Breakfast at the Ivy (Harvey)

[HALEY MARIE ATKINSON]

The morning were usually the harshest part of the day for Haley especially after a night of hard partying and drinking. The girl usually woke up with headache and no motivation to do anything, but today that attitude had to change. She did not know what she had been thinking when,she had decided to go the Ivy for breakfast and to drink Mimosas. Haley just sight, she had to get her act together and get bath and dress before going to the Ivy. She had to hurry,the girl was not usual very quick during the morning,but today it had to change because she had to be in the Ivy quick, she could not looked her best.After all, the breakfast at the Ivy was an event to raise money for a campaign to use healthy models in fashion shoots, Haley wonder sometimes why did she get into this things? She just sight,she did not even know why she did these things sometimes, but she had committed now there was no backing out of it.

The girl came out of the shower,she now needed to fix herself before people arrived here. Haley took off the towel off her body, as she looked around in her room for something to wear to this breakfast.If it was summer,the girl would be wearing a sun dress and bikini but it was winter,so she had to choose something different. Haley got dress in a cute Dior top, low rise jeans and fur coat, she hated being all dressed up for breakfast. She was usually in Pjs and flip-flops and her night shirt. Daphne smiled as she took the elevator to the first floor. Her maid approached her and informed her that her limo was ready for her.

She walked to her limo and her driver held the door open for her, she slid in and just smiled. Haley pour herself a glass of champagne and just relaxed as her limousine left her Bel Air mansion.Minutes later,it pulled up to the front of The Ivy, the girl got out and quickly was mobbed by paparrazi. She smiled at the cameras snapping pictures as the security guards cleared her way into the restaurant. Haley smiled as she made her way inside, she grabbed a Mimosa and started mingling.

[harveylanesykes]

The only thing worse then having to get up early in the morning for a meeting was having to get up while starting to receive heroine withdraw and hung over from the excessive drinking the night before. He wanted a fix badly but he knew that he wasn't going to be able to get one until he was done this meeting the stupid producer that wanted to badly meet him organized. Being a producer the man probably never slept in the past month so the time he met somebody didn't matter to him, even if the early morning kicked the other persons ass. Like all producers as well though the man was so busy that he was late for the meeting and Harvey was left waiting there in the restaurant waiting for him.

The first thing he did when he got there was ordered get some rye on the rocks. Most people when waking up took a coffee or a good meal but not guys like Harvey, somebody like him needed strong magic to keep him awake. He also wore large sunglasses to protect himself from the sun. He didn't care if they lacked fashion, unlike most of the big name actors that came through here the paparazzis never cared about him unless he was on the red carpet with a new movie. There he was a completely different happy man, thank god he had to only fake that a couple of times a year.

As the photographers all used their flash even the sunglasses couldn't help Harvey, they gave him a pinching headache and it made him get another glass of rye to drink away the pain. He also yelled at the photographers holding the glass in his hand. "What the hell do you need to use a flash for in the middle of the day?" Some of them laughed at him that heard him but most just ignored him, more obsessed with getting picture. Finishing off that drink Harvey could already feel the buzz as he went up to go get another, brushing Haley as he passed her and went to get the drink. He didn't know who she was, he didn't pay attention to any modern music and only knew the well known actresses. He stuck out from the crowd because he was probably the only person at the Ivy that didn't seem to notice her presence.

[HALEY MARIE ATKINSON]

Haley was not one to be usually at events so early in the morning,but charity and philantrophy she did anything. Because there was nothing that could look better than being front page of magazine for helping out a worthy cause. Did Haley care she had to get up so early?Yeah she did but it was the price she had to pay to keep on top, she had promise to show up and she could not back out of it at the last moment. The event needed her star power and as a model, she though this was good cause. It would set an example for younger girls that wanted be models,that they did not need skinny and bonny to break in,you could be yourself and still have a career. But at least that is how Haley though,hopefully the rest of the industry did too.

And she loved the spotlight,there was no place she would not go that she did not want be notice. Sure,sometimes the tabloid wrote crap about her,but she was used to it. They usually wrote crap about everybody even if it was not true,it was their way to keep float. The only thing,the girl detested was when the press hounded and camped out to glimpse of her, when she did not want be seen. The girl needed her private life,it was not everything about the glitz and glamor even the magazines though so.And she detested all the cameras in her face, as she tried to walk in,she was here for charity not to promote her album.But the little bit of publicity,she was getting it would not hurt with her new album coming soon.

Haley smiled as she mingled with a couple people and just answered few questions as she walked around. She looked up as she was called up to the podium to say few words,the girl just smiled to the crowd and said few words and continued mixing.It was not her sort of crowd,but it was price to pay for fame. Haley looked at a guy that had brushed with her few minutes earlier, she knew who he was, a big shot director, the girl had seen him around her Father's movie lots a couple times. She approached him as she finished her Mimosa and grabbed another one, the girl looked at him for a minute,
Aren't you Harvey Sykes the director?I was wondering if you were interested of working with me in my next music video?"

[harveylanesykes]

As he got his drink Harvey then continued to look around the place for the director he was suppose to meet at the Ivy. As he looked around though he noticed he was right in the middle of some sort of charity event and it wasn't just a casual morning breakfast at the Ivy, there was something going on. He hoped he was going to be forced and guilt tripped into giving money because it would be awkward when he would reject them in front of their faces. As he saw the event unfold though he noticed this event had nothing to do with it though, it mostly had to do with saying a charities name every so often while spot lighting a major celebrity of some sort. In this case it happened to be the Haley Atkinson girl who he guessed was a singer because he would have known if she was an actress, and models usually didn't receive attention like this. Plus they were playing some sort of pop music as she made her way up to the podium, he was guessing a small tidbit of her new music.

Downing his drink as she talked at the front he took advantage of the fact that nobody was no longer paying attention to the bar and there were no lineups. When even the bartender started to pay attention to her he knocked on the table. "Hey dude, you still working here?" The bartender wasn't pleased by his comment but Harvey cared little. He wanted alcohol not to listen to somebody speak. The bartender knew exactly what he wanted to because Harvey had ordered a number of them now so it could be done in a matter of seconds.

Getting his rye on the rocks he was glad he was now starting to feel drunk, it made all the other terrible feelings around him go away. Unlike most people who acted worse when less sober, it was what he usually relied on to get him through the day and actually acted better around people. He even didn't mind the mindless dribble of talk going on anymore, most of it was blanked out anyway. Finally the whole thing seemed to be done and he looked at his watch once again, wanting to get out of there soon. Suddenly the person who had been at the front talking before that everyone saw as important was talking to him. She knew his name and seemed to ask him to direct a music video. He wasn't so negative in his head anymore, he was happy to get a good gig any time. "Your uhh.." It took him a second to remember her name, he had only just learned it when she was introduced to the stage. "Haley Atkinson."

When she asked him that question it suddenly occurred to him. The producer brought him here to meet Haley to set him up. If the producer had just told him so he wouldn't have come because he wouldn't want to get up in the morning but if he said it was an important meeting he would go. Harvey was different from the rest and that producer knew it, he knew how to play games with Harvey for his own good and Harv just had to go along with it. "A music video you say? Which song did you have in mind? And would we need to develop a script or do you have one set already?" He was going to be asking her a lot of questions, expecting a solid answer right away. If she didn't know what she was doing neither would he.

Taking off his sunglasses for the first time he looked her in the eyes. "Before I commit to anything though are you prepared to work with me? Are you an artist? I work with professionals, not divas. I'm not going to have any trouble on set with you will I?" It may have been rude to ask that but he did anyway. The last thing he wanted to work with was a diva who refused to do everything because she'd rather paint her toenails. He didn't want to waste his time on them. He wanted to only work with professionals.

[HALEY MARIE ATKINSON]

The girl had reputation around LA,not all of it was true,some of it was true. But it really did not matter,when it came to her career,she was serious about what she had done. Growing up,she had heard stories of musicians that gone up too fast,only to see their fame burned quickly because they did not keep in top of their game. Haley was determined that was not going happen to her,sure at times she acted like diva but when it came to work,she was as professional as they come.Sure,she wanted things done her way but what artist didnt?Her music was her life and her canva, she wanted to be the one to say what she wanted on her cd.If people consider that her being diva,then a diva she was.

She wanted to get out already and hit Venice beach and just relax by the beach and get tan.But apparently her tan and the beach had to wait,her morning at the Ivy was not done. According to the text,she had received from her publicist,she still had to mingle and maybe do couple interviews.Not something,she was particulary looking forward to, but she knew they came with the game,when she had sign up to do charity event. All the extras were part of her appearance here,sure girl would get a hefty pay check for it but that was not happening,she was just happy to contribute.

Haley looked at Harvey as she put her Mimosa down and grabbed another one. It was good thing for champagne and orange juice,they helped her get through this stressful morning. The morning was truly stressful,make up, hair and clothes all had to be done early even though she had arrived home near close to 6 am. It was last time,she booked an experience for so early in the morning, it was too rushed for her liking. She liked to have time relax and just take it easy before an appearance not the rush rush of the charity event.

The girl had an idea what her music video should look like or even where she wanted to do it. It was not really very complicated, that is why she needed good director so he could put in his touch to it. The only thing,she wanted was to include her Fab 5 friends in the video, it was something she being wanted to do since her last CD.And now that she had more artistic control over her music and videos,she decided she was going do it. Haley smiled,
"Yeah,I have an idea in mind,since the song is very girl power, I wanted filmed it somewhere in LA if not we can use movie backlot, I don't mind whichever you prefer. But the only thing is I wanted to include my Fab 5 friends in the video."

She looked at him and just gave him one of her trademarks stare for couple minutes."I'm willing to work with you even accomadate to your schedule. I'm an artist, I'm not a diva. The only thing is I have my private trailer.I'm committed to this video completely."Haley smiled as she drank her mimosa and looked at him.

[harveylanesykes]

He liked what this girl had to offer so he nodded his head in agreement to everything she said. He had no idea who the fab5 were but he was sure that he'd eventually find out. If they were celebrities then they were a local draw which was always a plus in promotion. In one way they were all artists but even more so they were all capitalist because of the way the industry ran.

As he noticed her defending the project still he wanted to change that attitude. Now that he was on board he wanted to be excited about the project, if he wasn't excited then neither would she be. "When are you available to meet next? I can work with your schedule, we can figure out when we could meet. This process is going to take a bit of time but I think if we start by drawing storyboards of what we want it to exactly look like we can then figure out what locations we need from there." He hadn't realized who her father was yet but even think he was still determined to get whatever place they needed for shooing the music video. He wanted to use more then just a back parking lot.

Even when they were just talking and he hadn't even heard the song yet ideas were already flowing through his head about what they could do. First they needed to work things out in private though where there weren't distractions. He could see she was busy after all with her event, he didn't blame her because it was what she had to do every day but still was not the best place for them to talk while people took photos of her around her. He put out his hand to shake hers. "We gotta go through a lot, not just the vision of the video but preparation to. If your serious about this I'll have my secretary call your manager and work it out from there, does that sound good?" Along with being a director he was always a bit of a producer to, taking the initiative when he had to and always knowing what to do in order to do it right. We got ourselves a deal Haley?"

The idea of directing a music video excited him. He had never done it before, only musicals, so he at the very least had the experience to direct music videos since musicals were always a series of them. He would have to listen to the song she wanted to make a video of. Perhaps listen to her entire new album to get a feel of it to be prepared. "What is the song title that your interested in putting to video?"

[HALEY MARIE ATKINSON]

The Fab 5 were her girls,they kept her sane and kept somewhat grounded. As much grounded as girl of her status could have. Haley tried to be down to earth as possible even though she admitted it was hard. The girl did not want her fame to get into her head,sure she was famous but that was not everything. Fame was just part of her,it was not even most important of her. And today,she showed another side,her philantrophist side,she was willing to help out good causes.

Haley quickly looked down at her I-Phone and started checking her calendar to see where was going be tomorrow. The girl usually did not know her schedule,she had to keep checking it to make sure,she did not forget anything that she had to do,it would be bad to miss an appearance or even a show. Haley looked at him,
"Hmnmm...tomorrow is good for me. Just call me in my cellphone, I might be either X-treme production studios finishing an ad campaign, I'm in or if I'm not there you can find me in the Paramount/MGM back lots,just tell security guard you are guest of Miss Haley Atkinson."She smiled and paused,"I trust you,you are director so whatever we need to do,I can set time apart for it and just work on it with you.It is no problem,I can block off time to spent on the video."That is one thing,she liked about flexibility of her schedule it allowed her to move things around with no problem,so she could book extra things in it.She smiled as she finished her Mimosa and just grabbed another one.

Haley wanted to get this video done,she almost done with her album and wanted to create buzz for it before it hit stores. That is why,she wanted to do music video for lead single,it was good to have buzz around the album,it create more record sales and more appearance,that was all good for her music."Tell your secretary to call my publicist, we can meet up in the X-treme production and just sit down and talk about the video. I can reserve couple of lots of the Paramount/MGM movie studios for the video without no problem,I can make simple phone call."She shook his hand and smiled,"We got deal."

The girl was actually looking forward to the video,it was something she wanted to do. And now with her new album,she could put her concepts into reality. Haley smiled and looked at him,
"The song is called Not like that."

[harveylanesykes]

"Good, because we need to spend a lot of time on this video to make it perfect. Or at least I need to spend at least a little bit of time with you to figure out what you want so I can spend all of my time to make it perfect if you don't have enough time. Before we meet try to get some sort of idea of script together. I myself will listen to the song as much as I can. If it's not released it I'll get a copy of it." Even if she believed her song was secure he always had his connections and way of getting a copy of what he needed when he needed it, especially when it had to do with promoting something from Renegade Studios.

As he was talking to her he suddenly noticed that the producer he was planning to meet finally arrived in the doors and he was guessing their meeting was still a go. This wasn't just some big maniacal plan to get him a good gig, the producer was just late. He was now distracted from their conversation because he was now focused on why he was meeting the producer. It was for his full length film so he would focus on one thing at a time. "It's good to meet you Haley. We'll do the calls as needed but your probably busy shaking hands with people you'll never meet again and getting your picture taken by the picture rats so I'll let you be. I have to head off. I'll see you later." From that he was so busy he didn't even say goodbye to her or hear what she had to say as he walked off towards the producer that just walked in the door.

As he walked there he put his sunglasses back on and shook the hand of the producer, saying something excited before putting his arm around the producer and walking with him. He seemed to be very passionate about what he was talking about although the producer did not seem as enthusiastic.

[HALEY MARIE ATKINSON]

Haley just smiled at him as she finished her drink,she have an idea what to do for that video before that first meeting.It wasnt going be too hard,she just had to think for a little and see what she wanted to do for the song since she wanted to include the Fab 5 in it. But the inclusion of her girls in the video,meant she had to fit them someway that they fit with the song and it's theme.Not something,she was used to doing but something she had to learn if she wanted to continue being on the top.Haley smiled,
"Time,I got but I seriously I want the video done before my single comes out.I want the video to be preview to my single."

The girl saw him walked off to meet with some big shot,she headed to do few more interviews and take few pictures.This was such the life when you were the star of the event,you had too many responsabilities. That is why at times, the girl just wanted to be invited not be the center of attention. Even though at times,she had to admit it felt good having all cameras and media concentrated on you and asking you questions. It was good publicity for her music and her clothing line,being lavish with gifts for helping out,it was always a positive thing.

As Haley came out of her last interview,she smiled as she noticed the producer that Harvey was talking to. She strolled confidently and gave the man a kiss in the cheek and just smiled as she looked into his eyes. Haley looked at him and giggled,
"Hey,daddy!I did not expect you here,this is not your sort of event. I know you are philanthropist but I did not expect you in charity event for models.But is nice to see you though."She paused and looked shock,
"Oh,daddy I can't believe you did not tell me that you knew Harvey Sykes especially since you knew I was looking for director for my music video.Well,I got good news Harvey is going direct my video."She gave him a smile and she grabbed another mimosa.

[harveylanesykes]

When she told him that news the producer looked over at Harvey with a bit of an eyebrow raised. He was going to direct his daughters music video? He didn't really look like the type but at least. Harvey really didn't want to get into this though because the details still weren't final including things with unions and if they would be even able to make it. He also wanted to focus on his project right now since it was what he came here to do. "Well anyways I'm out, thanks for the extra funding in preproduction, I promise not to disappoint you." Shaking the producers hand he then waved at Haley. "I'll see you later doll. Enjoy the rest of your event."

Perhaps what he disliked the least were the dumb photographers taking pictures of the two together or just dumb photographers taking pictures of him in such a state at the moment. He looked like he had just woken out of bed because he seriously had just woken out of bed. After shaking the producers hand he walked towards the door. A photographer was in his way and he just walked into the guys cameras and body until the guy moved out of the way. Exiting the building to go work the rest of the day on paperwork and phone calls with his secretary. After these two short meetings today with the Atkinson's he had a lot of work to go do now.