Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Standing in the Night ❯ Standing in the Night (Chapter 3) ( Chapter 3 )
[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]
By: Essence 
Anime/Manga: Sailor Moon Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Angst | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 09.06.2001 | Pages: 3 | Words: 3.5K | Visits: 263 | Status: Work In Progress
Anime/Manga: Sailor Moon Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Angst | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 09.06.2001 | Pages: 3 | Words: 3.5K | Visits: 263 | Status: Work In Progress
Standing in the Night (Revised)
Chapter 3
By Essence
I have revised the ending of this chapter to better fit the next one. Please and review and remeber this is rated with a big fat R. I take no responsiblity for anyone who is under the age of 17 and reads this without my knowing.
Standing in the Night (Revised)
Chapter 3
By Essence
Serena Tuskino stood outside the large wooden doors of her bosses office. The brown leather breifcase cluthched in front of her. Last night she and Molly had gone over all the pictures that had been sent in to the agency. They had finally narrowed it done to ten girls which Mr. Umino would pick that day.
Serena smoothed down her rose colored skirt and patted up her hair before knocking on the door.
" Come in," The high pitched squeaky voice of Mr. Umino called through the door.
Serena took a deep breath and opened the door. Mr. Umino was sitting at his desk playing with a rubic's cube his feet crossed on the polished wood desk top.
" Um Mr. Umino?" Serena said hesitintly.
Mr. Umino looked up from the cube, he then quickly sat up and put the cube in his desk drawer.
" Uh, come in, come in, Miss Tuskino. Please have a seat." Mr. Umino said guesturing to a red leather chair in front of his desk.
Serena steeped forward over the crème colored carpet and sat down in the indicated chair. She placed the breif case in her lap and crossed her hands on top of it
" I see that you and Molly have picked the pictures," Mr. Umino said leaning back in his chair and lacing his fingers togethor.
" Yes, we narrowed it down to ten girls for your picking, sir," Serena said opening the briefcase and pulling out a manilla folder and handed it to him.
Mr. Umino accepted the folder and began to flip through it's contents.
" As you can see, we have picked only girls that give off the air of being flashy and bright," Serena siad leaning forward in her chair a bit to watch his reaction to the pictures.
" I see, what about this girl? What is her name?" he asked holding up a picture of a blond haired girl with a red bow in it.
" That is Minako Anio," Serena said looking up at the ceiling scaning her memory for the girls name and information.
" She's very bright looking, just the kind of girl I want," Mr. Umino said throwing the picture to Serena.
Serena caught it and looked down at the girl wearing a yellow sun dress sitting on a swing.
" I want you to call her immeaditly and have her here in my office tomarrow," Mr. Umino said closing the folder and handing it back to Serena.
" Yes sir," Serena said taking the folder and placing it and the picture back in her briefcase. She got up and walked out of the office closing the door behind her before taking a deep breath.
" Well how was it?" Molly said running up to Serena.
" He chose the blond picture," Serena said walking toward her office, Molly walking beside her.
" The one wearing the bikkni?" Molly asked.
" No the one with the red bow on the swing," Serena replied opening the door of her office and walking in.
" Mino, Minak or something," Molly said following her plopping down on the couch.
" Minako," Serena said walking over to the other side of the desk and and sitting down.
" That is a strange name," Molly said leaning back.
Serena just nodded as she picked up the phone and began to dial a number.
Darien sat back in his chair and grinned.
" Yea, yea, I understand, I'll be there to pick it up soon." Darien said into the phone, running a hand threw his hair.
" You better, I don't think I can't keep this stuff hidden from the cops much longer," Greg said over the phone.
" Well what is the stuff called?" Darien asked.
" I don't know, when they dropped it off they didn't give me a name, they just took the money and left," Greg replied.
" You asshole, you didn't even the name of this new drug and now you expect me to sell it?" Darien screamed into the phone.
On the other end Greg whinced and held the phone away from his ear, even Ami who was on the other side of the room could hear Darien screaming.
" Hey Darien, calm down, we can just make up a name and sell the shit anyway. Who's going to care anyway?" Greg said trying to calm the enraged Darien on the other end.
Darien leaned back in his chair and looked at Mina who had just walked in.
" Look I got to go, the slut just walked in," Darien said eyeing Mina.
" Yea sure, I'll have the things ready," Greg replied hanging up the phone.
" Darien in a bad mood?" Ami asked from her postion on the couch.
Greg walked over to Ami and sat down next to her pulling her into his arms.
" Baby, he's always in a bad mood," Greg replied resting his hand on Ami's swollen stomach.
" Darien who were you talking too?" Mina asked ploping down on the couch and pulling out a pack of ciggerettes.
Darien eyed her chest as the tops of her breasts peeked out from her torn black tank top.
" That is none of your buisness, bitch" Darien replied getting up from the chair and walking over to a filing cabinet.
" I have some good news," Mina replied blowing smoke rings toward the ceiling.
" Yea what?" Darien asked pulling out a file folder and slaming the drawer shut.
" I got the job."
" What job?" Darien asked sitting down and opening the folder.
" The modeling job, I just got the call from some girl named Serena Tuskino. I'm to go to the agency tomarrow," Mina said taking a drag of her ciggerette.
" That's great, but I don't give a shit," Darien replied getting up and walking out of the room.
Mina sighed and stretched out on the couch her cigerette hanging losely from her fingers
The darkness, it was thick like the pit of hell. Cold and lonely, no voice could break through it's depths.
Rei lie alone on the dirty wooden floor of her bare apartment. Her skin a pale shade of white, the white powder of crack scattered on the table top, mixing with her complexion. Her breathing shallow and forced. In what world did she exsit now?
Hotaru walked home through the dark streets. All around her hookers and drug dealers called out their wares from street corners. Hotaru ignored this all and continued on.
Setsuna sipped a glass of champane eying the fat man across from her.
" Sir, you have asked for consiberbly favors from Janaette, to say that you will not pay is a sin to her," Setsuna said lazily leaning back in her chair.
The fat man was sweating visiably in the soft light of the lamp scattered around Setsuna's office. He pulled at his coller which was soaked and stained with sweat, his pants seem to strain at that seams.
'What anyone can see in this man is beyond me,' Setsuna thought lazily leaning even farther back in her chair a small smile slipping across her features as she thought of Darien.
The man took this as his cue to drop the bomb.
" If there is no more to discuss Miss Meio, I shall leave," he said moving to get up.
Setsuna snapped her fingers without opening her eyes and the dark skinned bruly man standing by the door stepped forward and placed an iron hand on the fat mans sholder, making an attempt at escape, nonwithstanding.
" Sir it's a quite simple task of paying such a bill," Setsuna said sitting up and reaching for a piece of paper on her desk.
" Lets see I'll shall read aloud what you requested from Janaette, a may I put this lightly with no regards to mean you embarresment, a role playing of her as a student and you being her teacher, with you raping the daylights from her small body. A whipped cream bath, quite an extravagent thing may I say. A private show of her stripping for you followed by you getting a, may I say job done on you. Followed by you dominating her with bondage." Setsuna said reading from the list Janette had presented her.
The fat man paled even more, the burly guard who was now by the door made a sound deep in his throat by said nothing more.
Setsuna shot him a sly look before turning back to her costumer.
" The total cost of this little prize package come to $800.00," Setsuna said reading the figure at the bottom.
" I will not pay such a bill," the man yelled shaking his fist at her. " The girl wasn't even good." He added.
Setsuna watched this all resting her chin on her interlaced hands.
" Well then I'm afraid that we'll have to do what we do to you every time you visit our establishment, Mr. Woods, Alexander." She said gesturing for the man by the door.
He stepped forward and grabbed the fat man by the arm and dragged him right out of the room.
" Hey wait, this is an outrage!" Mr. Woods yelled as he was dragged out of the orante wooden door.
Setsuna sighed and placed the bill away from her on the corner of her desk.
Lita leaned agaisn't a light pole, the cold metal burning into her bare skin. She tugged her red top down a little more revealing some more cleavege. Lita tried to look seductive but she was too tired to manage much more then a small smile and the slightest sway of her hips.
Lita sighed and leaned her head back on the pole looking up into the yellow light shining down on her.
The sound of a car broke her revie. A silver convertible pulled up in front of her and the passenger door opened. A man with greasy black hair and a little black mustach and gotte leaned over and looked up at her. He was dressed quite nicely in fancy gray and black clothes. Lita straightened up and un-crossed her arms from in front of her chest.
" Hop in," he said guesturing with his head.
Lita walked over to his car and climbed in tucking her long legs in before slamiming the door shut. The car zoomed off leaving an empty street corner, a few bits of paper flew by in the wind that suddenly started to blow.
Michiru opened her eyes, she lay on the dirty wooden floor. A smear of blood covered the aera where she had layen. Michiru reached up to touch her cheek, upon feeling the giant gash that was there and the black eye she knew she had, she crumpled up and burst into tears. Never even noticing the dark shadow coming up behind her until it was too late and the crash of glass and women's screamed echoed through out the house.
Minako looked almost radiant the next morning as she walked out of the building dressed in her faviorte yellow sundress. Darien watched her leave from the darkned room of his bedroom, it had been a hard night full of gang shooting and near fatal bust by the cops. His anger in full check from not killing the man he wanted he had returned to the building to find Minako sleeping in his bed. Seeing no better resolution he had jumped her, raping her body numerous times before falling asleep, half a bottle of Jack Daniels in his system.
It was 11:00am when he was awaken by the sound of a door slamming shut and footsteps running down creaking stairs. Minako was gone, the sheets still rumpled where she lay and pounding headache had begun a reminder of his drinking binge last night.
Now standing naked in the semi darkness of his room, sunlight running in lines across his body made by the blinds opened problay by Minako. He watched her run off, past crumbled buildings graffti covering them, men who whistled at her and tried to attract her into the alleys. She ignored them all and went on, a smile never leaving her face.
Darien was gone from the window when she stopped one and looked up, he had retreated back into the depths to pull on his clothes and plan the day. Mina sighed and turned back walking on, not wanting to be late.
" What time is your appointment?" Molly asked hugging the soft blue pillow to her chest.
" 11:45, Miss Johnson will tell me when she's here," Serena replied fixing a picture frame on her desk.
" Well do you want to go to lunch after that? I heard that this new chinese place opened up on 2nd steet and they have great Mo shu vegtables," Molly asked getting excited at the prospect of lunch. As if to show it's excitment also, her stomach rumbled in anticapation.
A smile spread on Serena's face, she picked up a pile of papers and stacked them carefully.
" Yea, I'd like that I was getting hungry anyways," she replied dropping the papers into a white metal tray. " We could also invite Mr. Umino along with us, I bet you would like that," Serena replied in an afterthought.
" No! You've got to be kidding Serena, he's so geeky and anyways he's our boss!" Molly cried out a blush in her cheeks.
" You like him, admit it Molly," Serena purred giving her friend a sly smile.
" Shut up," was the only reply she got followed by a pillow being thrown at her.
" Hey that wasn't very lady like!" Serena cried out grabbing the pillow before it hit her in the face.
" I never said I was a lady," Molly replied non-chantly.
" Well I'm not one either," Serena said getting up and throwing the pillow back.
" Well then you can just forget about me going to lunch with you," Molly sniffed grabbing the pillow and wrapping her arms around it again.
" Perfect you can go with Mr. Umino," Serena teased picking up the phone, her finger hovering above the button for his extension.
" No Serena! Please don't!" Molly cried getting up to stop her friend.
Just then the phone rang, both girls fell silent giving each other looks before Serena pressed a button and answered it. The conversation was short with Serena saying okay then hanging up while Molly sat on the edge of her desk and strained to listen in.
" That was Miss Johnson, my appointment is here," Serena told her friend has she hung up the phone.
" Well I better scoot, meet me in my office when the meeting is done and we can go to lunch," Molly replied getting up off the desk and walking to the door, Serena following after her.
Minako looked around her happily, her hands clasped in her lap has she bounced a little in the springy leather chairs. Her heart was racing in her chest just looking at the well done interior of the waiting room. Pictures of past super models lining the walls, including Tyra Banks and Nikki Taylor.
' Someday I'll be up on those walls,' Mina thought happily imagining herself in a gorgeus creme colored dress.
" Miss Anio?" A voice asked breaking through her thoughts.
Minako quickly opened her eyes and turned to the source of the voice. A gracefully well built lady dressed in a soft rose business suit smiled down at her, two buns of golden hair on top of her head spiraling down to her knees.
" Um...yes I'm Miss Minako Anio," Minako replied nervously getting up and clutching her purse tighter to her.
" Well it's very nice to meet you, I'm Miss Tuskino the one you spoke to one the phone," Serena said pleasantly extending her hand to Mina.
" Oh yea! The one who called me and told me I got the job! Boy was I excited when you called!" Mina exclaimed happily taking the other womyn's hand and shaking it hardily.
" Yes well if you want to follow me to my office I can discuss all the details of the job with you," Serena replied pulling her hand from Mina's and motioning for her to follow her down the hall.
Once inside the office Mina sat down in the offered chair and looked around her taking in the pristine white furniture splahes of color coming from the assortment of pictures of diffrent girls probaly models all smiling happily for the camera.
" Why don't I tell you all the basic things about the job then you can aske me an questions you want," Serena interupted her gazing has she sat in her own desk chair.
" Okay," Mina aggred happily.
" Basically the job pays $100 dollers a day and should be for about 2 weeks. It's for a fashion catolouge that is looking for fresh faced models. The shoot will be in and out of Tokyo and will provide all your wardrobe and makeup needs. You must only show up and at the end of the photo shoot we will pay you for the work you have done. Well any questions?" Serena asked crossing her hands on the desk top.
" Yes, a few I was wondering will I be the only model or will there be others?"
" You were chossen from a group of girls to be one of the eight chossen models. So no you will not be the only model at the shoots. When we choose you we were aiming for ethnic diffrences in our models in physical appearance. So you'll be the only blond model we will have there," Serena replied smiling at the thought.
" Okay one other question, do I get to keep the wardrobe?" Mina asked hopefully. " I'm afraid I do not have an answer to that question, it will be up the costume department and the owners of the catologe but I'm sure you will be able to keep a few pieces," Serena replied fighing down the urge to laugh at Minako's full right honesty.
" Oh okay, well then I have no more questions," Mina said happily.
" Fine, then I will give you all the information you will need for the first shoot in this folder," Serena picked up a thin blue folder and handed it to Minako. " The first shoot is at the store Tokyo Eye Pop in the Charlestowne Mall Wedsnday at 10am. Please come about 8am though for make up, hair and costumes," Serena added sitting back down in the chair.
" I'll be there!" Mina said happily taking the folder and smiling at it before standing up.
" Thank you so much Miss Tuskino," Mina added extending her hand which Serena stoop up and took shaking it warmly before letting go.
" Your welcome Miss Anio, I'm sure you can find your own way out?"
" Yes and thank you again," Minako said again before grabbing her purse and walking out of the room.
Serena watched her leave before she sat back in her chair and began to arrange some papers when the door opened again. Serena looked up expecting to see Minako again but it was only Molly.
" I saw her Serena, she walked past me when I was headed here to see if you were done. Well what she's like? Is she all high strong and snobby or is she really down to Earth?" Molly asked sitting in Minko's vacauted chair.
" She's really nice and not in the least bit snobby, I like her and I think she will do well in this job and hopefully get more after that," Serena replied sensing her friends urge for gossip.
" Gosh she's even more beautiful in real life," Molly sighed leaning back in the chair.
" Yea but I sense this hardness under all the suger and fluff she presents when you meet her," Serena said more to herself then to Molly.
" What do you mean?" Molly asked.
" Oh nothing, come one lets got get lunch I'm starved!" Serena quickly replied reaching under the desk to retrieve her purse.
" Okay, I'm started to wither away from lack of food," Molly said getting up from her chair and heading for the door.
" Like you could wither," Serena quipped back laughing.
" Well no wither but definatly be starved," Molly replied opening the door and walking out.
Serena only smiled and shut the door behind her, following Molly down the hall.
The end...for now or until I basically get chapter 4 out which I'm not sure how long that maybe. I'm sorry if this is taking to long but I keep getting these terriable cases of writers block!! *Kicks her writers block* In the mean time please read and review or send all comments, questions, suggustions, and the ever popular Darien look alike to Saphrians_Water_Reflection@hotmail.com.
Chapter 3
By Essence
I have revised the ending of this chapter to better fit the next one. Please and review and remeber this is rated with a big fat R. I take no responsiblity for anyone who is under the age of 17 and reads this without my knowing.
Standing in the Night (Revised)
Chapter 3
By Essence
Serena Tuskino stood outside the large wooden doors of her bosses office. The brown leather breifcase cluthched in front of her. Last night she and Molly had gone over all the pictures that had been sent in to the agency. They had finally narrowed it done to ten girls which Mr. Umino would pick that day.
Serena smoothed down her rose colored skirt and patted up her hair before knocking on the door.
" Come in," The high pitched squeaky voice of Mr. Umino called through the door.
Serena took a deep breath and opened the door. Mr. Umino was sitting at his desk playing with a rubic's cube his feet crossed on the polished wood desk top.
" Um Mr. Umino?" Serena said hesitintly.
Mr. Umino looked up from the cube, he then quickly sat up and put the cube in his desk drawer.
" Uh, come in, come in, Miss Tuskino. Please have a seat." Mr. Umino said guesturing to a red leather chair in front of his desk.
Serena steeped forward over the crème colored carpet and sat down in the indicated chair. She placed the breif case in her lap and crossed her hands on top of it
" I see that you and Molly have picked the pictures," Mr. Umino said leaning back in his chair and lacing his fingers togethor.
" Yes, we narrowed it down to ten girls for your picking, sir," Serena said opening the briefcase and pulling out a manilla folder and handed it to him.
Mr. Umino accepted the folder and began to flip through it's contents.
" As you can see, we have picked only girls that give off the air of being flashy and bright," Serena siad leaning forward in her chair a bit to watch his reaction to the pictures.
" I see, what about this girl? What is her name?" he asked holding up a picture of a blond haired girl with a red bow in it.
" That is Minako Anio," Serena said looking up at the ceiling scaning her memory for the girls name and information.
" She's very bright looking, just the kind of girl I want," Mr. Umino said throwing the picture to Serena.
Serena caught it and looked down at the girl wearing a yellow sun dress sitting on a swing.
" I want you to call her immeaditly and have her here in my office tomarrow," Mr. Umino said closing the folder and handing it back to Serena.
" Yes sir," Serena said taking the folder and placing it and the picture back in her briefcase. She got up and walked out of the office closing the door behind her before taking a deep breath.
" Well how was it?" Molly said running up to Serena.
" He chose the blond picture," Serena said walking toward her office, Molly walking beside her.
" The one wearing the bikkni?" Molly asked.
" No the one with the red bow on the swing," Serena replied opening the door of her office and walking in.
" Mino, Minak or something," Molly said following her plopping down on the couch.
" Minako," Serena said walking over to the other side of the desk and and sitting down.
" That is a strange name," Molly said leaning back.
Serena just nodded as she picked up the phone and began to dial a number.
Darien sat back in his chair and grinned.
" Yea, yea, I understand, I'll be there to pick it up soon." Darien said into the phone, running a hand threw his hair.
" You better, I don't think I can't keep this stuff hidden from the cops much longer," Greg said over the phone.
" Well what is the stuff called?" Darien asked.
" I don't know, when they dropped it off they didn't give me a name, they just took the money and left," Greg replied.
" You asshole, you didn't even the name of this new drug and now you expect me to sell it?" Darien screamed into the phone.
On the other end Greg whinced and held the phone away from his ear, even Ami who was on the other side of the room could hear Darien screaming.
" Hey Darien, calm down, we can just make up a name and sell the shit anyway. Who's going to care anyway?" Greg said trying to calm the enraged Darien on the other end.
Darien leaned back in his chair and looked at Mina who had just walked in.
" Look I got to go, the slut just walked in," Darien said eyeing Mina.
" Yea sure, I'll have the things ready," Greg replied hanging up the phone.
" Darien in a bad mood?" Ami asked from her postion on the couch.
Greg walked over to Ami and sat down next to her pulling her into his arms.
" Baby, he's always in a bad mood," Greg replied resting his hand on Ami's swollen stomach.
" Darien who were you talking too?" Mina asked ploping down on the couch and pulling out a pack of ciggerettes.
Darien eyed her chest as the tops of her breasts peeked out from her torn black tank top.
" That is none of your buisness, bitch" Darien replied getting up from the chair and walking over to a filing cabinet.
" I have some good news," Mina replied blowing smoke rings toward the ceiling.
" Yea what?" Darien asked pulling out a file folder and slaming the drawer shut.
" I got the job."
" What job?" Darien asked sitting down and opening the folder.
" The modeling job, I just got the call from some girl named Serena Tuskino. I'm to go to the agency tomarrow," Mina said taking a drag of her ciggerette.
" That's great, but I don't give a shit," Darien replied getting up and walking out of the room.
Mina sighed and stretched out on the couch her cigerette hanging losely from her fingers
The darkness, it was thick like the pit of hell. Cold and lonely, no voice could break through it's depths.
Rei lie alone on the dirty wooden floor of her bare apartment. Her skin a pale shade of white, the white powder of crack scattered on the table top, mixing with her complexion. Her breathing shallow and forced. In what world did she exsit now?
Hotaru walked home through the dark streets. All around her hookers and drug dealers called out their wares from street corners. Hotaru ignored this all and continued on.
Setsuna sipped a glass of champane eying the fat man across from her.
" Sir, you have asked for consiberbly favors from Janaette, to say that you will not pay is a sin to her," Setsuna said lazily leaning back in her chair.
The fat man was sweating visiably in the soft light of the lamp scattered around Setsuna's office. He pulled at his coller which was soaked and stained with sweat, his pants seem to strain at that seams.
'What anyone can see in this man is beyond me,' Setsuna thought lazily leaning even farther back in her chair a small smile slipping across her features as she thought of Darien.
The man took this as his cue to drop the bomb.
" If there is no more to discuss Miss Meio, I shall leave," he said moving to get up.
Setsuna snapped her fingers without opening her eyes and the dark skinned bruly man standing by the door stepped forward and placed an iron hand on the fat mans sholder, making an attempt at escape, nonwithstanding.
" Sir it's a quite simple task of paying such a bill," Setsuna said sitting up and reaching for a piece of paper on her desk.
" Lets see I'll shall read aloud what you requested from Janaette, a may I put this lightly with no regards to mean you embarresment, a role playing of her as a student and you being her teacher, with you raping the daylights from her small body. A whipped cream bath, quite an extravagent thing may I say. A private show of her stripping for you followed by you getting a, may I say job done on you. Followed by you dominating her with bondage." Setsuna said reading from the list Janette had presented her.
The fat man paled even more, the burly guard who was now by the door made a sound deep in his throat by said nothing more.
Setsuna shot him a sly look before turning back to her costumer.
" The total cost of this little prize package come to $800.00," Setsuna said reading the figure at the bottom.
" I will not pay such a bill," the man yelled shaking his fist at her. " The girl wasn't even good." He added.
Setsuna watched this all resting her chin on her interlaced hands.
" Well then I'm afraid that we'll have to do what we do to you every time you visit our establishment, Mr. Woods, Alexander." She said gesturing for the man by the door.
He stepped forward and grabbed the fat man by the arm and dragged him right out of the room.
" Hey wait, this is an outrage!" Mr. Woods yelled as he was dragged out of the orante wooden door.
Setsuna sighed and placed the bill away from her on the corner of her desk.
Lita leaned agaisn't a light pole, the cold metal burning into her bare skin. She tugged her red top down a little more revealing some more cleavege. Lita tried to look seductive but she was too tired to manage much more then a small smile and the slightest sway of her hips.
Lita sighed and leaned her head back on the pole looking up into the yellow light shining down on her.
The sound of a car broke her revie. A silver convertible pulled up in front of her and the passenger door opened. A man with greasy black hair and a little black mustach and gotte leaned over and looked up at her. He was dressed quite nicely in fancy gray and black clothes. Lita straightened up and un-crossed her arms from in front of her chest.
" Hop in," he said guesturing with his head.
Lita walked over to his car and climbed in tucking her long legs in before slamiming the door shut. The car zoomed off leaving an empty street corner, a few bits of paper flew by in the wind that suddenly started to blow.
Michiru opened her eyes, she lay on the dirty wooden floor. A smear of blood covered the aera where she had layen. Michiru reached up to touch her cheek, upon feeling the giant gash that was there and the black eye she knew she had, she crumpled up and burst into tears. Never even noticing the dark shadow coming up behind her until it was too late and the crash of glass and women's screamed echoed through out the house.
Minako looked almost radiant the next morning as she walked out of the building dressed in her faviorte yellow sundress. Darien watched her leave from the darkned room of his bedroom, it had been a hard night full of gang shooting and near fatal bust by the cops. His anger in full check from not killing the man he wanted he had returned to the building to find Minako sleeping in his bed. Seeing no better resolution he had jumped her, raping her body numerous times before falling asleep, half a bottle of Jack Daniels in his system.
It was 11:00am when he was awaken by the sound of a door slamming shut and footsteps running down creaking stairs. Minako was gone, the sheets still rumpled where she lay and pounding headache had begun a reminder of his drinking binge last night.
Now standing naked in the semi darkness of his room, sunlight running in lines across his body made by the blinds opened problay by Minako. He watched her run off, past crumbled buildings graffti covering them, men who whistled at her and tried to attract her into the alleys. She ignored them all and went on, a smile never leaving her face.
Darien was gone from the window when she stopped one and looked up, he had retreated back into the depths to pull on his clothes and plan the day. Mina sighed and turned back walking on, not wanting to be late.
" What time is your appointment?" Molly asked hugging the soft blue pillow to her chest.
" 11:45, Miss Johnson will tell me when she's here," Serena replied fixing a picture frame on her desk.
" Well do you want to go to lunch after that? I heard that this new chinese place opened up on 2nd steet and they have great Mo shu vegtables," Molly asked getting excited at the prospect of lunch. As if to show it's excitment also, her stomach rumbled in anticapation.
A smile spread on Serena's face, she picked up a pile of papers and stacked them carefully.
" Yea, I'd like that I was getting hungry anyways," she replied dropping the papers into a white metal tray. " We could also invite Mr. Umino along with us, I bet you would like that," Serena replied in an afterthought.
" No! You've got to be kidding Serena, he's so geeky and anyways he's our boss!" Molly cried out a blush in her cheeks.
" You like him, admit it Molly," Serena purred giving her friend a sly smile.
" Shut up," was the only reply she got followed by a pillow being thrown at her.
" Hey that wasn't very lady like!" Serena cried out grabbing the pillow before it hit her in the face.
" I never said I was a lady," Molly replied non-chantly.
" Well I'm not one either," Serena said getting up and throwing the pillow back.
" Well then you can just forget about me going to lunch with you," Molly sniffed grabbing the pillow and wrapping her arms around it again.
" Perfect you can go with Mr. Umino," Serena teased picking up the phone, her finger hovering above the button for his extension.
" No Serena! Please don't!" Molly cried getting up to stop her friend.
Just then the phone rang, both girls fell silent giving each other looks before Serena pressed a button and answered it. The conversation was short with Serena saying okay then hanging up while Molly sat on the edge of her desk and strained to listen in.
" That was Miss Johnson, my appointment is here," Serena told her friend has she hung up the phone.
" Well I better scoot, meet me in my office when the meeting is done and we can go to lunch," Molly replied getting up off the desk and walking to the door, Serena following after her.
Minako looked around her happily, her hands clasped in her lap has she bounced a little in the springy leather chairs. Her heart was racing in her chest just looking at the well done interior of the waiting room. Pictures of past super models lining the walls, including Tyra Banks and Nikki Taylor.
' Someday I'll be up on those walls,' Mina thought happily imagining herself in a gorgeus creme colored dress.
" Miss Anio?" A voice asked breaking through her thoughts.
Minako quickly opened her eyes and turned to the source of the voice. A gracefully well built lady dressed in a soft rose business suit smiled down at her, two buns of golden hair on top of her head spiraling down to her knees.
" Um...yes I'm Miss Minako Anio," Minako replied nervously getting up and clutching her purse tighter to her.
" Well it's very nice to meet you, I'm Miss Tuskino the one you spoke to one the phone," Serena said pleasantly extending her hand to Mina.
" Oh yea! The one who called me and told me I got the job! Boy was I excited when you called!" Mina exclaimed happily taking the other womyn's hand and shaking it hardily.
" Yes well if you want to follow me to my office I can discuss all the details of the job with you," Serena replied pulling her hand from Mina's and motioning for her to follow her down the hall.
Once inside the office Mina sat down in the offered chair and looked around her taking in the pristine white furniture splahes of color coming from the assortment of pictures of diffrent girls probaly models all smiling happily for the camera.
" Why don't I tell you all the basic things about the job then you can aske me an questions you want," Serena interupted her gazing has she sat in her own desk chair.
" Okay," Mina aggred happily.
" Basically the job pays $100 dollers a day and should be for about 2 weeks. It's for a fashion catolouge that is looking for fresh faced models. The shoot will be in and out of Tokyo and will provide all your wardrobe and makeup needs. You must only show up and at the end of the photo shoot we will pay you for the work you have done. Well any questions?" Serena asked crossing her hands on the desk top.
" Yes, a few I was wondering will I be the only model or will there be others?"
" You were chossen from a group of girls to be one of the eight chossen models. So no you will not be the only model at the shoots. When we choose you we were aiming for ethnic diffrences in our models in physical appearance. So you'll be the only blond model we will have there," Serena replied smiling at the thought.
" Okay one other question, do I get to keep the wardrobe?" Mina asked hopefully. " I'm afraid I do not have an answer to that question, it will be up the costume department and the owners of the catologe but I'm sure you will be able to keep a few pieces," Serena replied fighing down the urge to laugh at Minako's full right honesty.
" Oh okay, well then I have no more questions," Mina said happily.
" Fine, then I will give you all the information you will need for the first shoot in this folder," Serena picked up a thin blue folder and handed it to Minako. " The first shoot is at the store Tokyo Eye Pop in the Charlestowne Mall Wedsnday at 10am. Please come about 8am though for make up, hair and costumes," Serena added sitting back down in the chair.
" I'll be there!" Mina said happily taking the folder and smiling at it before standing up.
" Thank you so much Miss Tuskino," Mina added extending her hand which Serena stoop up and took shaking it warmly before letting go.
" Your welcome Miss Anio, I'm sure you can find your own way out?"
" Yes and thank you again," Minako said again before grabbing her purse and walking out of the room.
Serena watched her leave before she sat back in her chair and began to arrange some papers when the door opened again. Serena looked up expecting to see Minako again but it was only Molly.
" I saw her Serena, she walked past me when I was headed here to see if you were done. Well what she's like? Is she all high strong and snobby or is she really down to Earth?" Molly asked sitting in Minko's vacauted chair.
" She's really nice and not in the least bit snobby, I like her and I think she will do well in this job and hopefully get more after that," Serena replied sensing her friends urge for gossip.
" Gosh she's even more beautiful in real life," Molly sighed leaning back in the chair.
" Yea but I sense this hardness under all the suger and fluff she presents when you meet her," Serena said more to herself then to Molly.
" What do you mean?" Molly asked.
" Oh nothing, come one lets got get lunch I'm starved!" Serena quickly replied reaching under the desk to retrieve her purse.
" Okay, I'm started to wither away from lack of food," Molly said getting up from her chair and heading for the door.
" Like you could wither," Serena quipped back laughing.
" Well no wither but definatly be starved," Molly replied opening the door and walking out.
Serena only smiled and shut the door behind her, following Molly down the hall.
The end...for now or until I basically get chapter 4 out which I'm not sure how long that maybe. I'm sorry if this is taking to long but I keep getting these terriable cases of writers block!! *Kicks her writers block* In the mean time please read and review or send all comments, questions, suggustions, and the ever popular Darien look alike to Saphrians_Water_Reflection@hotmail.com.