Forgotten

Part 39

Nichole's POV:

"Babe, your squeezing my hand", I said, as her nails dug into my skin.

"Sorry", she said, loosening her grip.  "I'm just nervous."

"It'll be fine.  There's absolutely no pressure", I said, as I opened the front door to the agency.  

Today was a big day.  It was the day that Alexis was going to model for the agency for the first time.  I was going to do a photo shot of her and then show it to the agency.  And then they were going to decide if they wanted her or not.  And although there was pressure, because she was going to be judged.  Her photos were going to be scrutinized.  Picked apart.  Detail by detail.  She was going to be looked at from every angle.  Analyzed down to the smallest imperfection.  So, although there was pressure, I didn't want her to feel it.  And honestly it didn't really matter.  It's not like Lexi really wanted to be a model.  She was just doing it for extra money for college.  So, if they decided they couldn't use her, it wasn't the end of the world.

"Ok", she said, in a quiet voice, trying to convince herself.

"It's just gonna be you, right?  Just you taking the photos?"

"Yes, babe.  It's just gonna be me.  I'm gonna be the only one in the room with you.  It's just gonna be us", I said, reassuring her.

"Ok.  Because I wouldn't feel comfortable with anyone else", she said, as we rounded the corner to the room where we were gonna do the shoot.

"I know.  And I wouldn't either."  And it was true.  Because although we weren't doing  any nudes,  we were going to do some rather racey photos.  And although they were gonna be viewed by the entire agency, I still knew we both felt more comfortable with it just being me and her in the actual photo shoot.  Especially since it was her first time modeling.

Just as we were about to enter the photo shoot room, an unexpected surprise, and I should a rather unpleasant, unexpected surprise happened.  Someone rounded the corner at the same time, and almost nearly ran into us.

It was Sydney.  Fucking shit.

She looked at me. Then at Alexis.  But to much my displeasure, she kept her eyes on Lexi, glaring at her. 

"Hey", I said quickly, trying to evert Sydney's attention away from Lexi. 

Reluctantly she looked away from her and then turned her attention to me.

"Hey", she said back.  Then, she thought for a moment.  "What are you doing back here?"  

"What are you talking about?" I asked.

"You never shoot back here.  You're always up at the other end", she said, suspiciously.

"Well... I'm doing a different kind of shoot", I said, trying to leave it vague.

"What kind of shoot?"she asked, noisily, glancing back and forth between Lexi and I.

"That's none of your goddamn business", I snapped. Because, quite honestly, she was starting to piss me off with her nosiness.

"Why are you acting all secretive?" she asked, obviously not taking the hint.

"I'm not acting secretive.  It's just none of your business is all."

"Well, if you have nothing to hide, then why won't you tell me", she said, obviously not wanting to let it go.

"Well, it's still none of your fucking business, but if you must know, I'm doing a photo shoot of Alexis."