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Hollywood
"Are you serious? They want me to costar with some spoiled, entitled brat who's riding her parents' coattails?" Cato demands.
His agent Alcaeus tries to appease him, scurrying to keep up with Cato's long stride. "I've heard that Ember Abernathy is a quite talented actress. You know the director wouldn't have consented to cast her if she didn't—"
"She's never been in anything except those stupid YouTube videos she and her cousin make. Now that she's eighteen and suddenly all grown up, she thinks she can be a star just like that because her parents are Oscar-winning actors? That's an insult to the rest of us who started from nothing and earned our way up the latter with hard work and talent."
They round the corner, and they're suddenly face to face with a very irritated Ember Abernathy.
Oh, shit.
"Miss Abernathy!" Alcaeus is as pale as a ghost. "Please don't misunderstand what you overheard."
"Oh, I understand perfectly what I overheard."
Part of Cato is ashamed for hurting her feelings—but he stands by what he said. And for some reason, the sight of Ember Abernathy's furious face is turning him on and shutting down his filter. "I hope you're not waiting for an apology." Out of the corner of his eye, he can see Alcaeus burying his face in his hands.
Ember plants her hands on her hips. "Even if you were going to give one, it wouldn't be worth listening to," she says crisply. "You're not the first person I've heard saying things like that, you know. And other people have said it to my face."
"Good. Then you're not going to go crying to the director about it and backing out at the last minute, hm?"
"If only you were so lucky. Well, I can see that working together for the next few months is going to be pleasant." Without a farewell, she marches off.
"Why did you talk so rudely to her?" Alcaeus hisses once she's out of earshot. "Do you want her to complain to the director and get you kicked off? Or her parents? The Abernathys have clout in the industry, you know that."
Cato shrugs, still watching her go. An interesting next few months indeed.
Cato Wolfwood (signed with Capitol Entertainment) and Ember Abernathy (signed with District Artists) will be debuting in leading roles in the predicted blockbuster Girl on Fire. Cato recently broke out with his strong supporting role in the Oscar-nominated film Dark Days. Ember, daughter of Academy Award winners (costars of Oscar-winning film Birds of Paradise) Maysilee Donner and Haymitch Abernathy, has a popular YouTube channel, Firefly & Magpie, with her cousin Madge, where they post videos of their cello-piano duets.
Feel free to continue sending ideas my way! Next up is most likely Percy Jackson.