'Does anyone know if she goes by another name?'
'Where can I find her other videos?'
We scanned the comments together. Lindsey Cruz, real name Maria Rodriguez, appeared to have quite the following already, just weeks after her video had gone live. Over 150,000 views on the free porn website where the video was hosted, and a 4.4 rating out of 5.
As we sat on her couch on this Wednesday night and watched the video yet again, Maria continued to critique her performance. "I should have looked at the camera....here," she muttered to herself, looking away. I broke my gaze as well as Evan continued to fuck her ass, and sat back on the couch next to her as the laptop ran.
Our relationship had continued to evolve over the past few weeks since "Lindsey" filmed her video. We had become official. I hadn't met her children yet, but they did know that "mommy" had a boyfriend. Her ex-husband knew as well, and was supportive. He did, after all, have a girlfriend of his own. He had the kids tonight, and as with every other night for the past week and a half, I was spending the night at Maria's place.
The clock ticked towards 8 PM, and she appeared nervous. I knew why – we had a Skype conference with a director tonight. Nick had put us in touch with him, and though he worked in Nevada and we were in Massachusetts, he still wanted to chat with us, get to know us. What could it hurt? Worst comes to worst, he's a creep and we end the phone call early.
Truth be told, I was unsure how I felt of this whole potential foray into porn. This was not what I'd signed up for, and she was nervous as well, what with a job to lose and kids of her own. She wanted to set a good example, be a good mother, and she was. But there was no denying how much we had enjoyed our previous encounters and the video we had made, and if there was money to be made from it, why not? She had an obligation to take care of her kids and give them the best life possible, after all.
The Skype ringer began to go off. 8:01 PM our time, 5:01 his time. Just as promised. She adjusted her pretty light-brown hair slightly and answered the call....only to see a woman on the other end of the webcam. She identified herself as Alicia, and said that she was John Wilson's assistant and that he would be there shortly, before putting us on hold.
Maria looked good, yet modest. She always looked pretty with her simple look. Today she wore cute jeans, tight on her curvy hips, and a white t-shirt with her cleavage spilling out slightly. She was wearing makeup, but not too much that it'd be overpowering.
Within minutes, a man appeared at the other end of the webcam. He identified himself as John Wilson, the man with whom we had been communicating. He was a bit older than I was expecting, but appeared to fit the "porn director stereotype. Skinny, older, maybe late 40s, moustache. He smiled as he greeted us – "Maria! Ryan! Good to meet you both," he said with a smile.
We both replied hello, awkwardly both trying to lean into the camera shot. We made small talk – how's the weather? How's work? – things like that, to feel him out. He seemed oddly normal, despite the fact that Maria was effectively on a pornographic job interview.
A door opened and closed, and John turned the camera to a second man, slightly younger, who identified himself as Andrew. John called him the VP of the organization, Extreme Productions. Extreme was a decent sized player in the porn game, as far as I knew - I was far from a porn expert but had heard of the company. Andrew smiled and put his papers down to greet us before getting down to business. The interview became very heated, very quickly.
"Ryan – you're her manager? Agent?" Andrew said, looking into the camera.
"Uhh....both?" I replied, unsure.
"Both?" Andrew replied. "Are you not sure?"
"He's my boyfriend and manager," Maria said firmly, her hand on my leg off-camera.
"Ah," Andrew said, sitting back. "Got it." I couldn't tell what that meant, but I also had no idea what it meant to be Maria's manager.
"So, Maria," John butted in, turning the camera to himself. "I hear you've been talking to some other companies, am I right?" It was true – she had been talking to two other companies, similar to Extreme.
"I, I guess," she stuttered. "How did you know that?"
John laughed and smiled. "Well, we wouldn't be good businesspeople if we didn't know what our competitors were up to, right?" I nodded to myself and smirked at her naïveté.
Andrew pulled the camera back to himself. "So, we've seen your video. Very impressive. Why did you choose to work with Nick Johnson?"
Maria shrugged. "He was a friend of a friend," she replied. Somewhat honest, I suppose. "Offered to shoot us for free."
"Us," Andrew laughed a bit. "Shoot 'us'. Honey, you were the star of the video. You could put any guys in that video and it'd still be shooting you. In case you haven't realized, the girls are the stars of the videos – that's why we're negotiating with you."
'Negotiating' – that struck a chord here. Were they actually going to be offering something?
"So, tell us a bit about you," John cut in. "Age, descent, children, height/weight. Disease free? Go."
"39," she replied shyly. "Puerto Rican-American. 2 sons. 5'4", 135. 36D. 38 hips. And yes." The men scribbled notes on their legal pads, nodding and shrugging to one another.
"Good, good," Andrew replied. "Latina MILF. You could do well with us," he laughed. "You know we have the largest stable of the top MILF actresses of any firm in the industry?"
"Um, no," she responded. I shook my head as well. This had become an odd job interview.
"That we do," John added. "And our Latina division consistently ranks as one of the highest-rated. Those other companies you're talking to – they certainly won't get you the exposure that we could." Maria bit her lip a bit, trying to be calm. John could tell, as he watched her. "Nervous?" he asked.
"Well, kinda, I guess. I mean, I've never done this before," she replied.
"Nervous about your kids and friends seeing you online, right? He replied without hesitation.
Maria nodded. "Yes, that's part of it."
John nodded. "I'll level with you. They will see the videos. Your coworkers won't say anything to your face, they will be too embarrassed to admit to you that they watched your porn. Eventually one of the kids' friends will see a video and will tell their friends, but what's the worst that happens?"
Maria hesitated. "My kids get picked on at school?"
John and Andrew each laughed. "Not at all," they replied. "You'd become a goddess to teenage boys. They'll try to make their harmless moves on you, thinking you're a slut. That's it. It's awkward but not the end of the world, trust us – we have gone through this many times before with our actresses who have made the move from amateur to semi-pro, so to speak."
Andrew cut in. "He's right. I understand your worry, but it's not a big deal. So let's get down to business, hypothetically," he moved right on. "Are you under contract with anyone?" She shook her head no and responded accordingly. "Good," he scribbled more notes. "And have you filmed other videos? We've only seen the one." She replied no once again, and Andrew's face lit up. "Exclusive rights," he said to John while scribbling.
John took the camera. "So, what are you interested in doing on-camera? We've seen your work; we enjoyed it. You're raw, but in a good way, eager, excited, yet cutely amateurish. I think we could have a nice partnership."
Maria awkwardly shrugged and looked at me, and I looked back at her, prompting her to answer that she didn't know.
"Ok, well let's see. Boy/girl? Girl/girl? Group? Gangbang? Anal? What?" John replied. "Cause I can tell you what we had in mind."
Maria looked terrified. I turned the camera to myself to give her some relief and took the reins. "What did you have in mind?" I replied.
John picked up his papers. "We think she'd fit in well in a few of our series. Busty MILFs, Mommy Does Anal, POV Pussy, Lesbian Mommies, and My First Gangbang," he looked up at the camera. I sat back and contemplated.
"What would they entail?" I said. Maria clutched at my thigh, her face turning beet red.
"Busty MILFs and POVP are simple B/G, vaginal sex. Busty is breast-themed. She can even pick her guy from our stable of male actors. Mommy Does Anal is Boy/Girl with anal, obviously. Lesbian Mommies would be her and two of our other MILFs. And the gangbang is a gangbang. Probably 4 men. Facials across the board where applicable, obviously not in the lesbian film or the busty one; that one will have him finish on her chest."
I sat in silence with her by my side. I suppose there was only one way to go from here. "How would it work logistically? And the pay?"
Andrew chimed in. "We'd have her come out for a week, fly out to Nevada. Get in on Sunday. Come into the office Monday morning for some paperwork and a tour. Film Monday thru Friday, fly back out Friday night. We'll even fly you out if you want, put you both up in a hotel for the week. All expenses paid, within reason. You are welcome to come watch the filming if you'd like, some boyfriends do like to that. Most don't, though."
Maria popped in from the side, off-camera. "I don't really want to do the lesbian one," she said softly.
Andrew cocked his head to the side a bit. "Most women love that one, it's basically a day off for them. Why not?"
"I don't know," she replied. "I'm not really into it."
Andrew took notes and looked at John. They nodded in unison. "No big deal," Andrew replied, scribbling. "Four videos then."
