Finding Love in a Movie Audition

Chappie Eight: Never wear a g-string in a movie audition

Tempest, Raye, Krys, Aurora, Macy & Hannah all looked at Kai, Rei and Tala. Tempest blinked. Raye clasped a hand to her mouth. Krys giggled and tried to look at something else so that she didn't burst out laughing. Macy didn't hold herself back and started laughing. Hannah walked around Rei, taking an extra long look at his ass. Aurora on the other hand glared at Tala.

Tala sighed. "What's wrong. It's not like I chose to wear the g-string."

Aurora placed her hand on her hips and gave one of those glares that would be the type to kill you if they could. "I'm sure they gave you some sort of choice to change into if you didn't want to wear a g-string."

Kai cleared his throat and Rei looked down, fidgeting. Tala nodded. "Oh they did give us a choice of something else." Tala smirked. "They told us we could go naked instead if we wanted. No offense but I think you prefer the g-string to that."

Aurora didn't falter her ground. "I would prefer neither. Why don't you two just walk out? It's not like they're going to do anything to you if you just leave them. There's nothing they can do to you. Since Kai there has enough money to sue this entire town if they do."

"Why weren't you so upset when Shara first told you?" Kai asked, looking at the way Tala was getting pretty uncertain of himself.

Tala smiled greatfully at Kai but then he stopped when Aurora growled. "I didn't act like I was upset when Shara told me because I didn't want her to think that she had gained any ground over me because she didn't!" Aurora sighed. "I can't let her have any ground over me. Then she would start as strong as she did before. I don't want to have to deal with her again." Aurora grinned. "Even though we would kick her butt."

Tala sighed and ran his hand through his hair. "Listen, there's nothing that wrong with it. It's not like I will ever where the bloody thing again." Tala rolled his eyes. "You don't have to act like the guy around here."

Aurora's eyes grew a dangerous shade of red and everyone could tell that Tala had just crossed a line that he shouldn't have. Aurora made a noise in the bottom of her throat that didn't help comfort them. "What did you just say Tala?"

Tala didn't even look afraid though. "I told you that you don't have to act like the guy around here. I understand that you're worried about me but that doesn't mean that you have to be so aggressive about it. I'm not doing anything wrong. I'm not cheating on you or anything so why don't you just trust me that I can deal with Shara and make the right choices without you prompting me?"

"Really?" Aurora asked, her anger evident in her voice. "Well then why don't you just take care of yourself then. I don't care anymore. I thought you were happy that I was helping you deal with Shara and making it easier for you but obviously I was wrong." Aurora turned to leave, Tala grabbing her shoulder as she did so. "Leave me alone. I need to go and take a walk."

Tala sighed and let Aurora go and Aurora headed straight for the park to take the path that she knew well since she travelled it a lot when she needed to think.

Aurora was too busy lost in thought to realize that there was someone in front of her until she walked into them, literally.

Aurora gasped as she found herself suddenly pulled out of her daydreams and sprawled on the ground, tangled up in someone else's body. Aurora pulled herself free and away from the other person. "Oh my. I'm sorry. I wasn't watching where I was going."

"That's alright." The brown-haired guy said, looking up, letting Aurora gaze into the most alluring purple eyes that she had ever seen. "I wasn't watching either. It's as much my fault as it is yours."

Aurora smiled and stood up, brushing the dirt off of the back of her pants and on her knees. "Well if you're sure."

"I'm sure." He smiled and got up too, and it seemed as if stars were going around his face and ulliminating it as he smiled. "I'm Jared Ramede by the way."

"Cool, I'm-" Aurora started.

"Aurora. I know. I also know that you're from that band, Purple ice {A/N: This is the name of my best friend's band but I'm just borrowing the name}. I'm a big fan of yours." Jared tilted his head to one side as he looked at Aurora. "You look a lot better up close than you do at any of your gigs."

Aurora couldn't help but find that she was blushing. She looked down at her feet and fiddled with her fingers. "Thank you. I'm glad you think so."

"So where's your boyfriend?" Jared asked, looking around. "He's usually with you, isn't he?"

Aurora sighed and nodded. "We had a slight disagreement and I went to take a walk so that I didn't blow up." Aurora looked up at Jared. "Anyway, I really think that I should be going."

Jared smiled. "If you want we could go get a cup of coffee and you could vent to me."

Aurora grinned. "Would you let me do that?" Aurora rolled her eyes at herself. "I mean, you wouldn't want me to do that. I can get really mad sometimes and you're such a nice guy-"

"Don't worry about it. I like to think of it as a way to help a great musician." Jared winked. "Come on, I know a good coffee shop a few blocks over."

Aurora looked at Jared closely and then nodded her agreement. "Alright. Lets go then." With that both Aurora and Jared headed for the coffee shop.

~*~ ~*~ ~*~

Tala added more weight to the dumbbell and reached down again to lift it back up. Kai watched him from his spot on the benchpress and then shook his head and adjusted the weight for his own exercise and began.

"I just don't-" small grunt "understand what's" another small grunt "Aurora's problem." Tala put the weight down and adjusted it again. "She acts so possessive sometimes and I swear, she acts like she's wearing the trousers instead of me."

Kai shrugged as best as he could while lifting the weight on top of him. "Don't ask me. I'm not a girl." Kai reached up and again increased the weight. "It's not like anything they do when it comes to us makes sense. She's probably just afraid of losing you. That's all."

Tala grunted. "Yah well she shouldn't have to worry-" another grunt as he lifted the heavy weight up "I'm not going anywhere anytime soon."

"Tell her that." Rei said as he watched Kai lift the weight up and down and wiped the sweat off of his brow. "Maybe she just needs to be told that you aren't going to leave her. Reassure her and all that."

Kai got dropped the bench press and got up, letting Rei have his turn on the machine. "Well that might be but they can't expect us to reassure them every five seconds, can they?"

Tala shrugged and moved to let Kai use the dumbbell while he sat down and did simple arm exercises. "I agree with you, but what can you do? It's not like we can just tell them to stop being so stupid and to get a hold of themselves. I don't think they're going to really listen to us."

"No kidding." Rei said. "But that's all we can do right now."

Tala sighed. "True." Tala looked at the window and his eyes narrowed. "Is that Aurora?"

Kai looked and almost dropped the dumbbell on his foot. "Yes. But whose that with her?" Kai looked at Tala. "I've never met him and Krys drags me to a lot of Aurora's parties."

Tala glared. "Neither have I." Tala grabbed his coat and slipped it on. "I'm going to go and find out who in the hell she went and met."

Kai grabbed his shoulder and shook his head. "Don't. You'll look just as possessive as she was acting. If you want her to do something for you, than you should do the same thing for her." Kai motioned towards the showers. "Come on, lets go and change."

Tala nodded and they all headed for the change room, coming out twenty minutes later.

"So where do you want to go?" Tala asked as he vaguely looked around the block as if he thought Aurora would still be there. "We should go and grab something to eat sothat we'll survive our little 'visit' with Shara and company in an hour."

Kai winced, remembering that they were supposed to go and have another 'cut process' in an hour. "Definitely something to eat. What do you feel like?"

"Chinese." Rei said.

Tala and Kai rolled their eyes. "You always want Chinese." Tala kiddingly punched Rei. "Lets get something else."

"How about Italian then?" Rei offered with a smirk that showed off his cat teeth.

"No." Kai and Tala said in unison.

Rei sighed and ran his tongue across his teeth and then shrugged. "I have nothing to say then." Rei's eyes flashed down the street. "Do you want to go to that new coffee shop right there?"

Tala and Kai looked and pondered, than deciding it couldn't be that bad, nodded their content and followed Rei to the coffee shop. They opened the door, welcoming the warm atmosphere from the semi-cold wind from outside. They made their way to a table in the back and sat down, Rei smiling at the waitress that was coming over to them.

Then Tala scanned the coffee shop as if it was a habit and his eyes stopped on a certain table. Tala growled and looked down, burying his interest in his empty cup.

Kai let his eyes slid to where Tala's had been and saw Aurora sitting at the table with that guy they had seen earlier. She was talking and laughing with the guy, obviously having a lot of fun. Kai turned back to Tala and saw that he was glaring at the bottom of his cup with rage.

"I know, don't go there and cause trouble." Tala sighed. "I know I know that if I go and act possessive then I'm being a hypocrite." Tala looked up and stared Kai straight in the eye. "But damnit!" Tala made a fist with his right hand and slammed the table.

Rei nodded sympathetically and patted Tala's back. "It's alright. I'm sure that she's just with a friendly person that happens to be a friend of hers. I bet that they aren't doing anything that you wouldn't do with me or Kai."

Tala grinned. "You're right." Tala looked up and then his face froze.

~*~ ~*~ ~*~

Shara looked on from her table in the corner of the coffee shop. She smirked. This was going a lot better than she would have hoped. She hadn't thought that Aurora would have fallen for her prank but obviously she was.

Which meant that Tala was going to be confused, vunerable and looking for someone who could understand.

And Shara was going to make sure that she was that person!

The look on Tala's face was slightly guilt making. Shara almost wanted to go over there and bring Aurora and Tala back together. But only almost. Shara smirked as Tala got up and left the coffee shop in a rush. Rei getting up to go after him but Kai grabbing his hand, shaking his head against it.

Perfect.

Shara got up and left out a different door. She didn't want either Kai or Rei to see her leave. They might be smart enough to put two and two together and wind up with four. Then she'd never have her chance to put her plan into action.

Shara saw Tala heading for the park and took a shortcut, so that she'd already be there. That way she could fake a surprised look and a concerned face for him without raising any suspicion.

Shara stood against a tree and looked at her watch, pretending to be studying it as Tala came around the bend. Then she looked up and looked around, spying Tala she sighed.

"Hey Tala." Shara called out cheerfully. "Where's your bodyguard? Did she finally realize that it was no use competing with me?" Shara smirked, it was easier to make him think that she was still after him than to rush into comforting him. After all, that would ruin her plan.

Tala looked up and gave Shara the emptiest look she had ever seen and then looked back down at the ground and continued on his way. Shara's heart skipped. Had her prank really hurt him? She just wanted him to realize that she was the one for him, not that lousy Aurora girl. Shara then snapped out of it. Of course he was hurt. That was why she was here to make him happy again.

Shara ran up to Tala and put a hand on his shoulder. "What's wrong Tala?" Shara made her eyes fill up with emotions that she hoped looked something like concern. "Did something happen between you and April?"

"Aurora." Tala said softly. "Her name's Aurora."

"Oh." Shara said, pretending to be surprised. "I knew her name started with an A but I wasn't sure what her name was." She smiled. "But that's alright." Shara's face fell on cue. "What's wrong Tala? Come on, I know that wasn't that funny but you could at least smile for me."

Tala looked up into Shara's eyes. "Thanks but I'd rather be alone right now if you don't mind." With that Tala pushed passed Shara and continued on his path.

Shara watched him go and sighed. Then she put on her usual perky face and skipped after Tala, grabbing his arm. "Come on Tala. What's wrong? Is she spending too much time with her band?"

Tala shook his head and tried to pull his arm away from Shara's. "Shara, I'm serious. I need to think by myself. I can't do that when you're attached to my arm. SO GO AWAY!" Tala hissed and yanked his arm away and jogged down the path.

Shara wasn't one to take a 'no' though and followed him. "Come on Tala. You can't hate me this much. What happened? Did Kai punch your beautiful face?"

Tala turned and glared at Shara. "Would you just leave me alone? You really want to know what's wrong? My girlfriend was kissing another guy. And it wasn't against her own freewill." Tala's eyes were such an icey colour that Shara actually felt a pang of fear. "That's what's wrong. So now that you know just leave me ALONE!"

Shara just stood there, the sudden wind whipping her face. "I'm sorry Tala." She said softly and put her arms around Tala's shoulder, burying her face in his shoulder comfortingly. "I'm so sorry."

"What for?" Tala asked softly. "It's not your fault that my girlfriend found someone that she thought was more interesting than me and someone she wanted to kiss. It's not your fault that you like me. It's not your fault at all." Tala stroked her hair softly.

"I'm sorry." Shara repeated, unable to say anything else. Everything, all the time she had spent up to this day on boys, trying to get them to fall for her so that she could break them seemed useless. She didn't understand anymore why she had ever done something like that. It all seemed so pointless now. "I'm so sorry."

"It's not your fault." Tala said it firmly and yet so softly. "It's mine. I should have realize that she would eventually get bored of me or mad enough to do that. And I pushed her to it. It's my fault Shara, not yours. You just pushed us there a little bit faster, that's all."

Shara shook her head, it still buried in Tala's shoulder. "No it's my fault." Shara pulled away and rubbed her tear streaken eyes. "I'm so sorry. I won't bother you again and I'll try...I'll try to make it right somehow." With that Shara turned and ran off, leaving a very confused Tala looking after her.

{A/N: Sorry I haven't written anything for so long. I'm sorry about that. And I'm sorry this chapter is kinda serious. yah, next chapter will be funny and I'll try to post it before the weekend so that way you guys will get two chappies really fast since I haven't updated for two weeks now.

Yah, I've been kinda busy. A lot of friends problems (and no they're not all from sarah) so I've been busy thinking about them. But now I have written this chapter and I hope you all like it.

Questions that will be answered next time:

will Tala and Aurora get back together?

will shara actually leave tala alone?

will kai make it past the next challange *snickers*

will kai actually do the next challange?

Hint: The next challange has something to do with the song 'I'm too sexy'}