serendipity - johnny depp

34. shooting and a little getaway

BELLA

"You have to be here Bella, I'm serious." 

I groaned as I poured myself the milk in my cereal bowl. "Laura it's way too early," I mumbled into the phone.

"Well, we have to start early if you want to finish early. If you get here by 10:00, you'll both be done by 4 p.m." Laura said sternly. I had forgotten we had agreed to do the Vanity Fair shoot. Today.

I immediately thought of how much Johnny would hate shooting for more than 6 hours. "Listen, I'll tell Johnny, but I can't promise we'll be there at 10 a.m. sharp."

I heard her sigh into the phone, but agreed and told me to hurry up. I grabbed my cereal and made my way over to the bedroom. Johnny was laying in bed, reading a book, but he put it down when he saw me.

"Hi, baby." He said softly. 

I was chewing on the mouthful of cereal I had just eaten, but climbed into bed and sat down next to him, mumbling a 'hi' back.

He put his hand on my thigh while I set the bowl down on the bedside table next to him. "Laura called." 

He groaned and closed his eyes. "What now?"

"Well, remember we agreed to do that Vanity Fair shoot?" He nodded and waited for me to go on. "It's today."

"I hate doing photo shoots." He mumbled slowly. 

I nodded and laid down while snuggling into him. "Yeah so do I, but she said the earlier we get there, the earlier we can leave."

"Do we have a choice?" He asked as he pulled me closer to him. 

"Nope, not really." 

He suddenly perked up from the bed and made his way over to the closet. "Well then let's leave. I wanna get back here early."

I widened my eyes in surprise at how easily he got out of bed. "That's a first," I muttered to myself. I left the house in some sweatpants and a t-shirt, and Johnny wearing some jeans and a t-shirt too.

As soon as we arrived at Laura's, we got sent to another car, kind of like a van, to where the photo shoot would take place. Laura got in a few minutes after us and smiled excitedly. "I'm so glad you guys got here on time."

"Yep. Just so we could finish early." I told her calmly. 

"Yes, well that depends on if you cooperate," Laura said, squinting her eyes at Johnny.

He noticed and rolled his eyes. "I always cooperate." 

Laura and I looked at each other and laughed. We knew that Johnny absolutely loathed and became extremely impatient when he did stuff like this.

"I can't help it if there's a camera pointing at my face for six hours." 

I chuckled and shook my head, laying my head on his shoulder.

We arrived at the studio about 10 minutes later, and we got split up in order for the makeup artists to get us ready. I was sent into a trailer and some people blow-dried my hair while a woman was working on my makeup. They went for a very natural look, which I was grateful for.

The first outfit they gave me was simple too. Some loose jeans and a white t-shirt. I guess they wanted some classic pictures first.

I stepped out of the trailer and saw Johnny already being photographed by himself, wearing jeans and a white tank top. I saw him look over at me and he gave me his most charming smile, making me melt inside.