fandomhigh | How to Be a Really Famous Actor (And Other Acting Tips), Friday, Period 1

"Now you listen close and you listen hard, bucko," Lucas said, holding up the receiver of an old-school phone. "The next click you hear is me hanging up. The one after that... is me pulling the trigger!" And with that, Lucas hung up.

"That's kind of my 'Feeling lucky punk' quote from one of my biggest hits, 'You Just Don't Exist,'" Lucas said. "When people dress like Cole Hazard at conventions, that's the line they quote. That's the power of a catchphrase. You think Schwartzenegger gets to be a politician today if he couldn't mumble at least one good catchphrase per movie? If you do, you're an idiot and the rest of the class should kick your ass and steal your lunch money."

Lucas waited to see if anyone would raise their hand and volunteer for an ass kicking.

"It's Friday. We're in Hawaii on Sunday. You don't want to do any work now, I get that," Lucas said. "Unfortunately for you guys, 'evil' is in my job description. So you're going to get a bunch of situations and you need to come up with catchphrases for them. Your character is a badass. They're about to do something badass. Figure out what you're going to say and then make it sound badass."

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In Caroline's mind, she really was stupid for ever mixing it up with this boy. Had she forgotten her plan of not getting involved with anyone? Or of going for the ones she couldn't possible get? So much failure.

But at least now she knew that he didn't like being ignored. That was totally getting filed somewhere memorable.

"So I'm right. Fan-freaking-tastic." Could he sense the excitement? "It is too early in the day for this crap."

Nathan just sat back and shook his head, completely at a loss for what to do right now. He was just...he didn't know. She was right about one thing, it was too early for this crap.

"Yeah, don't sound so fucking excited," he said, sounding pissed off all over again for trying to be honest and getting her sarcasm thrown back in his face. "Here, I'll make everything easier on you."

And with that, he stood up and glanced over towards the door. "Go back to treating me like a fucking brick wall. Sure that'll give you lots of time and energy to get your precious beauty sleep. I'd just hate to ruin the trip for you especially when you're getting a new shiny roommate."

Edited 2011-02-19 05:08 (UTC)

Oh yeah, his was totally a sane reaction. Caroline didn't understand what Nathan failed to grasp about why they had all these communication issues. Maybe they were just lost in translation.

Caroline glanced down, not feeling like seeing him all running off again. Apparently they took turns. "Fine, I'll ignore you like you want. We'll see if you can manage to ignore me." And the new swimsuit she'd purchased for the trip.

Nathan started to say something else and then just shook his head before stomping out of the classroom, nearly kicking a few desks along the way.

All he could think of as he left was that he'd never be able to totally fucking ignore her. It was fucking irritating that he couldn't and even if he was totally gonna try, he knew he'd lose.

Fuck this entire trip already.

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