Before The Throne {The Prequel to Kingdom} {An Eminem Story}

Chapter One.

*June 2003*

Thursday

4:00 p.m.

Los Angeles, California

"Alright, let's take it from the top!" Chris Stokes called out from his director's chair, "Action!"

Alexis walked down the sidewalk with her co-star Jennifer Freeman as the camera followed them. She heard a horn honk and saw Omarion getting out of his car, approaching closer to them.

"Who you blowing your horn at?!' Alexis chastised him.

"Hey." Jennifer smiled at him.

"We are ladies, ok? You are supposed to say, 'Excuse me, miss.'"

"Excuse me, miss. How are you today?" Omarion greeted them politely.

"Now, you see? That was much better." Alexis smiled.

"What are you doing here?" Jennifer asked him.

"Oh, I came to pick up my girl from work. What about you? Where you goin'?"

"Wherever my man wants to take me."

"Oh, ok then." He smiled, opening the door for her.

Omarion looked over at Alexis and pointed towards the car.

"Beautifull, I could give you a ride if you want." He offered.

"I push my own wheels. Thank you. Have fun." She gave a sassy, sarcastic smile and walked away.

Omarion got into the car and drove off, away from the camera's view.

"And cut!" Chris called, "That was great! Let's move onto the next scene."

After filming a few more scenes, Alexis went back to her trailer to change her clothes. She got dressed in her jeans, white cropped sweatsuit jacket and matching Air Forces. She placed her white Von Dutch dad cap on her head and grabbed her phone and purse before walking out of the trailer. As she was walking towards her designated car, she heard her name being called. She turned around and saw Lil Fizz approaching her.

"Hey, what's up?" She said.

"You doin' a good job in there, just wanted you to know that." He complimented her.

"Thank you." She smiled.

"Something tells me your character is how you are for real." He chuckled.

"To a certain extent. Me and her have that feisty side to us." She chuckled also.

"I can see that. I was wondering, maybe I could take you out sometime. You know, have some fun."

"For real?"

"Yeah. You know, you real cool and I'd love to get to know you more."

"Aww. Well, I am very flattered and you are a cutie, but I'm just not really focused on guys like that right now and I don't tend to date those I work with. Plus, I'm so busy, you know? I don't know when I'd have time."

"I feel you on that. Maybe I could get your number and we could just talk every so often."

She chuckled and nodded her head, "Sure. Nothin' wrong with that."

The two of them exchanged numbers and Alexis informed him that she had to leave to get back to New York. He gave her a polite kiss on the cheek and bid her goodbye until next time. She got into her car and the driver drove off onto the road, heading towards the airport. Alexis' phone began to ring and she looked to see Sandra calling.