Going Solo: Gen. 1.3

I was starting to think my landlord was a slum lord. Things were constantly breaking and I found I could fix them quicker instead of waiting on the maintenance guy that never seemed to show up. At least things at work were going well.

I was enjoying my new job but being a best girl was still not a glamorous job. I spent most of my time getting food for the cast members. Devin and I were hanging out more. I really was starting to like him. We met up at the sports bar in town after our shift ended, he talked me into getting a little frisky in the elevator.

Much to our (my) embarrassment there was a reporter standing at the doors when we exited. I was mortified, but he assured me it would all blow over in a few days. Said I had to learn to expect these things if I wanted to be famous. It came with the territory. With being so busy, it had been a while since I'd actually seen mom. I gave her a call after work and asked her to meet me at The Grind. Clubs really weren't her thing, but I wanted her to get out and enjoy life more. It was great to see her again.

We talked and she even had a drink, it only took one before she was letting loose on the dance floor. Life was going good for her with her books and painting. She was doing well financially, now if only she would get her love life on track. I didn't see Devin for a about a week after the elevator incident. I was starting to think the was avoiding me, but then he called and invited me over to his place. I was impressed with how neat his home was for a guy and told him so.

We started out talking, to catch up on what we'd missed. He said he hadn't been avoiding me, but that he has just been really busy. He was very sweet in apologizing for not keeping in touch. Very sweet indeed! My hard work had paid off in the form of a $3 per hour raise but even better I got another promotion. I wanted to celebrate with Devin, but he was busy so I headed back to The Grind to let loose a bit. I guess I had one too many because I started out just dancing with this guy and ended up making out with him on the dance floor.

Some girl came over and started yelling at him, I don't know if it was his girlfriend or what, but he got rid of her and was back to making out with me. He seemed like a nice funny guy and I learned his name was Lenny Shutter. We exchanged numbers and he said he'd be happy to call me sometime. Of course more stupid reporters were around and I was accused of cheating on Devin, but we weren't exclusive, regardless I now had some naughty reputation or whatever. The next day I was off and got a call from Lenny.

I went over to go hang out with him, but quickly figured out what he meant by hanging out. Devin was the only guy I'd ever been with, so there was no harm in trying out my options right? Things felt weird with Lenny and I wasn't sure I was going to see him again. He was sweet, but he wasn't Devin. I felt really bad for 'cheating' on Devin and after drowning my sorrows for a bit I invited him over to explain, but we didn't do much talking.

I figure why tell him something that was only a one time thing. And like I said we aren't exclusive anyway so it really isn't cheating. Is it? The next day I decided I needed to update my look. I was getting noticed more and moving up in the film world. Plus what better for a slightly guilty conscience than a make over. Wipe out the 'old' me and bring in the 'new' me.

***Ansley is now a Key Grip-level 3 and a 3-star celebrity***