Laurel's Tiring Audition Final Part

[swrazor]

Laurel had been sitting in a smaller bedroom for what must have been hours now. She had woken up here, with this strange mask like contraption over her nose and mouth. It looked like a regular dust mask but it had more than a flimsy string holding it on. She had tried getting it off for a while but then thought she felt a master type lock pad holding it on. So she gave up. It was uncomfortable but at least it didn't seem to be doing any harm to her.

The actress had already tried the door much earlier. It was locked. Somehow she was out of the robe now and had on the clothes she had come here in. There was no sign of Tony. The last thing she remembered doing clearly was reading lines. Then it all was very blurry. What in the hell had happened to her and where was Tony now? One thing was certain to Laurel, she was in real trouble.

There was a sliding glass door in the room. Through it, Laurel could see tall trees all around, almost like she was in a forest. Some distance away she saw a gravel road or driveway about a 100 or 150 yards away.. On it she saw a familiar vehicle turning on it. It was Jess her friend. It was pretty far away but Laurel new that black jeep wrangler anywhere. She saw jess get out of the jeep and a figure approach her. They now appeared to be talking.

Laurel knew this was her chance to get help. She flung the sliding door open and stepped outside. She tried to yell and jump around. "Jess!!! Jessie help!!!" However, the trees blocked the view and the mask suppressed her voice.

Suddenly Laurel felt her face get damp and a nauseous smell suddenly permeated through the mask. It somehow seemed familiar and made her head spin. A second or two later she was feeling light-headed, as though she might faint. She tried to run towards her friend but found herself very dizzy and her vision was blurred.

"Wha-what's happening?" Laurel says, suddenly getting very sleepy. "Uuuuuuuhhhh... Jessssss..." She tries to call out to her friend but has no idea how low and moan like her attempt is. Her legs feel like jello and her eyes want to close so bad. Her head even bobs, as she briefly succumbs to her desire to doze off. This makes her jerk awake suddenly, after she feels herself sway and nearly fall down. "Noooo Laaaurrrelll... Yoooou cafallasleeep." She slurs to herself.

By now Laurel looks absolutely out of it. Her eyes are heavy lidded, as they roll back helplessly. Her arms are almost entirely limp and dangle periodically, like the arms of an ape.

At some point the actress starts going in the wrong direction but doesn't know it. At some point, her drowsy mind suddenly hears a voice. "Hey woozy girl. You're getting turned around sweetie." it says. Laurel has no idea that it is Tony. He has been watching this spectacle from a hidden position. She does finally notices that he is there but can barely stand, her shoulders are slumped sleepily.

"T-tony?..." She slurs through the mask. She lifts her eyebrows a couple of times. Then, just a second later, she crumbles into him and is only kept standing by his firm chest.

Tony takes the chloro mask off Laurel's face. The actress looks out. Her mouth is open and slightly contorted. "Hey Laurel. Wake up hun. We need to get you to your friend." Tony says, lifting the girl off his chest and tapping her cheek lightly. "Come on honey you're in danger. You need to go this way. Run! Run!" He says, getting the woozy girl pointed in the right direction.

Laurel feels a dull sting in her thigh, before something in her head tells her to listen to what Tony said.. So she staggers her way forward ricocheting off trees.

*******

"Yeah she was staying here for an audition or something. " Jessie says to the man before her. Suddenly she hears a noise and turns. Oh my god! Laurel!" Jessie runs to her friend, as Laurel falls to the ground. She tries to stand her friend up. "Laurel! Laurel are you ok? What happened to you." Jessie ask, taking Laurel's hand.

Laurel can only moan and mumble a response. "Jessssssie... I... I..." Through rolling eyes. Laurel can suddenly see Tony coming up behind Jessie. "Jessss loook lo..."

"What is it Laurel? What are you?... Mmmmmmmpppphhhh!!!..."

These events seemed like a bad dream to a drugged Laurel. She felt Jessie's grip getting weaker, while her own consciousness faded. Moments later, her friends fingers go completely lifeless, before everything goes black for the actress herself.

*******

Laurel startled herself awake and found herself in Tony's limo. The TV was on. "Hey Ms. Cassidy. You look too wiped out for an audition tonight we will reschedule. I'm already taking you back home."

My god! it was all a dream. The whole thing. The actress thought to herself. Then she suddenly felt two feet tall. "I am so sorry. Please forgive me. I guess I need to slow down." Laurel says smiling nervously, feeling really embarrassed and ashamed. When she gets home she puts her purse down and sees a note on the table.

Laurel.

I haven't heard from you in several days. I'm coming to check on you, in the last place I knew you were going to be. Call me if you get home before I get there. ok?

Jess.

[CBiscuit]

Nice!

[swrazor]

thanks. Nice to get praise from a veteran writer like yourself.

[larrydude]

Nice!

[swrazor]

thanks