Chapter 5-Tips
The next morning Lauren woke up with her eyes swollen shut and her hair stuck to her face.
"Now I remember why I hate crying," she muttered to herself. She started to sit up but she noticed an unfamiliar shadow on her wall. She quickly spun her head around to see who or what was there.
"Hey sleepy head." Hayden smiled innocently.
"You almost made me pee in my pants!" Lauren crawled off the bed.
"Why?" she brushed it off like she hadn't done it on purpose.
"Never mind. Wait, why are you even here?"
"Umm…" Hayden stalled. "I thought we could go somewhere."
"Like where?" Lauren replied with more emphasis than she intended.
"Ok, you're going to freak!"
"What? Why?" she looked excitedly at Hayden.
Hayden bit her lip to keep her from bursting. "I got Amber an audition!"
It wasn't a secret that Amber wanted to be a actress. She had always had a passion for it. The only problem was, she wasn't determined that she was good enough, she just sat around complaining that she'd never make it.
"Oh my gosh!" Lauren grabbed Hayden's hands and proceeded to jump up and down. She stopped. "That means she going to need The Pants!" Lauren quickly pulled them off and slid on a pair of sweats off the floor. "Let's go!"
Hayden laughed at the energy of her friend and headed toward the door.
"Grandma can you get the door?" Amber yelled impatiently as the door bell rang for the third time. "Grandma! Fine I'll just get it!"
Amber opened the door and was grabbed and dragged off before she could shut it back.
"What are you guys doing?" Amber struggled out of their grip.
Hayden and Lauren just looked at each other and back at Amber while holding their faces in a way that looked like swollen strawberries. Lauren let the air she was holding in bust out. "I got you an audition!" Hayden screamed for the whole neighborhood to hear.
Amber went blank. She didn't speak, smile, move, or scarcely even breath.
"Hello?" Lauren waved her hand in Amber's face. "She said she got you an audition."
Amber gasped. "That was real?"
Hayden let out a squeal .
"I-I have to change! What do I wear? Where is it? What time? How did you--" Amber's thoughts frantically escaped her.
"Wear The Pants," Lauren pulled them from behind her back where they had been under the back of her shirt. She held them out for her to take.
"But you're weeks not up," Amber looked at her eyes instead of The Pants.
"And you need them, I'm done," she replied never looking up to meet her gaze.
Instead of resisting, she gave in. She took the pants from Lauren and held them too her chest. "Thanks."
"Tow-thirty-two," an old woman with bright pink lip stick and bleached hair said almost robotically.
"That's you!" Hayden shook Amber back into reality.
"Good Luck."
Amber walked over to the desk, her eyes glazed with fear. "That's me."
"First audition?" the old woman read her face.
"Y-Yeah. I mean yes ma'am."
"Don't be nervous. They like fresh kids. Just act like you own the place." the woman gave her a warm smile.
"Thanks." the fear faded from her face.
"Go on back, they're ready for you, Sugar." she pointed to a door down the hall.
Amber gave her friends a quick smile and made her way to the door.
"I hope she does good." Lauren nervously picked up a magazine.
Minutes passed and Lauren had flipped her way through seven magazines before Amber reappeared with a smile.
"So?" Hayden practically spat the question.
"I think they liked me." Amber's smile didn't fade.
"Yay, so do you just wait for a call-back?" Lauren got to the point.
"Yeah," Amber looked around not focusing her attention. "I'm just going to go say 'Thanks' to that old lady again." she said as she started back towards her desk.
When she came back she informed the two girls that her name was Terri and she had been acting for years. She went on and on about the woman and the audition until they finally had to tune her out.
The girls finally headed in their separate directions and waited for the next day to come so they could find what new adventures would be waiting for them.