A/N Hi everyone! Thanks to everyone that read, reviewed and favorited my story so far. I want to give a special thanks to (at)Sra_JUILA for being the best friend a girl could ever ask for. She has been featured in this chapter. She makes a very special guest appearance, keep an eye out for it. I also want to thank (at)marriedmyedward and (at)Fiftyownsme for being such loyal readers and being great friends on twitter. To my other besties on twitter who are the best FanFic writers out there. (at)MizSimone, (at)MarieAyanna, (at)KylaPricky, (at)kymclark, (at)PinkHoodie85, and (at)writerinmydream.
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THIS STORY CONTAINS GRAPHIC SEXUAL CONTENT (EVENTUALLY), ADULT LANGUAGE, ADULT SUBJECT MATTER AND STRONGLY CONTROVERSIAL TOPICS, DRUG USE AND UNDERAGE ALCOHOL USE, AND EXCESSIVE MASTURBATION. IF YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO VOTE, OR LEGALLY BUY A PACK OF CIGARETTES OR DRINK ALCOHOL THEN YOU SHOULDN'T BE READING THIS. SO BEAT IT!
~Bella~
"Alice, I can't believe we're in Los Angeles! This is going to be so great." I told her as we were waiting on our luggage. All of sudden I feel a few tugs on my arm; I turn around and it's Alice. She's jumping up and down and I ask her what's going on. "Look over there, is that Johnny Depp?" she says while squealing like some crazed fan. I turn to where she's looking and notice that it really is him. We have been in L.A for 20 minutes and we have seen our first celebrity. "Should we go say hi to him?" Alice asked.
"Alice, please don't get all fangirl on me!" I told her as I put our luggage on the cart. Plus we had to meet our landlord in an half an hour to get our parking permits and mail key. "Come on Bella, he doesn't live in L.A. so who knows when we'll see him again" Alice said to me begging.
"Ok Alice but we have to be quick about it." I can't believe I'm going to meet Johnny Depp and I look like a total bum compared to Alice. I preferred to travel in comfort while Alice looked like she was going to walk some fashion runway.
As we got closer to Johnny Depp, I could see Alice jumping up and down like a little girl and I was instantly mortified that we were doing this. Once we were less than 3 feet away from Alice became very quiet and shy, so not like her. So I took it upon myself to say hi and introduce her to him.
I tapped his shoulder and said "Excuse me Mr. Depp, but my friend here saw you across the room and she's a huge fan. Is it ok if we can get a picture or autograph?" He looked over to where Alice was standing and said "Sure, what's your name?" I quickly told him my name and Alice's name. Alice comes over and all of sudden bust out with a bunch of OMG's and you're so hot to Johnny Depp. All he did was laugh and say thank you.
Right after taking the picture he looked over to our luggage cart and asked "Who plays the guitar?" I told him that I did. He then asked if we came to L.A. to become musicians. I tell him that we are enrolled in UCLA Grad School and that I only play for myself. The next thing out of his beautiful mouth shocked the hell out of me. "Pity, because I have a role I would like you to play in my next movie. There's no need to audition since I'm in charge of casting. Alice has a part too. So what do you say, would you like to be in a movie with me?"
I'm here standing in the baggage claim of LAX with a celebrity and he's asking me and my best friend to be in a movie without auditioning. I must be dreaming. I pinched myself and realized I was not. Alice of course is jumping for joy at the idea of being in a movie. After a few moments, I say "Mr. Depp we would definitely accept your offer." He laughs and says "Please call me Johnny, Mr. Depp is to formal. Plus we will be working on this movie for awhile here in L.A.; maybe we can have a mini jam session in between takes.
Ok so he hands us a card and tells us that it's his personal cell number and the number to his agent. We give him our number as well and he says he will call us later today to set up our contracts and give us the scripts to the movie along with our role. We thank him like a million times and start to head for the doors. He stops us before we're out and asked if we had a ride to our house. Alice tells him that we have a car service picking us up and again thanks him for the gesture.
Once we're outside we find our driver, "We're the Brandon party." Alice says. He says hello and says his name is Jacob Black. "Hello Jacob. Sorry for keeping you waiting, we were detained by meeting our first celebrity." I explain. He says it was no problem. Alice and I get in the car while Jacob loads our bags in the back. Alice immediately pulls out her phone and dials a number. "Hi Angela it's Alice; is my father in the office or has he left for the day?" I quickly ask her what she's doing and she says she is going to ask her dad for the number of the lawyer who helped with the deal to the house.
"Hi dad I'm just calling to tell you that we landed okay. We are just getting in the car and are on our way to the house. Listen dad, do you still have the number to the lawyer who helped us get the house?" She motions to me for a pen and paper. I look in my bag and I can't find anything. So I ask Jacob. "Jacob, do you have a pen and paper I can borrow." He says sure and hands me a pad and pen. Alice quickly says the number and the name of the lawyer. After tearing the page off the pad, I hand it back to Jacob. "Thank you Jacob." I say to him.
Alice asked him if he knows where we're going and he said that he got all information from her father's office this morning. Throughout the whole drive Alice and I could not help but giggle about the mere fact we met Johnny Depp and that we are going to be in a movie.
We ere so engrossed in our conversation that we did not notice how quickly we arrived to our new place. Before I had a chance to open the door, Jacob was there holding out his hand for me. I guess that is part of his duties, but I noticed that he did not hold out his hand out for Alice. And it was Alice's dad who paid for this car service.
Alice was going to give him a tip for helping us bring our luggage up, but he declined saying that he received a tip already from her father.
We closed the door and Alice started to show me where everything was. I told her to take the master bedroom since, she was the one who found the place and put the most for the down payment. After taking my bags to my bedroom, I pulled out my phone to call my dad.
"Hello?" Charlie said
"Hi dad, how are you?"
"I'm good Bells, how was your flight? Are you in your apartment now? Did you call Jasper or your mom?" he threw out his questions so fast that he reminds me how fast Alice usually talks.
"Whoa dad, calm down there. The flight was great. I read most of the time. Yes we just got to the apartment and it's so beautiful. I haven't called mom or Jasper yet. I wanted to call you first." I tell him.
"Well I'm honored that you thought to call me first Bells. Has the furniture arrived yet?" he asked.
I quickly tell him no that it arrives tomorrow and Jasper and one of his friends were coming over to help us. He asked me where were we going to sleep tonight and I told him Alice and I am sharing a queen sized aero bed in the living room. We said goodbye soon after that and promised to call him once in a while.
I soon decided that it was time to call Jasper. I guess he was busy to I just left him a voicemail. "Hey Jazz! I just wanted to tell you that I'm here in L.A. already and I'm fine. Call me and tell me what time you're coming over tomorrow. Thanks and love you" I said before hanging up the phone.
After leaving Jasper the voicemail, I went back out to the living room to find Alice talking on the phone.
"Yes, I will tell Bella to be ready by 4 o'clock. Thank you, Jane. Bye" Alice says.
"Who was that and why do I have to be ready by 4 o'clock?" I ask her.
Alice tells me that Jane is the lawyer that Alice's dad hired for us and confirmed that we really are going to be in a movie with Johnny Depp.
We needed to meet Jane first at her office and then we were scheduled to meet Johnny and his manager at the W Hotel's Delphine Brasserie restaurant at 7:30 p.m. sharp.
"Alice that is such a fancy place and I do not own anything remotely that fancy." I tell her in a panic. "Relax Bella; I have tons of clothes to choose from. That's the benefit of us being the same size. No go and take a shower and I'll be getting our clothes ready." She said to me as she pushed me towards my bathroom.
I took a quick shower to as Alice ordered. I'm even scared to come out because who knows what she will do to me.
~Alice~
While Bella was in the shower, I went to my bedroom to look through my bags to see what we could wear. First I went to the bathroom and laid out all my make-up and hair styling equipment. That's right I have my own mini salon. Well that's what Bella says. I went back into my room and started rummaging through my bags.
I found a strapless royal blue dress with a black accent by the bodice. The dress will look great on Bella. I immediately paired the dress with a black pearl like necklace and I know Bella has some blue suede pumps that would look great with this outfit. Next I found a sliver dress that I have been dying to wear. Tonight is going to be perfect.
Twenty minutes later, I hear Bella coming out of her bathroom."Hey Bells, I'm in my bathroom," I yell out to her. Within a minute I see her standing by the door. I quickly usher her to sit on the vanity chair.
"Alice, please don't go overboard with my make-up. Please keep it simple," she says. "Oh dear Bella, I know how you get. Don't worry your pretty little head about what I'm going to do. Just sit and relax," I say to her as I giggle internally.
Bella's make-up was going to be quite simple except for her eyes. I was going to give her the smokey eyes, since it will look great with the dress. After finishing her make-up, I move on to her hair. All I did was apply some mouse and let her hair curl up naturally.
"Bella I pulled out an outfit for you, it's on the air mattress and I don't want to her you complain about this." I told her once I completely finished with her. She got up from the chair and left the bathroom. I started doing my hair and make-up next. We needed to hurry up and meet with Jane soon.
"Alice there is no way in hell I'm wearing this dress!" Bella yells.
"Bella, it's just a dress. Plus you need to look nice just in case there are paparazzi around. We don't want Johnny to be photographed with us looking like crap." I tell her. And I regret saying paparazzi to her. Knowing her she's probably going to freak out even more about that.
"Fine, I'll wear the dress but I'm wearing my black mini leather jacket," she said. Geez, she can be so shy about her body. She doesn't see herself very clearly. Bella is one hot piece of ass and all the boys love her. She's just so closed off to the idea of someone actually thinking she's beautiful.
Ten minutes later we were both dressed and waiting for the cab to get here and take us to Jane's office. I'll be very happy when I get to pick out my car from the dealership tomorrow. I have no idea what car I should get. A car is very necessary here in Los Angeles.
Traffic was horrible but we still made it 10 minutes to 4'o clock for out meeting with Jane.
Jane's secretary, Gianna walked us to the conference room and told us that Jane will be in a few minutes after she gets off a business call.
Five minutes later, Jane walks into the conference room and sets down some papers that look like contracts.
"Hi Alice, it's a pleasure to see you again," Jane says. I stand up and give her a hug.
"Jane, I'd like to introduce you to Isabella Swan; my best friend and roommate," I tell her while pointing to Bella.
"Hello Ms. Volturi, it's a pleasure to meet you," Bella says to her and shakes Jane's hand.
"It's a pleasure to meet you Isabella. Please call me Jane."
After all the pleasantries, Jane went straight into the explanations of our contracts.
Jane negotiated that we each get $1,500 a day for the days we will be shooting. This was a great offer since normally supportive roles get $600 to $716 for non-unionized actors. She basically explained that we are getting a great deal and extremely lucky that we were in the right place at the right time.
After going over every legal aspect, like the confidentially agreement about not releasing any information about the cast, crew and over all movie details; it was time for Bella and I to sign the contracts.
Once we signed every page, Jane gave a toast with a glass of Cristal Champagne and said it was time to meet with Johnny and his manager at the W Hotel.
We drove to the hotel with Jane. When we pulled up to the hotel, I noticed that there were paparazzi across the street. Immediately I look over to Bella and she looks nervous as hell.
"Bella relax, they don't know that we are meeting with Johnny Depp," I tell her to try and calm her.
We all walk into the hotel and Jane tells us to wait here by the bar, that she will inform Johnny's manager we were here already.
15 minutes later a tall and beautiful woman came over to us. "Hello, my name is Julie Burns. I'm Mr. Depp's business manager," she says to us.
"Good evening, I'm Isabella Swan and this is Alice Brandon and this is our attorney Jane Volutri," Bella says. I'm just standing there in total shock that Bella actually started the conversation.
"It's a pleasure to meet you Johnny, will be joining us in a few minutes. I understand that we have all come to agreement on the terms of the contracts," she asks.
"Yes, both Alice and Bella have agreed to all the terms. They fully understand the confidentiality agreement. All they need now is to know when they are scheduled to be on set and what their roles are going to be." Jane says to her.
"I can answer those questions," Johnny says from behind us. We all turn around to see him standing there.
We stand up to greet him and he comes around to sit between Bella and me. He calls the waiter over and orders a bottle of Cristal and 5 glasses.
After placing our drink order Johnny was going to explain in detail the synopsis of the move.
"Well, the movie is about a man who is looking for a purpose to keep living after losing his wife. He has two kids to look after, but he doesn't know how to be in same room with them without going in a downward spiral of depression. Alice you will play my daughter. Once night, I go to a lounge to drink away my sorrows, and it happens to be open mike night; and this is where you come in Bella. You'll be the young singer that moves me by your voice. I approach you after you finish with your song and tell you that I would like to help you get a record deal. We start hanging out practically everyday and I eventually get into a fight with Alice. She thinks I'm dating someone and she starts blaming me of moving on too quickly. The next day, I bring Bella to my house to meet my kids and explain the relationship we have. When Bella knocks on my door, Alice answers the door and she knows you since you both have classes together here in UCLA. Bella you're shocked that Alice is my daughter. We all sit in the living room and I start to explain that we do not have a romantic relationship and that we are only working on your demo together in order to get you a record deal. Weeks go by, we finally finish your demo and it's time to present it to the record company. Bella gets signed with Sony Music and we immediately start working on the album. Each of growing more and realizing that life goes now. The movie ends with your album completed on the anniversary of my wife's death and you had acknowledged her and my family in your thank you speech for the CD cover booklet."
"That sounds like a very touching movie." I say to him.
"Yes it is. That's why I wanted to produce it." He says back to me.
"One question…" Bella said, she looked nervous to keep talking.
"Of course, ask me anything. There's no need to be shy." Johnny says to Bella.
"Will you be hiring someone to actually sing over my voice?" Bella asked.
"No, I will actually want to keep your voice as the singer," he says.
"But what if I'm not good enough for your movie, I don't want to ruin a film your so passionate about," Bella says and bits her lower lip waiting for his response.
"Bella, you are so hard on yourself. You're a great singer and a lot of people have said so before. I know you will be great in this movie," I tell her and to try to calm her down.
Bella seemed to relax and agreed to give her best shot at the vocals. We all agreed to play it by ear on the whole singing. Johnny said if need be, he would hire a vocal coach for her.
After finally talking about the movie and agreeing to our roles, Johnny stood up with his glass of Cristal and gave a toast.
"Here's to making this great movie!" Johnny said and we all cheered and clinked our glasses.
We stayed a bit longer, drinking some more. We finally decided to call it a night when the lounge turned into the club. We said our farewells to Johnny and Julie.
"I'll call you tomorrow to set-up all the costume fittings and the delivery of your scripts," Julie says.
Jane drove us home, so we can save on the cab fare.
When we got home, Bella and I immediately changed and went to bed. Tomorrow was going to be a big day. I needed to go pick out my car, while Bella stayed here waiting for her brother and the movers to get here with our furniture. An aerobed is good for one of two nights, not for much longer than that.
I'm still reeling on the fact that we met Johnny Depp and that he asked both of us to be in his movie. I knew moving to L.A. was a good choice for us.
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A/N: Next chappie is being written at the moment. I will be Jasper and Emmett coming over to Bella's apartment and helping her. Will Jasper have the guts to tell Bella about the whole game he plays or will he chicken out? I guess you will have to stick around and see.
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