[…] Left tonight to get ready for the shoot tomorrow! See you there! xoxo -Adrien I smiled and stuffed the note in the cupholder next to me.
“Is Adrien there?” Mel asked as she turned down the Suicide Silence playing on the speakers.
“Yeah, I can’t wait to meet Rick.” I stated happily.
“Rick?” Mel asked curiously. “Who’s Rick?” I laughed and she looked at me.
“Rick Genest? Zombie Boy? The guy we are doing the shoot with?” I asked sarcastically.
“Oh.. I thought you meant Ricky. I was like… He’s at your house.” Mel laughed. “Get me a ciggie. So we can piss off Tory when we get there.” She demanded playfully. I laughed and did as she said. I grabbed one for her and one for me. She took it and asked for a light. I gave her it and lit my own, the soothing feeling of the menthol filled my throat. Mel pulled into the parking lot of the studio and we quickly got out. I took a long drag and held it in as we walked up to the building.
“Ladies we haven’t got all day!” Tory said running outside. I blew the smoke in his face and chuckled.
“Sorry, but we kinda do… It’s the morning.” Mel said laughing at Tory’s face. “C’mon mate! Cheer up!” She continued laughing.
“Meet Rick..” He pointed to the man covered in skeletal tattoos. Mel and I both found him attractive. I smiled when he brought a cigarette to his lips and lit it.
“Hey!” I nodded as I took another drag.
“Hey.. I knew your name sounded familiar, love your work.” He smiled slightly. I was surprised that he knew my work.
“Thanks, love yours too.” I matched his smile.
“So.. are we going to shoot or not! Chop chop!!” Tory yelled as he walked back into the building.
“Is he always this fucking uptight?” Rick asked.
“Basically always.” Mel answered blowing out smoke and shrugging.
“Like the second my girlfriend and I got here he has been bitching.” He took his final drag and threw the butt on the ground. We all did the same and stepped on it.
“Is your girlfriend a model too?” I asked as I oped the door to go inside. He laughed and shook his head.
“She’s a seamstress. But also a tattoo artist.. She’s complicated but I love her.” He laughed and followed Mel and I inside.
“So she’s here!” Mel looked around for the small, frail looking seamstress she pictured. Rick walked up to a girl with blonde tips, stretched ears, and many facial piercings. Mel looked stunned and turned to me. “She’s hot…” She looked back at her and I laughed.
“Nice Mel.” I laughed and walked up to her. “Hi! I’m Alexandria. Everyone calls me Alex.” I held out my hand and she shook it.
“I’m Stevie.” She laughed slightly and looked me up and down. I made a questioning face and looked at her. “Sorry!! I’m happy to meet you! It’s just you’re so pretty!” She said awkwardly.
“I’m Mel..” She waved and Stevie gasped.
“You both are so pretty!” She gasped and smiled cutely. Rick kissed her on the cheek.
“So are you!” He countered and kissed her cheek again, she blushed and took a seat on a couch out of the way of the hustle and bustle of shoot days. Mel and I walked over to the makeup tables and sat, waiting for the artists to get their style set. I couldn’t stop thinking of how happy Stevie and Rick were together. It wasn’t a forced happy, it was genuine.
“The bitch came back..” Ashley mumbled as she walked to her table. I laughed and she turned around quick. “Got something to say?” She snapped. I laughed.
“Not unless you have something to say… That isn’t childish.” I replied calmly. She snapped again but I wasn’t listening, she was irrelevant anyway. Tory came over and started to yell at her.
“Ms. Wes, if you have a problem with one of my top models you can march your immature ass out of this job!” She stood there stunned and I smiled.
“Yes sir…” She said sarcastically.
“You think this is funny Wes?! I can find another makeup artist for my shoots. Now grow up and get to fucking work.” Tory reprimanded her and she just rolled her eyes. “Sick of this bullshit.” Tory mumbled and walked away.
“Ready?” Adrien asked me. I slightly laughed and nodded. He started working his magic and in an hour or two I was made up into beautiful dark makeup. I looked around to see where Rick was, he was with Stevie. He looked like he was trying to calm her down. I started to walk over, then turned back around due to a feeling that I couldn't help. I shrugged and walked to Mel.
"So red bras and black high waisted shorts?" She asked looking at her outfit. We all looked at Tory and he was tapping his foot fast.
"We ready ladies and Gent?" She asked looking around the room. "Makeup good?" Adrien nodded and so did Ashley. "Check. Clothes?" We all nodded our heads. "Okay good. This shoot is mainly for rick but also promoting-". He pointed at what Mel and I were wearing. “That.” We all laughed and walked into the shoot area. It was a plain white, which looks cool with heavy tattoo and dark colors. We looked around as we noticed that Rick wasn’t near us. He still was comforting Stevie, Tory being the dick that he is, yelled at him. “Come on Zombie Boy! Nuff talking, let’s shoot!!” He clapped his hands and Rick stood up. Stevie cringed and Rick had his usual sour face, but with more hatred. He looked Tory in the eye and didn’t once blink.
“You may run the shoots around here, but don’t you ever fucking talk to me like that, especially when I’m helping my girlfriend. You may push all of these guys around, but none of them like you and none of them respect you… So if you want to have a successful career, I suggest you back the fuck off and actually do your job instead of fucking.. oh wait, raping.. models.” He walked past him, bumping his shoulder. He smiled at us and we laughed, Tory was mortified and he only combated that with—
“Oh yeah?! You’re lucky I don’t kick you off this shoot!” Tory turned quickly and yelled.
“Kick me off this shoot?! We all know you need this commission to pay rent. If you lose me, you lose your apartment.. and your car. Be nice..” Rick said smoothly. He put his arms around us girls and we started to pose. Almost as if we were blowing off what had just happened. I couldn’t shake the thought, but had to internally smile. Cause the shoot was supposed to be serious. Stevie and Rick would become good friends with me and I could feel it.

Notes

Hey guys!! How'd you like it? I like Stevie and Rick. I think they will make good additions to my fic!! How do you like them so far? Comment, rate, subscribe!! <3 xoxo