Charlie Rose

thirteen

The sun is bright in my eyes. I smell something wonderful, my nose picks up bacon and eggs. I get up and accidentally wake Brandie in the process.
"Morning gorgeous," Brandie says in a groggy voice.
"Morning, sorry for waking you."
"It's okay." She smiles at me. We walk to the kitchen to find out that smell. Will Brandie snuggled right into me as we walked.

"Good moring sleepy heads!" Gaynor says loudly. It shocks Brandie, I feel her jump.
"It isn't that late is it?" Brandie questions him
"Um, honey, it is 8:38am."
"I don't work until 10:00am anyways so hand me some bacon." I giggle, so does Gaynor.

We all sit down and eat. Breakfast was amazing and I don't forget to thank Gaynor for it. When I am done, I pack up and get ready for work. I feel anxious being back at work since the accident. I put on an oversized shirt, black jeans and black converse. I watch Brandie get ready too. She wears a pink hoodie, white jeans and some ugg boots. Her hair sits perfectly in a messy bun at the top of her head and she insists to do two braids down each side of my head. The way she does it sends tingles down my spine. Her soft touch is soothing on my head.

"All done." She whispers in my ear as she stands up. She pulls me up into her arms. Brandie giggles and so do I, our giggles slowly turn to laughs as we walk to the living room.
"Ready to go?" Brandie asks Gaynor. He is going on set with Brandie today to see what she does.
"All good to go when you are."
"Let's go then."

I have to go too, so we all leave together. We reach the bottom of our building then we farewell other. I jump into my car and blare music. I need to clear my mind.

*****

I pull up to see carpet installers. I instantly know why they are here: to replace the blood stained carpet from the incident last week. I ignore them and the new lady at the front desk too. I just quickly rush to my room and sat down in my desk chair. I took a deep breath and sat for awhile until I thought that I should do something today. I decide to go and practise, but before I do, I put some better clothes on and do my make up. As I stand to pick out some clothes, Nick walks in. Under no obligation will I speak him.

"Hey Charlie," I don't even look at him.
"I just wanted to apologise for what I did yesterday." Stay strong Charlie. I notice the bruise on his face in the corner of my eye. Ouch!
"Um, you have been offered a photo shoot with Calvin Klein tomorrow night and Madison Square Gardens, if you want to go, of course." I turned around and gave him those eyes. You know, the ones that sort of say thank you but please leave. After seeing my expression, he turns away and leaves. I feel really bad for him, I still want to be friends with him, but how can I trust him? Right before he left he put paper work on my desk. I fill it out and take it to the front desk. I greet the new lady and quickly leave.

*****

I finish my make up and make my way to the run ways. As I enter I see only one person.
"Hi, you must be Charlie. I'm Jacob."
"Hey, nice to meet you." Jacob was really nice. He has a tall muscular image. He has a huge smile and short black hair. His appearance suited his personality perfectly.
"Can I help you with something?" He asks so politely.
"Um, actually, you can."

We spent the next two hours doing different walks down the runway and by the end, I finally got the hang of it. I felt like I was really for anything.
"Thank you very much for that, I think I have the hang of it now."
"Your most welcome, anytime you need a hand, come find me, I'll help you out."
"Thanks again, see you tomorrow."
"Goodbye Charlie."

The way he said it, sent chills down my spine, just the way he said it though. I think nothing of it and walk straight back to my room to gather my stuff and go home. I hop in my car and turn on the ignition and I am almost deafened by my radio. I forgot that I had it up loud this morning. I turn it down and try to recover. As I sit there, my watch saying it is 3:00pm, and I see Nick walking past. He looks directly at me and I smile at him. I still appreciate him and I still want a friendship with him.

I drive off and go to Starbucks, I need a coffee. After getting my order I go straight home. I unlock the door and I instantly see Brandie, but she is different. I see happiness in her eyes, like something I have never seen like this before.
"Do you like it?" I assume she is talking about her hair. She has cut it all off. After it being half way down her back, it is now nicely sitting on top of her head in a pixie cut.
"I love every part of you." I lean in and kiss her.