It was a cold winter morning and Susan Osborne was ready for her big day. Susan had always wanted to be a model but family got in the way at an early age. Susan is a 38 year old mother of one. She knew she had a great body and was ready to sign a modeling contract when she found out she was pregnant. She quickly married her husband and spent the next eighteen years as a dutiful housewife.
Susan loves her husband and son but in the back of her mind she often wondered, "What if?"
After sharing her dream with a friend over coffee her friend mentioned that she knew someone who could get her a session with one of the best photographers in town. She jumped at the opportunity and had her friend set up an appointment for her to get some head shots.
As excited as she was, she was still realistic. She knew that her family would never move to LA or New York for her to chase her dream. Being in a small city did have its advantages though. She figured that the talent pool would be smaller, which should give her a chance. After setting up the photo session she learned that the photographer worked with both of the local talent agencies and could help get her in touch with one of them after she had a portfolio.
Despite her age, she knew modeling was a young woman's game; Susan felt comforted knowing that she had an ideal modeling body. She has a tall, 5'10", statuesque frame. Her breasts are full and firm but not huge. Her waist is thin and her hips have a distinctive womanly curve that completes her hourglass figure. Susan's long dirty blonde hair flows over her shoulders in big sweeping curls. Her deep blue eyes are accentuated by high cheek bones and a pair of plump full lips.
Her husband thought she was crazy for doing it, he didn't want her to risk rejection, but he supported her decision. Susan hoped that she could appear in just enough local ads to finally say that she was a model.
On the morning of the photo shoot Susan's husband was already at work and her son, Jason, was home for winter break. He was an eighteen year old college freshman. Jason, blessed with the same good genes as his mother, is just as tall with a lean athletic body. His plan for the break was to catch up on some reading and hit the gym every day.
"Jason."
He heard his mother calling him through his bedroom door.
"Yeah, mom."
"I need a favor."
"Can it wait; I'm getting ready for the gym."
"You're heading out? Great, I need a ride."
"What's wrong with your car?"
"It's still in the shop and your father took his car to the train station this morning."
Jason opened the door. He wore a loose fitting pair of track pants and a skin tight t-shirt. Susan, dressed for her head shot, was wearing a bright red button down sweater that clung to her body. Several buttons at the top were left open, revealing a black strapless top covered in small white polka dots. The top wasn't very revealing, but the combined effect of the open sweater and the tight black top was sexy nonetheless. Around her waist, she had tied a black satin ribbon into a bow to serve as a mock belt. Her legs were covered by a fairly conservative black lace skirt that ended just below her knees.
"Where do you need to go?"
"Just downtown, it won't be too far out of your way. I promise."
"Ok, I can drop you off. Are you ready?"
"Yeah, my appointment is in twenty minutes and I don't want to be late."
Susan followed her son to his car and they took off. On the ride to the studio, she told her son what she was doing and why. He tried to be supportive, but thought that his mother must have lost her marbles. After all, who decides to be a model at her age?
Jason followed his mother in to the studio to use the bathroom before he left for the gym.
"You must be Susan." The photographer rushed across the room and took her hand in his.
"I prefer Suzy."
"No problem, Suzy. My name is Eric Dufresne. I must apologize however, because my assistant called in sick today so I'm here all by myself."
"That's ok, do you want to re-schedule?"
"No, no, we can still do your headshots. The studio is yours for the next hour and then I have another shoot for the rest of the afternoon."
"Great, I'm so excited."
"You're friend told me how pretty you are, but I must confess that I am pleasantly surprised. You should see some of the women who come to me asking if they can be a model."
Eric looked over Suzy's face and body while talking. Suzy blushed both from the compliment and the overt attention from someone other than her husband.
"Alright, mom, I'll be by later to pick you up." Jason said as he walked in from the bathroom.
Suzy turned to her son and made a quick introduction.
"I know you must be in a hurry, but if you can spare a little time I could use some help with your mom's pictures, as I'm without my assistant."
Jason looked anxious as he edged his way to the door.
"How about this; if you can help out I'll take fifty dollars off the cost of the session."
Jason still appeared uninterested in helping out.
"C'mon Jason. You can have the fifty bucks and then go to the gym afterwards." His mom did her best to pressure him.
"Ok." He capitulated to his mother's plea knowing how much this meant to her.
"Don't worry Jason, it is a pretty easy way to make fifty bucks. I promise. Alright, let's get started."
Eric led Suzy and Jason into the studio. It was a large penthouse loft with floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the city. Scattered around the room there were several different locations set up with various backdrops, lights and furniture.
Eric showed Suzy where the dressing room was so that she could freshen up her make-up, again apologizing that his assistant wasn't there to help her.
Eric had been a professional photographer for most of his adult life. He was once an acclaimed photographer and his career had peaked when he got a gig working for Victoria's Secret. Over the years he had seen every type of depraved behavior. After getting a little too frisky with some of his models he was unceremoniously booted from the fashion world and found himself doing porn shoots for low-budget adult websites. At first he was happy to be surrounded by naked women all the time but eventually the thrill had diminished to the point of repulsion. He decided to get out of the game before he got to the point where he wasn't able to even look at another pussy again. He left LA and went back to his hometown. After several years of hard work he had finally managed to reestablish himself, although he knew that with his reputation this is as far as his career would ever go.
Eric was now proud of what he had built up and was always eager to work with new models, because he knew as well as anyone else that the next hot face could come from anywhere.
While Suzy got ready, Eric approached Jason to discuss his new job.
"Listen, Jason, I know you don't want to be doing this right now but it looks like it means a lot to your mother. And trust me when I say that she might have a real shot at this. Most women her age would kill to look like her, and that goes for models too."
He saw that Jason wasn't terribly interested in what he was saying, so he cut to the chase.
"This is what I need you to do. Just do everything that I tell you and keep quite. Those are the two most important requirements for any assistant. Ok?"
"Sure, I think I can handle that."
"Great, just remember; you're the assistant, she's the model, and I'm the boss."
Suzy emerged from the dressing room as Eric finished up with Jason and was led to a stool in front of a large white curtain in the center of the room.
Suzy sat on the stool with her legs crossed and her knees pointed off to the side while her body faced the camera. The way that she twisted pulled her sweater open a little further, exposing more of the black shirt underneath. Eric gave Jason a large white circular reflector and positioned him so that he was kneeling in front of his mother. Eric directed him to keep the reflector pointed at her face to catch the natural light from the windows.
As he knelt in front of his mother, Jason noticed for the first time that her conservative skirt had a slit running up her left leg from the hem all the way to her upper thigh. As she posed, with her left leg crossed over her right, the skirt parted revealing the smooth tan flesh of her leg up to her mid-thigh.
After initially noticing his mother's exposed leg Jason refocused his attention on following Eric's directions but found himself watching the subtle movements of the muscles her thigh every time she shifted her position for the camera.