DSI Story 02

**CHAPTER TWO**

Having landing the role from his audition, Rho spent the next couple of days finessing his delivery, buffing up, and learning his lines. By the time filming began he was a well oiled machine

The role itself was for a pirate vampire romance ... Hey, Rho wasn't there to judge, he was there to perform and get paid. He might be a supporting actor with a name fairly high up the credits, but that could easily come crashing down if he started to complain about the quality of the storyline. The grind is real

Rho did his best, and delivered his lines like a pro. He was commended for his performance by the Director, who said she'd gladly work with such a professional actor again. Though Rho wasn't sure if it was merely a compliment or a legit offer of work. The future would soon tell

Alas, shooting wrapped for the day, and Rho had just taken off his makeup and costume, when he noticed someone familiar hanging around the set, his neighbour, Syrhen. Rho went over to say hi, hoping to become a bit more friendly with him, after their somewhat argumentative encounter a couple of nights before. After a little small-talk, Syrhen admitted that he was hoping to find some work as an extra, and that he'd been struggling to find work. He neglected to tell Rho it was due to him not having any papers, that was something Rho didn't need to know

Rho saw his opportunity to make amends, to try and get Syrhen to like him back. He agreed to ask around and see if he could find any work as an extra or a background actor, for Syrhen. He said that he might have better luck with someone vouching and putting a good word in for him. Syrhen cautiously agreed, thanking Rho for it. Though he was a little wary when Rho asked for his number, for letting him know about job offers of course, but Syrhen still wasn't wholly convinced ... That said, he did give Rho his number.

A couple of evenings later, Cyrus invited Rho out for dinner at one of the fancy-smancy restaurants in San Myshuno, near to her flat. She said she wanted to hang around with her big bro, which usually meant she wanted to get out of the house after a bit of a row with her boyfriend. No matter, Rho was glad to get out and meet up with her

After a pleasant (and expensive) meal, and a couple of glasses of wine, Cyrus said that she ought to be getting back, since she had work the next day. Rho agreed it was getting late, and wished her a good night. But it was Friday night and Rho was a little bit tipsy, the night was still young. He went home to get changed into something more comfortable, then hit the lounges

It wasn't too long before Rho was quite tipsy. Well, in reality, he was hammered. As he sat on one of the lounge's sofas, with one of his fans having a minor meltdown over seeing him and taking a selfie with him, his mind began to wander. It soon began to rest upon that damn good-looking nextdoor neighbour he had ... whose phone number he'd recently acquired. One drunken decision later, Rho had sent off the poorly spelt text to Syrhen: "I thing your really hott, and I wanan day te u"

Stumbling home at 3 30am, Rho crashed into bed, ready to sleep off a good night's drinking. The next morning he woke up to his alarm going off at 11am ... Shit, he'd completely forgotten about the audition for another part he had that morning. And he'd forgotten about the party his parents were throwing for Big Summer Blow Out!!

Rho bombed his audition, it went terribly. The casting director noted how he was still a bit drunk when he got to the audition. He knew none of the lines, and his head was pounding so hard he couldn't possibly manage to win. When he got to his parents' party, an hour and a half late to add insult to injury, he was instantly hounded by his mother as to why he was looking so ill. Rho had to awkwardly explain that he had had far too much to drink the night before, and that he couldn't remember very much after leaving home until he woke up that morning. At least Emmeline was understanding enough to not put any music on that night, as Rho sat sipping at his water and trying to be friendly with his parents' guests