Lucky Star: A Singin’ In the Rain Fanfic
By: Cindy Miller
Into:
Dear
Diary,
Today
was the most frustrating day! First, my
boss rearranged my schedule and I ended up having to rehearse more for the
party tonight, and THEN, he decided that it would be nice to make me train one
of the new girls! And THEN, on my way to
the party, a strange man jumped into my car!
I thought he was a gangster! I knew I had seen him before. To my embarrassment, it was Don Lockwood, the
movie star! And he was so frustrating!
He was all full of himself at the beginning, so I gave his ego a kick, and he
didn’t appreciate that. He actually
looked a bit hurt… But
then he said some things and I said some things, and it got a bit out of
hand. I let him out so he could get a
new tux since his was all torn up by fans. I never expected to see him again,
but when I went to work at the party, there he was, irritating as always, and
to make things worse, when I went to throw a cake at him, I smashed the cake in
Lina Lamont’s face and she was furious!
I just ran off, bolted right out of the house. I haven’t been so upset
in a long time. And now, I’m so
exhausted that I am even having a hard time staying awake to write this, and
now, I have to get to sleep. Goodnight
for now,
Always,
Kathy
Chapter
1
Don
Lockwood couldn’t sleep. He had danced
around his bedroom in his monogrammed, red pajamas. That Kathy Seldon was a
spitfire! He had never thought someone
so irritating could be so adorable, but somehow, as he watched her dance and
sing, he knew that he had met someone very special! Some things happen when you
least expect them, and this was no exception. Kathy was a different breed of
girl; different than all the other girls he had ever met-especially in his
profession. Most of them were airheaded
and wouldn’t know quality if it hit them in the face. Most of them would expect to be wined and
dined at the finest restaurants in town, and would expect to receive fancy
gifts, and maybe a condo or something in
Beverly Hills- but, Kathy wasn’t someone that was easy to win over. She was the first girl that hadn’t fallen for
his charm, and merely followed along with everything he was doing. She had a mind of her own, and she was
feisty- not easy to impress. And the
girl had talent. Her voice was terrific,
and she danced on a dime. He found that
Miss Seldon was a reoccurring dream after a day or two, and he realized that he
was going to have to go looking for her.
That was the only thing he could do! He couldn’t get her out of his
head.
Diary,
I can’t believe it! I just got fired! All because I threw a pie at Don Lockwood,
and hit his co-star, Lina Lamont…
What am I going to do?! This is so irritating!
I am absolutely appalled at all this!
That Don Lockwood gets on my last nerve and I end up getting fired! Uhg! I
am so angry! I’m so mad that I can’t
even continue writing this! I’m just going to go to bed!
--
Diary,
Luckily, I just got hired by Monumental
Pictures! They wanted me as a dancer in
one of their musical pictures! I had
been playing at being an extra, but the pay is very unstable, and I thought I was
going to lose my apartment! But, my old
boss at the Coconut Grove gave me a good recommendation. He said that he didn’t want to fire me, but
Lina threatened to close the club if he didn’t…
I told him that I understood, and I guess I do…
I just find it so annoying that the whole thing happened because I was mad at
Lockwood! I did notice however, that Mr. Lockwood looked like Lina deserved the
pie in the face, which made me feel a little better despite the fact that I’m
still angry at him, and I still got fired.
I have half a mind to look him up, and get revenge on him, although I
think he probably doesn’t even remember me anymore, so it would be fairly
pointless. Plus, I could end up getting
in even bigger trouble than he’s worth.
And he DID sort of do me a favor in a way. I really needed a better job,
and I didn’t want to look for one. I was
afraid to move on because I was afraid of messing with a good thing. I had actually been offered a bit part in a
movie but turned it down because I already had a job, but now, I know
better. Getting fired was probably the
best thing that ever happened to me. It
seems very peculiar to me! But, nevertheless, I am looking forward to going to
work tomorrow!
Always, Kathy
--
Don
Lockwood sighed audibly for the thirty-fourth time in three hours, and his best
friend, Cosmo Brown rolled his eyes. “What are you sighing at?! You’ve been
doing that all day, and it’s getting a bit old.”
Don
sat up in his chair and sipped his Coke before answering, with a long
face. He looked down in the dumps, and
had looked that way for about two weeks. Whatever
was eating him must be something really troubling. Don was usually
happy-go-lucky. He didn’t get down
easily. But he had looked like he lost
his dog or something for two weeks, so something must be awry.
“Kathy Seldon.”
That was all Don said, but
that was all Cosmo needed to hear.
“You’re still upset about that, huh? Wow, this lady
has done something that many ladies have only dreamed of- she’s got you pining!”
“I can’t find her anywhere! I’ve looked in the Classifieds to see if she
maybe went after a job, but when I called all the listed companies, she hasn’t
been to them. She got fired because of me… I feel terrible! And worse, I know
I’m trouble to her, but I can’t stop thinking about her. She got me right here.” He put a hand over
his heart.
“Well, keep looking, and I’ll help you. Assuming she stayed in Hollywood, there are
only so many places she could be.”
“Thank you, Cos’; you’re a good friend.”
“You’re welcome.
If you’re all in a twist about her, there must be something to her.”
“You’re right.”
For a week, Don looked, and
Cosmo helped, but nothing. That day,
however, was the first day of shooting for the new picture, The Dueling Cavalier which was a welcome
change of pace. It was unfortunate
though, that they stopped shooting because of the uproar that occurred with The Jazz Singer and the fact that it was
a talking picture. R.F. had to pull the plug so that they could bring the
studio up to date with the new equipment.
Having nothing to do for a few weeks; Cosmo and Don pretty much wandered
around the studio, or stayed at home. Eventually, they resumed shooting, but it
wasn’t going so well. Lina couldn’t get
the hang of the new method of recording.
Her voice was shrill and annoying as always, and she couldn’t-for the
life of her, figure out where the microphone was. She couldn’t act the way she was used to
acting, because it just didn’t work that way anymore. After a frustrating day at the office, Cosmo
went for a stroll around the lot where they were filming a musical. He ended up finding Don’s mystery girl. He came into the studio where Don was
rehearsing his lines, and grabbed him. “What’s up?”
“You’ll see.” Cosmo smiled as he dragged his friend
down the hall and across the lot.
“What’s going on?”
“Fine! I was going to keep it a surprise, but since
you’re being so insistent, fine- I’ll tell you!” He turned to Don and said, “I
found Miss Selden.”
And he dragged Don across a
few empty stages. Don was speechless,
which was a good thing because Cosmo really didn’t have the energy to explain
the story. Actually, the hardest thing
would be to FIND a story in it. Cosmo
really had just come across Kathy. He
really had just come to watch the show since he was in between
assignments. They weren’t ready on the
set yet, so he was just trying to stave off boredom- which was when he found
Kathy… there really wasn’t some grand setting where he tracked her down or
hired a private detective to find her… He just found her. When they got to the stage, Don saw Kathy as
she was talking with a producer and director, and R.F. they were giving her a
job as the kid sister of the star- Zelda’s character. But when Kathy saw Don, she told them that
she wasn’t interested and Cosmo and Don looked at each other, then at the
members of the crew, then back at Kathy.
“In case you don’t remember, I’m the one who hit Miss Lamont with a
cake.”
But Don fought to keep her on
the job. He said it was great that they were giving her a shot, and she seemed
surprised. After everything was settled,
Cosmo looked at her and said, “Thank heaven’s we found you. We’ve been looking inside every cake in
town.”
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