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Las Vegas, 15/07/2012. 16:40

"Now, we are about to try something that will… hummm, set us a bit apart."

"For our final trick, we are gonna do something never before seen on a Las Vegas stage."

"Or any stage for that matter."

"Ladies and gentlemens… Tonight.. We are going to rob a bank!"

"Anddd CUT! " Louis exclaimed. "That was good guys, we are keeping it!"

They were currently in Las Vegas to turn a scene in a huge showroom. They had the room for only a day and so needed to finish quickly. It was in this exact room that the 'Horsemen' would filmed their first show.

"Ah, finally a scene done in one shoot." Jesse said.

"It's because our boy here is in a process to become a real man." Woody says with humor.

"You are just jealous that I still have hair Woody and you know it." Nathaniel responds in the same way, making them laugh.

Over the course of the movie, Nathaniel gradually became the mascot of the set. As he was the youngest here by a huge margin, everybody liked to make fun of him. He could have resent that but he could see that he was made good naturally and not in the prospect of being mean so he accepted it. Accepting it, doesn't mean he was not responding the same way.

"Don't listen to him Nath, he is just jealous that his suit is not as amazing as yours. You look great by the way." Isla complimented.

"Coming from the most beautiful 'Horsemen', it really means something. Thanks." He said, kissing her cheek, making her blush a little even if that was not easy to see with the makeup that she had on her.

"You know, I'm starting to get the stinky eyes from the other women working here. You barely respond to them and yet you flirt with me."

"It's because they look at me like I'm some kind of food they want to eat. You, on the other hand, are in love with your husband so you are easy to get along." He responded truthfully.

"I don't have a problem with being looked at as food, it looks fun." Woody said naughtily.

"I hear you brother but with Nathaniel here acting as an eye candy, we are powerless." Jesse added, seemingly sad.

"Really? What about the cute blonde I saw you kissing, two days ago?" Nathaniel says with a little smile, making Jesse jump.

"Wait, you saw that?"

"Ah ah! things start to get interesting here." Woody says with a big smile.

"Who is she? I want to know everything." Isla added, she could not resist the very concept of gossip.

"I believe she works on the script but I can't be sure. I think Jesse here knows her better than all of us combined." Nathaniel laughed.

"Her name is Ashley by the way but I have no idea why she would hook up with someone as short as you." Say someone behind him.

Nathaniel did not have to turn around to know a serrated tongue like that could belong to only one person.

"Hi to you too Maggie and for your information I'm not that short." Say Jesse bitter.

"Yeah, keep telling yourself that." She adds with a humph.

Woody and Isla turn their head on the side so their smile could not be seen by Jesse. They had long since gotten used to Maggie abused and that was nothing compared to what she was saying to Nathaniel sometimes. They didn't know how Nathaniel managed to be unbothered by it but it was surprising nonetheless. Themselves had huge experience at putting up with abuse coming from talented people but seeing it from a sixteen years old was still impressive.

"Hi sunshine." Nathaniel said.

"Shut your mouth. We have things to talk about, let's go." She said, leaving without waiting for him.

"Ah, I love seeing her so happy to get me alone. That gives me faith for the future." Nathaniel said, making his co-stars laugh.

With a hand wave, he said his goodbye before following Maggie in a loge which she closed the second he passed the door.

"Okay, what's going on? Did the studio finally give their answer for the music?"

"They did, that's why I want you alone. That was smart of you by the way to name your mother as the label representative, we managed to get an amazing deal for you."

"I don't know everything about making a deal or money for that matter so naming people with experience in it is common sense."

"Good to see that you know your limit. Ok sign that." She said, getting a huge chunk of document from her briefcase.

"This is a NDA." Nathaniel saw on first glance.

"Yeah, we manage to have an amazing deal with your mother but the studio does not want the news to spread so sign it fast before they come to their senses." Maggie urges.

Trusting her and especially his mother, he hastily put his signature on the noted page.

"Good. Now I can finally tell you what this is all about. We manage to transform this song into a partnership. So now, you are the happy detentor of 3% of the movie and they have 3% of your song. This is really good. Beyond the financial aspect, if things go well, the studio would call on you again as an actor or a singer or both."

"So, I will get 3% of the total profit of the movie in the theater and they will get the same on my song?" Nathaniel clarified.

"Yes, you pick up quickly. The estimated profits for this movie is around 300 millions so congratulations. You just made a song for 9 millions dollars at minimum. I believe it would be much more." She exclaimed joyfully.

Nathaniel could not help to flash a bitter smile. There were only three things that Maggie loved in this world it seems. Her daughter, bullying him and winning some money. And since she was viewing each dollar that she earned as a college fund for her daughter, she basically crossed two things off her list at once.

"This is nice, good job Maggie. Do we have other things to talk about?"

"Yeah, you keep getting offers by Harvard and Yale. This is crazy, if things continue, they would basically pay you to attend their school." She said, awe. She never knew that the top university of this country was competing that fiercely to get the best students.

"Did you not tell them I was accepted at Columbia already?" He asks with a frown.

"I did but they took it as you trying to ramp up the price so they did. Mary even told me they received at their workplace a basket of fruits as a sign of 'goodwill'."

"Let them be, if they think a couple of baskets will win my mothers over, they are greatly mistaken. At most, they would use that to boast about me to their co-workers." He said with a laugh.

"Boasting about our children's is a sacred right to us, Mothers." Maggie affirms with a righteous nod, making Nathaniel laugh even louder. "Stop laughing or I'm going to hit you! By the way, I asked Louis if he wanted to turn the music video and he accepted. Are you really going to take someone who has never done that before?"

"Yes, I have a good impression of him and he was always patient with me when I delayed some scenes."

"You can't let your feelings interfere with the business side of things." Maggie rebuked.

"Okay see it on a business side if you prefer. Since it's his first movie clip, it would be cheaper and I could have more say in the matter and how it is done that if it was someone known."

"That's better, if you keep listening to me and learn, you will become someone someday." She said in a patronizing tone.

Nathaniel could only shake his head at that. Maggie will always be Maggie.