Crown
"Omg, guess what!" I said
"What?" Jessica said jokingly.
-"this queen just got a designing job at a photoshoot!" I jumped and Jessica joined in.
-"This is big. How did you get the opportunity?" She asked
-"a friend of mine that I was supposed to go to art school with said that the designer has the flu, and she told them about me, last minute!"
I am so happy I have the chance to demonstrate my designing ability, once again. I kinda lost inspiration after my dream school rejected me. But screw them. They are blind for rejecting Crown Nelson.
"What outfits do you have planned?" Jessica asked as we walked through the halls.
-"I'm not sure what the theme is yet" a notification came on my phone.
I grabbed it and saw it.
-"oh, it just came. It's fall but fashionable"
I laughed.
-"cute!" Jessica said.
-"I start today in an hour. I have to leave now, those photo shoots always start so early, I swear"
-"it's ok, leave, and most importantly, leave them speechless"
Jessica patted both of my shoulders and let me go.
Let's wow them.
Christian
It has been a day since I saw that PurpleFire, Aka, VioletHunter67 is Jessica. I haven't seen her the whole day, she was too busy with Crown.
I called her and she answered quite fast.
-"Hey, are you busy?"
-"I was about to go home with Sam. Why, do you need something?" She asked innocently.
-"Can you come over to my house. I need to tell you something"
-"ok?" She said weirdly and I hung up.
I waited thirty minutes for her and she finally came.
-"Nice room you have" she looked around and liked it.
-"what did you want to talk about?"
She asked and I turned on my computer.
-"come here" I motioned and she followed me.
-"I thought you didn't play," I said and she didn't understand.
-"I don't follow" she crossed her arms.
-"you're PurpleFire, VioletHunter67. Why didn't you tell me?" I asked excitedly and showed her the message.
-"let me see this" she got closer and shook her head.
-"Christian, this is not me"
What?
-"wait, what do you mean?"
-"I have never played this game. You're being catfished"
So, the popular PurpleFire is a catfisher? This is really serious.
-"what do we do?" I asked
Crown
I arrived at the set and it was fast-paced and amazing, just how I like it.
My friend Halle saw me and ran to me happily.
-"Crown, what's up queen" she snapped her fingers and I twirled.
-"your favorite designer is here to help"
-"exactly, you need to start now. Things are a little behind since our last photographer got sick"
-"I will work, double as hard" I pointed and she smiled.
-"just the Crown I know" she motioned me to follow her.
She took me to a group of people who were drawing ideas.
-"Halle, this the designer you told us about?"
Halle nodded and left me alone with them.
-"so what do you have for us?" She asked and I showed them my notebook.
-"This is called 'the Nelson October' it's fashionable and comfy for the fall, Like these skirts, jackets, and most importantly..."
I flipped through the pages and showed the last part.
-"the Scarves, a mix of cotton with fur with a selection of fall and warm colors"
She oohed and I gave myself an internal high five.
-"We can work with this!" One of them said.
-"congrats, we'll start working with you right now"
We started designing the outfits
Christian
Jessica came to my place once again.
-"look, I've decided to ask them to meet," I said and her eyes widened.
-"in a public space, not some lonely dark alley, because those terrify me"
She took a breath of relief.
-"you had me scared for a second there. Can I, at least, hide in a corner of the place to see the person?"
-"that's a good idea. We can meet at the mall or a coffee shop" I added.
-"A mall's better. It's packed and I need a new bag"
-"a two in one, great. I'll text them right now" I said turning on my computer and opening my chat.
Christian: do you live around Chicago?
VioletHunter67: yes, I live in Chicago
-"They live in Chicago," I said to Jessica.
Christian: Maybe we can meet up, Discuss those strategies.
VioletHunter67: Great, where?
Christian: the Galactic Mall, Meet me there.
I closed the chat.
-"Jessica you need to, wear a disguise"
I walked to my closet and I grabbed a hoodie.
-"put this on. That person chose your picture to catfish, so, they can't see you"
She put the hoodie on and smiled
-"This smells like you"
-"that's my favorite one. Use it all the time. Just washed it, don't worry"
I patted her shoulders and she blushed a little.
-"let's go," I said and we went to the mall.
We arrived at the mall and I texted VioletHunter67 to meet me at the table next to a taco station.
Jessica stood in a corner and gave me thumbs up.
I waited forever and they never came.
I went to Jessica and she looked tired of waiting.
-"it's been an hour!"
-"Looks like they got nervous?" I said and she pointed at me quickly.
-"look, but slowly," she said.
I turned around slowly and saw a middle-aged man sitting on the table, looking around.
-"That can't be, right?"
-"It looks like it, they tricked you. Let's go" Jessica said and I followed her out.
Crown
We spent the entire week designing.
It was finally time, and the photographer arrived. He entered the studio and gave me a dirty look.
Ok? What is his problem?
-"let's work with the models, I have somewhere else to be" he clapped his hands.
The other crew looked at each other and then proceeded to work.
The model entered the studio with the outfit I made.
The skirt, the jacket, the Scarf, it was perfect. She looked happy to be wearing such amazing clothes made by yours truly.
She started posing and he didn't look pleased.
-"turn this way" he swatted his hands rudely and she did what he told her.
-"Stop, stop! It's not working"
-"is it the clothes?" I asked and he looked at me.
-"Who are you?" He asked disgustedly.
-"I'm Crown Nelson, the designer who made the clothes she's wearing," I said.
-"Yeah, yeah. That's not what's wrong" he studied the model from afar and snapped his fingers after he realized.
-"ok, model, whatever your name is, have you tried to eat less before a photoshoot?" He said and the poor model looked so uncomfortable.
Did he just tell her to eat less, no way!
-"excuse me!" I said and he looked at me surprised after I raised my voice.
-"don't you ever tell that to a girl. What you just said may cause an eating disorder. Eat less, take a diet, starve is what you obviously mean. You can see how uncomfortable she looks. You don't deserve to be a photographer!" I said and all eyes were on me.
-"Crown Nelson, whoever you are. You will never succeed if you talk to people like that. Get this nobody off my shoot!"
He motioned the other people to remove me from the set.
-"no need, I quit!" I said and left.
I can't believe I blew the one chance at having someone model my designs.
But I was not gonna let that girl get bullied. There are always other chances, right?
I reached the door.
-"wait!" Someone said and I turned around. It was the model who was just bullied by that ass of a photographer.
-"look, I'm so sorry," I said
-"no need to apologize, He deserved it. You have a spark that my agent likes, here" she gave me a card.
-"my agent works with talented Black girls like us. I could see you do great things," she said and I grabbed the card.
-"give us a call," she said and left.
Maybe I still can find chances.