somehow he made the dorky dialogue sound almost normal。 He was standing so close to Serena
she could smell mint on his breath。 Was he really just perfect?
Yup。
?I 。。。I 。。。? Serena faltered。 ?I just don?t know what to say。?
Across the room; behind the camera; Vanessa cleared her throat。
?Don?t say anything;? Thaddeus…as…Jeremy cooed。 ?Just stand still and let me look at you。?
Serena didn?t move。 She couldn?t help but believe everything Thaddeus was saying。
?I?m going to stop you here;? announced Ken Mogul。 ?Holly; babes; remember: you?renot
Serena。 You?re Holly。?
?Okay;? Serena whispered。 She didn?t feel like Holly Golightly。 She felt like herself and like the
perfect guy was right in front of her。 She?d spent her whole life not acting fake around guys: it
was kind of hard toact around one; especially one so 。。。 cute。
?And quit with that hand stuff;? Ken whined; sounding like a big baby。 ?Looks like you?re
swatting away mosquitoes。?
?Sorry。? Through the open window Serena could hear the sound of traffic whizzing by。 She kind
of wished she were out there instead; window shopping on Mercer Street in Soho with Thaddeus
or maybe letting him feed her sushi on the roof of Sushi Samba; just a few blocks downtown。
Thaddeus leaned out of the large window and inhaled deeply。 Was he reading her mind?
?Just listen to Thad;? Ken continued with his finger still up his nose。 ?He?s not Thad; anymore?is
he? No; he?s Jeremy。 You hear that?his shyness? His nervousness? He?s terrified of you; you see。
Terrified and enchanted。 Make us all feel that; okay? Make us all fall in love with you。?
Like that was ever difficult before。
?Let?s go again。? Ken clapped his hands while simultane…ously lighting another cigarette; even
though his last one had burned to ash without his even touching it。
Thaddeus snapped back to attention; leaning in close to Serena again。
?Darling。 You?re always rescuing me。 How can I ever repay you?? she asked; more assuredly
this time。
?You don?t have to repay me。?
?You must e to my 。 。 。? She couldn?t remember the rest of the line。 Shehad to glance at her
script。
?Party!? cried Ken。 ?Party!Haven?t you read the script; Holly??
?Yeah;? muttered Serena defensively; resisting the urge to kick the pile of script rewrites on the
floor up and out the large; bright window。
?Okay; let?s skip ahead a little bit。? Ken rubbed his weirdly red forehead。 ?Let?s do the big
morning scene。 There?s just a little dialogue there; so you should be able to manage that; right;
Holly??
?Sure。? She felt like she was doing everything wrong; even though she?d only said a few words。
Wasn?t there any time to get warmed up?