SEVEN Chapter 8
"These fucking legs. They'll be the death of me." Justin comments before dropping to his knees to help me put on the dainty heels i'd chosen from the Louboutin outlet. He kisses from my ankle to the top of my thigh and then runs his hands over the intricate structure of my dress to caress my butt. "You'll ruin it!" "I'll ruin you baby girl," he says suggestively his palms massaging my butt in rough, arousing motions. "Fine. Maybe it'll distract me" "Distract you?" He looks pretty confused and I reach up to kiss his neck. "You told me that we're going to sit with some of your friends. I'm going to be pretty nervous" he smooths down the back of my dress and hugs me close to him. "They're going to love you, trust me" "I trust you..." "But?" I run a steady hand through my freshly curled hair and then stop when I remember that the stylist had literally spent hours on it. "But... It all comes down to my occupation." "Anya Ventura do you make a living for yourself?" I nod and before I can speak again he's pressed my lips together between his thumb and index finger. "Do you work hard for your money?" I nod again and pout my lips but he still doesn't let them go, "what I'm getting at is that you consistently do what you need to do to survive. There's nothing wrong with being on the grind baby, some of my friends were born with a silver spoon in their mouths and have never worked for shit!" He lets go of my lips and I briefly wonder if my lipstick has smudged. I sigh and tug a little on his tie before placing a hand on the back of his neck and pulling him in for a kiss, "Thanks Jay" a perfectly groomed eyebrow cocks into his hairline and he resumes squeezing my ass. "That's new," he says with a wicked grin and I allow myself to mold to his suit clad frame. "What's new? Jay?" I say it again, this time my words are silkier and my lips are poised at his ear, "I fucking dig that" he growls and he's about to attack my neck with kisses when a cough interrupts us both. It's a bodyguard of his who gestures quickly to the limo that waits outside in his driveway. Justin motions for me to go before him and I comply sliding past the bodyguard who gives me a polite smile. "Why are they here when they know I'm about to leave?" Justin mumbles pulling the back of my dress down as I get into the vehicle so that my butt cheeks wouldn't make the front page of PEOPLE. "They can't get enough of you" I tease when the limo door closes and he slides in next to me. "Have you?" Justin prompts in an equally teasing voice before pouring us two flutes of champagne from the bottle that had been plunged into a bucket of ice. I take the flute and down it before answering, "Never" I admit quietly and something sparkles in Justin's deep brown eyes. "This is wild" I whisper as I take Justin's hand and he helps me out of the limo. As soon as my feet land on the red carpet a barrage of camera flashes blind me, Justin on the other hand had thought ahead and slid on a pair of expensive looking shades. "We're going to stop and talk to the MTV reporter and that one only is that cool?" I grip his hand and follow him down the plushy red carpet towards an overly excited looking girl. "Hey Justin!" She says enthusiastically and he responds with a calm nod and an even calmer ' hey', but nothing can calm her hyped behavior. "So you're up for three awards tonight, do you think you'll take them all home?" She points the mic to his mouth and he gives a dazzling smile, "Absolutely, I've got my good luck charm right here" the girl's smile falters and she turns to me with a piercing look. "And who are you?" She demands, her right eye twitching a bit. "Anya Ventura, his date." Reporter girl accords the information with a click of her jaw and then reaches out to shake Justin's hand, "Congrats and good luck!" She says, signing off of her news report. Justin leads me down the carpet and it is there that I see white tape placed in X's. "See those? That's how we know where to pose and stand so each media outlet can snap a few. I nod and follow the markings posing as best as I could and blushing when Justin ignored the set up just to cuddle and squeeze me. "Oh those idiots" he says lovingly motioning to three girls who were sprawled and posing on some red steps. He takes my hand and we approach them, quickly honing in on their laughing and loud chatter. "Bieber!" Screams the one with long black hair and my heart pulses when I realize that the girls on the steps were hardly just girls. They were Kendall Jenner, Gigi Hadid, and Gigi's sister Bella who just had been enlisted as their photographer for the night. "Ladies" Justin says smoothly and the three women blow him kisses which he pretends to catch. "I love your dress" Kendall Jenner says with appreciating eyes and the rest of the girls follow suite with unabashed approval. "Elie Saab?" "Yeah, from his ready to wear spring collection" I blurt and the girls smile, clearly fashion was a perfect common ground. "Where's Kylie? I wanted to introduce you guys at the same time" Justin sulks and Kendall points to the red carpet walk where one Kylie Jenner stands pouting at the cameras. She seems to spot the gathering of friends and walks away from the panel of photographers. "Nice suit Bizzle, very suave" Justin grins and moves in to hug her. The paparazzi goes wild. Kylie pulls away and her eyes land on me, "No way, Elie Saab spring pre show?" I nod with a smile and she takes both of my hands in hers before turning to face Justin. " Literally in love with her already!" "You don't even know her name yet" he says with a chuckle and Kylie rolls her eyes and sets them back on me, "what's your name?" She wonders with an unwavering and brilliant smile. "Anya Ventura" I say and she pulls me in for a solid hug, "I've got a really good feeling about you. Did you know I'm sort of like, sidekick?" My face scrunches in mild confusion and her older sister, Kendall comes up behind her and tugs on what I assume to be a wig. "She means psychic. And for the record she isn't." Kylie frowns and let's go of one of my hands to push away her, now that I've noticed, extremely tall sister. "Anya," Kylie says letting my hand go completely before looping her arm with mine, "yes?" "You're like a model right? I think I saw you on an ad for Givenchy trés chick" she says and Justin scoffs behind us. "You're french is actually painful Ky. Try, Tré Chic. It's sheek not chick" Kylie ignores Justin and his panty dropping French accent. "You're so pretty and you decide to come as this guy's date?" Kylie scolds and I can't help but laugh at Justin's offended facial expression. "She's not my date anymore you fucking stole her!" He argues and sure enough I've been seated next to Kylie and Gigi takes the chair with Justin's face on it. "I'm Gigi," she says sweetly offering a tiny, manicured hand that I shake firmly. "I'm Se- I'm Anya" she smiles and hen studies my face, "Kylie said you're a model?" She wonders and I shake my head here we go. "A stripper actually" Gigi's eyes widen but her smile remains, Kylie buts in obviously having eavesdropped on the conversation, "A stripper? That's fucking lit. I took pole dancing lessons once and almost died, so props to you Yaya" Yaya? I'd known her for less than thirty minutes and I already had a nickname. It felt nice. Gigi Pat's my hand when she gets up to leave, a blonde boy with a big nose and a large hat on his head motions for her to sit with him. "That's her boyfriend Cody mate" Kylie says in yet another terrible rendition of an accent. I nod and smile as Justin finally takes a seat next to me. "How was it?" He wonders fixing his gelled hair and tie. "I like your friends, they're so sweet" he laughs and shakes his head, "Wait till the after party, you haven't even met all my guy friends" "I was a bit worried when I saw all these females..." "Worried about what?" He asks with an eyebrow raised, "Your sexuality" he places a firm hand on my thigh and squeezes. "After last night I didn't think I'd ever hear that come out of your mouth, though a lot did co-" I place a hand over his dirty mouth. "Behave yourself" I scold but he only kisses my palm and pulls it away, "I love it when you tell me what to do" before I can shut him up the first presenter does it for me, and we sit hand in hand as the show kicks off.
















