(photo shoot)
Thanks to my little blackmail job, i got everything I asked, i was finally moving up the ranks, i was at my first photo shoot for king magazine. Made sure I looked hella good, they was featuring me in a rookie of the month issue so I was excited
I walked over towards the photographer
Q: Damnnn girll you fine as hell,
Me: thank youuu, so what's going on now?
Q: Okay we gone make sure you look really pretty in this one, give me sex appeal and some little class too, i wanna get the best shot okay?
Me: okaay no problem,
I went to hair and makeup, i was finally able to get a decent ass hairstyle, i was looking in the mirror smiling because i knew i finally was making it, i knew this king magazine shoot was gonna be a big deal, once it's released i knew i was gone be unstoppable,
I walked over to the set. Q was smiling and getting ready with the camera, i posed next to these mirrors, i made sure i got my naomi Campbell on, i was looking dead in the camera, i knew this was gone be make or break time, i made sure every pose i did was amazingggg.
Q: Yessss, good job Dakota keep looking in the camera, i swear this girl making my job hella easyyy,
I smiled and did as.he told me
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(2 weeks later)
The shoot was over and I was geeked, it was officially 4 months before my bday and I was geeked it was the holiday season so I wasn't really feeling seeing everyone with they families, every time I walked through the mall and seen it, i thought about my mother and how I don't have that much family anymore,
I was sitting down at the Beverly Center. I had to take a seat and fix my jordans, i was making sure they wasn't looking dusty when i seen this fine ass tatted up dude looking at me, i had to reach in my purse and grab my glasses, i seen him staring dead at me
He walked over and licked his lips,
????: Sup ma, what's your name
Me: Uhhh who's asking??
????: Ooo you don't recognize me at all??
Me: nahhh,
I looked him up and down, he smirked and sat down next to me,
????: Well lemme introduce myself, my name august
I looked at him, I tried keeping my cool because I knew exactly who he was...
Me: Nice to meet you august,
August: Alright since I did my name, what's yours now??
Me: I'm . dakota, but you can call me cherry
August: Hold up....you cherry Dakota huh?
Me: Yeahhh...
August: Dammnnn, you look good in person I would never had guessed that, by the glasses and the black hair, you look like a college girl
Me: is that a good thing?
August: Hell yeah, I like the fact you don't act like yo job, you seem real down to earth
Me: You just met me?
August:Truee, well lemme stop bullshitin and get to the point, how would you like to go out with me tonight, or tomorrow depends on whenever you not busy ms cherryyy
i blushed and looked at him,
Me: hmm.okay, tomorrow sounds good,
August: Mmm great, lemme get yo digits so I can text you and shit. I don't wanna mess up and not even get yo number
Me: Good, you from the south right?
August: Yeaah shawty born and raised, i guess my accent pretty thick
Me: Mhmmm, now what a fine ass dude like you tryna get a video vixen like me number?
August: from what I'm looking at right now, I don't seen video vixen i see a beautiful girl enjoying the mall and tryna be less detected as possible
Me: Hmmm you a mind reader?
August: Nahh I'm just being real shawty, you beautiful, even if you do videos and shit, i dont mind you gotta make yo money
Me: Trueee,
August: Well here's my number, don't forget tomorrow, you and me, date,
I laughed and smiled at him
Me: Mhmm okay byee august
August: Byee ms dakotaa,
He winked and walked off, I swear that boy had me, i was acting like a little school girl...shit I'm 17 of course imma act like a school girl,
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(Restaurant)
(Friday Night)
August had picked me up from my apartment, he took me to this fancy restaurant in Hollywood, we sat and chatted for a bit, i can tell he was digging on me
August was looking at me and licked his lips,
Me: Woow this place is really nice.
August: Yeaaah i like coming here every now and then, I must admit you look good as hell right now
Me: Thankss
I blushed, i swear he was making me look more and more young, i was sipping on some ice tea,
August: Sooo lemme get down to the basics ma, where you from?
Me: Los Angeles, born and raised
August: Mmm that's good, so you like doing yo job?
Me: Welll to be honest it pays the bills, i rather be in college instead but I can't really do that right now
August: Why not??
Me: Well my career is taking off, i got my first magazine cover, I'm doing big things
August: Trueee, but if it makes you unhappy why don't you do something that makes you feel good
On the real, he was really reading my soul, i really hated doing this video.model shit sometimes, i was only 17 and shit was coming at me so fast, i just wanted to live a normal life without always having to shake my ass for rent,
August: Listen i ain't tryna judge because I know you do what's best for you, but just looking into your eyes, i know you really wanna be yourself. And that's fine with me, i want you to be comfortable as possible, i dont mind
Me: Woow...you really trying hard huh?
August: Listen dakota, i ain't tryna fuck you, i wanna get to know the real dakota, i see the things you did, the videos and the photos, that's all good but I wanna know ms Dakota. Not cherry
I looked into his eyes, i smiled
Me: Alright, what you wanna know?
August: I wanna know how you started, did you start after high school?
Me: Welllll....
August: it's okay, I know you ain't 18, word on the street you got Jayceon ass in check,
I started laughing,
Me: Ehh maybe,
August: Mhmmm, well you got any family
Me: nope my mother serving 25 to life. My dad left when i was 4, my mom's family is back east and consider me a bad kid, even though I graduated high school 2 years early, andddd my brother is somewhere in new york, and my dad's family, i dont know them.
August: Dammm...I'm sorry for asking
Me: No its fine, i rather let.you know before you get the wrong information
August: Well I come from.a big family, so I know what to do, yeah the whole bad image is just for records I'm a real nice guy, and I know what you do is just a job, and I respect the fact you tryna make a living for yourself
Me: thanks august
August: no problem ma, aye why don't we split from.here and hang out?
Me: okaay
For the next 5 hours i hung out with august just talking and laughing, he helped.me really think on my life a bit more, he treated me like a human instead of a sex symbol and I appreciated that alot, it was like he brought me.down to earth, and I loved it, i knew from that moment me and him was gonna end up doing something that would change us for a long long timee