A/N: They are indeed supernaturals.
"Chloe Saunders," She turned to see none other than Liz Delaney, her old childhood friend, grinning at her and walking forward. Chloe smiled happily.
"Oh- Liz!" The girls hugged and Chloe took in her apparel- a beautiful navy blue sundress. It made her midnight blue eyes pop. She wore her long golden hair in a braid wrapped along her head.
"Are you trying out for Leslie?" Chloe asked, deeply amused. Liz had always loved cameras.
"I am... What do you think?" She twirled and Chloe laughed.
"Your personalities do fit." Chloe turned as Simon walked up. "Oh, dear- this is Liz, my old friend. I do believe I've told you about her?" As she spoke, Simon grinned a charming smile and shook her hand. Liz smiled beautifully and shook back. "And Liz, this is my boyfriend, Simon Bae. He's the illustrator of my book covers, and the... Special effects guy for movies." Simon winked at Liz.
"I do killer smoke." Liz laughed, not in on the joke. Chloe leaned in.
"He's a sorcerer..." She looked at Simon. "... And she's a Half Demon. A volo, actually." They grinned at each other once more, and this time, Simon's smile was somewhat flirtatious. It didn't bother her.
"Ms. Saunders? It's time to start," She turned to see her assistant, Kari, talking to her. Chloe smiled.
"Alright. Liz'll go last, to trump 'me all." Liz laughed and itched the back of her neck. Simon sat next to Kari, and Chloe noticed that where Beth was supposed to sit was empty. She looked at Kari in question.
"She's sick." Chloe nodded slowly, before smiling at Liz.
"Why don't you come sit with us?" Liz smiled and followed Chloe to the folding chairs behind their folding table. Kari walked over to let in all of the actors for the main character- Leslie McGlore.
She survived the zombie apocalypse, and lived for years without anyone, until she found Mikey. It was romance meets action meets comedy. Chloe was proud of it.
They all read the five lines Chloe had picked out, but none of them really felt... Right. One girl, named Miranda, came close- but the lack of passion and ferocity in her voice as she told Mikey that, goddammit, she would not lose the first person she'd loved since this hell broke out to something as stupid as a zombie trapped in a fucking toilet, just didn't seem right.
Liz stood then, and adjusted her skirt and she cleared her throat. She walked to the front, and closed her eyes, faced clenching in repressed pain, a strong woman hiding years of hurt.
"My name is Leslie, and I'm 23 years old. I was just a little girl when I woke up to find my mother on the sofa, half of her throat missing, and my little brother on the floor with it in his mouth." Then, she grinned excitedly at me. It was so deep and meaningful that I smiled right back.
"Oh, Mikey! Look- it's a little girl, and she's not sick! Maybe... Maybe we can keep her..." She looked down as she started her plea, eyes loving and soft, small smile hopeful. Chloe was swept away by her performance.
"That's it," Chloe declared after she'd finished. "You're Leslie." Liz grinned happily at her friend and laughed. Chloe ignored as Kari shooed away the other actresses and invited in the young actresses, with their parents, to try out for the little girl, Thea. Each one stole her heart, but he ended up picking one named Imogene with fiery red hair and deep brown eyes.
She hated to crush the other girls. Several of them cried. But- that was the job. Might as well get used to it young...