A Film by Dale Squires

Me, Cat, Andre, and Tori were sitting in the audience of the Mack Murphy show. That…excuse my language…fucking bastard Dale was taking all the credit for the movie we made. So Andre and I whipped up a little plan, and now it was set into action. One more minute to go.

"I actually have a confession," Dale said. My ears perked up.

"So you're not going into politics?" Mack said. The people around me laughed. Tourists. And Canadians. They suck. Except for Beck. Beck's cool.

Cat laughed at the joke and loudly made a comment which got people staring at us.

"Ha, no. Actually I wasn't the only one who worked on the film. Most of the work was done by a really talented group of students from Hollywood Arts high school."

My eyes widened.

"Specifically I would like to give credit to Andre Harris, Cat Valentine, Beck Oliver, Jade West, Robbie Shapiro, and most of all, Tori Vega."

The crowd applauded and I looked at my friends who were shocked. Me on the other hand. I was PISSED.

"He gave us credit."

"On national TV."

"Even I feel bad," I lied. No. That Dale was a dick.

Wondering why? His little ending of "most of all, Tori Vega." Like no. If it was Beck, I'd understand. He wrote the freaking play. If it was Cat, I'd get it. She stayed numerous hours learning all her lines because she needed to be flawless because she was the lead. If it was fucking Sinjin I'd understand because even he came early and stayed late to set everything up. But Tori got the most credit for bossing people around. She bossed everyone around on stage…heck, she didn't even have to leave her own house. She didn't stay extra hours learning lines or putting the set together. She looked off her clipboard…which Sinjin wrote her to-do list for, and yelled out to everyone who already knew what they were supposed to do.

I had spent so many hours in Beck's TV running lines with him, when we would have been doing other…cloth less... activities. But no. I put effort into a stupid little short film, and what do you know, I got upstage by Tori.

I watched with fake horror on my face as Dale got beaten up. Might as well practice acting skills.

It was decided that we were going to get waffles, so with a huff and a laugh, I got up and followed them out to Tori's car. We drove to a nearby waffle place and I slid down in the booth beside Cat who was already looking at the menu.

"I can't believe he gave us credit on national television! Do you know how many producers and writers watch Mack Murphy?" Tori shrieked. I rolled my eyes.

"And they're all going to be looking for the wonderful Tori Vega!" I said sarcastically.

Tori frowned. "What?"

"Never mind," I groaned, grabbing my phone.

To: Jade

From: Beck

Uh, so I was just watching Mack Murphy…and a certain special someone got their name called out on national television.

I replied:

To: Beck

Your name got called too.

"May I take your order?" A waitress came up to us.

"Yes! I want the huge waffle…uh…I want whipped cream and chocolate chips and syrup and cherries and a HUGE glass of chocolate milk!" Cat shrieked. I groaned and the waitress gave a confused smile and tried to frantically write down the order.

"I'll have a regular waffle with some pecans on top," Tori said, handing the waitress her menu.

"I'll have a chocolate chip waffle," Andre said.

"And for you?" The waitress asked, looking at me.

"Same as Tori…I mean her," I muttered.

"Tori….as in Tori Vega! Your picture was on the Mack Murphy show!" The waitress smiles.

Tori grinned. "Wow. My first fan. Thanks!"

The waitress left to place out orders and I snapped my mouth shut pulling out my phone.

To: Jade

Well I kinds wrote the play ;) but you did amazing in the film.

I sighed.

To: Beck

Thanks. You did too. You and Cat kinda looked hot together…but get NO ideas. Your mine.

"So, do you think we'll get calls to do a movie or something?" Tori asked excitedly, leaning forward on the table.

"Maybe me or Cat," I replied nonchalantly.

Tori frowned. "Why not me?"

"Because me and Cat were in the movie. They've seen our faces; they see what we can do. You assistant directed a film with DALE SQUIRES. For all the producers know, Dale did the whole thing."

Tori looked down at her plate. I sighed. Why did I feel so bad?

The waiter came with our food and Cat squealed and dug her face in the pile of whipped cream.

"Uh…how old is she?" The waitress asked, tapping my shoulder.

"Don't touch me…and she's 16. Shocker huh?" I said. The waitress frowned and left.

I felt my phone buzz in my pocket.

From Beck:

We're hotter anyways. Speaking of hot, why don't you get over to my place and we can make the RV…hot.

To: Beck

The RV is already hot. I'm not going over there until you fix the AC.

I looked up to see a mob of people outside the waffle places door and the manager shooing them out.

"But they're here! They made that short film!" I heard a guy say. My ears perked up.

"I gotta go to the bathroom," I muttered and walked to the paparazzi hovering.

"I got this," I told the fat sweaty manager. He nodded.

"Hi. I'm Jade West. Whatcha guys want?" I said. They broke into a flurry of questions, but one guy stood out. He was wearing a suit and pulled out his phone when I said my name. I walked over to him, completely ignoring everyone else.

"Who are you?" I asked. He narrowed his eyebrows.

"I'm the owner of channel 33…I was looking for some young TV stars and producers. Are Beck Oliver, Tori Vega, Andre Harris, and Cat Valentine with you? I want you and them jobs."

My eyes widened.

"Cat, Tori, and Andre are in there, and I can certainly get Beck…What jobs are you offering?" I practically yelled.

"For Cat, I want actress. Andre, I want head of music and songwriting, Tori, I want assistant director and Beck, I want actor/script writer, and for you I want Actress/ Dance. I saw your play Well Wishes and was very impressed. So maybe also a Script writer for a minor show. Can you get your friends?"

"Yes!"

"Excellent."

The end! Thanks for all reviews, but I didn't get to the goal of 157. Let's get to 167 this week, so just 12! Come on! Also check out my other stories Mine and It'll all work out in the end! I'm sure you'll like them! Thanks!

-Sarah