The First Audition
(The Private Diary of Lola Vixen)
Book 1
Sophia Norton
This book is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is entirely coincidental. Names, characters, businesses, organizations, places, events, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
Copyright © 2013 by Sophia Norton
Chapter 1
Hi, I’m Lola. And yes, that’s my real name. I go by Lola Vixen. Though that’s not real; the Vixen part that is. I moved to Los Angeles exactly 1 month ago to be an actress. I thought I would’ve made it big by now. Well, not exactly blockbuster big but small commercial big. But I haven’t even been on an audition; in fact I haven’t even been able to find an agent. And I’ve got $50 to my name. I’m staying with my best friend and her parents in a place called Silver Lake. It’s okay. Not exactly Beverly Hills, but I don’t exactly have 90210 money either. So here I stay until I make it big.
“Hey Lola,” Tikki called out to me from the kitchen. Tikki is not the name she was given when she was born but one she decided to give herself. She thinks it makes her more alluring to men. I think it just sounds stupid. Tikki and I met in college, we both went to Penn State and we were matched up as roommates.
“Yes, Tiks?” I called back to her, thankful that her parents were out. Well, they weren’t both really her parents. It was her dad and his girlfriend. Neither of us liked the girlfriend but what could we say or do? It was her dad’s life!
“I met a guy at the club last night and he gave me his card and said to contact him if I was ever looking for acting work.”
“Really?” I perked up and grinned at her as she bit into an apple.
“Yeah.” She grinned and handed me a card. “You should call him.”
“You sure?” I grabbed the card from her hand. “I’m going to call him if you’re sure you don’t want to.”
“I have no interest in being an actress Lola. I’ve lived in this city too long to even try.”
“Okay. That’s one more audition for me then.” I ran to my room and sat on the bed. If I didn’t get this part I was going to have to get a job. I sighed as I lay back on the bed. I didn’t want to be a secretary and type all day and I certainly didn’t want to be a barista. I groaned at the thought. I didn’t want to follow the normal path of actors and actresses in Hollywood. Waiting tables was not for me. I wasn’t patient enough, or nice enough and I couldn’t see me getting any big tips. I think that was what brought Tikki and I together: we were both bitches. In the nicest way possible of course. But we said what we thought and neither one of us cared about being popular or well liked. Tikki wanted to be a DJ and that was why she went to clubs all the time. She was always trying to make friends with the bartenders and bouncers so that they could refer her services. And it usually worked. Of course it helped that she was hot, long red hair (dyed) and big blue eyes. She also had a curvy body and didn’t care who saw what. I guess that’s what happens when you grow up in LA.
People called us ‘The Bombshells’ when they met us. I had long black hair and big blue eyes and a body that went on for days. At least that’s what creepy guys told me. I wasn’t sure if it was a compliment or not. I’m a bit self-conscious. You should know that about me from the very beginning. I used to be overweight and not a couple of pounds overweight but more like 30 pounds overweight. Okay I lied, more like 40 pounds overweight. And it wasn’t puppy fat or the Freshmen 15. I just liked to eat good food and not much exercise. I still do actually. That’s why I’m not stick-thin and most probably why I haven’t gotten any parts as yet.
I’m not ashamed of my weight. I’m a healthy size 12 right now. I lost about 25 pounds when my last boyfriend dumped me. I couldn’t eat much because I was crying so much. It was a bit of a disaster and it was the reason I finally moved to LA. Tikki had been telling me to come out since we graduated from college 3 years ago but I hadn’t wanted to move because I thought my ex was going to propose to me. It turns out I was wrong. He was more interested in sleeping with his sister’s best friend. In our bed. In the apartment we shared. Let’s just say I wasn’t impressed. I moved home the next day and moved here a few weeks later.
I’m not really bitter though. LA is great. Not as great as it would be if I had money or if I was famous but still pretty great. I go to the beach everyday and have a nice deep tan, almost everywhere. Except for the parts my bikini covers. I’ve thought about going topless but I don’t need any more dirty old men ogling me. You know how it is.
I looked down at the card, closed my eyes and then dialed the number. A man with a deep husky voice answered. “John speaking.”
“Hi John, I got your number from Tikki and she said that there may be an audition I can go on?”
“You’re an actress?” His voice was silky and rough. He sounded like a biker, or a hells angel. Not someone I would assume was a talent scout.
“Yes.” I sighed. “I’m trying to be. I just moved to LA.”
“So you’re a newbie?” He seemed excited.
“Yeah. You could say that.”
“Can you come over and audition today?”
“Today?” I was surprised.
“Yeah. We’re talking to some girls today.” He paused. “If you’re really interested in being in the biz, I think you’ll find I’m the man to talk to.”
“Oh yeah?” I was intrigued. Maybe he was a scout for the studios or a big name director like Steven Spielberg or Quentin Tarantino.
“Come down to XYZ Studios on Santa Monica at 2pm.” He cleared his throat. “And dress sexy.”
“Sexy?” This didn’t sound right. “I’m sorry but is this for a porno?”
“No.” He laughed. “I don’t make no porn.” And with that he hung up.
I put the phone down and stared at the Tom Cruise poster on the wall. I still teased Tikki every time I saw that poster. I didn’t know why John would ask me to dress sexy if it wasn’t an audition for a porno. There was no way I would do a porno. Not that I didn’t like sex. I did. But would I star in a movie where everyone in the world watched me having sex? Hell no. But he had said that it wasn’t an audition for a porno. And if he was lying she could always leave. Maybe it was an audition to be the next Bond Girl. Now that was a part I was made for. I jumped up and stared in the mirror. “Nice to meet you Bond. James Bond.” And then I started giggling at my goofiness before running to the bathroom to shower. “I got an audition Tiks, I’m just going in the shower.” I jumped in the shower before she could stop me. The problem living with Tiks and her dad and his horrible girlfriend was that they only had one bathroom and that just wasn’t enough for 3 women. Tikki and I fought about whom got to go in first all the time because the hot water only seemed to last for one person. Tikki’s dad said it was because of old pipes and his girlfriend would just giggle and point at him. She was dumb and only a few years older than Tikki and I. Though for 28 she had aged badly. I thought she looked about 35. And she was a typical LA girl: fake blond hair, blue eyes and plastic tits. Tikki and I don’t know what her dad, Beau, saw in her. As I washed myself I pictured Tikki’s dad. He is super hot. Tall, nice body, kind sparking blue eyes dark hair sprinkled with grey. He was 45 but looked 40. He and Tikki’s mom had been 20 when they had her. And then Tikki’s mom left when she was 2 and he has raised her by himself ever since.
He really was a great guy, but Barbie (yes, that’s her real name) did not deserve him. They’d only been dating for about 3 months and she had already moved in, su
pposedly temporarily while she saved up money to get her own place, but both Tikki and I had a feeling that she wasn’t going to be moving out anytime soon. So we did everything to annoy her, like call her mom in public. She hated it. Especially because some people believed us. How embarrassing!
Oh well. It wasn’t my problem, no matter how hot Beau was, it wasn’t my deal. I washed and conditioned my hair and shaved while thinking about what I should wear to the audition. I wanted to look sexy chic, alluring but not slutty. I had to wear exactly the right outfit. I knew I had to wear my stripper heels; they added sex appeal to every outfit. They had 4-inch heels, and were black leather. They added height to my average 5’6 height and made my calves look slimmer as well. I knew I had two choices. I could wear a sexy dress or short skirt (like most girls were thinking) or I could go really sexy: trench coat, with a black bustier, lace panties with thigh-highs and suspenders. I was almost positive that no one else was going to show up prepared to audition for a bedroom scene and I was positive it would make me stand out. I thought about the $50 in my account and knew that my mind was made. I needed every little bonus point I could get when I showed up for the audition.
Chapter 2
I drove Tikki’s car to the audition. Thank God she had GPS or I would have been lost. Los Angeles is a big place and I didn’t want to end up in Compton or something. Not unless there was a good party happening and I had a special invitation from Spike Lee.
I was pleased to see that the building looked professional when I arrived. It seemed legit and that was all I could ask for. I walked in with my trench coat on and I saw about 5 other dolled up girls looking at me in smirks. I kept my smirk to myself- I had been correct that they would all be wearing slutty party dresses.
“I’m here for the audition.” I walked up to a mousy lady who was sitting at a computer.
“You are?” She looked me up and down and frowned. “You know they asked for people to dress sexy right?”
“Yes.” I stared at her and looked her up and down. She was wearing an ugly plaid shirt, jeans and her hair was in a bun. She had no right to be looking at anyone with that type of look. “I know.” I turned my nose up at her. “My name’s Lola Vixen and I’ll be waiting for my turn to audition.” I walked over to a seat and sat down, crossing my legs and staring down the fake blond in front of me. She was wearing a red dress with flip-flops. Flip-flops? I laughed to myself. She had no chance.
“Lola Vixen you’re up.” A handsome man with a buzz cut walked out with a board. ‘Lola Vixen?”
“That’s me.” I jumped up in surprise. “That was quick.”
He glanced at me and looked back at his clipboard. “Yeah. Come this way.”
“I take it your not John?” I asked him as I followed him.
“No I’m Pete.” He looked back at me in surprise. “How did you know?”
“You don’t look or sound like a biker.”
Pete laughed. “You’re pretty astute.” He studied my face. “Pretty too.”
“I’m sexy under the coat.” I laughed as I saw him look at my attire.
“Okay, just checking.” He opened a door. “Let’s go through here.”
“Okay.” I followed him into a large office. There were two large cameras and two other men in the room sitting at a table. They looked up at me for a second, looked at Pete and shook their head.
“Uhm, I’m afraid the audition is over.” Pete gave me an apologetic look.
“Wait what?” I frowned. Then I pulled off my coat and let it slip to the floor before clearing my throat. “Excuse me,” I said loudly. “Is the audition still over already?”
The two men glanced back up and me and I saw broad smiles cross their face as they surveyed my sexy body. I knew I looked hot. Who could resist a hot girl in black lingerie?
One of the men jumped up and walked towards me. He looked like Burt Reynolds with dark hair, dark eyes and a moustache. He looked like he was a rough type and I knew immediately he was John.
“John right?” I walked over to him and shook his hand.
“Yes.” He looked at me in surprise, his deep voice once again making me think of a biker.
“You look like I imagined you would.” I smiled.
“Well, what a nice surprise Lola Vixen because you don’t look like I thought you would.”
“I’m not sure if that’s a compliment.” I laugh. “So is the audition back on?”
“Yes. Yes. It is.” He smiled at me. Then he pointed to the other man at the desk. “That’s Mr. Green, my business partner. And you’ve met Pete, my assistant.”
“Yeah.” I smiled at Pete who was grinning at me. I had a feeling he had seen that I was wearing a thong because he looked like a man who had just been titillated. I knew that I had been successful with my attire. And now I just needed to get the part.
“So you want to be an actress?” John led me to the table and pointed to a chair. I sat down and he went back and sat next to Mr. Green. Pete came and stood next to me before taking a seat.
“Yeah, that’s why I’m here.” I couldn’t stop myself from rolling my eyes at the dumb question.
“Have you been in anything before?”
“No.” I sighed. “But I really need a job. I only have $50 right now. I’m living with my friend and her dad and his crazy girlfriend. And not in Beverly Hills.” I laughed.
“So really you’d be happy for any sort of position in the industry?” John looked at me like he was trying to figure me out.
“Not Porn.” I sighed. “I’m not doing porn.”
“We don’t want you to do porn.” Pete smiled at me eagerly.
“I’m guessing you don’t want me to be in the next James Bond movie either.”
“No.” John laughed. “That’s not how it works here in Hollywood.”
“So what’s the position?” I figured it was for some car commercial for some cheap used lot, not exactly what I had in mind but the money would tide me over for a few months. Give me a way out of working the drive through.
“The position we have will pay you well.” John paused. “Anywhere from $1000- $10,000 a night.”
“OMG, do you want me to be a prostitute?” I jumped up. “Hell no.”
Pete grabbed my arm to stop me. “Prostitutes walk the streets. That’s not the position we have for you.”
I looked at his hand on my arm and frowned. “What’s the position?”
“You’d be a temporary date to influential figures.”
“A temporary date?” I made a funny face. “What the fuck does that mean?”
“You’d escort them to different events, big society events, you’d get to make contacts, real, influential contacts and you’d be in the midst of the big names in the industry.”
“So I just hangout with them at events?” I grinned. “That sounds easy.” Then I paused. “And they are going to pay me for that?”
“Basically yes.” Pete paused as John shook his head at him and then took over.
“In essence that is what we ask.” John smiled. “As you can see, it’s all legal. We don’t expect you to do anything else.” He paused. “It’s all above board.”
I knew that something sounded fishy but it just sounded too good to turn away from. “So how do I get this great position?”
“We send you out on an audition.”
“So, this isn’t the audition?” I sighed.
“No.” John looked me up and down. “Though it could be if you want?”
I shivered at the dirty look he was giving me but kept my back straight. “That’s okay.”
John looked at Mr. Green who handed him a piece of paper. “Tonight we are going to set you up on a date. You’ll be escorting this man to a film premiere. He knows it is your first time. He’s a regular customer. He’ll let us know if we should hire you.”
“Okay.” I frowned. “Will I get paid?”
“You’ll get $2500 for the night.” Pete answered my question. “You’ll get it at the e
nd of the date.”
“Okay.” I played with my hair. “That sounds easy enough.”
“Good.” John smiled at me. “We just need you to sign these confidentiality papers and this contract and you can be on your way.”
“What time will I be meeting the actor at the event?” I started wracking my brain to see what I should wear.
“Pete will drive you directly to his house after you sign these papers.” John looked at her seriously. “The actor will drive you back here after the event, so you can drive your own car home.”
I frowned. “When will I change?”
Pete grinned at me. “Don’t worry about it, I’m sure that…”
John cut him off. “Lola, I think you’ll see that you the actor will let you know exactly what he wants you to wear.”
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