You Before Anyone Else by Julie Cross & Mark Perini

Author:Julie Cross & Mark Perini
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Published: 2016-06-20T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 31

Eddie

“No makeup?” Finley repeats.

Eve Nowakowski is busy adjusting lights for the shoot but manages to answer with, “Uh-huh.”

“Me too?” I ask hopefully. I still don’t know exactly what we’re doing for this shoot.

“Yep,” she says in response.

Finley looks at me and shrugs. It’s strange to be at a shoot without the crowd of people around. Not that I’m an expert yet, but just Eve and Finley here is definitely not the norm. We’re on the eighteenth floor of this building in Brooklyn. It’s basically wide-open space, just wood floors, white walls, and support beams placed here and there. The crew left some lights and camera equipment but no makeup and hair area.

“Hair?” Finley asks, tugging at the wet locks around her face. She came here fresh out of the shower. So did I, but my hair is mostly dry now.

Eve crawls over to a big bag on the floor, the camera lens still clutched in one hand, and pulls out a blow-dryer. “Flip your head upside down and dry it.”

I figure I have a few minutes, so I plop down on the floor. “So you’re working for Cosmo? Or just interning?”

“Neither,” Eve says, raising her voice over the sound of the blow-dryer. “Just a short-term project for my independent study. I wanted to gain some experience coming up with photo concepts to go with articles. My mentor, Janessa Fields, gets a kick out of pairing me up with industry people who I would never seek out otherwise.”

“Why?” Seems like a mentor would want to help her find someone doing what she hopes to do in the future.

Eve shrugs. “According to Janessa, the worst thing for my career right now is being too sure of what I want to do.”

Huh. “That’s something the college counselors never told me.”

“I know, right?” Eve goes over to her giant bag again and pulls out what looks like a T-shirt and then a black tank top. “I don’t think these shots will be right for Cosmo, but I have something else in mind…” She looks up at me, concern on her face. “I hope that’s okay? Finley said you guys didn’t have anything scheduled this morning.”

“So this is unpaid work?”

“I like to call it volunteer.” She’s waiting for my response, looking more worried now.

“In that case…” I start to stand up, but then stop and flash her a grin so she knows I’m kidding. “I don’t have any jobs all day, so it’s fine.” I scratch my head. “Well, I mean, I don’t know if it’s fine, because I’m not sure what I’m getting into, but fine for now.”

“I don’t know exactly what I’m getting into yet either,” Eve admits, seeming relieved by my response. “And there might be a picture right for Cosmo—I’ll let them take a peek. Then you’ll get a couple hundred for your time. And your”—she waves a hand in front of me—“you know, body.”

I stifle a laugh. “Right.”

“I couldn’t resist the opportunity to use their lights and equipment, plus this space is insanely expensive.

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