After a little more singing along to the CD, we finally got to the studio, thankfully in one piece. I grabbed Logan's hand, for support, 'cause I was nervous like you would not believe. What if they don't like me? What if I'm not good enough? What if...
Logan snapped me out of my thoughts by squeezing my hand and saying, "Hey. You're gonna be great, and they're gonna love you." Can he read my mind! Jeez!
I smiled and put on a mask of confidence. We walked through the doors, hand in hand. The first person we saw was James. He looked at Logan questioningly, then nodded, obviously getting something I wasn't. I introduced myself, reluctantly letting go of Logan's hand.
"Hi, I'm Olivia. You're... James, right?"
"Yeah," he said, laughing. "Logan was talking about you nonstop when we Skyped last night. And now I see why." He winked.
I blushed, and laughed. "I don't... I mean..." I blushed again.
James just laughed and gave me a "welcome" hug, then sent Logan and I on our way.
Next we found Carlos. He was eating a corn dog, and had a whole bucket of them next to him.
"Hey... Carlos?"
He looked up, saw me, and raised his eyebrows at Logan. Again, I blushed. Why do they keep doing that? Carlos laughed and offered me a corn dog. I accepted it, and finding a random plastic baggie in my purse, put it in there. Logan smiled at me. I realized then that he has the most adorable dimples! "This is going really well," he whispered.
Carlos stood, gave me a hug, and went back to his feast of corn dogs.
As Logan and I walked away, I quietly laughed about the corn dogs.
"Why so many? I love corn dogs too, but my God!" I said, laughing.
"I don't think Carlos even knows..." he said, chuckling.
We walked on, hand in hand, til we came across Kendall. There was something about him, but I couldn't figure out what it was. We started to talk, and Kendall took Logan aside for a minute. I stared, trying to figure out what made Kendall really pop out of the three guys I had already met. His hair, his smile, those gorgeous eyes... OH MY GOD. He looks just like my ex! Ugh.. This is gonna be really awkward now.
I fell for Lance a couple months back. I first noticed his gorgeous eyes. They couldn't seem to stay one color. One day green, the next hazel. It seemed mysterious, appealing. Eventually, he asked me out, and I said yes. It was great at the start, but I soon found the mystery his eyes held. Two weeks after we first started going out, he started cheating on me. I didn't find out until 2 weeks ago, and we went out for 2 months. So, that's another reason I came to L.A.
Oh jeez, now things are gonna be so awkward when I talk to Kendall. And this sucks, 'cause he seems like an awesome guy! Stupid Lance...
So anyway, Kendall and I continued talking, until we heard someone calling for Logan. Logan took my hand and we walked toward his producers.
"You just need to hear her sing. She's awesome! I think she should play the part."
A graying woman, probably 50 or so, responded to him. "That all depends. Get in the booth, both of you."
"Um... O.. Kay?" I said.
Logan and I walked into the booth, and sang "Count On You" and it sounded awesome! The producers handed me scripts and a bunch of other papers. It was all so exciting! I finally hit my big break! I just might make it in this town! I grinned at Logan, and he was grinning back. He then really surprised me. He took me aside, kissed me on the cheek, and asked me out.
I must've looked really out of it, because he poked my shoulder a few times.
"Oh! Yes, absolutely. I would love to." I grinned again.
"So... That dinner date still on for tonight?"
"Yeah. Why wouldn't it be?"
"I was just makin' sure."
"Oh."
"Yep.."
"Huh. Our first awkward silence. Not as magical as I thought it would be." I stated jokingly.
He laughed, showing off those dimples again. 'Wow.' I thought. 'I can't believe I can call him mine now.'
He noticed I was staring at him, and said, "What?"
"Nothing. Thinking. What else is new?" I replied, smiling.
"Oh ok. I thought I had something in my teeth!" He exclaimed.
"If you had something in your teeth, I would've pointed it out an hour ago!" I laughed.
He just grinned, and the rest of the guys came into the room.
"Hey, costars!" I greeted them, grinning."You made it! Awesome!" The guys yelled in unision.
"Other news, too," said Logan, pulling me to his side.
James jumped to life when he saw that, and screamed "I KNEW IT! Carlos, you owe me 15 bucks!"
"WHAT! No I don't!" Carlos yelled back.
They bickered back and forth until Logan interrupted, asking "So now you guys are betting on my love life! Wow, James. I thought I knew you better!"
"Whoawhoawhoa. Calm down, Logan! I was joking!"
Kendall and I just stood there, laughing at their immaturity. I asked him to step aside; I needed to tell him something.
"Yeah, what's up?" He whispered curiously.
"I may seem uncomfortable around you, and I just want you to know it's not your fault." I whispered back. "It's complicated..."
"Oh, ok. Thanks...? I guess..."
"Yeah, sorry, I'm just the kind of girl who says what's on her mind, and..."
"Yeah, I get it. It's cool."
"So we cool?"
"Yeah. We're cool."
"Ok. Good. I don't wanna have things being awkward..."
"Yep."
Ok, I know. That was pretty awkward. But I needed to make sure he knew it's not his fault that I'm all awkward around him.
We walked back to the other three, and Logan had a look of suspicion and confusion on his face.
"I'll explain at dinner tonight." I whispered to him.
He nodded, almost looking hurt.
"Its nothing bad, I promise. I gotta go learn my lines. See you at dinner." I kissed his cheek and walked out. Someone called for me, so I followed the voice. They handed me another packet of papers, and told me I needed to be at the studio at 8:00 tomorrow morning. I nodded, and left, reading the papers as I walked.
'Maybe I'll read some of this on the beach. It's right here...' I thought.