"Ronald that role had so many shades that it has the ability to bring out the best in an actor. It is not a cheap role."

"Meg I am not having the same argument again, I am meant to be a lead actor not a sidekick."

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"So, are you saying I am a sidekick in this play?" She was offended by his choice of words.

"Isn't that obvious?" He rudely hurt her with his words.

"You didn't even hear about my character and you are already making your own judgement?"

Ronald continued eating breakfast and didn't reply to her question, he preferred ignoring her instead.

Megan was not the one to keep quiet and take his shit so she taunted him, "If one really wants to be an actor they should be willing to play all kinds of role and not be choosy then only one's talent will be appreciated by public, anyway I am glad we have found one perfect person for this role"

Ronald chuckled at her words, "I am sure the one playing that role is a gay in real life as only gays can play that role." He made fun of the new actor hired for the role of Rick.

'We got the best actor and he is straight and let me tell you something, he is hotter and better looking than you.' She wanted to tell him this but she decided to keep quiet for the sake of their relationship.

After finishing the breakfast she headed outside.

"At what time will you come?" He asked her when she was at the door.

"I am not sure but probably I'll be late."

"I am planning to watch the new movie that was released recently, should I book tickets for you?" He calmly asked her.

"I am not sure, I will call you after the meeting don't plan anything till then"

"Carry the keys as I may go out to meet my friends"

"Try to stay away from them Ronald, they are not a good company."

"Meg please mind your own business, don't be that annoying girlfriend who tells her boyfriend what to do and what not to do."

"I was advising you for your own good, you are a grown up man and you can make your own decisions." After saying this she left the apartment and drove to the theater.

She was listening to some light classical music while driving to keep her mind calm, this early morning argument with Ronald really ruined her mood. Just then she got a call from her mom.

Since morning she was in a hurry to go for the meeting and to prepare breakfast so she couldn't talk to her mom.

It was a routine to call her mom on every Sunday morning which she failed to do so her mom called her instead.

"Hi dear, forgot to call your mom?"

"Sorry mom, I was busy so I was planning to call you at night."

"At least drop a message in that case, you worry me by not calling."

"Sorry mom"

"It's okay, are you driving now?"

"Yes mom"

"How many times I have told you not to talk while driving." She scolded her daughter.

"Yeah, and if I don't answer the call then you complain."

"Okay okay, I am a nagging mother who troubles you a lot, happy."

"Chill mom"

"Fine, drive now and all the best, I'll talk to you at night, drive safe"

Her mom then cut the call.

While driving Megan thought about her parents. She was an only child to them, they reside in a small town near London.

Both her parents are professors in the same university and she too completed her education from there. She did her masters in English literature and also studied theater as an extracurricular.

During her childhood she used to participate in plays and had a passion for acting later she decided to pursue this passion and decided to make a career in acting and become an actress.

Her parents supported her dreams but they had only one condition and that was for her to complete her education first.

After graduating she moved to London around two years back, she knew the struggles of becoming an actor but she was ready to go through it. She worked in a university as an assistant professor to one of the literature professors and used to attend auditions taking out time from her busy schedule.

After a year, she started getting small roles and that's how her career in this field started. She knew the value of each and every role and therefore she always grabbed every single opportunity which came her way.

After struggling for almost two years she finally landed the second lead role in Amanda's play. Megan did a small role in one of the plays, although her role was short it would have a good impact, Amanda happened to attend it and asked her to audition for her upcoming women oriented play which Megan was more than happy to audition for.

Then Megan nailed that role and landed her first dream project.

She was very happy because she got an opportunity to work with a renowned director like Amanda and she hoped this to be the biggest break in her career.

After an hour she reached the theater and unlike yesterday the parking was easily available. She quickly parked her car and went inside, Amanda does not like people who are not punctual, she was already late yesterday but since Amanda focused on Jim's acting she ignored it and that's why she ensured to reach the place today on time.

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When she entered the theater she saw everyone was already present, she checked the time and she herself was 10 minutes early and these people came even before her, she smiled as it implied how seriously everyone took this play and respected Amanda.

"Wow our second lead is here" Amanda announced and everyone looked at Megan who was dressed up in an orange full sleeved top paired with a cream colored long skirt, her hair was left open and she looked beautiful.

"Now let me introduce you all" Amanda took the stage and Megan went and sat in one of the empty chairs in the auditorium.

Amanda pointed at a beautiful woman who sat next to Jimmy and introduced her, "Hello all, please meet Zoey, our main lead in this play."

On being introduced Zoey stood up from her seat confidently and bowed to everyone in the room and waved her hand, she was dressed up in a off shoulder knee length black dress, she looked smokin hot with her hair left open.

Amanda continued, "Zoey is a talented actress. She played the second lead role in a television series. Her love for theater is what made her audition for our play and she was very impressive during her audition and has been chosen for the lead role."

Then Amanda pointed to a handsome man sitting silently in the corner seat of the first row, "Please meet Leo, our main lead."

A handsome man around 5'10 feet tall, wearing a blue t-shirt and black jeans stood up from his seat, his hair looked messy and was covering his forehead, instead of looking weird he was looking more handsome.

"Leo worked in many plays and this is sixth play where he is playing the lead role but the first for him as an antagonist, he played a protagonist in all his previous plays and wanted to explore other genres and that's how he showed interest in this play and after few rounds of auditions he was chosen after beating many competitors."

Leo too bowed at everyone and sat back in his chair.

Amanda next pointed at Megan and introduced her, "She is Megan, the second lead of this play." Megan too followed the suit and bowed to everyone.

"Megan studied theater in college and did many plays, this is her first play as the second lead, she is an impressive actress so I requested her to audition for the role which she did and she did a great job at it and bagged this role."

Then in the end she pointed at Jimmy who was sitting next to Zoey, the lead actress, "And this is the star of our play, Jim, he plays the second lead in this play." He was surprised as she called him the star of this play but he composed himself, stood up and bowed to everyone.

"Jim is a businessman but has a passion for acting so he auditioned for the second lead role and his audition moved everyone who was present here yesterday and we finally got the actor we had been looking for. Now finally we can commence the rehearsals from tomorrow."

The cast and the crew present there clapped at the announcement of rehearsals starting soon.

Zoey looked at Jim who had been sitting next to her, initially she didn't bother to look at him but...