Frank Davis (revised)

The time is 2007, early January.

The location is Cheviot Hills, Los Angeles, West Coast of United States.

In a high-end apartment, Sarah got up early and prepared breakfast. It has been more than a week since she traveled back, and has adjusted to the life style quite well. Since the day she travelled back, she never went to any of the parties again. Fortunately, the school is on summer break and she's far away from Emily and Rick, so she has enough time to sort out things properly and adjust herself.

After putting the vegetables in pan to fry, she returned to the bedroom to take a quick shower. The apartment she was living in belongs to Frank, her uncle. She lives in it as she's a minor and was under Frank's care in LA. Although Frank was only her temporary guardian, but he was doing the best he could do for her.

Her uncle Frank Davis is a financial stock broker who gained some wealth in Wall Street, and later came to Hollywood to develop as an investor and producer. At the beginning, he invested in some low budget projects and made profit from them. Now he was at the expansion stage of his career.

He also helped his cousin Emily, Sarah's mother a lot at the time of her divorce, and even offered to help by taking the responsibility as Sarah's guardian in LA till she comes of age. That's the major reason why Emily let her come to Hollywood alone. Sarah was given two to three years to try in Hollywood, and if she didn't succeed, then she had to return to New York to start college honestly.

The bell rang and Sarah knew it must be Frank. Yesterday, he texted her to get ready on time as they will go to another audition today. She doesn't have an agent yet, so in addition to being guardian, Frank has also been doing the job of her agent.

She opened the door and as expected, Frank was standing there. He is a middle aged in mid forties, with dark brown hair and brown eyes, and a height of about 1.8 m. He's not very handsome, but has mantained himself quite well at this age. She greeted with a light kiss on cheek:

"Good morning, you are right on time. I have prepared breakfast."

"Good morning to you too, lovely lady."

Frank was surprised by the changes in his neice. She looked quite different from the last time. She looks more mature, confident and bold. There were no signs of previous rebelliousness and timidness he saw a month ago. What could've happened in such a short span of a month to cause such huge changes.

The surprise continued during the breakfast. He thought she had only experimented in the kitchen as he knows that she cannot cook, but he was again dumbfounded after seeing the luxurious breakfast. The food was fresh, and by looking at the used utensils in the kitchen, he could tell that it was home cooked.

Sarah saw Frank taking the the bite and asked nervously: "How is it?" She likes the food she cooks, but she doesn't know if others will like it too.

Frank tasted the food and his expressions brightened: "I didn't know you could cook too. It's delicious."

He thought she couldn't cook and the only good thing about the food was its good appearence, but he was again proved wrong today. The food was as good as it appeared.

Seeing Frank liking the food, a smile appeared on Sarah's face.

The smile which was bright as sunshine was so beautiful, and Frank who was observing his niece's expressions was surprised and felt emotional. The little girl who used to cry all the time has grown into a big girl. He doesn't have any children, and has always treated Sarah and Rick as his own. It feels strange when your daughter grows up to be so mature. "Let's go then. The audition is at 12 o'clock. We have to at least leave by ten to reach on time."

Sarah nodded and hurriedly went to her room to get ready. She chose simple white pants with a black top and low heel sandals. Minimum makeup was done on the face, and hair were left open on the back. It gave her a cool and refreshing look.

When Sarah came out of the room, Frank was reading newspaper. He looked up hearing the sound of door opening. A simply dressed Sarah was standing in front of him. She had the lively and refreshing vibe of a sixteen year old girl of her age.

The mature look from before had been replaced by the liveliness. Her whole aura had changed with a simple change of style. Can anyone tell him, where did this girl who used to wear ponytails and dress in single type of clothes only go, and when did her dressing sense improved so much. She had change her dressing style too, and now he was curious about what more had he missed in this month.

"How do I look?"

Frank heard the question and said to Sarah: "Beautiful."

Sarah was satisfied with the compliment and smiled happily.

The two left the apartment building in Frank's car. They were going to audition for a low budget movie. She doesn't have a script yet and only knows that the character she was going to audition for is of a tom boy type girl. In fact, the reason why she got this opportunity to audition is also because of Frank. He's one of the investors of the movie, and he helped her secure the audition spot.

While driving, Frank saw the nervousness on Sarah's face. "Don't worry, you just have to give your best. It's not your first audition and even if you are not selected, there are plenty of opportunities."

Sarah heard the comfort and nodded. She was nervous because it was her first audition after she crossed over. The pressure of this audition is much more than any normal film audition on her.