A/N: All fictional! I don't own anyone but the original characters
(basically anyone you don't recognize).
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**Thank you to reviewers! You make me so very, very happy! ^^
1 Chapter Five
2 *And So It Begins*
Hortense awoke the next morning to the sound of a blender.
"Hortense!!"
"What?" she croaked in response.
"GET UP! My audition is today! C'mon! We're going to be late!" Lisa screamed up the staircase. Hortense sighed and fell back into the bed.
"All right...all right...all right," she sighed, getting up and hobbling towards the shower.
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Lisa stared at the director.
"What?"
"I said...I want you to sing. You can sing, right?"
"Uh...well...no…but I can learn!" Lisa exclaimed.
"I specifically said that I wanted someone that could sing!" he said with irriation.
"I'll learn!" Lisa exclaimed. The man sighed.
"No...no...there is not enough time! Production must start immediately!"
"But...but...I...I can try! Maybe I can sing...you never know!"
____
Hortense tried a sympathetic smile. Lisa was brooding in her room, and would not look at her friend.
"I can't believe they wanted me to sing! I would have done *anything* else...but not singing," she moaned. Lisa's singing voice was known to be somewhat lacking. She had been kicked out of choir their freshman year. Apparently the teacher said she sounded like a strangled cat and was a disgrace to the entire singing community.
"I'm sure there will be other opportunities," Hortense tried.
"Yeah...sure...but my heart was set on this! The script really *spoke* to me!"
"Lisa! It was in Portuguese! You didn't even know what you were saying!" Hortense exclaimed.
"But still! I felt it! Couldn't you! I was really into it...the passion, the romance...the unrequited love!"
"It was about a murdered prostitute and the STD she transferred to a Finish man..." Hortense said gently.
"What?"
"Bea didn't want to ruin it for you...she figured they'd tell you...I should have said something, I'm sorry," Hortense frowned.
"That's preposterous! Who would write a movie about that?! Well...I guess...since we're down here...we might as well have fun," Lisa said, looking up at her friend.
"What do you mean?"
"Let's go dancing! Let's go out on the town! Let's go stuff ourselves somewhere with seafood!"
"Wow...that was fast," Hortense sighed.
"There's no use sitting around pouting!" Lisa exclaimed, jumping to her feet.
"No! Of course not!"
"So, I gotta get out! Meet new people! Explore new things!"
"But your life in danger!"
"Yes!"
"Have sex with as many men as possible!"
"Probably!"
"Run through the park naked!"
"Do they have a park around here?"
"I dunno…we could find one?"
"Sure! Why not!" There was a pause.
"Lisa…are you * sure * you're feeling all right?"
"Yes! I'm fine!"
Hortense frowned and reached for the box of Kleenex on the table.
"How 'bout we stay in tonight…rent some movies…gorge ourselves on sugar and popcorn…tell the movie industry to screw themselves."
"Yeah, ok," Lisa sniffed, grabbing a tissue.
"OK." Hortense said, getting up.
"Where are you going?"
"To a grocery store. Stay here…I'll be back in a minute," she said. Lisa nodded, grabbing for another tissue and blowing her nose loudly.
___
Hortense wandered up and down the aisles of the grocery store, desperately searching for chocolate sauce and whipped cream.
"You know…you'd think they'd at least have whipped cream…" she muttered, searching the dairy case.
"Horty!" she heard Lisa call. Turning around, a bit puzzeled, she saw her friend bounding into the store.
"Lisa…what…what are you doing here?"
"I couldn't sit around…besides…I remembered something," she said with a grin.
"Oh…ok…what-what did you remember?" Hortense asked tentatively.
"We're extras! Come on!" Lisa nearly screamed, a huge smile on her face.
"What? How? When?" Hortense's brain started working painfully slow.
"Just now…come on!" Lisa grabbed Hortense, who dropped the can of cheese-whiz she was clutching.
Hortense couldn't remember what happened after that. It was a whirlwind of faces, places, and strange looking costumes.
"Lisa…where are we?" she questioned quietly.
"New Zealand, Hortense, on a movie set! Isn't it exciting!"
Hortense looked around.
"Yeah."
SHORT CHAPTER
**Thank you to reviewers! You make me so very, very happy! ^^
1 Chapter Five
2 *And So It Begins*
Hortense awoke the next morning to the sound of a blender.
"Hortense!!"
"What?" she croaked in response.
"GET UP! My audition is today! C'mon! We're going to be late!" Lisa screamed up the staircase. Hortense sighed and fell back into the bed.
"All right...all right...all right," she sighed, getting up and hobbling towards the shower.
___
Lisa stared at the director.
"What?"
"I said...I want you to sing. You can sing, right?"
"Uh...well...no…but I can learn!" Lisa exclaimed.
"I specifically said that I wanted someone that could sing!" he said with irriation.
"I'll learn!" Lisa exclaimed. The man sighed.
"No...no...there is not enough time! Production must start immediately!"
"But...but...I...I can try! Maybe I can sing...you never know!"
____
Hortense tried a sympathetic smile. Lisa was brooding in her room, and would not look at her friend.
"I can't believe they wanted me to sing! I would have done *anything* else...but not singing," she moaned. Lisa's singing voice was known to be somewhat lacking. She had been kicked out of choir their freshman year. Apparently the teacher said she sounded like a strangled cat and was a disgrace to the entire singing community.
"I'm sure there will be other opportunities," Hortense tried.
"Yeah...sure...but my heart was set on this! The script really *spoke* to me!"
"Lisa! It was in Portuguese! You didn't even know what you were saying!" Hortense exclaimed.
"But still! I felt it! Couldn't you! I was really into it...the passion, the romance...the unrequited love!"
"It was about a murdered prostitute and the STD she transferred to a Finish man..." Hortense said gently.
"What?"
"Bea didn't want to ruin it for you...she figured they'd tell you...I should have said something, I'm sorry," Hortense frowned.
"That's preposterous! Who would write a movie about that?! Well...I guess...since we're down here...we might as well have fun," Lisa said, looking up at her friend.
"What do you mean?"
"Let's go dancing! Let's go out on the town! Let's go stuff ourselves somewhere with seafood!"
"Wow...that was fast," Hortense sighed.
"There's no use sitting around pouting!" Lisa exclaimed, jumping to her feet.
"No! Of course not!"
"So, I gotta get out! Meet new people! Explore new things!"
"But your life in danger!"
"Yes!"
"Have sex with as many men as possible!"
"Probably!"
"Run through the park naked!"
"Do they have a park around here?"
"I dunno…we could find one?"
"Sure! Why not!" There was a pause.
"Lisa…are you * sure * you're feeling all right?"
"Yes! I'm fine!"
Hortense frowned and reached for the box of Kleenex on the table.
"How 'bout we stay in tonight…rent some movies…gorge ourselves on sugar and popcorn…tell the movie industry to screw themselves."
"Yeah, ok," Lisa sniffed, grabbing a tissue.
"OK." Hortense said, getting up.
"Where are you going?"
"To a grocery store. Stay here…I'll be back in a minute," she said. Lisa nodded, grabbing for another tissue and blowing her nose loudly.
___
Hortense wandered up and down the aisles of the grocery store, desperately searching for chocolate sauce and whipped cream.
"You know…you'd think they'd at least have whipped cream…" she muttered, searching the dairy case.
"Horty!" she heard Lisa call. Turning around, a bit puzzeled, she saw her friend bounding into the store.
"Lisa…what…what are you doing here?"
"I couldn't sit around…besides…I remembered something," she said with a grin.
"Oh…ok…what-what did you remember?" Hortense asked tentatively.
"We're extras! Come on!" Lisa nearly screamed, a huge smile on her face.
"What? How? When?" Hortense's brain started working painfully slow.
"Just now…come on!" Lisa grabbed Hortense, who dropped the can of cheese-whiz she was clutching.
Hortense couldn't remember what happened after that. It was a whirlwind of faces, places, and strange looking costumes.
"Lisa…where are we?" she questioned quietly.
"New Zealand, Hortense, on a movie set! Isn't it exciting!"
Hortense looked around.
"Yeah."