Chapters
The flight back home turned out to be rather anticlimactic. I had expected something noteworthy to happen, some kind of dramatic farewell or surprise, but nothing did. Julie sat beside me in first class, and we spent most of the time talking when we weren’t dozing off. The rest of the senior crew members, Randal, Nestor, and a few others, were seated in business class. My two friends, along with everyone else who wasn’t considered essential to the production, were tucked away in economy. It was a…- 278.0 K • Ongoing
July 2008, New York City, NY, USA “You’ve been oddly quiet ever since ’s premiere,” Scarlett pointed out with a raised eyebrow. “Everything okay?” “Nothing serious, it’s just me being stupid,” I replied. “Do you...believe in fate?” She gave me a confused look. “Fate?” “Yeah,” I nodded. “Like, everything is pre-destined and you will do what’s written for you to do.” She thought about it for a moment before nodding. “I hadn’t given it much thought, but…- 1.0 M • Ongoing
- “Why?” I asked Rihanna as soon as she walked into my hotel suite. “Why did you have to make it so difficult to hate you? Why couldn’t you have waited a month or two before apologizing?”Rihanna raised an eyebrow. “And what would happen in a month?”I pursed my lips, debating whether to tell her. Finally, I decided to bite the bullet. “My album will be out by then.” I paced around the room, agitated for no apparent reason.Always quick to see beneath the surface, Rihanna caught on…
- 1.0 M • Ongoing
- “So, how are things?” I asked Andrew, who was sprawled lazily on a floating bed in his pool, soaking up the Californian sun. His sunglasses gleamed, and a half-empty glass of whiskey rested precariously on the ledge nearby. “Troy! Come join me,” he called out, gesturing toward another bed. A bikini-clad woman was stretched out on it, her toned legs glistening with sunscreen. Calling her a woman felt like a stretch, for she couldn’t have been older than nineteen or twenty. “Why don’t you…
- 1.0 M • Ongoing
- “This year’s award season, which leads up to the Oscars, just took a confusing turn,” the man on the TV said with a smile. “The Golden Globes, which open the season, were heavily skewed in favor of the biggest movie of the year, . With the exception of two acting awards in the Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor categories, the movie won every award it had been nominated for. The same trend followed at the Critics' Choice Awards, where, once again, the last Harry Potter movie swept the awards,…
- 1.0 M • Ongoing
- “I’m so sorry, Troy,” Emily sobbed on the phone.“Stop that already, Emily,” I tried reassuring my friend. Tried being the keyword here. “How is this your fault? If it’s anyone’s fault, it’s the driver of that car who was driving drunk in broad daylight.”“I wanted to do this film so bad!” Emily moaned. “I read the book, like, ten times. Same with the script. And now… I’m restrained to my bed for the next two months.”Her voice sounded so hollow and devoid of hope that I wanted…
- 1.0 M • Ongoing
- I woke up Monday morning with a huge yawn and stretched my body lazily getting out all the kinks. That weekend was a crazy one. After spending Saturday at Universal Studios with Evan's family, my parents came home on Sunday and decided to have a dinner outing. They invited the Spaders as well, as a thank you for taking care of me during the weekend. Together we went out to this amazing Indian restaurant. The music and the ambiance were great and they played a very upbeat tune in Hindi and encouraged the…
- 1.0 M • Ongoing
- Everything felt numb to me. I didn’t know why this was happening all over again. I had thought that that woman was behind me. Heck, I had almost forgotten that there was a time when I used to call someone else ‘Mum’ who wasn’t named Kathy.In the meanwhile, the media were having a field day, with every news channel across the UK showing the same damning interview all the time.“I’m here with Carla Armitage, the biological mother of one Troy Armitage,” a female reporter said. “We all know Troy…
- 1.0 M • Ongoing
- “You look tired,” said Michael Thorpe, my lawyer, his brows knitting as he studied me across the table. The conference room was quiet except for the noise of the air conditioner. “Everything alright?” “Yeah,” I replied, brushing off his concern with a wave of my hand. “Didn’t get much sleep last night. Nothing worth worrying about. Just tell me how the contract signing went so I can be on my way.” Michael chuckled under his breath and clapped a reassuring hand on my shoulder.…
- 278.0 K • Ongoing
- Rod Meyer glanced at the kid sitting beside him, who was visibly trembling, his legs jittering against the floor like he was about to be executed. Rod chuckled softly and turned his attention back to the screen. Warner Bros. had pushed the hype to astronomical levels, but in Rod’s opinion, it was still just a superhero movie. Even a masterful filmmaker like Christopher Nolan couldn’t escape the genre’s inherent limitations. had certainly been a massive leap forward compared to earlier Batman…
- 1.0 M • Ongoing
- Previous 1 … 11 12 13 … 48 Next
