I'm so so so sorry for the delay on this chapter. I was away and then my internet was down so I just haven't been able to get it done and post it. Hopefully I've made it up to you by making this chapter a little longer than usual.
Well this is the premier of Michelle's movie. I hope to have about three or four more chapters about the publicity tour, let me know if you think it's too much or not enough. I'd love your feed back on this chapter as I'm not totally happy with it and it feels a bit rushed so I'll be very interested to see what you think.
Again, THANKYOU for being patient with me and for sticking with the story and please review, they encourage me to continue, with out them I would have stopped by now.
Chapter 12
They were a few minutes late when they arrived at the café and Reese, Laura and Lily were waiting inside the front door for them.
It was a chilly day so they'd rugged up. Michelle was wearing jeans, black boots and a long black coat and Tony was in jeans and a brown jacket.
"Uncle Tony," Lily squealed as they walked in the front door of the cafe.
"Hey, baby," Tony said, bending down to pick up his niece. Tony and Michelle hugged Laura and Reese and then they were seated at a table. Once they'd ordered, they were free to chat. Tony was playing with Lily so Michelle talked to Laura and Reese.
"So where's this publicity tour taking you two?" Laura asked Michelle.
"All over," Michelle replied. "We've already been to San Francisco, Chicago, next we're off to Vancouver then Tokyo, Sydney, Rome, Madrid, London and finally Paris."
"Wow and how long is that going to take you?"
"Three weeks," Michelle replied.
"So what movie is it that you're promoting?" Reese asked, not really caught up on all the movie premiers that happened in his city.
"Crazylove, I play that lead. The woman I played gives up on love after a string of bad relationships and then she meets her soulmate but she pushes him away for the fear of getting hurt again. The guy that plays my "love interest" is Colin Hales and he may seem like a nice guy on screen but off screen he was a bit of a diva and was always throwing himself at me, I'm not looking forward to running into him at the premier tonight and having to spend time with him for the rest of the tour," Michelle said, "At least I'll have Tony with me."
"Well if I know my little brother, then he'll stick by your side like glue and he's very protective so I'm sure you'll have no trouble with this Colin guy when Tony's around," Laura said.
They continued chatting for an hour until Reese had to get back to work. Michelle had really enjoyed watching Tony with Lily. He was so good with her and Michelle knew that he would make an amazing dad one day. Would she get to be the lucky one that got to be the mother of his children? Finally she decided that she hoped so.
"What are you guys doing tomorrow?" Tony asked Laura.
"I gotta work tomorrow and Lily's going to day care," she replied.
"I can take care of Lil if you want me too. I never tire spending time with my gorgeous niece," Tony offered.
"Only if you want to and you're not doing anything…" Laura replied.
"Michelle's doing interviews all day so it'll give me something to do," Tony said.
"Ok then, I'll drop Lily off at the hotel tomorrow morning, about seven thirty ok?"
"That's fine," Tony said.
They said their goodbye's and Tony and Michelle went back to the hotel to get ready for the premier.
When they got back Lucy was in a panic.
"We have to leave in five hours," she said, "Go shower, Michelle, Tori and Craig are on their way up."
"Who Tori and Craig?" Tony asked Michelle as they walked into the bedroom together.
"Tori's my makeup artist and Craig's my hairdresser," Michelle said, before giving him a quick kiss, stripping off her clothes and going into the bathroom.
Tony went back in the living room and sat down on one of the couches.
"Your suit is hanging up in the bedroom, you can shower after Michelle," Lucy said, quickly.
There was a knock on the door and Lucy went to answer it and returned followed by a man and a woman. They were both carrying bags Tony assumed contained makeup products and hairdryers and other beauty product stuff. The woman was small and blonde, Tony would have guessed that she would be about 27 and the man was a little older, maybe 32 and had purple streaks through his black hair.
"Tony, this is Tori and Craig," Lucy introduced, "Guys, this is Tony Almeida, Michelle's partner," she said to them.
Tony shock their hands and they chatted for a few minutes before Michelle came out of the bathroom, in a bathrobe, her thick curly hair, damp.
"So, Michelle, darling, what can we do for you today?" Craig asked Michelle when she was seated.
"Simple, natural makeup, I trust you, Craig, so your thing, you've seen the dress," Michelle said.
"Yes, that dress is divine by the way, absolutely gorgeous," Craig replied.
"I know, vintage," Michelle smiled.
For the next few hours, Tori and Craig worked on Michelle. Tori also filed Michelle nails and painted them.
Tony had gotten bored after ten minutes, went and had a shower then had gone into the bedroom and turned on the tv.
Finally, just as Tony had come back into the room, Craig said, "And you, my darling, are done, go slip into that gorgeous dress."
Michelle thanked Craig and walked over to Tony.
"You look gorgeous, sweetheart," Tony commented, as she stopped in front of him.
"Thanks, but I'm not even dressed yet," Michelle smiled, before going into the bedroom to get changed.
A minute later, Michelle called out, "Honey, can you come and give me a hand."
Tony smiled and wandered into the bedroom. Michelle was standing in the middle of the room in just a pair of panties, as the dress didn't require a bra.
"Help me into this thing," she said, taking the dress off its hanger. Tony held the dress while Michelle stepped into it.
"Zip me up," she instructed, turning around.
Tony did up the zip and Michelle stepped in front of the mirror, after a few adjustments, she turned around to face him.
The dress was vintage and green, it was a gorgeous green, sort of between grass green and olive green, nearly an emerald green. Craig was right, it was divine. It was full length with a gorgeous flowy skirt with a bodice that clung to her amazing body.
"What do you think?" Michelle asked him.
"I think I'm going to have to keep my eye on you tonight," Tony smiled, "You're gorgeous."
"Thankyou, help me put his on," she said, holding out the necklace he's bought her.
"You're going to wear this?" Tony asked.
"Sure, why not?" Michelle shrugged.
"I didn't think it was that special," Tony replied.
"Of course it is, you gave it to me," she gave him a quick kiss before turning around so he could fasten the necklace sound her neck. Then she went over to the dresser where she slipped a pair of beaded earrings into her ears and a diamond and emerald bracelet on her wrist. After a spray of perfume she declared she was ready.
"You don't have your shoes on," Tony pointed out.
"I'll put them on in the limo, otherwise my feet will be killing me," Michelle said, "Now go put your suit on."
Tony got the suit, went into the bathroom and changed. It was an amazing suit, it would have cost a fortune, he'd never worn anything like it. The suit was black and the shirt was white and the tie was green, the same green as Michelle's dress. He went back into the bedroom where Michelle was sitting on the bed, rummaging around in a sparkly black clutch purse.
"I think you're the one I'm gonna have to keep an eye on," Michelle said, looking up, "You look great in that suit, but I'm gonna have do something about that hair."
His hair was sticking out in all directions. She got a comb and came over to him and started combing his hair.
"That's much better," she said when she'd finished.
"Did I mention that you look stunning?" Tony said, placing his hands on her waist.
"Well it's been about ten minutes…" Michelle smiled.
"Well I better tell you again then," Tony replied, cheekily, "You look stunning."
"Thankyou," Michelle smiled, leaning in for a kiss.
They pulled apart when a knock on her door interrupted their moment.
"Are you two ready yet?" Lucy's voice called from the other side of the door.
Michelle picked up her shoes and clutch and Tony quickly put on his shoes and then they went out to join Lucy in the living area. She'd changed into a simple red dress.
"Are you going to the premier too?" Tony asked.
"Yeah, but I'll be meeting you inside, I won't be walking the red carpet with you," she replied.
"Not fair," Tony stated.
They left the room and went down to the hotel's private carpark where a limo was waiting to take them to the premier.
As they were driving through the streets of New York, Michelle asked Tony, "Are you nervous?"
"Yes," he replied, as she took his hand in her own.
"There's no need to be, just stick with me and keep hold of my hand and we'll be fine. The photographers will probably want a few photos of me by myself but you'll just need to stand a few metres away from me and then it'll be over and done with," Michelle smiled.
"Ok," Tony sighed with relief.
Finally they pulled up at the premier. Tony could hear the yell of the paparazzi and journalists out side and could see the faint flashes of cameras going off out side the tinted windows of the limo.
"Ok, this is it, honey, let's go," Michelle smiled at him as the door opened and she stepped out of the limo. Tony stepped out after her and Michelle immediately reached for his hand. Fingers entwined, they started making their way down the red carpet. There was cameras going off everywhere, Tony was so overwhelmed by all the activity. Even though he had such a demanding, challenging job catching and fighting against terrorists, it was still overwhelming.
Michelle sure knew how to work the photographers and the journalists. Since she was the star of the movie, the journalists were all over her, wanting to get that exclusive from her. Tony also seemed to be a hot topic of the night and he noticed that she answered all questions about him truthfully and with class.
Finally they got inside the building where the actual screening of the movie was to take place. Celebrities were mingling everywhere with glasses of champagne in their hands. There was to be a light supper before the screening.
Tony and Michelle were supplied with a glass of champagne and Michelle was introducing him to a lot of the people there. Some were actors from the movie and others were just there, there were directors, singers and producers there as well.
Michelle caught a glance of the man walking towards her and turned towards Tony, sighing and rolling her eyes as she placed her hand on his chest, "It's Colin Hales, coming this way," she said.
Tony put his arm around her shoulders, protectively as he approached.
"Michelle, how are you?" he smiled, fakly at her.
"I'm doing great, how about you?" she replied, only to be polite when she only wanted him to go away. "This is my boyfriend, Tony Almeida."
"Ah, yes I heard you had a new man," he smirked.
"That's me," Tony smiled, tightening his grip on Michelle slightly.
"We'll you're a very lucky man," Colin said.
"I know," Tony replied.
"Ok well we should…" Michelle started.
"Just so you know, her track record isn't great with men, she'll only end up hurting you," Colin smirked, evilly.
"I think I know Michelle better than you do," Tony said, "Just leave her alone."
"Gotta be the big man don't you?" Colin replied.
Just then Lucy approached them, "Five minutes, Michelle."
"Great," Michelle said, "Let's go, honey," she said, taking his hand, leading him away from Colin who was then joined by his date, Jennifer Teal, a model.
They went into the cinema and were seated in a private box, complete with waiters, to watch the movie. Lucy sat behind them but it was far enough away from them so they could have a private conversation. As soon as the lights went down, Michelle slipped off her shoes and leaned into Tony to watch the movie.
Tony found it very strange watching his girlfriend on the screen. Sure he'd seen her movies before but not since they'd been together. It was particularly hard for him to sit through the kissing scenes between Michelle and Colin. Michelle felt him tense against her and took his hand reassuringly, reminding him that it was Annabelle kissing Trent not Michelle kissing Colin, it was a movie. After he got his head around this fact, he started enjoying the movie, he had to admit that it was a good movie… for a chick flick. They were supplied with drinks and snacks throughout the movie and by the end of it they had made up for the missed lunch and dinner.
The credits rolled across the scene with a love song blaring from the speakers and Michelle turned to Tony, "So what did you think?"
"It was good… for a chick flick," he smiled in return.
"Thanks," she smiled back.
"Time to go, lovebirds," Lucy called.
"Ok," Tony said as Michelle slipped her shoes back on and taking Tony's hand in her own. They slowly left the cinema but were constantly stopped to meet more people and for Michelle to be congratulated on the film.
"There's an after party which I should make an appearance at… but we don't have to," Michelle said.
"No, we'll go for a while, it's your night, you should have a chance to celebrate it," Tony replied.
"Thankyou, honey, I love you," she smiled. "I don't want to be there long, plus we both have huge days tomorrow, I have interviews and you're babysitting."
"Love you too, let's go, the sooner we get there, the sooner we can leave," Tony replied.
They went to another floor of the building, the top floor where the producers had hired the pent suite for the party. There was a huge room where drinks were being served and there were tables everywhere. Outside on the balcony there was less people and it had an amazing view of the New York lights. Tony and Michelle got a drink and went out there, where Michelle snuggled against him and they chatted quietly. After a while they went inside to mingle and a while later they decided that they wanted to go home. They went to find Lucy and tell her and found her talking to a gorgeous young producer.
"Hey, Luc," Michelle smiled at her publicist.
"Hi Tony, Michelle," Lucy said, turning towards them. "Guys this is Carlos Thompson, Carlos this is Michelle Dessler, my boss and her partner Tony Almeida."
They greeted each other and then Michelle said, "We're going to go now, but you stay here and get a cab back to the hotel and we'll see you tomorrow." It was clear that she had hit it off with the producer and Michelle knew that she hadn't had much time for relationships so she just wanted her to have some fun.
"Ok, thanks Michelle, see you two tomorrow," she smiled, slightly embarrassed.
And with that Tony and Michelle left the premier.
Well there it is, no big cliffhanger or anything. I'm not going to promise anything but I hope that the next chapter will be up in a week or two, I'm on holidays so I have a bit more time to write. Thankyou in advance for the reviews (hint, hint), hope you enjoyed it.
