Chapter 3
Rachel walked into Multimedia Productions 5 mins after she was scheduled to
meet Mr.Schaefer, the Vice President.
"Rachel Andrews" she said quickly to
the lady
at the front desk.
"Ahhh yes, right this way Miss Andrews. Mr.Schaefer has
been
expecting you"
Rachel smiled at her but felt terrible for being late.
"Hi
Rachel!
Its so nice to see you again," Mr.Schaefer cried, obviously not taking note of
her
tardiness.
"I'm glad to see you too" she replied.
Rachel noticed a woman
and
another man sitting behind a table. They smiled at her, but didn't get up to say
hello.
"This is one of the managers, Nina Jenkins, of the people you will be
working
for, and this man to your left is my assistant Bob." Mr.Schaefer said, turning
towards
them.
Bob didn't look at all enthused about being there, so Rachel let him
be.Mr.
Schaefer then continued.
"Basically we brought you here today, not only to
get you
started, but also to introduce you to everyone, and to explain to you some
terms, as I said
on the phone, of the job you have accepted."
Nina then stood up, and was next
to
talk. "As Joe said, I am the manager of the people you will be working with. You
will
also be working for me, per say, so I think I should be the one to explain
everything to
you. Please have a seat."
Rachel sat down in the chair next to her,preparing
herself
for what ever was about to come."I hope they aren't sending me anywhere strange
on this
job" she thought nervously.
Nina must have read her thoughts, because she
smiled
warmly and went on immediately to explain what the job entailed."I am one of the
managers of the Backstreet Boys, and as you may know, they are one of the most
successful worldwide male vocal groups of today. They are currently preparing to
go on
tour of Europe, and then return here to do the U.S leg aswell. We recently came
into
some upsets over our makeup team, who was fired for various reasons. With the
tour only
several weeks away, we needed to find someone fresh and fast, young and modern,
and
up to par, in order to be prepared for this tour, and that is of course, where
you come in.
This means that you will travel with them everywhere, not only for the concerts,
but for
interviews and t.v specials aswell. Now we realize you didn't know this when
you first
accepted the job, so it may come as a surprise. But we also want you to know
that when
the tour is over, you are free to leave if you wish, because at that point we
will be able to
collect more time in which to find someone new. Now don't get me wrong here, we
are in
no means saying you have to leave, that will be completely up to you in the end,
but we
understand you are fresh out of college and may not be ready to handle such an
extensive
job, right at the beginning."
"Wow" was all Rachel could say. Not only would
she be
able to see the world but would be seeing it with the men she had been drooling
over for
years.
"So you think you can handle it for a couple months?" Mr.Schaefer
asked
laughing, seeing the expression on my Rachel's face.
"Of course" she said,
swallowing hard, as if digesting all this information in one breath.
"Well
good then,
it's settled," he said with a grin. "Now how' bout you meet the guys in person,
so you can
see what you're going to be dealing with."
All Rachel could do was nod. This
was all
happening too fast. But she then had to remind myself that these were all
professionals,
and that the people they were normally dealing with were much older, had
probably been
employed by hundreds of celebrities, and wouldn't be surprised by the
information she
had just received.
"Grace send the guys in please." Mr.Schaefer said into the
intercom.
Two minutes later, 4 familiar faces were sitting across from
Rachel with
very tired expressions on their faces.
"The guys just came from a photo shoot
Rachel,
so they are a little tired. Where the hell is A.J anyways?" Joe said, also
noticing the group
was short one.
"He got stopped by some fans on the way in, so he's signing
autographs," Nick answered with an annoyed look on his face.
"He's always
late for
things cuz he gets caught up in the "A.J fans." Just then the door burst
open.
"Hey
kids, sorry I'm late. I got mobbed downstairs by some A.J fans."
Nick nudged
Brian's
arm as if to say "See what I mean?"
A.J walked right passed Rache;, obviously
not
recognizing her at first and sat down in his seat, breathing heavily from
running to the
office. Mr.Schaefer welcomed A.J before continuing.
"Well now that you're
all
here, I'd like to introduce the lovely lady who will be making you boys
beautiful for the
next couple of months and hopefully longer. This is Rachel Andrews. She just
flew in
from Cleveland yesterday and will be your makeup artist on the upcoming tour,"
Joe said
with a grin. (author's note: Joe = Mr.Schaefer, in case you hadn't caught
on)
A.J
looked up from the magazine he had been distracted by, and coughed when he
noticed
who the this new makeup person was.
"Uhh hey there, nice to see you again,"
he
said, quietly putting a hand forward to shake her own.
"You've met her
already A.J?
Wow you really don't waste your time at meeting the new girl in town do you?"
Brian
asked with a sly smile.
"For your information Bri, we bumped into eachother,
so to
speak, earlier today, and I just happened to remember her beautiful
face."
Rachel felt
her cheeks flush, but tried to look unaffected by his comment. She was saved
when Kevin
stood up to introduce himself.
"Hello Miss Andrews, its a pleasure to meet
you. I'm
Kevin. Ugly here, unfortunately got the privilege to meet you first" he said
slapping A.J
on the back. A.J looked a little annoyed by that comment.
Howie was next at
introducing himself.
"Hey there Rachel, I'm Howie D. Howie doin today?"
"Can you be a little less cheesy Howie? for once? Hi Rachel, I'm Brian
Littrel. Sorry
for my friends here, they're kinda tired today, and tend to act a little crazy
when around a
beautiful lady like yourself is around" he said, making one of his faces at the
word
crazy.
"Now now Brian, don't forget AJ's already got tabs on her" Nick said
while
staying seated."Hi Rachel, I'm Nick. Nice to meet you."
"It's really nice to
meet you
all. I'm sure I'll have lots of fun working on your tour this summer," she said
smiling, but
shaking a little as she looked at the five beautiful men across from
her.
"Well guys,
you have another interview in about 20 minutes down at the radio station, so you
gotta
get going" Nina said, rushing around trying to herd them out like a bunch of
sheep.
"But Nina, I'm hungry! I thought you said we could eat before we left"
Nick
whined.
"I'm sure there will be some snack machines at the station, just
concentrate
on walking. Oh and by the way Rachel, the guys have a press conference at 5 so
make
sure you're here by 4:15 ok?
"Ok"
"And thanks again for taking this job on
such
short notice" she added with an anxious look on her face.
They were gone
before
Rachel could blink, but could still hear them talking as they walked away from
the
office.
Rachel said her good-byes to Mr.Schaefer, and Bob, couldn't forget
him, and
told Joe she'd see him later on that day.
Chapter 4
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