Beyond Surface

Chapter 6_ Imogen

Happy Armed Forces Rememberance Day. May the souls of our departed soldiers rest in perfect peace!

Unknown's Point Of View (P.O.V)

"Wow! Wow!” he kept exclaiming as she kept on posing in front of the camera two weeks after they returned from Budapest.

It was a Saturday morning, and, he had spent the previous night at her place and insisted following her to her shoot location since he had nothing to do for the day.

“Just look at her. She's the best I’ve seen. There’s no one else to check out for. She's the final. My final bus stop. Damn!" He said again after exclaiming to himself for so long..

"God really took his time to make this lady. What else does a man want apart from this? She's a complete goody bag, a whole package,’ he kept soliloquizing quietly, when he noticed her agent touch her and fix her in the right position for the picture, and immediately, his expression switched from that of an obsessed lover, to that of an angry, jealous boyfriend.

He got so jealous and began eyeing her agent, giving him satanic glares for over 20 minutes, but the agent was too busy doing his job, he left Jireh unnoticed. After almost three hours of watching Ann pose and seeing her laugh and smile at the agent whenever he touched her to adjust her posture, he got unsatisfied and exited the location angrily.

The location, a large open hall painted blue with black dots to create a slightly mature effect, had almost twelve, long, bright florescent lights arranged to give a sparkling effect to the center of the room where Ann, was to have a photo shoot session. The room was properly lit, if a needle fell on the smooth white tiled floor, one would find it with ease.

The center of the room had a maximum sized bed, strong enough to make one bounce when jumped upon. Behind the bed and behind Ann stood two tall guys who at intervals, held different paintings, which were either cardboard papers, clothing materials and even rug carpets to create a befitting background for the photos.

Ann, had minimally done makeup on, which consisted a little bit of powder, an evidently sharp and popping highlight on her cheekbone, neatly plucked eyebrows, and blood red lipstick. Her hair was styled into horns, and she wore a black crescent crown to conceal her hair. The theme of the shoot, was to recreate a flying Maleficent, for a halloween photo.

Her attire, a black, strapless off shoulder gown, hugged her upper figure, fitting her perfectly. The lower part of the dress was layered, long, loose and flowing. The dress has shiny black crystals spread across the burst area and was totally backless, revealing her spine line, hind waist and her soft smooth back skin.

'Okay. I need you to jump on the bed,' the photographer said.

'I want you to jump. The mattress already has some iron strings stuffed between the foams, and when you jump on it, automatically, it'll return you back into the air and you keep bouncing,' he explained to her.

'And one more thing. Once you begin bouncing, I want you to spread your arms slightly beside your body, close your eyes and inhale deeply,' he added.

'Don't worry about falling, we're here to help keep you safe...', he stopped just as Imogen, Ann's stylist, came in with two huge wings made of cotton feathers. The wings were big and huge when Ann backed them, by hanging them on her shoulders like a school bag, they dragged on the floor behind her. The wings were meant to cover her back, and her dress was made  backless mainly to give space for the wings.

'Okay! Perfect!,' Joe, the photographer said loudly.

'Lights in place please!,' he said again, and four young guys flashed four photographic lights towards her face, making her fair, flawless skin look more pale and glowing.  The two hind guys held up a thick, black bedspread for the background, and Ann jumped lightly upon the bed.