Falling Down(28)

"Yeah," I say walking back to my seat. "You see, after the whole club incident, I realized I was completely done."
"What do you mean 'done'?" Cage asks.
"Acting. Unless some phenomenal part with an amazing costar--"
"Milo Ventimiglia," Sera interrupts with a smirk.
"Yeah," I breathe. "Milo." I take a moment of silence to appreciate all that is Milo. I'm so distracted by the hotties today I can't even focus. "I was saying, unless some really great part I can't pass up falls in my lap, I'm done."
"Same with me for modeling," Sera adds, meeting Cage's gaze with a smile..
Surprised murmurs fill the room.
Cage raises his brows. "What does Regina say?"
I laugh. "She was not happy at first and was trying to talk me out of it until my dad jumped in."
"Excellent. Good man," Cage says with a grin. "Does this mean what I think it means?"
"It does."
"What does it mean?" Jesse asks.
I lean forward and look around the table at the rock stars seated here, the award winning producer that is Cage, and I realize in this moment that I'm blessed. My acting got me here, in this moment, but it's time to do what I love, what makes me whole.
"It means that as of yesterday, well last night, I'm no longer an actress and Sera's no longer a model and Jace no longer works at his dad's accounting firm. It means that we're going to come together--with a few others that we still need to find--and share our music with the world."
"You're going to rock?" Ben asks with a grin, his dimples winking at me. Whew, those Kingston dimples.
I nod. "We are."
Everyone goes nuts. From "that f*cking rocks" to "holy shit". The room is loud and boisterous and it's nothing like I expected. They're excited for us.
"Lucy, this is cool as f*ck." I laugh as he pulls me into a hug. "Are you sure?"
I nod. "One-hundred percent."
He lets go of me and shakes his head.
Cage gets everyone to quiet down.
"What do you need to make this happen?" Always the businessman.
"First I'd like to say I'm not sure why you've done it but you've befriended us and you barely know us."
"We know enough," Xander says. "You're hot, you're talented, and you're sweet and classy chicks. We like you."
"Just like that? You're rockstars."
"And you're an Academy Award winning actress and let's not get to the nominations," he retorts. "Why are you befriending us? You don't have to be our friends to get in Jesse's pants."
That pisses me off and he knows it. He smirks. "I wouldn't use you like that. That's just rude--" He grins. "You totally played me."
"I did. You're really sexy when you're fired up. Now, as Cage asked, what do you need to make this happen?"
"Band members," Sera blurts out.
"Reliable, nondrug-using band members," I correct.
"Well, shit. That's easy," Ethan chimes in.
"Easy? Even the nondrug-using part?"
He nods. "We know a lot of people and I, personally, know a few guys and girls who are looking for a good band."
"But we're not established and you know a lot of people are going to turn their noses up and really criticize because of who I am." I look to Sera and Jace apologetically. "They're going to see an actress not a musician."
"Fuck them," Jace says.
"Exactly," Jesse agrees. "Fuck 'em. Look at Jared Leto."
I snort. "Jared Leto is in a class all by himself. He just stands there and women fall at his feet--add in his talent and you've got a phenomenal talent like no other."