The Man Behind the Makeup

Chapter 14: New Neighbors and Clients

Annabelle's POV

After unpacking my things and throwing them in my hamper, I plugged in one of my many memory cards and emailed the pictures to my manager so he could email them to the magazine and poster companies.

I took out the card and plugged in my phone, deciding to print off some pictures and start a little photo album for Alex. I clicked on all of the pictures of us and the others together with her and printed all of them out. It was a pain in the ass to cut them out, write dates on the back, and put them in the black leather album, but it was worth the annoyance. I quickly wrote her name in cursive with a gold sharpie, then doodled a rose in the corner of the cover with a silver one. Okay, I hope she likes it.

"Hey Alex?" I faintly heard a door open and she walked into my room.

"Yeah?" I smiled and handed her the book. She looked at it and tears sprung to her eyes. "What's this?"

"It's a photo album of the whole time you were with us at Warped Tour. You can add to it in the future, but for now, this is how much you have." She opened the book and smiled as she looked at all the pictures, laughing at some of the memories it brought up. She pulled me into a hug and I squeezed her back.

"Thank you so much, I love it." I smiled and pulled away.

"You're welcome. Also, not to seem rude, but did you want me to properly wash your clothes from tour?" She giggled and nodded her head as she walked out and walked back into the room with a small pile of clothing. "That's it?"

"This is all I own." She looked down in shame and I shook my head.

"I have tons of clothes that I don't wear and was going to just donate. You can have them if you want." She looked at me uneasy.

"You sure?" I nodded and pulled out the two big boxes from the back of my closet. "Holy shit."

"I know." We laughed and I helped her put the boxes into her room. "They are all clean and freshly washed. I'm gonna go throw the tour clothes in the wash and you can get started on putting these in the closet and dresser. Did you want me to wash the ones you're wearing?"

"Would you mind?" I shook my head.

"Not at all." I turned around and she got changed into some leggings and a flowy shirt. I took the clothes from her and left her alone as I went down into the basement to do the wash. After turning on the washer, I jogged back up the stairs to see that Dustin was looking out the window, gripping the counter pretty hard. "What's wrong, bro?"

"Looks like we got a new neighbor." I furrowed my eyebrows and looked out the window next to him and saw it Andy had a Uhaul and was unloading it into the house. Next door.. Great.

"He and I are friends again, so you can stop being so rude towards him." He looked at me with the look of 'are you fucking crazy' in his eyes. "He apologized and everything and we kissed at Warped Prom. I think I really like him."

"Well, I may not be happy with him, but I will believe you and support your decisions like a good brother does." I laughed and kissed his cheek.

"Good. Well, I'm gonna go say hi." I went upstairs and slipped back on my sandals. I heard the water running, so Alex must be taking a shower. I closed the door behind me and went over to Andy's new house. He wasn't outside and the door was wide open, so I stepped in and knocked on the door. "Hello?! It's your neighbor coming over to say hi!"

"In the kitchen!" He yelled and I followed from where I heard his voice and walked into the beautiful kitchen that had black wood cupboards and hardwood flooring. I loved the style.

"I love your kitchen." I saw that he froze and turned around to face me with wide eyes. I smiled and friendly waved at him.

"Thanks, Anna. I'm sorry I didn't say goodbye to you, I had to start packing as soon as possible at my old house." I shook my head and walked over to pull him into a hug.

"It's fine. Well, I'll see you around." I quickly walked back to the house and slammed the front door shut. Holy shit that was awkward. I don't know how old people can do that so easily... I forgot the food! People always bring like a casserole in a glass dish with tinfoil on top of it. Well I don't want to put that much effort into that, so a hello and compliment on his sexy kitchen is the most he's getting out of me.

With a sigh, I walked down into the basement to switch the wash, then went all the way upstairs to my room. I heard my phone go off, but it wasn't in my room. Where the fuck-

"Anna, here's your phone. You left it on my dresser." Alex handed me my phone and I smiled and thanked her.

"Hello, this is Annabelle's Photography, Annabelle speaking." Yes my friends, that is how I answer all of my phone calls. It's stupid, but it makes me sound official and high class.

"Hey Annabelle, it's Steven." That's my manager. "Tomorrow, a new client wants to have some pictures taken. Meet them at the apartment building that's like, down the road from you at eleven o'clock tomorrow morning." I internally groaned and rolled my eyes. I guess it shouldn't be that bad, I just have to dress not in black and more official.

"Okay that's fine. Um, can I ask who they are? And what the job is?" He chuckled and said something that brightened my day.

"You'll like it. I promise you." Oh then it's a band! Yay! I started dancing around my room, jumping up and down. "Well, I'll let you go. Don't be late to that appointment, please."

"Of course not sir. I'll make sure to email you the pictures." I am such a fucking suck up to my bosses and clients. I don't like to disappoint people when it comes to my job. I have already been such a disappointment to my father and myself, that I can't stand to want to do be one any longer. That made no sense, but oh well.

Authors Note: okay guys I'm sorry this is really short but the last two have kinda just been fillers and I am getting stuck with things, but I already have ideas planned out for the next chapter so, don't you worry!