Thursday:
Alex greeted Eve and walked her down to make-up. As they entered Brenda looked the girl over and scowled, "I hate you," she sighed. "Anything I do will just make you look worse," she said waving the young blonde out. Alex laughed, "That makes me feel great. You spend a good half hour on me."
"That's because you like to wear a lot of makeup during your shoots. I think it's so no one recognizes you," the girl laughed. "Go on, quit wasting my time. Get out there and have fun."
Eve looked around, butterflies in her stomach, surprised that everything was the same as yesterday.
"Eve, great! You're right on time," Drew said. "Hopefully we can get through these fairly quickly," he indicated the rack of bras and panties. "For all these, I'd like three basic poses," he gave instructions demonstrating each pose. "We'll start with the bras, Eve, there are what, a couple of dozen colors? Put on these white panties to start, swap out each white bra, then the red thong with all the...yeah, I figured you got it," he smiled as he went back to the cameras.
Eve quickly got it and tried to match each pose but with variations in hips, shoulders, or arm angles. She didn't want the results to look like the same model with the different bras just photoshopped. She was relieved when she got to the last bra. She was so wrapped up in the shoot that she never noticed an older couple standing to the side observing.
"Who's that?" she asked Alex.
The blonde looked surprised, "Wow! That's Brian Atkins and Willow Waters. They never come to the shoots." She looked over at Drew wondering if he saw them but he was busy with some of the gear.
"Let's ignore them, the tall blonde said. We have the panties and thongs to go through." she looked at the young girl, "You've sure become more comfortable," she nodded over at the couple, "you've never once acted modestly and here you are naked in front of two strangers. I'm impressed."
Eve was about to wonder about that when Drew came over to the naked girl, "That was incredible, Eve. I think we got through the collection in half the time it usually takes. Alex," he looked at his watch, "That usually takes two hours? We did it in an hour 15." He patted the girl on the shoulder, "We'll write down 2 hours for your pay. Now, the panties. We can't have you swapping out bras so can you either cup your breasts or put your...yes! Ok, and for these no need to be so cookie-cutter, ok?"
Eve flowed back into the rhythm of pulling on the panties, walking out topless then posing with her hands or arms covering her boobs or with her back turned. After pulling on a tiny black thong, the last of the basic undergarments, she started to walk out when she did a cartwheel followed by a front flip, landing gracefully with her arms outstretched. "Sorry, "she blushed, "I just had to do that." She looked over towards the wall seeing the couple standing and clapping.
Drew noticed them for the first time "Mr. Atkins, Ms. Waters. Sorry, I didn't know you were here," he said. "Hang on, Eve, let's get the last few shots then you can go grab lunch. You were great...I mean it, absolutely incredible and I'd like to explore a lot more of your gymnastics abilities.
Eve cupped her breasts, "I'm glad I don't have to do that for every pair of panties, these might rip off," she moaned.
After Eve trotted off to get out of the panties and get dressed, Drew came back over, "That was very efficient. I usually hate this part of the catalog but getting through it so fast made it a breeze. So, Eve, Are you ready for the Intimate Collection shoot? Are you comfortable with it?" he asked.
The young blonde laughed, "I must be, I was just about to go out to my car like this to grab lunch," she laughed.
"We'd like to take you to lunch," the older man said as the couple walked up. "Drew, great job. We heard about the new girl and had to see for ourselves." He looked at the photographer, "What time does the next shoot start?"
"I'd like to start at two, but it's up to you, obviously," he said.
"Oh no, it's not. This is your ship, we're simply passengers," the man smiled, "Honey, get dressed and let's go sit down and talk, ok?"
Eve quickly pulled on her clothes and met the couple out in the reception area. "Sorry, I tried to be as quick as I could," she panted.
The beautiful woman in her fifties laughed, "relax, it would have taken any other girl an extra 15 minutes to get dressed and primp themselves." She looked curiously at the girl, "You honestly don't know what I mean, do you?" she took the blonde's jaw and turned her face this way then that looking at her features, "You're a natural beauty, you know that?" She looked at her husband, "Brenda told us never allow anyone to put any makeup on you. She was right. Willow Waters and this is my husband Brian Atkins, I take it you've talked."
Eve wondered why after the first day, the makeup girl just shoed her out. "It's good to meet you both," she shook their hands, "Mr. Atkins, Ms. Waters," she said.
"Brian and Willow. Ok, what do you feel like eating?" Brian asked, "There's a terrific sandwich place, or are you like Willow who eats only salads?" the man chuckled.
"I, um. I like food," she said softly. "I eat everything," she blushed.
Willow rolled her eyes, "I hate you already. The most beautiful figure I've seen in years and you don't suffer for it? That's just wrong," she sighed. She looked at the panicked expressions on the girl's face, "Oh honey! I was kidding. I love that you are so gifted. There are too many of us that suffer for our craft as it is. Please enjoy life, take it by the balls and well...perhaps don't eat those. I've tried Rocky Mountain Oysters. The texture..." she shuddered.
The meal was strange for Eve as she'd never been the focus at any meal or gathering she'd ever remembered. Her parents told her early on that no one likes an opinionated woman and Adam had so many of his own there were few openings for any Eve might have. They asked her about her life growing up, her ballet experiences, her gymnastics history. After a few awkward responses, Eve relaxed and found she could keep people's attention. She found herself expressing some of the oddities she'd seen and the conventions she found illogical in her life. She hadn't even realized these were things that bothered her but the couple had a way to get her to open up.
"My God!" Willow sighed, "Most models are great at talking about themselves but you've been paying attention, haven't you?" She looked at her husband, "You need to get your head out of your ass and get this girl signed to a contract." She looked at Eve, "We need to get back, I'm looking forward to how you do this afternoon, but who is your agent?"
Eve shook her head, "Me? I don't have one. I am doing this for...well, you know, pin money," she said.
"Pin money?" she looked at her husband, "With your looks and presence you can be making Porsche money. Don't sell yourself short." She signaled the waiter, handing him a black AmEx card.
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"Nervous?" Alex asked...on the other hand, how were," she nodded over to the older couple. "We've had a few girls run crying from the building after, well it was mostly Ms. Waters, grilled them. Were they tough on you?" she asked.
Eve shook her head, "No, they were fine. Perhaps they had higher expectations of the other girls and wanted the best out of them, anyhow, yes. I'm nervous. I hope I don't disappoint you and Drew," she said softly.
"You'll be fine. Remember how you morphed into the virginal newlywed with Jerry? Imagine dressing for your husband when you put on each of these," she indicated the rack. She pulled off an item, "start with this one. It's fairly conservative," she said. "Also, you'll be with another photographer rather than Drew. He usually takes the more difficult girls, so you've moved up!"
Eve looked at it, 'this is conservative?' she thought. She stripped off her clothes and pulled on the black lacy teddy. She was relieved that the crotch had a pair of snaps at least. She looked at Alex who smiled broadly, "perfect. Ok, now go out there and make their balls ache," she chuckled. "I have to go over to help out with Claire so these are your outfits for the first series," she said. "I know, right, what is this...six items? Trust me, these will be an hour or more." She gave Eve a quick hug and went to the other side of the huge set.
They had changed the set. Now there were various rooms, kitchen, living room, bedroom, etc. Each had cameras, lighting and various girls were smiling fetchingly in each as they followed the instructions of the photographer.
"Eve, good to meet you, I'm Brad so let's get you into the living room over here. We'll take a few shots of you picking up as if you're expecting guests, then can you go over to the couch?" he asked.
Eve found these shoots were different. She wasn't posing but doing activities with the camera clicking more rapidly whenever she was doing something Brad thought was good. She became attuned to the sound, repeating, varying, or turning a different way whenever the shutter made the rapidly clicking sound. At first, it was strange cleaning house wearing a transparent wispy thing but she forgot about that and did what Brad told her to.