"There's a new spanish restaurant opening seaside in Santa Monica" Jeff says as he drove in his brand new BMW Z4
"The owner used to be an agent in our agnecy but then decided to become a chef when the work dried up for him, nice guy" he turns right into the expressway
"He's hosting a soft opening for us tonight" he smiles as he starts press into the gas
"WOOO!!" He celebrates
"Okay slow the FUCK down, I'm still virgin" Henry quips in slight panic
"Hahahaha, Okay okay" Jeff laughs and starts to slow down and drives within the speed limit
A few minutes pass "Wait you're a virgin?" Jeff in disbelief
"Yeah" Henry unashamed, since he only recently turned into an adult and growing up he's mentally a lot older than his physical age it just felt wrong for him to develop romantic feelings and especially sexual feelings for people his age who were minors at the time
And in his college days, he was still a minor and his classmates were adults, so it wasn't appropriate for him to have any sexual relationship with anyone either
"With your looks? " Jeff asks still in disbelief
Henry just laughs and shakes his head, he turns on the radio, a songs starts to play
"See you make your way through the crowd
And say, "Hello"
Little did I know"
the song "Love Story" by Taylor Swift starts to play, Henry is reminded of the blonde girl
He ironically starts to dramatically sing along to the song like a teenage girl
"Cause you were Romeo, I was a scarlet letter
And my daddy said, "Stay away from Juliet"
But you were everything to me
I was beggin' you, Please don't go"
Jeff just smiles as Henry makes a fool of himself, an actor does need a thick skin
About 30 minutes later, they pull up onto the street where the restaurant is located
They both get out of a car and Jeff hands a valet his keys "Take care of it"
"You really love that car of yours" Henry says to Jeff as they both enter the restaurant
"It's brand new, and also if I scratch it my wife is gonna kill me" Jeff replies
Henry looks at Jeff weirdly for a few seconds
"It's not yours, is it?" Henry accuses with a grin
Jeff responds with pursed lips
"uh..u..uh" he tries to deny for a second but ultimately gives up
"Well I bought the damn thing I should get to enjoy it a little" Jeff defensive
"Hahaahha, yeah you should" Henry agrees
A smiling man wearing a white chef robe walks towards them "Jeff!"
"Hugo" Jeff hugs him with a smile
"I have a table prepared for you by the deck" Hugo points
"Thank you thank you, Oh by the way this is my client Henry Stein" Jeff introduces
"Hi Henry Stein" Henry offers his hand
"Hugo Torres, welcome to my spanish restaurant El Toro in englishin The Bull" Hugo shakes his hand and proudly says
"Thank you, I hope your food doesn't disappoint" Henry says with a meaningful smile
"I promise" Hugo replies, he then proceeds to instruct the waiter near him, to escort them to their table
As they walk to their table a lot of people started to talk to them, with people saying hello to Jeff and him introducing Henry
This lunch has two purposes, first to introduce Henry to more industry professionals, and to enjoy good food
It took almost 20 minutes for them to finally sit down
"Good afternoon gentlemen, I'll be your waiter today, you'll be experiencing a 5 course meal, starting with Gaspacho Andaluz..." the waiter starts to describe each meal
"Are there any dietary restrictions?" He asks them
They both shake their head no
"Good afternoon everyone" suddenly Hugo's voice blasts through the speakers, everyone in the room turns their head
"Thank you for coming, my family from Endeavor, ah sorry sorry William Morris Endeavor now" a small chuckle spreads through the room
As he speaks Henry turns to Jeff and asks "William Morris?"
"We went through a merger in April this year, I forgot to tell you" Henry nods casually as he isn't affected by the information
He starts to look around the room and notices many famous faces in the room Jack Black, Guillermo del Toro, Will Arnett. Marta Kauffman, David Crane, Jonah Hill and etc.
Since it's founding in 1995 Endeavor Talent Agency has been growing rapidly with several seasoned agents joining them along with their star studded clients list and with it's recent merger with William Morris, it's talent pool grew more prominent.
The afternoon proceeds peacefully with people mingling with each other, Henry has made a lot of contacts with this party from top tier celebrities like Ben Affleck, Matt Damon and etc.
Henry checks the time with his iPhone 3G
He sees the time is 4:31 pm
"I have to go to the wrap party in the city" Henry says to Jeff
"Sure I'll have my assistant drive you" Jeff gestures to someone
"Get the car and drive him to this address" he points to an address listed on his phone
"Got it?"Jeff asks, his assistant nods and walks out
"What's his name by the way?" Henry asks
"Kyle" Jeff answers
Henry walks out and he sees Kyle waiting inside a black SUV, he walks around it, and hops into the passenger side
"Hey you're Kyle right?" Henry asks as they start to pull off the drive way
"Yeah" Kyle politely responds
"I'm Henry"
"I know, I make an effort to know everyone of Jeff's clients" Kyle said shyly
They drive in silence for a few minutes before Henry turns on the radio, Taylor Swift starts to play again
'Her again' Henry thought, he pulls out his phone and opens contacts and presses the name Allison (AN: Her full name is Taylor Allison Swift, I thought I would give them a small and cutesy detail in their relationship)
It opened to the last message they ever had which was over 2 months ago with Taylor congratulating him for getting his role in 500 Days of Summer, the last time he did see her physically was more than a year ago now in the café he used to work at, they always tried to meet eachother but they were always in different states or continents
'I wonder how she is' he thought to himself
They finally arrive to the bar where the cast and crew will be celebrating the wrap party
To be continued