Dodging Bullets

twenty three

Mandy's POV

I woke up the next morning to a lot of talking downstairs. I reluctantly roll out of bed and check myself twice before seeing what all the talk was about.
Downstairs was Dani and Shan with their bathing suits on talking to Carly and a couple of photographers.

"There she is! Wow you sleep for a long time, my goodness!" Carly exclaims and I laugh.

"Yep," I replied, popping the P.

"Well, go put this on," she said tossing my a very skimpy bathing suit. "I know. Small. But sexy."

I nodded and rushed to put it on. She was right. Very small but I convinced myself that I looked good. I took a quick mirror selfie and locked my phone.

"Ready?" Carly asked as I walked back into the large room.

"Yes, I am," I smiled and looked at Dani and Shan who were blankly staring at me.

"What? Is there something wrong?" I looked down to see what they were looking at.

"No! You're just so-" Shan started with the same blank expression.

"Gorgeous. Our best friend is SO gorgeous!" Dani exclaimed excitedly.

"Aw! You girls are so sweet but look at you two!" I smiled and they thanked me. We all walked out to the pool deck and the view was amazing. It was absolutely breathtaking.

"Okay. So we'll start with you girls sitting on the ledge with your feet dangling in the water. And then we'll take some individual shots.

We all walked over to the end and sat down. We started laughing and smiling for the camera, whatever came naturally. To be honest, at first it was totally weird and awkward. Like, we were forcing laughs while people took pictures of us. But after a while, it got easier and more fun. We took some individual shots, which Dani and Shan slayed! The photographer took a few of me that I really liked and I made sure I got them later.

After taking pictures for a couple hours, we had a few hour break before we went to take some in the streets of Milan. So we decided to eat.

Because the house we were staying in was like a guest house for anyone, it already had some food in the cupboards and refrigerator. Dani got out some pancake mix and started making pancakes while Shan cooked some omelettes and because I am so awful at cooking I just cut up some fruit. Once we were done we set it all on the table and it looked absolutely delicious! I poured some orange juice to go with it and sat down along with Dani and Shan. They started digging in as soon as I sat down.

"Wait!" I shouted and Dani and Shan froze in place obeying me. "I have to take a picture!" I laughed and took out my phone. Dani and Shan nodded and then took out their phones too. We all took a few pictures and then dug back in.
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After a few hours of sitting around watching tv and letting our food digest, I got a text from Carly sending us the location of where the next photoshoot was going to held.

"Carly wants us to start heading over to the next location. Let's gooo," I said getting up. Dani and Shan shot out of their seats and ran for the garage. In the garage sat two beautiful white Range Rovers! On the wall hung 2 pairs of keys so I grabbed one really quick and jumped into the driver's seat before anyone else could steal the opportunity of driving.

"Haha bitches! Whoever sits up front is DJ!" I yelled and Dani and Shan rushed for back seat. But Shan won.

"Ughh, fine. What kind of music?" Dani asked pulling out her phone and plugging it in the AUX cord as I backed out of the driveway.

"Play whatever you want. Just something good!" I demanded.

"Okay," Dani replied and laughed. She started playing some of today's hits which I could deal with so I made her keep it on.

After about 20 minutes of driving and Shannon wondering when we were going to get there, we finally arrived. We pulled up to a parking lot of a tall building and jumped out. We walked ourselves into the lobby and checked in. Someone guided us out back and took us to where Carly is.

"Hey girls! Just in time!" Carly greeted us. We said hello back.

"So, I know you girls already have boys that you're close to dating but for this shoot we need you to get all lovey dovey and touchy to some other boys. Is that alright?" Carly asked with an unsure look on her face. I knew it was just for the gig so I was alright with it but if Taylor finds these pictures... he will rage.

"Uh- yeah. Sure," I hesitated but agreed. Shan and Dani agreed also.

"Perfect!" Carly cheered. "Alright. Mandy, I am partnering you with a male named Nate Neihaus. He's really great, don't worry." She assured me. I nodded and followed her to him. Shannon and Daniella got pulled to other stations with other guys.

"This is him," Carly smiled and gestured towards a boy.

"Hello. I'm Nate Niehaus. And you are," Nate flashed a smile. My was he gorgeous. He had a beautiful face and such a kind smile.

"I'm Mandy. Nice to meet you!" I smiled back. We then got dragged over to the doors leading back inside and went up the elevator to the top floor. They wanted pictures of us looking down on the city.

At the top, I walked over to the railing and looked down. The ordered for Nate to come behind me and wrap his arms around my waste, in a couple kind-of way. I felt guilty so I stayed looking down at the city.

"Hey! Mandy! What are you doing?" The photographer asked me.

"What do you mean?" I asked back.

"Look up at Nate and act like you like him. You seem like you're avoiding him. It's just for some pictures." The photographer said, annoyed. I said okay and looked up at Nate. I made sure to act like I was 'in love' before I got kicked out of the shoot by that photographer.

Nate and I took so many pictures together and it seemed like we were up there forever. Finally, they ended the shoot and we all left. Shan drove home and I sat in the back since I was exhausted. Once we got back to the house, I rushed upstairs to get ready for bed. When I finished getting ready I crawled into bed and as soon as I hit the pillow, I was out.
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Nate is hot.