In the next morning Johnny, his wife and I got up early. It was still dark outside and a cold breeze got in the house as Johnny opened the window in the living room. For my first night in São Paulo he let me sleep on his couch but also made sure that this couldn't go on like that. He wanted to look for a place to sleep for me today since he had a little time of thinking during my photoshooting with Neymar.
"Goodbye", Johnny said to his wife kissing her before she left for her work.
"Soooo, Luciana", he started as he turned around to me. I sat on the couch with a cup of hot chocolate and a pancake his wife made me. "Today we'll find a new home for you and today you'll have your first shooting with Neymar! Excited?", he asked.
I took a sip of my drink and nodded. Of course I was excited. This was something completely new for me and I was already wondering if I'd do my job well. Nevertheless I was kind of afraid of Neymar. He seemed like a tough guy who would tell me his opinion about what I would do straight in the face without caring about my emotions or the fact that I wasn't someone who had been in the business for years like him.
"Are you ready?" Johnny came over to me to take his car keys off the table in front of me.
"Sure", I muttered as I stood up and followed him to his car. For the first time I saw the busy street that led from Johnny's house to the building where the shooting was at day time. While I had a quick breakfast, the sun came out already.
"Here we are", Johnny assured as he stopped the car in one of the parking lots in front of the building. We went inside and Johnny brought me inside a room where a young woman named Sara waited for me. Johnny explained me what was going to happen and what I had to do and then left the room. Sara was the make-up and hair stylist. From what I can say she looked like she was about my age. She sat me down in front of a table with a huge mirror on it and tons of make-up and hair products.
"Your look is going to be casual but still glamorous. After putting your make-up on I'll cut your hair a little, so it will look healthier and then curl it. I'm sure it will look beautiful on you.", she smiled.
About minutes that felt like hours later she was finally done.
"You look absolutely gorgeous!" Sara seemed to be satisfied with what she did to me. "What do you think?"
"I look so different", I began, "but I really like it. Thank you so much!"
"Then you can go to the shooting room now. Do you still remember how to get there?", she asked friendly.
"Out this door, then down the hallway until the last door on the right?" She nodded, so I took the way I explained to Sara and found Johnny, Jay and an annoyed looking Neymar.
"Luciana!", Johnny shouted, "You look totally stunning!"
"Thank you", I mumbled walking over to the guys trying not to look at Neymar. That was pretty hard though since all he wore was boxers.
"You need to get your clothes on now. Go over to the dressing room, the clothes are already inside", he stated as he pointed to the door Neymar came out of yesterday during my test shooting.
Without saying a word I went inside the dressing room to find what I was going to wear. I was a little surprised by what I found. A light pink slip with a light pink silk top and a transparent cardigan. Okay then. I put on the clothes and went out of the dressing room slowly. Neymar, who was scratching his head, looked up astonishedly as the door slammed behind me. I gave them all a slight smile as I stepped closer to the men.
"Fabulous", Johnny said, "Fa-bu-lous!" I felt my cheeks get red a little from his words, so I tried to change the subject.
"When do we start?", I asked.
"Now", Jay replied smiling.
"Just don't react if Neymar hasn't anything nice to say, I'm sure you'll do great", Johnny whispered into my ear. I gave him an anxious smile back, hoping he wouldn't notice that Neymar kind of scared me.
"Alright. Neymar, please sit down on the chair over there" Johnny pointed to a white chair in front of the paper wall. Neymar did what Johnny directed him to.
"Luciana, sit down on Neymar's lap sideways please and look at him as if you were in love with him. Or better, as if you were going to get him into your bed next" This was not what I expected. I actually had no problem with half naked men because I was used to that, but sitting on top of Neymar and acting sexual wasn't what I wanted to do. Actually it wasn't something I ever did, so I was afraid to embarrass myself. Anyways, I did what Johnny told me. Neymar couldn't do anything against it since he had to do his job, so he wouldn't be too mean to me.
"Lu-Luciana, can you come a little closer to my face with yours?", Neymar mumbled. Yeah, maybe I tried to stay as far as possible away from him, though that was almost impossible since I was sitting on his lap. At least he was a little nicer to me now, so I did what he said.
"Great, Luciana! That looks really authentic!", Johnny shouted as Jay took photos of Neymar and me.
Jay took a lot more photos of us and it actually went really well. Johnny told me he was happy with me as his new model and not even Neymar complained. He just said nothing. He didn't have to say a thing, but I thought he'd maybe tell me what he thought about my modeling. He has been doing this job for years and probably knew what was good and what was bad.
Johnny and Jay showed us the photos on a monitor after we changed into our normal clothes again. I didn't know I could be so happy with what I look like. I really liked the photos.
"Some of them will be printed for a magazine that will be out... next month I think. And some more will be printed on posters", Johnny turned to me, "So don't ger frightened if you see a huge version of your face on a building or in the mall." Neymar tried to hold back a laugh, but he couldn't. I quickly nodded to Johnny and tried to ignore Neymar. He wasn't worth my time or anything.
"So, Luciana", Johnny started again, "I thought a lot about a place to stay for you today. It took me long to find something cheap but comfortable, but I guess something good came to my mind in the end"
I looked at him full of expectation. After some seconds he finally broke the silence. "I think you should stay with Neymar."
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The Foreigner {Neymar fanfiction}
Storie d'amoreLuciana lives in a small village near Manaus in the jungle of Brazil. One day a photographer discovers her during a commercial shooting and is amazed by her. He takes the girl São Paulo for a photo shooting and shows her the world outside the jungle...