Talented Me! 18

"Howdy, ladies," a voice interrupted their conversations. Will walked up to them with his charming grin. As a popular singer, his voice was tempered in the arts of charisma.

Behind him was the other actress. Her pleasing smile plastered on her face grinned continuously towards Will. Upon seeing Sandra, the other most popular star, she directed it towards her instead. It beamed in brilliance unlike no other, even the stage lights could not compare.

"Hi! You guys are done quite fast," she said. She stretched out her hands and placed a cheery smile. "Hello Sandra, my name is Angel."

Sandra quickly replaced her relaxed expression in exchange for her professional one. Her posture fixed itself, and she gave a firm handshake in return.

"Hello, Angel. Nice to meet you," Sandra's professionalism was graceful and mature. Each of her actions was meticulously created in order to greet others. It was precisely these actions that proved how long she was in entertainment.

"So how was your shoot?" Will asked. His hands were placed into his jean pockets and he stood next to Sandra. Noticing Wilona looking his way, he nodded his head towards her and flashed a smile.

Fortunately, Avina and Wilona were immune to handsome smiles. Well, to be exact, Avina was. Wilona, not so much. 5025, even less.

'Host! Look! He smiled at us!!' 5025 shouted. Soon, its fansysteming mechanics activated and it couldn't stop itself.

'Look at those perfect teeth! So shiny and smooth and straight! And his face! Sculpted to perfection!!'

'Chill, 5025. He's just being polite,' Avina giggled. Never had she ever seen such an enthusiastic face-loving system. Well, she never saw a system before 5025 either.

'We have to be on our best behavior and not ruin it by obsessing with his face.'

Wilona nodded back and shined a shy smile of her own. First, it was Sandra, and now Will. Stars! Her poor heart can't take it; there are stars everywhere! Only she knew how fast her heart was pounding in excitement!

"It was more than fantastic, Will," Sandra wrapped her arms around Willona. "Wilona here has got some modeling talent. She can even compete with me!"

Will looked at Wilona and let out a small chuckle. He didn't believe that Wilona was capable of competing with Sandra, especially in modeling. People might not know, but he certainly did.

Sandra was different from other models. There was something about her that he couldn't quite put his finger on, but he knew it was different. And that part of her is what makes her legendary in the modeling world. Even as a singer, he has heard of her legendary feats. A small hill compared to a mountain? Impossible to compare, nevermind compete!

"What? You don't think I'm telling the truth?" Sandra saw the doubt laden on his face, but she knew only solid evidence would change his mind. "Then, you'll just have to wait until the results are out to know."

Will laughed even louder hearing Sandra's confident remark. "Then we will see who wins this event."

He stretched out his hands towards her. "Friendly bet?"

"And a fair one," Sandra shook his hand. "Bet on who pays for the dinner party."

"Deal."

After every successful episode, with all 3 stages filmed, the crew along with its participants have a party to celebrate. One, to thank its participants and the crew, and two, to create beneficial relationships. At every possible meeting between stars, the best outcome was a friendly meeting. This party only helps in that.

"Don't worry, Wilona. Will knows all the best catering in the city. We'll have a fine feast on the last day."

"I'll look forward to it!" Wilona was looking forward to it! She knew their picture was good - no no, great! Wait, not just great, the best! Yes, it was the best picture!

With a combined effort between Sandra, the greatest model, and her efforts with the data web, Avina was sure this bet was in their hands. She wouldn't believe it if they failed!

The bell rang once more, and everyone started to pile up in front of the cameras. Scurrying bodies hurried to form the earlier line, and finally, everyone was in position.

The host walked up with his microphone and cameras started to reel in his direction. He fixed his small bow tie and gave a big toothy grin towards them. He glanced casually at the line and was happy to see everyone's varying facial expressions. This episode was going to gain a lot of viewers!

Each of the contestants either had confidence shining on their face or a face of defeat. They knew better than anyone else how well their photos were. It certainly wasn't modeling perfection.

Angel was confident in her photos. Even if she were to lose this round, she still got enough screen time especially being paired together with Will. The popularity of Will's would certainly heighten hers, and that was her main goal in the show.

The two other boys were throwing dirty looks at each other. During the shooting, disagreements flew between them and the photographer had to constantly mediate between them. Different styles with different work ethics couldn't combine, and they disagreed on every part. In the end, none of their pictures were suitable, and they could only compromise with the least ugliest.

"If anything, it was the other's fault!" was what both boys were thinking.

"Welcome back beautiful and handsome contestants!" the host said. "I hope you had fun taking pictures. Our audience is currently inspecting them as we speak, choosing among your chosen pictures for the best one. You'll receive the final results next time when we meet!"

He winked at the contestants before turning his body back to the cameras. He gave one last bow and said his final line while waving his hands.

"See you next week for the results and a new challenge!"

Everyone clapped and that marked the end of the recording. Cameras rolled away and everyone could finally relax a little.

Sandra walked over to Wilona and gave her a hug. Her manager was waiting for her at the door, but she wanted to say goodbye first.

"See you next week, Wilona," Sandra smiled.

Wilona gave Sandra a squeeze as well and smiled. "See you next week, Sandra."

Sandra walked towards her manager and began discussing, what Avina thought to be, serious matters. Avina continued looking at Sandra's directions, her thoughts floating off.

Sandra noticed her blank stare and waved at her. Avina subconsciously waved back before blushing and promptly running away. She was thinking of what happens in a star's life, and caught staring!!

Flurries of today's events rushed towards her, and her excitement bubbled even faster! She was excited before and now she was even more excited!

She met stars and interacted with them! Sandra even gave her a hug! And together they had an amazing photoshoot! And they'll be meeting next week!! This was too much! Too exciting!!

'Ahhhhhh! 5025!! I still can't believe we got to meet real-life stars!' Avina screamed.

'Do you think we did well? Do you think I did well modeling? All that practice paid off? What if we lose, 5025? What if we fail at this very moment? What do we do!?'

'Calm down, Host! It's going to be alright! We did really well, even Sandra said so! And the data web knows all, so it always provides quality info! And even if we do fail, weren't we going to do StarTube videos? We can become famous even without the show!'

Avina quickly took deep breathes controlling her excitement. 5025 was right, she needed to calm down. It was going to be okay because she wasn't going to give up. There are more ways than one to become famous!

'You're right. There's more than one way to become famous. Come to think of it, when will I have the time to make videos...'

She has school now, bullies to take care of, friends to be friends with, a garden to hopefully not destroy, a teacher she needs to find the intentions of, a show to manage, stars to interact, and the mission target to impress - where's the time?

'Well,' 5025 struggled to think of any available time its Host can make and post videos. Daytime was full, the host still needs her sleep at night, so when can they make videos?

'You can change what videos you do! Make some about the garden! And you can pull in your friends too! Hit 3 birds with 1 stone!'

Gears churning, brain cells thinking, Avina started to think it was possible. Maybe. Who knows. Mission worlds can be unpredictable.

Somedays the plans work, other days they do not. Sometimes she thinks she is a genius and somedays the world proves her wrong.

But Avina was willing to try!! There is no wrong in attempts! Just potential failures in the slight possibility of success! It was better to take the opportunity than waste it!