AN: I skipped to the premiere, because nothing of consequence happened getting ready for it.
This chapter has a lot of exposition and backstory. It was necessary to the story, and I think it adds to the drama of my story.
MistyRiver17: This one may be a bit longer. Not sure. I think its a bit more interesting.
SVU Chicky: I hope you find this one just as amazing, if not better.
Ashley stepped out onto the red carpet. It was a very sort red carpet, but one none the less. They where alone for a moment on the carpet, before being joined by a brunette.
"Skye!" Ashley called to the girl who was about 20.
Skye came over, "Hey Ashley. Its good to see you again."
Spencer tuned out on the rest of their exchange and studied Skye's face. She had a similar nose to Ashley and the same color eyes, but they had totally different lips.
"So I'll see you in there," Ashley said as Spencer tuned back in.
"You didn't introduce me."
"You zoned out. You weren't interested. That was Skye, the star of my movie."
"Oh."
"Here comes Nicole," Ashley waved, "Hey Nicole!"
Spencer started to figure out the theme to the movie when the blonde came towards them.
"Nicole, this is Spencer..."
"Spencer! As in? Oh! Well then its great to finally meet you. See you inside Ashley."
"What did she mean by that? What is your movie about?"
"Its a bio-pic."
"About..."
"Me."
"So Nicole is me?"
"Yeah."
"And Skye..."
"Me. You'll see my fake Aiden, Glen, Madison, Maggie and other people later."
"No Clay?"
"I had him in the script, but I had to cut him out for length. The actor himself is busy shooting another movie."
"Ash, I'm not sure if I'm going to like seeing my life up there on the big screen."
"Your life, my twist. I told you, you've got to see this."
They started walking into the theater. Spencer grabbed a complementary popcorn and soda.
"Sit here," Ashley put Spencer in the top row, in the center, "The VIP section. I'll be back. I have some schmoozing to do. By the way, only Nicole knows who you are."
After five or ten minutes, the lights blinked, and everybody started finding seats. No one sat on either side of Spencer.
Aiden came in, "Hey, I just saw Ash. She told me to come up here with you. She'll be here after she's done making her speech."
"Hi everybody," Ashley appeared in front of the screen, "I'm Ashley Davies. I wrote, directed and produced this movie. I put a big piece of me in this thing, and I really hope everyone likes it. I want to thank my cast and crew, and all the friends who have come here to support me. Enjoy everybody," Ashley walked back up to where Spencer and Aiden where sitting. The lights dimmed and everyone got intently silent.
The movie started with Ashley's relationship with Aiden. From the start, to the unplanned pregnancy to the end of their relationship. Then continued with how Ashley tried to move on with her dating life, and then met Maggie. All the names where changed of course, but Spencer knew all the stories, at least vaguely. The transitions between scenes and sometimes even time periods where artfully narrated by Skye's character.
The Spencer came into Ashley's life. Familiar moments, that where so long ago. Spencer couldn't help but have tears in her eyes for all of the scenes Nicole was in. The movie got hard to watch when it got personal, but Spencer watched it. She knew the heartbreak was coming. The beach conversation was almost exactly what happened. The dialog was full of hope, but also full of question and fear.
The night competing for Aiden made Spencer cringe. She couldn't imagine having wanted to do something like that, but she knew that at that point she did. Spencer gasped audibly when she found out that Ashley had a fling with Aiden that night.
There where times when Ashley and Spencer came close to breaking down and telling each other how they felt, but as movie Ashley said, "There was too much at stake."
Then there was Ashley's string of flings. It reminded Spencer of that memory and transported her back to the day she'd stopped talking to Ashley. Ashley had frustrated her so badly that afternoon when they got into a huge fight over Ashley's love life. Movie Spencer yelled and almost cried. Spencer cried when she heard the exact words she had said to Ashley.
"You hook up with people for no reason!" it was even worse to hear coming out of someone else's moth.
Ashley's reply was, "My love life is my business! Its not like you're my girlfriend," which was true, but not what Spencer had wanted to hear then.
The movie ended with a pretty long narration, "Little did she know, there was a reason for all of my hook-ups. To make her jealous. I thought that maybe if I pushed her to her breaking point, she might admit her feelings for me, because I was too afraid to admit I had feelings for her. That didn't work too well. I ended up loosing her from my life completely."
Spencer had completely lost her composure. She was sobbing. Spencer squeezed Ashley's hand. She looked at Ashley, and smiled, then looked at Aiden. Even Aiden was crying. The theater was emptying out, but Ashley, Spencer and Aiden stayed seated. They where all too overwhelmed.
Nicole passed by Ashley, "We're having a little cast and crew party back at my place. You two should come by."
"For a little," Ashley replied, "For once, I have more important things to do than party," she squeezed Spencer's hand.
"I need to go home," Aiden announced, "I have to work in the morning.Good movie Ashley. I hope it helps you in life."
There was no one left in the theater.
"Ashley, I was stupid!" Spencer sobbed.
"We where teenagers. Teenagers are supposed to be stupid. I was stupid too!" They got up and walked to the door.
"Ashley!" a reporter from the Independent Film Channel pounced on them, "That was a wonderful movie. Can I get an interview?"
"No," Ashley said bluntly, "Can't you see I have bigger fish to fry? I would really love to. Just not right now. How about tomorrow at 11 am. You'd better take it, because I'm leaving tomorrow night for New York, and I have plans from 1-4."
The reporter agreed, "Here's my card. Come to my office, and I'll have a camera set up."