Brooklyn Baker wants to see the world and get away from the sunflower farm in Kansas where she was born and raised. With her girl-next-door good looks she enters a modeling contest, a reality show really. Ten men and ten women are paired up to compe...
I rush into the living room of the same house where Hayden and I made cookies to meet with Cinna and Nat. They stand when I enter the living room and are all smiles. How can they be so calm?
"Thank you so much for picking me! You are the best!" I hug them both, but before they've finished with their greetings I've already burst out with, "I have no ideas whatsoever!" I see their startled looks at my outburst and I sit down on a chair to explain, "I know it's Women's Choice this week and I'm supposed to have ideas about the photoshoot, but honestly none of this is my thing." I give them a pitiful look. "I'm so, so sorry. I barely remember the theme. I know it was sexy and there are three of us, but..."
Cinna reaches out for my hand to calm me down, "No need to apologize, Sweetheart. I have an idea I think you will really like."
He looks so relaxed and confident that a huge smile breaks out of my face. "You do?"
He nods, "Yes, look at our mood board."
Nat pulls out a board from behind the couch as Cinna does the talking. "After the catastrophe last week with Ralph..." He makes a face. We all know what he's talking about so he doesn't elaborate. "... I thought it might be best, given your age and innocent look, to do a very gentle take on this theme."
I look at the mood board and calm right down. There are no whips or black leather like there were in the video package. Everyone is clothed and no one is wearing a dog collar.
Cinna continues when he sees my smile, "In the late 1990's Abercrombie and Fitch did some ads around the idea of a ménage à trois. We'd have you all dressed in regular clothing, probably sporty type gear. The pictures would be flirty, but loving. Sweet, but a little sexy. Kind of like you are best friends but experimenting a bit."
I can't contain my smile. "This is perfect. Thank you so much, Cinna. You are so good at what you do." I really hope he gets a lot of recognition from this show.
Cinna smiles with my compliments, he raises his eyebrows with inquiry, "Should we go pick out some outfits and locations?"
I jump up ready to go. "Yes!" On our way out I add, "Is there anyway we can get Hayden in a t-shirt with no pants?" Cinna laughs but Nat looks horrified so I have to explain that it is payback for my outfit he picked for the cookie shoot. She laughs too when she remembers.
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I see Ry first as he steps onto the tennis court. He's wearing a collared light blue golf shirt with slightly darker blue fitted shorts. He's carrying a tennis racket and this man looks amazing. I lick my lips so I don't visibly drool.
I cannot contain my laughter when I see Haydie following Ry with a pout on his face. It isn't his expression that makes me laugh, it's the crop top he's wearing along with shorts similar to Ry's. About six inches of his abs including his belly button are showing between his shirt and shorts. Hayden's eyes zero in on me and he takes purposeful steps straight toward me. I can't help but double over with more laughter now that he's pretending to be mad.
