behind the camera ♧ ed

six

I came back to the office since it would've looked suspicious to Grayson if I took really long.

"What. The. Fuck. Happened?" He points at my stained shirt.

"Someone spilled their coffee on me," I roll my eyes.

"I'd pay to see your face," he laughs.

"Whatever," I shrug and go sit at my desk.

I start getting a call from my phone. It was Mae.

I press answer. "Hello?"

It was silent for a bit. "Hey, Ethan."

"Hi, what's up?"

"Well I was wondering if you could maybe take more pictures for my channel. I didn't like the ones that we took. I looked... bad."

"You didn't though." I look over at Grayson who was editing some pictures. "W-Wait let me get out of the office."

I go outside to talk more comfortably.

"You didn't look bad," I say again.

"My side profile though looked so good."

"Yeah your side profile was the best," I lick my lips.

"Look there's daddy!" I hear someone say at the end of the hallway. It was Annalise with Lena. My heart melted at the sight of their happiness when they see me.

"Wait let me call you back in a few minutes," I hang up on Mae.

"Hi baby," Annalise kisses my lips and Lena hugs my leg. "Who were you talking to?"

"This customer that was complaining about his pictures," I lie.

"Well they can wait, your family is here," she lifts Lena up in her arms and hands her over to me.

"Hi daddy!" She kisses my cheek.

"Hey Lena, how's my little princess?" I put her on my shoulder.

"I got a good grade on my spelling test," she giggles.

"Good job, sweetie," I look up at her and smile.

"Lena finished school early and she wanted to see you," Anna says.

"Well right now I'm kind of busy, but it was wonderful seeing you girls," I kiss Anna's lips and give Lena to her.

"I want to help daddy! Please mommy!" Lena was pulling Anna's hair gently.

"No baby, we have to go," she kisses me again. "Love you Ethan, don't come home too late."

"Bye daddy!" Lena waves at me and frowns.

"Bye sweetie," I frown and blow her a kiss. And they were gone.

I turn back to my phone and call back Mae. The phone rang and rang and i thought she wouldn't answer.

"Hello?" She did.

"Hi, sorry this customer came by complaining about his pictures," I lie again.

(he ain't so innocent after all)

"Oh. Well as I was saying, I would like to take pictures again."

"Yeah sure, at your place again?"

"Yeah obviously," she laughs. "And can you tomorrow at around 10?"

"Yeah sure I can."

"Alright, see you tomorrow," she then hangs up.