Standard
disclaimers apply...... Not mine never will be This is slightly AU>> And
some may be OOC
Calendar
Girl
Liz
Hilde
stood out side the photographer's studio. She rubbed her arms nervously. She
looked around for Relena. She wished she hadn't been talked into to doing this.
Flashback:
Hilde
picked up the phone after the first ring. She hit the open button and saw
Relena’s face materialize in front of her.
"Hey,
Relena! What's going on!"
"Are
you alone?"
Hilde frowned, "Yeah....."
Relena grinned, "Good. How are you and Duo?"
"What do you mean, 'how are we'? We are 'friends', Relena. Duo will
never see me as more than that. I'm not his type."
Relena looked at her friend, "What do you mean' not his type'?"
"Well,
He always takes out those tall, blonde, big buxom girls. Look at me! I'm hardly
pretty and I'm just skin and bones." Hilde sighed. Her unhappiness was
evident.
Relena
shook her head, "I think you're underestimating Duo. I think he needs a
little push." She looked back at Hilde. "Just like Heero. And I'm
going to do it."
"Well, are you sure this is the way to do it? I mean glamour shots? Come
on, Relena! Can we trust this guy? What if he's some fly-by-night creep?"
"Then
we'll have Heero and Duo kill him. "
Hilde rolled her eyes.
"I'm
kidding ! Lou went to him to have her shots done. He didn't make her do
anything she didn't want to do. Come on, Hilde! If any thing it will be
fun!"
Hilde
sighed, "OK, Relena. You better be right about this."
End
Flashback
Hilde
looked at her watch. She frowned. Relena was late. Damn her. Hilde was about to
start to walk away when the door open and a tall gangly man stuck his head out.
"Are
you Hilde?" He asked looking at her.
She
thought about lying and running like hell, but being with Duo had taught her
not to lie. She looked at him and said, "Yes."
"Well come on in! Your friend, Relena... Is that right?" Hilde
nodded. "She said she'd be late and start without her. Do you know what
you want?"
Hilde shook her head.
"Oh
that's OK. Relena kinda gave me an outline for what you need. You want to turn
a certain young man's head in your direction, right?"
Hilde
nodded as she looked at the floor. Her face had turned beet red.
"Oh,
Don't be embarrassed!" He said, trying to put her at ease. "Lots of
girls come in to impress boys they like. "He placed a hand on her
shoulder. "We’ll just do the standard stuff. Nothing too revealing,
OK?"
Hilde
nodded, and mumbled to her self, "It’s a hopeless cause."
He smiled
at her and said," By the way, My name is Van. " He looked at her as
he pointed her to the dressing room, "There is no such thing as a hopeless
cause. You'll see!" He said as he winked at her.
Two hours
and 17 shots later, Hilde was back in the dressing room, feeling extremely
happy and content. Van had put her at ease and she had posed effortlessly for
him. The more she thought about it, the more she knew she wouldn't show these
to Duo. She couldn't get him that way. It wouldn't be right.
But she
was still glad she did it.
She came
out of the dressing room to see Relena talking to Van.
"Relena!"
Hilde said in mock anger. "Where have you been?" She said as she put
her hands on her hips.
"Oh,
I'm so sorry, Hilde! I had a last minute meeting and I couldn't come. But it
went well, right?" She looked back and forth at them.
Van
grinned, "She’s a natural ,Relena!" He looked at Hilde, "You can
pose for me anyday, Missy!"
Hilde
smiled and asked ."When will the pictures be ready?"
Van looked
up at the calendar, "Come by next Tuesday. They should be ready
then."
Hilde and
Relena walked out the door and back to Hilde's.
Tuesday:
Hilde
walked to the studio and walked in.
"Van!" She called, " Are you here?" She heard a door slam
and footsteps.
"Hilde!
I bet you're here for your pictures!" He said, slyly.
She nodded
as he reached under the counter and pulled them out. "Here you go. I Think
you'll like them. I hope that guy likes them too. If he doesn't he's just not
right in the head."
Hilde giggled as she opened the folder and pulled out the pictures. "Oh my
god!" She gasped "Is this me?" She looked up at him," NO
WAY!"
He nodded
at her, "Yepper, It sure is!"
"You doctored these, didn't you?" She accused.
He shook
his head, "Nope it's the real thing."
She still
was shocked. "What .. what do I owe you?" She stuttered as she looked
up at him.
"It's
been taken care of. Your friend said you could take it up with her,
sometime."
She
grinned at him and said, "Thank you! and I will!"
When Hilde came hope she dropped the envelope on her bed and went to shower. Duo
was out in the shop banging away on something. She was lost in her thoughts and
the hot shower and didn't hear the banging stop.
********************
Duo leaned
up against the side of the building, resting. He had seen Hilde go into the
house from wherever she had been. He couldn't hardly stand watching her. He
loved her so much it hurt. He wanted to take her into his arms and kiss her
until she couldn't breathe. Then after that he wanted to make love to her until
she screamed. He wanted her so bad!
But he
sighed, She didn't think of him that way. They were just
friends....friends....man he wanted much more than that. How was he going to
find out? What could he do to get her attention?
He
scratched his head, Sure he had dated lots of girls, but none of them compared
to his Hilde... his Hilde? What was he thinking? She wasn't his yet, but
by god she would be if he had his way.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Meanwhile
at the studio:
Van looked
up as his boss came in the studio.
"Good morning, sir."
"Hello, Van. How's it going?"
"Great, Sir. What brings you down to my lowly studio today?"
"Well,
I have been asked to make a calendar for a charity. We need young women and
young men. It will be a unisex calendar." He stopped as Van looked up at
him, "No, it will be a normal Calendar, nothing overly sexy."
"Hm... I may have our first calendar girl." Van got up and went to
get Hilde's pictures.
He laid
them out on his desk and let Treize look at them.
"Wow! She's perfect! Call her and ask her
permission and get her back in here."
to be
continued........