I dozed off halfway in the makeup .
Myra was the one to wake me up . For some seconds , I tried to recognise the woman sitting before me .
She was wearing the pink frilly dress that I was supposed to wear . Her curly hair had blue butterfly hairpin. She had sharp foxeyes drawn but with lots of blush - as if she was embarassed or shy about something.
But with her sharp eyes - it made her look mischievous.
" If we can not make your normal innocent look , we can make you a - seductress!," Daniel threw his hands around my face like I was a Mona Lisa that he had created .
That was what I looked like . In the mirror was someone who looked someone naughty and innocent at the same time . As I smiled , my face seemed to shift into an expression I had never made . Like I was going to eat someone - in a sexual way .
" You know what , we have had baby makeup on you for too long , this is way better on you ,"Myra agreed .
As people around me started complementing , the producer came by , looked at me for a second and said ,"Get a single shot of her ."
I tried to suppress my excitement . I was just supposed to be one of the three girls standing behind Palmer .
But this ! THIS ! - felt like debuting in model works .
A loud crashing noise made me flinch . I searched around to see a small crowd had been gathered near Palmer's station.
" Let's ignore that ," I adviced my team . We were not responsible for any meltdown Palmer was having .
" Um , you sure ?," Myra looked concerned.
" Yeah , why ?," I tried to look closer at the chaos that was happening now .
" The kid you brought ," Myra stared at me with her big seaweed eyes ," She is in there , I think ."
Hell no .
" You guys , stay here ," I told my team , they were not responsible for Jewel . I was . I was the one who brought her .
I squeezed myself through the crowd to reach the centre .
Surely Jewel stood there with her mask and cap as two adult women screamed at her . I recognised them as Palmer's manager and hair stylist since I had met them before at the shooting .
" What is the problem ?," I asked .
Jewel flinched . She stared at me from under the cap . She did not seem fine at all .
" So she is from your team , Ms. Dane ," the hair stylist smirked ," I wonder why she has not learned the minimum decency ."
I looked back at Jewel . She had her jeans dripping wet from coffee . She had a ruined package of coffee in her hand .
" The minimum decency is letting a kid change her clothes first ," I told them as gently as I could and then muttered to Jewel ," You okay ?"
She barely gave a nod .
" Go get changed ."
" But -"
" SHOULDN'T YOU ATLEAST GREET A SENIOR AND NOT TURN YOUR BACK AT HER LIKE THIS ?," while screaming the hair dresser placed a hand on my shoulder ," ATLEAST YOU SHOULD HAVE MINIMUM DECENCY."
I turned to look at her and smiled ," Oh how rude of me ," and I bowed.
People were starting to whispher around us .
" There is the fall of Great ' Four Seasons ' ."
" I feel bad for her ."
" Wait , but didn't she already work in some sponsorship programs ."
" You think an idol who won ' Global Sensations ' won't ? She worked with Decor , Arsminina - ten foreign brands . It is just that she has been on hiatus for last seven months ."
" Yeah I heard that she was in an accident."
" So technically, Autumn is senior to Mira right ?"
" Yeah , but Autumn works with foreign brands , Mira doesn't get deals outside the country."
" Oh -"
The whisphers ,they were good and bad , until someone said out loud -
" Wait , then why Ms Dane is bowing to Ms.Palmer."
" If a bow from me calms down the situation," I answered the stranger ,"My dignity matters little when the kids in my team needs help ."
I watched the sympathy melting from the eyes of the crowds around me .
" No wonder you are so adored at National Sister ," a woman complimented me .
I smiled widely at her ," It is all because of your wishes ."
People were clicking pictures now , so I gently pushed Jewel out of the centre of the attention," Someone please get her some towel and new clothes !"
" She is so nice !"
" Talk about being polite , if I was the senior and my junior behaved so rudely , I would not be able to take it ."
I, then , gazed at Palmer . Her face was full of confusion and shock . I knew what she was aiming at - she wanted to insult me in public .
Poor Ms Palmer , she had picked the wrong opponent for this .
I had fought tooth and nails in this industry for a decade . A rising start like her still had a lot of things to learn.
" Well , you should be atleast grateful that Ms. Palmer got you this work !," Mira's manager snapped at me .
" When did I say that I am not grateful?," I painted surprise on my face ," I am so sorry . Should I have come and greet her on her table first ?"
" Yeah ," the hairstylist noded her head , confidently.
I tried to not smile .
They would soon realise the grave they had dug in.
" I thought that it was the junior that should come and greet ," a familiar voice spoke up. It was Daniel's.
Even though I had told them to stay at the back , they were still supporting me .
Mira , finally got up , her eyes were teary . She was pulling the crying card again ," It is just that I am new in this job . And I thought that you will atleast come to greet me . I am so sorry , Senior Ms. Dane ."
" Yeah ? I accept your apology," I bowed again . The crowd gasped . I knew what they saw . Mira never bowed but I did , twice .
I knew that someone was probably already taking vedios of us . Even if they caught Mira caught Mira crying on the camera , they would find me bowing twice - a senior in this industry usually never bowed .
But while she sat on a chair guarded by her hairstylist and manager who were pointing fingers at me , I was the one bowing .
Sure , I would look pathetic . But people would show sympathy. Crying rarely got you out of trouble to public . They knew how most of us would take acting classes. And crying- card was over played here .
But if she really wanted to play the pitiful victim , I would show her how you would actually do it .