Stepping into her hometown was nauseating, to say the least. She hated everything about it.Her hometown was very different from Los Angeles, it was smaller, greener. One could even be fooled into thinking it was liberating, wide spaces, flower gardens, the kind where one wants to elope with their lover. Perhaps it was, it could have been, at least. But the air reminded her of how it stung against her cuts. It was famous for its food, Lorraine thought perhaps that was the reason she was never big on eating.Coming here after ten years...Lorraine almost thought that it was a mistake, and all she wanted to do was turn around and get on her jet once again, flying back home. But in a twisted way, it was also kind of uplifting how she had rose from the ashes and had come back ten times stronger than before, only to mock and spit on the godforsaken land.Lorraine refused to meet her mother at her house, so they arranged the meeting in her office."Raine," The woman averted her head to the s
Lorraine stood by the glass window, a cup of coffee in her hand, a cigarette tucked between her lips. She didn't go back to Los Angeles, she came to her apartment in New York since Sebastian was here. She said she didn't wanna go back to Los Angeles so she came where he was. Sebastian was yet to know what happened back in her home town. She had been weirdly silent since she came, which was scary but Sebastian decided he was just gonna stay by her side until she decided to speak up.The cup of coffee was empty now and Sebastian lost track of time. She had just been standing there since so long. His chest was clenching badly at the sight of her and questions were storming in his mind. Sebastian went towards her, staring at her face. The city lights gleamed in her eyes as she stared at the view, her face painted with hues of blue and gold. But her expressions remained a void of emotions, which bothered Sebastian.Sebastian gently touched her hand, catching her attention as she flinched
"When a great talent is on screen, you don't see the actress. Only the character she's become. You see a girl with scientific disorders, a civil rights icon, a rape victim, an untalented heiress, or a young woman with big dreams. These five actresses have rewarded moviegoers with fully dimensional characters, some drawn from real life, all of them larger-than-life. The artist who's brought those characters to real-life is our nominees for performance by an actress in the leading role."A faint yet confident smile appeared on Lorraine's lips as the nominees got announced on the screen. Her eyes gleamed as her name came into the view.She held her breath as the atmosphere became suspicious, her stomach twisting uncontrollably."And the Oscar goes to... Lorraine Acker for 'Genetical'."Applause followed through the hall and the music started playing. Lorraine's heart swelled. Rapture engulfed ber, and she felt like yelpi
"Where the hell are you taking me?!"Sebastian asked furiously, tapping at the steering wheel. "Get out of here from the backside," Lorraine said while fastening her seat belt."What?""You heard me." She replied in an obvious tone."I'm not getting out of this party, leaving my brothers and going with a stranger. Not until you tell me where on Earth are you taking me!""I assure your security. Now get out of here.""No way in hell!"
Lorraine went towards Ana with an inevitable sulk on her face. Ana was officially the biggest cockblocker of the planet. "You know what you did was illegal right?" Lorraine said as Ana winked sheepishly. "Illegal goes for your brother." She answered, handing Lorraine her phone. Lorraine smiled secretly at the mention of her brother, wearing the bathrobe a maid had handed her on the way before pressing the phone to her ear and walking away to the corner. "I'm way too high for this, little one." She groaned out on the phone. "Couldn't you celebrate your Oscar victory sober?" Her brother joked as she chuckled breathily. "Don'
After dressing up, both Sebastian and Lorraine went downstairs to have breakfast. Sebastian didn't know what to expect from the lot, they have had fun last night but everyone was high, now they were sober and most probably awkward.Well, Sebastian was proven wrong.Although they sat in silence for some initial minutes, focusing on eating rather than talking before Ana interrupted."Sebastian?"Sebastian looked up from his breakfast to face Ana, giving her a questioning gaze."You live with your brothers don't you?" She asked, big eyes blown wide comically in awe.Sebastian didn't know where she was leading from this question but still answered."Mhm, makes our work easy.""Woah!" She exclaimed before looking towards Lorraine who was sitting beside Sebastian, minding her own business and not looking up. "Must you not aspire something from S
Lorraine's favourite thing during the journey of making a movie was the memories she made with her star cast and all the crew. She learnt a lot from all the senior actors, they laughed, danced and all the tiredness just seemed worth it. She'd smile so genuinely, her heart would warm when her cast would surprise her with a cake on her birthday on the set. It was her home. It was the best place she could ever wish for.Hollywood was a place that made her feel that it was worth it to step out and do something thrilling and totally out of her comfort zone.She could even dare to say that her assistant and her friends from the film industry had better memories with her than Matt, Ivey and Ana.Although, what's a celebrity without tea? What's a celebrity without a few scandals and downfalls?She was never the one to give up. But now she was doubting too, with each 'one more shot' the director said. 5 years to th
Lorraine and Sebastian talk. They talk a lot. It's like a daily chore for her now, to talk with him for hours. Because he's so... attractive. He's that guy she imagines who's elegant and sophisticated but wild and crazy at the same time. He's the guy she fantasizes about midnight driving in a Ferrari. Then stopping at the Hollywood hills to watch LA gleaming along with a bottle of beer and much laughter. Yes, they had decided on that too over their one of many late-night calls. She's even met the rest of his group on face timing a couple of times. Bad days are the ones when she can't talk to him due to her late-night shifts, same goes for him. Today, she was exhausted. She was still on the set, it was noon and the heat was really going to be the death of her. Lorraine was spoilt by her own money, and she worked her ass off to earn it. This day was the hardest day of her life, and this movie was the most ch