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Ugh, I got my schedule today. School starts the seventh. Good thing my senior brother is driving me to school! Boo-yah!
Chapter Two .:Pucker Up:.
As Sparkle carefully stepped into Stefan's office, she became surrounded by piles of papers, old bags of potato chips, and framed autographs by little-known celebs by the truckloads.
"Ah, welcome Sparkle!" Stefan said as he turned around from his old computer. He looked like your typical TV director. He wore a sorry excuse for a beret and he seemed to be trying to hide his age; a little too hard.
Sparkle gave Stefan a fake-smile and sat down in the chair Stefan had gestured towards.
"Hey," She said rather uneasily. She was worried that she was going to be replaced.
"Yes, yes, hello. Now let's cut to the chase."
Sparkle nodded.
"Now don't worry thinking that I am going to replace you, it's not like that at all. I have just made a few changes to the script, and want to alert you of this beforehand, that's all, alright?"
Sparkle breathed a sigh of relief. "Yes. Thank you, Stefan!"
"It's 'Ste-faun'! Not 'Ste-fin'!" The directory corrected.
"Oh, sorry."
Stefan sighed and leaned back in his chair.
"Yeah everyone mispronounces names these days..." He muttered angrily to himself.
Sparkle decided it was best to change the topic, "So, what changes have you made to the script, sir?" She asked with forced etiquette.
Stefan sat up in his chair and grabbed a large stack of paper. He plopped it in front of Sparkle. The title of the script was "Falling Leaf". That was the name of the over-the-top daytime soap she was guest starring in.
"Nothing major, really," Stefan began, "Just a few add-ins here and there. I'm almost positive that it'll make the ratings go up, for sure."
Sparkle scooted up in her chair and squinted at the type. Flipping a dozen pages down, Stefan snagged a piece of paper from the pile and set it on the top. Sparkle recognized this scene as to the part where Angelica (Her character's name) is talking with Darryl, Angelica's rival's boyfriend, and Angelica tells Darryl a very important secret. She has to ask Darryl to keep this as a promise, and that if he tells, something very bad could happen. So before they leave, they give each other a little quick hug, nothing romantic, more like a hug of trust, and part ways. No biggie for Sparkle to act out.
"Did you make a change to this scene?" Sparkle asked quizzically.
Stefan smirked rather obnoxiously and said; "Yep, and I think it makes this episode all the more interesting."
The chair creak as Sparkle leaned forward in anticipation. "What is it?" She asked, like a three-year old waiting for dessert.
"Well," Stefan began, restacking a pile of papers carefully, "I was thinking that maybe, instead of Angelica and Darryl hugging, they could maybe, well, you know, kiss,"
Sparkle's jaw dropped.
"...What?" She asked, pretending she didn't hear what she just heard.
Stefan grinned, knowing he had just found Sparkle's weakness.
"I made a change to this scene; Darryl and Angelica kiss. Not some wittle' kiss on the cheeky-weeky, but a passionate kiss. Like the ones you see at the end of PG-13 movies." Stefan's grin stretched to both sides of his wrinkled old face, "tongues and all,"
Sparkle couldn't believe what she was hearing.
"But, Mr. Stefan! I can't-"
"Oh, but you can, Sparkle! You are a great actress! That's why I chose you for this role!"
"But you don't understand! I-"
"I know, I know, you are worried what will happen after this scene. It makes this episode all the more interesting, you see? When Patricia finds out about Angelica and Darryl's new love affair-"
"Mister Stefan! Listen to me please! I can't do this scene because I have never kissed anyone before!!!!!!"
Stefan paused and twiddled his fingers patiently. He seemed so very unsurprised, but still said, "Oh my, Miss Sparkle. I would have guessed that you, of all young ladies, have already met lips with a young man..."
Sparkle blushed and rubbed the back of her neck. "No..." She muttered with a strange sense of embarrassment, "I haven't."
There was an awkward silence for a few seconds. To Sparkle it seemed to last eons. This was going to be her big break! She just couldn't ruin it because of a silly little kiss!
'What should I do!?' Sparkle thought to herself, trying not to panic.
Stefan finally spoke up.
"Sparkle, the filming begins in exactly seven days." He stated. It seemed that he really wanted her to do the part, which was a surprise to Sparkle. "And I know that you probably don't want your first kiss to be on a TV set with a big celebrity you barely know,"
Sparkle raised her head and nodded. Was there hope in the horizon?
"Sparkle, I really want you to keep this part," Stefan said. "And you only have one week."
Something clicked in Sparkle's head.
"Um, Mr. Stefan?"
"Yes?"
"I think I know what to do."