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“Hey.” He stops directly in front of me, his eyes full of curiosity. “Everything okay?”
“Better than okay. Perfect actually.” I bounce up and down on the balls of my feet. “I got a call back to read for the role of Rose in Blood Lust,” I tell him excitedly.
“The paranormal series?” he asks, my heart doing something funny in my chest the moment the words leave his mouth. I don’t know why but I didn’t expect him to care enough to remember. The fact that he did does something funny to my insides.
“Yes.” I nod enthusiastically. “But it’s not the secondary character I originally auditioned for. It’s for the lead.”
“Wow. That’s amazing. Congrats.” He smiles and while the action is easy, there’s something behind it I can’t quite pinpoint.
“Thank you. Anyway, I’m looking for my dad. I need to go to the library so I can buy a plane ticket. The audition is tomorrow.”
“Tomorrow?”
“Awesome notice, right?” I laugh. “And of course with Karen biting the dust I have no way of getting there and my mom isn’t home so I need to see if Dad will let me borrow his truck.”
“Just take mine,” Thad offers, digging in the front pocket of his jeans, producing a set of keys moments later.
“You sure?”
“Technically it’s your dad’s truck anyway. He just lets me drive it.” He smiles, shoving the keys into my hand.
“You’re amazing,” I tell him, sliding into his arms without thinking about what I’m doing or the fact that we are out in the open where anyone can see.
“You remember that when you’re some big famous star,” he speaks into my hair, his arms closing around me for a brief moment before releasing me.
“I’ll see you later?” I ask, stepping out of his embrace.
“I’ll be around.” He grins, jerking his chin toward the truck.
“Thank you, Thad.” I take a few steps backward before spinning around and taking off toward the truck, feeling his eyes on me the entire way until I hoist myself into the cab and take off down the driveway.
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“So you’re leaving tomorrow?” my mom asks, setting dinner plates on the table.
“Yes. But I’ll be back Sunday,” I tell her, following behind her to place glasses at each place setting.
“Why not until Sunday?” She keeps her focus on the task at hand. “I thought you said the audition was tomorrow.”
“It is. But I wanted to stick around a day or two in case they need more from me. I also thought it would be a good opportunity to visit some of my friends that I haven’t seen in a while.”
“I see. So where will you be staying?”
“I talked to Whitney earlier. She’s going to let me stay with her and she’s going to drive me to the airport on Sunday.”
“So tell me about this show again. It’s about vampires?” She crosses to the oven and leans down, pulling out the massive chicken casserole that’s been baking for the last two hours.
“Among other things. There are angels and demons. Witches. Werewolves. And tons of other beings. I can’t believe you’ve never heard of Blood Lust.” I shake my head at the thought. Considering it’s one of the most popular book series in the country, I didn’t think there was a person alive who hadn’t heard of it. Then again, my parents really do kind of live in their own little bubble.
“You know we don’t get into all those weird vampire and ghost shows.”
“It’s a book series, Mom. And yes, I know.” I chuckle, taking the biscuits off of the sheet pan and dropping them into a large bowl.
“Well, it sounds like something you’re very excited about.” She nudges her hip to mine as we stand side by side.
“I am.”
“Well then I’m happy for you. And I really hope you get the role.”
