Post by Shelby on Jul 7, 2015 11:32:17 GMT -5
"Yes, dad I- Okay, but- Yes I know, I will. Okay, bye."
Sighing as she lifted the phone down from her ear, Niko turned her head to look down at her lap, furrowing her brows a bit as she went over the conversation that her and her father just had. Well, calling it a conversation would actually be a bit of a stretch; it was more of a one sided conversation with her dad hardly letting her get a word in while he told her to listen to what was told of her to do at the shoot and while he told her to make sure she did this and that and blah blah blah... She didn't like to think ill of her dad, and really the thought of thinking bad about him and her mom made her sick to her stomach, but at this point she couldn't help but do it! For once, would it be so bad for her to just have a nice conversation with one of them that had nothing to do with modeling? A good how are you doing, how is school going, or are you feeling good was all she wanted from them, but apparently that just wasn't something that they were willing to give her and apparently she should stop wishing for them to give her something like that. But was it really so bad to want something like that?
Lightly, she dabbed under her eye with a finger before she titled her head back up at the sound of approaching feet, her lips tilting up into a faint smile when she noticed that it was only Marcus, one of the men responsible for setting up the shoot, and Rodger, a man that Niko had come used to know as her sort of back up manager when her dad was unable attend a shoot like this to make sure that his daughter was doing everything that she needed to do, such as that day. The two men stopped short of the chair that she was sitting in, Rodger asking her as soon as they stopped if she was ready to start getting ready with the first outfit, and then Niko answering with a soft 'yes' and a nod of her head. She was directed out of the chair then and ushered into the back of the tent that had been set up specifically for her, Todd, and the other people that were to help with wardrobe and hair and makeup, three women being motioned over to her before they grabbed the model and started pulling her through the clothes that they had set up for her to wear throughout the day, the other side of the place holding clothes for the other model to wear.
After a little discussion on the first outfit for her to wear was decided the wardrobe assistants pulled it out for Niko, handed it to her, and told her to quickly change so that they could start to work on her hair and make up. When Niko found herself in the little changing space that she was given she sighed again and looked around the little place, going back into her own mind of how she really didn't want to be doing this in that moment. Of course it was a little exciting with the air that surrounded the purpose of this shoot (because who couldn't be a little excited while at an amusement park?), and she was more than happy to know that she was going to be doing this shoot with Todd, someone that she had grown to like working with in the past, but the fact alone that she was being rushed back and forth and told what to do was so tiring. She was used to it yes, and it had become such a normal process for her that she usually ran herself on autopilot in order to get her things done quickly, but sometimes she just wanted to stop.
But now wasn't the time to think about those depressing thoughts, so after shaking her head and puffing out her chest out a bit with a deep breath, she let it out, got back into her normal posture, and started to strip herself of the clothes she had been wearing before in favor of putting on the outfit that she had been given to change into. She hadn't been given any accessories for the piece yet, but she knew that in due time they would be put on her to showcase around. When she was all changed, to which before she was even finished she was told to hurry up, she pulled back the little flap that had been the only thing keeping her away from the rest of the tent in the little changing area that she had been in and stepped out, instantly having those three women taking the clothes she had in her hands away and putting them somewhere else while she was pulled back into the part of the tent that she had been in before.
She was sat down in the chair that she had previously been sitting in, her eyes squinting as soon as the bright lights of the mirror had been turned on and shined right in her face. Another woman came over to her with a makeup case that she placed on the counter in front of her mirror shortly after that, the woman turning to look at Niko as she put her fingers against the girl's chin to turn her head in different directions to get a better look at her. Instantly, however, Niko could see the squint in the woman's eyes as they locked onto her bottom lip, something that Niko had quickly become self conscious of after she had gotten the stitches taken out a few days after she had gotten them put in. A little scar had been left in its place, a small one really but one that was noticeable if someone looked close enough at it and if they were actually looking for it, and if she wasn't wearing any lip gloss or lipstick to cover it. Her parents, like she had suspected, hadn't been happy to hear what happened to her at the shooting, but, again like she suspected, they had been more upset over the fact that her face had the potential to be scarred forever because of the incident.
At least they did tell her that they were happy she was okay. The only thing about that that bothered her, however, was the fact that she felt that they were only concerned and happy that she was okay because she could continue to do shoots after it was all over with and after she was healed. That thought, and just the trauma from the event itself, had been enough to rattle her mind for a long while, and it still even did now despite how it had been a few weeks since the robbery.
Niko resisted the urge to suck her bottom lip in her mouth in that moment, but her frame tensed nonetheless until the woman dropped her chin and turned to her makeup bag that opened up to show an assortment of things that she had in there. Her eyes watched as the woman started to pick and grab things, all the while beginning to become conscious of the fact that another woman was coming over to her with a flat iron and a few combs in her hands, obviously indicating that she was coming to do her hair.
At least these people were gentle with her. A few times in the past Niko had been unlucky enough to get makeup artist and hair dressers who were a little more aggressive with what they were doing and thought that them tugging and pulling against her weren't going to hurt her like it actually did. But she digressed; some things just had to happen, right? "Come on, let's hurry it up! I want to get the first set of pictures done before sunset!"
The call of the command had been heard, to which more people began to mumble to themselves and walk around as they continued on with their work. It didn't take much longer to get her ready, and once they were finished with her hair and make up Niko was told to stand again before they gave her the accessories, made sure everything was right with her, and then pushed her off to head outside of the tent where the camera men were and other assortment of people, including her back up manager who looked at her with a smile and a nod of his head as soon as she walked over to him.
