A word of advice.
San Francisco, 2015
“No...I understand thank you for the chance yes please keep me in touch with any new developments on the part." Another audition, another failure. That was what was flooding through the mind of Callie Smith as the young woman stood in front of the window of her apartment watching the busy street of Nob Hill pass her by much like her acting career. Well, the non-existent acting career she had as she hadn't had a successful audition since she made the decision to move to San Franciso to become an actress. And of course, the first thing that came to her mind was what her father's reaction would be if he had learned she failed another audition and that would be disappointment. Especially after giving her a hard time about it in the first place due to his own determination to get her to follow in his footsteps to go into the military.
But talking to her father about this was just something that Callie really didn't want to do. No, in fact, the one person she wanted to talk to was someone who knew her better and that was Matthew Shepherd. Having met him as a child through their father's military friendship she had always gone to him for advice wither it was over a big choice like moving to America, choosing the apartment she was now living in, and most importantly following her dreams. Hell when she made the decision to go for her dream to become an actress professionally, he was the first person she went to about it so she could get the pros and cons out on the table. So talking to him would just be what she needed so it wasn't long before she turned her phone back on and began looking through her contacts until she found his name to call only to pause for a second trying to think about what he might have been doing at that present moment which was when she decided to send him a text instead of calling.
"Hey got a minute? failed audition and could use some of that good advice of yours." Pressing send she then made her way away from the window towards the kitchen to start brewing up a pot of tea finding herself wanting something warm to drink and sure enough just as she started the flame for the teapot her phone gave off the notification she had a reply back from Matthew. "ouch what did you do stomp your foot on the co-star again?" His text read bringing her to laugh that followed with a shake of her head hitting the reply button so she could answer back. "Ha ha very funny no they said I had potential but wanted to go a different direction. Though TBH I wouldn't have minded stepping on the guy's foot he was a complete ass." Course as she wrote that a laugh then escaped her mouth as she actually pictured herself doing that for the guy she was practicing lines with really was an ass and got on her nerves.
"Sounds to me like you got out of a good deal cause if you had to deal with that ass for long periods of time you may have thrown him out a window." He replied bringing her to smile at the words knowing that he was correct in many ways. "Take my advice Callie don't beat yourself up too much over one audition. You are talented in so many ways I would know I've known you since we were kids. And one thing I know for sure is you never give up on your dreams." Never give up. Damn he had a very good point in that last part she thought as she glanced up from the screen for a brief moment to look at the picture frame she had on the altar above her fireplace that had a picture of the two of them celebrating the fourth of July last year and seeing his face and how much she loved having him as a friend made the advice he just gave her the thing she needed the most. "You're right as usual thanks Matt. I knew I could trust you in helping me through this. Next time you have time off work we should meet up for drinks let me know when's a good time for you and I promise next time I have an audition I won't give up on my dreams if it ends up being a failed audition." She replied back with a sense of belief that following her dream of acting is still what she wanted to do and his advice made that goal much more easier to reach.
