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I 've come into this cafe every day for months, but for the past three weeks, I 've done nothing but sit and stare at the overly-cliche painting of a steaming cup of coffee. I studied its colors like an art student trying to pull out some meaningful shit from the shades of brown and ochre. I used to order something, once upon a time ago. At first I ordered a vanilla latte every time I came in, "you deserve a treat today," I 'd say to myself to affirm that all of the hard work I was putting into this blackhole of a carreer was worth it. As the weeks went on, I started ordering a bit more modestly; as it turns out, spending $5 on a drink 3 to 4 days a week really takes its toll on a bank account, especially when you don 't have any income …show more content…

He was in school studying business, and I was a desperate wanna-be actress, as far as I was concerned, we both were too busy to invest in a relationship. “Hey, Aims,” Sebastian nervously picked at his nametag, “I’m free tonight and I was wondering if—” the frantic buzzing of my phone cut him off, and I gave him an apologetic i-have-to-take-this look. “Hey Caroline, wha—“ I started, silently cursing my roommate for interrupting. “Sorry to bother you, Amelia, but you finally have an envelope here from Top Banana studios and if you don’t come right now I’m afraid Marcia and I are gonna open it ourselves.” I couldn’t believe it, I’d been waiting for almost 6 weeks to hear back from Top Banana. I thought that maybe they’d lost my resume or audition video, but my agent refused to let me send in extra copies, assuring me that the extraordinarily long process meant that I had a higher chance of getting the job. I auditioned to be on the first season of Project Empire, a new reality TV show that was projected to be the next Bachelor. I went back to the table as quickly as I could, and grabbed my purse, “I’m really sorry, Sebastian,” I could barely breathe I was so excited, “but I just got a letter from the production company and I really need to go and open it.” “That’s amazing,” Sebastian beamed, “call me after you open it!” “I will, I promise,” I got out of the door as quickly as possible and practically ran to my

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