CHAPTER FOUR

Three weeks later on September first, a half asleep and grumpy Genesis trooped into some studio in Los Angeles for the Teen People's Hollywood's Hottest. She and her little entourage had literally just gotten off a plane from Tampa, Florida and were an hour late because of a bad thunderstorms. It was seven o'clock in the morning and not even Christine appeared to be fully awake. "From now on we are taking a train." Genesis grumbled to her bodyguard Rodney Ames. He was walking next to her, with Morgan and Christine walking in front of them. Hollywood trotted along next to Genesis on her leash.

Rodney laughed but didn't respond, as they descended on the first set of the day.  This set was simple enough. It consisted of a bed with thick and plush looking bed with a white comforter and pillows and a white background. The room was bustling with people who Genesis had met before but couldn't remember their names. "Looks like they are teasing you." Rodney joked, his eyes scanning the room. He pointed towards the bed.

Morgan turned around with a smile on her face. "Looks like you get to be in the position that every teenybopper wants to be in." she teased. Genesis rolled her eyes. She was unsure of what Morgan meant but was in too much of a bad mood to ask what she meant. Her bad mood wasn't all due to the flight problems. The previous night while she waited in the VIP lounge at the airport she had called Josh and they had gotten into a fight. Josh was pissed off that Genesis couldn't met him in New York for the day while he did press for his newest movie -- O. Genesis had ended the fight by hanging up on him. Then she had attempted to fall asleep in the uncomfortable and smelly chairs of the lounge. Plus she had PMS. The mix of all three was almost lethal. Today was not going to be a fun day for anyone.

Christine opened her mouth to say something but was interrupted as a harried forty-something man came up to them. "You're late." he stated.

'Really dipshit?' Genesis almost shot back. Instead she kept her mouth shut and let Christine give a much more civil answer. "We had flight problems." she answered.

"They are waiting for her in make up and wardrobe." the man replied, glaring at Genesis. Genesis sighed inwardly and ignored the look. With that he turned on his heel and stalked away.

"You think he could shove the stick up his ass any farther?" Genesis grumbled as she followed Morgan and Christine back towards the dressing rooms. They passed several which had names taped up on the doors. It took her a moment to recognize them but then she realized they were the Backstreet Boys' names. Up until then she had been so caught up in her mood that she had forgotten who she was doing the photo shoot with. 'So THAT was what Morgan meant.' Genesis thought as she walked into the makeshift make up/wardrobe room. "Whose the photographer anyways?"

"Michael Jean."  Christine answered. Two women looked up at the group as they arrived. Genesis stifled a groan. She had worked with him before for a Guess photo shoot. He had hit on her nonstop and put her in the skimpiest clothes possible. He had been very unprofessional and the only reason Genesis or Christine refrained from saying anything to him was because Genesis would have lost her place with Guess which paid A LOT. Christine gave the two women a smile and said breezily, "Sorry we're late. Flight problems." Genesis flopped down into the make-up chair ready to be beautified.

"Oh no. It's okay." said one of the women. "My name is Amelia Mears. It's nice to meet you." She held her hand out to Genesis and Genesis forced a smile and obliging took it.

"My pleasure." Genesis responded automatically. Christine had practically beat that phrase into Genesis's head over the years. She now said it without even thinking.

The second woman stood up and walked over to a rack of clothing. "My name is Elizabeth Yoder and I dressed you once before for a Tommy Hilfiger shoot." she stated with a smile. Genesis wondered how all of these people could be so perky so earlier in the morning.

"It's nice to see you again." Genesis replied. Another sentence Christine had programmed into her. "So what are we doing to me today?"

Elizabeth walked over to a clothing rack loaded down with tons of clothes.  "Michael wanted you and the Boys in black pajamas. The guys already have all of their stuff on. Here's yours." she answered. She pulled a black bra and a pair of black panties out. Genesis's mouth dropped but she didn't complain. She had worn next to nothing in other shoots but this was a teen girl magazine not Sports Illustrated. Plus no one cared what the models thought. They were there to wear the clothes and that's it.

"Okay..." Genesis muttered with a yawn.

"I'm supposed to give you this natural, sleeply 'I-just-woke-up' look." Amelia responded.

"In other words not a lot of make up and hair?" Genesis guessed, as Amelia picked up one of the many make up compacts that rested on the table connected to the wall in front of where Genesis sat.

Amelia nodded as she began to apply some foundation. "Basically." she responded, with a nod.

"I'm going to find the Backstreet management or whoever is here with them and apologize, okay Genesis?" Christine announced before looking at Morgan. "The dog probably needs to be taken outside." Morgan nodded and picked up Hollywood. Both women walked out of the room.

"I heard that the Backstreet Boys asked for you specifically." Elizabeth commented, off handedly while flipping through the rack of clothing.

"Yeah." Genesis responded, her eyelids suddenly feeling very heavy. That was part of the reason she and Josh had gotten into a fight. He tended to be very protective and sometimes even jealous and he had somehow found out about someone from Backstreet requesting the photo shoot. Genesis had tried to calm him down and tell him not to worry but it didn't matter.

"It's been going around that AJ and Nick have crushes on you." Amelia jumped in, putting on some lip gloss and then moving to Genesis's hair.

"I heard that too but I have a boyfriend." Genesis replied. She didn't really feel like talking about it. She really didn't feel like talking period. She just wanted to find a bed and crawl up in it. She had wanted to wave her magic celebrity wand last night when they had had the thunderstorms and had to land in New Mexico last night and have another flight take off just for her. She could have done it too but Christine wouldn't let her.

"Mmmhhmm Josh Harnett, right?"

"Yeah."

"You're lucky. He's totally a cutie. I loved Pearl Harbor and I can't wait to see O."

"Yeah they are both really good movies."

"Your last movie was really good too. It's one of my favorites. I saw it at the premiere."

"I'm glad you liked it. It was a great cast and director. I had fun doing it." Genesis stated, wishing she was done. The two women were doing so much butt kissing that Genesis wouldn't be surprised if their lips had be surgically removed from her butt. This was one of the things she hated about being famous. It could come in handy sometimes though. "So were the Backstreet Boys waiting long?"

"They were here late too." Elizabeth answered. "They muttered something about traffic and then AJ kept asking if you were here yet."

Amelia smiled at Genesis in the mirror and said, "You're so lucky. You are dating one of the hottest men in Hollywood and you have two Backstreet Boys chasing after you."

Genesis wasn't sure how to respond to that so she simply smiled and that seemed to satisfy Amelia. "Are they all ready?" she asked.

"Yeah. We finished with them about five minutes after you came in." Amelia explained, quickly running a brush through Genesis's shiny and beautiful blonde hair. "You have like the perfect hair."

"Um thanks." Genesis answered. Personally her hair annoyed her. It was too long. She had wanted to cut it for year but Christine had nearly had a heart attack when she mentioned it. "I like your hair too." Amelia stepped away from Genesis and looked at her in the mirror.

"Thanks. Okay I think your done now. You should probably get dressed." Amelia answered as Elizabeth stepped forward and handed Genesis the 'pajamas' and a fluffy white robe. Genesis quickly threw it all on not even waiting for the women to leave the room. She didn't really care. Hell basically everyone in the world had seen her pretty much naked in Sports Illustrated and she had gotten undressed in front of plenty of people during runway shows. It didn't matter.

"All right..." Genesis muttered, looking at herself in the mirror. Then she turned back to the make-up artist and stylist. "Am I okay?" She grabbed the robe and began to put it on.

"Perfect." Amelia and Elizabeth responded. Genesis caught them looking longingly at her body and had to resist the urge to roll her eyes. Everyone wanted to be her but they had no idea what it was like. Everyone thought she had the perfect life and body. They had no clue what went into everything. It frustrated her but what could she do.

"Thanks." Genesis said, closing the robe and tying it. She gave them a forced smile before turning to leave the room. She would see them later during the photo shoot for make and hair touch ups.

Then she walked out of the room in search of the dressing room that read her name. She found it and realized that the name to the right of her door read AJ Mclean and the name to the left read Nick Carter. She sighed and pushed open the door to her room to find another huge bouquet of white lilies. Over the past few weeks she had been receiving these in her trailer on the set of her new movie at least once a week. They were all from Alex. The first few times Genesis had thanked him but now she didn't even bother. She kept waiting for the story to show up in the tabloids. Josh would love that. She could see it now 'Backstreet's Bad Boy AJ Mclean sends flowers to Supermodel/Actress Genesis Finch.' Perfect.

The only reason she didn't tell AJ to stop was because she liked it. She wouldn't admit it though. Josh had stopped sending flowers quite a long time ago and Genesis missed it. "Gen?" Morgan asked walking into the room behind Genesis with Hollywood. It made Genesis jump. For a moment she had thought it was Alex. Morgan shut the door and caught sight of the flowers. "Again?"

Genesis nodded and walked over to the flowers and plucked the card out. Morgan was the only person who Genesis had told. Rodney probably knew though. Genesis dreaded Christine finding out. Christine would most likely hit the roof and demand that Genesis tell Alex to stop. Christine knew the media would find out and blow the story out of proportion. It would totally blow Genesis's 'sweet-girl-next-door-but-sexy' cover if people thought she was cheating on her boyfriend. "Do they want me yet?" she asked, opening the card. This time it simply read Alex.

"In a couple minutes." Morgan answered.

"Okay. Do you know why Christine didn't tell me I was working with Micheal Jean?"

"Well first of all she knows you don't like him and she didn't want you to back out of it. Second he wasn't supposed to be the original photographer. The first one had to back out for some reason. Don't worry though Gen. He won't try anything." Morgan assured Genesis patting her on the back. "Plus if he tries anything AJ may beat the shit out of him."

Genesis forced a giggle as she dropped the card in the trash and left the flowers untouched on the table they were placed on. "Funny." she muttered, picking up Hollywood and taking the leash from Morgan. Then she looked down at Morgan innocently. "So while I'm doing this whole photo shoot should I put a good word in for you with Nick?"

Morgan's mouth dropped. "Don't you dare Genesis!" she cried.

"Why not?"

"He would never date me!"

"Why not? Your pretty, your funny, your smart, your sweet."

"I'm not his type."

"Oh and how do you know?"

"Because he likes you."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

Morgan rolled her eyes. "I don't have time to date him either." she muttered ignoring the question. She hadn't meant to say that.  It had just popped out. She hadn't meant it meanly. It was just that Genesis looking like the perfect blonde bimbo and if Nick liked her, he certainly wouldn't like Morgan. Genesis wasn't a bimbo though. She was exceptionally smart, even though she always got the dumb blonde label.

"Excuses, excuses." Genesis kidded. By the end of the day Nick Carter would no longer be eyeballing her. He would be eyeballing Morgan.