Mia came out in the dress and she looked like an entirely different person. The pink fabric clung to every curve her petite body held. Her hair was down and wildly curly in a way that even Danielle could be jealous of. Louis stopped on his way to the set and stared, speechless.
"Will they be mad, do you think?" Mia asked the handler beside her, leaning on him to fix her anklet-thing.
"Ames, they can't really force you to wear shoes. They begged to get you in here."
"I don't care. I don't want to sound like a diva. Maybe I should go put those heels on… I can't walk in heels, but I can try." Mia crossed her arms which made her chest spill out of the top of her pink dress. She was unaware of it, but her stylist stepped closer.
Louis decided to make his presence known when he saw that the handler had his eyes on the neckline of the dress. "Hey," He joined their little group and they walked out onto the set together. "The shoe thing isn't a big deal, Mia. Don't worry about it."
The girls all stared as Mia, Louis, and Kellin came across the wires spread over the ground. They'd heard that the girl playing the main role was a different label and had her own music. The rumor was that the boys didn't know about it. Mia came to stand with the other girls while the director gave instructions.
"Amelia, we'll be shooting the beginning scene in a couple minutes." Mia nodded and went to where he pointed out her starting place.
They wanted her to climb out of a two-story window. "Do you want to start shooting in the room or?" She tugged on the bottom of the dress, hoping to cover more, and got into the window.
The cameraman shot Mia grabbing her money and tucking her tube of lip gloss into the bra of her dress. She tiptoed to the window, easing it up as she threw furtive glances over her shoulder. Once the window was up she perched on the windowsill, ready to swing her legs out. "Camera two, are you on?" Camera one shouted, after asking Mia to stay where she was. When the affirmation came back, Mia was told to continue out of the window. She maneuvered carefully so that no matter where someone was standing, they couldn't see clearly up her dress.
Girls stood at the bottom of the tree, quietly urging her on and telling her to hurry. When Mia finally got to the base they set off to the party in a teal bug.
"That's good." The director called and everyone gathered around him. "Mia, that was beautiful. We're going to review the tapes and see if we need to reshoot. We may decide to shoot the party first and come back tonight for the sneak-out."
"Yeah, I thought it was supposed to be night time. 'Sneaks out in the middle of the night…' you know?" Mia stood leaning against the bug. The rest of the girls had wandered over to the refreshment table while there was a break in shooting.
Louis joined her just in time to hear her hum the last bit of a song he was sure he'd heard before. "What's that?" He wondered and she startled up.
"My… Uhm… Oh I can tell you." Mia bit her lip and nodded to herself. "Yeah, I can tell you. It's one of my covers."
"Your covers?"
"I'm a cover-only artist… That's how they label me anyways. I like to take songs and make them my own. My label wanted me because they think I'm unique and talented. They're idiots; there is much more out there than me."