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bedroom. “You
cannot see anything I am doing until I am finished,”
    I groaned internally. I was used to my light make-up with some mascara,
blush and gloss. I was content that way. It was enough to make my eyes pop,
and enough for any affair without being over dramatic.
“So tell me exactly what this job entails, we never finished talking about it,”
Maria said as she concentrated with the flat-iron.
    “Ellen wants me to do a piece on men who use woman. I have to find out
what it is about being a player that is so intriguing, and why they do it. I have
to become a player to understand one,” I shrugged.
“Oh-my-God, you are going to be a player!” she laughed hysterically, waving
the flat iron around me. I leaned back hoping I wouldn't get burned.
“Uh, yeah,” I sighed. “To make it worse, her nephew Ben has to teach me
how to do this, and I hate him,” I took another drink of wine.
    “Oh, Vanessa, it will be so much fun! Enjoy it!” she insisted as she ran her
fingers through my hair, she did a little poof thing and... “All, done.” she
smiled then took a step back and admired her work.
    I was seriously nervous to look at myself in the mirror. I should have just
went to my salon and had Dave sex my style up. I could feel that my body
was tense as I walked over to my mirror. I closed my eyes.
“Open your eyes, silly, you look amazing,” Maria said from behind me.
    I opened my eyes to see a sexy, sophisticated woman standing before me. I
took a few steps closer to see my eyes surrounded by black, and silver
shadow, a little bit of liner, mascara, and a pink tinted lipstick. I smiled as it
wasn't way over the top, but enough to say 'look at me'. My blonde hair was
parted on the side, and my bangs were swept sideways across my forehead
instead of laying down like I had them everyday.
“Wow, Maria, you did great!” I said as I ran my hands through my hair.
     
“I'm glad you approve because it's already twenty-till-eight.” Maria stated.
    I spun around quickly. “Oh, no... I need to go, I'll be late,” I ran to my closet
and picked out my black-Gucci Cecyl studded wedges. I buckled my feet into
them and headed toward the kitchen filling my clutch with some cash,
lipstick, and keys.
“Will a couple hundred be enough?” I asked Maria unsure.
     
She pursed her lips and nodded slowly as the doorbell echoed through my
house. “Are you expecting company?” Maria asked me.
    “No,” I creased my brows and ran the best I could in my wedges to the door
and opened it to see an extremely attractive, yet annoying Ben standing there
at my door in faded blue jeans, and a tight black Armani t-shirt; his biceps
clearly stretching the sleeves.
    “Ben what are you doing here, I thought I was supposed to meet you at
Estrada's?” I said crossing my arms over my chest. “Wait, and how the hell
do you know where I live?”
He was speechless. I looked at Maria who was staring at Ben who was
staring at my legs. I shifted from one leg to the other uncomfortably.
    “Hello? Ben...” I snapped my fingers in his face. He continued to stare at my
legs for a moment until he finally looked up at me. “Yeah, hi there, what are
you doing here and how do you know my address?”
He smirked. “I asked my Aunt, and besides, I figured we could start our
lessons early,”
     
“Hey, Ben,” Maria cooed.
    He ignored her then continued to look me up and down. “I knew you had a
body on you but who would have thought you had those under your slacks.”
He gestured toward my exposed legs with his hands.
“You have zero manners, let's go,” I said as I walked past him and down the
sidewalk towards my driveway.
     
“Can I stay here and wait for you to get back?” Maria asked from my front
door.
    “Yes, that's fine,” I hollered as I kept walking. I reached my black Mercedes
and unlocked the doors. I got in and put the keys in the ignition, the
passenger side opened and Ben hopped in too bringing the blast of Dior