Page 4 of Endeavor

Kate: Cheer up!! If it helps, I’ll fly you out here for spring break!!

Me: In a private jet?

Kate: Duh

Me: OK, that is making me feel a little better.

Kate: See? Things are already looking up!

Me: LOL! Love ya!

Kate: (kissy emoji face)

I put my phone in my pocket as I check my emails in the TA office. I get another text and smile when I see it’s Quinlan.

Quinlan: How’s your first week going?

Me: It’s been busy! Thanks for checking in!

Quinlan: Sure! I have some time later today if you want to grab a drink and chat about classes.

Me: YES!!

Quinlan: OK, then. I’ll send you a link to this cute little bar near campus.

Me: Perfect! I’m super stressed and could use a drink. I have to go meet Blythe Daniels. She’s talking in Dr. Elliott’s class today.

Quinlan: Of course you are, you’re in grad school. LOL! And I love Blythe! She’s great. Dad is friends with her. Tell her I said hello.

Me: Will do. See you later.

I place my phone in my pocket, shaking my head at the fact that Quinlan knows Blythe. Sometimes LA is like living on a weird planet where celebrities are around every corner.

I walk down to the front doors of the building and then around back. There’s a private parking area there for specially permitted vehicles, like all of our high-profile guest lecturers. I’m surprised when I find a Tesla and not some giant, black, tinted-window SUV. Blythe opens her own door and steps out to greet me.

“You must be Miss Baldwin,” she says with a warm smile as she extends her hand to me.

I shake it and nod. “Yep. That’s me. Do you have everything you need? If so, I can show you up to the classroom.”

“That would be great, thank you.”

She grabs a stylish oversized bag out of the car and then leans in to say something to the man in the driver’s seat who nods at her.

“This way,” I say as she turns back to me.

“So, I take it you’re working with Dr. Elliott?”

“Yes. I’m his TA for the course and a grad student.”

“What are studying?” she asks as I open the door for her.

“I’m working on a masters in cinema and media studies, but my focus is on documentary filmmaking.”

Her eyes light up as I say that. “Documentary?”

I nod. “I’m actually getting ready to film one.”

“What’s it about?”

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