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Today was the beginning of The Color Purple press tour and I was overjoyed. Being a part of this amazing film and bonding with all these incredible artists was truly a blessing for me.
I was the first to arrive to our interview for the morning, making sure that everything was going smoothly with how the actors would be accommodated during these long hours.
The first person to arrive was Danielle who was accompanied by Corey, Coleman and Blitz. They were early as always, chatting around with everyone as we waited for Taraji and Fantasia to arrive. We still had about an hour before the interview actually began so I wasn't worried about them not making it on time.
About twenty minutes later Fantasia walked in with a smile, I could tell it was forced though, she's been having a rough time. I greeted her with a smile and hug before leading her over where everyone else was.
Taraji entered a few minutes after her with a bright smile. After greeting me she ran straight to Fantasia and engulfed her in a tight hug. I stood to the side, watching them with a smile as they embraced each other lovingly.
They pulled away and looked at each other with wide smiles, their eyes twinkling as they did so. A feeling of recognition washed over me as I studied their gazes.
The gaze of fools too foolish to realize they're in love.
I was snatched out of my thoughts by the journalist saying they were ready to interview the actors, Blitz and I would be interviewed together at the end.
The ladies were up first and the chemistry between them was spilling over into the room.
I watched the actions between Fantasia and Taraji. The gazes, the soft caresses, the smiles, told me everything I needed to know.
It's like everyone in the room knew but them and it made everything even better.
Soon it was Blitz and I's turn to be interviewed, answering all the questions that they had for us before going to our next interview of the day.
We repeated these actions until about five o'clock in the evening when we all decided to grab dinner together.
We traveled to Ruth Chris, getting one of the private rooms in the back so we could enjoy each other's company without the interruption of fans.
The entire dinner I watched how Taraji and Fantasia interacted with each other. Taraji, handling Fantasia with gentleness and Fantasia giving Taraji endless admiration and compliments.
"They haven't even got a clue." I mumbled to myself lowly with a laugh. Danielle, who was sitting next to me laughed.
"Tell me about it. It gets a little annoying how clueless they are." She whispered back to me causing me to look over at her.
"What's taking them so long to realize it?" I asked getting a shrug in response.
"I don't know but if nothing happens by the movie premiere I'm seeing them up." She said causing me to become intrigued.
"I don't think it'll take that long for them to realize it."I responded as I glanced back at the two women.
"I probably sound crazy as hell cause you're Oprah but I'm willing to be money on it that it will take them at least until New Year's to realize they love each other in the same sense." She said with a laugh that caused me to laugh as well.
"Well I must sound crazier because you got yourself a bet." I said causing her to look at me with wide eyes.
"Okay let's go over terms and conditions because I honestly don't have money to be betting with Oprah." She said making me laugh.
"Danielle it could be as low as a dollar, I don't care about the money." I said shaking my head.
"Okay we're just gonna do two-fifty. Let's shake on it." She said holding out her hand.
"You got yourself a deal." I said with a smile as I shook her hand.
"What y'all over there talking about?" Taraji asked causing us to look over at them. Fantasia's head was resting on her shoulder as her nails ran through the curls on the top of her head.
Danielle and I glanced at each other with knowing smirks before I answered.
"Just some Sophia business." I said with a smile. They looked at us quizzically before looking at each other.
"Sophia business you say? Why can't it be Sophia, Shug and Celie business?" Fantasia asked playfully.
"Cause it seems like Celie and Shug got some business off their own." Danielle replied before taking a sip of her drink.
I watched Fantasia playfully roll her eyes as Taraji's cheeks slightly turned pink.
"Girl whatever, you know we stuck like glue. She couldn't get rid of me even if she wanted to." Taraji said as she rested her head on Fantasia's.
"Good thing I don't want to huh?" Fantasia said as she wrapped her arm around Taraji's waist.
I looked over at Danielle with a smile before tapping on my watch.
