Rudy Monologue

“Jerri, I think we need to talk.”
“I guess we need to come up with an excuse when we are asked the reason for the annulment.”
“The hell with what your agent wants you to do. I want to know what you want to do. You being a fashion model, people are going to say some stupid crap about me using my parents’ money to get you to marry me. Now that you are becoming an actress, and everyone knows I wasn’t in the picture, they are going to use that as another reason why I’m with you.”
“You have got to be kidding me. Rudy, other than the people tied to the movie knew I was even shooting it so it would be a surprise. As far as anyone knows, I’m just a super fan who is allowed to hang around. I’m more concern with what is going to happen

when your old girlfriend start telling everyone that I’m just a gold digger who stole her man.”
“You were right about me holding on to someone who didn’t care about me, but you are wrong about the gold digging part. Just like you hid you were acting in your first movie, no one knew who I was, and that is until now. I had an agreement with my parents that once I had graduated with my masters overseas, I would come to work at the company and keep my identity secret until after I got married. I guess they believe our agreement is over.”
“Rudy, how did they find out so fast and have it announce so quickly? I’m kind of missing the exact time the two of us put these things on,” she held up his grandmother’s ring, “but it had to be only a few hours ago.”
“I’ve always suspected that my parents had me under constant surveillance. It looks like I was right. We are the top story if you hadn’t noticed.”
“So what do we do now?”
“Order room service and have something to eat. I don’t know about you, but I’m hoping for a little hair of the dog. I don’t think to straight when I’m hungry.”
“Oh, isn’t this just wonderful,” said Angela hotly. “I’m glad to see the two of you are getting along, but what in the hell happened to the rest of us?”
“What are you talking about?” Jerri asked confused.
“I think she’s talking about we aren’t the only ones who got married last night,” I said while pointing at my wedding band around my finger.
Jerri’s eyes budged for only a moment before she fell over and laughed. She had forgotten the two of them were married, but after their morning reality check, he would never have that problem. I thought the bill for the destruction of the room was about to take place but all her friends started laughing again. As for my guy, I had expected to hear a bunch of questions about me being rich, but they popped an unopened bottle of champagne and started taking a deep drink and passed to one another. When Parker held out the bottle towards me to take a drink, I did quickly. I might as well get this over with and tell them what they want. Of all people to speak first, it was Russell
“Rudy, what in the hell is going on?”
“It’s just like you heard. My parents are Claudine and Nelson Thompson. I’m a billionaire, but actually our worth is closer to…”
“I can give a rat’s ass about that. I want to know how all of us ended up getting married last night.”
“Screw that!” Parker cut in. “The question I want to know is who I married?”
“Still thinking about you as usual,” Lucas snarled.

“I knew we shouldn’t have listened to you. Let’s all go to a fashion show and get Rudy hooked up with a fashion model. Let’s all go be extras in a movie. Let’s see how much of a dent we can put into all this free stuff at our own private movie star wrap party like the one we had just gone to.”
“Well, we did Rudy get hooked up with a super model.”
“Parker got you with that one, Lucas,” Russell said, as he shook his head. “I must admit I was happy that Marlene had finally shown her true colors before our boy was stuck with her. But, I’m sure Parker is going to come up with one of his famous excuses how the three of us are now married, and who you and I are married to. Rudy is the only one who woke up with his wife and the picture on the TV shows clearly who he had snatched up.”
“How am I supposed to know who I had got hitched to, let alone who was dumb enough to pick you two.”
“I’ll settle this myself,” Lucas said, and snatched the champagne bottle out of my hand and one long drink. “Excuse me. I’m having a problem remembering what happened last night. I don’t want to sound as if I’m ungrateful someone was unlucky and ended up with me, but who’s the unlucky one who got stuck with

me?”
“We were trying to find out that answer,” Jerri said, as she looked at her three friends with their mouths open in shock. “The only thing we found is a receipt that lists the price of four marriage licenses and they are to be picked up Monday. I guess we’ll all have to wait until then. Unfortunately, we have a problem.”
“Other than one of your friends, drinking too much and let me put a ring on her finger, I don’t see one.”
“Well, I see a problem,” Marlene said tightly. “I should let all of you know I hold several black belts in different martial arts disciplines. I want to know which one of you dead men have my panties.”
Only Lucas and Parker reached into their pocket and pulled out black underwear. One was of lace and the other one was a thong that had a little… Marlena dove for the panties, but Lucas put them back in his pocket.
“Give those back!”
“Why should I? This is the first present you’ve given to me. I will cherish it always. My ears are a bit sensitive at the moment, but the chime from the little bell will always remind me of this special day. And before you go all Kun Fu Cutie on me, remember that it was you who were stupid enough to marry me and not the other way around. Then and again, we still should wait until Monday to find out if I got lucky or not.”
“This isn’t a joke Lucas.”
“Who said I was making one.”
“You two can play slap and tickle later,” Parker said, as he looked to jump in between the two of them, “I would like to know who these belong too?”
“Those are mine,” Angela said calmly. “You might as well hold on to them for now. I have others you can take off me later. Unlike some of my friends, I would like to know what I have gotten myself in, before I screw something up and be kicked out. What’s so funny,” she pointed her anger at Russell.
“I guess I was left out of all the fun. My pockets are empty.”
His happy expression slowly melted away when Angela, Jerri, and Marlene all looked at a blushing Daria. She on the other hand walked up to Russell, pulled up his zipper, adjusted his belt’s buckle that was cocked off to the side, and winked up at him. The room exploded in laughter, except for Russell who kept trying to say something, but nothing came out.
“I think we need to get something to eat before we head back to our hotels. It took me a while to figure out this is the hotel we had our move extras after party. If all of you have forgotten we have a photo shoot in a couple of hours down at our hotel’s pool. Now that it’s been reported that I’m married to Rudy, news crews and paparazzi are going to be everywhere. It’s going to be impossible for all of us to sneak into our hotels.”
“I don’t see where that’s a problem. All of you are fashion models and should be used to people taking pictures of you,” Lucas said a bit confused.
“I think Jerri is talking about security to prevent them from being run over,” Parker said looking at Angela concern.
“Oh. Hey, Rudy, you’re Mr. Big Bucks, can’t you call your folks and see if they can get some scary guys in black suits protect your misses and ours?”
“We would really appreciate any assistance you can offer, Mr. Thompson,” Harley Munson said, as she stepped forward with a look in her eye that she was contemplating where to place her lips on his butt.
“I thought you were going to sue me after you get your restrain order in place if I didn’t sign a non-disclosure statement and got this farce of a marriage annulled. You might want to stay the hell out of this conversation!”
“Yes, Sir.”
“It takes a while for Rudy to calm down,” Lucas cut in, “but after what you said, I don’t know if that will ever happen. You did make one hell of a first impression on him after all.”
“Not everything is a joke Lucas.”
“Russell, do I look like I’m joking? Rudy, are you going to give your folks a call about security. No one knows that the rest of us are anything other than small fries and shouldn’t bother us much. However, now that the cat is out of the bag about you, don’t you think…?”
There was a single knock on the door right before it opened and a stiff looking older man walked in.
“Excuse me,” Harley called out rudely, “you just can walk into someone’s apartment without…”
The man held up a white card he used to unlock the door.
“Rudolf, it is so good to see you young master. And I must say that the new face of the Thompson family is quite a lovely young lady. Unfortunately,” he said calmly, as he held out his cell phone, “because of the trick you have played with having your parents prepared for the wrong young lady this call is for the real Mrs. Rudolf Thompson. However young master, I do have one question. Except for the one lady with poor manners, is there a reason why all are dressed in wedding gowns?”