a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and will be completing a Law degree at the end of next term.”
“So you want an all grown up perspective? I’m assuming there will be an interview going on somewhere in this, too?”
The agent chuckled again. “Yes there will be, and with your favorite magazine and reporter, too. It will be done on site tomorrow. I can send a car to come and pick you up whenever you are ready.”
“Give us an hour and we’ll be ready.” Casey disconnected the call. “Yay, we have a friggin’ playboy on our hands.” She rolled her eyes, grabbed another muffin, and refilled her coffee.
“You sure sound…thrilled?” Amber commented, polishing off her coffee.
“I’m not overly ecstatic, no.”
Amber grinned and shook her head.
“What?”
“I’ve just not seen this side of you. You’re normally so calm, collected, laid back even. Understandably nervous on occasion, but not…this.”
“I am not really that bad. Gary chose me for this shoot for a reason. I don’t like being jerked around or left in the dark. I was just making sure my point got across.” She glanced at her watch. “Now I have to call Dori and make sure she’s ready.”
Getting up, Amber polished off the first pot of coffee. “She’ll be lucky if there’s any coffee left.”
“She likes those cold coffees anyway, but Dori will deal with what she gets.” Casey groaned when it went to voice mail. “Good morning Sunshine, get your ass out of bed. We leave in less than an hour whether you’re with us or not.” She hung up and finished her muffin.
“What if I mess something up?”
Casey turned to her and shook her head. “No, you won’t. It’s really simple. Dori has worked with me long enough she usually has everything set up for me before I even ask for it. We’ve worked on shoots with Gary before where I had to hire outside assistants, and we were lucky if they had brains enough to put one leg at a time in their pants in the morning. Just follow Dori’s lead. I promise it won’t be bad.”
* * * *
Dori sucked down one cup of coffee in the car while she put on some make up.
“You two are so lucky you don’t have to mess with makeup,” Dori whined, gliding eye liner onto her lids with precision despite the bumpy ride.
“What do you mean by that?” Amber asked, grinning as she watched her juggle the bag of cosmetics.
“Well, look at you two! Casey, I have never seen you look more beautiful in all the time I’ve worked with you. Amber…Jeez…have you really looked at yourself in a mirror? Honest, you could model. You’re far prettier than a lot of the girls we’ve shot over the years, right Case?”
Casey glanced over at Amber and smiled at the disgruntled look she received. “Don’t talk like that. You’re only going to succeed in pissing her off, and Amber is not a morning person.”
Dori shook her head with a grin. “Too bad. You’d sell a shit load of men’s magazines. All you’d have to do is give a sexy pout.”
The heat of a blush crept over her cheeks, and she smirked. “No thank you.”
Dori shrugged and put on her mascara, then finished it all off with a touch of lipstick. Sighing, she flipped the compact closed and slipped everything back in her cosmetic bag and turned to look at them. “It really does suck being the plain-Jane standing with you two, I swear.”
“You’re far from plain.” Casey patted her thigh and shook her head. “You’ve got that Greek thing rocking. You’re gorgeous, make up or not.”
Dori grunted and sat back. “So says the two who don’t have to wear makeup to be gorgeous.”
Casey laughed and shook her head. “I learned at an early age that I could see beauty far easier for what it was than I could make one of myself.”
“You’re not plain. You’re one of those natural beauty girls, the ones who don’t need the makeup. People confuse makeup and beauty all the time. You’re a damn photographer so why the hell am I
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