Five Months Later
Raelyn's POVIt has been a crazy few months. Let's first start off with the birthdays that have happened in the family. Trenton grew up into a teenager and he seemed to outgrow his bow tie, but I hoped that he still had his drive and determination he had as a kid. He was going through a phase where he was moody as ever though but maybe that was just a side effect of teenage boys.
Mom and dad were now elders. I could tell that Addi and Trent were struggling with the idea of them getting older. You get used to how your life is and don't give much thought into people leaving forever until it's right at your door step. They were the ones who encouraged me the most with my career and I wanted them to be here to see me be successful.
"No! You got to move like this!" Addi said.
I walked into Trenton's room where the music was blasting. The both of them were dancing, well Addi was dancing and Trent was just doing this awkward arm thing.
"This is stupid." Trent groaned.
"You'll get it!"
"What's going on?" I asked.
"Trenton is going to a dance at school and he's worried about the dancing part." Addison said.
"Dancing is easy once you get a hang of it." I said.
"Rae?"
I was passing mom and dads room when I heard dad calling me.
"Yes?"
"Come in here for a moment."
I walked in.
"I just wanted to tell you how proud of you I am." He told me.
"Aw, thank you daddy." I grinned.
"I mean it, you have worked so hard and it's finally paying off."
I smiled and fought back tears.
"I love you baby girl."
"I love you too."
The gigs were still going well. Directors loved me and I was passing almost all of my auditions because word was starting to spread of me success. One of my more recent ones was a commercial for dish detergent. They went with a pirate theme which at first was confusing until I saw the bottle and boxes of the product. It had a tropical bird on it so it could tie into pirates, but I was honestly sick of the pirate gigs. I gave the final line of the last horrible pirate pun and kept smiling until the camera cut off.
"CUT!"
My smiled dropped and the director told me how well I did as I came off the stage.
"Are you available next week?" He asked.
"Next week?! Yes! Absolutely!"
"We're doing an ad for love week. Since there is still a stigma about same sex couples we thought doing a commercial may help change that. Would you be down for that?"
"Yes!"
I left the studio elated. I could not believe he personally asked for me! I sent an email to my manager at the agency to let him know along with adding it to my calendar.
...
"Thanks Keegan!"
I left hair and make up and went to the stage where the director was ready for us.
"I'm nervous about this." Ashley, my co-star, whispered.
"Don't be!" I soothed.
"I've never... kissed a girl." She shyly said.
"If it helps, I haven't either."
She gave me a small smile before the director called action.
It was surprisingly easy to kiss her, but it was just a job. There were no romantic feelings involved so that helped.
I was really getting to the point where I was getting noticed. It was a strange feeling especially when people would come up to me claiming to be fans. I had fans from just commercials and they even wanted an autograph! It meant my name was getting out there though so that was a good feeling to have. I went to parties a few times here and there to get myself known even more.
Time to practice my picture pose!
I got home late that night with an email from my manager. I read it and my eyes widened.
"MOM!!!! DAD!!!" I screamed.
They ran from their room moments later.
"What's going on?!"
"My manager emailed me... I'm being asked to do a role..."
"And?"
"For a TV show!" I screamed.
Mom let out a scream and ran over and hugged me.
"I told you you would do it!" Dad said as he hugged me.
I couldn't believe this was happening!
TV Show here we come! Elisha and John are elders =[