Disclaimer: *leads Mamochan away on a leash.* Heh.. none of the characters belong to me.. *sweatdrop* This is also a bit longer than normal, I had a lot to cover in it! Yay! *cheers some more* Be happy clams!
I don't think this is that great a writing, but I really tried! This may be a letdown for a few of you...
It was finally here, the day of the premier. I hadn't seen Serenity since she visited me in the office. News.. or in normal terms, her telephone calls, had it that she had been very busy with work. That and she.. every time we planned together.. she.. she wanted to go shopping.. Her presents were wrapped and locked away at the bottom of my closet. I was dreading the moment I had to bring them out into the open and watch her open it in front of all our friends. It was a hideous thought. Oh dear Lord save me.
Anyways, back to the premier. At that moment I was nervously pacing in my undershirt and slacks, in front of a mirror. I was nervous. What would the newspapers say? Would I suddenly become engaged to my best friend? Or worse, what if they wouldn't leave her alone? What if they started to camp out on her front lawn trying to get the latest scoop on her favorite kind of fruit(strawberries) or when she decided to take a swim (2 PM). This was nerve wracking. I picked up my phone and dialed her number. On the third ring she picked up.
"Hello?"
"Serenity! What if they start camping out on your front lawn?!" I demanded.
"You silly goose.." she chuckled, " You forget that apartment in Malibu of mine. This house isn't listed as my home. That is. They'll be camping out in front of an empty apartment." I let out a deep sigh of relief.
"Got it. I'm picking you up in 4 hours. You getting ready?"
"Yes sir captain sir!" she shouted before we hung up. I began to pace again.
What if paparazzi followed us and our limo driver crashed?! I picked up the phone again and told her my dilemma.
"For heavens sake, we'll sit in the back and wear seat belts." She answered. Oh. Right. Of course! How silly of me. I took a deep breath and we hung up again. I tried to sit down on my bed and concentrated on a single candle. This was supposed to be calming me down, yet it just seemed to be leaving my mind blank for more worries to push their way into my brain. I picked up the phone and dialed.
"Hello?" Serenity asked sweetly. I was relieved she wasn't annoyed yet.
"Sere-" I started but she interrupted.
"Endy dear if you state one more of these insane worries of yours I'm going to call up every single tabloid and tell them you are moving to Tahiti and becoming a truck driver!" She bellowed, "eat some of that chocolate I gave you, take a long bubble bath and CALM DOWN!" I nodded then smacked my forehead knowing she couldn't see me nod-
"I know you're nodding your head right now.. so the only time that you are going to call right before you leave to pick me up." She answered.
"a truck driver eh?" I asked suddenly getting a hold of myself and reflecting on what she had threatened. Serenity giggled.
"Of course.. can't you imagine yourself sitting behind the wheel of a semi?" she asked teasingly. I guffawed. Did I look like a truck driver? I looked at the mirror and saw the same thing I saw every day. Tall, wild black locks, blue eyes, clean-shaven, fairly strong. I did NOT look like a truck driver
"Yeah right, and pigs fly." I retorted.
"Come on Endy just calm down, listen to some music, not yours that'll just get you more nervous. Listen to.. oh I don't know how about Chopin.." I smiled in relief. What was I worrying for? This was Serenity! She could go to a meeting with cannibals in the deep jungles of Africa and still mange to fit in. I paused. Ugh maybe that wasn't the best example. We said goodbye again, and I followed her advice and took a long relaxing bath. It was relaxing, every worry I had I shoved to the back of my mind by imagining myself driving a semi. How did that woman do it? I smiled. I had a great best friend. Suddenly I noticed I only had around 30 minutes before I had to go pick Sere up and jumped up in fright.
"Oh for Pete's sake!" I cried out before getting dressed in record speed. I brushed down my hair, only to watch it poof back up. I brushed it down again, and watched in frustration as it went up again. Forget it! It doesn't matter anymore! I rushed to my driveway and got in the limo that had pulled up.
Ten minutes later we were at Serenity's house, I walked up the stone steps knocked twice before taking my key out and opening the door.
"I'll be right down!" She called from upstairs. I leaned against the wall and stared outside before I heard her at the top of the stairs. I turned and I believe my jaw dropped to my knees.
She was standing like a princess; her face had minimal makeup, a very natural look. Her hair was in thick-spiraled curls and was held back with a pearl headband. She had a pearl necklace adorning her throat. Her dress was gorgeous. Its bodice was thick with intricate designs of silver thread and lace. Under that was a white satin skirt that danced around her ankles. Over that, attached to the bodice with an opening cut in a triangular shape in the front was blue shimmering gauze. Her dainty feet were encased in opened toed satin shoes. She stared at me hesitantly.
"Is it okay?" she asked, I could only nod. That seemed to be enough as she bounded energetically down the stairs. She eyed me.
"Wow.. Endy you look positively dashing!" She said dramatically, taking my arm and practically dragging me out to the limo. She reminded me of a two year old who was waiting to get a cookie. The limo pulled away and started to drive for Graummans. Serenity leaned over and brushed my hair back. It stayed. She was the only person I knew who could control my mop.
"So how does this work?" she asked, examining her white gloves. I shrugged.
"Well.. I get out, I help you get out, we shock a few people with that one. Photographers go insane, we walk inside, we watch the movie, we come out. We go to a party." I briefed. She rolled her eyes.
"Sheesh and I got dressed for this?" she asked me. I laughed.
"You don't have to do this nearly every time, no complaining." I said, tickling her stomach. Serenity squealed and slapped my hand.
"Alright alright! I won't complain!" she finally gave up and sat with her arms folded, an adorable pout on her face. We finally pulled up to the theater, I saw a large amount of fans standing behind the police lines. There was the red carpet, already had major stars walked across. I think we were one of the last too arrive. By the looks of it, we were the most anticipated. Or at least I was. Boy would they be getting a surprise.
I had never had Serenity at one of these obviously. She just was always busy, plus I didn't want to deal with anyone as my date. It was helping build up my career. If I was single, more fan girls would be interested. Its disgusting really that I was sort of selling my music through my face. Anyways, now I had made a name for myself, I was allowed to take my best friend on an outing to the Chinese theater.
Slowly I got out of the car, the cheers and flashes erupted, but I noticed some people blinking in confusion as Serenity's hand elegantly fell into my outstretched one, next came her leg, stepping out to give her balance. By this time half of the crowd had gone silent. I had a funny little smirk on my face as Serenity came into full view. The spotlights seemed to all be focused on her. She looked like an angel that fell from heaven to grace Hollywood for one night with her presence. The photographers were still, the crowd was silent. I presumed that this was making some sort of Hollywood history.
"What happened to flashes Endy?" She whispered in my ear. I only smiled at her, a real smile.
"We've managed to shock them into silence." I whispered back.
"Tell them to stop, its freaky." She responded and I nearly laughed. Serenity only grinned. Finally someone reacted and a single flash went off. That set off everyone else. They were taking pictures like crazy! Never had I ever seen these many flashes in my life. I'd be seeing little blinking lights for weeks on end after this. I looked over at Serenity to notice she wasn't even wincing away from the light merely walking gracefully by my side towards the entrance. My hand was pressed against the small of her back, guiding her down the red carpet, not like she needed help. We finally made it past the hordes of reporters and the fans who were now screaming again and went inside. Serenity shook her head.
"How on earth did you manage not to even flinch from all those lights?" I demanded. Serenity poked my nose.
"My dear Endymion, you forget I sit in front of a computer for most of the day, watching little flashing numbers. I nodded dumbly. Oh yeah, that was true. We made out way to our seats and watched the rest of the movie in peace. Or as much peace you can get with Serenity around in a movie theater. Her favorite past time was pointing out all errors made and laughing at the most inappropriate times. We got a few glares, that turned into gasps pf surprise when Serenity merely waved and pointed to me I shook my head in frustration. Now what would happen at the party? Did I really even want to know?
YAY!! I rock!!Sorry if this wasn't what you all were expecting for the Premier.. I may delete this and put it up later, a bit longer, a bit more interaction with other people.. that'll be fun.. the party is gonna be dramatic.. I'm not sure how to make it humerous yet.. but yay! Thats when Lita makes her big entrance! yay! *grin*
I'm still not sure, generals or regular? I've gotten one vote for each! and to answer Nim's question: You'll find out why Serenity didn't say anything about her feelings in a later chapter.. *evil scary grin* BRWAHAHAHA!