*The next day Nina's POV*
I was sitting in Miss Valentine's class, tapping my foot anxiously. I looked at the clock. 1:20. What was taking Mr. Sweet so long to excuse me from class? My meeting in at 2:00 and it's forty-five minutes away. Margaret does not accept tardiness. I looked at the clock again. 1:23. "UGH!" I accidentally said out loud. The entire class looked at me. "Nina? Is something wrong?" Miss Valentine asked. "No. I um-" I began. "Uh, excuse Miss Valentine," Mr. Sweet said as he entered the room, "Nina. You are needed in my office." He gave me a look, which meant modeling. YES! Save by Sweetie. I quickly got up and ran to the house as fast as I could to change.
I needed to look presentable so I changed into a blue swoop neck top and some nice, dark skinny jeans with black, knee high, suede boots that had a three inch heel. I pick up one of my large designer purses that Amber never knew I owned and packed some regular clothes to change into afterwards. I can't have everyone getting too suspicious if I come home wearing this. Amber would have a cow! I checked the time. 1:35. Crap! I raced out of the house and into the cab that was already waiting for me.
By the time I got to the meeting it was 2:10. But luckily, according to the receptionist, Mr. Kohl was running late. I took the elevator to the seventh floor which lead me inside Mr. Kohl's office. Margaret, Victoria, and Gran were already sitting down in front of Mr. Kohl's desk. Victoria turned around first. "NINA!" she cried, and ran to me, engulfing me in a tight embrace. When she finally let go, Margaret spoke. "Glad you could join us, Nina," she said with either a hint of sarcasm or a hint of anger. "I know. I'm sorry," I replied, taking a seat next to Gran. "Well you're lucky Jacob is late. But don't let this happen again," she replied. I looked at Victoria. "Jacob?" I mouthed. Vic shrugged. About a minute later, the elevator dinged and a man, who I assume was Mr. Kohl, walked in the room. "Jacob!" Margaret sang, and gave the man a hug. He kissed both of her cheeks. Maragaret sat back down just as the man spoke. "Hello, I'm Jocab Kohl. But you all can call me Jacob," he told us as he shook each of our hands.
"Forgive me for being late. I had an emergency downstairs," he said. "Oh that's quite alright!" Margaret said, with a huge smile. I think someone has a crush. I sang in my head. Oh man, I'm turning into Amber. Mr. Kohl, or Jacob, told us all about the fashion show. The theme, the place, the background behind it, some of the other models, that it's going to be on national TV. Wait. WHAT? Okay. Let's not panic. What are the odds that my housemates would watch a fashion show. None. Okay, maybe Amber. And Eddie and Jerome. And Alfie. Maybe Joy. And Patricia if Joy's watching it. Oh, god. Okay. All I have to do is make sure that no finds out about the fashion show.
*A few hours later*
By the time Victoria and I arrived at the house after the meeting, it was already dark out. The meeting didn't take long but we stopped for dinner. Victoria and I got out of the cab. The driver was helping Victoria get her bags out of the trunk when I realized something. I hadn't changed. "Crap!" I muttered. "What?" Victoria said, by my side with her suitcases. "I forgot to change," I told her and ran to the side of the house as the cab drove off. Victoria followed. "What are you doing?" Victoria whispered. "Changing," I said, taking off my top. "Are you insane?" she whisper-yelled. "Little bit," I replied. Victoria waited next to me as I changed. Thank goodness it was dark out. When I finished changing, I grabbed one of Victoria's suitcases while she had the other one and we walked to the front door. "Are you sure it's okay for me to stay here?" Victoria asked. "Positive. Trudy said it was fine and she... persuaded Victor into letting you stay. So you're clear," I said and they walked in the house.
*3rd Person POV*
Inside the house, Jerome and Alfie were playing video games in the common room, Patricia was watching them, Amber, Mara, and Joy were upstairs, and Fabian and Eddie were in their room. Jerome, Alfie, and Patricia weren't paying attention to Nina and Victoria when they walked in, so the two girls, quietly, sneaked up the stairs. Upstairs, Nina and Victoria heard the shower running and the smell of lavander, which could only mean one thing. Amber was showering. Nina and Victoria walk into Nina's room and Amber wasn't in there. Yep, she's showering, Nina thought. "What time is it?" Nina asked. Victoria looked at her watch. "8:13" she said. "Alright. Amber usually showers at eight, so we have about forty-seven minutes till she gets out. That's plenty of time," Nina stated. Nina put down her purse and replaced her nice clothes with another pair of nice clothes. Then put her designer purse in a huge decoy cloth bag, and placed on top of her wardrobe as Victoria took off her shoes. "You should probably change into your PJs. You're a little... over-dressed," Nina said. "Alright," Victoria replied. "I'll be right back," Nina told her and left the room, closing the door behind her.
Victoria pulled out a tank top and plaid pajama pants from one of her suitcases. Right as she took off her dress, Fabian walked through the door. "Hey, Nina did you- OH MY GOSH!" he said when he saw Victoria, then he quickly turned around. Victoria just looked at him. "I'm so so sorry. I'll just leave," he stated then quickly left, shutting the door behind him. Victoria giggled silently and resumed getting dressed. Not long after, Victoria decided to go downstairs.
Everyone, except Nina and Amber, was, now, in the common room, hanging out when Victoria walked in. Everyone fell silent. Joy was the first to speak. "Who are you?" "I'm Victoria. One of Nina's friend from America. I'm visiting her," Victoria lied. "Are you staying here?" Mara asked. Victoria nodded. "Do I know you from somewhere? You look awfully familiar," Jerome asked. "Yeah she does, doesn't she?" Eddie commented. Victoria shook her head. "Well anyway. I'm Patricia and this is Joy, Mara, Jerome, Alfie, Eddie, and Fabian," Patricia introduced. Victoria pointed a finger at Fabian. "I know you!" she exclaimed with a smile. Fabian blushed. "Am I missing something?" Alfie wondered. "Fabian saw me in my underwear a little while ago," Victoria explained. Fabian blushed harder. "Way to go man! I didn't know you had it in you!" Eddie said, patting Fabian on the back. Nina walked in. "I was wondering where you went," she said to Vic, "I see you've meet everyone." "Well I'm bored. Let's go," Jerome stated, standing up. Patricia, Mara, Joy, Eddie, and Alfie stood up too, and they all walked out. Eddie stopped by Nina on his way out. "If I were you, I'd watch Fabian a little more closely. He's more of a player than you think," he said then walked out, laughing. Nina looked confused.
"What was that about?" Nina said taking a seat on the corner of the table, in front of Fabian. "Fabian walked in on me changing and I was just giving him a hard time about it," Victoria explained, sitting on the arm of the couch next to Fabian. "Oooh. Well in that case. Fabian, what do you think of Vic's body?" Nina asked, smiling deviously. Fabian's eyes went wide. "I- I- I um," Fabian stuttered. "I'm just kidding!" Nina said, laughing. Victoria laughed too. Fabian sighed out of relief. "Come Nina, let's go to bed. We need to get plenty of sleep for that thing tomorrow," Victoria stated. Nina looked at Vic, confused. Then, she understood. The photo shoot. "Okay. Night Fabian," Nina said and gave him a kiss. Nina and Victoria were on their way out when Fabian stopped Victoria. "Um, Victoria," he called, standing up. Vic and Nina turned around. "I just wanted to apologize about-" he began till Victoria interrupted. "It's really okay Fabian. To tell you the truth, I'd rather be naked in front of you than any other guy," Victoria ststed. She thought for a moment. "That did not come out right!" she said. "I got it," Fabian said. "Okay, good," Vic responded. "Goodnight," Fabian said, then headed to his room. "'Night," Nina and Victoria replied. "Come ooon!" Nina stated, dragging Victoria up the stairs by her wrist.
