Smiling has become second nature to me. Even when I�m doing it sometimes I don�t even realize it. Marti led me over to an older woman, who obviously wasn�t taking advantage of the botox craze, while we were on the red carpet.
�Be your best if you want the cover.�
�Madeleine, hi, how are you?� The old broad smiled at us both,
�Marti, I�m wonderful darling.� She immediately turned her attention to me,
�Hello Brehan. It�s nice to meet you darling. I�ve been seeing great things from you.� I smiled at her wondering who the hell she was. But I knew I�d better not do anything crazy since Marti gave me a heads up. She must be someone important.
�Its nice to meet you as well.� Some of the photographers began to yell and demand pictures. �Darling, let�s get a few pictures together.� Marti stepped back and waited as Madeleine and I posed together. As we did, she spoke to me,
�We really want to get you into the studio and do a feature on you for the magazine.� The magazine? A feature? What magazine?
�I would be honored.� She placed her hand on my waist,
�It�s going to be the real thing. I just wanted to make sure you were as beautiful in person as everyone says before putting you on the cover of In Style.� My smile became bigger, I could feel it. The cover of In Style. I�ve been on the cover a lot of magazines but mostly they weren�t because I was the feature interview, they just needed a pretty face and a thin body.
�I must be going darling. Have fun tonight.� I was floating,
�I will Madeleine and thank you.� She smiled one last time at me and walked away. That old bat was good for something. Marti came back over and led me down the red carpet,
�Well, what did she say?� I continued to smile out at the cameras as I told her what should have been obvious,
�I�m doing the cover and I have the feature interview for In Style.�
�Fabulous, I�ll talk to her tonight. Steven will be thrilled. He wanted a big interview soon after the Good Morning America job is announced. I�ll have to make sure to drop that you will be the new correspondent to Madeleine.� Steven, I hadn�t thought about Steven all night. Just the mention of his name made me miss him. It was so hard for people to understand how much Steven meant to me and how much he has done for me. They don�t see how great he is. How romantic he is. Sure, things have been a little off lately but that�s what stress does to a person. It causes them to not be the person they really are. But once he gets back from Europe in a week or so it will be better. I don�t know why but I just know it.
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Marti was never far from me, never more than ten feet and even then she was watching like a hawk. Apparently this was do or die time for me. This is the moment I am about to catapult into mega stardom. As I gazed around the party it was full of beautiful and not so beautiful people milling around, air kissing and of course ass kissing. I have been here for over an hour and there was nothing that warranted any of my attention. Cameras were all around snapping pictures, hoping to get a money shot of the latest and greatest Tinseltown couple.
�Well how is my latest love interest?� I turned to see none other than Nick�s freaky friend.
�Hi JJ.� He smiled and shook his head,
�It�s AJ but I don�t take offense. I�m sure you just have a bad memory.� Cute. I began to look around. Surely Nick was near. Did one go anywhere without the other? He grabbed my arm and began to lead me away,
�Come on, let me get you a drink.� He was amusing. It wasn�t like there was anyone else around to entertain me. So until that guy, or girl, should appear, this clown will have to do. I turned and surveyed the room as he ordered the drink.
�Here you go.� He handed me a glass and I sipped it. Making a horrible face as I looked at him and held the drink out,
�What is this?� He smiled and shook his head at me,
�Cranberry juice.� Where is the alcohol? What am I supposed to do with cranberry juice? I placed the glass on the bar and began to walk away.
�Healthy living isn�t your thing huh?� I snorted,
�Healthy living is for the sick.� We smiled at each other and soon a photographer was in our face,
�Picture of the lovely couple.� I happily obliged and we smiled into the camera,
�As I recall this is what started the rumors that we have a thing going on.� I tossed my hair as I placed a hand on his shoulder,
�I�m sure you were bothered by that so much.� I commented. If I were him I would love being associated with the likes of me.
�Worse things could be said about me.� He looked up at me,
�And have.� He peaked my interest,
�Oh really? Why don�t you tell me about them.� I looped my arm in his and we were about to walk off when we were suddenly joined by Nick.
�Hey, what's up guys?� He looked down at my arm linked in AJ�s,
�You seem to be getting along well.� I shrugged,
�You aren�t the only one that gets my attention.� The photographer wanted more pictures and we didn�t disappoint. There was an array of pictures his boss could choose from. Whether it was the picture of the three of us with my head near AJ�s or the one with me standing behind AJ with my arms around his waist and my head on his shoulder. Poor Nick always looked like the odd man out. I grabbed AJ�s hand and led him and Nick away from the hustle and bustle and to a booth. AJ was next to me and Nick was on his other side.
Chapter 125 cont'd