Wow, it's been awhile. I've been busy with work, unable to write. But as I get into my new job I will find more time to give you what you love. I tried to make this story a little deeper than your typical E.S. Please vote! Just click on "10" and be done with it! (lol)
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Fresh out of Photography school, I had no idea where to go. I had a friend over at Revlon, but I didn't want that.
I knew there was something else out there for me, but I didn't know what.
I got about 4 other offers, but there was still one uninvestigated. And that was a photography agency in Paris, France. Being from Orange County California, that was a hell of a long way. I had to do something, so I called using my computer.
"Hi, this is Isaac Epson."
"Allo, M. Epson. What can I do for you today?" the receptionist asked in a sexy French accent.
"Well, La Pres Photography offered me a job. I'd like to set up a meeting if at all possible."
"Ah yes, M. La Pres has been looking forward to your call. But he had hoped for it to be sooner."
"I've just had alot of other interviews, can we get together to discuss the job?"
"Should you come to France or should France come to you?"
"I should come to France"
"Should we set the date for the 15th of June?"
"The fifteenth is fine."
"You and M. Le Pres will have dinner that night"
"Ok, see you guys in two days" With that I hung up.
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Wait a minute...Wait!!! What about Daniela!? She can't just pick up and move to France. She has family here in Orange. I can hear her beautiful little voice now. "But Zaac, I can't abandon my family and everything I love to go to France and live out YOUR dream! What about my dreams, what about my passions!?"
I could argue with her. But she'd be right. That would be very selfish. I love her. I never told her, but I do. I have to be able to convince her that going there would be good for both of us. Somehow. I could show her how great it is in a book. That's stupid. I don't know, I just don't know. I worried about it all night long. I even had a dream.
I was in France, taking pictures of beautiful models. Having a damn good time. But I couldn't enjoy it. I kept thinking of Daniela, at home, lying on a strange lonely bed crying. I wanted to comfort her but apparently my dream wouldn't let me. I got a sick feeling in my stomach. I kept hearing the same click of the camera, the same sobs coming from Daniela. My dream was lost in a haze of repetitiveness and nausea.
BEEP BEEP BEEP!! The complicated night was over. The horrible sound of my alarm clock slowly brought me back to a reality. A reality I didn't want to face. A reality of Daniela. She'll be coming by for breakfast in about twenty minutes. What was I going to say? Hi Daniela!, let's go to France for the rest of our lives. We leave tomorrow! Maybe I should go, leave her here. Maybe I should... get out of bed.
I took a shower, brushed my teeth, combed my hair. As if she knew the exact time that was best for me, she knocked on the door.
Every Saturday morning for the past 6 months we'd meet. I'd have a fantastic breakfast ready, smells of coffee orange juice and eggs filled the air. We would sit down talk about our week, how much we hated going to school. We went to different colleges, so we rarely met during the week. Well, now we were out of school, ready to start our lives.
As I said, we'd talk, laugh, and enjoy each other's company, and then simply fuck the living shit out of each other. Every week, for about two hours, we would a better morning than anybody else in Orange. Every Saturday was heaven on earth. This time, I wasn't so sure I would have fun. She might just...no, I have to stop thinking that way.
What's normally a glorious sound (her fist knocking on my door) was now a dreaded one. I opened the door with a smile that was very real, even under the circumstances.
"Hiiiiiiii!" she said in a slow excited voice.
"Hi, come in and sit, it's all ready."
"You seem nervous, that's the last feeling I want you to have this morning."
"Well, we have to talk."
"Fuck, I knew this wouldn't last! I loved you,you son of a bitch! Why are you smiling?"
"No, I love you. I never told you but I do."
"Then why do we need to talk?" she asked sitting down at the table.
"Well, I have a pretty good feeling that I'll be getting a job"
"Where?" she asked as if she knew it was far away.
"It's in...Paris." There, I just said it and waited for her to start yelling.
"Holy shit!!, we're going to live in Paris! I've always wanted to at least visit it. Now we can live there. This is the greatest news I've ever heard!"
"What?, you're not upset? You don't think I'm being selfish? I think by taking the job it would be unfair to you."
"That's nuts", she stated with more simplicity than I could of imagined.
"But we don't even speak French"