“I don’t know yet. I’ll be right back.” I race to my room and find the form I printed out. I bring it back to Brock, handing it to him along with a pen. He scribbles his signature, then hands it back to me.
“Got a new script?” I say, pointing to it.
“Yes, but the writing is horrible. And it’s for a television show.”
“Is that bad?”
“Someone with my fame and years of experience should be in movies, not low budget television shows.”
“You got famous from a TV show,” I point out.
“Yes, but that was a different time. Back when people actually watched network programming.”
“I’ll let you get back to work.” I return to my room, then notice Brock signed the form on the wrong line. I go back to the living room. “You signed on the parent line instead of guardian.”
He glances up from his script. “I doubt it’ll matter, but if you want to print another one, do it now and I’ll sign it. I’m so used to signing things for the boys I didn’t even think about it.”
Going back to my room, I print the form again. Brock signs it, then tells me he’s going to his office to call and yell at his agent for giving him such a bad script.
My phone rings with Burt’s name on the screen. I race in my closet to answer it.
“Hey, Burt. Are you home?”
“Yeah. How was your date?”
“Amazing. I loved the tent idea, although I was a little worried we’d get caught.”
“I meant your date with Shayla.” He laughs. “How did you even come up with that?”
“I didn’t. Principal Edwards did. He saw the roses and cupcakes and thought they were for the girl picking me up. He assumed it was a date. Then you showed up and I had to go along with it so he wouldn’t think I was there with you.”
“I doubt he would’ve put that together. He didn’t even think we knew each other.”
“I know, but I didn’t want to risk it. Kristen wouldn’t tell him, would she?”
“No. Steven thinks Kristen and I are still together. It’s what she wants him to think so he’ll leave her alone.”
“But she told people at school you two aren’t dating anymore.”
“She did?”
“She told Braden’s friends at lunch.”
“Steven might’ve told her to say that. Now that we’re in football season, it doesn’t look good to have her dating the top player at the rival team.” He pauses. “Don’t get mad, but she’s here right now.”
“Kristen?”
“She had a big fight with her mom.”
“I thought she was only going to your house to get away from her stepdad, not because she had a fight with her mom.”
“She’s in the guest room. I probably won’t even see her tonight.”
“Tonight? She’s staying the night?”
“Maybe. She doesn’t want to be around when Steven gets home. Her mom and Steven have been fighting a lot, and she needs a quiet place to study.”
I roll my eyes. “You don’t think that’s just an excuse to stay with you?”
