Reach For The Stars (Dallas Liu & Ian Ousley)

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Star's POV

"Did you eat breakfast this morning?" Blaise asks me.

"Not yet." As I'm getting fitted, I say.

"We have to make sure you eat dear." He states.

"Will do." I nodded.

"I will be showing you all your looks today." He informs me.

I say, "Got it."

Blaise asks me to try on several clothes that his assistants pull out. On a clothes rack, shoes and heaps of clothes appeared.

"This is all for you." Taking the first attire, says Blaise.

I tried everything on one by one and fell in love with every single thing.

"Let's take a break." As he answers a call, Blaise declares. "Make sure to eat Star."

I get a croissant and dish of eggs and use my phone as I eat.

I texted back and forth with Jacob until he wanted to give me a call.

As I respond to his facetime, I say, "Hi."

"Hello." He grinned. "I've missed you."

A tiny laugh slips out of my mouth, and I flush.

"How's Paris?"

"Good, I'm at a fitting right now." I inform him.

"Fitting for?"

"You'll see." I smile.

"It's such a shame that you're in such a romantic city by yourself."

"I'm not by myself." I laugh. "I have Dallas and Ian here with me."

"Oh, I didn't know that." He states.

"You yourself said I have my 'posse' with me everywhere." I quote "posse" with my fingers.

"I guess I did."

"Alright, I'll call you later. Kass is calling me." I inform him.

I take Kass' call as soon as I hang up with him.

"Hey Kass."

"How's the fitting?"

I tell her, "Good, on a break right now."

"Excellent. I booked some dinner reservations for you for this evening." She informs me.

"Oh thank you."

"Just a heads up there will be paparazzi there."

"You alerted them?"

"Yup." Says she. "This will be good."

I brush that aside as it's already done. "Kass, how have things been?"

"Don't worry about that." She claims. "Enjoy Paris."

"I've been having fun and staying away from social media. Right now, the curiosity is just strong ."

"You know what they say Star, curiosity killed the cat."

"Ugh, okay."

"I promise, everything is alright. You're doing well. Believe me."

"Okay, I trust you." I sigh.

"Okay, I'll see you soon. I'm hoping to make it tomorrow when you guys have the onsite rehearsal, I should be there."

"See you then."

"Remember! The show is tomorrow so you better be on your A game."

Blaise returns just as I hang off the phone.

Following the fitting, I was shown how to walk the runway by a few models. I told them I wanted to make the most of our limited time together by learning everything I could.

"I don't want to embarrass Blaise."

"You're doing great!" I was reassured by the stunning model, Alison. "We witness it all these days, I assure you. It's shameful that brands are enlisting influencers in this industry without providing them with the barest training possible."

"I definitely don't want to look silly."

"We've got you girl."

They give me advice on every detail while I rehearse my walk. Everything: arms, legs, face, posture, etc.

"Make sure you add your own personality to it." I hear from one of them.

I nod, soaking in all the advice they give me. It was time for me to eventually do it on my own after shadowing each model for my first few passes.

I say, "Kind of nervous." to them.

"You are a whole pop star! Nothing to be nervous about."

As soon as they give me the all-clear, I start to move. I was tense at first, but as I kept walking, I grew more at ease.