Finding Oriana

Chapter 14

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

"Oriana, babes, there's someone here to see you."
My mum says while standing outside the bathroom door. I'm in here getting dry after just taking a shower. I've not long been awake after only having a few hours" of sleep last night. Yeah, Kaid kept me awake by sending me a shitload of text messages. Not only that, but he also called too, which was interesting. I mean, trying to whisper making sure that my parents don't hear me. Well, it was pretty exciting. The silly boy wanted to sneak in, but there was no way I'm taking that risk. I mean, my mother is still wary of him. So I will not add fuel to the fire, as they say. However, it's been a few weeks since Kaiden and I got back together, but I guess it'll take time for her to come around.

"Okay, I'll be down in about twenty minutes, mum. I'm just getting out now."

Once dried and dressed, I skip drying my hair. That is until I see who's here, to see me first. Then, I'll finish drying it. Well, let's face it. Us girls can't be doing with frizzy hair. Trust me, it's a good look on me.
Anyway, when I walk into our living room, I'm shocked to see who's standing there.

"Mr Aborah? W-what are you doing here?" He smiled and took in a deep breath.
"Well now, you didn't get back to me. I was hoping you'd take me up on my offer of doing a few test shots. Oriana, I was serious when I said you have a great look and a fantastic bone structure. It would be amazing for makeup ads and maybe even catwalk."
My eyes are completely wide. I'm in total shock.

"Oh, I'm so sorry, Mr Aborah. I guess it slipped my mind. You see. I um, kinda was in a bit of an accident. Well, I kinda lost my memory for a while. So I guess you could say that it slipped my mind to call back. Plus, my parents were still in talks about it you know my dad. He kind of didn't want me to take this on. So yeah, we didn't have time to make a final decision."
I watch as his eyes go a little wide now, total shock on his, especially when he asks if I'm okay.

"Well yeah, I am now. I guess. I mean, I kind of got a couple of scars from the fall but other than that I'm peachy keen. Oh, and I'm... I um, I might have got a little. Well, more than a little. But I've also got a bit of ink, work done. My um... My auntie Hales, kind of gave me a tattoo last week."

I'm biting my lip now, and I'm feeling a little worried. He won't want me to model for him now, only because I know some don't like Ink, work on models. But what he says next, kind of squashes that theory.

"Oh, hey. Not to worry about that. There are plenty of models who have a hell of a lot of Ink, especially nowadays. I mean, you can model tattoo work too, so I wouldn't worry about it. But tell me; what did you get?"
He finished and I smiled, knowing he was okay with my Ink made me more excited to model now. I've been pretty bored lately because I missed my college opening, what with everything that happened. I missed enrolling day. I have to wait until next year, but having Mr Aborah here is a bonus.

"I um, it covers my hip and ends on my ribs. It's three watercolour roses, one blue, one pink, and one purple. They're also a few butterflies there, too. At the side of the roses, is a realism candy skull."

He looks intrigued. Then he asks if he can see it. I bite my lip because I'm not sure how comfortable I am with this. I mean, I don't even really know him. But then I guess if I'm going to do this modelling stuff, I guess I'd have to get used to this kind of stuff, right?

"Umm, sure, I guess." I said and timidly pull the hem of my shirt up. Then I pull at the hem of my grey sweatpants. Only a little though, I don't want to reveal everything, especially not to a stranger. Yeah, I know of him, but I don't know him as a friend. You know?
Anyway, he seemed pretty okay with it since he's clapping his hands, telling me it's a beauty. It kind of clued me in.
"Well now, I guess all I need to know now is... Are you up for it? Would you like to come and work for me? The salary is pretty decent and you even sometimes get a load of free stuff from the shoots that you take part in. I mean, those are the little perks but you also get to travel the world, too."