Let Yourself Fall // sequel to My Ethan Karpathy

Chapter 23.

PAISLEYS POV:

We stand there for a long time until Ethan has to go. I run downstairs to see him out as he was bussing down. I close the door behind him and hear voices coming from the kitchen. Holly was on the phone. I couldn't really hear the conversation but she hung up. I decided to go talk to her because she sounded in a good mood for a change.

"Oh Paisley! I was just about to come and get you." Holly exclaims when she sees me.

"Well, I'm here! What's up?" I ask.

"We had a new Client in today at model co, and I was wondering if you could come to a trial shoot with her?" Holly asks.

"Yeah, sure, when?" I ask.

"Like, now."

"Oh, well Ethan won't be home until dinner so okay."

"Cool, let's go." Holly smiles as she grabs her keys.

ETHANS POV:

I hop off the bus and almost fall over at the sight of this massive building. This is my new life. Fancy buildings, fancy events, fancy equipment, fancy everything. I take the stairs two at a time and walk into the foyer. I am directed down the hallway to a little private room. Inside I find John sitting out the front of the recording booth with a boy about my age sitting on the other side of the glass, singing into the microphone. John sees me and gestures me over. He hands me a pair of headphones and I put them on. I hear an amazing voice and it takes a few seconds to realise it was the boy behind the glass' voice. He was amazing! He finishes the song and we all take off our headphones. The boy walks out from behind the glass and over to me. He extends a hand and I shake it.

"Hey, I'm Braiden. But most people call me Brai." The boy introduces.

"Ethan," I just say, studying the boy. I'm not trying to be rude, I'm just marvelling at how much this boy looks like me. He has the same facial features, and the only different thing is his eye piercing blue eyes.

"I'll leave you two to get to know each other a bit." John says as he leaves the room.

"Wow, you look like me!" Brai laughs.

"I was just thinking that."

"So, where are you from?" He asks.

"I'm from around here, what about you?" I ask.

"Well, I come from Adelaide, SA." he replies.

"Ah, cool."

"Mm, yeah. I'm here until we start the tour and I was wondering if I could maybe come over some time or something. You know, I don't have anything to do or any friends." Brai asks.

"Yeah, sure. I live with my girlfriend, Paisley and her make up stylist, Holly." I tell him.

"What about your parents?" Brai says the exact thing I wish he didn't.

"Um.. We don't have our parents anymore.." I say in the only way that doesn't make me cry.

"Oh, I'm so sorry." Brai apologises, realising.

"Don't worry about it. Hey, are you free tonight? Because you could come over."

"Yeah, but don't you have school tomorrow?" Brai asks.

"Uhh.. Something happened and we aren't going to school for a while."

"Oh, well okay." Brai shrugs as he goes to call his mum.

PAISLEYS POV:

Holly drives us to the giant model co building. She dropped Jack and Rachael at daycare on the way. She hurries inside and rushes behind the desk for a second to see what room she needed to go to, rushing out again a moment later and walking down the hallway. I follow her to a room I've never been in at the end of the hallway. We go inside and another girl around my age is getting her makeup done by Beth, another make up artist here. Beth does the final touches on the girls face and steps back, admiring her work in the mirror. The girl also looks at herself in the mirror and smiles at her reflection. This girl is beautiful. The girl stands up and turns around to face us. She's wearing a black skirt with a baggy white top tucked in to it and opaque black tights.

"Hey, I'm Catherine, but you can call me Cat." the girl called Catherine introduces.

"I'm Paisley," I say as we give each other a quick hug.

"I'm new around here and Beth spotted me the other day" She squeals excitedly.

"Oh my god, that's amazing!" I reply.

"Come on girls, we gotta do the shoot now." Holly says, clapping her hands and ushering us out of the room. Holly quickly ushers me into my own dressing room and I change into the same outfit that Cat was wearing. Holly just applies eyeliner and foundation on my face then we rush out to do our shoot. I'm glad we get to wear tights, my thighs aren't exactly in the best of shape.

*2 hours later*

Cat and I burst into the dressing room, giggling like a bunch of idiots.

"Hey, can I have your number" She laughs.

"Yeah, sure." I reply, entering my number into her phone.

"You can come over tonight if you want." Holly chirps from the door.

"Awesome, you can meet Ethan, my boyfriend."

"Awesome."

"Also, it's Ethan Karpathy.. From the voice." I add.

"Wait, your Paisley!" she squeals.

"Yes, that's me. Now let's go." I say, pulling her out the room and to the car.

A/N: I'm so so so sorry guys that I didn't update last night, my dad wouldn't let me use wifi, but, I am doing it now. ILYSM and sorry.

Peace, love and Ethan Karpathy.