Chapter 1 – Runway Smile
From: J. Reese
To: I. Swan
RE: Spotted!
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Good Morning, or should I say Good Afternoon Isa? I see that you had a good night at the "Guys and Gals" party last night. How I hear you ask? Oh apart from being the all-knowing Jack; do scroll down and check out the pictures, which were strewn all over, magazine covers in Manhattan today and I left a few delightful snap shots in my email! Oh yes did I forget to mention we have a meeting at 1pm and it is oh I don't know… 12:35pm! Good luck getting over here Swan, if you don't oh well what can I say the office will be lonely without you!
From Jack.
Shit, shit, shit, shit I'm late, I'm late oh mother fucker! I jumped around my apartment whilst pulling on my some white tights and then shoving my black dress over my head. God its quarter to I am going to get fired oh sugar, where the hell are my Manalo heels?
Finally! I found them in the bathroom, I looked at myself whilst rinsing toothpaste out of my mouth with Listerine okay my hair will have to just do and thank god I took my makeup off I'll go to the office fresh faced I guess I look okay. Not amazing but not bad either.
Thank the Gods that the office is just down the road I ran as fast as I could for a person with co-ordination difficulties and a hangover; I got there for five to and I sped up to the editing floor probably looking like a mad woman to most whereas the editing team simply laughed.
"Nice timing Bella the meeting has been put back to 1:30 anyway so looks like you're early." Alice laughed; Alice is my best friend she worked for the fashion section. Alice is beautiful she's small and petite with short cropped pixie hair imagine a dark version of Tinkerbelle and there is Alice, she wore her hair all slicked back with a huge bow in her fringe and a vintage pink and white skirt tucked in to a blouse with her famous jimmy choos adding to her small height. Alice was out with me last night at the Guys and Gals party so how does she still manage to beat me? Magical pixie.
"But Jack emailed saying… that no good man whore."
Saying that set Alice in to more peals of laughter and she pulled my arm and took me to her office.
"So…how was last night? Spill!"
I groaned, I'd saw the pictures of Chace Crawford and I at that Guys and Gal's party yesterday, Guys and Gals was a party that happened once every year so that the rich folk of the Upper East Side could chat of what had been happening. And at that party I'd happened to bump in to Chace, Chace and I went way back we still had a on/off relationship now and again, it wasn't serious we both knew we were friends just our last relationships had knocked both our confidences a lot and it helped that we were both there.
"Nothing Ali, Chace and I just caught up it was nice to see him its rare that I do anymore he's so busy with Gossip Girl and his new movie."
Alice nodded understanding and rested her head on my lap.
"Bells… James is with Irina Denali." I looked down at her shocked.
"Oh my god! Seriously, that guys a whore Alice!" She looked so sad so I scooped her up and hugged her as she cried, what the hell did he do!
"I caught him with Irina Denali. They had been seeing each other for about a month, he just played me." I hugged her tightly and sat there, I tried to reconcile her but she seemed genuinely over the arse hole, James and Alice had been a thing but I guess he was just using her to make Irina jealous. There was a knock at the door and Jack peeked round.
"JACK!" We both screamed and giggled; he chucked and rolled his eyes.
"My girls it is time to go, nice to see you in on time Isa." He winked and I laughed as he pulled both of us up and put his arms around our shoulders, Jack was the editor for the magazine and our close friend. Jack looked like a mix between Hayden Christensen and Brad Pitt, to top it off he had a British accent, so he was never short of a girl to go.
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We walked in to the office and saw our boss Serena seated and ready so we all followed suit and sat in the circle around her, when it's the magazine meeting all of us have a routine of taking our shoes off and chilling we're all relaxed together like a big powerful family.
"Morning children." Serena cooed and the new interns watching us giggled.
"Okay people I have fantastic news for everyone, as you know Rosalie Hale, heiress to the Hale fortune is due to be married to Emmett Cullen one of the most powerful men in the world next month. And we are going to a cover of weddings in this months Vogue with Emmett and Rosalie starring!"
I looked at Alice and she was smiling well more like beaming and bouncing quite excitedly, I looked over at Serena smiling.
"So doing the all around main article on the Hale – Cullen wedding will be my prize protégé Jack," He bowed queue the giggles (again) "And Bella I would like you do the photos please I was looking at some of your other pieces you did and they deserve much more credit than you normally received I pleased with them." I zoned out after that and looked at Alice who looked as ecstatic as I felt, Alice was always a very happy and excitable person and the fact she had been allowed to dress up Rosalie Hale (one of the most beautiful people in the world) was like her dream come true she was practically bouncing off the walls.
"Oh yes and before you all leave to start work on this wonder Bella, Alice I'd like a word please."
After everyone left we strode over to where Serena was.
"Girls I saw and heard all about you two at the party last night and I know from gossip that you two are the "IT girls" of the moment which is why I have been asked by Les Best if you two will be models for the new Victoria Secrets range and Les' summer collection!"
"Oh. My. God!" Alice enunciated each word and her mouth made a big O. I decided to take control.
"Of course we will, wow what an honor thank you so much for this Serena!"
"Oh don't thank me you girls have earned it, live it up! Now do go I'll notify you with the dates of the modeling and I want you in Wednesday nice and early for the Rosalie and Emmett's shoot please now go."
I pulled the still gaping Alice out by her hand and decided to pull her out of her shocked dream world.
"Ali, we've got the rest of the day and tomorrow off so I wonder what we can…"
"Shopping?" Alice had my hand in her vice grip and we were out of the office and on to the streets of the big NY before you could say "Zac Posen."
-2 hours later-
Now don't get me wrong, I love fashion as much as the next girl and Alice has drummed everything there is to know about fashion within the first year of knowing her. So I can say considering who i am, and who my friends are and where I work I am clued up about fashion, it just doesn't interest me the way it does Alice, my passion is photography and books. Now I could quite easily live in Barnes and Noble.
Right now Alice and I were wandering around Top Shop, Alice had tossed numerous outfits in to my hands so I just followed her glancing at shoppers.
"Excuse me…You're Isabella Swan aren't you?" I turned around and saw two girls in their late teens, I smiled and nodded.
"Yeah I am."
"O M G, I knew it was you were at the Guys and Gal's parties weren't you?"
"Yeh I was."
"Bella come on we've got to go. Oh you have friends hi!"
"Alice Brandon! O M G can we have your autographs?"
"Sure, no problem." I smiled awkwardly running my hands through my hair and taking their small scraps of paper they had found; I signed them and passed them on to Alice.
I started to walk off when one of the girls said. "Bella I'm really sorry about your mom and everything."
Alice spun around looking at me with wide eyes, I felt my mouth become dry and a huge lump appear in my throat, I forced a huge smile and nodded walking on. I heard Alice behind me and as soon as we were out of sight I felt those traitor tears come sliding down.
"Bella I'm so sorry, come on breathe honey."
I felt my tremors start slowing down and I hugged her back pushing my face in to her shoulder, Alice my best friend she would always be there. Alice was there when my mom killed herself and all through the time of my dad leaving me and my mom and cheating on her with the hoeskank herself Carmen.
"Bella, are you okay?"
I nodded and she smiled and hugged me closer.
"Come on let's go shopping then we can hit Starbucks for a muffin and frappachino."
" I don't feel like shopping anymore Alice, I just wanna go get a book and something to eat then go home and watch a movie."
"Sure Bella, well how about I meet you at Starbucks in 45 minutes, I still need to get a new outfit for next time we go out so how about you get your book and then I'll see you there?"
"Sounds good to me, I'll see you in a few Ali."
I strolled off towards Barnes and Noble, a few people turned around and stared but I kept my head up I was used to it, my dad was a famous director and my mom was an actress, so I sort of grew up in the limelight. I owned the popular, awkward, party girl and having a job for Vogue, was pretty cool; for the image.
I wandered around Barnes and Noble picking up books, I went for the Catcher in the Rye, The Great Gatsby and Just Ask Alice, at the counter I picked up The Lovely Bones I left my copy at my dads and no way was I going back.
I looked at my watch, and it was time to get back to reality time always fly's when I'm in here, I walked out and along the road when someone walked in to me knocking me over.
"OW – oh shoot."
"Hey watch where you're – I mean hi."
I looked up in too a beautiful face, chiseled jaw and tousled hair with the most beautiful green eyes complimenting them, I felt my body quiver then I steeled myself to face the cocky smile.
"No I think you should watch it."
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TA DA! I made quite a few improvements next chapter will be up ASAP and I will also be updating "Tweaked Twilight." Thanks for reading, I hope you enjoyed it.
