Plus by Veronica Chambers

Author:Veronica Chambers [Chambers, Veronica]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2010-07-22T16:00:00+00:00

When I got home that night, Chela called me on my cell.

“What are you doing, Bee?”

“Just prepping for finals.”

“Have you seen the Baby Phat ad?”

“I saw Glamour today. Leslie took me to Aquavit to celebrate.”

“That’s all you’ve seen?”

“Yep. It’s kind of cool.”

“Well, I’m taking you out to dinner,” Chela said. “Can you be ready in an hour?”

“Sure,” I said. “I never turn down free food.”

Chela picked me up at my place and we hopped on the number one downtown.

“Where are we going?” I asked.

“Virgil’s BBQ,” Chela said.

I grimaced. Despite what people thought, being a plus-size model didn’t actually mean that I could eat anything I wanted. On the contrary, I had to be super-fit. I worked out with this trainer Leslie had found for me at this super-snazzy private gym, three days a week. And I ate salads six days a week. Sundays were my cheat days, but this wasn’t a Sunday.

Chela said, “Why the face?”

“I can’t have barbecue. I’ve got a big shoot on Monday. I’ve got to be good and eat something bunny worthy.”

“Okay, how about we go to Zen Palate?”

Zen Palate was an Asian vegetarian restaurant. It was super-hard to pig out there.

“Thanks, Chela.”

“No problem, girlfriend. I’m all about supporting a sista in her quest to be healthy. I just need to stop at the Virgin megastore to pick up a DVD for my fella.”

We hopped off the train at Times Square. I started walking toward the Virgin megastore, but when we got to Forty-third Street, Chela stopped and pointed up.

There I was, all by myself, in a black-and-white shot, wearing nothing but my undies, on a giant billboard hanging over Times Square.

All of a sudden I blurted, “I can’t wait until Brian sees this!”

Chela looked surprised. “Why do you care what that loser thinks?”

“I don’t,” I said, covering. “I just want him to see the billboard so he can know JUST how big a loser he really is.”

This, as you have probably realized, was a lie. I’d been trying to get some props for my modeling from Brian for a while now. I still didn’t have Brian back. I’d taken my portfolio to a Blue Key meeting one afternoon to show him what I was up to and he just totally blew me off.

“Modeling?” he had said. “Do you honestly think that with all the problems there are in the world, I’m interested in something as superficial as modeling photos?”

I didn’t point out that his bathroom had all those Sports Illustrated swimsuit photos. I just skulked away. But I couldn’t help but hang on to the thing that Chela said when we first met, about Brian being a boomerang. I wanted him to come back to me. He just needed to see the new me. I mean, really see.

Ever since Leslie Chesterfield had offered me my first modeling gig, life had been like a fairy tale. Sure, I had some rough patches. Savannah Hughes had decided that she’s my evil stepsister and evil stepmother all wrapped

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