When Love Bells Ring

The doors of a limousine was flung opened as flashlights streamed at the car, the media personnel struggled to have a glimpse of whom the being was or perhaps ask questions. At first, red heels stepped out, alongside a red flowing gown. Everyone gasped with humor as three bouncers kept pushing them backwards to create a for the being who was about to come out, and the media pressed further to have a word with her. She was gorgeous in her looks and had a sunglass on which she adjusted and tried walking towards the hallway.

She didn't answer any questions asked by these people since she was attended to by some personnel who accorded her respect and directed her to an office, the lady sat opposite an old man who held a file.

"This media of yours could you at least try calming them down" she began snapping her finger and a waitress appeared with a fruit juice

"It's their duty since you're a celebrity"

"Argh, let's get started". The old man gave her a file and grinned.

"Congratulations, you have it all! Miss Lucy" he exclaimed. She had a serious face on and thanked the director. It was like she expected to have the contract after all, who would have suit for such a scene than her.

"So when am I getting started?". She questioned, flipping the file in her hand with no emotions.

"In a week's time miss" he blasted and immediately, she walked out. Miss Lucy opened the exit door and met with Georgina. Fans often knew these two as rivals, and they never hide it from the public. Lucy pulled down her eyes and winked at her.

"Seems someone is late to brace the occasion". Lucy began while Georgina smirked at her. She looked below the stairs where the crowds were still pressing for their autograph or rather a picture with these stars and then back at Lucy.

"You never can tell what would meet you with your pride" Lucy giggled land shrugged, she cat walked closer to Georgina and whispered in her ears.

"I doubt so witchy"

"How..."

"Save your speech for the press meeting dear, I wouldn't want you to mumble with your words" Lucy mocked, blew a kiss to her and paced towards her car as Georgina glared at her and in a hast, marched to the building.

"This is getting out of hand" she stated immediately, she got in the director's office, she banged her purse on his table while he pretended like though no one was there.

"What's going on, Mr Felix? This wasn't what..."

"As you can I'm in the middle of something before you interrupted" he snapped staring at her.

"Really? What would I tell my follower out there?

"How could you just eliminate me from any role and place Lucy? She raged with anger.

"We never had an agreement, did we?" The director posed.

"And besides, Lucy is the best for this role, she would make it a hit than some..." He paused and glanced at her as she swallowed hard.

"You should never have risen my hope" she concluded and ran out. Georgina stopped by the restroom and entered. She tried suppressing the tears that had gathered in her eyes. Why was Lucy taking everything she ever walked hard for away from her?

Lucy arrived at her mansion and wore pride on her face. The chauffeur opened the car for her and a maid welcomed her. She gazed at a girl who stood by the balcony holding a teddy bear. The girl looked scared and ran back inside, away from Lucy's stare. Lucy turned her gaze to the maid opposite her, who nodded and dashed into the building towards the girl's room. The girl wrapped her arms the teddy bear and glanced at the maid.

"Does miss Lucy wants to see me?" She muttered as the maid slammed the door.

"Well dear... perhaps yes" the maid replied with uncertainty.

"I'm sure she intends to tell her farewells as usual" she thought aloud.

"Well tell her I don't want to see her!" She snapped and lied on her bed.

"Come on Julie don't act stubborn now" the maid pleaded looking stress.

"Please leave me alone, I don't want..."

"And why is that!" A voice roared from behind the maid, and Julie shuddered.

"I..." She paused and glanced at the maid who excused herself, she preferred not to be a part of her boss rage this morning.

"Go on, I'm all ears"

"That's because..." She paused again with tears gathering in her eyes, she was already frightened by miss Lucy's appearance.

"Do you have to be such a weakling? Can't you be brave...like me?" Miss Lucy beckoned with a frown.

"I'm sorry" Julie soled as tears began to stream down her eyes.

"Shh, just stop crying already... you act as though I'm the bad guy..." She paused and brought out some cash.

"Here you go, perhaps money can solve this". Julie shook her head, she didn't want anything except being alone.

"Alexandra! Come here this instance and make her quiet!" Miss Lucy ordered and Quickly, the maid rushed in and curbed Julie who rested her head on Alexandra shoulder.

"You're old enough for such things girl!" Miss Lucy commented and left them both.

"She's so scary" Julie whispered and Alexandra chuckled.

"You're scarier than her child" Alexandra commented and Julie giggled.

"So where are we going today, Mrs Alexandra?". She questioned with a bright face. It seemed like though the fear and terror had gone off.

"Wow, someone was just in tears a little while ago, and now she wants to go for a tour, right". She teased.

"Well remember... I don't want to ruin my day with our plans, right?" Julie whispered.

"Such a naughty girl...do you think your mom..? I mean, miss Lucy would let you out?"

"Yes of course, you just have to stick to the plan" Julie replied sadly and Alexandra patted her on the shoulder.

Lucy sat by her bed and gazed at a picture with hope in her eyes.

"We did it again" she murmured and placed the picture in its frame close to her mirror. It was evening, and she had to prepare for the press conference, which would take place in 2 hours time. She raised her fingers high and waved in the air. She was rehearsing how to address the audience.

"Do we really have to do this?" she groaned, clapping her hands, and three maids appeared.

"Get to work" she ordered while they came closer to dress her up.

Julie held a bunch of flowers and leaned on miss Lucy's door, waiting for her to come out. She got them from her outing earlier and believed it would be a blessing to her. She was counting the different colors when the door knob turned opened. Furthermore, she stood upright and quickly placed the flower at her front. Miss Lucy irked at them and sniffed annoyed. She glanced at Julie's face, which was sad and hopeful at the same time.

"It's my gifts to you" she snapped, and miss Lucy held her nose from sneezing.

"Child, you almost ruined my makeup with that" miss Lucy responded and Julie apologized with indifference.

"Susan take them from her" she gestured and as she tried walking pass Julie, she stopped and glanced at her again, it was like though Julie was expecting something with the way she stood mute with an innocent gaze. Miss Lucy gasped and pulled out some cash to give her, but Julie rejected and waved her goodbye.

"Such a strange girl...who doesn't want money in this era?" she muttered while Julie tottered towards her room.

"Thanks for the flowers dear, it's beautiful" Susan whispered and Julie faked a smile.

"I was expecting someone to say that" she replied loudly to the hearings of miss Lucy who smirked and walked away as usual.

"You can't make me late today, little witch" she mused as she walked hurriedly to her car.

"Good luck and may God see you through" Julie prayed as she ran to the balcony where she could see miss Lucy's car until it rode off. Julie sat on the floor and gazed at the stars, which were popping out of the sky slowly.

"Does a wish ever come true?" she questioned with fixed eyes on the sky.

"Well, if it's true then I want mine to be fulfilled".

Miss Lucy was welcomed in as a guest with high prestige. Everyone loved her presence as she seemed to be mesmerizing the audience and press with her beauty. She sat gently on the podium close to some top directors and officials, she was going to be explaining how her life in the movie industry had been. Miss Lucy was called upon by the host to grace the occasion, and she honored the invitation. She gave a vivid explanation about how the journey began. How could she forget the tales of how she rose to stardom? Even though she lied to the public, she certainly knew she couldn't lie to herself.

There was a loud applaud for her among the crowd by her impressive speech.

"I see why most directors pick this one" someone whispered.

"She's good in her field though" another added.

"But shouldn't young stars be given a chance, Anita?" the third petitioned. He was an upcoming actor and had wished for a major role in the movie industry someday.

"You aren't good Alex... so stop trying to be" the former mocked.

"Well I heard you're searching for another job" the former furthered.

"Thank you so much!" miss Lucy appreciated the audience and took her leave.

"She's such a goddess" Alex commented with a shy smile.

"Stop crushing on your superior" Anita blasted with a low tone.

"Instead of wasting our time on such chat, let's go get her autograph" the former suggested. She was one of miss Lucy's biggest fan and always sees her as a role model. Most times, her friend's regards her as miss Lucy's secretary due to her dress code which was similar to hers.

"Yeah, that's true, let's hurry" Anita affirmed as the three stood up from behind to meet up with miss Lucy who was cat walking through the corridors of the hall as though searching for someone.

"Miss Lucy!" Alex yelled, running towards her and as she tried turning her gaze to him, she bumped into someone and the three beings behind her suddenly gasped with fear. She groaned and raised her head up to see who almost fell her down.

"Excuse me? Couldn't you see a lady coming through?..." she snapped, frowning?

"Pardon me...but you're at fault" he responded, glancing at his watch.

"Do you know who I am!" she roared, trying to see who she was speaking to clearly since he had a cap on.

"I don't care who you're... but am in the middle of something and if you would mind..."

"So rude! Oh my God! I could make your life miserable". The being seemed pissed off. Why was this woman not letting him go, after all, he had already apologized. Alex and his friends watched the scene before then, he tried stopping Anita from recording it live,, but she told him it could trend.

"You just messed with the wrong person! Apologize again!" she beckoned, and the being swallowed hard. He glanced at his watch again and smirked at her.

"See you later" he replied, shoving her aside and running off to where he was heading to. She tried to say a word but realized Anita was videoing her, and she walked angrily towards her.

"Erase that now" she ordered and pulled out cash from her purse.

"Miss Lucy, we just wanted to..."

"Shut up, Alisha!" she retorts and flipped the money in her hand on Anita's chest who nodded with fright.

"Sometimes stop poke nosing around and work on your acting skills..." she paused and glared at them one after the other.

"Sincerely speaking... you guys are horrible." she concluded.

The wind blew gently outside as people walked to and fro in the conference room. Most people were there to see their favorite actors and actresses and how they told their tale. Lucy had made up her mind to leave the conference unannounced, but a message had popped on her phone and she needed to stay back or, perhaps, reply the message. She tiptoed to the bathroom and found Clara staring at the mirror and then at her.

"Seems someone is up to something" miss Lucy began standing close to her and dressing her hair. Clara did not reply but stepped aside.

"Speak up now!" she pressed on.

"You don't want to create a scene, here do you? Drama queen" Clara snapped and miss Lucy Chuckled. These two were at it again, but Clara didn't seem like someone who was up for a fight.

"Stop acting all nice! You're the villain..." she boasted while Clara frowned.

"Would you calm that ego of yours and hear what I have to say!?" Clara whispered, after a while of contemplating, miss Lucy followed Clara who walked into a guest room. She wondered what this woman wants now.

"Speak up!" she ordered, rubbing her palms.

"Turn down the contract" Clara stated with a serious look. Miss Lucy laughed hysterically and dropped her purse on the table and walked slowly towards Clara.

"Why? Someone is jealous of me and can't handle it"

"I've got my reasons! You better do what won't get you into trouble". Clara threatened.

"Never! You are always going to be a riffraff! And will never reach me! Old witch" miss Lucy mocked with pride.

"Stop calling me that! Have some respect!"

"Those dreams of yours would never come true as long as I am here!' miss Lucy raged on.

"Shut up stupid!" Clara beckoned and miss Lucy scoffed.

"Did you just call me that? How dare you old rag..."

"Argh!" Clara yelled and pulled miss Lucy's hair, who pushed Clara.

"Disgusting! Stay away from me!" miss Lucy roared, straightening her hair and gazed at the door intending to leaving but Clara sudden laughter made her stop.

"You wouldn't want your career to end, do you?" Clara whispered, and miss Lucy narrowed her eyebrows at her.

"Be specific fool!". Miss Lucy gave her a daring glare.

"I know your little secret" Clara muttered as miss Lucy scoffed.

"I doubt so... you're the least being that knows about me...am not scared of your threat" miss Lucy snapped boiling with fury. She was ready to blast this woman with abusive words. She was definitely bad at blackmailing and if it was true, she knew her way of eliminating such.

"Don't tempt me lady" Clara cautioned, drawing close to miss Lucy who moved backwards towards the door.

"You can't do anything!" she pressed.

"Well let's rekindle old memories!" Clara reckoned and stopped her trail, while miss Lucy looked at her confused and nervous.

"Speak up now!"

Alisha and Rodney got to a room and while she was about to open the door, he kissed her wildly, and she moaned mischievously.

"Hey let's go in" she whispers and licked her lips with fixed eyes on him.

"You turn me on with that look of yours". She suddenly gasped as she saw miss Lucy coming out of a room opposite her.

"That's my superior, she can't see me here" she wailed worried trying to open the door knob when Rodney stopped her.

"Wait... look at her, doesn't she look suspicious?" he observed as Alisha turned her gaze to miss Lucy, who was looking to and fro.

"Yes, her hands..." she paused, they both looked at themselves and then at miss Lucy who had walking away.

"Let's not concern ourselves with such" he diverted and tried kissing her again, but she shoved his face aside with her palm and ran towards miss Lucy's direction.

"Damn that girl!" Rodney lamented, rubbing his lips.

Miss Lucy ran as fast as she could and dashed out of the building, but she had forgotten her purse, but that doesn't matter, she just has to leave.

Julie hasn't slept yet, she was up all night waiting to hear miss Lucy's voice before going to bed. It was already 12am, and it seemed like her eyes couldn't control the sleep that lurked in. She was drowsy when she heard her door opened slightly, Julie shut her eyes tightly and turned to the other side of the bed. Miss Lucy inhaled heavily as she gazed at Julie, who was asleep to her. She sat on her comfy bed and covered her with her blanket, which was halfway underneath her legs.

"Sleep tight and stop blinking your eyes" she said with a shaky voice. Julie opened her eyes, frowning.

"Could you stop interfering in my dreams" she snapped and rolled over with her back facing miss Lucy.

"How was your day..." Julie mumbled. Miss Lucy stood up without saying a word and closed the door behind her.

"Like though she cares" miss Lucy muttered and paced to her room. Julie stood up and ran towards the door to lock it. If miss Lucy wasn't going to say anything nice to her, then she shouldn't bother coming to spy on her. Julie often wonders why this pride looking woman always sneak to her room at night like a thief to spy on her. She recalled when she mistook her as a thief and screamed on top of her voice. It was a good thing miss Lucy held her mouth with her palm.

"Stop blinking your eyes" Julie mimicked and cat walked just like miss Lucy towards her bed.

"I can't even call her mother!" she yelled with a sober tone.

"I am miss Lucy drama queen" she teased and chuckled like her and stared at the mirror.

"Well sorry to burst your bubble miss because I miss Julie..."

"I can hear you witchy...go to sleep and stop gossiping on a celebrity!" miss Lucy yelled from outside and Julie covered her mouth with shock. Why was she eavesdropping? She quickly climbed to her bed and slept.