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Chapter 22 -Surprise

A/N hey guys the story is coming to an end in 1 or 2 chapter. Sorry if you were enjoying this but I didn't know where to go in the end.

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"It's a surprise," I whispered back; pleased with my decision. We went to the local market and bought enough food for a week.

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(One week later)

Last week we had a lot of fun; mostly doing things in town with Emerson. Mom and Greg are back from their honeymoon.

Greg has informed me that today's my first day of modeling. It is early morning at this moment and they need to take around one thousand pictures.

So I pick out my nicest outfit which contains my dark jeans, white crop top, and black sandals. This is when I appreciate being skinny and tan. I don't need to do my hair or make-up. So I take a quick shower, get dressed, and dry my hair.

When I make my way downstairs Ben is still fast asleep. So I make myself some scrambled eggs and some toast then eat up. By the time I'm ready to go, Greg is in the car which is already started.

When we get to a huge building Greg directs me to my dressing room. I am greeted with my designer, hairstylist, and make-up artist. Her name is Abbey.

She tells me that today's photo-shoot is for Valley-Girl and it is for a summer clothing line.

She first applies my make-up. Starting with putting foundation on to clear my face from any blemishes and makes it look smooth. Then she gives me Sun Goddess eyes which are green so my brown eyes pop magically. She adds a few finishing touches, including shimmery lip gloss, and then she's done.

Next, she moves on to my hair. She heats the curling iron as she pins up layers of my blonde hair. Once the curling iron is hot enough, she curls each layer one at a time into loose, wispy curls. She left my bangs straight and pinned half of my hair to one side. It looks so natural, it's amazing.

Then she picked out my outfit and helped me change. I now am wearing bleached, jean booty shorts that look cut on the bottom, a Camo crop top that the neck hole cuts off from shoulder to shoulder, and brown, fashionable, combat boots. To bring it all together she added green nail polish, a brown, leather, braided bracelet, and a simple feather necklace with blue and brown beads. All together it looks fabulous! She even said I can keep this outfit because Valley-Girl is giving it to me for free!

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*Snap! Snap! Shuffle... Snap! Snap! Snap!*

After the last few poses, I've figured out that they take around five to ten pictures for each pose. I was informed that every ten pictures, there's at least one good one that they use.

There was a jungle themed backdrop behind me and another one that had some woods to the side.

I'm smiling at the camera when I hear "Halfway done!" After they take like five pictures I look at the wall clock. It's after noon and I'm starving!

"Ok Eleanor, nice job so far! Abbey and I are going to look through the pictures while you can take a snack break!" Dave told me. He's the photographer.

I go towards the snack table where Greg is and start eating.

"How do you like it?" Greg asks.

"I love it! It's everything I've dreamt it would be. I have always wanted to be a model. Thank you Greg."

"It's my pleasure. If you keep this up you'll be a main model in no time!" After a few more minutes of Abbey fixing little things on me it's back to work.

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I'm finally done! They let me pick my favorite picture to print out and give to me. I'm going to give it to Ben as a surprise.

I go back into my dressing room and strip out of my outfit. I change back into my earlier outfit then neatly pack the modeling outfit in a bag to take home.

Greg, Abbey, and I meet outside the door and Abbey hands me the picture. It's of me smiling with my hands on my hips and my hair blown back by a fan. It's beautiful and even a little sexy!

"It was nice to meet you! I had lots of fun and can't wait to do it again!" Abbey exclaimed.

"I had an amazing time and loved it! I'll miss you!" We hugged, gave kisses on each other's cheeks, and waved. Now it's time to go home.

For dinner we stopped by Wendy's and ate on the road.

By the time we got home it was already dark. I walked in with my bag beside me, to see everyone watching Shrek in the lounge.

I held my picture behind my back, set my bag down and slid into Ben's lap. He gave me a hug and I held out the picture. "Surprise..." I whisper with a smirk.