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Her dress strap slips lower on her shoulder Her body is close enough to touch

I suddenly feel light-headed

"I guess…reattables again to hs "No way We all knew you had the talent, it just took the world a little while to catch on"

"You haven’t seen ives rin "I remember a certain show you did one Christ that year I took fifty bucks to dress up and play a scene from A Christmas Carol on the 3rd Street Promenade "God, ould you remind me about that?"

"Coe that Santa Monica ever saw"

"I swear, that wig and beard gave me a rash" I shake my head at the s, still s "I told you, we all knee had a star on our hands"

I groan "It’s only aup those photos"

"I leave the country for one year, and you get hounded by the paparazzi" Zoey shakes her head, looking a Shot"

"It’s not like that They just love the whole angle with Dex too," I explain

"‘The Hottest Brothers Since the He?" she laughs, "Tegan wants to get it framed You must hate it," she adds "I know Dex could never stand the attention"

I shrug, self-conscious "It’s not so bad My agents all tell ht, and it can helproles"

"And that’s what you want? Total world doht, but I can tell there’s a deeper edge to the question

I pause again I know it’s not cool to talk about ambition We’re all supposed to act like we just woke up oneand decided, "Hey, I’ll be an actor" Either that, or talk about the love of the craft, like all that , even if it is in so Shakespeare to an empty room