Picture Perfect

chapter six

Christopher M. Brown

The kiss Kai'lani and I share was something that I've been wanting to happen ever since we met. She has lightened up to see me since the kiss and I was happy about that. Her and Nia have met and to my surprise it went well. They talked about the money incident and came to an understanding. She was handling things for me and I greatly appreciate it. I sat on set for Tinashe's Player video. She's absolutely a talented young woman who could do it all. I watched as she danced for the round four part. Her and the other dancer was very on point. It was almost time for me to go onto set so I just sat in my chair waiting.

"We're ready for you Chris!" The video director Emil announced. I nodded and got up from my chair. I walked onto the set and took my place in front of the window. The lighting changed to blue and the director grabbed his camera.

"Alright Chris, you're gonna sing the first two lines of your verse then it switches to Tinashe. Then the camera is going to come back to you on the fourth line. It'll also come back on you on the seventh and end four words into the eighth line. It'll come back on the ninth line and you'll sing the first five words. It'll come back on the tenth line and you'll sing that line through. You won't sing again tell the twelfth line then when the word OG come on it'll go to Tinashe. You'll sing four words into the thirteenth line. You'll sing the fourteenth line all the way through and that'll be it until you both dance together." Emil explained. I nodded and rubbed my hands together.

"Action!" Emil declared. I did what he said and sang the first two lines. From what I was told before I got on set is all I got to do is act normal and throw in a couple of moves. I did everything Emil explained till' we got down shoot. It only took a mere two hours to shoot but I didn't mind.

"Now this is your dance scene. You both have practiced this and now it's time to put your practice to the test." Emil told us. Both of us nodded and took our places. We were going to shoot the main dance point then get the bits and pieces tomorrow afternoon.

"Action!"

I walked up to her biting my lip. We continued walking up together. She wrapped her right arm around my neck while her left hand landed on my hands went to her hips. Her hands traveled up and down my body while I did the same to her but my hands were on her body.

"Good! Good! Now onto the next part. Action!"

We both threw our jackets onto the floor. She slowly moved up on me, making sure to grind in the process. She placed her hands on my chest and arched back. She turned and slowly slid down on me.

"Next part!" Emil announced. She pressed her body against mine and my hand rubbed on her waistline. She threw her head back and held my hands.

"Great! We have a couple more parts then we'll be done for today!" He announced. We nodded and she turned to face me. I squatted down while she hopped up. I stood up with my right arm supporting her while her legs were wrapped around my waist.

"Come on, two or three parts."

She hopped down and placed her body against mine. We grinded together with me looking down at her and her head turned to the side.

"Pick her up again. Tinashe, your right hand is on the left side of his neck while you other hand is on his shoulder. Chris your left arm is holding onto her right leg while your right arm is on her back. Your foreheads are touching and remember you're spinning." Emil told us. We nodded and did what he told us. I started spinning a little bit before the music turned back on.

"Good. Now get back down and get close again. Chris you're looking down at her while she looking up at you. Tinashe, your right hand in on top of his head while your left hand on his right cheek. Your right hand moves a little of his head while your left hand goes down his cheek. " He directed. We nodded and did what he had directed us to do.

"On the floor. Chris you are hovering over her while on your knees. Tinashe your legs on in the middle of Chris's torso while your left arm is extended and your left hand is on his right shoulder. Just move around under him and Chris lowered your body and head near hers." He told us. We nodded and got down on the floor like he told us. The music played again and we did what he directed us to do.

"Great! This is the last time. Tinashe you're going to be on Chris again. Your legs are wrapped around his waist when the music started and your arms around sitting on his shoulders. Chris your arms are wrapped around her upper torso. Finish this and we are done for today guys."

We did what he had said. The music started and she wrapped her legs a little more around my waist and my arms wrapped a little more around her torso.

"It's a wrap!" He announced. I put her down and we smiled at each other.

"Thank you again Chris. It's such a honor to be doing a video with you." She thanked.

"The pleasure is all mine. You're real talented. When did you start dancing?" I inquired.

"Around the age of four. I've done all types of dance so it's great to put those skills into this video."

"That's dope. I have to get going so I'll see you tomorrow." I told her. She nodded and walked over to the director. I walked back to my dressing room. I opened the door to see Kai'lani sitting on the couch.

"Indy? Whatcha' doing here?" I inquired as I closed the door.

"Remember you told me after I got done talking to my sister to come down here so you could take me somewhere."

I did tell her that, "Yeah I remember. I'm sorry, I'm just back tracked and tired."

"It's cool but I like those moves out there. It actually looked real. I wish we could do something like that but sadly I'm not a dancer."

I smirked, "Really?" I inquired as I walked over to her. She smirked and walked toward me. I picked her up and placed her back against the wall. She looked down at me and pecked my lips. I smiled and looked up at her.

"You just gonna stand here and look at me or kiss me?" She inquired.

"Ooh someone's getting feisty." I smirked. I leaned in to kiss her but backed away. I placed her down on the floor. She had the most shocked look on her face. I laughed. She punched me in my arm and tried to walk out of the door. I grabbed her by her waist and pulled her back to me.

"You mad at me?" I inquired. She didn't answer me. I turned her around and pecked her lip repeatedly. Her smile started to peek through. Finally she smiled fully and wrapped her arms around my neck.

"Spoiled ass." I joked. She smiled and hopped onto me. I wrapped my arms around her waist while her legs wrapped around my waist. She leaned down and kissed me. The kiss lasted for a good minute before there was a knock at the door. I pecked her lips, sat her down on her feet and opened the door. Valerie walked in with her clipboard.

"Nia just called, she wanted to remind you that her doctor's appointment is tomorrow morning at ten." She told me. I nodded. Her and Kai looked at each other before Valerie walked out of the room. Kai walked over to the door but I grabbed her by her waist.

"Just give me five minutes with her in the parking lot."

"Kai calm down." I told her. She turned around and looked at me.

"You are going to tell your little snobby ass manager to stop being disrespectful toward me. You know I don't take disrespect and she got one more time before I go upside her head." She ranted. I grabbed her waist and pulled her closer to me.

"I got it Kai, I promise."