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She’s about to say something else when Eric is by her side.
“Florence, are you going to introduce us?”
She nods her head, “Sorry. Eric this is Valentina, you’ll be working together on the movie. Aren’t you excited?”
Her eyes dart between the two of us, as Eric and I lock eyes. I want him to say that he knows me. I spent a memorable night with him, has he forgotten all about it?
“Nice to meet you, Valentina. I hope that we can work well together.”
Did he go to polite school in the meantime? The dirty mouthed bad boy seems to have left the airport.
“Ah, that’s sweet, she’s starstruck,” Florence comments as she takes my hand and leads me away from him. The man that I can’t get out of my mind has forgotten everything about me. I never knew that we'd be working together. For some reason, I never saw his name on the script which has been in my bag from the moment I got it only yesterday. I was too busy worrying about being on set and not looking the part. Now, I feel like a fool, thinking I meant something to him. He called the taxi and didn’t even say good-bye, that should have been clear enough for me.
But as Florence is talking the only thing I’m thinking is I wish that my real agent was here. She’s a small timer who couldn’t afford to fly. Florence said that she'd take care of everything which my agent said was nice of her. I need to focus, but it’s so hard when the man that I’ve been crazy about for too many years is not even giving me the time of day.
***
“I’m in the bathroom,” I whisper thinking that I need to hear a friendly voice. Someone who does care about me and will help me focus for the next two weeks.
“Valentina I can hardly hear you.”
I nod, “I know, but I’m in the bathroom. We’re at the airport, and we’ll be taking off soon.”
“Good! That means it’s happening. I was a bit worried when you said that your agent couldn’t meet you. It just sounded a bit suspect. But you could have just sent me a message. What’s up?”
“Eric’s here!”
“Eric who?”
Is she serious?
“Eric Turner. You know the guy who’s posters that I keep in my room. The one that I slept with on my birthday. The one…”
“I get the picture, Valentina. So, what if he’s there. Just pretend that you just met him and get on set.”
She doesn't understand what I’m saying to her, so I decide to stop whispering because I’m not making myself clear not one bit.
“He’s the main character. The one that I’m going to be starting with.”
“Shut up!”
She blurts out and then she screams as if she’s won the jackpot at Bingo.
“I know, but he’s pretending that he doesn’t know me. I hate him. I do. How can he do this to me? It’s so damn humiliating.”
“No, it’s not. It’s perfect. Because you need to focus. You’ve been given the opportunity of a lifetime. Fuck him! Oops, you already did that, but it doesn’t matter because you’re an unknown star who’s going to be known. Just remember that. Don’t even dare get distracted you hear me.”
“Yes, ma’am.” I drop my purse and salute her in the bathroom.
“I mean it, Valentina. You need to make sure that you do well and that’s the only reason you’re going to Aspen for the role. Not for Eric Turner.”
I sigh as I sit down on the toilet and think about what she’s saying, but she has no idea how hard this is going to be.
“Florence did say that I’m star struck.”
“Exactly! Stick with that, don’t get wet if he touches you. This is a job, and you need to remain as professional as possible. I wish I were there with you.”
I sigh, “You’re not the only one. My voice of reason.”
