"David Heyman, producer of Harry Potter films and J. K. Rowling herself wants a meeting with you." Said Pandora raising her brows with excitement.
Cara on the side mumbled something which nobody paid attention to.
"WHAT? WHY?" exclaimed Matt, these names were the last things he had expected to hear from her.
Charles ignored the boy and started focusing on new biscuit, he wanted to be out from this discussion.
Pandora gave a signal to Eva who looked 'surprised'.
"Yes, Pandora, what does they want from little Matt" said Eva. She was good but not enough to fool her son.
'They are at it again!' thought Matt, his head was already feeling dizzy.
'little!' as he was about to say, he was interrupted.
"Well, ask Cara" said Pandora pointing towards the girl who was grinning towards Matt.
She looked towards Eva, "Aunty, When we were shooting Chamber of secrets, Joanna.. Ms Rowling, talked to me about Matt, she askede a lot of things about him"
"And it turns out she wants you to play some character in the next film" completed Pandora.
"But.. how does she even know about me?" Asked Matt
'Should I? No no no Matt, acting and shit is not for you, stick to football, but these women!' thought Matt, who had already made up his mind to refuse.
"She had seen you with Cara at the premier of first film" replied Pandora.
Matt sighed, "N-"
"Before you refuse, think about it, it's just a meeting, it's not like you have been casted already. They'll be here in 2 hours, all we want you to is greet them, that's it" said Eva interrupting him.
He shook his head, "N-"
"It will be fun, you can get your books signed by J. K Rowling, get pictures with her" said Pandora.
He looked at the watch, it was past 5.
'They invited them for dinner' he thought and looked at Pandora.
"A-"
"Emma, Dan, Tom, Rupert and my other friends are coming to" said Cara again stopping him.
"LET ME TALK! let me talk!" He said, face red, his voice breaking a little.
"Okay, calm down, calm down, it's alright, here" said Eva hugging Matt.
Realising his outburst he wiped snot with his shirt's sleeve and broke the hug.
"I am going to my room" he said walking away.
Pandora sighed, while Cara was giggling, looking at Matt's departure.
"You young lady! You did that on purpose" said Pandora grabbing Cara's ear.
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(Matt's pov)
It was mess, why do I always do this, maybe I should set boundaries, say aunty that I don't want any of that.
I can't do that can I? What should I do.
'Its just a meeting nothing is decided yet, I'm gonna go and eat, talk with Rowling and Dan, he seems like a cool dude when he got older, then return to my room
"That's sounds fine"
I get up from my bed and decided to chill, the jersey I had brought has been layed out on my study table.
I was planning to show everyone but Cara ruined it.
"I'm going to make her cry.. nah that would be childish and I'm not a kid"
As she had grown we became more distant, she went to her friends, became a world famous child actor, and I was just Matt.
That gaze which she gives me, of how I will never be good as her, makes me kind of mad but I always brush it of, cause she's just 12.
Plus I plan on changing the world upside down, and then we'll see.
"MATT come down, guests have arrived!" Said Eve knocking the door.
"Coming"
I changed into a white Polo Tshirt, and baggy cream joggers, simple, elegant.
My head was still a little wet, which made my hair more messy, I didn't dare try to style them, from past experiences I know that it'll get me nowhere.
Coming down, I see kids.. a lot of them.
I could recognise some, the main cast was there, ginny and her twin brothers were there, I don't know there real names.
All the kids were sitting on the sofa while adults occupied chairs.
Mom was sitting next to Aunt, and Rowling, while Dad uncle and David was sitting on another.
Both the groups were not paying any attention to the kids conversation.
Cara was talking with Emma and 'ginny' while the boys were on themselves.
'What a terrible day to be home, I should have just gone to Jack's house if I had known about this'
"Oh there he is, Matt, this is Ms Rowling, and Mr David Heyman, introduced Matt's father.
Ladies who was too busy now we're looking at him curiously.
"Nice to meet you Mr Heyman, Ms Rowling," I greeted them both.
"Oh deary, call me Joanne, here come here" she said prompting me to sit beside her.
I walk towards her and sat down while she didn't take her eyes of me, she looked creepy.
"Easy there Joanne you are scaring the boy" said David with a laugh.
It's not funny old man, he was wearing a black blazer and jeans, he looked like a salesman who would sell a overpriced to dumb rich people.
"Hush, David, let me observe him, I told you he is perfect" she said with a grin.
Perfect, for what lady?
"Hmmn, I can see it, but he's short" said David making Pandora and Eva laugh.
"I'm not short" I said instinctively, I'm 11 for god's sake, nobody's taller than me at the academy, I'm not short.
"Yes yes, you're not. It's just the character you will be playing is taller" said Rowling.
"You haven't told us about the character Joanne? What has got you so worked up?" Asked Aunty, she eyed Rowling curiously.
"Ahh, it's one of the best character Pandora, a character that would signify the terrible things which would come, he would become the symbol of innocence, and his death would start a war" she said all that with one breath and honestly I was impressed by her speech.
Even the kids had heard her, she was loud, they glanced at us, clearly paying attention to our conversation.
"Cedric driggory, she wants you to play" said David straightforwardly, without cryptic shit.
She wants me to play driggory! Ah I can see the resemblance, I look a lot like pattinson anyway.
So they haven't found him yet.
"That! Isn't he the senior of Harry who dies after triwizard tournament!" Exclaimed Eva, yes my mother is a potterhead.
"So that's why David called you short" said Uncle smiling.
"Yes, Cedric is described as tall, handsome and kind hufflepuf boy, and his death would make the next films more impactful and dark" said David.
"Wait, aren't you guys shooting prisoner of Askaban right now?" I asked.
Only two films has been released and there was no mention of Cedric in the Askaban movie.
"Yes yes, the shooting starts in February, and that's why we are here, I want you to be in some scenes, in the background. And in the next film you will be Hogwarts champion" said Rowling.
There's a certain edge to her, I guess only someone as her on the edge can bring such a world to real life.
"6 scenes to be precise, I have discussed with screenwriter and director, you have scenes with cho chang and Weasley twins to be exact.. that's all I can tell you right now" said David.
"Aren't you guys going to audition me for the role ? I don't know how to act?" I said confused.
They are quite confident, even disscused with director.
"Nah, you are perfect deary, I don't want anyone else play Cedric. I have heard quite a lot about you from Cara, You play sport like him, your looks match him perfectly" she said with a hint of madness in her eyes.
"And about acting, you will attend a 3 weeks workshop before we begin filming, you will get a personalized trainer for your scenes, don't worry about it" said David shaking his hand.
"But you can't make him taller can you?" Came a voice of a girl, I looked behind to see Emma Watson who was sitting with Cara had spoken.
The 'Weasley' twins laughed hard, other's were a little tamed.
She was wearing a pink hoodie, and a dark purple scarf, a little arrogance was in her eyes which she masked quite quickly.
"Oh we can, as I said don't worry about anything, we just want to know, would you be willing to play Cedric driggory" David said as he looked towards me for an answer.
I looked towards my dad who blinked and smiled, leaving the decision to myself, I guess he thinks of me as a smart kid.
Ignoring my mom who was practically begging me to say yes with her eyes I looked towards Rowling.
"I have few questions before I say yes." I said to which her smile widen.
"I have my football academy, matches I want to play, what if the shooting dates collide with them" I asked
"What! You are getting opportunity to act in Harry Potter movie! And you want to play football" exclaimed Rupert with shock.
"You got them priorities wrong mate" said One twin.
Everyone ignored both of them, as David cleared his throat.
"Now that is a problem, it's just an academy practice matches, you can surely skip them" said David slowly.
"No, it's no from my side" I said with finality. Ah, I should have asked this from the start.
There was an instant reaction from my side. The kid cast looked shocked hearing my words, to them I was an idiot wasting away a golden opportunity.
"You're cousin is mental Cara" whispered 'ginny' but it got so quiet that everyone heard her.
"He's perfect! Look how he didn't think for a second, he's a badger, I will talk to director, your scenes will be filmed seperately, I'll cover the extra expenses of necessary, but please don't say no" said Rowling, her hand was on my shoulder.
"As I said I won't compromise with football, if you get get past that I will do it" , there's no way any director would change his filming schedule for one kid.
"Ahh that's great, I'll talk to the director tomorrow! And if don't agree we can ask someone else to direct the movie! Finally we have Cedric driggory!" Exclaimed Rowling, she was hugging me from the side.
I could smell her expensive perfume, she looked a little tired up close.
"She's mental too" whispered Cara.
"Cara dear why don't you show your friends you're paintings in your room" said my mother. Cara had a seperate room in our house, she loved the way mom spoiled her so she stayed here for months.
Her eyes widen She excitedly took all her friends upstairs.
David sighed, I guess he wanted to convince me to relax on football, but gave up now.
"Well fix a official contract and meet in February, Daniel can I have your card?" Asked David looking at father.
"Sure" said father handing him his buisness card.
"Well that's done! Now Matt, tell me about your football! What position do you play?" Asked excited Joanne.
"I play as attacking midfielder and striker, I'm good at both"
"That's good, I remember your father used to play midfielder at school, right Dany?" Asked uncle Charles.
"What! I didn't know that" I exclaimed genuinely surprised.
"We'll I wasn't as good as you, I've seen you crush other teams" replied Daniel with a laugh.
I feelt a little embarassed, it was rare for dad to praise me like this in front of so many people.
"Aww look he's blushing" said Aunt Pandora from the side.
"No!" I said getting up and running away towards my room.
"Hahah" I could hear their laughter in the background.
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"And he was like LET ME TALK LET ME TALK" came voice of Cara from her room, which was followed by laughter.
I paused, Cara's was seriously trying too hard, I should just go to sleep.
"Hahaha and did you hear him, I can't compromise with football, like he's some player, he plays at an academy where like 1 kid make it to the first team, and I'm sure he's not him" said a voice that I recognise, it was the orange baffun. Again there was laughter.
"C'mon Rupert, he's just a kid" came a calm voice.
"A kid that needs reality check" replied a girl, yup that was Emma.
"I didn't like his attitude either" said a voice that I don't recognise this time.
"Seriously, I bet he would quit playing before our last film get's released" said Emma, this time her voice came louder.
Cara is family, but these shits are not.
I opened the door and saw everyone sitting in a big circle, there were snacks and juice bottles in the middle.
"Here's comes the footballer" said one of the twins making everyone laugh again.