Nico Jensen
"Mom, I'm in the middle of filming... Yes, it's supposed to be this early in the morning... What? No, I didn't forget... Mom. Mom. Listen. My schedule is pretty much booked for today. But I promise to make time to meet her... Tonight? No, that's not possible. Unless you want her to wait for me until really late in the night... No, I'm not going back on my word. I'm just really busy. We have only a few days left to finish this movie and I can't afford to slack off." Nico was already feeling a little annoyed by how much his mother was pushing this arranged marriage thing. If only she wasn't sick...
"...invitations and your wedding suit." Lena's voice in the phone cut through her son's thoughts.
Invitations... and... wedding suit... Nico repeated the words slowly in his head. Wait. How did the conversation end up where it did?
"Wait, what? No. Mom! I may have agreed with your crazy idea but I'm NOT sending out wedding invitations and picking up a suit just yet. I haven't even met her..." He sighed as his mother went on another tirade.
"My reputation? Huh? Where did that come from? No, I don't have any illicit affairs going on with Nina. She's my co-star... Yeah, I'll be unattached when I go meet her. Mom, you--"The actor fell to exasperated silence as he listened to his mother shift from being too paranoid about his supposedly affair with the actress he was starring with to excitedly yammering about a beautiful church wedding and grandchildren... How many did she say? 8? He figured it was best to just let her say what she wanted, regretting trying to argue with her once again.
Dad's right. When she gets going, there's really no stopping her... And so the 24 year old patiently waited until his mother tire herself out or something else catches her attention.
"Oh, your father is here, dear. I'll talk to you later," she finally said. But it took a few more minutes of wedding before she finally let up and bid her son a good day before hanging up.
Nico stared incredulously at his phone, shaking his head at what he had agreed to.
"Nico, you ready?" the director called out.
The movie star looked up, handed his assistant his phone and nodded.
"Yeah, let's do this," he answered and walked up to the set.