Title: Foolish Beat
Chapter Title: I Got A Feeling
A/N: Thanks for commenting! It makes me want to continue :). But to answer your question, this is iNspired by "Who wants to marry Ryan Banks", but there will be a lot of differences, so as to not steal the idea, and also because I can't remember the exact details :).. Thanks again! And here we go...
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Buffy smiled sweetly at the video cam-corder as her mother taped her doing various things, working, playing with her oldest sister's children and just sitting and watching her favorite soap opera, Passions, crying along. Her mother wanted to show all the dimensions of her daughter, yes Buffy was beautiful but there was something so special about her and she needed to stress that.
After she taped Buffy she ended it by taping a little bit from herself. "Hi, I'm Elizabeth, or as she perfers to be called Buffy's, mother. I hope you choose my daughter to be a part of your series. If you want a down-to-earth girl who just wants nothing else in life than to love and be loved, I know she's your girl." She got up and turned off the camera.
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Fred sat around the table with the rest of the casting crew and she watched Buffy's tape. "So what do you guys think?" she said pressing the pause button on the remote.
"Perfect" William said, smiling,
"Different, from any other girl who applied."
"Excellent"
Were some of the replies she got. She nodded in approval. "So we've got our 15 contestents." They ranged from a beautiful brunette, play boy bunny, Cordelia to the girl next door Buffy. "Alright then, I'll get on the phone and call them all."
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With more than a month gone since she'd sent her daughter's application in and no phone call to accept her, Buffy's mother began to worry. What if they didnt like her. What if they didnt like me? What if I ruined her chance? Her thoughts were interupted by the phone ringing in the kitchen. She walked there and picked it up. "Yes, hello. Yes this is Buffy's mother. She was accepted? She needs to be in LA in a week? Ok, thank you so much. I was so worried she hadn't been picked. Thank you again."
She hung up the phone and quickly dialed her daughter's number. "I've got great news," she explained quickly.
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Buffy quickly hugged her mother at the airport and boarded her plane. She wasn't as excited as she let on. She was actually quite scared, to have her life aired on public tv. But she had to prove to her mother that she could do this.
She stepped off the airplane and entered LAX, L.A's airport. She quickly grabbed her luggage and smiled when she saw a chauffer standing near the exit door, holding a poster with her name on it. Here we go she said and walked towards him.
Liam, stood at the entrance of the beautiful house, the ladies and himself would be living in for the next 2 months. He looked great in his tux, Fred had told him so. But he was still nervous about meeting 15 beautiful woman. The camera's started rolling as the first limo pulled up with the first 5 woman in it. Here we go he said and waited for Wesley, the host of the show to open the door.
10 down, 5 to go he said trying to calm himself. The first 10 had been far to wonderful, with the usual one or two plain looking women mixed in. The last limo pulled up and he sucked in his breath.
Cordelia Chase, Buffy Summers and 3 other women sat in that limo. They were all talking about how much money Liam was worth, and Cordelia seemed to Buffy, to be the biggest gold-digger she had ever seen. She sat back and watched as the first 3 women stepped out and met Liam.
Liam couldn't keep his eyes off the next woman that stepped out of the limo. She was tall and had shining hair that was strown down to her waist. She was like a super model, exotic and exuberant. "Cordelia Chase" she purred and kissed him gingerly on the cheek, "pleasure to meet you." He couldn't utter a single word, he just watched as she walked into the mansion.
Buffy, stepped out of the limo and Liam smiled politely. The girl next door stereotype he thought. She was gorgeous, but there didn't seem to be anything that set her apart from the 10 other blondes who had been cast. Thats what he thought until she said hello to her. He could tell she was nervous as she stumbled over the words.. "I--Im Buffy S-summers." He laughed quickly "nice to meet you" he whispered in her ear and pulled her into a bug. She let go of him after a second and began walking into the mansion, accidently tripping on the edge of her too long dress. Oh god she thought, but gracefully got up and turned around to see the biggest smile, she'd ever seen on anyone's face before. Maybe this isn't going to be so bad, she thought and took her seat on the couch.