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I walked into work expecting a totally normal day... I was wrong. The moment I stepped into my office my boss runs into the room, rushing me to get my things and come with him. So that's what I did... little did I know, I was going somewhere other than the building. Now I'm in the back of an SUV with my boss and I have no idea where I'm being taken to.

"Where are we going?" I ask shyly.

"The photo shoot I told you about, it's today." He says, hardly glancing up from his phone.

"Oh, right." I say and nod.

Thirty minutes later we arrive to a building. It's a new building, super modern.

We head inside and I quickly realize that my boss gets treated like royalty. Doors are opened for him, paths are cleared when he enters a room. I follow him to his dressing room and he asks me to help get things set up.

"As inconvenient as it is, I have a conference call in he middle of all of this. Can you set it up? Or if it isn't too much trouble have it rescheduled for tomorrow?" He asks.

I nod my head and grab my laptop and do what he asks. He starts unbuttoning his shirt and I stand up, "I can go..." I say and start to walk out of the room that is apparently doubling as his dressing room.

"No, you're fine." He says with a smug grin.

I sit back down, a bit uncomfortable, and put my eyes on the screen and no where else.

He puts on his suit and then looks at me, "well?"

"You look handsome." I say.

He smiles confidently and then there is a knock on his door, "come in." He says loudly.

His coordinator walks in and she doesn't look happy.

"Photographer isn't coming." She says.

"What?! Why?! We paid the guy for this shoot and he isn't going to show?!" Aaron exclaims, clearly angry.

"I- he said something happened and he just can't make it. He's willing to reschedule..." she says.

"No, I'm not rescheduling. Find another photographer that can be here within the hour." He hisses.

I take this as my time to chime in. "I actually know a photographer who may be interested in helping... I could give her a call?" I ask nervously.

"Sure." He says, irritated.

I quickly leave the room and call Leah.

"This is an early time for lunch..." She answers. I can hear the smile in her voice.

"Hey, can you do me a favor?" I ask.

"What is this favor?"

"I need a photographer to take pictures of my boss for the new advertisements and if I can get you here within the hour I'll have a pretty damn good shot at getting a raise. So... wanna come?" I ask hopeful.

"Woah, woah, woah... advertising? I don't do those kinds of shoots... Maybe you should let me talk to his event coordinator or something. I need to know exactly what I'm getting into." Leah says.

"Okay, fine. Give me a second!" I say, rushing to find Heather.

She talks with Leah and I hear prices being argued and I hold my breath. I need this to work...

"Okay, we'll see you soon." Heather finally says, allowing me to breathe again.

She gives me my phone and sighs. "New photographer is on the way, her name is Leah and she's doing it for the same price. She just has the rights over the photos, where they go and the other important stuff. She sounds promising." Heather says, clearly impressed with what Leah told her.

"She's amazing." I assure them and Aaron looks at me and laughs.

"Close friend of yours, eh?" He questions.

"Mmhm, very." I laugh. Real close.

Leah texts me as she pulls in so I run outside to meet her.

"Hi gorgeous." She says and gets out of the car in her jeans and semi-dressy shirt.

"Hey. Thank you for coming. I owe you one." I say.

She looks at me and grins, "owe me one what?"

"Anything you want." I whisper and glance over my shoulder to make sure I'm not being watched.

"Help me get this stuff out of the trunk." She winks and I laugh and grab a tri-pod from the trunk while Leah gets her camera and MacBook.

We go inside and I walk over to my boss, "Aaron, this is Leah. Leah, meet Aaron." I introduce them and then Leah starts setting up.

I watch her from a distance and admire her. I really am obsessed with how much she loves her work. It makes me think about London. She'd be so happy there.

We begin the photo shoot and I stand back and watch. Leah takes hundreds of photos and Aaron is loving the attention.

"Jennifer, why don't you come over here?" He calls.

I widen my eyes and laugh, "no, I'm good." I say.

"Come on." Leah says and points the camera at me, snapping a picture.

"Just one." I say.

I pose for the picture and Aaron's hand ventures down a lot farther than I wish it would have. I know Leah noticed it because she put her camera down immediately and ended the shoot.

"So, Leah how long will it take you to edit those?" He asks her.

"It depends. I'll get it done as quickly as I can." Leah says. "It was a pleasure working with you." Leah says and shakes his hand.

"The pleasure was all mine." Aaron charms, "I'll have a check for you in the mail today."

I smile at Leah and follow my boss down the hallway, "Jennifer, you're free for the day. I have to go. You can ride with your friend or should I leave a car?" He asks.

"I can ride with Leah." I say and he winks at me and walks out. I go back to Leah and pick up her camera and take a picture of her.

"Woah, put that down. It's worth more than your life savings." She says and takes it from me. I laugh and she keeps cleaning up her set up.

"I'm riding back with you." I say and she nods her head and puts everything into a nice little case and carries it to the car. We leave the site and it's a quiet highway drive back to my apartment.

I can't stand the silence so I break it. I grab Leah's hand and look at her while she drives.

"This morning... I'm sorry for acting like that." I say and she glances at me and gives a little smile.

"Don't worry about it."

"I love you, Leah." I say.

She squeezes my hand and looks at me for a second, "I love you too." She tells me.

I smile and lean across the console to kiss her lips. "Take me home so I can give you that thing I owe you." I giggle and she pushes the gas a little bit harder.

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