Sarah looked over at her phone as it rang. She didn't really want to stop watching the movie, but she recognized the number, so she paused the movie and answered it.
"Hello?"
"Hey, Sarah. It's Max, from the shop. I was wondering what your schedule looked like this week."
Sarah groaned softly and leaned over on the couch. "It's pretty open, Max. What do you need?"
Max sighed into the phone and Sarah could hear the sound of paper rustling in the background. "Looks like a film company fired their hairdresser and the need a replacement as soon as possible. They called me, so I'm calling you. You interested?"
Sarah thought it over for a minute. "Yeah, I'm interested Max. When and where?"
Sarah wrote down the information. She'd have to get up a little early to get there on time, but it was money. She restarted the movie and went back to watching Ali Larter.
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Sarah made it to the studio a few minutes early and went to the booth, getting her badge, her black bag of hair care tools over her shoulder. She smiled at the gate guard, said thanks, and walked in, looking for the trailer number that she had written down. She asked a guy carrying a light fixture, and he pointed over to the overly large trailer. She thanked him and walked over and up the steps, knocking on the door.
"Come in," a woman's voice called from inside.
Sarah opened the door and walked in. The trailer looked bigger on the inside, and was decorated brightly. There was the sound of someone moving around inside the bathroom, so Sarah closed the door and waited by the door, looking at the director's chair in front of the large mirror that was surrounded by bright light bulbs. She pulled down the hood on her gray sweatshirt and shook out her red-streaked black hair. She reached down to pull her sweatshirt off and was halfway through when the woman she would be working on came out of the bathroom. When Sarah got her sweatshirt off, she went weak in the knees. Sarah was face-to-face with none other than Lindsay Lohan.
"Hi," Lindsay said with a big smile. "I'm Lindsay. You must be Sarah," the redhead said, sticking out her hand. After a moment, Sarah wiped her sweaty hand on her pants and shook Lindsay's hand.
"Yeah, I'm Sarah," she said, her voice quiet. Her eyes roamed around Lindsay's face and neck, taking in all of the delicious looking skin and the freckles. She bit her bottom lip and then realized Lindsay was looking at her.
"Sarah? Is everything okay? You have a weird look on your face." Lindsay titled her head, obviously concerned.
"Um, yeah. Fine. Sorry," Sarah said, her cheeks turning red. "I wasn't expecting to work on Lindsay Lohan's hair, is all. I'm a big fan," she said, smiling and feeling like a dork.
"Great! Thanks," Lindsay said, taking her hand back. "Should we get started, then?" Sarah nodded and set down her bag, kneeling down to open it as Lindsay sat down in the chair facing the mirror.
"So, what am I doing to you," Sarah asked.
"Anything you want, baby," Lindsay said with a grin. Sarah blushed again and laughed. "Well," Lindsay said. "The script calls for me to be blonde." She looked in the mirror and ran her hands through her thick red hair. She quirked her mouth and then looked at Sarah. "I don't think I want to be blonde again. It didn't look that good on my, since my skin is pale. What do you think?"
Sarah reached up and ran her hands through the red hair, looking it over and thinking about it. "What if we went with a lighter red instead of blonde? It would be close to what the script says, but still would still look cute," she said with a smile.
"Oh, so I'm cute now, am I," Lindsay said with a laugh. Sarah leaned her head down, her face feeling like it was on fire. "Oh, come on," Lindsay said. "I'm kidding. Let's get to work on lightening my hair. I hope the director likes the lighter red."
Sarah nodded, but didn't say anything. She dug into her back and pulled out everything she needed for the process. She took off her watch and set it on the counter in front of Lindsay. Lindsay stopped Sarah from pulling her arm back, and turned it over looking at it.
"Aw, that's such a cute tattoo," Lindsay said, running her finger over the inking of paw prints that had sat underneath Sarah's watch.
"Thanks," Sarah said, the contact between their skins almost electric. "It's a copy of my dog's paw prints from when he was a puppy."
"That's adorable," Lindsay said.
Sarah smiled and then pulled Lindsay's hair back. Slipping on her gloves, Sarah pulled Lindsay's hair back and then got out all of her ingredients. Once she was done, she wrapped Lindsay's hair in a towel to keep it out of the way and to keep the moisturizers on it. Once it was wrapped, Lindsay got up and walked over to one of the three couches in her trailer.
"Sarah, please. Sit down. You've been working on me for a while now," Lindsay said, patting the seat next to her. Sarah smiled and sat down next to Lindsay. "You know, I saw that you had another tattoo on your other wrist. What's that one?"
Sarah blushed a little. "It says 'Hollywood.' It's one of those things to keep you motivated, you know? Keep reaching for your dreams."
"Cool. Do you have any others?"
Sarah nodded and pulled up the right leg of her pants, showing Lindsay the tattoo of 'Fame' in the inside of her ankle. "It's the same thing as the 'Hollywood' one," she said. "It keeps me going, I guess. How about you?"
"I have three," Lindsay said, showing Sarah the 'Breathe' image on the inside of one wrist and a small star on the inside of the other.
"Well, that's two," Sarah said. "Where's the third?"
Lindsay laughed. "I could show you, but I'd have to stick my butt in your face.
"Go ahead," Sarah said with a laugh of her own. "It's not like I haven't seen a butt before."
Lindsay turned a little red and stood up, turning her back to Sarah. She pulled down on the back of her sweat pants slightly, showing Sarah the 'La Bella Vita' tattoo on the back of her right hip, just above her behind. Sarah looked at it, licking her lips. Lindsay turned back around and looked down at Sarah.
The red head smiled shyly. "Sarah, can I ask for a favor?"
"What's that?"
"Well, one of my scenes features an actor who hasn't made it to the shoot yet, but I wanted to get a start on the script. Do you think you could help me read through a little bit?"
"Oh, I don't know," Sarah said, blushing again and wringing her hands together. "I'm not an actor."
"Come on, Sarah. Please? It would really help me out," Lindsay said. Sarah looked into Lindsay's eyes and she felt a little twinge. Not much of one, but it was there. After a few seconds, Sarah nodded. "Great," Lindsay said with a grin, pulling out two copies of the script and handing one to Sarah. "Okay, so I'll be Kate and you can be Bobby. Okay?"
Sarah said yes and they got started. The reading went fairly well, given that Sarah wasn't an actress, she was reading something unfamiliar, and well, she was watching Lindsay's face while she read. It was kind of distracting. After her half hour was up, Sarah took the towel off of Lindsay's still-damp hair and ran her hands through it to make sure the color was even and looked good. Which it did. Because Sarah was that good. Lindsay thought it looked good, giving Sarah a hug before they returned to the script.
"Okay, Sarah. This is my favorite scene so far. This is the scene where Bobby and Kate have a fight. Ready?" Sarah said she was and they stood up and faced each other. "You listen to me, Bobby! I don't want to see you ever again! You hear me? Now get the Hell out of y house," Lindsay said, reading from the script.