Fight Left In Me ✔

Chapter 13 - Gifted

The sound of Dart's alarm wakes them the next morning, still entangled they smile and snuggle up for a few more minutes. "Morning gorgeous. This is my favorite part of the day, waking up with you." 

Jo mumbles a bit, not fully awake yet, her voice sounds soft and hoarse when she says: "My favorite part is falling asleep in your arms." 

Darts smiles and whispers: "Perfect fit then." He kisses her nose and gets out of bed to take a shower. 

Jo sneaks in with him about a minute later. Dart washes her hair, massaging her head and Jo washes his back. They dry off together and Jo braids her hair, while Dart shaves. He gets dressed in jeans and a T-shirt, not bothering much, because he won't be wearing his own clothes for long. 

Jo gets a blue dress out of her suitcase and blue lace underwear to go with it, she puts it all on and then asks Dart to help her zip up. He kisses her shoulder and helps her out, his eyes going a bit darker as he catches a glimpse of her lingerie. She finishes the outfit off with blue ballet pumps.

Dart whistles at her and says: "They are going to think you are the model. I don't stand a chance today. Not that I ever do with you around." He laughs and holds out his hand to her. Jo puts her hand in his and they walk out of the room together, Dart looking all proud. Outside there's a taxi waiting for them, to take them to the location of the shoot.

They reach the building and Jo recognizes it, Dart stiffens up and walks into the door fast. Jo squeezes his hand and he looks at her with a grateful look in his eyes. They are welcomed by a man who must be the designer. He shakes Dart's hand with a lot of energy and then turns his gaze to Jo. 

"This must be her, no? Lovely hair and the figure of a real woman, very nice. And you obviously love her. Exactly what we were hoping for." Jo blushes slightly, but smiles at the happy go lucky nature of the man. "Oh sorry, I am being rude. I am Tom Tailor and I am very happy you are here." 

He holds out his hand to Jo and she shakes it.
"I am Jo. I am happy to be here too."

Dart laughs softly at the situation. 

"Okay Jo, I will send your man off to become even more handsome. I will take you to the rooftop to find a perfect spot for you to watch it all and to introduce you to the photographer."

Dart looks at her to see if she is okay and she leans in for a small kiss, to show him she's fine. He smiles at her and walks away to get ready. Jo follows the designer, a bit shy without Dart. They walk up to the roof and Jo looks at the set-up with growing curiosity. 

A man walks up to her, with a camera around his neck, looking at her from head to toe. Jo feels a bit uncomfortable and the man notices. "Sorry, it's second nature to look at people like that. But I realize it is rather rude, especially if we haven't met before." He holds his hand out to her and introduces himself. "I'm Dirk, I'm the photographer and I will direct the commercials." 

Jo hears his name and introduces herself: "I'm Jo. Are you Dutch?" 

Dirk looks shocked for a second and then speaks. "Ja. Mijn moeder is Nederlandse." 

Jo smiles as he tells her his mother is Dutch. She tells him that she hasn't spoken Dutch for a while and that it's nice to meet a fellow Dutchie. 

"My Dutch is not very good. But my mother is going to love it when I tell her I met a pretty Dutch lady on a roof." They talk about Dutch food and holidays and then Dirk stares at her and squints his eyes. "Wait a minute! You are Dart's girl, aren't you?" Jo nods and smiles. "So I am getting you in front of my camera at some point. Nice. I look forward to it."