Free Beautiful Monster 2 by Bella Forrest

took Sarah’s arm, pulling her away. I managed to stay serious until we made it out of the basement and to the top of the stairs. Once the door was closed, I turned to her, excitedly.
     
    “Oh my God! I’m going to be on TV!”
     
    “This is so exciting!” she replied, and then gestured down the stairs. “And did you see what I did? Did you see? He looked great!”
     
    “You did great!” I agreed. “I think you’re getting stronger every day!”
     
    “I can’t wait to be on stage and take down this chick,” Sarah exclaimed, as we walked back to the dorms. “Are you ready for the auditions tomorrow?”
     
    “Oh God, I’ve barely thought about them. I was just going to do a Beauty monologue and then sing the title song from Phantom. Not very creative, but I don’t really have time to prepare anything else. What about you?”
     
    “I’ve got something up my sleeve .” She gave me a wicked grin. “Hey, you go on ahead. I’ll meet up with you later.”
     
    “Where are you going?” I asked, confused. It was late, there were no cl asses or shows and we were halfway to the dorms.
     
    “I’m going to meet up with somebody.”
     
    “With who?” I demanded, confused.
     
    “Just with… one of the…”
     
    “Oh my God!” Suddenly everything made sense. “It’s Connor, isn’t it? You’re hanging out with Connor! Sarah!” That’s why she was stronger, she had been practicing with another vampire. “He’s married, you know.”
     
    “So?” She winked at me. “He never says a word about his wife when we hang out.”
     
    “What?! Oh my God!” My jaw fell open and before I could say another word, she hurried off down the corridor, leaving me standing alone in shock. My life was continuing to get stranger by the moment.
     
     
     
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    The next morning, Liam knocked on my door at 7 am. I wasn’t fully prepared, but I pulled it open anyway. To my surprise, he was standing there with a breakfast tray full of bagels, coffee, omelets, toast and a single rose in a small vase.
     
    “Hey,” I said, standing up on my tiptoes to kiss him. “What’s all this?”
     
    “Not as much as you deserve,” he replied, shutting the door. “Go on, get back in bed. The whole point was breakfast in bed.”
     
    “Mmmm.” I returned to the warmth of the sheets.
     
    He snuggled up beside me, placing the tray on the covers.
     
    “How are you feeling?” I asked.
     
    “It wasn’t as bad last night, obviously .” He poured me a cup of coffee and I took it gratefully. “Sarah is stronger than I anticipated.”
     
    “Want to know why?” I said, sipping.
     
    He gave me an inquisitive look and I filled him in on her whereabouts after we left him.
     
    “What? With Connor? Doesn’t she know how dangerous that is?”
     
    “Never mind the fact that he’s married,” I pointed out. “But that’s Sarah, she’s never let things like rules stand in her way.”
     
    “Might have been good to know before we admitted her to th e school,” he muttered. “Anyway, which part are you auditioning for?”
     
    “Uh .” I shrugged. “They wouldn’t cast me twice in a row for a lead, would they?”
     
    “It’s an impartial outside panel, so it’s possible .” Liam grinned at me. “I got an email from that Sites TV producer this morning.”
     
    “Oh, you remember that!” I had been dying to ask him since he knocked on my door.
     
    He raised an eyebrow. “You think being a vampire impairs my memory?”
     
    “I thought you were focused on other things. What did it say?”
     
    “They want to shoot on Thursday, and asked me for a list of places they should visit. You’d host the entire segment, start to end.”
     
    “Thursday? ” I asked, shocked. “This Thursday?”
     
    “That’s the way TV works,” Liam reminded me of his days in Hollywood. “They would tell me things the night before and expect me to be on set the next morning with 24 pages of dialogue