First shoot… in a Bikini?!
Two weeks after their first meeting, Nick and Miley had spent several hours a day together to discuss the companies Miley would apply to. After one week, Miley had gotten a lot of offers from different companies. Nick was proud to say that it was partly his 'fault' that so many companies wanted Miley that fast. It took them another three days to agree which shoot Miley should attend and finally, they agreed on one.
After settling on a really good looking company, Nick leaned back on the couch him and Miley were seated on and sighed. He was exhausted. They did have some long days. Miley's case was rather hard to handle, because she didn't like every company and complained at almost every one of them. But Nick could convince her to pick five out of the many companies they had.
He even had to hand over some clients to other workers in his own company because he was pretty occupied with Miley's case.
Miley wasn't used to the attention she got over the last two weeks. Partly, because she felt like she wasn't worth the attention and partly, because she not only got the attention from the companies but also from Nick; and not in a business kind of way either. He flirted with her. Maybe he didn't even notice, maybe he did, but Miley flirted right back.
After seeing Nick lean back on the couch, Miley released a sigh and let her head fall back. It was really late at night and the two finally settled on a company.
"I'm so tired!" Nick chuckled as he heard Miley exclaim that. He was tired himself, but he thought the time he spent with Miley was worth his sleep.
"Yeah, me too. I'm glad we finally decided on one company though. I don't think I would've handled another hour of kind of arguing." Miley giggled as he said that. One time, they had a pretty heated discussion, which Miley called 'kind-of-arguing'.
"We weren't arguing! I was just… stating my point of view. I hate all those other companies!" Nick chuckled.
"If that's your story." Miley rolled her eyes. Over the past two weeks, they became pretty friendly with each other and they even called themselves friends, if not best friends. If Miley ever had a problem, she even called Nick privately, not over the business phone. Yeah, they were friends.
And that gave Nick hope. Hope that Miley would come to the wedding with him; hope that Miley liked him as more than a friend or an agent. And hope that he could show her that there were a million ways to love a woman, not just one.
"Okay, I think I have to go. You know, we have a meeting tomorrow." Nick nodded and got up. Miley followed suit and squeezed Nick in a friendly hug. Nick tried to ignore the butterflies that flew through his stomach when she touched him and hugged her back. It was like that ever since day one. She'd hug him, he deny his feelings and hug her back, she left and he was left speechless every time.
Miley pulled back way too quickly and smiled at Nick, before she left his office. Once the doors closed Nick sighed. Ever since Miley entered his life nothing has been 'usual' anymore. The only usual things that happened were him showering in the morning, him getting his usual breakfast and coffee. Nothing else was usual.
As he was about to leave the office, his phone rang. He looked at the time. It was almost midnight, who would call at that time? He answered anyway.
"Yo, man, what's up?", was the first thing he heard. And 'of course it's Larry' was the thirst thing he thought.
"Uhm, nothing much. I'm heading out now. It was a late night once again." Larry chuckled.
"Let me guess, you were with Miley 'once again'." It wasn't really a guess, it was more like a statement that didn't need any proof. Nick sighed as he thought back to when Miley was still there.
"Yeah, you guessed right. We finally found a company that fit both, Miley and me. Even though I don't know what their commercial is about, I think it's good." Nick walked out of the building and towards his car, ready to drive home. He got into his car and closed the door, sighing while putting his things onto the seat next to him.
"Well, I hope it's nothing too bad. You never know what they could want to sell." Nick nodded absentmindedly as he drove through the streets. It was snowing – that's what he loved about New York – and the streets were almost car-free.
"Yeah, I don't really think it's bad. I sorted that crap out before I even showed it to her."
"Smart, man. Oh, well, Pamela is pulling on my hand. Looks like I'm getting some-" But Nick shut the phone to prevent himself from hearing all about Larry's life after work or daylight for that matter.
Soon enough, he reached his apartment. And needless to say that after ten minutes in his bed, he fell asleep, dreaming once again about Miley.
Nick woke up to the sound of his alarm clock. This hadn't changed over the weeks. He got up and showered just like every day. But on this exact day, he didn't have to drive to work. No, he had to get Miley from her house to drive her to the company's studios the shoot was at.
So, not to be late, he showered quickly. Then he changed into some comfortable clothes, not the ones he would wear to work and ran out of his apartment. He locked the door first though. Well, he drove to her house really quickly and honked the horn once he waited for five minutes.
Miley stumbled out the front door. Nick chuckled. Over the days he learned that Miley was the clumsiest person he ever met. Including Larry which was pretty hard to top. But he also learnt that whenever she was about to fall he could catch her and he so would and always did whenever he got the chance to.
When he saw Miley come out of the door, he got out of the car and walked to the side of it. Miley smiled already, knowing what he was doing. He was being a gentleman once again. When Miley reached the car, he opened the car door for her, earning a big 'Miley Smile' – as he liked to call it – and walked back around the car to his own seat.
After he got in, they fastened their seatbelts and drove to the company.
"Morning, by the way." Nick chuckled when he heard Miley's breathless greeting.
"Morning to you too. Why are you so out of breath?" Miley blushed a little.
"I forgot to set my alarm clock so when I woke up it was already late and so I had to run around the apartment like a maniac. Believe me, it wasn't pretty." Nick smirked.
"But what came out of it is." Miley flushed deep red once again. Nick was never too shy to comment her like that. Frankly, he was really forward when it came to commenting her. But she wasn't complaining. She loved the attention and the effort he was giving her.
"Well, thank you. You know, I have this shooting today." She teased. That's what they always did when they didn't have to be serious with each other.
"I hope you won't die." Miley laughed at his funny comment. Nick joined her soon since her laugh truly was contagious. He was so glad that they were being like they were with each other. This feeling was indescribable to him.
"I'll try not to." After some time they arrived at the studio. Nick being the gentleman he is was at Miley's side of the car so fast, that Miley couldn't open the door herself. She grinned again and thanked him of course.
Together, they walked into the studio and were really surprised to see that there was sand everywhere.
"Uhm, is this part of the shoot?" Nick didn't really know so he shrugged. Maybe it wasn't. They continued walking around until they found the boss.
"Ah, Mr. Gray with Mrs. …?" Miley smiled.
"Stewart. Miley Stewart but I thought you knew?"
"Pointer, Alex Pointer and no, I didn't. Mr. Gray just said that he had the perfect girl for this. Although he doesn't have any idea what 'this' is." Nick looked down embarrassed when Miley threw him a look.
"Oh, well then, enlighten us Mr. Pointer and tell us what 'this' is." Pointer nodded and started walking. Nick and Miley looked at each other and followed him quickly.
"Well, as you can see, we are trying to shoot a beach scene…" Miley's eyes flew wide open.
"Beach? Including bikinis?" Pointer turned around and smiled at her.
"Why of course. Why wouldn't we include the product we're working with?" Miley looked at Nick with big eyes.
"You never told me that my first shoot is with a… bikini!" Nick looked down, shocked himself. He had no idea! This was embarrassing. Pointer smiled at them.
"Well, if it helps you, you'll be the star on the pictures." Miley sighed unsure. Should she really do it? Miley didn't really like her body in a bikini. So to discuss this she turned to Nick and grabbed him.
"We have to talk." She dragged him away. Nick stumbled after her, still a little shocked that her first shoot was in a bikini. Those are always hard to do. Miley came to a halt and turned to Nick once again.
"Okay, so I don't know if you planned this but what I do know is that I don't know if I should do this shoot." Nick looked at her confused. What was she saying?
"Uhm, alright. I didn't quite understand what you just said but I think you should do it." Miley looked at him shocked.
"You think I should pose half-naked in front of a dozen men I don't know?" Nick sighed and shot her an apologetic smile.
"A dozen men you don't know plus me?" Miley sighed rolled her eyes.
"You're not making this better you know? I hate myself in bikinis. Or underwear. It's just; my body isn't made for that kind of clothing."
"So you're not wearing underwear right now?"
"I am! But do I show you? No, exactly. And let's keep it that way. I'm just not sure if this shoot would make me famous in this business." Nick sighed.
"Miley, listen to me and listen good. If you're not perfect for this shoot, I don't know who is. Imagine girls with a really, really thin body. You know, where you see bones and stuff. Gross, in normal clothes and a bikini. But you… you have the curves they need. And at least a million girls out there would love you because you show them that you don't have to be that thin… I mean, that they can see your bones. There are so many girls who are afraid to wear skinny clothes because others are skinnier than them and make fun of them. You'd be a role model!"
Miley looked at Nick. He seemed pretty serious and she knew that he was right. So she sighed and looked down.
"If this shoot flops and those million girls will be making fun of me, you are so dead." She walked past him. Nick started grinning. He got to see her in a bikini! He really wanted to pump his fist in the air, but didn't do it after all because for several reasons.
Nick followed her quickly. Pointer was already grinning from ear to ear, pretty much mirroring Nick's face.
"I'm so glad you agreed. God knows what made you agree in the first place." Miley looked at Nick and smiled at him before walking away with Pointer.
Nick sighed happily and let himself fall onto a couch. He got Miley her very first job as a model! Nick never achieved something like that because he never had the opportunity to. He always got models with experience and they were more professional than Miley was at the beginning. But she changed pretty quickly and handled things in a mature way.
He looked around. The studio was pretty big, although he had never heard of the company before. Or he forgot; it was one of those. They prepared a back for the shoot. A blanket or a towel, whatever it was, was laid out on the sand, ready to be laid on. That's where Miley will have to lie down then, Nick thought to himself. Suddenly he heard clapping.
"Okay, get ready, the star is in the room!" Nick turned around and saw Miley walking in with a bathrobe attached to her body. She hugged it close to herself, probably feeling more self-conscious than ever. Nick rolled his eyes at her.
"Okay, Miley, get rid of the bathrobe and lay down on the towel. You will have to act like you rub lotion on your arms alright? You look up at the camera at three and smile. That will be the first take." Miley nodded and walked over to the 'beach' and let the bathrobe fall.
That was the moment Nick had been waiting for and when Miley dropped the bathrobe, Nick nearly fainted. He never imagined her body to be that perfect. As if Miley could read his thoughts she turned around and blushed when she saw him staring at her with big eyes.
Pointer smiled at Nick and gave him a thumb up. Nick nodded at him and watched Miley pose for the several pictures. If you'd watch from afar he'd look like a proud boyfriend and in his mind and his dreams, he already was. Well, he was wishing for it anyway.
"Done!" Nick looked at Pointer who was smiling from ear to ear. Miley ran up to Nick and hugged him tightly.
"Thank you, thank you, and thank you!" She kissed his cheek a few times and then hopped out of his arms embarrassed. They both blushed and looked at Pointer.
"They commercial and the pictures will be out in a few days. I think in two days. You'll see it on the TV. And there's one thing I can guarantee you. This commercial will be really successful!" Nick and Miley smiled at Pointer and then at each other.
Nick saw in Miley's eyes how thankful she was for him, that he got her this job.
But what Miley saw made her melt inside. She saw how proud he was of her and how much he adored her. Yeah, Miley saw that he adored her, but she loved the fact that he did. Because secretly, she did too.
So this was somehow just a filler chapter, but the next chapter is going to be longer and better. I might update it just today, pray for it. Hope you enjoyed and review!!!