My name is Haley and I'm 27 years old. I've been living in New York City for the past four years, as I have been going to school for acting. I can't even begin to explain how much I love acting. As with most of my fellow schoolmates, I've been practicing the art since I was a child. To be honest, most people are surprised to learn this, as I am a quiet, unassuming girl and I'm known to all of my friends as innocent and "cute as a button."
For the last three years, I've been in a serious relationship with my boyfriend Justin. He is a nice, and all around lovely man, and I truly love him with all my heart. Through thick and thin, he has stood by me and protected me, and I have done the same for him. Unconditionally. He's a musician, so we both have the utmost respect for the others art, and have always been 100% supportive of what the other needed to do to be successful.
Recently I got a part in a fairly low budget show that most would consider artsy... foreign almost. The rest of the cast is wonderful, and I truly enjoy working with them. That is except for Max. I met Max in one of my acting classes and he has always come off as a cocky, somewhat narcissistic person, and I've always loathed his presence. Needless to say, Max and I did not get along well.
Sometimes I would see Max at parties and his belligerence would drive me crazy. I was not alone in this, as most girls like myself are off-put by this kind of behavior. The cast had a get together so we could get acquainted as we would be working together indefinitely, and everyone was having (many) drinks and discussing our roles, much to the enjoyment of all. This is when I learned that Max was supposed to be pursuing me romantically, however my character was supposed to be, a lot like myself, naive and uninterested. Innocent.
I wasn't too worried about this at the time because, like I said, I wasn't supposed to reciprocate these feelings, so I shrugged it off due to my excitement to be working, FINALLY. Max approached me at the party and said he wanted to discuss the role, and due to his sheer intimidating presence (and the desire to not arouse his belligerence), I agreed.