She Did a Bad, Bad Thing

"LISTEN...I'M sorrywhat was your name again?" Jane Kurtz turned off the handheld airbrush machine that was depositing a perfect layer of makeup over the zits of celebutante Casey Campella, today's guest onJust Between Us. "It's Jane." "Oh...right." Casey wrinkled her nose. "Listen, I don't want to look orange on camera. I have a lot of friends and family here in Atlanta, and they'll all be watching the show." Watching for tips on how to make their own home sex tape reminiscent of the one of Casey and her current boyfriend that was making the rounds on the Internet. Jane bit her tongue to keep from saying that as far as Casey appearing on camera looking too orange was concerned, it was too late. Instead Jane wet her lips. "I promise you won't look orange, Ms. Campella. But I'm afraid you'll have to be still in order for me to do the best job possible." Casey sniffed and looked away. Jane turned the airbrush machine on again and continued to apply a flawless application of makeup on the young woman's face, conceding that what she lacked in skin texture, she made up for in bone structure. The only thing higher than the woman's cheekbones were her boobs, which allegedly had their own fan clubandWebsite. When the foundation layer was complete, Jane turned off the machine and proceeded to enhance the woman's deep blue eyes with strategic applications of false eyelashes, highlighters, shadows, and liner. Next came the cheeks, which needed only a touch of sparkle, then the biggest challengecreating the illusion of a pouty, well-defined mouth from pencil-thin lips in a shade of red that would make the woman's nicotine-stained teeth look as white as possible. All this while Casey talked on her phone with her boyfriend, who, from the one-sided R-rated conversation, appeared to be as immature as the giggling starletand very possible masturbating on the other end. "I had a dream about you last night, baby...no, me first...no, me first...okay, you go ahead...oh, baby-cakes, that's so hot I can hardly stand it...uhhuh...I want you so bad right now...." In the midst of her frustration and embarrassment, Jane tamped down a stab of jealousy. What would it be like to have a man so crazy for you that he called you up to say naughty things? "Five minutes," an associate producer cued from the doorway, and Casey indicated that she'd heard. "Gotta run, baby. Be sure to tape the show... we'll watch it together." From her throaty laugh, it was clear what they planned to do while they watched her discuss their sex life on the hottest regional talk show around. Fighting an eye roll, Jane sensed another sex tape in the making. Casey disconnected the call, then leaned forward in the bright illumination of the mirror to scrutinize her makeup from every angle. Her forehead furrowed in a frown. "Is there a problem, Ms. Campella?" Jane asked. "No. In fact, I look...amazing." Jane smiled and gave a little nod. "I'm glad you're pleased." "Thank you, uhwhat was your name again?" "Jane." "Right." Casey stood and tore off the paper cape protecting the red trench-coat style mini-dress that Jane had chosen for her from wardrobe. It struck the perfect balance between classy and trashy. The curvy celebrity did a twirl in the full-length mirror, winked at herself, then looked Jane up and down. "I'm just wondering, if you can make other people look this good, why don't you do something for yourself?" Jane's smile dissolved as the woman strode away in the decadent Donald Pliner black stiletto boots that Jane had spent the better part of two days hunting down. A few seconds later, music sounded and the audience burst into wild applause and cheers, indicating that the current "it" girl had blessed them with her appeBond, Stephanie is the author of 'She Did a Bad, Bad Thing ', published 2007 under ISBN 9780373793426 and ISBN 0373793421.