((Author's Note --
Please note that this is Adult Erotic Fiction, so should only be read by those who qualify!
I seem to have started this story an absolute age ago! It's journey to completion has certainly been interrupted a few times, but I hope that no-one will notice the joins!
As with all my work, I like to take some time developing the characters which I hope makes it easier to identify with them. It may delay the action from time to time, but it's usually there somewhere for the patient!
Comments and scores are always welcome, but anyway, I sincerely hope that you enjoy ...
Duke ))
***** Pop Star's Photo-Shoot Break *****
Sharmi took another sip of her coffee before taking in a long deep breath, and exhaling slowly.
"Lizzie, I swear that if that woman touches me up again, I won't be responsible for what happens to her!!" she hissed sharply to the other young woman sitting next to her on the comfy leather sofa, whilst staring hard at a tall, elegant, older woman across the plush hotel room.
"It's every time I put on some new lingerie item, she's straight in, hands and bloody fingers everywhere! She's pretending to make sure everything's sitting perfectly on my 'absoluuuutely fab figure', but actually she's just busy feeling me up...everywhere!"
Lizzie laughed at Sharmi's exasperated but funny take on the over-dramatic way that Ezmerelda, the fashion magazine's executive, went about managing the 'Lingerie Shoot Of The Decade'. Then she suddenly realised exactly what the famous pop star had just said and her eyes went wide.
"What?!...really ...everywhere??!"
"Fucking EVERYWHERE!!" was the angry response, "... I mean, since when was it necessary to smooth down and stretch panties material over another woman's pussy!! I was so astonished when I felt her fingers caressing me that I missed the chance of smacking her one!!"
"Oh My!" Lizzie responded open mouthed, astounded.
Not that she was worried about her friend's ability to protect herself, but she was beginning to think that Sharmi was regretting signing the photo-shoot contract now. She was also getting a little concerned that in her role as the famous pop star's PA, close friend and confidante she needed to step in to calm things down a bit before her feisty boss lost it completely and flounced out of the swanky hotel suite!
She took a quick look around the big room. It was decked out in delicate shades of cream and beige and was full of photographic lighting equipment and a variety of cameras. Everyone was supposed to be on a short break but Jasper, the head photographer, was busy getting set up for the final round of shots around the big four poster bed, adjusting lighting angles, checking background light sources and all the other sundry bits and pieces necessary for creating a feature spread in Bellissima, the famous fashion magazine. The make-up assistant, Sandra, and hairdresser, Mel, had set up shop on a desk near the main door and were chatting comfortably over a coffee too, whilst the flustered looking Anita who was in charge of the clothing and the butt of Ezmerelda's increasingly strident instructions, was busy opening up yet more boxes of flimsy underwear.
Another quick glance around the rest of the room confirmed that the other male member of the magazine's 'team', Simon, was nowhere to be seen. Lizzie had chatted to him earlier, feeling a little sorry for the young man in his rather conservative fawn slacks and light blue turtle-neck sweater. He'd said that he was a student 'intern' and was clearly out of his depth in this overly camp atmosphere where his only role seemed to be to run errands for the bossy Ezmerelda! He'd seemed nice though and Lizzie had flirted with him for a short while before his boss had intervened with yet another 'job'. She had quickly worked out that he wasn't exactly happy to be team 'gopher'! Lizzie presumed that he'd been sent out on yet another of his boss's many whims but there wasn't time to muse about that any longer. She had to deal with her own increasingly stroppy boss!
"Now Sharmi, let's stay calm," she said quietly, placing a hand reassuringly on the pop star's knee, "... and don't do anything that I'll regret!" she added with a smile. That as a quick reference to a similar blow up during a bikini shoot a year ago when Lizzie had had to deal with the contractual fall-out for months afterwards.
"It's alright for you Lizzie" the star replied, grumpily but, reassuringly, with the hint of a smile in return, "...it's not your tits and pussy that are being assaulted!"
The PA breathed a sigh of relief at the lowering of tension, and looked back at her 'boss', dark auburn hair tumbling down in loose curls well past her shoulders, her beautiful figure wrapped up in a fluffy white terry robe, casually tied at her waist, but loose enough to leave a fairly deep vee down the middle that wasn't quite covering her cleavage. By leaning forward slightly as she continued to stare hard at the fashion executive, the twin mounds of Sharmi's bare breasts were tantalisingly only half hidden and it made Lizzie speculate whether she had bothered to put anything on at all under the robe as she took her break!
Not for the first time she wondered how it was that the two of them had remained so close for so long.
When Sharmi had suddenly become a teenage singing sensation after winning a televised talent contest, and been dragged into a new, alien world of stardom, Lizzie had half expected them to drift apart, despite being close friends right through school. But Sharmi had been determined to hang onto her friendship and had almost dragged Lizzie along with her as her fame mushroomed. On the outside, Sharmi always seemed to have such a strong personality that it didn't seem like she needed anyone around her at all, but Lizzie knew differently because she was the one that her friend came to in her low moments. When she needed re-assurance and support, which was more often than her many fans realised, it was Lizzie who was there for her.
They shared almost everything. That was one of the things that Lizzie really liked about her friend. She was so incredibly unpretentious and generous, but not above a tinge of jealousy from time to time, so when Sharmi had pointedly asked about the young man that she'd seen Lizzie 'chatting-up' earlier, she'd brushed it off with a laugh.
They made a good team though she thought fleetingly. The tempestuous and talented star, and the cautious, meticulous girl in the background who made everything work so smoothly. Well, most of the time Lizzie chuckled to herself.
But then the calm was interrupted by the storm as she saw Esmeralda heading their way again, a bright red, lacy garment dangling from her hands.
"Daaaaarlings! Just look at this corset! Isn't it absoluutely diviiine?" she gushed, offering the garment to Sharmi, "You're going to look sooooo spectacular wrapped up in this little number...don't
you agree?!"
Lizzie was just about keeping a straight face as she felt Sharmi stiffen next to her and gave her a quick tap on the ankle to try and keep her under control. She was rewarded by a sharp return look from her friend that was intense, but totally indecipherable.
But before she could actually say anything, the resolute Esmeralda had taken Sharmi by the hand and almost dragged her to her feet.
"Come along dear, no rest for the wicked, eh" she said, indicating the sexy, scarlet underwear and then laughing at her own joke, "...a pair of black silk stockings as well I think..." she added to herself as she headed towards the changing room, a rather unhappy and rebellious looking Sharmi in tow.
Lizzie shook her head and just hoped that her friend would behave herself!
***** Unexpected Job for the Intern *****
Simon was breathing hard as he almost ran down the hotel corridor, only stopping when he'd reached the suite door where he paused to catch his breath and check that his curly, sandy hair was at least partially under control.