You Are Mine: 'A Love Story in 2015', Page 4

Chapter 4

  - 1 Week Later - 23:00

  - ‘What did you put into it?’ Eylül asked, she was trying to exit the baggage, which Elif had prepared to the hallway from the room.

  - ‘Only a few clothes, jeans, t-shirts, shoes and sportswear,’ said Elif. On the other hand, she was buttoning up her raincoat.

  - ‘Yes. You had made well putting into only a few. I took them out of door hard. I do not know what would happen if you put two couples with three other units’ Eylül told.

  - ‘You have sweated well. After I locked the door, I move it, my dear. Is it really so heavy?‘

  - ‘Let's get together, it is well that it has wheels, my breath stopped’

  - ‘OK, dear’

  - ‘I hope that we do not have a problem bout the allowance.’

  - ‘We do not tell lie that we say that we are going to our families.’

  While the parents of Elif and Eylül were registering them, they had said that they would get a permit only because they come to their families.

  - ‘Only a small lie,’ Eylül said and she opened the door of the elevator by her hand. Elif placed her suitcase into the elevator.

  - ‘It is really very heavy. After we get the permission, we call a taxi.’

  - ‘OK. I hope she does not say that she needs to ask our families.’ Said Eylül and she pressed ‘ 0 ‘ button.

  - ‘So far, we have not told any lie. I think she allows, but I am bored.’

  - ‘I am bored, too. I do not like the things hidden. But we have to do it to go to New York ‘

  Elif opened the door of the elevator by her hand and Eylül pulled the suitcase out with full force.

  Lily removed her head from the table, and ‘Where the girls this time of night?’ Said, scowling.

  - ‘We are going to our families to Turkey by 00:00 airplane,’ said Elif despite her heart was shocked, she seemed to be serious.

  - ‘You sign the allow forms filling.’ Lily said, holding out sheet. Both of them filled the forms carefully by not rushing.

  Lily checked the papers and she signed the check part, too. She opened the right drawer of he desk by her hand. She put the allow sheet of Elif and Eylül on other girls’ allow sheets and closed the drawer.

  - ‘Say hello to your families from me.’ she said, trying to smile ...

  - ‘I knew it would be easy, we would run away earlier,’ said Eylül. On the other hand, she was trying to stop the taxi coming from the beginning of the street.

  - ‘I'm so happy that we are running away from prison,’ said Elif, with a laugh.

  - ‘Now I feel really free. I have been living next to my family, but this dormitory has really bored us.’

  - ‘Yes, Lily’s face fall, but I can not believe that we get permission.’

  The taxi approached next to the curb. A white skinned man got off the taxi. He put the suitcase on the trunk dragging. Meanwhile, Elif and Eylül had sit in the back seat of the taxi.

  - ‘Where are we going,’ the young man asked, very politely.

  - ‘Please to the airport,’ Elif answered.

  - ‘Well, ma'am,’ the young man said and went away in front of the dormitory.

  When the taxi came to the airport, it had begun to rain. Elif Say Thank You paying the cab fare. In the meantime, it had poured with rain. Eylül was walking towards the door of the airport. She opened the door and succeeded in bringing the suitcase.

  - ‘If only you would wait for me. We would bring it together, dear’ Elif said, looking at her friend, who blowed.

  - ‘You have a weakness from me. You can not move. I cannot go along with. I am pretty good,’ Eylül said, with a grin.

  - ‘Now let's take the tickets. I am so happy, babe.’

  -’Me too, dear. I was happier because I see you happy. Ave you drank your drugs dear?’ Eylül asked.

  - ‘Yes, I drank it before get in the plane. I hope I will not vomit. ‘Elif said with a laugh.

  - ‘If you have sicken, please say to me it. I have a bag. ‘

  - ‘I sleep probably. The drug, which I have received, was both not to vomit and sleep. But sometimes it is useless, ‘said Elif. Also she was drinking the cola on her hand.

  Elif slept after half an hour. Eylül was looking at the map on the screen in the front seat, which has passed through the cities of the plane. Both of them had gone to New York City for the first time.

  Elif slammed coke at the top of the table in front seat turning toward the right side by her hand very fast and coke box was slopped over Eylül’s jeans. Instead Elif took the box on her friend, emptied the box on her friend. She gave her friend the box, but she went on sleeping. Elif had said that the drugs made side effect, once she slept in the bus and lived a two-minute memory loss when she woke up. Eylül put the empty coke box on the table, stood up to go to the toilet.

  Hostesses were making announcement that the plane would land to New York airport soon.

  -’Elif. Wake up, dear. We came,’ Eylül said a cautious way. For a moment, she thought that she lost her memory again and did not recognize me. When she said ‘have we come to New York, Eylül?’ she waked up, she relieved and heaved a sigh of relief.

  - ‘Yes. Soon we're turning off, dear. Are you good, are not? How's your stomach?’ asked Eylül, looking at Elif. Elif’s face was pale as death.

  - ‘Quite good. I've got nothing. I had fallen asleep, dear. I did not understand how we have come.’ said Elif.

  - ‘When you were sleeping, you poured the coke on me. Did you know? ‘

  - ‘How did I pour it?’ said Elif very surprised.

  -’You were sleeping. Your leg or hand hit the table. Coke flew over me. I had just turned it the opposite, you took. I was looking at you because you turned it opposite taking. You poured all of the coke and you gave me the box and you went on sleeping, dear. I was despicable.’ she said with a laugh.

  - ‘I'm sorry. How are your trousers? ‘

  - ‘Dried up.’

  - ‘Is there anything I can do? I am so sorry.’

  -’Never mind, dear. This is only a denim and it is not valuable than you. We wash, it will be over.‘

  Finally, it is time that the plane landed to the airport. After Eylül and Elif took the suitcase, they walked through one of the taxis, which had been waiting in front of the airport to go to the Hilton Hotel.

  The taxi stopped in front of Hilton Hotel. When the taxi-driver took cab fare, put the suitcase on the curb and disappeared quickly getting in the taxi.

  -’Vaooooo, dear. It's super, -’ Eylül said.

  - ‘Yes, it's great. In fact, it seems perfect. Who knows how many dollars does a night of’

  - ‘I do not want to know,’ Eylül said with a grin,

  - ‘What is the Non-so, who knows what inside. Time is too early to audition. What can I do? ‘Elif said.

  - ‘If we had more money, we would stay here,’ Eylül said, her morale was broken.

  - ‘Yes, dear. If only we could stay. Certainly, other girls are in the hotel, they are sound asleep now. We're tired, too.‘

  - ‘We sit in the lobby. We wait.‘

  - ‘Oh, make it. The air has not lighted up yet.‘

  Whenever Elif entered the hotel, all of the hotel employees stared at Elif. Eylül said to brown-skinned employee that they had come for the contest, their plane had landed early and they would sit in the lobby.

  - ‘It's like a palace, babe. I have never seen a place like this, ‘said Elif, looking around.

  - ‘Horribly I have demoralisation. We must be very rich. We deserve to live better,’ Eylül said.

  - ‘If I have plenty of money one day, I promise you that we would come here and stay, dear.’ Elif said.

  - ‘Oh honey. I love you very much. You are the best friend I have had in my life. Let’s go the sink and change your clothes. We make up and do your hair.’

  - ‘Well, darling,’ Elif. She had moved to tears.

  Time was 07:30pm and most of the girls had come to the
hotel and were waiting in the lobby. Elif had put on a lilac slinky, v neck, strappy and blue burled badi on her and black tight. Her bright stones shoes, they were taking the eyes of the people. Her hair was wave till her waist. Elif opened the door of the sink and walked through the lobby slowly. Suddenly, heads in the lobby turned to Elif. The girls, their friends and their parents were looking at her as say ‘what is she about?.’ Elif understood at that time that she was the most assertive person for the contest.

  - ‘Babe, they are looking at you like they eat you’ Eylül said, she was looking at the girls at the same time.

  - ‘Lucky, you have come here with me. Or I would be alone. They are looking at me so bad. Why?’

  - ‘You look at their bodies. Their waists are nearly yours by two. Their crotches are yours by ten. Their bodies are unformed.’

  - ‘You're right, babe.’

  - ‘Definitely, you will win. Now, you are their archenemy. Be very careful. I'll wait you in the lobby until the results are announced. You are certain you, as a result of auditioning in the lobby. Before I deliver you to the camp with my own, I never turn back to Los Angeles.’

  - ‘You are a very good person.’

  - ‘I'm always near you, my dear,’ Eylül said, wrapping her friend.

  Two women, who had wavy blonde hair, tall, very stylishly dressed, came out from a room, which its door opened to the lobby at 09:00 o’clock. Both of the women were beautiful although their ages. They had breathtaking beauty with their red-heeled shoes and red mini-suits.

  - ‘These are famous top models, are not they, babe?’ Eylül said, whispering in Elif’s ear.

  - ‘I know nothing about. I only know now that I cannot take my eyes off them. They are very beautiful. ‘

  - ‘Then you'll know the name of all. Who are there as jury inside?’

  - ‘I am so excited. I'm scared.‘

  - ‘Do not be silly. Do not be excited. Take a deep breath,’ Eylül said. In the meantime, the models were looking at the sheets on their hands standing in the middle of the lobby. One of the women suddenly began to speak. -’Yes, girls. The named girls, who I am reading now, will go to the room, which I say, and they will come to the jury room wearing the bikinis, which have been prepared for you. Then, they will come back to their rooms to wear the dresses, which have been prepared for you again. When there is a problem, our assistants take care of you.’ He said.

  There were nearly a hundred participant girls in the lobby. The girls went to the rooms with a group of 10 together with the assistants. Approximately 10 rooms were booked the girls. Elif was in the last group. There were cabins and there are the names of everybody in each cabin. Also, there are the bikinis in every cabin. Elif stared at the room in a time. What a wonderful everything. When she saw that other girls were wearing their bikinis, she took her bikini to her hand. The upper part of the bikini was frilly black neck tie, the frilly edges of the bottom of the ropes with a very small way. It was too sexy model. Elif hung her bikini next to the cabinet again, and began to take of her on. Most of the girls were walking as topless in the room. They had worn on the g-string or thong. Red-haired girl, who was wearing her bikini in the corner of the room returned to Elif and,

  - ‘Have you wear panties under your clothes?’ said with a grin. She said so loudly that all the girls in the room heard it. Everyone was looking at Elif, and they all began to laugh at a time. At that moment, Elif was moved to tears. But she promised Eylül that she would not be defeated. She recovered herself and she turned to red-haired girl and,

  - ‘So far, anything has been entered between them. Therefore, I do not prefer underwear like thong or G-string style.’ said. She said so seriously that fighting her would be better than it. The faces of the girls there was ice cold. Nobody could say a word. Probably none expected such a response.

  The assistant knocked on the door 15 minutes later and walked in. All of the girls dressed in bikinis and shoes were waiting for the down stroke.

  - ‘Are you ready for all of you, girls,’ she asked with a smile.

  -’Yes. We are ready, ‘said the girls simultaneously.

  She would not let anyone get on her nerves definitely. She wanted to win this contest more than anything else, and as Eylül said, she must have done her best going in.

  The door of the jury room was opened by a girl, who dressed in a white dress. The assistant asked the girls to follow her. There were a golden yellow, shiny and long table inside and 15 jury members, who had been sorted on one side of the table. Assistant brought the girls till the front of the jury members and left the room.

  Elif looked at the names, which had been written on the glasses in front of the jury members. Also, there were their works name, they had dealt with, under their names. Most of them were top model. Apart from this, there were photographers, journalists and some people, who had represented TV channel would show the contest took place a few individuals.

  The jurors were asking the girls some questions and were taking notes on their front of the papers. It was Elif’s round. The left-wing brown short hair, jutting cheekbones top model turned to Elif;

  - ‘Your sizes are very good. Have you ever been model before?’ She asked.

  - ‘No, I did not. But I would like very much,’ Elif replied. Blue-eyed fair-skinned, with dark brown short-cropped hair, photographer sitting near the right side asked the next question:

  - ‘Why do you want to be a model?’

  Elif’s heart was pounding like crazy at the moment. This boy was very sweet. She thinks she fell in love. His eyes looked so beautiful that she could look at his sea-blue eyes until the end of her life. Suddenly, she realized that this boy had been Turks, ‘Egemen’ was written in his name part.

  ‘Because I believe I can do this job. I trust myself. I want to it very much.’ Elif could only say. Her heart was still beating fast, her face was burning. Probably, she was making the fire.

  - ‘Very sexy,’ said woman the said, curly brown-haired lady sitting in the middle.

  -’Her face is in beautiful, too.’ The male journalist was sitting at the end of the right side.

  All the jury members were staring up and down Elif and they were whispering to each other. Elif felt that they behaved differently than other girls. She thought that she had really a chance. She said ‘Please choose me’ from her inside. On the other hand, only 10 girls of 100 girls would be stay for the camp.

  Anjelina, who was sitting in the middle of the table and owner agency, said that the girls walked one by one in the room. When Elif’s turn came to walk, Elif was walking like a model, which had introduced a famous bikini trademark. Everyone, included the contestant girls were watching Elif.

  After all girls completed their walking, they were taken the rooms to wear their dresses again by the assistants. When they entered the room, all of the girls began to have whistle speech between each other. Elif did not ignore them. Probably, she should get used to these events. Elif look at her dress on hanger. It seemed perfect.

  The dress, which had strap, cleavage, tight-fitting and going back to down, its back part was with cross straps, had been sewed from the black sateen. She said of her inside that she never had these dress. Elif dressed off her bikini and put on it on the hanger and began to wear her dress carefully. Someone should have helped her when she had been wearing it. On the other hand, no one of these girls looked as if help her. ‘It is the shoe turn’ she said herself. She removed the shoes from their box. It was very high-heel and its heel was too thin. But, they were very elegant.

  She walked through cheval glass on the wall of the room. The skirt of the dress was so long that it was like a creeper all over the room. In the meanwhile, everybody in the room gazed on the dress. They were trying to wear their dresses. On the other hand, they were looking at Elif’s dress.

  When Elif came in front of the cheval glass, she could not believe in her eyes. Was this really her? What she was a noble and elegant. ‘I wish I would have it.’ Elif s
aid herself.

  The assistant came knocking the door of the room. The most girls’ dresses were short minis. The assistant realized Elif immediately. She could not keep her eyes off Elif. ‘If you all are ready, we can go down, girls’ the assistant said, looking at Elif.

  When they came in front of the jury room, other group was going out of the room. Most girls’ faces were fall. Maybe, there was a wrong thing inside.

  Elif had kept the edges of the dress with her hand. She was trying to walk on thin-heeled shoes slowly. Suddenly, she felt as loss but she could poise her balance. ‘How much hard to walk on them,’ she said herself.

  The girls were in the same place against to jury members again. The agency owner in the middle of the jury table asked to the girls their walk one by one. After a while, it was Elif turn again. ‘I hope I do not fall’ she said herself. She felt as the heels of her shoes would break when she was walking. The best way was to walk slowly.

  Elif completed her walk and was replaced. Jury members wrote something o the papers in front of them and asked other girl to walk. Elif’s face fell suddenly. She was bored.

  After everyone had walked, the assistants removed the girls to their roos. And the assistants said that they should wear on their clothes and wait in the lobby.

  Elif decided on going down by the stairs because the elevators were very crowded. Eylül had sit down in the lobby and was busy with reading the magazine, which she had brought in her bag. She was very excited when she saw Elif suddenly.

  - ‘Are you chosen, dear?’ asked Eylül.

  - ‘Soon it will become clear. They said to us that we wait here.’

  - ‘How did it, all right.’

  - ‘Not bad,’ said Elif.

  - ‘Did something happen?’

  - ‘Inside, the girls began to bother me. Why had I worn panties into tights? But, do not worry, I scored off them. I am bored about my walking. The shoes were very thin and heel. I could not walk.

  - ‘You had thought so. You keep your morale high. In my opinion, you had walked well.’ Eylül said.

  - ‘Also, I saw a very handsome boy inside’ Elif said.

  - ‘Are you bored for it? Tell me what happened?’

  - ‘No. it is not the boy. Only, I liked the boy. I got in a tizzy. I could not give the answers comfortable. Also, he is the member of the jury. He does not look at me.’

  - ‘Why does he look at you? Do you have any lack?

  - ‘I do not know. He does not look at me. The boy is Turk. His name is Egemen.’

  - ‘If you stay for the camp, you meet him.’ Eylül said.

  - ‘I do not think. It is very difficult. They would choose only 10 people. ‘

  - ‘The results have not been clear. Do not be so pessimistic,’ Eylül said.

  - ‘The dress, which I wore inside, was very beautiful. You must have seen it. I felt like a princess myself. Who knows how many thousand dollars? I cannot have it in my life.’

  - ‘Do not worry. When we are rich, I purchase dozens of them for you.’

  - ‘The rich people have been living no matter how different. Are not they?‘

  -’Yes. There is a huge gap between us with them. They are the other side of the cliff. But there is not a rule that we will be on this side. There are a lot of people that they have gotten rich too much after they had been like us. You know, too. Never mind. Keep your pecker up.’

  - ‘I do not bait. Everything is just so interesting.‘

  - ‘I also think that.’

  - ‘Today, I want to thank all girls, who have come here today, firstly. As in every contest, there are winners and losers in this contest. I wish that the losers do not be sad and I am starting to explain the results.’ The top model, putting on white mini dress and black-skinned, said.

  Elif and Eylül were all ears sitting together on the armchair because the top model would say the name.

  - ‘The first person is Cameron, Sharon is second person, third person is Alice, fourth is Kelly, five is Marry, Elizabeth is sixth,...’ when the results were explained, after the name of every girl, the people were bringing down the house and then there was a deep silence there.

  - ‘I do not be. I knew it. They never chose a Turkish girl. Also, I walked so badly. All of these girls have been tied to the agency. I am very unlucky. I will be so every time, too.’

  - ‘You are talking nonsense. 4 people will be explained. Being a Turk does not change a thing. You don not be so prejudiced ‘

  - ‘Are you seeing all of the chosen, who are Americans?’

  -’Because only Americans participated in the contest. Do you see a girl in a different country now?‘

  - ‘No, I do not see’

  The top model glanced at the list in her hands again.

  - ‘The seventh person is Helen

  - ‘This girl is the girl, who we saw in a photographer, is not she? Who had playing with the photographer,’ Eylül asked.

  - ‘Yes. She is. Did you see that? The man had said to her that she would win. It seems strange. She has stayed for the first 10.’ Elif said.

  - ‘The eighth person is Kate, the ninth person is Wandy and who is the girl, who has gone on to the finals? There is a big silence in the saloon. Every body wants to hear own names.

  - ‘Yes. Last girl is Elif Akıncıoğlu, ‘said the top model.

  - ‘You have been selected. Did you see that? I tell you,’ Eylül said, she was crying with joy wrapping around her neck.

  Elif was looking around incredulously because she could not believe in being said her name.

  - ‘I'm very happy,’ shouted Elif.

  - ‘Me, too. Luckily, we have come here. Everything will be very nice. You will see.’ Eylül said. In the meantime, from the members of the jury, Mr. Egemen appeared a dozen papers on his hand in the lobby. The girls, who could not win the contest, were leaving the hotel slowly. Mr. Egemen gave the papers on his hand to the finalist girls and asked their signs.

  - ‘What's that,’ said Elif, looking at Eylül.

  - ‘I do not know. Let me see,’ Eylül said.

  - ‘Everyone is giving it signing without see, Eylül. Hurry up.’ Elif said.

  - ‘OK, dear. Just a minute, ‘said Eylül. She was reading the paper on her hand quickly and passing the other page. When the third page came, Eylül grimaced and ‘You cannot join this content’ said.

  - ‘Why not,’ said Elif. Her voice was like ice.

  - ‘Camp is a month. And you cannot leave from the camp. It is impossible that we can get permission for a month. Lily thinks that we will turn back to Turkey within a week.

  Elif began to read the camp contract taking it from Eylül’s hand. She was crying while she was reading it. Mr. Egemen, who saw crying of Elif, walked through Elif.

  - ‘What's wrong, my beautiful,’ the young man said.

  - ‘I cannot sign this contract. I have been staying in a dormitory and it is not possible to get permission for a month.’ While she was talking, she was looking at the man, who had the best eyes she had been seen.

  -’Why do not you get? If you want, we talk them.’

  - ‘My family does not know that I have joined this contest’ Elif said with a sigh.

  -’What if they knew that.’

  - ‘I can not guess. But they do what they can do to prevent.’

  - ‘Calm down. Do not cry. This contest is not the end of the world. And maybe I can arrange something that.’

  -’Thank you. But I had wanted more than anything else this competition.’

  - ‘I think, never mind. Also, you are short. You do not take your family on.’ Egemen said.

  ‘Elif is not short. She is 1.77 without the shoe. Most of the girls, who have been finalist, are shorter than Elif. If she remains, she certainly rank.’ She thought what it meant. It was very ridiculous.

  - ‘The decision is yours. If you abandon, I can leave you to the airport’ Egemen said. He began to walk through other girls leaving Elif.

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�Eylül, I fell in love with this boy so badly,’ Elif said.

  - ‘I think he is a pedant. You had been short. In the end, you have gone on to the final between these girls. His talk is very wrong.’ Eylül said.

  - ‘Let's go back to the dormitory. It is impossible to stay in this camp. What should we say to Lily? She thinks that we have turned to Turkey. ‘

  - ‘we say that you have been ill in the airport and we have abandoned to turn to Turkey.’

  - ‘OK, dear. But, do not be sad. You will be the best model in the world one day. We say that. Let’s turn back. Please. I do not want to stay here more with deformity.’

  - ‘Well, my dear. But do not worry. You'll be the best model in the world one day. Do not worry. I cannot stand cry. Please do not cry anymore,’ Eylül said. She was very sad because she saw her friend crying.

  - ‘Let's exit from here after we say to Mr. Egemen a moment ago.’ said Elif, standing up.

  While Eylül was going to the exit door with Elif’s suitcase, the finalist girls were watching what is going on.

  - ‘Do you give up?’ Egemen said. He was looking into Elif’s eyes.

  How a feeling she felt. She should giver her heart when she was going. Was it possible that she saw him again? Of course, no.

  -’Yes, I am giving. This adventure is enough’

  - ‘This is the right decision for you. Let's get out.‘

  Egemen ordered to bring his car turning to the hotel officer. A few minutes later, a car, which its up was open, and the last model, stopped in front of the hotel.

  The officer opened the car door because Elif got in. after Elif sat the seat, he closed opening the back door to Eylül.

  - ‘Now we can go,’ Elif said.

  - ‘Okay, babe,’ Egemen said with a wink to Elif.

  New York airport was very crowded in those times of the day.

  - ‘I hope we find seat to Los Angeles, a moment ago,’ said Elif looking at Eylül.

  - ‘Do not bother, we find.’

  - ‘Two tickets to Los Angeles, please’ Elif said. While she giving the officer money, which she had taken out of her bag, Egemen said ‘You are students, put that money to your pocket’ and Elif surprised what she would do. Egemen had just paid ticket fares by his credit card. Eylül did not like it.

  - ‘Thank you’ Elif could say, she had been ashamed.

  - ‘It does not matter. Give me your telephone number. I call you.’ said Egemen, approaching Elif little more.

  After Egemen had saved Elif’s number, he saved Eylül’s number whether he would reach Elif.

  - ‘Soon your plane will be lifted. You had better go in.’ Egemen said.

  - ‘Good-bye,’ said Elif. While she was going in, Egemen kissed her from the corner of her lip pulling her. Elif’s face had gone red.

  - ‘I'll call’ Egemen said, and walked through the exit door of the airport turning his back.

  - ‘Did you get your medicine darling,’ said September.

  - ‘I forgot, I drink now.’

  -’What was a day.’

  - ‘You're right. It was a day I will not forget in my life. ‘

  - ‘Exactly,’ Eylül said, laughing.

  A little later, Eylül had fallen asleep. Elif was watching the down from the window of the plane. Had she come here to fall in love? She had not wanted to leave him in the airport. But, he had said that they met again. Moreover, he had asked her phone number. The same scene was always passing in front of her eyes. She had not expected to be in love again. But, she had been mistaken. Now, she felt herself the happiest girl of the world. At the same time, she was woefullest girl of the world. She wiped out a few tears dropping from her eyes by her hands immediately. Could Egemen be her man of her lifetime?