Hollywood Secret Garden

Angela's life has returned to the original track again, if you don't count the reporters outside Cambridge who have not left, the sympathetic or gloating eyes everywhere in the school, and Lina who will appear in her vision at any time, and the Mavis, who is not by my side, and so on, is indeed back—well, life is like a roller coaster that always has its ups and downs, but this roller coaster of life will not go through the same track repeatedly.It looks like the original one, but it's actually completely different.No one can step into the exact same river twice, and neither can Angela.

Forget it, it doesn’t matter if it’s original or not, no matter which track you’re on, troubles will come to you, such as——

"I've said it many times. You just told her that this kind of behavior makes you very uneasy. Please ask her to restrain herself properly." Annie handed the glass full of juice to Angela's hand with some amusement.

"And then? Last a few days at most and she'll solidify. Oh, don't even hold back, just look at me pitifully and ask: Can't I come here, Angie? I can cover my face and leave and become Harvard It's a joke." Angela deliberately pretended to be timid when she said "poor", which made Annie laugh uncontrollably.

"Then what do you want to do?" Annie asked, who stopped laughing. "Wait long enough to call the police and apply to the court for an injunction? Let alone the difficulty of obtaining evidence, even if the court agrees, what will others, classmates, and the public think?" you?"

"That's why I asked you!" Angela scratched her head angrily and helplessly.

"She's obviously looking forward to a passionate collision," Alizee's cold voice came from the side, "Otherwise, it's impossible to explain why it's been so long, and you have given several plans before and after, but she has never adopted them. action."

"Lily, don't say that, okay?" Annie put her arms around Alizee's shoulders in a funny way and shook her affectionately.

"Hey! I just want a solution once and for all, okay!" Angela put down the glass and waved her arms angrily.

"A passionate collision is indeed a once-and-for-all solution." Unfortunately, Lily directly ignored her attitude, and then handed the information to her without waiting for Angela, who was dissatisfied, to speak: "What you want."

"Uh... ah... this... thank you." Angela, who wanted to be angry, subconsciously took the information, but this interruption made her hold back her anger. In the end, she could only stare at Alizee.

"That's it, remember to call me if you want to go over." Lily still didn't shake her, patted Annie's arm and turned to leave.

"Don't even think about going anywhere! Let's go now." Angela suddenly jumped up and hugged Alizee from behind, greeted Annie, and then pushed and rushed to the door.

Although Lily frowned, she didn't resist, and was dragged out by her half-pushed.Anne, who watched all this, shook her head with a smile after saying hello and saying goodbye.

All the way to the temporary studio without a word, Angela started the post-production work of "Crash" again, and returned to Los Angeles to attend the Oscars ceremony for a few days without too much delay.So she is still slowly editing in a deliberate way. Anyway, there is still a lot of time this year, so there is no need to be as anxious as before.

In addition, she is also writing the theme song for "Crash".This year, Avril Lavigne and Lindsay will both release their new albums. As the first-hand explorer of them, Angela will naturally have to write a few songs—especially the act of agreeing to Avril Lavigne's invitation song last year but releasing pigeons in the end has been criticized by the other party. Counted down several times.

That being the case, it would be nice to write the theme song for "Crash" while writing songs for them. With the reduction in investment in music or songs, it will take a lot of effort to enter the ethereal state of the previous creation Time, what if you don't take advantage of every opportunity.

"Sure enough, if you don't use it often, you will get rusty. Why do you have to think for a long time before you can even come up with a suitable lyrics?" Angela, who was playing with the guitar strings, muttered depressingly.I originally planned to release a new album this year, but unfortunately with the "Star Wars Prequel"

The filming of the second part and the re-shooting of "The Lord of the Rings", as well as the most important thing to do after graduation, so this plan can only be ruined.

Or how about slowly collecting songs from now on and releasing a new album next year?Angela suddenly thought so.This is a good idea, but next year I will start preparing for that movie again. In terms of time... By the way, it would be nice to let Weiwei and Lindsay write some songs for themselves.Well, if you have time, you can think about it.

Angela rubbed her chin and smiled. She really wanted to know what kind of songs they could write for herself. Of course, if it was bad, she would never mind stabbing them to pieces.However, why do I always feel that something will happen in 2003?Is it something like 911?

Just as the girl was trying to recall, there was a knock on the door.

"The editing room asked when you will be there. Besides, this is yesterday's work situation. If there is no doubt after reading it, I will put it in the file." As always, Alizee did not wait for Angela to say "please come in". broke in.

Angela also took the file and flipped through it as usual, without the slightest surprise, both of them are used to it.

"No problem, you can put it in the file." After quickly reading the file, the girl nodded and returned it to Alizee, "Tell them to give me another 10 minutes, there is a line of lyrics that is stuck in my head. Come on, if you don’t write it out, I’m afraid it will affect your judgment on editing.”

"It's really surprising. It turns out that an omnipotent genius like you will sometimes get stuck." Alizee said after walking to the filing cabinet to tidy up. Although there was the word "surprised" in her words, her tone But there was no such meaning at all, even with a little sarcasm.

Regarding this, Angela could only roll her eyes: "It's just that I haven't written a song for too long. As long as I take the time to write often, I will recover soon. Just like the soundtrack, I often deal with movies, so I have always been very happy. Inspired."

Having said that, the girl is still a little depressed about her songwriting status.

If it doesn't work, just use some songs you still remember.Such a thought suddenly popped up in Angela's mind.If you want to look for it, you can still find a few good songs from your memory, but...unconsciously...the girl twitched the corners of her mouth in a weird way.

"If that's the case, why do you have to hand over the soundtrack to someone else and write the theme song yourself? If I remember correctly, the person who scores the movie is also the creator of the theme song." Lily didn't turn her head. Said.

"Because the theme song doesn't take as much time as the soundtrack, you know, I have a lot of things to do, like filming the "Star Wars prequel" or "Lord of the Rings" reshoots and so on. The most important thing is graduating soon , if most of the energy is spent on the soundtrack, one can imagine what the result will be!" Angela spread her hands helplessly.

"Is it just like that?" Alizee turned around suddenly, her brown eyes stared at Angela without blinking, "Don't you think you are a little greedy, Angie? You want everything, you want everything to be perfect , you want everything to suit your mind. You are very lucky, but will it continue to be so lucky? See how long you have been hesitating? Or you want everyone to lose patience with you. Only after you ignore it Wake up?"

Angela stared blankly at Alizee in front of her. Although she still had a straight face and no expression at all, although her tone was still so indifferent and refused to reveal any emotion, the girl could still hear the seemingly mocking words. The care behind the words.

This is probably the first time that Alizee has spoken to herself like this?It is very rare.A smile suddenly appeared on the corner of the girl's mouth.She stood up a few steps and came to Lily, without saying a word, she stretched out her hands and hugged her tightly.Alizee obviously didn't expect her to have such a reaction, and was at a loss for a while.

"I know, I understand, some things will work out, they will. Just after graduation, I'm ready, don't worry." Angela closed her eyes and whispered in Lily's ear.

The room suddenly became quiet, and after a long time, Alizee pushed away Angela's arm holding her.Although there was still no expression on his face, he patted the girl's arm as if encouraging, then turned and walked out.

"By the way, Lily." Angela stopped her suddenly, and only smiled after the other party turned her head and showed a questioning look: "I forgot to say, thank you."

However, there was no answer as she expected. Alizee shrugged her shoulders and continued to walk out, until she reached the door, she turned her head and stretched out her little finger to pick her ears: "It's so strange, I actually have auditory hallucinations."

Angela rolled her eyes in addition to rolling her eyes.

As time went on, whether it was the later stages of "Crash" or Angela's schoolwork that was teetering on the edge of possible graduation, or the songs written for Vivi and Lindsay, it was getting better and better-she still didn't choose some songs in the end. The idea of ​​using it to make up the numbers is nothing more than spending some time to her anyway, as long as it doesn't delay her homework, it doesn't matter.

Of course, some things have not changed, such as Lina who is always in her field of vision.Even though most of the reporters waiting outside the city of Cambridge had withdrawn, the public's attention to her had relatively weakened a lot, and various film companies were eager to invite her to play a role.Lina was still tirelessly wandering where Angela could see, and then showed a shy smile when she cast her gaze over.

Angela, who had no choice but to turn a blind eye to it, hadn't seen her do anything aggressive except for the forced kiss for so long.Anyway, if you want to distract yourself, it's very easy. There are so many things that you can pick out at random, and that's what happens when you're tired or can't figure it out.

It's just that Lina obviously won't be satisfied with this state forever.

"Can I sit here?" The pleasant voice rang in my ears again, and Angela, who was reading a book, raised her head but couldn't help but twitched the corners of her mouth.Of course, she quickly restrained her emotions and made a gesture of invitation: "Of course."

"Thank you." Lina smiled and sat down in front of her. Frankly speaking, she was still very beautiful and cute.

"What's the matter, Lina?" Angela simply closed the book and looked at her leisurely.

"Yes," the other party nodded, and went directly to the topic without nonsense, "GLAAD plans to organize a grand parade in Boston in solidarity with several justices of the Massachusetts Supreme Court. At that time, our club will also participate. So I was thinking , can you go to the parade too, Angela?"

"Gay parade? Sorry, Lina, it's impossible. This has nothing to do with discrimination, the point is..." Angela stopped suddenly at this point, and after thinking about it for a few seconds, she asked in surprise: "What did you say just now?" ...in solidarity with the top justices of the Massachusetts Superior Court? Why?"

"Don't you know?" Lina's eyes were obviously a little surprised, "Just two weeks ago. The high court accepted a gay marriage lawsuit, and the judgment came down three days ago: gay marriage is legal! And several The justices are giving state lawmakers 180 days to amend the state's laws to finally allow gays to marry!"

Speaking of this, Lina showed a look of excitement and excitement: "This matter has caused an uproar. I heard that there have been heated discussions within the High Court and the state assembly. Think about it, if the original judgment is upheld and the law is revised If you do, Massachusetts will become the first place in the United States to allow gay marriage! God, how exciting this is!"

Seeing Lina who was almost dancing, Angela felt at a loss and didn't know what to say.During this period of time, she has been busy with her own affairs, doing triangular movements between the school, the villa, and the temporary studio, so she has no time to pay attention to other things.So it's understandable that such a big blockbuster was thrown down, and it made her dizzy.

"Do you know," Lina obviously felt that the previous news was not enough, and then threw out an even bigger one, "We are in this good situation, thanks to your "Brokeback Mountain"!"

"Thanks to... "Brokeback Mountain"?!" Angela couldn't help covering her forehead.

"Of course, if it wasn't for this movie, how could we be so united, and how could the justices of the high court consider our rights so seriously!" Lina had a frenzied expression on her face, believing that if this was not a library, she would be so united. May have jumped on the high platform to give an impassioned speech.

Angela originally wanted to say something else: Thanks to "Brokeback Mountain"?No kidding, if a movie can easily affect the legal system of a country, then political parties all over the world should make movies.

Of course, it cannot be said that this movie has no effect. After all, the previous parade in Texas and "Brokeback Mountain" are absolutely inseparable.Ten more "Brokeback Mountain" movies are of no use to the industry without major gay organizations fighting for their rights year after year.

It's just that Lina in front of her was so excited that she was afraid that it would be useless to say more, so Angela swallowed back what she was going to say.I have to say that Nat is quite right about her comments.

"Okay, Lina, I understand." Angela raised her hand and pressed it, "I always agree that homosexuals should fight for their own rights, but I still have to decline your invitation."

"Why?" Lina frowned, and then stretched it out again, "Well, if you are worried about causing unnecessary arguments, then appear as a bystander in the parade?"

"I'm sorry, this—it doesn't work either." Angela spread her hands and smiled apologetically, then raised her hands and made a stop motion before Lina tried to persuade her: "Actually, you understand why, right? "

After staring at Angela for a long while, Lina raised her hands in a somewhat dispirited manner: "That's right, frankly speaking, when I came here, I just had a ten-thousandth chance."

"I'm sorry." Angela said again, then remembered something and made a gesture to wait a moment, found the check book from the small bag she carried, wrote it skillfully and signed her name, and handed it to Li In front of Na: "Although I cannot participate in your parade, it is still possible to donate some fees to show support."

"Wow, $1000," Lina stuck out her tongue while looking at the check, "You are so generous, Angela, you know that the general teacher union membership fee is only $600 a year."

"In fact, the charitable foundation under my name donates a lot to gay rights organizations every year." Angela smiled and spread her hands.

"As expected of a rich man, he really has a lot of money." Lina said a few words, then suddenly held the girl's hands and showed a sincere expression: "Anyway, thank you for your support, Angela!"

But after a few seconds, she revealed her true colors, and stared at Angela with a hey smile: "Can I kiss you to express my gratitude?"

"Let's forget it." Angela couldn't help leaning back, and then she remembered what kind of person this eighteen or nineteen-year-old girl was.

At this time, her heart moved slightly, and after a few seconds of hesitation, she finally asked: "Lina, can you tell me why you always turn around in my sight every time I appear in school?" ?”

"You finally thought of asking me?" Lina showed an exaggerated expression, "I thought you would never come to ask me."

"What?" Angela, who had outlined countless possible answers in her mind, suddenly felt dizzy, but Lina's next sentence gave her the urge to vomit blood again.

"Of course I did this to pick you up." While replying plausibly, the other party showed a typical shy expression. This huge contrast made it impossible to pass out even if he didn't want to.

"Pick me up?" Angela said weakly.

"Of course, although I want to date people, such as the chairman of our club or your roommate, but for you I can throw them all away!" Lina vowed in an extremely serious tone, but the corner of her mouth And with a little sly smile.

Before Angela could react, she tapped on the table lightly: "Okay, that's it. I'm going back."

After standing up, she leaned close to Angela's ear and whispered, "Although I know the hope is slim, I will always work hard with the goal of dating you."

Kissing the girl's cheek with lightning speed, Lina covered her mouth and smirked and ran away.Unprepared, Angela could only sit on her seat and stare blankly. After a long while, she gave the spectators around her a hard look and was about to lower her head to continue reading when she suddenly froze.

At some point, Natalie was leaning on a bookshelf not far away with her arms folded, looking at herself with a smile that was not a smile.