runway love [a.i.//au]

f i v e

That night, I got a call from Joey.

"Oh my gosh.You'll never believe this. I. Was. Called. Up. By. A. Modelling. Agency. Ahhhhhh!" she squealed.

Just then my phone buzzed and the screen lit up.

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Luke: a modelling agency thinks that she has potential. i think she will be contacted anytime now (:

I smiled.

Me: yea she just called aha. thanks so much :D

"Hello? Ya there?" Joey said.

"Yeah! Congrats! See, I told you you'll make it someday." I encouraged her.

She sighed,"Yeah.. my dream is to model for Phyllis Vondes and maybe even work with Cara."

My heart sunk to my toes when she mentioned Phyllis. I know it isn't my fault but this feels wrong.

I swallowed to steady my voice,"Yea... I'm sure you will accomplish your goal... someday."

"Hey I got to go. Talk to you soon."

"Okay, bye."

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Luke: no problem. regarding your first assignment tmr, I'll go pick you up at 8am. wear your favourite outfit. this shoot's theme is your true self. 

Me: ooo sounds amazeballs. i live at boulevard lane house 78. see you tmr :D

Luke: see you :)

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I set my alarm for 7am the next morning. I took a shower and brushed my teeth. Now for what I am gonna wear.

My favourite outfit? The things that I wear most often are t-shirts and jeans. Not even kidding. So, I threw on a grey t-shirt which has a wolf print on it and a pair of black jeans.

I decided to let my hair down instead of tying it up. I picked out my grey Toms to match my shirt. Just then, I heard a car honk. I peered out of my window and saw a sleek, black Mercedes outside my house.

I rushed down the stairs and fumbled to open the door. But as I unlocked the door, something nagged at the back of my mind. I'm missing something. I know it. But... what?

I brushed off the uncomfortable feeling and left the house.

"Hey." I greeted Luke who was leaning on the hood of his car.

"Hey! Here, you're riding shotgun today. The rest of the girls aren't very keen in sitting right in front apparently." he chuckled.

"Woah, 'rest of the girls'? You never told me there would be other girls." I said.

"Well, now I'm telling you." he laughed.

I went into the car and saw three other girls giggling away in the backseat.

And they were all wearing things that were very different from me.

The girl sitting on the left was wearing a red skater skirt and a black bralet. Yea. Nothing over the bralet. 

The one in the middle was wearing a neon green crop top and a black miniskirt (very mini).

And the last one was the least revealing and the most excited to see me. She had on a black and cream striped turtleneck tucked into black denim pants.

Wow. They all look like they were going to town while I looked like I was going grocery shopping. Shoot.

The other two girls were rolling their eyes and muttering something about how I was finally here while the turtleneck girl was introducing everyone to me.

"Hey! I heard from Luke you are Sarahlyn? Well, I'm Macy. Beside me is Janet and the one that is at the other end of the car is Chanel. Yea, like the brand." she giggled.

I smiled,"Yea I'm Sarahlyn but people just call me Lyn."

I'm feeling extremely out of place. I mean, look at them. And look at me! 

"So my dad owns this makeup company called "Janetteria", named after me, and I brought some lipstick samples for you guys to try. I wasn't sure what you guys liked so I brought the entire "Janet" collection which is also named after me." Janet said proudly.

Macy giggled again,"You dad's company sounds like 'janitor'".

Janet shot her a dirty look. She pulled out a massive briefcase from behind her. She unclasped the gold clasps, revealing the gorgeous contents of the briefcase.

Inside was a huge collection of lipstick, ranging from a beautiful, rich brown to the lightest nude shade, almost transparent.

"Take what you guys want. It's free."

Upon the word "free" Macy pounced onto the lipsticks, picking up the nude colours.

Chanel hesitantly picked up a deep red and scrutinised the tube.

"I only use quality cosmetics." Chanel sniffed arrogantly.

"The ingredients are top notch and flown in from Paris. And the tube? It was personally designed by Phyllis." Janet said proudly. 

I took a soft baby pink and pocketed it.

"We're here." Luke interrupted.