The Photographer's Muse

Thirty Two

Bella's P.O.V

I sat with Melody and Rosalie in a small diner. I sipped on my milkshake as I waited for their reaction. The girls were a bit in shock about what I told them. 

"Well, I'm not surprised. You're really beautiful and your name means beauty," Rosalie said.

"Thanks," I smiled.

"I'm not surprised either but the fact they came to you is a bit shocking. Normally you go to them when you want to model," Melody said. 

"I know. I don't know what to say though," I told them.

"You should do it," Rosalie said.

"She's right," Melody told me.

"Really?"

"Yeah. This is kind of a once in a lifetime opportunity," Melody told me.

"Besides, when is the next time you're going to model?" Rosalie said. 

"I still need to talk to Collin about this," I told them.

"You haven't talked to Collin about this?" Melody asked in shock.

"No..."

"Bella, he is your best friend before me. How can you not talk to him about this first?" Melody asked.

"Wait, what?" Rosalie asked in confusion. 

"Bella's mom and Collin's mom were best friends and when both Bella and Collin were born, they were best friends with one another until Bella moved here," Melody said, catching Rosalie up. 

"Ooh. Okay," Rosalie nodded before drinking her milkshake.

"I'll talk to him later but not now," I said.

"You have to," Melody said.

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I stood outside Collin's front door for a bit before knocking on it. I waited a bit until I saw that it was Chase who opened the door.

"Hey, Chase," I said.

"Hey, Bella. Looking for Collin?" Chase asked me.

"Yup."

"He's not home yet but you're more than welcome to wait here if you want," Chase said. 

"Thanks, Chase."

I walked inside the house. Chase and I went over to the living room before sitting on the couch.

"How's Xander and Bianca?" He asked me. 

"They're good," I tell him.

"Cool. Do you want anything?"

"No. I'm fine," I told him. I heard the garage door open and close making me look over.

"Chase! Do you know where I put the bag of things I got from Target?" I heard Collin ask.

"I put it in your room," Chase said. Collin walked over to where we were. 

"Bella? What are you doing here? Not that I don't want to see you, it's just a little unexpected," Collin said.

"I should've texted you but there's something I wanted to talk to you about," I tell him.

"Oof. Drama. Let me get the popcorn," Chase said. 

"Let's go to my room," Collin said before holding my hand and leading me upstairs. 

When we got to his room, Collin shut the door behind him. I sat on his bed while he took a seat next to me.

"What's up?"

"Well, I got an offered to do modeling as like a serious thing," I told him.

"That's great. You have the looks for it," Collin said before kissing my cheek.

"I'm not sure if I want to do it though," I told him. 

"Why? What's wrong?"

"What if we don't spend enough time together and you can find someone better? What if I'm too busy for you and we loose that connection?" I asked him. 

"Bella, no matter what happens, I'm always going to love you. This is a pretty big opportunity and I want to support you in everything," Collin told me.

"Really?" I asked him.

"Really."

I smiled softly before giving him a kiss. Collin held me close to him until we heard a thud outside. We pulled away before Collin walked over to see Chase outside the door with popcorn.

"Seriously?" Collin asked.

"Sorry! I wanted to make sure that everything's okay," Chase said. 

"Right," Collin said.

"You should be a model, Bella. You got the looks," Chase said.

"Get out!" Collin said.