Runway Love

Chapter Eleven

"One minute, Jaime!" I'm so used to the voice telling me how much time I had left from behind my dressing room curtain. My naturally straight dirty blonde hair now had beach waves, and a light blue eyeshadow had been applied to my eyelids to match the light blue romper I would be wearing to start off the show. Kelly was wearing the pink version of the romper, even thigh pink is obviously my color, and light blue is hers. I looked at myself in the mirror one last time before heading over next to Kelly. Dana was giving a speech to the crowd about how hard she worked on the seasons collection, and how the audience would be dazzled with delight after viewing the clothes and models. After the audience clapped, Dana walked back and past us.

"Go out there and shine bright!" she said, as someone handed her a cup of Starbucks coffee. After taking a sip, she sighed. "I needed that." and then the music started, queuing Kelly and I to walk out into the runway. As we walked down in sync, I could easily see Connor, who was helping Trevor and handing him a roll of film. Then to my right was my brother, Julian. I was able to get him a seat at the front, after nagging Dana for three hours. When she saw Julian, the first thing she said was 'your brother is hot'. George kind of just gave him a dirty look from behind Dana's shoulder and somehow managed to shake Julians hand. Julian thinks George is odd, too.

Kelly and I struck a back to back pose, then began to walk back. Once the next models were out on the runway and Kelly and I were behind the walls, we smiled at each other.

"Dana should put us on the runway together more often." Kelly suggested. "We looked hella cute out there."

"Totally!" I agreed. "But do you agree when I say I should have worn the vibrant pink and you should have worn the light blue?"

"Yeah, you're right!" Kelly realized. "Dana said George chose them out for us, I think he's up to something."

"Maybe.." I said, before Dana came over to us and began pushing us towards the changing rooms.

"Jaime, get into that maxi dress pronto!" Dana commanded.

"Aye aye, captain!" I said out of impulse, before Dana could say anything else. Everyone around us was cracking up, and my face turned slightly red.

"Honey, we aren't on a ship." Dana said. "Now Kelly, get into that cute little crimson red shirt and ombre shorts! You're on right before Jaime, in seven minutes!" Dana ran off, hassling every model she saw. I entered my changing room, sliding the maxi dress on quicker than you could say 'peanut butter'. Once I was out, the makeup artist removed my light blue eyeshadow, and applied a light orange shade, and redid my mascara and eyeliner. She then dismissed me, and I went back up to the entrance of the runway, making my appearance once I could see the other models heel. I strutted down the runway, smiling in all directions. Specifically at Connor and Julian. I kind of found it funny how my brother and boyfriend were in the same room without knowing each other. Once I reached the end of the runway, I stuck another cute pose, then walked back behind the wall. I walked over to the side, where I could easily see him. When he turned, I quickly caught his eye, and gestured for him to walk over. He did, and once he was behind the very thin curtain, I kissed him.

"Hey." I spoke after breaking away.

"Hey." he said, his hands on my waist. "You looked good out there."

"Thanks, you did too." I said, cupping his face with my hands and kissing him again. I moved back a bit, bumping into the wall. Not that it bothered me or anything, but when I heard a very irritated 'ahem' from behind Connor, I quickly moved away from Connor only to find Julian standing there, with his arms crossed.

"Hey, Julian." I said awkwardly, fiddling with my thumbs.

"Hey, little sis." he replied, grinning a bit too make the situation less awkward than it was. "I'm going to assume that this young man is your boyfriend."