Page 14 of The Wedding Season
I’ve made herlaugh.
I’ve made herconfused.
I’m confident that I made her wet when we were kissing at thewedding.
I still haven’t made her smile the way I want toyet.
But Iwill.
Chapter 6
*Erin*
It has beenthree days since Laurie’s wedding, two days since I’ve seen my roommate who texts that she’s“With Sam. He’s amazing.”, and twenty-five seconds since the last time I’ve slapped my forehead and said out loud “WHAT. THE. FUCK?!” when my runaway brain conjured up images of myself making out with Scott Braddock in a publicbathroom.
I’ve eaten a lot of cheese, because Maya isn’t around to tell me notto.
I’ve done five Jillian Michaels and Tracy Anderson workouts on YouTube to try to compensate for the dairy calories and to force my body to remember a kind of physical anguish other than that of Braddock’s Hammer of Thor erection against my aching netherregions.
I am trying to come up with one line pitches for a new romantic comedy and writingFuck you Scott Braddockover and over on my yellow legal pad when my phone rings and I see Laurie Metzger’s office number. Laurie is on her honeymoon, so I assume it’s Kennedy calling to talk about scheduling a meeting. But it’s Kennedy calling to tell me that she has Laurie on the line, fromKauai.
“Please tell me you’re calling me from an infinitypool.”
“Oh my God I’m so tired of relaxing, it’sexhausting.”
“You’re rolling calls on your honeymoon, I loveyou.”
“That’s why we make the big bucks, baby. So listen…Jeff and I were just watching the wedding video that this guy puttogether.”
“Already?”
“Yeah, and we saw you and Scott Braddocktogether…”
Holy shit. Please tell me there wasn’t a hidden camera in the men’sroom.
“You know, where he says we don’t make enough money for youguys.”
“Oh my God—he was not speaking for me, he’s soobnoxious.”
“But it’s true, we haven’t made you guys enough money—not considering what you’re worth in terms of talent and the number of scripts you’vewritten.”
“Oh I don’t blame you,Laurie.”
“Good, because it’s not myfault.”
“Oh.”Are you calling to drop me as a client? Are you taking a break from your honeymoon to break up withme?
“It’s this business, it sucks right now. But we were thinking—how great would it be if you and Scott Braddock could partner up and write a script together! Since studios aren’t really making romantic comedies right now, at least not the kind you write, and not the kind that Scott’s written. You guys should team up to write a horror movie, but a fun date movie kind, that women would love…Hello?”
“Um.”
“Thoughts?”
“I have a few. I mean, it’s an interesting idea, but…I mean he’d never want to doit.”
“Scott? Yeah he’s into it, Jeff just got off the phone with him. He’s a big fan of your writing, Erin. You’re great at dialogue and character, he’s great at structure and finding a hook, and obviously he has experience withhorror.”
And I have experience with the horror of knowinghim.
