would have thought someone like that would have been obvious- even to someone like you." He asked.
Snape glared at him, knowing that if there was anywhere he could curse him it was certainly not here, in front of all these hotel guests. But he was beginning to think that once this was all over, once he was back in England he was going to do something to teach both Adam, and Emma, a lesson.a very big lesson. The moment he got back to Hogwarts he was locking himself in his office and not coming out. That made him think, not for the first, and probably not for the last, time about the school children going to see "William the Wizard" over their Christmas holidays, and he shuddered slightly. But then, things wouldn't be as bad as this, would they? They couldn't get worse than this, surely?
"In Severus' favor, she didn't look completely like a pro." The bodyguard put in, and Snape shot him a surprised, but grateful, look.
"Well as long as nobody else finds out about it, the last thing I need is people thinking that the star of our movie needs to use the services of a prostitute." Adam said, finishing his breakfast and pushing the plate away. "Mr. Hampton has trusted me inexplicably with accompanying you two over here, and looking after interviews and things back home as well..if something happens then I can kiss my chances of ever getting anywhere in this business goodbye."
Snape raised an eyebrow; that was certainly interesting news in light of his new plan to make sure that these two annoying muggles paid for their actions.
"I can't eat any more." Emma said. "For some reason I'm so bloody nervous about these interviews."
"Just be yourself and people will love you. And remember what we talked about..." Adam assured Emma, and Snape resisted the urge to gag. At first he'd thought Emma seemed a nice enough woman, if somewhat determined, but as he'd got to know her more he thought she was a royal pain in the butt.
"What about Severus? I'd assume that would be the opposite?" Emma asked, cheekily.
Adam shrugged and for once didn't comment. Instead he glanced at his watch. "We should be getting on our way."
Snape, Emma, Adam and the bodyguard gathered up their things, and then went out the front of the hotel where a taxi was waiting for them. Adam quickly got in the front seat, shooting Snape a 'please keep your mouth shut this time' look as he, Emma, and the bodyguard got into the backseat. Like the first taxi they'd been in the driver was a maniac, and Snape ended up closing his eyes so he couldn't see what was happening. Eventually the wild ride ended, and the four of them got out of the taxi in front of a tall, plain building. When they walked into the building there was a woman at the front desk and Adam went over to talk to her whilst Emma and the bodyguard studied photos on the wall.
"Look there's Mel Gibson- he must have been promoting one of his movies.isn't he gorgeous?" Emma asked, pointing to one of the photos.
The bodyguard's attention was on another photo. "Here's Gwenyth Paltrow- now she's gorgeous."
Emma wrinkled her nose slightly. "I think she's got a funny shaped face." She said.
The bodyguard laughed. "That's probably because you're just jealous- right Severus?"
"Huh? Oh.yeah.right." Snape agreed. He didn't recognise any of the photos, but from the reactions of both Emma and the bodyguard they must have been famous muggles.
Adam came back over to them. "Ready? We've got to go up to the third floor and there will be someone there to meet us." He said. "Apparently Adam Sandler's being interviewed up there at the moment which is interesting because Mr. Hampton wants him for his new movie."
The four of them got into the lift, and Adam pressed the button for the third floor. As they went up Emma asked, "Do you think Mr. Hampton's planning on making a sequel to 'William' anytime?"
Adam nodded slowly. "There's a script for it floating around somewhere, but it depends on how much this one makes at the box office first. With all the press in England we're thinking when it opens there in a few days it should do well, so if it does the same here, then we'll certainly consider making a sequel." He replied, as the doors opened and they left the lift.
Snape made a face. They better not think that he'd be in a sequel to that stupid movie!
"Adam?" A woman asked and Adam nodded.
"They're running a little behind, but it shouldn't be too long. Perhaps if you come into the studio to get ready, but keep quiet of course." The woman said, and she led them into the studio where the radio program was made. Snape gazed around curiously; there were so many instruments and panels and things. Two men were sitting on one side of a desk, near the control panels, and another man was sitting on the other side, looking relaxed and comfortable as he laughed at the question he'd just been asked.
"I wonder why everyone asks me that." The man said. "I hadn't really thought about it, but who knows? It's a possibility."
Emma was gazing at the man with rapture. "Genius." She mouthed to the others.
"Well we better leave it there for now. Thanks for joining us, Mr. Adam Sandler." One of the men said, and the man who'd been laughing nodded.
"Thanks, it was a pleasure." He said.
One of the men pressed a button and then turned to Snape and Emma. "Sorry, we were running a little behind schedule, but just jump on over here and we should be right."
Snape did as he was asked, reluctantly, but Emma hesitated. "I just want to say I love your movies, I loved 'The wedding singer' most, and I was pretty impressed with 'Mr. Deeds.'" She said to the man.
"Thanks," He said with a grin. "So you're the witch?"
"Try bitch." Snape muttered, but luckily he was unheard.
"Sure am.have you heard of our movie then?" Emma asked.
"I'm going to the premiere tomorrow night with my fiancée. We're looking forward to seeing it. You know I've always wanted to play a wizard.I think I'd make a good one." The man said.
"Really?" Adam looked interested now. "Well you never know, Mr. Hampton may have a role for you in the future."
"Great." The man said. "I better get going, I've got things to do and you two have to put up with the Spanish Inquisition here."
"Right." Emma said, and she hurried over to where she was meant to be sitting. "I'll see you tomorrow at the premiere then."
"Sure thing, bye guys." The man said, and he left the studio.
Snape and Emma were sitting near the two men who were to do the interview, and Adam and the bodyguard took seats near the door.
"Ever been on radio?" One of the men asked them, and they both shook their heads.
"The good thing is unlike television you can come in wearing your oldest clothes, and no make up, and there aren't cameras and people in your face like on television." The man explained. "The bad thing being it's live, whereas even a lot of the so-called live shows aren't and you can do things again if you muck them up."
"Another good thing is radio interviews don't go for as long as television ones." The other man said, and he leant forward in his chair to check something on the panel. "Right, are you ready? We're about to roll."
He pressed a button and then said, "Welcome back to KWYZ with Frankie and Marty. Our next guests are virtual unknowns here in the states, but after the release of their movie I get the feeling they're going to be bigger than Ben Hur! I'm speaking of none other than William the Wizard's Emma and Severus. Hi guys, and welcome to New York."
"Thanks." Emma said brightly, and Snape echoed her thanks, although not quite as cheerfully.
"So, have either of you been here before?" The first man asked, the one who had spoken to them when they'd came into the studio.
"No, neither of us has, so we're pretty excited. We did the tourist thing yesterday which was pretty cool." Emma said, answering for the both of them.
"So tell us about the movie?" The second man asked.
"Well it's basically about William- Severus- and his wife Wendy- me- and their adventures when an evil wizard returns and is out to get revenge on William for something a long time back." Emma explained.
"So are there lots of spells and things? People turning into frogs and becoming invisible?" The first man asked.
Emma laughed. "Well there are spells in it, but nothing as cliched as frogs. We wanted to make it a more interesting movie, different to your usual wizard movie, and hopefully we succeeded." She explained.
"So we don't see William flying across the sky on a broom then?" The second man addressed Snape, who had remained happily silent up until then.
"I think it was a mop actually, and it was only a brief flight." Snape replied, and the two men laughed. Emma shot Snape a surprised, but happy, look.
"I read that you, Severus, have never been in a movie before, and have no ambitions to be an actor. So was this something you just did for fun, or was it more to prove something to yourself?" The first man asked.
"Well.it just sort of happened.." Snape said. "I was in London and I ran into the auditions and they offered me the job. I decided to do it because I thought it would be an experience.."
"Was it?" The first man asked.
"It certainly was." Snape said dryly, but neither of the interviewers picked up on the connotation.
"But you Emma, you're hoping to make a career out of acting?" The second man asked.
"I'm hoping, yes. It's really all I've ever wanted to do, so when I got this part..it was a dream come true." Emma explained. "And to be in a Hampton movie too!"
"Yes, Hampton movies certainly are big productions and have good reputations, don't they?" The second man agreed. "Do you think maybe I could be in the sequel- assuming they're making one?"
"Well we don't know if they are making one yet, but the way I see it is, if you're good enough, audition, and maybe you'll get a part." Emma replied.
"I heard on the grapevine that if a sequel is made they are going to try and get some more well known actors for parts in it, instead of a cast of virtual unknowns like this one. Does that concern you?" The first man asked.
"Not really, no. I mean, they're going to want William and Wendy in it, so our parts are safe, and the experience of working with some high caliber actors or actresses would be amazing." Emma replied, with a smile.
"And before we run out of time, tell us, what are your plans for the future?" The second man asked.
"Well I'm enjoying all this publicity for 'William' at the moment, but at the start of next year I'm filming a movie with John Cleese and Dawn French, which is a comedy, of course, and it's set during the second world war." Emma said. "And after that, who knows?"
"And what about you Severus?" The second man asked, turning to Snape.
"Um..well I'll be back at work again when we get back to England, and other than that I really don't have any plans." Snape said.
"That's right, I read in your bio you were a science teacher, is that right?" The first man asked.
"That's right." Snape said.
"Okay, well thanks for taking some time out of your busy schedule to speak with us, and we hope you have fun on Leno tonight, and at the movie premiere tomorrow night." The first man said, and the second man echoed his thanks.
"Our pleasure, we had fun." Emma said, and Snape muttered a "Yeah, thanks."
The first man pressed a button, and the interview was over and done with. Now, all Snape had to worry about was the television show that night.