Chapter 2
"I haven't booked anything crazy for you this week. Just a few interviews and appearances." said Mandy, Sashanya's manager to Sashanya as Sashanya sat on the chair while Adam applied the last finishing touches of make up to perfect her look "I know about what happened this week and -"
"Don't worry, I'm fine." snapped Sashanya not wanting Mandy to pity her and immediately felt guilt flood her "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to snap at you."
"I know." said Mandy gently and Sashanya wondered how she had been so lucky to have Mandy as her manager "I just want you to be alright."
"I'm good." said Sashanya with a sigh as she looked at Mandy, her manager and Adam her make up artist and hair stylist "I promise."
"Well, you look good, girl!" said Adam with a grin making Sashanya laugh "You don't even need me to make you look perfect."
"Ah, you underestimate yourself, Adam." said Sashanya blowing Adam a kiss and looking at herself in the mirror "It's important to look your best, especially when you feel your worst."
"You remembered." said Adam in surprise and pride.
"Of course, I remembered." said Sashanya looking at Adam "You told me it was the first rule of surviving Hollywood."
"And look how far you've come." remarked Mandy, a hint of pride evident in her voice.
Sashanya looked at herself in the mirror and admired at how Adam had styled her up. She was wearing simple dark black jeans, a white silk sleeveless top, a bold red leather jacket, black high heeled boots and a simple black choker complimented with small pearl earrings. Adam had applied slight foundation, softly shaped her eyebrows with a slight curve by using a golden brownish eyebrow liner and applied her signature, classic red lipstick. Her hair was styled into a neat and classic ponytail and she looked powerful and strong, ready to take on the world.
Sashanya didn't look like the mess she felt inside and she hugged Adam for making her feel confident through her appearance even though she wasn't really feeling good today.
Mandy was looking at her Apple Ipad and reading out "So, shooting scenes for your new Batgirl movie starts next week, are you up for it?"
"Yes." said Sashanya with a grin "Don't worry, I got it."
The new movie was the crossover with Batgirl and the Avengers. So when they all had gathered in the meeting room that day, Marvel and DC had announced a crossover where the cast of the Batgirl TV series and the Avengers get together and act on the next award winning block buster movie! It was something about the Avengers being transported through some timey wimey dimension thing to Gotham where they meet Batgirl and her friends Black Canary, Catwoman, Nightwing and Red Hood and help them to take down the corruption and criminality that flows through Gotham. It's goal was to unite all Marvel and DC fans but Sashanya knew that they didn't care about the fans. All they cared about was making huge amounts of money and this movie would guarantee them billions and billions of dollars, if it was acted, promoted and marketed right.
"I'm not worried." said Mandy as Adam fussed over Sashanya "I want you to bring your A - Game. This isn't just a movie, this is a crossover between DC and Marvel. This is where the best of the best come together. You need to show them that you got this."
"I'm the lead role in this movie." said Sashanya adjusting her jacket "I think I already know all of that."
"Good." said Mandy nodding her head at Sashanya and then looked at the message she received on her phone "Let's go, Sashanya, the cameras are all set, the interview is about to begin."
Adam kissed Sashanya on her cheek wishing her good luck and Sashanya made her way through the busy set accompanied by Mandy. She saw that the the chosen cast of Avengers and the Batgirl cast had already taken seats and took a deep breath.
Mandy looked at Sashanya "Go make me proud."
"Don't you mean, 'Go make me money'?" asked Sashanya with a grin.
"Shut up." said Mandy but she was smiling "Be a star."
Sashanya snorted at that as she made her way towards her cast who was already sitting down on their chairs. She greeted them with a grin"Good morning, hoes."
"Morning, Sashanya." said Noah as he smiled at her and Sashanya sat on the chair in the middle of her best friends Camren Bicondova and Chloe Grace Moretz who grinned at her.
"You're late." remarked her best friend Camren who played Catwoman.
"Fashionably." said Sashanya as she made herself comfortable and Chloe and Camren snorted in laughter.
Noah Centineo and Curren Walters was sitting in front of them and Curren turned back to greet Sashanya "Hey, what's up?"
"Just telling Sashanya that she should be more punctual." said Camren with a laugh.
"I am punctual! I come to set earlier than the rest of you!" protested Sashanya making all of them laugh "I just slept in a little today that's all."
Sashanya looked at the Avengers cast where Tom Holland, Robert Downey Jr, Benedict Cumberbatch, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Scarlett Johansson, Chris Evans were sitting and chatting with each other comfortably while looking at the 'Batgirl' cast in curiousity. Tom gave a friendly wave to Sashanya and Sashanya waved back with a smile. The 'Batgirl' cast looked at the Avengers nervously and looked at each other.
"Anyone else feel like the new kid in school surrounded by the bunch of popular, rich kids?" asked Curren gulping nervously.
Sashanya opened her bottle of water "Just chill, it'll be fine."
"Easy for you to say!" retorted Curren, to the amusement of Sashanya "You're a three time Oscar winning actress!"
"I know. Please make it stop." said Sashanya sarcastically making Noah, Camren and Chloe chuckle.
"It's the Avengers!" whispered Curren in awe and nervousness "Aren't you at least a little bit nervous?"
"I'm kinda freaking out. My palms are sweating." confessed Noah wiping his palms on his jeans.
"I know." said Camren looking at Benedict Cumberbatch, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Holland, Robert Downey Jr, Chris Evans, Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan "They are all so fucking hot!"
"Mmmhm, is anyone hungry because there is a full course meal right in front of us!" remarked Chloe flirtily and Camren and Curren burst into laughter while Noah and Sashanya looked scandalized and amused.
"Keep it in your pants, Chloe!" said Sashanya in amusement
"C'mon, you can't deny it. They are daddy matireal." said Chloe looking at Sashanya who was drinking water.
Sashanya started choking on her water and Chloe patted her on the back. Noah looked at the two best friends in amusement "Please don't say things like that in the interview. We have to make a good impression."
Chloe rolled her eyes at Noah playfully "Yes dad."
Everyone laughed and Noah rolled his eyes at Chloe. At that moment they were interrupted by a girl who came to adjust the mics onto them. The girl adjusted the mics onto Chloe, Camren, Sashanya at first and then lastly attached the mics to Curren and Noah while flirting with them outrageously. Camren, Chloe and Sashanya watched in amusement as the girl flirted with their friends. Curren flirted back harmlessly while Noah was polite to her trying not to lead her on. Camren and Chloe occasionally made a remark that helped the girl flirt with Curren and Noah and Sashanya took pity on the boys and helped them out. Afterwards the director gave them the instructions as to how the interview was going to take place and Sashanya saw Mandy give her a thumbs up and then heard the familiar yell of "Lights, Camera, Action!"
"Hey everyone!" began Sashanya as she smiled dazzlingly at the cameras "We're the cast of -"
"BATGIRL!" yelled Noah, Curren, Camren, Chloe and Sashanya and the actors in the Avengers cast smiled and chuckled at their enthusiasm and energy.
Then the actors sitting in front of the Batgirl cast said together "And we're the cast of Avengers!"
"And today we will be getting to know each other!" said Robert Downey Jr. in a charismatic manner as the camera focused on him.
Everybody started cheering and clapping and laughing and Sashanya felt strong and positive energy radiate throughout the room. Perhaps today wasn't going to be as bad as she thought it was going to be.
"So we should probably introduce ourselves." said Robert Downey Jr. and everyone in the room laughed "I'm Robert and I play Iron Man."
"I'm Chris Evans and I play Captain America." said Chris with a positively beautiful smile and everyone clapped enthusiastically. Sashanya heard Chloe and Camren swoon beside her and she suppressed a grin.
"I'm Benedict Cumberbatch and I play Doctor Strange." said Benedict, his British accent strong and evident. Sashanya fangirled silently at seeing Benedict Cumberbatch right in front of her. She was a big fan of Benedict and his work had always inspired and meant a lot to her personally and professionally. He was one of the actors she looked up to in the industry and he seemed like a genuinely nice human being.
"I'm Anthony Mackie but ya'll can call me Hot Chocolate." said Anthony with a mischievous wink and everyone started laughing "I play Falcon which is the best character."
Sebastian shook his head at Anthony and introduced himself with a small smile "I'm Sebastian Stan. I play The Winter Soldier."
Sashanya smiled at Sebastian Stan. She thought that out of all the cast members, he was the most chill and reserved one of all. Sashanya took an instant liking to Sebastian Stan, perhaps it was his composed demeanor, his pretty smile or his blue leather jacket but there was something about him that made him different from the others.
"I'm Scarlett. I play Black Widow." said Scarlett Johansson and she was immediately greeted with yells of 'YAAASS QUEEN!', loud cheering and adoring clapping from the Batgirl cast. Scarlett laughed as she blushed a little at the attention and admiration she was getting from the young cast.
Tom grinned at Sashanya, Noah, Curren, Camren and Chloe "I'm Tom Holland. I play Spiderman."
Anthony Mackie started booing and Sebastian Stan joined in, the cast of Avengers started laughing, Curren and Noah began singing the Spiderman theme song and Camren and Chloe started chuckling while Sashanya grinned fondly at Tom as she gave him a thumbs up.
"I'm Curren Walters. I play Jason Todd also known as the Red Hood." said Curren with a smirk.
"I'm Noah Centineo. I play Nightwing." said Noah with a grin and then paused as if he was thinking of saying something and then thought better of it.
Camren, Chloe and Sashanya knew exactly what he was thinking and exchanged mischievous grins at each other. Camren looked at Noah who was in front of her.
"Darling, don't you want to tell what Nightwing's real name is?"
"Not really, no." said Noah, knowing that Camren would not let it go and then said with a sigh "Richard Grayson."
"Don't be such a Dick." said Chloe with a giggle.
"Don't be a dick, Dick Grayson." said Sashanya with a laugh joining in the fun as other began to laugh.
"Dude, you play a character named Dick?" asked Tom disbelievingly while laughing.
"His name is Richard!" protested Noah looking at Sashanya, Camren, and Chloe who had started this mess in the first place, laughing uncontrollably.
"Yeah but like everyone calls you Dick." said Curren with a mischievous smirk.
"Can we move on please?" asked Noah with a groan, amidst the laughter of everyone "Camren, care to introduce yourself?"
"Yeah, I'm Camren and I play Catwoman." said Camren with a friendly smile while Chloe made meowing noises and Sashanya shushed her.
"I'm Chloe Grace Moretz and I play Black Canary." said Chloe in an easy going and laid back manner and then looked at Sashanya.
"I'm Sashanya and I play Batgirl." said Sashanya with a bright smile and everyone started hooting and clapping and cheering while Sashanya blushed and laughed lightly.
"Alright, let's get this party started!" yelled Anthony pumping his fist in the air and everyone nodded and cheered in approval.
"So basically, we have fan questions here with us and we're going to be asking these questions from you." said Scarlett as she showed them the cards with the fan questions on it.
"And we also have fan questions that we are going to ask from the cast of the Avengers." said Noah as he looked at the questions "It's going to be fun!"
"Shall we begin?" asked Benedict Cumberbatch elegantly and politely.
Everyone cheered in approval and Scarlett read out the first question "This question is from Landon from California. What was the last practical joke played among the Batgirl cast?"
"Ooooohh!!!" said Camren, Chloe, Sashanya, Curren and Noah together in unison and Noah looked thoughtful "That is a good question."
"We've played so many pranks ... it's hard to choose." said Noah looking back at Camren, Chloe and Sashanya "But you three are the pranksters on set."
"Yes, we are." said Camren proudly and then looked at Chloe and Sashanya "Is the one with the champagne and -"
"No, no, no!" said Chloe quickly placing her hand over Camren's mouth to shut her up "That's the one we were planning!"
"Ooops sorry, my bad." said Camren with a shrug, as she smiled at the laughing cast of the Avengers.
"The last practical joke on set was - well -" began Sashanya with a reminiscent smile "We had just finished shooting this really important scene and Chloe was like 'give me a dare, give me a dare!' because she's a six year old trapped inside the body of an adult woman." Chloe and Camren giggled and Sashanya continued while laughing "So we were like 'stand up in front of everybody and announce to everybody that you are pregnant'. And it was deadly quiet and Chloe did it and everyone literally believed it."
"Oh I remember. We had fans on set and the extras." said Camren nodding with a grin as everybody started laughing "Like everyone went bonkers, the fans started crying and clapping and the extras were super supportive and - and -"
"And it got to the point where even like the director and the producers came up to me and congratulated me." said Chloe with a laugh "And it was getting out of control, so we were like we have to put a stop to this and we told them it was a joke - and then the rest of the day was very awkward."
"It was weird." said Sashanya and Chloe and Camren hummed in agreement.
"Where was I?" asked Curren wide eyed as he listened to the story.
"You weren't there that day." said Sashanya with a shrug "You weren't there for the whole week because you didn't have scenes with us that week."
"Oh yeah." said Curren remembering it.
"It was awkward." said Noah with a grin and everyone burst into laughter "So there you go, that was the last practical joke played by the Batgirl cast."
"Man, I can't wait to see what kind of pranks you'll play on us." said Chris Evans with a laugh
"Go big or go home is the motto when it comes to playing pranks." said Curren with a grin making everyone chuckle.
"So this question is from Shannon from Brooklyn." began Noah as he read the question "Which Avengers cast member would you rate the perfect ten?"
"OOOOOHHHHHH!!!!" said Camren, Chloe and Sashanya sassily together and burst into giggles.
"Oh, that's really controversial." said Scarlett as she burst out laughing.
"I think it's Sebastian. Sea Bass." said Anthony with a huge shiteating grin looking at Sebastian who smiled in amusement "With his piercing blue eyes and Greek God looks."
"I feel like it's a tie between Benedict and Chris." said Robert raising his eyebrows at the two men who started laughing.
"It's a Chris from me." said Camren in her best Simon Cowell impression and everyone chuckled.
"Benedict is pretty solid." said Chloe in her Mel B impression.
"What is this? America's Got Talent?" asked Sashanya raising her eyebrows at her two best friends incredulously.
"Oh, Avengers Got Talent!" said Tom with a grin and Sashanya shook her head at him in amusement while everyone started laughing.
"That is a great idea for a reality TV show." said Sebastian with a light laugh.
"Nick Fury being the judge." said Anthony mischievously and everyone started laughing.
Benedict read out the next question in his clear and soothing voice "Christina from London asks which member of the Batgirl cast could you be tied to for a week?"
"Well, that's a bit of a private question, isn't it?" asked Sashanya with a smirk and immediately everyone started laughing in surprise because Sashanya seemed so innocent.
"You kinky little cow!" exclaimed Curren looking at Sashanya as he winked at her.
"Sashanya, you minx!" said Camren while Chloe and Noah were helplessly laughing "Dirty!"
Sashanya relaxed as she laughed as well and Noah looked at his cast members "None of you! I can't stand you!"
"I BEG YOUR PARDON!" screeched Sashanya in mock disbelief and anger making Camren, Chloe and Curren roll around in laughter while the Avengers cast laughed at their stupid antics.
Noah laughed and began "Now that's a really hard question. Curren because he and I, we're buddies and we have fun together. Camren because she's mad and she would have me in fits of laughter everyday. Chloe because she is positive and bright, and -" Noah looked at Sashanya who was smiling fondly at Noah "You because you're funny and smart and we get on really well with each other."
Noah paused and smiled cutely "So I really don't know who I would choose."
"We'd all get along together chained!" said Curren to Noah.
Noah nodded and Camren rolled her eyes sarcastically "We already are. We are all dogs on a leash!"
They all broke into laughter and Curren read out the next question "This question is from Sheila from L.A. Do you have any hidden talents?"
"I can do impressions." said Benedict and everyone murmured in agreement and approval "Though I don't know whether it's a hidden talent."
"I can do my leg workout." said Anthony making everyone laugh. "Not trying to brag but these thighs don't make themselves."
"Thighs are the most important part of the body." said Sebastian solemnly but he was suppressing his laughter.
"Yeah, exactly." said Anthony with a grin "The ladies love them!"
Everyone laughed at Anthony's ridiculousness and Robert read the next question "If you could go anywhere for any week without anyone disturbing you, where would you be and why?"
"I would go to .... Narnia." said Camren thoughtfully but her lips were twitching and Chloe and Sashanya burst into loud laughter.
"I love Hogwarts!" said Chloe giggling as she lay her head on Sashanya's shoulder while everyone laughed.
"Middle Earth!" said Noah with a grin, joining in the fun.
"Wonderland!" added Curren with a laugh.
"Gotham!" said Sashanya her eyes twinkling with fun and mischief and Noah, Curren, Camren and Chloe laughed at her remark.
"Dream destination!" remarked Camren and Sashanya grinned.
"I'd probably go to ...... " said Curren as he bit his lip "I don't know."
"Port Aventura." completed Sashanya with a smile.
"Oh yeah!" said Curren highfiving Sashanya and then looked at her in surprise "Wait, how do you know that?"
"You keep blabbering about how it's the greatest place on earth all the time." said Camren rolling her eyes at Curren "We all know."
Curren stuck his tongue out childishly at Camren who rolled her eyes at her and the rest of them laughed.
Chloe began reading the next question "Oh wow. This is a really important question, so get ready."
"Oh no." said Sebastian rubbing his hands together in anticipation.
Sashanya and Camren who peeked at the question started giggling and Chloe began reading "David from Florida asks ... Would you rather trip in front of millions of people or fart in an interview?"
"WOOOOOTTT?" asked Tom Holland in surprise as he started laughing.
"What kind of question is that?" asked Scarlet with a laugh.
"Definitely fart during an interview." said Anthony confidently making everyone laugh "Because like when you trip in front of millions of people it's like embarrassing but you can't see a fart."
"Silent but lethal!" said Robert with a chuckle at Anthony who nodded in agreement.
Tom smiled as he read the next question amidst the good - hearted laughter "This question is from Cherry from Sacramento. What song would come as your soundtrack if you were to get into a fight?"
"I have terrible memories of Cherry." began Camren solemnly and seriously, startling and puzzling the cast of the Avengers and getting the attention of Sashanya, Chloe, Noah and Curren "My mother used to give me cherry pie every day -"
But she got no further because Sashanya and Chloe had burst into laughter at Camren's remarks and Noah looked at them in exasperation and amusement "Don't say that! Don't say that! It's her name!"
"A thick slice of cherry pie and a glass of milk every day of my school life." said Camren shaking her head as she grinned at everyone laughing loudly.
"Don't say that!" protested Noah helplessly but he was chuckling too.
Chloe was giggling and Sashanya was bent over, laughing helplessly. Chloe tried to control her giggles as she said "I actually like cherry pie."
"I love your mother's cherry pie." said Sashanya wiping tears of laughter from her eyes, not seeing Sebastian smile at her. "With a bit of whipped cream, sometimes ice cream."
Curren shook his head at the three girls who were chuckling together as he said "I would say - I don't know. We've never been asked this question."
"It's a good question, though." said Noah as he smiled at Curren.
"Probably, - I'd like my soundtrack to be the Pirates of the Caribbean soundtrack." said Chloe and everyone nodded in approval.
"I love that." said Camren nodding her head in agreement "Mine would probably be - what's that song -" Camren looked at Sashanya, trying to remember "Oh, the Nae - Nae song!"
"That's a terrible soundtrack!" said Noah looking at Camren.
"Hey it's my fight!" said Camren challengingly "So I can choose my own goddamn soundtrack!"
"Have you heard um - Zack Hempsey?" asked Sashanya looking at her friends "He has this soundtrack called 'See What I've Become' and it's so badass. It gives me chills whenever I listen to it."
"So that would be your soundtrack?" asked Sebastian with a thoughtful smile.
"Yes." said Sashanya with a grin.
"Your music taste is so weird." said Curren with a grin.
"Shut up." retorted Sashanya affectionately ruffling Curren's hair.
Camren grinned at Sashanya and Camren and read out the next question "What was the hardest part about filming the avengers?"
"The hardest part was filming without like a proper script." began Tom, eager to talk about his difficulties "They never give the script to me."
"That's because you can't keep your mouth shut, kid." said Anthony ready to roast the hell out of Tom.
"You just hand out spoilers left and right." said Benedict with a sympathetic smile.
"But like I just got my lines, that's it. I don't even know who I'm acting opposite of." said Tom and Sashanya smiled at him "But I think Benedict got the full script."
"That's because Bernard can be trusted." drawled Sebastian with a smile and everyone started laughing.
Sebastian then smiled sweetly at Sashanya who felt heat creep up her neck but smiled back at him and read out the next question "Diana from Toronto asks I've been suffering with anxiety and I have go through panic attacks. When you're nervous what do you do to calm yourself?"
"That sucks." murmured Curren and Noah nodded solemnly.
Sebastian noticed that Camren and Chloe looked at Sashanya and Sashanya cleared her throat "Well, I have anxiety as well - it's gotten better through the years - and well, um - I did go through a lot of panic attacks so I do understand what you're going through, Diana. I - well whenever I have a panic attack I just try - to clear my mind - to - well, first thing I do is try to hold on tight to something and then breathe in and out until it gets better. Trust me, I know it feels like you're going to die but - but what you've got to do - and what I do is I remind myself that this has happened to me before and I have got through it, so I can get through this one as well. And - um - for me - it helps to have a cup of tea afterwards and - well - talk to someone who I'm very close with - so usually it's my mum or sister. Or Camren and Chloe."
Everyone was silently listening to Sashanya and Sashanya smiled tightly "Just hold on, Diana. I know it sucks but don't give up."
Chloe and Camren suddenly started hugging Sashanya yelling "WE LOVE YOU!"
Sashanya tried to remove herself from the loving and bonecrushing embrace of her best friends who she secretly loved "Oh get off me!"
"NO!" said Camren stubbornly making everyone laugh.
"Someone help!" said Sashanya trying to wrestle off Chloe and Camren "I can't breathe!"
"Don't exaggerate." said Chloe with a grin as Camren and her broke the hug "We know you love us."
"I hate you." said Sashanya with a grin and Chloe and Camren laughed.
"We love you too."
"Okay, shall I ask the next question?" asked Sashanya with a bright grin and everyone cheered in approval "Oh, this is the last question for the Avengers. Lee from Philadelphia asks if you could be any Avenger besides yourself who would it be?"
"I would be Spiderman because I would make that movie way better than Tom." said Anthony with a grin and Tom started laughing while Sebastian cheered for Anthony.
"Shots fired!" cheered Sebastian clapping while laughing.
"I would like to be Captain America." said Benedict smiling and Chris smiled at Benedict.
"I'd like to be Black Widow." said Robert making everybody laughed.
"I'd like to be Bucky." said Scarlett and Sebastian highfived her.
"So this is the last question for the Batgirl cast." said Chris with a smile as he read out the question "Nate from Melbourne asks what is something you love doing in your free time?"
"I like eating fish and chips." said Camren with a blissful sigh. "I just love it!"
"Kissing Daniel." suggested Chloe to Camren as she looked at her best friend.
Camren nodded, thinking lovingly of her boyfriend and then Curren added mischievously "Facetiming Daniel."
"Yeah." began Camren in agreement but Noah decided to join the fun.
"Texting Daniel." said Noah with a grin.
"Snogging the living daylights out of Daniel." said Sashanya as she suppressed her laughter.
"OH SHUT UP!" yelled Camren in exasperation making Noah, Curren, Chloe and Sashanya burst into laughter.
"She is so in love with Daniel!" said Sashanya laughing as she clapped her hands.
"Someone pass the sick bucket!" said Curren laughing teasingly along with everyone.
Camren was also laughing and then began to say as she looked at her best friends "What about Kate? What about Shawn? -"
Sashanya placed her hand over Camren's mouth to shut her up while laughing helplessly with Chloe, Noah and Curren because Camren had just revealed their crushes.
Curren was wiping tears of laughter from his eyes as he said "Oh my god, Camren, you just revealed everything."
"Oh no!" said Chloe as she laughed "But I think they already know about Kate and I - so -"
"Next time, we aren't telling you anything!" said Sashanya with a laugh
"I can see Mandy already ready to do damage control." said Noah in amusement, looking at Sashanya's manager who looked exasperated at the three girls antics.
"Oh dear." sighed Sashanya "We should never do interviews together."
"You don't say." said Anthony in amusement "You three are trouble."
"Only when we're together." said Camren with a grin making everyone laugh.
"It's been brilliant!" said Noah seeing the director signal him to end it "Hasn't it?"
"Yeah, it's been fun! You guys are fun to hang out with." said Scarlett smiling at the Batgirl cast happily.
"Awww, we love you too!" said Curren emotionally making everyone laugh.
"It's been so much fun getting to know each other and a big thank you to the fans who sent us these amazing questions!" said Chris and everyone nodded in agreement "Don't worry, there is more to come and we'll see you guys soon!"
"BYEEEE!!!" said everyone enthusiastically waving at the cameras together and then the director cut it.