The Sitcom Star by Jackie Lau

Author:Jackie Lau [Jackie Lau]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2024-02-07T00:00:00+00:00

“That was fun,” Maddie said as they left the bar just before eleven.

“Yeah? You sure it was okay?” Adrian asked.

“I hadn’t done anything like that in a long time. Hanging out with a bunch of people I’m not working with.”

“Is it strange when you’re asked about the show?”

“I like hearing that people enjoyed it,” Maddie said. “I mean, that’s what makes it all worthwhile. The fans. You don’t need to avoid asking me questions about it. I don’t mind.”

Yes, he’d avoided asking too much about it because he was afraid it might be weird. “Do you want to do movies? Or do you prefer TV?”

“I love the immersive experience of going to the movie theater, but there’s something about a TV show that people tune into every week—”

“Or binge all at once.”

“Yeah. Either way, there’s something about characters you keep coming back to, over and over. Characters whose familiar antics can be a comfort, and it can bring people together.” She paused. “My mom and I have never been close, but she’d regularly hang out in the living room when I watched Gilmore Girls as a teen, even if she’d never admit to liking it.”

He nodded. They were ambling down Bloor Street, toward the subway. He wanted to walk slowly so he could spend more time with her.

“It’s still early,” she said, “and you know what I want to do? Sit in a park late at night. Something else I haven’t done in ages.”

He grinned. “Look at you, being spontaneous. Christie Pits?”

He couldn’t help recalling the last time he’d been out with his friends and hadn’t felt like going home right afterward. He’d bought himself some bubble tea, then literally run into Maddie.

And now, here they were.

The park was rather busy. There were groups of people covertly drinking, smoking up. Someone had a banjo and was trying to get their friends to sing along.

Maddie led him to a spot on the slope of the hill that wasn’t too close to anyone. He told himself that didn’t mean anything, but his heart was still thumping quickly.

“The weirdest part about my success,” she said, “is how it’s changed things with my family.”

“How so?”

“You remember my sister, Kathryn?”

Adrian had a vague memory of a girl two years older than them, one with long black hair and glasses. “Yeah. She was a year behind Colleen.”

“She was always the favorite. We were both good students, but she was interested in the right sort of things, unlike me. I was the artsy-fartsy one; she liked science. She’s a doctor now. For years, my parents would only brag about her, and they told me to go back to school and get a sensible degree.”

“Like what?”

“Law was their main suggestion, since I have no science background.” She made a face. “Before Chu’s Restaurant, I had a bunch of acting jobs, but I also did freelance copyediting and data entry so I could pay my bills. When I told my parents about the show, they were skeptical anything would come of it.

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