Audition

I traded phone numbers with Hera and we talked with each other about shows and movies. The truth is, this is the first time I've talked this much with someone since I was young...

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Before I knew it, today was the day before the audition. I never acted before...What should I do?..

I have binged watched many shows but that's not going to help with my acting. Wait..I can ask Hera!

I dialed in her number and waited for her to pick up.

"What's up Celine?"

"Hera...How do you act?"

"Y-you're asking that now?!"

"Hahaha....Sorry..."

"W-well I wouldn't be much of a help when it comes to acting so...I-I'll see you tomorrow do your best!!"

"W-wait WHAT-"

Then she hang up on me.

"I regret this so much...Why am I so stupid." I sighed.

Since I might see Mr. Nathan guy tomorrow at the audition, might as well watch some of his movies.

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And so I spent the whole day watching his movies. I have to say, as a veteran at watching these kinds of things, he is an amazing actor. Mr. Nathan guy expresses his emotions very well.

Imagining myself doing this is a funny joke. AHHH WHAT SHOULD I DO....!

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A Sunday. A day where I'm supposed to sleep in...

The sun shone bright and I got up from my bed feeling tired. Hera said to meet her at the bus stop near the mall.

I tied my hair into braids and decided to wear my uniform for this audition. I have to admit that my uniform is the fanciest of my closet.

Auntie was out partying with her friends so she wasn't home. Well I'm glad she's not. She always tells me to mind my own business. Her husband is 2 years younger than her and she's always cheating on him.

I ate a piece of bread for breakfast and walked to the bus stop.

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I happened to hear a quiet voice saying my name.

"Celine, over here."

It was Hera.

"Hey..why'd you hang up on me yesterday?" I smiled.

She avoided eye contact with me and said

"Ah...Um I wanted to sleep?"

I sighed and I wanted to scream.

"You know what...Let's just go. I'll fail the audition regardless."

Hera smiled, "Thank you for tagging along even though I was a stranger to you."

If I were to describe Hera, she's like a quiet little bunny. She's the innocent and gentle type.

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We arrived at the place for the audition. It was a tall building and the interior was very fancy. There was a sign that stated where to go for the audition.

Hera and I followed the big crowd. I could hear many girls talking about how they can act with Mr. Nathan guy and see him.

I sometimes want to laugh about my nickname for this celebrity.

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When we arrived, we were told to stand in line to wait for our turns.

The line was really long and I can imagine how long it would take for our turn to come.

"Celine, are you nervous?" Hera mumbled.

I looked at her and looked at the floor.

"I don't think so." I replied.

"I feel sick..." said Hera.

I patted her back. "Calm down and breathe, there are still a lot of people before us."

"I'll do my best to hold it in somehow.." She replied.

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After 30 minutes we were finally at the front of the line.

"Next five, please come in." said the guy at the door.

I walked inside the room and Hera was hiding behind me. There was a long table with chairs where the judges sat. In front of the long table, there were five seats.

I sat down on one of the seats and Hera sat next to me. In front of me, I can see the judges. I saw a familiar producer, I believe his name is Matt Kelson. Matt Kelson looks like he's in his late 40s. Mr. Kelson has black hair and he wore a black long sleeved shirt with dark blue jeans.

Next to the producer was the celebrity, Nathan Miller (or Mr. Nathan guy.) Mr. Nathan guy has dark brown hair and brown eyes. He wore a black suit to this audition. I believe he's 20 this year.

Mr. Nathan guy will be playing as the story's protagonist. Since we are still people auditioning for this movie, none of us know the story line for it. I don't know why they didn't release any synopsis for this movie but I'm just going to go along with it.

Finally, the lady next to Mr. Nathan guy is a model named Penny Robertson. There were rumors about how she would be playing as the female lead of the movie, and looks like they were true. Ms. Penny is a young beautiful lady who has just turned 19. She has dark red hair and she's wearing blue contacts and a white dress.

"Okay starting from the left, what's your name?" yelled the producer.

That scared me for a second. I'm sitting three seats from the left, I'm glad I didn't sit at the edges. If you sat first or last, people may judge you differently from the others. Sitting first has a lot of pressure and if you sat last and the people ahead of you were disappointments, the judges may hope for you to be good.

The girl that went first was named Francis. She had to introduce herself and say how old she was. Francis looked like she was in college due to her mature aura. The producer then told her to make a sorrowful expression. Francis did what she was told and she decided to cry as part of the act. Personally, I felt that her crying looked a bit fake.

"Okay, you may go now." said the producer.

"Already?!" Francis shouted.

"Yup, we'll inform you about the results on the website for this movie. Who's next?" asked the producer.

Next was a young man named Lucas. Lucas had blonde hair and green eyes. He was really handsome, I even think that he looks better than Mr. Nathan guy, but you should never judge a book by its cover.

"Hello judges, my name is Lucas Brooks. I'm 17 this year and I'm currently attending Shepard Institute." said Lucas.

"Oh? I see that you look rather handsome. Why don't you go become a model instead?" the producer questioned.

Lucas avoided eye contact with the producer and responded "I'm not very interested in modelling..."

"Okay then, I'm going to ask you to make a distracted expression." said the producer.

It looked as if Lucas thought for a while and then he did what he was told. I have to say that he did fine but it felt as if something was missing.

"Thank you, next please."

Before I knew it, it was my turn. I could now feel a bit of nervousness. The two that went before me were serious while I'm just doing this for Hera.

I felt bad so I thought that I should at least act like I'm serious. But what's a serious expression? I decided to copy what Francis did when she talked about herself.

"Hello there...My name is Celine...Celine Noel." I smiled.

Yup my smile was fake, in fact very fake.

"I go to Swanson's Academy and I'm 15 this year."

"Okay then please make a sorrowful expression." said the producer.

The same one as Francis? I guess I'll just copy her again except I won't cry so it doesn't look like I'm actually copying her.

After I made my sorrowful expression the producer said okay and I left the room. I had to wait for Hera outside the room so I stood near the entrance of the building.

I mean Hera's a pretty girl with a black-brown ombre. I personally think that this industry is looks > acting. If you're pretty and you can act rather decent, you'll probably make it in. After all in this day and time, people only like an actor's/actress's faces and acting is just a bonus.

I waited for a few minutes and suddenly Hera rushed out of the crowd with tears in her eyes.

???

I was extremely confused.

"H-hey Hera, what's wrong?" I asked.

"Nathan....Nathan Miller told me to get out the moment I said my name and age.." Hera replied.

W-what?! If what Hera says is true...What is that Mr. Nathan guy doing?!

I'm so confused...

"Why?" I asked.

"I-I don't know..."

A worker then ran to us and apologized. The worker said that the company will make up for it.

Make up for it? Does that mean that they'll pass her? I wonder how many spots open there are for this movie.

"Hera, let's go now."

"O-okay..." She responded as she continued crying.

We left the building and went home. Auntie's going to be real mad when I get home.