Immaculate Spirit 52 :

"Now, we are about to try something that will… hummm, set us a bit apart."

"For our final trick, we are gonna do something never before seen on a Las Vegas stage."

"Or any stage for that matter."

"Ladies and gentlemens… Tonight.. We are going to rob a bank!"

"Anddd CUT! " Louis exclaim.

"That was good guys, we are keeping it!"

There were currently in Las Vegas to turn a scene in a huge showroom. They had the room for only a day and so needed to finish quick. It was in this exact room that the 'Hors.e.m.e.n' would filmed their first show.

"Ah, finally a scene done in one shoot." Jesse said.

"It's because our boy here is in a process to become a real man." Woody say with humor.

"You are just jealous that i still have hair Woody and you know it." Nathaniel respond in the same way, making them laugh.

Over the course of the movie, Nathaniel gradually became the mascot of the set. As he was the younger here by a huge margin, everybody like to make fun of him. He could have resent that but he could see that he was made good naturally and not in the prospect of being mean so he accept it. Accepting it, doesn't mean he was not responding the same way.

"Don't listen to him Nath, he is just jealous that his suit is not as amazing as yours. You look great by the way." Isla complimented.

"Coming from the most beautiful 'Hors.e.m.e.n', it really mean something. Thanks" He said, kissing her cheek, making her blush a little even if that was not easy to see with the makeup that she had on her.

"You know, i'm starting to get the stink eyes from the others womans working here. You barely respond to them and yet you flirt with me."

"It's because they look at me like i'm some kind of food they want to eat. You, on the other hand, are in love with your husband so you are easy to get along." He respond truthfully.

"I don't have a problem being look as food, it look fun." Woody said naughtily.

"I hear you brother but with Nathaniel here acting as an eye candy, we are powerless." Jesse add, seemingly sad.

"Really? What about the cute blonde i saw you kissing, two days ago?" Nathaniel say with a little smile, making Jesse jump.

"Wait, you saw that?"

"Ah ah! thing start to get interesting here." Woody say with a big smile.

"Who is she? I want to know everything." Isla add, she could not resist at the very concept of gossip.

"I believe she work on the script but i can't be sure. I think Jesse here know her better than all of us combined." Nathaniel laugh.

"Her name is Ashley by the way but i have no idea why she would hooked up with someone as short as you." Say someone behind him.

Nathaniel did not have to turn around to know a serrated tongue like that could belong to only one person.

"Hi to you too Maggie and for you information i'm not that short." Say Jesse bitter.

"Yeah, keep telling yourself that." She add with a humph.

Woody and Isla turn their head on the side so their smile could not be seen by Jesse. They had long since get used to Maggie abused and that was nothing comparing to what she was saying to Nathaniel sometimes. They didn't know how Nathaniel manage to be unbothered by it but it was surprising nonetheless. Themselves had huge experience at putting up with abuse coming from talented people but seeing it on a sixteen years old was still impressive.

"Hi suns.h.i.+ne." Nathaniel said.

"Shut your mouth. We have thing to talk about, let's go." She said, leaving without waiting him.

"Ah i love seeing her so happy to get me alone. That give me faith for the future." Nathaniel said, making his co-stars laugh.

With a hand wave, he said his goodbye before following Maggie in a loge which she closed the second he pa.s.sed the door.

"Okay, what's going on? Did the studio finally gave their answer for the music?"

"They did that's why i want you alone. That was smart of you by the way to name your mother as the label representative, we manage to get an amazing deal for you."

"I don't know everything about making deal or money for that matter so naming people experience in it is common sense."

"Good to see that you know your limit. Ok sign that." She said, getting a huge chunk of doc.u.ment from her briefcase.

"This is a NDA." Nathaniel saw on first glance.

"Yeah, we manage to have an amazing deal with your mother but the studio do not want the news to spread so sign it fast before they come to their senses." Maggie urge.

Trusting her and especially his mother, he hastily put his signature on the noted page.

"Good. Now i can finally tell you what this is all about. We manage to transform this song into a partners.h.i.+p. So now, you are the happy detentor of 3% of the movie and they have 3% of your song. This is really good. Beyond the financial aspect, if thing goes well, the studio would call on you again as an actor or a singer or both."

"So, i will get 3% of the total profit of the movie in theater and they would get the same on my song?" Nathaniel clarified.

"Yes, you pick up quickly. The estimates profits for this movie is around 300 millions so congratulation. You just made a song for 9 millions dollars at minimum. I believe it would be much more." She exclaimed joyfully.

Nathaniel could not help to flash a bitter smile. There was only three thing that Maggie love in this world it seems. Her daughter, bullying him and winning some money. And since she was viewing each dollars that she earn as college funding for her daughter, she basically cross two thing of her list.

"This is nice, good job Maggie. Do we have other things to talk about?"

"Yeah, you keep getting offers by Harvard and Yale. This is crazy, if things continue, they would basically pay you to attend their school." She said, awe. She never knew that the top university of this country was competing that fiercely to get the best students.

"Did you not told them i was accepted at Columbia already?" He ask with a frown.

"I did but they took it as you trying to ramp up the price so they did. Mary even told me they received at their workplace a basket of fruits as a sign of 'goodwill'."

"Let them be, if they think a couple of basket will win my mothers over, they are greatly mistaken. At most, they would use that to boast about me to their co-workers." He said with a laugh.

"Boasting about our children's is a sacred right to us, Mothers." Maggie affirm with a righteous nod, making Nathaniel laugh even louder.

"Stop laughing or i'm going to hit you! By the way, i ask to Louis if he wanted to turn the music video and he accepted. Are you really going to take someone who never done that before?"

"Yes, i have a good impression of him and he was always patient with me when i delayed some scene."

"You can't let your feelings interfere with the business side of things." Maggie rebuked.

"Okay see it on a business side if you prefere. Since it's his first movie clip, it would be cheaper and i could have more say in the matter and how it is done that if it was someone known."

"That's better, if you keep listen to me and learn, you would become someone someday." She said in a patronizing tone.

Nathaniel could only shake is head at that. Maggie will always be Maggie.