Aaron stood dumbfounded. His shirt was ruined and his mood soured. He felt angered at himself for letting her have the last words. At the back of his mind, he knew that he wasn't the most innocent in the situation but he felt angry nonetheless.No one, not one person had the right to speak to him like that. Pretty or not. He was going to teach her a lesson. Something to remember him by." What's going on in that smart head of yours boy? "The familiar voice of Mr Austin jerked him out of his reverie." Are you sweating or something? Did you run all the way here?" He asked, looking at the drenched chest with his hands in his pockets." I ran into a situation." He winced, "long story short, I have to talk to you."" Okay? Let's head on to the office then."Aaron shook his head at the request before speaking." There's a lot of people there. It's about the project."" Whatever it is, we can always talk about it later. I'm late for a meeting. "With that, Mr Austin led the way to his offi
Deloise was overwhelmed with joy. She couldn't stop smiling on her way back to the dorm room. She'd been congratulated by people she didn't know and couldn't wait to actually share it with someone.She hoped Layla was home and stopped by a cafeteria to get some burgers and soft drinks. She was going to eat it as a celebratory meal for her first movie role.After getting the meal, she committed to taking care of herself more in preparation for the filming. She wasn't about to look funny in her first role in a movie and made a mental note to hit the gym as soon as possible.One thing she loved about her body was the fact that it could fit Into almost anything. With the right conditioning that is. She was never one to complain about weight due to her fast metabolism.She couldn't go wrong with some facial and skin therapy and all she wanted was to look and feel good. She'd previously searched up some popular actors' rituals in preparation for a new role and ever since then, itched to hav
Deloise was on the phone when her mother's call came in. She hesitated to pick it, not quite in the mood of lying so blatantly to her. On the third ring, Deloise swiped to the green button and slowly placed her phone on her ear. Half expecting the screaming voice of her mother." Baby, how are you doing?" The still voice of her mother spoke instead." I'm alright mum, sorry I didn't pick up earlier, didn't hear it ring." She said smoothly." No problems. It's fine. Talk to me about school. What's been happening? I heard that the exams are around the corner."" Oh yes! Sorry I didn't tell you. With the coming exams I've been really swamped up trying to prepare."" I understand. Take all the time you need. Don't hesitate to tell me if anything comes up okay? No matter how little, anything at all."" Definitely. I'll be back for the holidays with Anna after the exams. " Deloise said, making a mental note to inquire from Amanda when the exams were beginning and the time frame for the hol
The meeting soon drew to an end and the esteemed guests were escorted out by Mr Austin. Deloise didn't move, she hoped to leave when the room was at least halfway emptied out. She felt lucky to be ignored the whole time by Ms Ema after the lashing she received.This experience wasn't the prettiest for her but it sobered her to the fact that she needed to take her job and life more seriously if she was going to last. It was a rude awakening - the fact that she could be dropped at the slightest misconduct.She had to be extremely careful and conscious of slip ups because this was the last chance at her dreams and life. She didn't have anything else. She couldn't fail at this.While pondering these thoughts, Deloise didn't notice Stella approach her. She jolted in surprise when she heard the sharp voice of Stella." What? Aren't you leaving?" She asked with a smile which Deloise detected as faux and mocking.When she didn't reply, Stella tutted and with graceful steps encircled her while
Aaron was in the male restroom of the building. After being rudely asked out by Mr Austin, he figured he might as well relieve himself before leaving the building.On getting out to the hallways, he witnessed Deloise rush out of the office and after a few steps, plopped shakily on the floor with her head bowed." Was she…crying?"Aaron thought, unsure of what was going on. He carefully took steps forward, not knowing how to approach the situation. As he got closer, her sobs got louder and the fact she was crying became glaring.He knew that Mr Austin was pretty angry at the situation and the fact she was a no-show. But he felt it couldn't have been that bad.Knowing Mr Austin, it was going to be a warning at most. It wasn't something he expected his firecracker to be bawling her eyes over.Aaron stood in a standoffish stance before Deloise. A part of him wanted to move on with his business like he didn't care but something within him hindered his movement. He couldn't stand seeing her
Aaron walked into his apartment with a scowl on his face.' I knew I should have walked away!' He thought angrily as he recalled his little tiff with Deloise." What's got you looking so disgruntled?" The voice of Tony made him aware he wasn't alone." Nothing. What are you doing here?" Aaron collapsed on his couch." What do you think? Playing hide and seek?" Tony replied with a mouthful. There was always something to eat at Aaron's.Upon hearing him, Aaron turned around and noticed the opened dominos on the table. His countenance grew poor. " Don't tell me you ate all the pizza bro."Tony picked a slice of pizza, took his time eating it, then finally spoke." I won't."He drank some water under the wrathful gaze of his friend and plopped down the opposite couch. " What's got your panties in a twist?" He inquired again with a straight face. Like he didn't just add to the reason for his friend's poor countenance.Aaron sighed, " I don't know who's more annoying at this point. You or
After the encounter with Aaron and Mr Austin, Deloise relegated to her shell to nurse her wounds. As a result, she wasn't as outspoken or outgoing except when needed. She also began classes the following day and made deliberate steps to avoid any sort of mishaps in her life moving forward.Later that day, she surprisingly came across a message bearing the filming schedule for the production and wondered if it was from the director. Her ponder was cut short when she realized that it was from the same number which had called and requested she go to the administrative building.She couldn't help but wonder his reason behind the oh so generous gesture. It was either he finally realized he was in the wrong and did it as some sort of apology or it was directed by Mr Austin.Whichever it was, Deloise couldn't care less. Aaron was the most evil jerk she was unfortunate to meet in her lifetime and nothing could change her perception of him. Not even a filming schedule she needed and was ecst
The next day, Deloise woke up with a headache she described as demonic. Her head pounded while she attempted opening her eyes properly.A blinding streak of sunlight made her deck underneath her pillow. She sat up and memories of the previous night poured into her consciousness - reminding her of the very reason her head was in a terrible state.Of course it was the drink! She was such a deadbeat when it came to drinking and always found the morning after horrific.Again, she promised never to get drunk again, this time around, hoping she actually lived up to it. Feeling the urge to ease herself, Deloise attempted getting up on her feet but was brought back to bed by the sudden dizziness she felt. Due to the unexpected give away of her feet, she felt queasy and the urge to puke was uncontrollable. Before she could get to the toilet area, she emptied the content of her stomach on the floors and Layla walked in." Oh my goodness! Are you alright?! " The worried voice of Layla asked upo