Hoax Heart

Chapter Nine

Sinead and I were in the woodlands, she was my model for an autumnal photo shoot. She was such a fantastic model, wearing a beautiful beige long-coat, blue jeans and a cream jumper with long brown boots. Her make up was beautiful, perfectly suiting her chosen outfit. Sinead is wonderful to work with, a great listener and adding ideas of her own, where to pose and how to pose.

We agreed on a 'trade for pic', she gets a free photo shoot, plus ten pictures to keep and I can use her images for promotional uses. We already planned a Halloween photo shoot, Zoe, Leo and Mikey have all offered, which we will do the night before Halloween itself as we all want to attend a party at the Reynard Dorm. I've still yet to chose what I want to dress up as.

Zoe and Mikey have planned theirs together, Morticia and Gomez Addams. Leo is dressing as Slappy from Goosebumps and Sinead is stuck between a dark angel or a corpse bride, which I thought she meant from the Tim Burton film, but she has never seen it and I was gobsmacked. Tim Burton is a genius, hands down. Of course my costume needs to be a tribute to the great Artist. I recommended Sinead to watch the film Corpse Bride, she said she will with me after our photo shoot while I import the images.

"You were right about this film." Sinead said, wiping a tear, "I can't believe it made me cry. Poor Emily."

"I cried the first few times." I admitted, "It's such a beautiful film."

"I think you may have converted me to Tim Burtonism." Sinead laughed, "I wonder if that's a real thing."

"Oh, it will be." I laughed, "If you were to design the dress yourself, I'd consider using that dress as inspiration."

"Totally. Thanks, Olivia." Sinead hopped off the bed, "Wow these pictures are awesome!"

"Thank you, they don't need a lot of editing, but I will be toning the images to give it a more autumnal effect, like a vintage tone."

"How long till I get these images?"

"Well, I'll finish the ten you want and I'll continue with the rest of them that have worked."

Sinead squealed in excitement, clapping her hands, "I can't wait. I am totally recommending you to every one I know."

I smiled, gratefully, "Take some business cards and pass them around. My prices are on my Facebook page, and there's a link to my Instagram too."

Sinead stayed with me while I edited the images, I normally give myself up to a week to edit, as I normally would prefer to take the night off after the shoot, but this is part of my assignment and I wanted to be ahead of time.

I had received a text from T; 'Can I have you tonight? X'. My heart jumped at his message and thoughts ran through my head wondering where he wants me and what is he wanting to do. Of course, sex comes running through my mind and I was nervous as hell, unsure if I was ready. I'm not even sure what mine and T's relationship status was. Are we just dating? Are we in a relationship? Or is this just a casual thing? I do need to ask him, but my anxiety is screaming at me telling me that I'm an idiot if I just plainly ask him. It is probably best to just see how things go.

I text him back; 'Yeah, when and where? X'.

Within seconds, I received a reply; 'Outside my dorm. 10pm. X'.

At least I won't be missing out on curry night.

Mikey has made his famous vindaloo and I had declined the dish, having already tasted it and my tongue had to drown in milk to kill the spice. Leo has made a beef madras and my goodness, the beef just melts in your mouth. Zoe had made a veggie Rogan Josh, which Mikey calls an abomination, but her argument was that it won't effect her mouth with having no added spices, which shut Mikey up. I shook my head at the dirty minded couple, which I'm unsure if they are yet, as Zoe is yet to update me after our conversation on the bleachers.