Chapter - 9

Inside the studio, Natasha was asked to register herself and get a badge which had a number on it. That number was her changing room number. She went down the hallway looking for room number 206.

  This was quite confusing because all the lanes looked same. She tried a few of those lonely lanes but didn't find her room. She thought she might get late if time was wasted here. On finding a makeup artist passing by; Nash ran up to her and politely asked for the room number. The girl gave her perfect directions. Nash had finally got into the room with wall to wall mirrors and bright lights. It was a cute little room.

  "Natasha?" Asked a tall slender guy.

She nodded with a smile.

   "Hi! Am Jose. You and Ishita are under my guidance." He informed Natasha.

   He told her to get fresh and get into the dress. It was a wine red dress with delicate details done in gold. It was just fabulous! Natasha totally loved her outfit. And she looked like a princess in that dress. She was tempted to buy it but the prices were too high. So, she had to drop the plan.

   They had 2 hours before the actual shoot started for these girls. Right now, they were shooting with a well known actress from South. She had a busy schedule and needed to get to her movie set soon. She wore a black body hugging dress.

    Natasha was perfectly ready for the shoot. Hair done into a large bun and makeup just perfect to match her skin tone. She got a little nervous. She called Mayank.

   "Hey! What's going on?" He asked.

   "We are about to start in twenty minutes. They are getting the background and lights ready,"

   "GOod! All the best!"

   "Am nervous. .." she said "I don't know how am going to survive this"

   "Baby! Don't worry. You are going to be fine."

   "Hope so. You know? Tulika is their brand ambassador"

   "Oh! The actress? Man....She's good! Go meet her if you can"

  "Yes. Okay, need to go. Bye" She hung up and was ready for the shoot. She was given a quick few tips for posing by

Jose and there she was, facing the camera.

   "Okay! mooood... ." Said the photographer and bent to click.

Mayank had an idea. He told it to Vibha and she agreed! They roamed the city on the local bus.

   Being past afternoon, Vibha felt hungry. They halted at a restaurant. They had food and waited for Natasha to call back. Vibha took out her laptop to write. Mayank rolled his eyes at her. Smiling Sweetly, she ignored him only to put her head behind the screen.

  Natasha had been habitual to poses. The shoot was going on effortlessly. But she didn't know how She was doing. In the short break where the photographer was having coffee, Jose came to her.

   "Wow! Isn't it your first time? You are doing great.!"

  "Thank you, Jose" She smiled. Soon, the shoot was over and she retired to the makeup room. Only this time she didn't get lost away in those picturesque corridors. Getting out of the dress was easy than she thought. Undoing her

makeup, she started packing her handbag.

   "Am done!" She shouted through the phone.

    "Okay! Good. We are just nearby. Will reach in 10" said Vibha.

  Natasha was surprised to find Mayank with a gift box and a bag in hand.

  "This for celebrating your first professional shoot!" He had got her a watch and a shimmering party dress.

  The other day went a little boring for Nash and Vibha as they had to sit at a restaurant while Mayank was busy in his presentation. He was being an enthusiast and the presentation was going well.

  "Did you meet Tulika?" Vibha took a bite of her sandwich.

  "No! She was in such a hurry...." Nash told.

  "Ladies! We are good to go" Mayank stood at their table. He had finished his presentation and looked satisfied about it. They returned to the airport.