A Star at Mode

Chapter One

Betty thumbed through the closet of shirts held in the back of the Mode Magazine building. She was looking for the perfect outfit to impress Walter tonight. He had asked her to a special dinner at Kiko's Hibachi Dinners. She yanked a white, ruffley blouse out of the closet and turned to Christina who was staring wide-eyed at a sheet of paper. "Do you like this one?" Betty held the blouse up to her eyes.

Christina looked up from the paper, her face still in a state of shock. "Betty?" she asked in her thick, barely decipherable Scottish accent. "Have you seen this week's photo shoot schedule?"

"No," Betty replied, now intrigued. She set the blouse down on the couch and crept over to see what was on the sheet of paper. "What so special about it?" she asked after she gave the paper a full scan.

"Can't you see?" Christina asked as her French-manicured index finger pointed at tomorrow's shooting schedule. "I didn't know Ian McCallen was going to be featured in Mode!"

"Who's… Ian McCallen?" Betty had to look back at Tuesday's schedule to see if she'd gotten the name correct.

"Who's Ian McCallen?" Christina slammed down the paper, turned to Betty and giggled. "Only the most incredible, beautiful actor in all of Europe!"

"Oh," Betty sighed. She walked back over to the closet. "So are you hoping Wilhelmina will put you in charge of coffee or something?"

"Anything!" Christina sighed dramatically. "Nearly every woman in the U. K. is dying to shake his hand. If I got to pour his coffee…"

Betty laughed and held up another shirt. "What do you think?"

"Looks just fine, Betty."

Betty smiled, but both of them knew Christina's mind wasn't on the outfit.

"Guess who's on wardrobe for Tuesday's shoot?"

"No way!" Betty cried excitedly. Christina wasn't able to leave the closet during the day, so she had called Betty on her cell phone. The Mexican Hat Dance ringtone blared over the ringing of the desk phones around her. She had embarrassedly flipped open the phone and backed away when she heard a squealing, Scottish shriek on the other end.

"Yep!" Christina cried. "Not only do I get to pour his coffee, I get to dress him. Ian McCallen… you know a good lot of women dream of this day."

"Lucky I'm not one of them," Betty snorted. "Otherwise you might mow me over with that stalker van of yours to get to him."

"Hey! That's just a rental."

Betty laughed and then turned her face sour when she noticed Daniel was watching her from his office. "Well I gotta go…"

"You will be in love with him, Betty," Christina warned. "Soon as you see him tomorrow, you'll be Ian McCallen obsessed."

"So what am I supposed to do? Wear a blindfold?"

Christina's hearty laugh poured through the phone speakers. "Why would you want to do that Betty? His beautifulness would shine through a blindfold anyways. You'd have to bring something stronger."

Betty sighed. "Well I've got to go, really. I'll meet you at lunch."

"Give me a ring if you hear any news on Ian."

"Okay."

Okay, so I'm a bit Ugly Betty obsessed right now. I'm being her for halloween and I've been watching the show regularly. My favourite characters are Marc and Christina so there will be some more of those two in this story's future. Tell me how you like it so far! I'm talking REVIEWS, REVIEWS, REVIEWS!

"Hola! Happy Halloween!"