Here is the next chapter of my Reux fic. I hope you like it, and please don't forget to review.
Disclaimer: I don't own X-Men, or Kids WB. Someone who gets paid a lot more money, and works a lot less harder than I do does. sigh
Anna emerges out of James's office, and returns to her desk.
"James is finishing up some work, he'll be able to see you in five minutes Ms. Pryde."
"Fine, I just want to get this over with." Says Kitty, obviously disgruntled.
"S-So, are you seeing anyone?" Anna inquires sheepishly.
"That's a little personal don't you think?"
"O-Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to pry. Just trying to make Idol chitchat."
"Can I go in now?" Asks Kitty
"Yeah S-Sure."
Kitty gets up from her seat, and goes over to the door to James' office. She knocks on the door, then walks in.
After the door closes, Anna begins pounding her head on her desk.
"STUPID STUPID STUPID!!!!!" Anna says to her self out loud, "You can't just start up a conversation like that! She'll think that you're a stalker or something."
Just then Anna remembers something. She quickly picks up the phone, and calls the secretary pool in the main office. Anna sits impatiently waiting for someone to answer the phone.
Anna had become quite the entrepreneur. She had her hand in every office pool, and bit of gossip on the lot. She single handedly organized a network of secretaries leaking information and gossip to the various news media around town. The other Secretaries had taken to calling her "The Squid" because she had her hands in everything
"Hello! Yeah, it's Squid! She just went in.....Start the timer now!-I'll call you when she leaves......Bye."
After James' and Kitty's extensive history together, Anna decided to cash in on the money making potential. She started a pool as to how long it would take Kitty to get pissed off and storm out of the office. Preferably without hurting James, but if she did, that would have been an added bonus if you called it. She had money down that Kitty would come out in 23 minutes without hurting James. Since she was the one running the pool, of course she handicapped things in her favor. It was a decent sized prize too. The pot was up to over $1200.
"Good Morning Kitty, How are you doing today?"
"I told you last time, my name is Katherine!"
"Yes, Sorry. Katherine"
"So lets get this over with. Am I getting my raise or what?"
"Well, since the show has been renewed, everyone will be getting a raise, but we can discuss that later. Right now, we would like to talk to you about..... Well, how can I put this????? Your career decisions out side of X-Men Evolution."
"Like What!"
James looks at her file, "Well, Kids WB is a wholesome family oriented network, and some of the roles that you have chosen in the past do not reflect well on the show or the network for that matter."
"Shit, are you talking about that Anime OAV that I did last hiatus?!?!? It was one of the top grossing Anime in Japan that year. Hell, a toned down sugared up version will probably end on this damn network!"
"As a matter of fact, we are currently in negotiations for the rights to it, but that is not the issue. We have no problem with you working on other projects out side of X-Men Evolution, but what we do have a problem with is that you had a nude scene in it."
"OH GIVE ME A FUCKING BREAK! First of all, there is nothing in my contract that dictates what I can or can't do outside of the show. And it was a 30 sec. scene. It's not like I was giving some guy head in a Hentai or anything!"
"Yes I know, but you are one of the principal players in one of our most popular shows, and thus a role model for children......"
Kitty get more aggravated, and interrupts James, "Oh come on! It was a goddamn 30 sec. scene, and the target audience for that anime is not the same as the target audience for Kids WB. And what about Rogue posing nude on the cover of Maxim Magazine? Fuck, I mean it was in big bold letters. ROGUE FROM X-MEN EVOLUTION NUDE! And don't even get me started on Jean and her sex tape."
"Yes, but Rogue was an exception."
"Oh this is Bullshit! Exception how?"
"Well, Rogue came to us when Maxim first approached her about posing nude. We talked it over, and decided that it reflected on her character, and gave her permission to do it. That is why they were able to use the show's name on the cover. It was a lot of publicity for the show. As for Jean, the matter will be addressed."
"Oh get off it, if Jean wasn't your wife's second cousin's college freshman roommate's boyfriend's mother's niece, you would have fired her ass the minute that tape hit the internet! And another thing....."
"Ki-Katherine, please calm down. My wife's relationship with Ms. Grey has nothing to do with it, and the issue is being dealt with."
"Don't interrupt me, or I'll send you to the hospital like last time."
"I'm sorry, but again, Kids WB is a wholesome network, and we only ask that you keep us informed on any career projects that may reflect negatively on the network."
"Kitty Yeah whatever." Kitty says as she pouts in her seat.
"Well, that is all that I have, is there anything that you would like to address?"
"Yeah, as a matter of fact. What the fuck is up with my Dialogue?!?!?!?! We had an agreement that after the second season, the writers would stop with the damn Valley Girl shit. I have a 180 I.Q. I graduated from Stanford University. I sound like a goddamn idiot! And the fucking character is from Illinois. Why the hell does she have a Valley Girl accent?"
"Yes I know that we agreed that as a part of the character's development, she would gradually use the accent less and less, but....." Kitty interrupts James again.
"Less?!?!?! Every other frick'n word out of the little twit's mouth is "Like" this, or "Totally" that. The girl is a fucking idiot. In the comic, she's one of the smartest characters, the writers made her an imbecile on the show.
"Well the writers thought that it would add to the character if she sounded dumb, and everyone thought she was dumb, but she was really smart."
"Fuck the writers, what the fuck to they know!"
"Ki-Katherine, please calm down. I will discuss it with the writers."
"And, I'm getting tired of playing such a naive sugary sweet goodie two shoes. Everyone had their dark episode, Hell, Rogue had two. When the Fuck am I going to get a chance to play Kitty as a Bad Ass?
'This is good. This is the kind of feed back that I can take to the writers. Granted, half of the upcoming seasons scripts are done, but maybe we can work something out for the following season."
"Pffft! Yeah sure." Kitty gets up from her seat, and walks towards the door.
Anna sits at her desk nervously counting the minutes. Kitty had passed the 20 minute mark, and Anna was sure that the pot was as good as hers. Then, at the 21 minute mark, the door to James' office swing open.
"Just call my agent when shooting on the new season starts. Until then, you can go Fuck yourself!" Kitty exclaims as she slams the office door.
Anna inwardly curses. "Damnit, I was so close!!!!!" Anna picks up the phone, and calls the secretary pool to stop the timer. The official time was 21 minutes and 34 seconds.
"Uugh!!!!! Why do I bother!!!!!" Anna mumbles to herself. "I hope you didn't hurt him too bad this time."
"Pffft! He's not even worth my time anymore. He cares more about this damn show than he does about anything else, least of all my career."
"Well, if it makes you feel any better, I saw your OAV. It was great, or at least I thought so."
"Thanks, it's nice to know that someone appreciates me." Kitty smiles at Anna "You know, you're pretty cool even if you do work for that asshole in there."
Anna begins to blush FROM Kitty's compliment, "Oh uh gee, ah thanks.'
"You don't compliments very well do you?"
"Well, it's just that you're this big star, a-and I'm just a secretary....."
"Don't let that intimidate you, that's just a job. Just because I'm an actor, that doesn't make me anymore important than you."
Anna blushes again at the compliment.
"You know what, we should hang out sometime." Kitty takes a pen and a piece of paper from Anna's desk. She writes down her phone number, and hands it to Anna. "Here, call me sometime. We'll go have drinks or something."
Anna feels as though her head is about to explode. She cannot believe that Kitty just asked her out. Well, it wasn't like a date or anything, but it was definitely a start.
"S-Sure, we'll get drinks or something." Anna says still shell shocked by Kitty's invitation.
Kitty smiles at Anna, then turns to leave the waiting room. Kitty opens the door to be greeted by a petite blond. Kitty holds the door open for her, then leaves the waiting room, closing the door behind her.
Anna is still sitting at her desk in shock. She stares at Kitty's phone number in her hand when she is yanked back to reality by someone greeting her. Anna looks up to see Jody, one of the girls from the secretary pool.
"Hey, are you okay?"
"Y-Yeah, so what are you doing here?" Anna says still preoccupied by Kitty's number.
"I'm here to collect my winnings." Jody says cheerfully.
Anna gets a puckered expression on her face. She reaches into a drawer in her desk, and pulls out an envelope.
"Oh don't be a poor loser Anna."
"Yeah, but I was so close."
Truthfully, Anna didn't mind losing so much since as the administrator of the pool, she got a percentage of every bet, but still, it would have been nice to walk out with the grand prize. She hands the envelope to Jody with a sour look.
Jody opens the envelope, and begins to count her winnings.
"Do you have to do that here?"
"No, but its fun to see you pout over losing."
Anna pouts in her seat when her direct line to James's office rings. She sits up in her seat, and answers the phone.
"Yes James."
"Who is next?"
Anna turns to her computer, and pulls up his schedule for the day. "Scott Summers at 10:30, then Rogue, Kurt Wagner after that and then you have a lunch meeting with Charles Xavier at 12:30."
Anna can practically hear James slouch in his seat. She hears him sigh, before he hangs up the phone.
Anna hangs up the phone, then looks up to see a still grinning Jody counting her money.
"Well, if you're done gloating, some of us have to get back to work."
Jody shoots Anna a smirk, then leaves the waiting room.
Finally alone in the waiting room, Anna is now free to muse about her future date with her dream girl.
Well, I hope that you liked this chapter. For those of you who have not read my other fics I know that you are probably anxious to see what is going on with Jean, so I'll try my best to get this fic caught up. For you new readers, I also have a C2 community called "Season 5" set up with a bunch of other authors, so please check it out when you have a chance. Thanx for reading, and please review.