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Renovation
Kagome was in a frenzy. She was nervous about spending the whole day alone with Edward. It was a little after 6am and he would be here any moment. She was suddenly not satisfied with the outfit she was wearing and went into her closet to change. She changed into a pair of her new skinny, black True Religion jeans and a white long sleeve Guess shirt with "Guess" across the chest in black gothic letters and silver designs splattered throughout. After Edward left the night before she decided to straighten her hair since she rarely ever did. Her hair now hung even longer down her back and she swept her bangs off to the side like usual. She put a touch of clear lip gloss on and was ready. She stepped out of her college to see Edward waiting for her.
"Oh hello. It's nice to hear that people knock these days." She said, rolling her eyes.
"Sorry." He just said, smiling.
They headed down to the basement which for some reason the contractor decided to make bigger than the actual base of the house. It also happened to be completely bare. The walls were already dry walled so Kagome deducted that the previous owner was obviously trying to renovate as well.
"So…where do we start?" He asked
"I was thinking we could paint first….I'm not sure what else to do down here."
"Hmm…we could put in a sound system…flat screen tv with game consol…maybe some couches?" He suggested
"Yes! And bean bag chairs! And I disco ball!!" Kagome said, getting excited.
"Ok settle down now. Where the paint?" He said laughing and Kagome suddenly look very sheepish.
"Oh um…oops. Heh." she said rubbing her head. I kind of forgot to buy it…" She said, scratching her head. Edward sighed.
"Alright. Well I think it's supposed to be overcast in Olympia so we can go there."
"Alright let me go put a hoodie on really quick just in case." Kagome said running up the stairs.
She came down in a Guess hoodie. She chose this one because the hood was large and kept her face in the shadows when the hood was up. She also had on a pair of high top Coach sneakers. She grabbed her new Jimmy Choo bag and headed out the door with Edward.
They arrived at the Home Depot in Olympia about a half an hour later. The sky was only partially covered in clouds so they pulled their hoods up and stepped out of the car. They hurried at a human pace inside. They ignored the stares they got inside and set out to find paint.
"Hmm I want the basement to look funky so lets get a different color for each wall!" Kagome said, dragging him along. They passed a pair of old women and Edward smiled wryly.
"What's with you?" Kagome asked suspiciously.
"Those women were just thinking about what a beautiful couple we are." He said chuckling. Kagome laughed nervously.
"Ha. Couple, funny." She said, looking away quickly but Edward caught the look on her face.
In the end they picked out neon colors for the walls. They got colors in green, pink, blue, and orange. They also picked out purple shag carpet that would be delivered the next day while they were at school.
"Where to next?" Edward asked.
"Hmm. I was thinking we go to a furniture store then the mall to find a disco ball, bean bag chairs, and any other cool stuff we can find!" She said excitedly. They pulled up their hoods and headed out to her car.
They were just about to leave the mall. They had found a modern black leather couch and armchair at Raymour and Flanigan. They found a large disco ball and black lights at Spencer's, bright neon bean bag chairs at Hot Topic, a flat screen tv from Sears, a game consol and a couple video games from Game Stop, and a couple retro bar stools for the bar that was set up at the back wall of the basement.
They passed an Abercrombie and Fitch store as they were leaving the mall when a rather short, bald man ran out to them. They turned to face the man who looked too excited for words.
"Can we help you?" Kagome asked with an encouraging smile.
"I…am having a very bad day." The man said. "But I know you can solve all of my problem!" Edward was trying to hide a smile and Kagome was slightly confused.
"How is that?" She asked
"Will you be my models for my newest jeans ad? None of the models coming in have 'it' and here you come walking by just screaming 'it'!" He said enthusiastically. "Please be my models! I'll pay you! $2000 each!" He begged, putting his hands together. Kagome looked over at Edward who was just smiling.
"Uh…sure. Why not." She said smiling and thought the man was going to pee himself. He ushered them into the back of the store and into a back room that was turned into a studio.
There were people everywhere, people working on lights, others behind computer screens, it was all very professional looking to Kagome which put her more at ease. She and Edward sat down at a table and read through the contract and signing their names at the bottom.
"Well this should be interesting." Edward said before they were ushered into separate areas.
A woman sat Kagome down in front of a mirror and put her straightened hair into hot rollers to make her hair wavy again. A man then turned her chair around and started working on her makeup.
"Child, I don't even see the point of doing your makeup. You're already fabulous." He said. Which caused Kagome to laugh.
"Why thank you."
In the end she was wearing a pair of jeans, a white beater style tank top that ripped off above her belly button, her hair was wavy again, and she had on a bit of mascara that made her already long eyelashes super long. She looked over to see Edward standing in just a pair of jeans. She had to shake her head a bit to get her mind in check. She was led over to Edward and they were take to the sets. They were to model on a beach set first.
"Alright my beautiful people. Time to look sexy!" The photographer said. "Edward lie down on the sand and Kagome lie on top of him. Yes yes just like that. Now can you flip your hair to the one side. Yes! Perfect! Now I need you two to look into each others eyes with intensity and lust. Shouldn't be too hard for a couple such as yourself. Ha." The photographer instructed while taking numerous shots.
The next set made Kagome stop short for a millisecond. It was a bed.
"Nervous?" She heard Edward whisper in her ear.
"No!" She hissed back while trying to compose herself.
"Ok dears, for this shot I want you both sitting up on the bed, facing each other. Now I just want you to have fun with this one. There's going to be feathers being thrown around you but I still want to maintain that look of wanting for each other!" The photographer said, picking up the camera.
Kagome and Edward got on the bed and sat close to each other. Kagome bent one leg while stretching out the other. Edward was on his knees, sitting back on his feet, between her legs. Kagome could absolutely not stop thinking about how close they were and how shirtless he was. But her eyes couldn't leave his. She realized that she could stare into those amber eyes forever. I guess I'm a sucker for golden eyes. She thought and smiled softly.
Meanwhile, Edward was having a crazy mix of emotions. He could not lie to himself and act like being this close to her didn't do something to him. If his heart still beat it would be pounding. He couldn't get over how amazing she was. She was beautiful, had a wonderful scent of blossoms and sunshine, and was just an overall good person. She was had been through so much and she still knew how to smile about things. He could feel himself falling for her and he didn't know if that was a good or bad thing. Things will Bella had just ended a short while ago and so suddenly. He didn't know if he should be moving on already.
All of this was going through his own mind when he heard her thoughts for the first time. "I guess I'm a sucker for golden eyes." This took him aback a bit and was about to say something but he saw that she didn't realize that she let her guard slip for that one second.
"Alright good job people, that's a wrap! Let's all give a hand to our life saving models!!" The photographer said and everyone applauded.
Edward and Kagome went to change back into their own clothes. They then picked up their checks along with many thanks for the photographer again and were finally able to head home.
Alright people I hope you all liked this chapter! My laptop randomly shut off just as I was finishing up and I thought I lost everything. I almost died but thankfully it saved! So I hope you liked this! Please review!
-Anelle !