'Cut', the director shouted as the second scene of the music video had been a success.Rhea, a young red head took a black rob and handed it to the man in his underwear in a porcelain tub. Greystone, white hair stuck into his nape, shook the wetness in his hair as he went to sit on a velvet cushioned chair.
'Okay, everyone tomorrow we wrap this up.No clubbing, no alcohol, everyone straight home. Lets be early birds, at the Cryingmoon at 7, even the Star here is no exception .' the director informed the crew, and gestured towards Greystone at the last remark.His gaze however,fell on a certain person and he narrowed his eyes,
' Especially you Toby. Not even a sip. '
Toby, standing at 5 feet 7 inches with a robust figure for his mid forties turned around from where he was interacting with the camera crew and tipped his head in mock bow and said in an undistinguishable accent,
'Yes, me Lord'
This pissed off the director more, especially when the producer gave him a mocking smirk before turning to resume his conversation.He knew that Toby was probably going to drink himself to death and be late for work just like today, the reason why they had finished filming the second part of the video at 5pm.
'Easy Caleb, just one day, no, a few hours left for you two to finish just this tiny project for our Greystone. Can't you be the big boy here and stop this.... whatever you have with Toby', these rebuking words were uttered with such softness that they almost sounded like a compliment. Gianni, Greystone manager, clad in one of her many luxury suits, wiggled her brows at Caleb, unflinching at his hovering height.Caleb crossed his arms and reluctantly gave her a small nod. Gianni patted his left arm before stepping out of the hotel room to answer a call.
Greystone, sitted, watched the interplay with apathy . They had been warned, that these two did not get along at all and everyone in the entertainment world knew that. The project however couldn't wait and these two were the only professionals that had been unoccupied at the time, which gave them no choice. However, even though there was the occasional bickering, the music video was nearing the end without any problems.
Rhea dried Greystone shoulder length white hair in complete silence and move to collect his usually signature outfit, a dark blue hoodie with black sweat pants. Rhea watched as the artist went on to change in the makeshift changing room. She smiled softly to herself, she couldn't believe that she had already landed her dream job to be a celebrity personal assistant. She had prepared and had practice this in her head but with no experience, she had very much doubted she could get the position to work for one of Britian famous star. She was fished out her deep stream of thoughts when she heard a familiar voice screaming.
'HELL YEAH.' Gianni screamed joyfully as soon as she entered the hotel room. All the other crew members had already left the hotel in rush, relieved that the work for the day had been completed. Rhea laughed as she watched her senior dancing weirdly,
'well, what is it?' now smiling, she asked. Gianni crossed the room, made her way to the cushion and sat down,
'You know Ray Electronics, the one making waves in the technological industry' she shared and linked her fingers as if preparing to proclaim a life and death situation.
'They chose Grey to be one of the ambassador of thier company'
Rhea made a wow sound, she knew that Gianni had been working hard to secure partnerships and this was a bigger one and would make it easy to spread Greystone influence and might even promote his new single.
Standing and stretching her shapely physic, she went to collect her hermes bag and turned to Rhea,
'wanted to make the deal alone but anyway they wanted Grey to be present. So make sure that on Friday, all afternoon, his schedule is free and also contact the lawyer. You know what, forget about that, it' ll be better if l talk to the firm myself.'
She pulled out her small vanity and reapplied her red lipstick,
' How do l look? 'she pouted her lips at Rhea and Rhea gave her a thumbs up. She ran to give Grey, who had changed and was leaning on the wall, with a stone cold expression on his chiseled face,a small hug,
' I take it that you heard the amazing info. Bye. I am getting out of the here before l get murdered '
Greystone shook his head in amusement as he watched his manager of five years modelled out of the hotel room. He was very tired after all the shooting of different angles, different places in the hotel, different outfits. He had totally forgot how shooting a single music video was both time and energy consuming task. The bickering of the director and producer didn't help but slowed the process.
He just wanted a soft mattress and a pillow after everything, he wasn't even feeling hungry.
Outside the hotel , he found his chauffeur waiting for him and he got in the black SUV with Rhea who instantly started chirping to him about his schedule tomorrow. However, Rhea's words were lost to him as he could feel every inch of his muscles aching to rest.
Home, Grey thought as the car approached a perfectly stylish modern bungalow with a colour pop bluish front door nestled at the end of the road for privacy.
***
Reporters were always out to get you, Grey thought as another question was thrown to him by a Crown magazine reporter,his personal life.He had been so adamant that they refrain from asking about it and they had complied. He had been convinced that they were genuinely interested in his unreleased single, Monster. For now he had successfully dogded dating rumors with the Deep actor in which he had appeared as a guest actor for like five episodes. Every question they were asking about were only linked with rumors or what was considered spicy information.
'Okay Grey,your fans are dying for your single' Monster' . And of course it hasn't not been released yet but the title had many of your fans thinking that you are singing about your past. Some even speculating that it was your past relationship.'
Grey lifted the corners of his mouth to attempt a smile which failed. He thought that after all the two years out of the spotlight, he was prepared to talk about his past, but he wasn't. He cleared his throat aware of the glaring lenses of the camera and knowing that probably some of his fans were watching, he composed himself quickly before answering,
'Ye-yeah, you could say that it kinda is inspired by my past but it's just an ordinary heart broken song, l guess'
The reporter nodded and he pressured for more,
'So, l know you probably said that you aren't dating the Irish actor but are you currently in any relationship.'
Internally, Grey sighed for like the hundredth time, resisting the argue to roll his pale blue eyes and gave a prompt no. The interviewer thanked him and the camera operators shouted cut as the interview came to an end.
After sitting through the ruffling interview, he proceeded to have a photographic session that lasted for about four hours. Thankfully, Rhea a familiar face was always there. He had changed six outfits already and only three photo shoots were going to appear in their magazine including the front cover.
Lately, Greystone thought as he looked out of the tinted window of the SUV, he has been catching himself complaining a lot about everything in his life. He wondered if he wasn't ready for this, to sing again but as quickly as the thoughts had entered his mind, he quickly dismissed them. He was going to prove to himself that he was ready for this.
Rhea had informed him that the shoot for the music video had been pushed to another day. The interviews had taken the rest of his morning and afternoon, first with the Long Times about his appearance in the HBO series, The deep and then the Crown magazine. Rhea had been stressed as she had scheduled the music video in the late afternoon but the day was nearing the evening. She had not been informed that they also wanted to have the photo shoots and they couldn't refuse when they requested it.
Greystone noticing her panicked flushed face had assured her that it wasn't a big deal and Gianni would probably understand. As much as Gianni was amiable oftenly, she could switch to be scrupulous instantaneously. However, the young assistant was convinced that she had miserably failed her job and Gianni was going to be very much exasperated.