James woke up the next morning. The memory of last night floated back into his head.
He couldn't believe that Katie had done all that for him in one day. He got up and yawned a few times. He had probably slept for two hours.
He was about to leave the room, when he heard Logan say "James!" James jumped. "What?" he asked, trying not to show that he was tired or worried.
"What did you and Katie do last night?" he asked. "I know she was waiting for you outside, James. Did you go to the modeling studio?"
"Uh…yeah" said James. "Did you like it?" Logan asked. "Uh…it was just like a normal modeling studio", James said. Katie had told him not to tell.
After breakfast, Katie had given James the address of the modeling studio, so he could visit whenever he wanted. "James, you should come today", Katie added. "I called an agency. They'll pay you to model."
"Okay" said James. James and Katie noticed Carlos was still sleeping in his bed. A sign on the door read 'Whichever barnacle nose dares to come in my room will pay, and suffer the consequenses. P.S. Do not rip the sign off the door or you will die.
"He spelled consequences wrong" Logan said, as he passed them in the hallway. James ripped the paper off Carlos's door. "Oh no, I'm gonna die" said James in a monotone voice. Katie laughed loudly.
That afternoon, James was supposed to be at the modeling studio, but he felt like he should be hanging around the pool and acting cool. Maybe he would see suntan lotion girl, who had just moved into the Palm Woods.
So he, Logan, and Kendall spent the whole afternoon in lounge chairs, in front of the pool.
"So" James was saying. "My most embarrassing moment in modeling was when I was shooting a picture of myself, and Carlos came running over."
"Oh no, I can see where this is going" said Kendall.
"So" said James. "Carlos ripped Lucky off my head, and I jumped on him, and then the camera took the picture, and I was forced to send it into an agency."
"I'll bet they were charmed" Kendall laughed. "Hardly" James muttered darkly. "I lost the modeling opportunity! Carlos is so immature!"
"Yeah, you're a real mature yourself" Logan told James. "Besides, my worst moment was when I mixed up the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path in a test about India!"
"Oh no!" cried James in mock surprise. "I know!" said Logan. "I studied it seventeen times afterward, so I'd have it stuck in my head."
James started to make another snide remark, but his words were drowned out by Camille, yelling something dramatically from the other side of the pool.
"Wonder what Camille's practicing for this time" Kendall said. "I don't know, but she loves Logan!" James sang.
Logan jerked his head around. "No!" he said. "Um, the picture of us in the Pop Tiger magazine she has hanging on her wall…well, she kisses your picture before she goes to sleep" James smirked.
Logan made a squeaky noise. James then spotted suntan lotion girl, but before he could make a beeline for her, a furious Katie strode over to him. "Where have you been?" she scolded, pulling him away from Kendall and Logan. "James, you have to model in front of a live agency in exactly forty-five minutes! No more lazing around! I had you write down where your agency was! Now I have to walk you there again! Now march!"
James felt self conscious about being dragged along by a yelling ten year old, but he went with her. Luckily, Kendall and Logan were too far away to hear or see. He hoped they weren't too suspicious.
Once Katie and James arrived at the modeling studio, James started to walk to the monorail, but Katie shook her head. "It'll waste to much time", she told him, fitting a key in the front door of the studio, and thrusting it open.
James had never seen this part of his studio before. A giant maroon curtain hung, not providing much space for them to walk.
"James" said Katie. Get up to your wardrobe room; it's down the hall, to the left. Pick out some clothes, look good, and get back here! You have to get a good score before the modeling agency accepts you. Now, go get your clothes!"
It took James a couple of seconds to register what she had said, because Katie was talking faster than Logan when he was explaining about how to turn fractions into decimals.
James darted down the hall, and bolted into the room Katie had mentioned. He went through all his clothing choices. Hmm…nothing really his type. I the end, James put on his modeling clothes. Feeling pleased about how good he looked, he went back to the room backstage the runway, where Katie was waiting.
"Oh good!" said Katie relieved. "James, just remember…" Katie's jaw dropped. She gaped at James.
"What?" said James uneasily, shifting his feel to the side.
But Katie just kept staring at James, drop jawed, lost for words.