by _Alex_ » Mon May 16, 2016 7:23 am
Username;; _Alex_
Name;; Myranda
Gender;; female
Story;; (minimum of 300 words)
"Breathe Myranda." The brown furred viscet mutters to herself in soft pitched Spanish. "Breathe. Everything will go just fine." Or at least she hopes it will. She needs this job more than anything. Right now, she's a month behind on rent and has a grand total of fifty dollars and eighty three cents to her name. If she doesn't land this job today, she's going to be forced to resort to less than legal measures to survive. And she really wants to avoid that. Crime goes against everything she believes in.
"Myranda?" a clear high pitched voice calls out across the lobby; the owner a short middle aged viscet with pearly grey fur. "Mr. Howl will see you now." Shakily, Myranda rises to her feet, smoothing down a stray patch of her mane. This is it. The interview that will decide her fate for the rest of her life. The job is nothing much, a position as the secretary for a low level politician, but it would be enough. Breathing shallow with nerves, she follows the secretary down the hall to a large meeting room.
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An hour later, she's steeping into the living room of her run down apartment. Tears pooling in the corner of her eyes. She had been too late. Some viscet before her had secured the opening. The interview had only been a formality. A waste of her time. She was never going to get the job before hand. In all honesty though, she should have known. Of course she wouldn't get the job. Why would she? She was a nothing. A nobody. A failure. In the last six months since she finished school, all her accomplishments had been meaningless. Her bachelors in communication, the three languages she spoke fluently, the hours she had spent as a law intern. All of it had been meaningless before. So why should it have suddenly mattered now that she needed a job more than anything. Her father was right, she was nothing but a fool wishing on stars. Tears flowing freely down her cheeks and sobs ripping from her chest, she collapsed on her sofa, praying for once, to just dream of nothingness.
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The next morning, she awoke to the sound of her neighbors arguing across the hallway. Eyes red from her tears and fur a tangled mess, she half heartedly dragged her laptop off the coffee table and onto the cushion in front of her. It was time to finally answer that email from the gang lord a few blocks over. After typing in her email password, she barely sifted through her inbox. Most of it was spam. Worthless junk mail that only served to remind her that she was unwanted as well.
Deleting it all, she opened up a new message and began typing in the email address she had memorized months before, vowing never to use it unless she had no other choice. Today was that day though. Typing in a simple 'you win. I'm yours now.' she hovered the cursor over these days button, not yet having the courage to sign her life away. Almost as if sending her hesitance, her computer digned, alerting her to the fact a new email had just rushed into her inbox. Thankful for the distraction, she opened her inbox in a new tab and clicked on the message before the subject line had even been read. She read the first line of the email once, twice, three times, before staring at the screen in shock. She had a job.
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Or at least she would if she accepted the offer. It was an offer from an actor. A friend of the owner of one of the many companies that she had applied to work for in the past few months. Apparently even though she hasn't qualified for the job, the owner had seen her resume and been impressed enough to send it to his friend who was conveniently looking for a new manager. It was almost too good to be true. But the six figure starting salary listed at the bottom of the page was enough to convince her it was real. Never in her dreams would she even dream of a salary that high.
And really, she knew she would be a fool not to accept. Although nothing like the job she had dreamed of, it was a job she never realized she wanted. And plus, it would give her enough money to survive for the next few years. Really, the only fishy thing about the offer was that not once was the actors name mentioned. But...given her other choice... the risk was worth taking.
Paws shaking, she closed the email to the gang leader and began to type up her job acceptance letter.
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Three days later, and she was waiting in the baggage claim section of the local airport, waiting for her new employer. She had been told it would be him and his old manager approaching her. "Myranda?" a smooth deep voice asked from behind her, the vowels in her name rolling off his rongue in a way that she had not heard in years. In the way only a speaker of her native tongue could manage. "Yes that's me." she said pleasantly, voice light as she turned to face the voice. Immediately her eyes widened just a bit, standing before her was no one other than Raphael Santiago. The hottest actor to come out of Brazil in the past few years. If she was even the least bit attracted to guys, it would have been her dream come true. As it was, she was barely able to keep from fangirling. "So, I guess I'm your new client then." Raphael said, a sheepish grin on his face at Myranda's awestruck face. "How about we head to my hotel and go over everything?" he offered. Myranda nodded, stepping back to letting him go first. "Lead the way moviestar" she said managing to get her sass back.
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Less than a week later, she was standing at the very edge of the set for the latest movie Raphael was starring in, a cell phone in one hand and a caramel frappé in the other. She was taking to her new job quickly but there were still a few things she was having trouble with. Mainly convincing producers to stay on the line with her for more than a few minutes. Apparently word had yet to travel that she was Raphael's new manager. And that just wouldn't do. Hence the non stop texting for the past two hours. She was negotiating two different publicity stunts that, if pulled off correctly, would serve to show everyone that she was here to stay. The first was a simple tabloid that would report that she had replaced Raphael's former manager due to his wish to retire. And the second, a more dangerous rumor that Raphael would no longer be working with Violet Skies Productions due to the constant refusal of the company to work with his new manager, simply because she was female. It was cruel and heartless , but it was what was needed to secure her spot in the entertainment world.
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One year after accepting her job, and Myranda is happier than she can remember ever being. Raphael's career is doing better than ever and she can't help but think it is in part to her. After her little stunt a few months back, everyone had learned she wasn't one to be triffled with. That she and her client/employer Raphael weren't afraid to walk away if she was disrespected in any way. Since then, life has been a blessing. Sure, it's hard and stressful work most days; juggling interview requests, movie offerings, taxes, hotels and food in every country imaginable, and more. But it is worth it. For the first time in her life, she doesn't feel like a failure. She has a friend who thinks she's worth something. She has enough money to not have to worry about the next months rent. And right now, sunbathing in the Paris sunlight, she thinks life can't get any better. Yes, she'll have to go back to work tomorrow, but for now, she is at peace.
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_Alex_ on Mon May 16, 2016 4:55 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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