True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet Page #6

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Called stars.

Heard you got sent

to the principaI's office.

Yeah.

Eli:
Hey, maybe we can start

that tutoring we talked about.

That's a great idea.

What's a great idea?

Eli:

Tutoring Claudia.

Oh, really?

Yeah.

Tomorrow. Try not to tear down

any walls in the meantime.

Okay.

Here's the thing, Claudia:

I like Eli, and we've been friends

for a very long time,

and it's going to

the next leveI.

The next lev-

does he know that?

I'm serious.

Stay away from him.

Morgan's voice:

It was such cliched dialogue,

I couldn't believe

it was still being used.

I'm serious.

Find somebody else to play with,

or maybe you should go call

your fake boyfriend.

Anything to get away

from you, freak girI.

( phone beeping )

( rings )

Bianca's voice:
This is Bianca.

You know what to do.

- ( beep )

- Pick up. Pick up.

Just pick up,

pick up, pick up.

- Pick up.

- ( beep )

Sam:
Hello.

I'm looking for Bianca Carter.

Who is this?

Sam:

This is her husband. Who's this?

Husband?

This is her daughter.

Oh my God.

Oh God, oh God, oh God.

Sam?

Is that you?

Sam! Sam!

Sam, Sam, Sam,

talk to me.

What is- what is going on?

Sam, Sam, Sam!

Morgan... honey.

Did you get married?

Did you marry Sam?

Okay, calm down, Morgan.

You got married

without even telling me.

When did this happen?

Bianca:
Last week.

We didn't want to tell you

because we didn't want

to mess with your recovery.

You're making this about me?

How dare you?

- This has nothing to do with me!

- Hold on. Sam wants to talk to you.

She's yelling at me.

DeaI with her.

Morgan sweetheart,

don't be angry with us,

because we didn't mean

to fall in love.

- We just- it just happened.

- Sam, this-

- this is bull!

- ( phone thuds )

Morgan:
Sam didn't ship me off

to Fort Lame because he cared about me.

He did it so he could marry

my spoiled brat of a mother

without me knowing.

( phone rings )

Is it possible that Sam had

actually fallen in love with her?

Face down

One hand tied

to the anchor

And we're reaching

for the sky

Hope we don't drown

Don't drown

Do I really wanna...

Morgan:
Truth is,

I had been expelled from their lives.

( ringing )

I've seen too many birds

shot down

Too many birds shot down

Too many birds...

Morgan's voice:

And now I was totally,

utterly alone.

- Hold on, there's a storm coming...

- ( phone crashes )

Stay face down

Face down.

Morgan, why'd you skip

the sleepover?

Morgan.

Morgan, honey. Morgan.

Trudy, hey.

You scared the hell out of me.

Yeah, well,

sorry about that.

You wanna tell me what the hell

this is about?

You we're the diversion.

Just keep her busy,

go off and get married,

and I'm supposed

to be the actress, you know?

But you're really good.

What? What are you telling me?

Your mom got married?

To Sam.

They told me last night.

- I didn't know anything about it.

- Right.

- I have no reason to lie to you.

- Well, that'd be a first.

Well, congratulations.

You finally did it.

You were just looking for an excuse

to drink and you found it.

You have no idea

what I've just been through.

Really? Really?

Well, I'll tell you what I do know.

You have been wandering

around here

like this is some great big joke waiting

for Hollywood Sam to come rescue you,

but that's not

gonna happen now, is it?

Okay, decision time, Claudia, Morgan,

whoever the hell you wanna be!

Which is it?

Which character?

What do you,

for reaI, actually care about?

- ( retching )

- ( water running )

Morgan:

What do I care about?

- What do I care about?

- ( doorbell rings )

Morgan:

Okay, no, that has to stop.

( doorbell ringing )

Morgan:

Seriously, stop.

( doorbell continues ringing )

( ringing stops )

- Morgan:
Better.

- ( knocking )

Or not.

Please make me evaporate.

Hey.

Cut out on my sister's party.

She's pretty twisted about it.

You look like crap.

Aren't you a big ray of sunshine?

- What's wrong with you?

- Pick a category.

Oh.

Got it.

Eli, Eli, wait.

Please.

There's a lot that

you don't know about me.

I told everyone that I moved here

to make a fresh start,

but that's really only part

of the story.

Okay.

Listen, if I tell you something,

you have to promise not to tell anyone,

not even Emily.

Okay, try me.

I'm here because I-

because I'm in hiding.

- Hiding?

- Sort of.

From what?

My father's crazy.

He's really crazy,

and he gets very violent.

He used to hit me

and my mom.

What?

Morgan's voice:

I just couldn't chance it.

So instead, I borrowed the plot

from my Lifetime movie

"My Father, My Stranger. "

One time he broke my nose.

- What?

- My mom left him,

and the judge gave her

full custody,

but then he faked his own death

and he started following me around

in a disguise.

He's changed his name and everything.

My mom caught on to this,

of course, but then,

she got a rare blood disease, and she

wasn't able to care for us anymore.

She wasn't even able to keep

herself safe, let alone me,

so she thought the safest place for me

to be was right here with my aunt.

I thought stuff like that

only happened on TV.

Anyway,

that's why I'm so upset,

'cause I'm really afraid

that he might find me,

and he can't know

where I am.

He can never find me...

Morgan's voice:

And then I started to cry-

partly because the role required it,

but I also felt really terrible

about Iying to Eli.

Could you just forget

I ever said anything?

No. No, I will not forget, okay?

You see him, you call me.

All right?

In the meantime, let's get

your head into something else.

How about some geometry?

Yeah.

This is more boring

than baking.

Try it.

Is that right?

Yeah, that's all it is

right there.

- Really?

- Yeah.

Okay, well,

let's try another one.

- All right, here, try this.

- All right.

You wanna go out

this weekend?

What, like on a date?

Undefined.

Yes.

All right.

Morgan:

I'm not totally sure of this,

because most of my relationships

have either been scripted

or happened

while I was drunk,

but I maybe

might have a thing

for Eli Wills.

Are you dating my brother?

I don't know.

Okay, so let's try this one.

Do you have

a boyfriend in New York?

Not anymore.

We broke up.

I think he likes guys.

So the other night was a lie?

Or are you Iying to me now?

Morgan:

I'm Iying to everyone

all the time, and it sucks.

So do you like my brother?

I guess so.

Yes, I do.

Well, then don't lie to him

or to me ever again.

I don't know how much longer

I can keep Iying to people,

especially Eli.

And I am not smart enough

to keep track of who I said what to.

I mean,

maybe I should make a chart

just so I can

keep things straight.

Are you going

on a date or something?

What?

- No.

- Yea-

look at you.

You're all dressed up and your hair.

( doorbell rings )

You're going on a date!

It's him right now, isn't it?

I'm gonna go get it.

- Oh my God! Marissa!

- ( screaming )

Oh my God!

I can't believe you're here!

I can't believe this is

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