I was sitting at the counter of a diner where I normally have breakfast every morning. Someone tapped me on the shoulder and asked if the seat next to mine was taken. I turned around and was looking at a face I recognized. She was an actress I will call Sally. I don't wish to use her real name. If I said her name or if you saw her photo you would know her immediately. I guess I was a bit shocked, but I told her that no one was sitting there. Sally told me that she was shooting a movie here in town. She had seen the diner and decided to check it out.
Sally introduced herself. I told her I knew who she was. I told her my name was Tommy. Sally had her breakfast of juice and toast, and I had my usual sausage and eggs. Sally was in a hurry that morning. As she was leaving, she asked if I might like to visit the movie set. I figured this might be my one chance to see what goes on behind the camera. Sally told me she would have a pass for me to enter the movie location when I got there.
A couple hours later I was standing watching Sally shoot her movie. After they had finished a scene, Sally saw me standing there. She came over and asked me what I thought. I told her it was all very interesting. Actually I was sort of bored. There is a lot of wasted time and effort on a movie shoot, I found out. Sally didn't have much time, but she asked me if I would have dinner with her that evening. I was wondering what she could want from a local boy like me, but I didn't question it too hard.
The place we were to meet was the restaurant at the hotel she was staying at. This hotel was the most expensive in town and the restaurant was first class. I went home and got cleaned up and dressed. I arrived at the time she told me to. Sally came walking up to me and she was all smiles. This was a woman who didn't need makeup or a wardrobe to look sexy. She had it all going for her. Sally was blonde and she had a knockout body. I think she was about twenty three years old at the time.
We sat down and ordered our food and drinks. After the waiter left, Sally reached out and took my hand in hers.
"Tommy, if I ask you something, will you tell me the truth?" Sally inquired.
"Of course," I said.
"Do you find me attractive?" Sally asked of me.
I almost started to laugh, until I saw Sally's face. She was dead serious. Sally told me that in Hollywood, she was constantly being told how beautiful or how smart she was. There was so much bullshit, she hardly knew what to believe anymore. She wanted an honest answer from someone who didn't have a vested interest in her career.
"Sally, we don't see many woman like you, walk down the streets of our fair city," I told her.