Chapter 10- Legally Blonde
"I can't believe you made me wash the brown out. I really liked the brown." I sit in my hotel room with my agent and my mother, back in all my blondness. I run my hands through my hair.
"Honey, you know what people will think once they see these pictures."
"What will they think, mother?"
"Um…"
"Yeah, they already know."
My phone starts ringing and Adrienne snaps it up before I can get it. "Yes?"
I smirk as she hands me the phone. "Hello?"
"So are you going to explain it?" Craig says, his voice angry.
"Craig."
"Where are you?"
"At a hotel, duh."
"Which one?"
"I'm chillin' at the Holiday Inn!" I sing, and hang up on him. The phone rings a few minutes later.
"What the hell?" He shouts at me.
"We're under the name Maroon. Sixth Avenue and Park."
"But that's an hour away!"
"Your point?"
"I'll see you in an hour."
There are repeated knocks on the door, and once I open the door I see Emma, Ashley, Paige, Spinner and Craig staring wide-eyed at me.
"What happened to you?" Emma asks the blunt question.
"This is who I am. Who I've always been."
"Wow." Spinner comes into my room and hugs me. "So you're…"
"Born Leigh Stephanie Valentine, but am known as Katerina Emily Johnson."
"Oh my god." Ashley and Paige say at the same time.
"So you're the plastic, fake person we saw on television all the time? The one who was dating Maxwell… Ohhh." Craig comes to a realization.
"Yeah. That's me. But you know the papers over exaggerate everything I do, right? I didn't party all the time, or hang out with the most elite people. I was a loner in the Hollywood world." Craig stares at me with a cold hard stare. "What Craig? So you'd rather believe the papers than the actual person?"
"No. I just can't believe you would do this."
"What would you do if you were in this situation, Craig? Would you be Craig Manning or would you be the famous person that left Hollywood? Try to understand."
"I can't understand a person I don't know." and with that, he gets up and leaves.