章 7: Show Me What You Got

It was already a late in the afternoon when Katherine woke up and sure enough her body was sore all over, she made her way to the bathroom and after she was done freshening up she went downstairs, as soon as she arrived she saw Stephanie busy arranging their lunch and her mother has already started eating hers but this time her brother Noah was not there because he was at work so it was only them ladies.

When Stephanie noticed her presence she looked at her with a friendly smile and said "good you are awake, I was going to wake you up right now, the reason I didn't wake you up earlier was because I wanted to buy you a few more minutes of sleep, I know you must be exhausted from all the morning workout. Come let's eat, Jacob Smith actually asked me to drop you at the studio where you'll be taught how to walk, you will get your own personal driver tomorrow."

"you are right my body truly feels sore all over and I'm starving right now. Wait we are going to the studio together? If you are busy I can take a cab, I don't want to impose on you Stef" said Katherine with an understanding look on her face.

Stephanie smiled brightly and said "nah, it's alright I will drop you there, you are Mr Smiths muse so it's only normal for you to be given special treatment *wink, but I must warn you, there are other new recruits other than you so it will be very competitive on who is the best so be careful when you meet them, don't trust anyone easily because they might stab you in the back so be cautious Kath."

"mm, don't worry Stef I can handle it at least with my work experience I should be able to cope with it and besides it's the modeling industry of course there's going to be competition, it's the norm."

While they are having these conversations Samantha's ears perked up as she thought "there's definitely going to be much more prettier and younger women than this brat, well she better not get kicked out" she wanted to speak her mind freely but she was a bit hesitant because of Stephanie because even though Stephanie is very much younger than her, she still has a very sharp tongue and doesn't seem to hold back so Samantha didn't want to engage in an argument with her again after witnessing how fiercely she defended Katherine in the morning when they talked about her weight.

After their lunch as promised Stephanie dropped off Katherine at the studio where she was supposed to be trained along with the other models, they bid each other goodbye and Katherine entered the studio alone, as soon as she entered she saw beautiful young and slim girls excitedly listening to what their coaches were saying, it seems like there are three coaches assigned to all of them, this sure was not going to be easy. She thought.

Katherine made her way towards them and politely introduced herself, some of the models snickered and glared at her while some of them were smirking mockingly, Katherine noticed that some are them are just too shocked to react and all this is because of her size.

One of the coaches who was a woman who seemed to be in her late forties said "Nice to meet you Miss Katherine, Mr Jacob Smith informed us about you and that you are his muse, you do know what that means right?"

"Yes ma'am" answered Katherine

"Alright then, show me what you got" said a male coach who seemed to be gay and in his mid thirties.

Katherine wasn't sure what he meant until the youngest of the coach who is thirty one years old said "he means walk Miss Katherine"

At first she was hesitant but the other models cleared the path for her and everyone was now focused on her, the models really found it amusing how this fat lady was going to cat walk on the ramp, they thought that Mr Smith must have lost his senses when he recruited someone like her and even calling her his muse, but none of them voiced their opinions, they all stood quietly looking and observing her.

Katherine felt like digging a hole and burying herself in, she wanted to just run away and hide because of the stares but nope! She can't do that, she was not used to getting this much attention and it was really making her anxious but since she knew she signed up for it she just decided to embrace this new change in her life.

She inhaled and exhaled and started walking straight, she was a bit hesitant and not sure of what to the but she decided to walk normally the way she always does.

The youngest coach immediately stopped her "No Miss Katherine not like that, you are not walking in your bedroom, your shoulders should be high, chin up and tummy tucked in" try again.

Katherine was embarrassed but she focused on what she just learnt and tried walking again and this time it was so much better than the last one, the male coach stopped her after a few more steps and said "Don't slouch, straighten your back and make sure with every step you take it resembles that of a cat, it's called cat walking so keep that in mind"

"Yes sir" Katherine said and walked again, the coaches looked at each other and nodded, she is definitely a fast learner because within the first few minutes she has already learned so much and she applied what she learned immediately.

The eldest coach tenderly looked at her and instructed her "when you walk make sure you walk with pride, confidence and elegance, you walk should not be too fast or too slow but in moderation, look straight ahead like a queen walking majestically in her kingdom."

Katherine took all these lessons to heart and tried walking they way she was thought again, she stepped forward and started walking, she was solely focused on herself that all the others disappeared, she walked confidently and this time it was so good that she earned the title as "the best we got right now" in the coaches hearts while the other models glared at her with Jealousy and envy.