Ahvi sorted through the bills on her desk worriedly, looking for the one with the nearest due date. They were all past due, these were second and third notices. "This is insane!" she complained for the hundredth time. "What is the point of a full ride scholarship if there are still SO many bills?!?"
"Can you pick up more hours?" Lisa asked distractedly, working on her calc homework.
"There are no more hours to be had! I could try to get a second job, but when would I sleep? Or do homework? This system is rigged!"
"Sorry babe. Parents can't help?"
"No," Ahvi answered grumpily. That was Lisa's answer for everything. Her parents were loaded. She didn't need a full ride or a job, she had rich parents.
"Hey! You should talk to Evy down on the second floor, the skinny blonde? She is looking for pretty girls to model at the art show this weekend."
"Do I look like a model to you?" Ahvi asked, more grumpy than before now.
"What? You are adorable. It's an art show, not a runway fashion thing, you don't have to be eight feet tall. You could at least ask her, she said she brought home $500 for two hours of work last Saturday."
"Really? That much? What did she have to do?"
"Pose nude behind glass."
"Nude!?!"
"Dude, it's $500 to just stand and let a bunch of rich assholes look. She said they can't see your face, all you have to do is stand there. She said it was the easiest $500 of her life."
Ahvi looked down at the bills and scowled. Girls modeled nude for art all the time, didn't they? It wasn't like stripping, it was art. Right? It couldn't hurt to ask.
The next evening, she found herself in the second floor dayroom after classes, looking around. "Hey, do you know Evy? Blonde girl?" she asked a tall and broad girl toting a large bag of soccer balls.
"Yeah, she's in 2F," the girl answered, not pausing or even looking at Ahvi.
Ahvi squeezed through the busy, loud hall to find 2F. Second floor was the party floor. 3rd floor was the geek floor. First floor was the sports and trouble floor. She found 2F and knocked, but there was no answer. She knocked louder, almost ready to head back upstairs. She didn't like being crowded by so many people.
"Hey," a girl said from behind her. "What's up?"
Ahvi turned and looked up at the tall, slender beauty who had come up behind her. "Evy?"
"Yeah, Everly, that's me, what's up short stuff?"
"Umm, I was told to talk to you about the art show?"
"Oh! Yeah! Hell yeah! Dude, totally! You are adorable, you would totally get hired. We can go right now and sign the releases! This is awesome, I get a signing bonus for every girl that gets signed and I totes know they will sign you! You have time to go now? Gerrid! Gerrid, can you drive me and short stuff here into town?"
"Sure babe, hey short stuff."
"My name is Ahvi," she said quietly, feeling her face heating. "You said no one can see your face? No one knows who you are?"
"Yeah, no, no one knows but the employees. It's totes anonymous. And super tasteful. Let's go!"
Evy took her by the hand and pulled her through the hall, following Gerrids massive frame. He led them to a truck as big as he was, the kind of truck that Ahvi's mom had always joked about, saying men who drove them were compensating for small dicks. Ahvi glanced at Gerrid and wondered if that was his issue. He opened the door and Evy climbed in happily, but to Ahvi's horror, Gerrid bent and took her by the waist, lifting her into the truck like she was a child. He held on to her for a few seconds too long, smirking down at her. "Scootch short stuff," he said, finally letting her go. He climbed in next to her and started the truck with a roar so loud that Ahvi jumped. "Easy baby," he said, his bass voice rumbling low. He put his hand on her thigh as he pulled out. Ahvi immediately pushed his hand away and slid closer to Evy.
"Don't mind Gerrid. He talks a big game, but he's a teddy bear."
Ahvi glanced at him again, wondering if that meant he really was compensating for a tiny penis. She tried to imagine that on his large frame and couldn't. He grinned down at her. He wasn't cute, not in a conventional sense. He was large and his features were large. He looked more menacing than cute. Ahvi didn't feel like he was someone she could trust, he made her very uncomfortable.
The drive didn't take long, they were pulling up to a warehouse type building in less time than she had imagined. Gerrid hopped down and took her waist again to help her down. He paused when he pulled her to the edge and leaned in, letting his thumbs glide higher. "Bet you have one tight fucking pussy with that hot little bod, don't you?"
"Knock it off Gerrid," Evy snapped. "Let her down." Gerrid chuckled and Set Ahvi down before offering Evy a hand. "Wait out here Ger, we'll be right back."
Evy grabbed Ahvi's hand and pulled her inside quickly, leaving the large brute outside to wait. It was dark inside, but there was a light coming from a back office. Ahvi could see forms and shapes in the dark, the art, but she couldn't make out details as Evy hurried her towards the light.
"Mick!" she called when they were close. "Mick! It's Everly. Everly McConnell?"
"Come in Everly!" a man called and Evy pulled Ahvi into the back office.
The man that sat at the desk was not what Ahvi had imagined. He was a small man, diminutive and completely beautiful. He looked up when Everly entered and stood, then his eyes dropped to Ahvi. The smile that bloomed on his face was exceptional and Ahvi's breath caught. He was stunning!
"Have you brought me a new model Everly?" he asked with a very pleased expression. He pulled Ahvi away from Everly and lifted her hand to twirl her. "She is exquisite! What is your name, child?"
"Ahvi? Ahvienda, but just Ahvi. Um, Ahvi Mason."
