Chapter Five: Breaking News
The power of the press never surprised Ava, not anymore. If they could somehow manage to find out exactly what you said with your agent the day you looked pissed off while you sat in your car, they can get anything. A week after she'd arrived on location, Ava was having her make up done when Nathen came in and threw something on her lap. "What is this?" he deamnded.
"Some supermarket rag?"
"Cover Ava! Cover!"
While the make up artist added another layer of red gloss, she looked at the cover. On it was an amature photograph of Ava at her mothers weddinga nd standing next to her was John. The headline screamed: Exposed! Ava Ashcroft's secret affair!
"Bullshit." ava proclamied. "It's bullshit. When has this magazine ever printed the truth?"
"It has the third highest circulation for a publication of it's kind, so it doesn't matter what it prints people read it."
She rolled her eyes. "I'm sure you have a point so make it.''
Ava may have been a snappy little bitch, but never to Nathen. He was the Doctor to her Frankenstine, although she wouldn't have put it like that, but it's the truth so we will. Nathen's jaw dropped a little and for a second it appeard as though he would put his hand of his heart and say something dramatic. He didn't.
"I need to know what's going on with this...this..." he flipped to the main story. "This John."
"We're friends."
"You can tell me Ava, I won't say anything."
That was laughable, Nathen told everyone everything about her, especially Josh.
"I just Nathen, John is my friend."
"So is Kate Hudson!"
Ava shooed the make up artist away and got out of the chair. "Maybe I want a friend who knows what I'm really like. Now if you'll excuse me. I have a movie to shoot."
Now if Ava had seen the magazine, so must have John. Dawn Marie ran over with it just before a show.
"I can't believe this! John this is amazing!"
Rob who had been standing behind John stopped his streches. "What is?"
"This!"
She showed them the front cover. Rob took it off her and Rena had joined the group.
"Dude is this true?"
"What? I have no idea what your talking about!"
"You and Ava Ashcroft." Rena told him.
"I know her."
Dawn squeled again. "Oh my god!"
"So it is true? That you're having an affair with her."
John grabbed the magazine and looked at the main story. It clamied that they had started a passionate affiar at Ava's mother's wedding and where seen leaving together. Ava was apparently leaving Josh and she had never been happier.
"I grew up with Ava." John explained. "We're friends. We are not having an affair."
Dawn looked crest fallen. "But why not?"
Rena laughed. "She's married, that's why!"
Yeah, that and the fact she was so involved in herself she wouldn't see a speeding truck. He wondered if Asscroft knew, she lived in Tinsle Town, she probably knew before the thing hit the stands. John decided to e-mail her to see exactly what she knew. There was already a message from her.
Subject: Our 'Affair' Ignore it. Nathen's got it in control.
Simple. Too the point and Ava's style. John deleted it.
That night Ava had to work late and even though she had been given a vintage dress to wear, her temper was down to a very short fuse. The magazine article had played on her mind and she was finding it hard to concentrate on her lines. What would Josh say? Now personally, I couldn't care less, if I knew the truth then that would be all that mattered. But Ava's profession depended on what other people thought of her, she couldn't have anyone really believeing that she was having an affair with John. Not that she would mind if she was. It would be difficult of course, they where never in the same place long, but Ava had money and a private jet, she could send it to get him.
"What are you smiling at?" the make up girl asked, stopping in front of her lips with a gloss called 'tickled pink'.
"Nothing." Ava replied quickly, embarrasing herself at the thought of having an affair with John. Had she really just tried to work out how her and John could be together? After years of being apart, a marriage and an oscar? She shook her head and the make up girl sighed with annoyance, but said nothing.
"Ready for you on set Mrs. Ashcroft." someone called.
So Ava left wheter the make up girl had finished or not. She couldn't help but be unimpressed be the set. It was a set up of an 1950's manor and for a manor, it was awfully small. Ava stood next to her on screen husband who put his arm around her.
"Right!" the assistant director shouted. "Extra's in place, do not walk directly past Ava, Eric, Christopher or Angelina. Do not look them in the eye and remember we are mouthing our words!"
"Roll music!"
"Rolling music!"
"Camera One!"
"Camera One Rolling!"
"Camera Two!"
"Camera Two Rolling!"
"Action!"
The scene started up and Ava slipped into character. Now she was May Hunter, who was having an affair that would send her husband over the edge. Paul hunter would then kill May's lover James and go after her. During the scene James would pull May away from her husband.
"What are you doing with him?" James hissed.
"He's my husband." May replied, searching the room to make sure he wasn't watching.
"You're a different person around him and I love you."
"I love you too John it's just...."
"CUT!"
"WHAT?!" Ava snapped out of being May just as quickly as she had slipped in.
"James!" the director said.
"What?"
"Eric's charcter is James."
Ava rolled her eyes and looked at him as if he had accused her of something awful like wearing last season's shoes.
"I know!"
"You called him John,"
Ava's stomach dropped. "I'm going to my dressing room!" she shot before leaving the set.
That was embarrasing.
The power of the press never surprised Ava, not anymore. If they could somehow manage to find out exactly what you said with your agent the day you looked pissed off while you sat in your car, they can get anything. A week after she'd arrived on location, Ava was having her make up done when Nathen came in and threw something on her lap. "What is this?" he deamnded.
"Some supermarket rag?"
"Cover Ava! Cover!"
While the make up artist added another layer of red gloss, she looked at the cover. On it was an amature photograph of Ava at her mothers weddinga nd standing next to her was John. The headline screamed: Exposed! Ava Ashcroft's secret affair!
"Bullshit." ava proclamied. "It's bullshit. When has this magazine ever printed the truth?"
"It has the third highest circulation for a publication of it's kind, so it doesn't matter what it prints people read it."
She rolled her eyes. "I'm sure you have a point so make it.''
Ava may have been a snappy little bitch, but never to Nathen. He was the Doctor to her Frankenstine, although she wouldn't have put it like that, but it's the truth so we will. Nathen's jaw dropped a little and for a second it appeard as though he would put his hand of his heart and say something dramatic. He didn't.
"I need to know what's going on with this...this..." he flipped to the main story. "This John."
"We're friends."
"You can tell me Ava, I won't say anything."
That was laughable, Nathen told everyone everything about her, especially Josh.
"I just Nathen, John is my friend."
"So is Kate Hudson!"
Ava shooed the make up artist away and got out of the chair. "Maybe I want a friend who knows what I'm really like. Now if you'll excuse me. I have a movie to shoot."
Now if Ava had seen the magazine, so must have John. Dawn Marie ran over with it just before a show.
"I can't believe this! John this is amazing!"
Rob who had been standing behind John stopped his streches. "What is?"
"This!"
She showed them the front cover. Rob took it off her and Rena had joined the group.
"Dude is this true?"
"What? I have no idea what your talking about!"
"You and Ava Ashcroft." Rena told him.
"I know her."
Dawn squeled again. "Oh my god!"
"So it is true? That you're having an affair with her."
John grabbed the magazine and looked at the main story. It clamied that they had started a passionate affiar at Ava's mother's wedding and where seen leaving together. Ava was apparently leaving Josh and she had never been happier.
"I grew up with Ava." John explained. "We're friends. We are not having an affair."
Dawn looked crest fallen. "But why not?"
Rena laughed. "She's married, that's why!"
Yeah, that and the fact she was so involved in herself she wouldn't see a speeding truck. He wondered if Asscroft knew, she lived in Tinsle Town, she probably knew before the thing hit the stands. John decided to e-mail her to see exactly what she knew. There was already a message from her.
Subject: Our 'Affair' Ignore it. Nathen's got it in control.
Simple. Too the point and Ava's style. John deleted it.
That night Ava had to work late and even though she had been given a vintage dress to wear, her temper was down to a very short fuse. The magazine article had played on her mind and she was finding it hard to concentrate on her lines. What would Josh say? Now personally, I couldn't care less, if I knew the truth then that would be all that mattered. But Ava's profession depended on what other people thought of her, she couldn't have anyone really believeing that she was having an affair with John. Not that she would mind if she was. It would be difficult of course, they where never in the same place long, but Ava had money and a private jet, she could send it to get him.
"What are you smiling at?" the make up girl asked, stopping in front of her lips with a gloss called 'tickled pink'.
"Nothing." Ava replied quickly, embarrasing herself at the thought of having an affair with John. Had she really just tried to work out how her and John could be together? After years of being apart, a marriage and an oscar? She shook her head and the make up girl sighed with annoyance, but said nothing.
"Ready for you on set Mrs. Ashcroft." someone called.
So Ava left wheter the make up girl had finished or not. She couldn't help but be unimpressed be the set. It was a set up of an 1950's manor and for a manor, it was awfully small. Ava stood next to her on screen husband who put his arm around her.
"Right!" the assistant director shouted. "Extra's in place, do not walk directly past Ava, Eric, Christopher or Angelina. Do not look them in the eye and remember we are mouthing our words!"
"Roll music!"
"Rolling music!"
"Camera One!"
"Camera One Rolling!"
"Camera Two!"
"Camera Two Rolling!"
"Action!"
The scene started up and Ava slipped into character. Now she was May Hunter, who was having an affair that would send her husband over the edge. Paul hunter would then kill May's lover James and go after her. During the scene James would pull May away from her husband.
"What are you doing with him?" James hissed.
"He's my husband." May replied, searching the room to make sure he wasn't watching.
"You're a different person around him and I love you."
"I love you too John it's just...."
"CUT!"
"WHAT?!" Ava snapped out of being May just as quickly as she had slipped in.
"James!" the director said.
"What?"
"Eric's charcter is James."
Ava rolled her eyes and looked at him as if he had accused her of something awful like wearing last season's shoes.
"I know!"
"You called him John,"
Ava's stomach dropped. "I'm going to my dressing room!" she shot before leaving the set.
That was embarrasing.