Chapter 2: The Start
"Alexander! Say cheese!"
Alex laughed. Clara has always been cheerful! They have been best friends for ten years now. But sometimes, Alex wondered how she even liked him in the first place...
"Alex? Why are you sad?"
Clara looked at her bestie, concerned.
"Are you thinking about bad memories? I told you to stop those bad thoughts!!"
"No, not at all. I was just thinking..."
"About what?"
"Should I return back to the music industry? I mean, it sounds like a good offer, especially from Mr Shawn."
"But I thought you wanna try acting!!"
"It's too demanding! And tiring! I want something free and relaxing, depending on my mood."
"Oh, I see. Then I wish you luck! But... bestie, I was trying to take a photo of your handsome face!" Clara glared at Alex.
Alex smiled, feeling the teasing glare of his best friend. "Alright! Sure!"
"Yay!! That's my BFF!" Clara screamed. Honestly, she's just like a little kid! Alex couldn't help but laugh.
"Yassssss! You laughed! Now that's a wonderful photo!"
"Alex? Please get back so that we could have some more poses.", said Taylor Clark, his manager.
"Ah, alright Tay! Imma go Clara! Bye!"
"Okieeee! See ya!"
After watching his friend leave, Alex sighed and made his way into the studio.
"Alexander! Finally. You see, there's this new perfume brand, and they want YOU to advertise it for them."
Alex nodded. He prepared himself by changing into new clothes, styling his hair and learning some lines of perfume advertisements.
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"Alrighty! That's done! Good job today, Alex!"
"Yeah, thanks," Alex said, trying to sound happy and energetic.
"See you next Thursday. Also, Mr Shawn dropped by and gave you a letter." He said, handing Alex his letter.
Alex politely took it and signaled Taylor to drive him home.
They walked out of the building.
"That was amazing Alex! You're so good at this now! Months of working really paid off."
"Haha, guess so."
Alex carefully opened the letter.
"Mr Shawn gave you that?"
"Hm..."
Taylor noticed how quiet Alex was, so he decided he'd let his friend be.
Alex couldn't believe his eyes. It's a congrats letter. He had become famous one again, after announcing his return. But the last sentence was quite confusing. "I hope you could make it."
While trying to process what the heck Mr Shawn meant by that, Alex took a sip of his tea and scrolled through his phone. Ah, yes, he's really on Hot Search.
And then Ting. A message appeared.
'We heard you're back again, Mr Johnson. Congrats! However, we may not be able to support you like we used to. You see, we've had many singers and musicians in our company after you left. So we're kinda busy right now. But we promise we'll help you once we're done. Deepest regret!'
Alex stared in shock. So basically he's left on his own now? What the hell! How could he regain his fame again if there was no one to fricking help him?! After all, now he's back at square one. Great! So that's what Mr Shawn meant. He already knew, so didn't he stop or at least warn him?
This is exactly what Alex feared.
"Hey, you good? If you need, I'm here for ya!"
"Thanks, Tay! That means a lot..."
"I guess you're struggling to get back on track. I mean, there's a solution. But not really what you'd like..."
"What is it then? I'm willing to take the risk. After all, I promised Mel to rise again."
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