Catwalk Love

CHAPTER FOUR

Theresa Gray

"Hey Marshall." I said picking up the my ringing phone. I looked at the clock to see that it was seven thirty, Marshall was an early riser and his daily calls made me one too. I slipped out of my white silk bed and walked over to the walk in closet to get clothes to wear for the day. I pushed the speaker button on my droid so I could change and talk to my super manager.

"It's official," his voice chimed in excitement, "Will and you are the biggest hit in the modeling world."

"Marshall we took those pictures yesterday," I said pulling on a pair of jean shorts where you can see the pocket coming down.

"I know, but pictures in the fashion biz travel fast doll, and you and Will's heated pictures have definitely traveled to the right people. I already have ten offers for you and him to shoot together."

"Really?" I said my voice muffled as I pulled one a designer red halter top.

"Doll are you changing while you're talking to me again." Marshall asked.

"Always do Marsh." I said looking at the several shoes that I could wear today, deciding on a pair of brown sandals. Marshall sighed.

"Well doll I called to tell you that you and Will need to get your asses down here so we can pick out what you two want too shoot."

"Who says I want to do another shoot with him?" I asked, I picked out a Kate Spade red handbag to go with my clothes

"Let me say that again, you two will come down here so you can pick out what shoots you want to do. Actually would you put Will on I want to talk to him?"

"Marshall why the hell would Will be in my apartment?" I asked. I put my hair up into a messy bun and outlined my eyes in eyeliner.

"Oh come on honey, the tension in between you two is almost unbearable, Camille, Mangus, and I know that you two got it on when you left."

"Oh My God Marshall!" I yelled at him, "We did not." I was at the elevator that came up to my luxury sweet, and pushing the button to go down to the king suits, where Will would probably be sleeping. "But…"

"But you two did hit it off." Marshall said hopefully.

"No Marshall," I said sounding quite annoyed, "He lives in the same apartment building as me, and since I'm such an amazing person and knew that you wanted to talk to him I am at his door right….now."

"Oh you know where he lives." Marshall said, I could hear him clapping his hands in the background.

"He lives in the king suite Marshall, he was bragging about it until I told him I lived in the penthouse." I knocked on the door, when there was no reply I started pounding and ringing the bell rapidly. I heard a muffled voice swearing but soon I heard footsteps.

"Are you going to tell me what Mr. Hotty looks like in the morning, all scruffy and sexy not to mention his…"

"MARSHALL!" I said. The door opened to reveal groggy looking Will, he was only in his boxers and I would probably have stopped and enjoyed the view (and there was a view indeed) but I was too annoyed with Marshall at the moment.

"I knew you couldn't resist me." Will said smiling. I rolled my eyes and breezed passed him and into the suite. I plopped down on the couch and put the phone down and put it on speaker. I heard Will shut the door and come sit on the couch next to me, mumbling something on the way.

"Are you in his apartment yet," Marshall said, "Of course I'm sure you have been in it before."

"Marshall I have known him for a total of two days and a morning, why and the hell would I have been in his apartment already."

"Don't let her fool you Marshall," Will said, "She's been here plenty of times."

"Oh hello there William, will you describe yourself for me? Theresa is being selfish and keeping you all to her self."

"God you two are unbearable." I said leaning back.

"She doesn't want to share." Will said, then he leaned in closer to me, "Don't worry Tess I am forever yours."

"Oh you two are adorable." Marshall said a smile in his voice.

"Don't listen to him Marsh he's just being a smart ass." I said trying to change the subject, "Why don't you tell Will what you wanted to tell him so I can move on with my life."

"All right then," Marshall began, "Everyone loves your pictures and now everybody wants you two be there starring models. I have like twenty shoots for you guys too choose from so you need to get to my office, oh and I have your paycheck for the Intensity shoot. They were very pleased with the results. They picked the half body shot where Will is mauling your collarbone and Tessa doll is leaning back. That was always my favorite."

"Wonderful." I muttered. "Well ok then Marshall we'll let you go and I guess we'll see you soon."

"Wait you didn't describe William to me." Marshall complained.

"Just picture the most amazing thing in the world and you have me." He said. I rolled my eyes and hung up before I could here Marshall's reply. I turned to him and gave him a glare.

"Arrogant Ass." I said.

"Oh that's a good alliteration." He said, I rolled my eyes again.

"Get dressed and hurry up about it," I said to him heading towards the door, "I'll be down by the limo, if you aren't down in twenty minutes I'm leaving without you."

"Ok Beautiful Bitch." He said to me, giving me a grin that I wished I could smack off his face. He then stood up and turned to leave towards his room, and now that Marshall wasn't ragging in my ear I had time to enjoy the view.

Like before Will's upper body was something to die for. Not to muscular, but still lean and muscled enough. I couldn't help but remember how it felt to draw those muscle lines, and how his body felt against mine. His backside was no difference, and you could see the lean muscles of his shoulders. The difference was that he was only in boxers and after a quick look down I knew that they were pretty damn thin too.

"Are you going to leave or keep starring at my ass?" Will asked, "I know it is something that no other could rival…" I didn't want to hear his arrogant ramble of how he is the best blah, blah, blah. So I was already up and heading towards the door.

"Twenty minutes." I called to him, turning around to see that he was starring at me too, I couldn't help but grin. He had been checking me out too. Maybe not as openly, but hey.

"Wouldn't miss it for the world Tess." He said grinning. I shook my head in annoyance then slammed the door in his face.

William Herondale

It was exactly seventeen minutes when I existed the building to see Tessa chatting away with someone on her phone. I couldn't help but wonder if it was a blockade so I wouldn't talk to her. Being the Arrogant Ass I couldn't let that happen now, could I?

So I did the first thing that came to mind. I walked over to where she was and smashed are bodies together on the limo. She looked up with a glare in her eyes but behind that I could see something else, something that made me push against her harder and trail my hands till they reached her waist.

"Yeah Jess," Tessa said, "U huh I know, I'll see you at the club tonight…No Jessamine I am not…Yes he is…You know what I need to go...Not exactly…I'll tell you later ok Jess right now I really need to go." While she was chit chatting and obviously not ready to hang up yet I came up with an idea. I moved my face closer to her neck like I was going to kiss it and…

I didn't get to finish my plan when an excruciating pain shot through my foot. I jumped pack in a startled cry. Tessa look was one of pure joy and victory. She leaned in close, now off the phone.

"Next time I'm calling rape and seeing who will come and beat you up instead of little old me."

"Little old you and your high heels."

"Not wearing heels today ass." She said wiggling her regular sandals. She slid into the limo which immediately started up. Not wanting to be left behind I slid in right behind her.

"You look ravishing today." I said to her.

"Why the hell should I care how you think I look."

"Because you are secretly blushing on the inside." I said to her. She gave me a glare and turned her head towards the window.

The rest of the ride was like that. Me making casual smart ass comments or compliments, and Tess either ignoring me or insulting me. And I couldn't help but feel a little relieved when we finally pulled up to a large building that Tessa told me was Marshal's office.

Just walking into the building you could already see Marshall's…taste. Everything was decorated in a way over the top, silver and purple, way. And as you moved up, towards his office the decorations only seemed to increase. Hundreds of statues and paintings covered the walls, and that didn't even come close to the amount of pictures.

Pictures of hundreds of girl and guys faces, bodies, necks, hands. Everywhere they showed Marshall favorites and most spectacular models. But what I couldn't take my eyes off of was the huge picture that covered the whole back of his receptionist office/waiting room.

It was a black and white of Tessa and Jessamine. Tess was wearing a little black number, and Jessamine was wearing a white one. They were back to back while sitting down, there forever legs perfectly placed. But what got me the most was there faces. Jessamine's had a happy, intense glint to it, she looked directly at the camera and showed off her eyes. Tessa was slightly looking away, her face was so sad that it made me want to turn to her right now and make her laugh, just to see her smile, just to make sure that she was all right.

"Dark and light, sad and happy, weakness and intensity." Tessa said to me waking me up from starring blankly at the picture. She must have seen my blank expression so she continued, "That is what the picture represents."

"It's beautiful." I said softly. I turned towards her to see her starring up at me, something flashed through those gray eyes, but before I could read it the emotion was gone.

"Thank you I…"

"William! Theresa!" came the high pitched voice of Marshall. He gave us a beaming grin walking over to us and wrapping us both in a hug. "Come on in you two love birds, we have work to do."

"Marshall where not…."

"Of course you aren't sweetheart," Marshall said to Tessa complaint, "But everyone loves you two."

"That's what you keep saying." She sighed letting Marshall guide me and her into the purple and silver office.

Marshall made his way to the huge black chair that sat behind the glass desk, and left me and Tess to sit on the matching black love seat that sat in front of it. More purple and silver decorations were everywhere, but this time the pictures was of Marshall and the models in happy, everyday photographs.

"These," Marshall said setting a stack of vanilla folders on his desk, "Are the job offers for you two that I have gotten today. These," he pulled out another two stacks of folders, "Are for you two personally. Sorry Will but the bigger stack is Theresa's, she is after all the super model."

"Or there's the fact, that people just don't appreciate a good piece of male eye candy anymore." I say. Marshall nods.

"That is a very good point." He says, Tessa just rolls her eyes and snatches her pile of folders beginning to shift through them.

"Anyways…" she says to Marshall.

"Oh yes," Marshall says coming out of his thoughts of male eye candy, "I would like to go through yours and William's shoots, so that you two can work around them. I would like this partnership to come first before anything else."

"But…"

"No butts sweetheart," Marshall said cutting Tessa off.

"That is unless we are talking about mine," I said giving her a ravishing grin, "Then you may talk about butts all you want." Tessa just shook her head slightly and rolled her eyes, muttering something under her breath that rhymed with bass mole. Marshall was nodding his agreement.

"Marshall the shoots." Tess said sounding just a little aggravated that Marshall was yet again in boy candy day dream land.

"Hmmm." Marshall said to her.

"The shoots!" Tessa yelled.

"Oh the shoots." Marshall said. He picked up the big pile and started to pick certain ones out and placing them into three piles. Talking as he did. "I have already looked through the offers and sorted them into three categories. Must do, maybe, and why the hell." He pointed to a pile as he said each category.

"And what are the must does?" Tessa asked sounding almost nervous.

"Well there's two more perfume, I think three high fashion shots, and one shampoo one."

"Shampoo?" I said sitting up straighter in my seat. "Does this mean that the pictures will involve bubbles and showers? Because I really like that idea." Tessa let out a sigh that could put all other sighs to shame.

"This," she said leaning her head back and closing her eyes, "Is going to be a long day."