Airport

You were some of the first to arrive to the airport, and immediatly allowed to go to a separate small waiting room near the flight path, closed to normal people to avoid annoyances. There you found only a few models, and most of the VS crew that was already there: photographers, cameramen getting their equipment ready to shoot, a few journalists from tv networks. Adriana went straight to the VS CEO, a short guy with grey hair that looked kind and serene going around speaking with all these people.

As soon as he saw her, his face was crossed by a warm smile, and she hugged him. He seemed a father with the favourite daughter, more then a work boss. She introduced you, and even if he didn't seem enthusiastic to have another security guy around besides the regular company's ones, he wasn't hostile either.

Anyway, while she finished to talk with him and later greeted the other girls she knew there, you went to speak with the other security guys from VS, easily recognisable because of the pink tie they were all wearing (that company loves to put pink everywhere, even on men apparently... good thing you are an independent worker!).

They were four guys, all older, the closer to my age was way more then 30 for sure. Their chief, a bald guy with huge shoulders and an equally impressive fat belly, politely said that we were just going to do our respective jobs without any trouble, just if if you saw something or needed help you had only to ask.

Since Adriana was still busy talking with the other models, you stayed with the security guys a little more. Nothing particularly interesting, just small talk between men, with two notable exceptions: they never talked about the models in the way any other straight guy would, aka saying that they were hot (probably used to it, after years of work), and when you asked them what kind of service weapons they had, they were blown away as much as me: they didn't have any! What the hell can a bodyguard do, against an armed threat, if he hasn't a firearm himself?! Bah... the more you learned about VS, the more they seemed a bunch of hippies...

You went back to her; she was sat on a bench in this waiting room, that was getting slowly cramped because of all the models arriving, but strangely while the other girls were all having fun together, joking, taking pictures and acting silly, she was alone, with her phone in hand, a serious expression.

You wanted to ask her why she was isolating from everyone, but before doing it my brain came to the logic deduction that, if she was staying away from other people, you were included too. Better let her have some space if she wanted it, you thought, you didn't want to be the suffocating boyfriend more then you already am, so you just leaned on the wall at the end of the bench and waited for a sign from her. She was so absorbed texting that she didn't even notice you there, a meter from her.

A few minutes later, she finally finished writing and rose her head up, looked left and right, but she couldn't see you because the bench was about a foot onward respect to the wall, so without turning completely to her left side she couldn't spot you. She took the phone again, and called a number: guess who was... you replied in a very slow voice, to not be caught "Yes?"

"John, were are you?" Your hand caressed her cheek.

Surprised Adriana says "What?! Oh, it's you! You have been here the whole time! Why you didn't tell me before?"

You reply "I saw you were all alone in this crowded room so I thought you wanted to stay alone a bit, but what kind of guard would I be if I leave you out of sight? From back here I can do my job and respect your privacy at the same time."

She says "I wasn't avoiding you, I just had to be sure the babysitter wasn't going to have schedule changes at the last minute... since my mother is coming to Paris too, my daughters will have to stay in Miami with her and their dad. It's all confirmed, of course, but... a mother can never be too sure..."

You say "Hey, I am the paranoid one, remember? Don't steal my part eheh Jokes aside, it's normal, my mother was always afraid of everything when I was little. Now that everything is settled, why don't you go have fun with the others too? They seem a bunch of overly excited schoolgirls on their first school trip!"

Adriana then says "Oh I am going to have lots of fun, don't worry, I feel the same way even if it's my 16th year doing this kind of things. It never gets old, the excitment is always there! Lets go, I want to introduce you to my friends!" She just got up from the bench when the VS CEO told the girls to get in line to control the passports for the flight, and that then it was time for the other personnel. Great, separated again... she went to get in line, and you joined the other security guys from before, waiting for our turn to go check the documents.