"All in a good day's work"
Chapter 2
"Knock-knock…Bella are you there?" I heard Linda letting herself in my house.
"Perfect timing my friend, Frank just called and they are about an hour from touchdown. So we should probably head to the airport. I called a cab so we wouldn't have to leave a car parked."
"Yea Bella there is a cab outside already…" She said.
"This is going to be awesome, can you believe it?" I said.
"What the hell are you wearing Bella?"
"What is wrong with how I am dressed?"
"Aren't you worried about making…?" I stopped her.
"A good impression? No, either they want me for my skills or they don't. Besides this isn't exactly a short trip, might as well be comfortable. Why don't you go change as well?" I suggested.
"Okay, jeans and t-shirts it is." She said as she walked into my room to change.
What's wrong with jeans and chucks? She can be so weird sometimes. I hope they aren't planning on me to be dressed in heels and suits all of the time. I don't work that way. My hair is generally up in a ponytail and I wear scrubs while working. The only person I care about impressing will not even notice me being there anyway. I wonder if Edward and what's her name are involved while they film. Probably so, and there is no way in hell I could compete with her and her long legs and blonde hair. Now don't get me wrong I'm not ugly…just not movie starlet type.
"Awl…don't you feel better Linda?" She nods yes.
"You ready? Do you have your laptop so we can look at listings?" She looked at me as if I had two heads.
"What?" I asked. "Of course I have my laptop…do you have some sort of list ready to go and be checked off as we finish each designated task?"
"You my friend are a smartass…but I love you. And of course I have a list made." I turned my butt towards her and patted my back pocket.
"Let's not keep Sunrise waiting." I held open the door while she rolled her luggage out to taxi.
Once we arrived at the airport, a man in a dark suit was waiting for us.
"Are you Bella by chance?"
"Yes sir and this is Linda?"
"Hello ladies I am Frank Bernard, very happy to meet you both. Here let's get your things so we get going?"
We walked through airport and went out a backdoor away from regular passenger loading. I noticed a beautiful white shiny private jet just sitting there with the stairs down and crew standing on each side of the stairs. Wow, ok I really feel under dressed seeing them in their uniforms. I looked over at Linda and I could tell she was giving me that "I told you so look." I smiled at her still sporting my Ray bans and just got on the plane.
"Okay ladies sit over here and buckle up. Once we get airborne, Karen will take your drink order. Are you ready?" I saw who I guess is Karen pull the door shut and went to her seat and buckle- up. The engines came to life and we started moving. I looked around the plane trying not to act too impressed by my God this plane was fancy.
"Your plane is beautiful Frank." I said.
"Well technically this is the company's plane, but the actors and I do get to enjoy the benefits of this plane. Our lead actors just flew in this morning in this plane. So she has already put in some air time today." Could I be sitting in the seat that Edward Cullen sat in? Holy crap…I know I am going to throw up when I see him. Jasper I don't think I can do this. I thought to myself.
"Bella, are you okay?" Frank said.
"Don't mind her…she has a fan-girl crush on your leading man." Linda said jokingly. I gave her a WTF look.
"Well she and every woman on the planet are gaga over Edward. He is a nice guy. I swear my wife has flaming thigh sweats for Edward." He laughed.
We must be at cruising altitude as the seatbelt sign turned off and Karen walked up to us to take our drink order. Frank ordered a beer. Thank goodness, I really needed alcohol. So all of us are having beer.
"So Bella tell me about your training." Here we go I thought to myself.
"I am from Texas got my RN degree from Baylor and then continued my PA from Parkland in Dallas. I have worked under a doctor in Dallas now for 3 years."
"Jackson filled us in on your training but what I need to know is how dependent you are on having a doctor around? Can you handle injuries or illnesses that may arise?" He asked.
"Oh I specialized in general medicine and I am also a paramedic, so yes I feel comfortable in anything that comes up. Why do you ask?"
"Well as I told you our doctor is great, but he is not always available to us. However, if you were to need him he would be here. I showed him you're CV and he was very impressed."
"So tell me about yourself Bella, what are your interests?" I looked over at Linda…giving her a look to stop her rant on my Edward addiction.
"Well I love to read, watch movies. I run ½ marathons when I can. I am very crafty and love projects that are detailed oriented. I do need to tell you before my friend here tells you that I am very OCD and you will probably see me with a notepad and sharpie. I always make lists. And I usually don't go to sleep until my list for the day is completely finished and everything is checked off." He looked at his face trying to see if I lost the job. He was smiling and nodding.
"Bella, that is a great quality. You have to be organized in this business so if you see something we are missing please speak up." He said.
"Oh uh okay." I said meekly.
"Oh Frank you should never have said that." Linda said.
"Why do you say that?" He said as he looked up at me.
"Well in the second installment of "Vampire kisses" she was very quick to point out mistakes made." She said.
"How interesting…as in what?" Frank said.
"Oh it's nothing Frank please don't listen to her." I said.
"No really, let me have it." He said.
"Well, when "vampire Edward" stepped into the sunlight in the square, there is no way possible that his eyes would have been golden brown. I mean he hasn't hunted and he was heartbroken over the death of Victoria. His eyes should have been dark as pitch."
"Ya Bella we missed that one. And don't think we didn't get called on it from true fans such as you."
"Anything else…?" He asked. I made a face fearful he would want more examples.
"It's okay Bella, your hiring does not depend on your answers."
"Well sir, vampires are supposed to be unchanging creatures correct?" He nodded yes.
"Well why is it that their hair styles kept changing? I mean Edward's father was perfect in the first movie, but from then on out the wigs that were chosen were horrible." I immediately covered my mouth. "I am so…" he put his hand up to stop me.
"No Bella, I agree. What else?"
"Amy, Edward's sister's hair was so cute and spikey. It fit her personality to a tee. Why change it? And Rosalie's hair was perfect in the first movie; I know that it was probably a pain for the actress to have her hair dyed all of the time but the other wigs made her too perfect and stoic. Rosalyn's character is a beauty queen or at least she thinks she is, and the wigs were just too stiff." He kept smiling.
"Go on" he said.
"Well I just didn't understand why the hairstyles had to change from movie to movie. Even Edward's hair had changed from movie to movie. His sideburns were longer in the 3rd movie and the bangs were too long in some scenes. I imagine these were reshoots. Because his hair was shorter in the beginning and the last scene his hair was combed almost to the side and longer."
"Very good Bella…you will be a great asset to our little family. Please feel free to come on set anytime you wish. I welcome anything you notice. Thank you for your honesty. Now let's talk about what you will need to be able to take care of our actors."
"I made a list... (Duh of course I did). Would it be possible for me to have a trailer on set where it could be a makeshift triage area? I will want a complete medical history that I have taken myself on each actor and personnel. Including you". I said as I smiled at him.
"Linda is here with me to find a house that will have several rooms in case I need to have an actor that needs round the clock care. This doctor I assume can get me supplies?"
"Yes he said he could get you what you needed."
"Have you had a reason for the actor's to need medical attention?" I asked.
"No not really, just scrapes and bruises. We have been very lucky so far." He admitted.
"Now for the salary I assume you are interested in. We are inclined to offer you $200,000 for your services, plus 2% of movie earnings."
"Wow that is very generous. I did not expect that much. I know I told you about my luck in the lottery. Is there any way that can be kept confidential?" I asked.
"Of course Bella; unless your brother has opened his mouth nobody should find out." Frank said.
"Well sir, I am fully prepared to accept your offer if you will take me. I look forward to working with you and the actors."
"Well we are lucky to have you. Jasper has been building you up for quite a while."
"I do apologize for that. However, I am very capable to handle whatever it is that comes up. I promise I will not let you down."
"Frank, what are the plans tonight?" I asked.
"If it is okay with you I want you to come to my house and meet some of your future patients. I like to have a little get together before we start filming on location. You guys up to that?" I think my heart just stopped. Shit! I am way underdressed to meet one very beautiful Edward Cullen. I looked over at Linda and she was giving me her famous smug look.
"Frank is there anyway we can stop at hotel first, I would really like to change clothes." I asked.
"Oh Bella you are perfect, I am the one that is way over dressed. I just wanted to make a good impression, you know…over-confident movie executive." He laughed. Whew…
"When we arrive at the airport a car will take us to my house and the driver will take your things back to the hotel, did you two want to stay together or separate. I book the entire top floor of any hotel the actors stay in." He said.
"We can stay together, shouldn't be a problem." I said as I looked up at Linda.
"So Linda, does everything sound okay to you for your client?" He asked her.
"Yes quite, I should warn you again…you really shouldn't have opened the "detail noticing" to her. She will peg you for any inconsistency." I rolled my eyes at her. "But in her defense, she really can't help it."
We noticed the seatbelt sign came on and the captain announced we should be landing at SeaTac shortly. Wow, these planes are awesome; I wonder how much they are? I silently pray to myself; "Oh God please let me keep my mouth shut, and not fall down or make a fool of myself. And please Lord do not let me vomit on Edward Cullen. Amen.