| Chapter One |
| Teresa sat on the couch just flipping through channels. She stopped when a preview for Death and Desire came on. A movie announcer voice blared through the speakers, "Are you ready for action?" A loud BOOM sounded and a man was shown leaping from an exploding building. "Are you ready for romance?" A clip of a man madly kissing a girl while carrying her from a burning building was shown. Teresa giggled at the cheesy effects and storylines that she knew all too well. She'd done plenty of movies like that. "Starring Maxamillion!" the TV speakers screamed. A smile crept to her face. Maxamillion. Her fellow moviestar and boyfriend of 5 months. Actually, Maxamillion wasn't his real name. He'd once slipped when he was a bit buzzed at a party with Teresa. Turns out, Eugene Cubkins was his birth name. He'd had his named legally changed to Max A. million a few years before his movie debut, but whenever he did anything with show biz it was spelled Maximillion, as one name.. He said he liked it that way because he never wanted it without the "million". No one could really blame him for changing it, with a name like Eugene Cubkins. Even Teresa had changed her last name and was now known as Teresa Rae. Riinnng. The phone interrupted the preview. Riiiinnng. Teresa sprinted to the phone, tripped over the wire, and knocked the phone from the cradle. From a mass of wires and limbs on the floor came a grumble, "Hello?" An exhasperated and familiar voice answered, "You're tangled in the phone wires again aren't you?" Struggled a bit to free a hand in order to hold the phone better she answered, "Uh huh. How'd you know?" "Happens everytime. Plus I heard the fall" "You know me so well Maxamillion" "Maxamillion knows everything of course" She grinned to herself, she could already see him flashing his winning smile on the other line. It was one of his habits. He did it in case any cameras were around. Always flashing a smile. His habit of reffering to himself in the third person was easily adjusted to also. "I was just thinking about you" "Of course you were" he said quickly, "Listen babe, we're booked for a premiere tonight so that whole romantic dinner for two thing? Yeah that's off" "But...But Max, you pro-" "MaxaMILLION" "Maxamillion, you promised it would be just me and you!" "Sorry babe. It's a real important premiere. It's dedicated to me. Oh and the other people from Death and Desire" "They just told you about it today?" "Well uh, they might've mentioned it once or twice before...but hey, we'll still be there together" Teresa heaved a great sigh. Premieres got old. All the same questions, same routines. But, it helped a lot when Maxamillion and Teresa showed up together/ Both of them were actors and well known to the public. Maxamillion was a huge heartthrob and usually dated new girls every night. He'd never had a relationship for longer then 2 months, and here they were at 5 months. The press ate it up and were always asking the couple how the relationship was going. "Rease! Hey baby, you there?" Teresa shook my head, realizing she was still on the phone. "Yeah, yeah. Sorry" "So You'll be ready at 8:00 then?" "Yeah, sure" And with that ending note, he hung up. Chapter Two ~> |