Natasha's Cup Cakes Are A Revelation

"I have a problem in that I don't know what I don't know, I phrased that badly what I meant was, I don't know what I should be learning" explained Marta, "there seem to be so many aspects about the process of running the studio, and how the website works. Each time I think about something I come across, I see there are possibilities to try new ideas, but because I don't have much experience I must be falling short."

Valya said she should talk with Ivan, who could find her some mentors to discuss various parts of the businesses, but for now to enjoy a short siesta until they had to head back.

Marta said she would have to jot down a few notes first or she would not be able to settle down and relax.

Later when they had reloaded the car and set off, the girls continued their conversations from earlier, discovering that the models did tend to socialise together both in school and out due to their common bond, but they were careful to only ever talk about their work at home or in the studio.

They headed back to the studio as Sandra said she could use their help to unload the car in one go with so many 'willing helpers' accompanied by feigned groans of complaint from the girls in the back seat. Sandra's store room was just that, unlike Valya's little combined space, and there were two strong locks on the door, and Marta noted it had no windows, attesting to the high value of the items stored there.

The room had racks of shelving all around, with neat labels as to what went where, Sandra directed them as to the locations for all of the equipment, asking them to bring back the little plaque they found where the item was placed. All the plaques they brought back read 'location shoot' and she placed them in one of the trays on a desk by the door.

Marta looked in the other trays and saw they were printed studios one to eight, then there were some others that were blank, before she had chance to ask Sandra explained it was her tracking system, and if kit was loaned to someone else or went to an apartment she would write the details on one of the blanks. Sandra thanked everyone for their help and said she would treat them all to a drink in the canteen, until Anna pointed out it wasn't much of a treat as all the food and drinks were free to laughs all round.

They found Kat's mum Zhenya waiting for them at one of the tables, she knew Sandra and Valya so Kat introduced her new friends, who her mum had not seen before, then went on to tell her how well the shoot had gone, and what a nice outing it had been, and about how they had taught her some English words. This caused her to raise her eyebrows and ask if the rumours she had heard were true about videos in English. She was startled to learn it had been Marta's idea, it was only then she noticed 'Models Personal Manager' on Marta's I.D. Badge, and inquired if that meant only her sister or all of the models.

Marta explained one model was more than enough getting her an obligatory poke in the ribs from Anna, but she was doing some research work for Ivan which she couldn't really talk about yet as it was just in the ideas stage, but she would say it could be useful for Kat to learn English as a good career move.

Despite Marta's age Kat's mum took this advise seriously as she had also heard rumours on the grapevine that it was a young girl who was the sister of one of the models who was stirring the place up with lots of bright new ideas, and she was sure it was the girl sitting across the table from her. Rather than go straight home with her daughter she had now decided they would be shopping for educational books about learning English to add to her daughter's recent collection, while the stores were still open.

Marta said how she and her sister needed to speak to Dmitri before they headed off today so they said there goodbyes and went off to see him, stopping off in their office on the way where Marta copied out some questions she had made in her notebook, while Anna looked over the large impressive chess set that had been set up on the meeting table and smiled.

Giving the list of questions to Dmitri, Marta said there was no urgency for the answers but what they had really come to see him about now was a number of words and phrases they had in their video script book which Anna referred to now and again as she spoke the lines out loud for him to comment on. He said that the grammar and pronouncation were very good, but explained on a few sentences how the emphases needed changing in order for it to sound right in the context it was used, so Marta added footnotes about the corrections.

Anna then went though repeating many of the earlier parts, with the intonation modified as suggested, much to the praise of Dmitri who said she was a quick study, they thanked him for his help saying how they were shooting the video tomorrow morning and how they would bring him some cakes, if Anna didn't burn them.

They stopped for a small burger and fries on the way back to the apartment as they didn't want to have a big meal due to the great picnic they had enjoyed earlier that day, they also made a few last minute purchases needed for the shoot in the morning.

An early start was needed next morning to be ready for when Oksana would arrive, it had already been decided Anna would wear a miniskirt with a short halter top with an apron over that, she would also wear ordinary white panties with a small flower pattern which she would slip on just before shooting in order to reduce marks from the elastic waist band.

Her hair was to be in a pony tail, and she was going to wear only very light make-up, and had removed all traces of nail polish, to give that little girl at home look they were trying to convey to their prospective audience.

They did a run through before Oksana turned up in order to go over the lines and to have some additional cakes In case of any mishaps, Marta had also made some large prompt cards in case Anna stumbled on the dialogue, she wore an old skirt and tee shirt in case of spills but saved the apron to keep it clean for the actual shoot.

While waiting the twelve minutes it took the cakes to cook they replaced all the ingredients to their starting positions and wiped down the table and all the work surfaces, and washed up the bowl and utensils placing them where they needed to be.

When Oksana arrived John was with her helping to carry the mass of lighting equipment she required for this shoot, explaining he was only here as an assistant today but would take just a few still shots from the background for a promotional page on the web site as they came out sharper than stills taken from the video itself.

The light stands were arranged, direct lights through diffusers or lights that were reflected indirectly off the walls or ceiling, causing Marta to note the large number of electrical outlets in the walls that she realised must have been installed just for that purpose. They all sat down for a drink and chat before getting down to work, and Marta retrieved her video script book to go through how she had planned the shoot.

Oksana had a few questions, then got her video camera and checked the lighting from the various places she would need to be in order to make sure she did not have any unwanted reflections from any of the windows, and that none of her equipment would be in shot. While Oksana made some last minute adjustments Anna changed into her simple outfit and was ready to go as soon as Valya had checked her out.

"Ready and action."

"Hello my name is Natasha, I am ten years old, today I am making some cakes.

They are for my friends, we are going to have a sleepover."

She confidently moved about the kitchen gathering together the things she needed as the camera panned around following her progress, bending low to get a fresh baking tray from a bottom cupboard, then climbing up on a step stool to reach something from the highest shelf in order to get in all the teasing panty shots they had planned.

"I have not made cakes all by myself before, I hope everyone thinks my little cup-cakes taste good."

She placed the mixing bowl on the table, and started to weigh out the ingredients, of flour, butter, and sugar then bent down to get two eggs that were on the bottom shelf of the fridge giving another view of her bottom.

"I want these cakes to be special, I know, I will add some sultanas."

She moved the step stool over to a new location to climb up and retrieve them from a high shelf, then 'accidentally' spilled some on the floor when she got down, which meant getting down on her hands and knees to sweep up the spilled fruit while the camera followed behind her. She binned the spilled fruit then washed her hands before continuing.

The mixing went just as planned with 'Natasha' dusted in flour and splashed with cake mix as she went on with her script as she worked. When the mix was ready she added a good helping of sultanas, then spooned the mixture into the little paper cup-cake cases which she placed on the baking tray and into the oven, and set the timer.

Back at the table she scooped up some of the remaining cake mix with a finger and licked it off, then went back for more placing the finger in her mouth and sucking it clean, an action that could appear innocent, or erotic, depending on the mindset of the viewer.

"Well now I should clean up a bit while the cakes are cooking."

She placed all the utensils in the sink, fetched the mixing bowl, she then reached over as they had previously practised, to turn on the kitchen tap, the trick worked just as planned with the water full on it splashed up out of the bowl and soaked the front of her apron and the top she was wearing. She gave a startled yell turned off the flow and stepped back so the camera could see how wet she was.

"Oh no, I'm all wet and that water was cold."

Then as per script she removed her apron and halter top which were both wet through, and bent over to place them in the washing machine, as expected the cold water had caused the nipples on her little budding breasts to stand proud, looking down she announced her skirt was wet too, so she took it off to add to the laundry.

She then looked down and ran her hands up over her panties, "Well at least my panties didn't get wet I will just have to finish making my cakes dressed like this" she said having caused the material to form a well defined camel toe during her inspection which the camera picked up on having been warned of each of the prearranged stunts.

"I better use the dish washer instead to clean up, or I will have nothing dry left to wear."

This involved more bending down to load the machine and Oksana managed to pan round to get a side view as she bent over the first time, showing her budding breasts hanging down, then a rear view which showed as well as a camel toe, her panties had wedged into the crack of her bottom at the back.

Anna was pleased with how the shoot was progressing, and although her sister had been ready with the prompt cards she had practised enough, they were not needed, noting the read-out on the timer she prepared the icing-sugar, cream, and other items on the table.

They had both studied hard to get the dialogue correct for this shoot, and when they had discovered how their target audience would be able to understand if they included some double entendres they had tried hard to research for words or phrases they could use.

"I have tried hard, I do hope the results are fruity enough to please everybody."

She then ran through the list of items she had placed on the table as if to assure herself she had out all the things she would need, but in fact it was to to show off her use of English dialogue, and as a filler they could use while waiting for the oven timer.

They had found that the English term 'a bun in the oven' was slang way of saying a girl was pregnant, but they could not find a way to work that into the script, but Marta said it would be better to save that line for one of the older models to use in a future video.

At the chime from the timer, 'Natasha' put on her oven gloves and removed the cakes from the oven, placing them on a wire cooling rack, then went to the table to whip the cream to thicken it for her cakes. She used a mechanical whisk with a handle she had to turn quickly to spin the wire business ends, and when the cream was not quite stiff enough she pulled out the whisk whereupon a large dollop of cream dropped off ran down her tummy and down across her panties - almost as if planned that way.

"Oh no, now I've creamed my panties, I bet they're all sticky now."

She put down the whisk, looked down at the panties and then pulled them down, and thanks to the judicious use of Vaseline when dressing, they appeared as sticky on the inside as the outside. Holding them up she licked the spilt cream from the front panel of the garment while managing to spreading it around her mouth.

While everyone watched the action in front of the camera, Marta surreptitiously watched the expressions of the only man in the room, both his face and his trousers, pleased with the reaction of both.

"I love the taste of fresh cream, I didn't want to waste any" Anna followed that statement by running her fingers through the remaining cream that had now run a little lower down her tummy but still shy of her glistening pussy, and popped them in her mouth. Anna went over to the sink to clean up before finishing off her cakes.

First she cut a little cone out of the top of each cup-cake, and placed the tops beside them, then spooned in a little cream and replacing each lid.

"Don't you just love it when they are all gooey inside?"

Next she spread some of the sticky icing sugar on the top of each lid, managing to drip some onto her bare chest, which she scooped up and licked it off her fingers, before opening a pot of glacé cherries and tipping them out onto a small plate.

She began counting the cherries aloud, "I must see that I have enough, I want to make sure all of my girl friends each has her cherry" , but of course they had previously put twelve in the pot that morning, one for each cake, which she then proceeded to top off.

Marta's attention was still split between the action of Anna 'on stage' and the reaction of John, the one man audience, who she was fairly certain did not understand much English, and was therefore a gauge of only the visual part of the video being recorded, she would also need to find out the reaction of people who could understand the dialogue to find out if her first script had been successful. She had the prompt card ready for the next bit, but was sure her sister would be fine, as they had both laughed to find that the English for a girl's private parts, and a young pet cat were the same word.

"I had better put these cakes in a tin, or my pussy will want them, she just loves cream as much as I do."

"Well I must go and have a bath now and get ready for the sleepover, it's some of the girls from the studio - bye for now", she waved and blew a kiss towards the camera.

"Cut - that's a wrap" called Oksana.

Valya, John, and Marta broke out in loud applause, at which a naked Anna took a bow, among all the praise and congratulations of her audience.

Oksana was on the phone calling a cab, as she rang off John asked why she needed a ride as his car which they came in was parked outside.

"Ivan will want to see this straight away, it would be worth you learning English just to follow what she was saying, it was just so damn clever, this video will earn me the best bonus the studio ever paid, mark my words, did you remember to take any pictures?"

John had the grace to admit it was only Marta nudging him a couple of times that reminded him, so he had about a dozen promotional shots, at Marta's suggestion he then took a few of Anna biting into one of the completed cakes and getting cream smeared on her face and then finally licking her lips, as she winked at the camera.

Oksana rushed off when her cab arrived, and the others started to disassemble the lighting equipment while Anna went for a quick shower, by the time she was washed and dressed there was a pot of tea on the table and all the kit was ready to take down to the car.

As they sat at the table Marta had her notebook out looking through the section which had various questions, seeing if John had answers for some of them or if he knew who best to help on those he didn't have information about. Of course some of his answers led to new questions, or new lines of enquiry which she would need to follow up later.

The subject then changed back to the morning's video with John saying how he felt the boot was on the other foot, now realising himself how foreign customers must feel left out seeing a video but not understanding the what the girl was talking about, when they saw a shoot where the girl spoke Ukrainian, must be as frustrating as him listening to the English.

John checked his watch and offered to take them out to lunch if they all helped him take something down to the car, but Anna pointed out he probably wasn't treating them as he would claim it on expenses at the office, John pleaded guilty but asked what other job would give him such pretty lunchtime companions and pay him at the same time.

With laughter and groans they hauled the kit off to the car where it was locked in the boot before they set off to eat.

They were looking for a parking spot near their chosen restaurant when Valya's phone rang, it was Ivan asking where they were and when they would be back at the studio.

Valya said how they were just about to have lunch, then she had some parcels to collect and they should be back by two in the afternoon, the chat continued a little longer as he asked her to fit in an additional errand.

This restaurant turned out to be Italian, another new eating experience for the girls other than of course the ubiquitous pizza, they chose to share a seafood pasta dish with a salad, Valya had a sort of pasta in meat sauce, and John had the dried beef and a pasta dish.

The girls got to try a taste of each of the other meals, and Valya suggested Marta should become a restaurant critic, which needed some explanation as neither girl had realised some newspapers had a column which would review local eating places, and you got paid!

After eating Valya told John their next two stops, he jokingly complained he had now been relegated to a chauffeur, at their first stop she took the girls into a store that had all the latest mobile phones on display, and they assumed she needed to sort out some problem with her phone or service. Speaking to one of the sales staff it was as if she had suddenly become royalty, he placed three different styles of phone on the counter for her to choose from, and she picked the model most similar to the one she had.

After making her choice, he showed her the colours it was available in, and she asked Anna and Marta which colour they liked, Anna said the pink looked fun but Marta said she should choose the silver one as it looked more professional, at which point she told the girls they were selecting their own phones, not a new one for her.

"Ivan said to bring you here, it's all prearranged and paid for as we run an account here."

The girls were truly shocked by this, none of the adults who they knew in their home town had a mobile phone, and certainly no one of their age would expect to have one.

"He wanted to be able to call you, without having to call around any of the people you might be with, and you will be able to call us or your family, I'll show you how to enter all the different numbers you need later."

While the excited girls were asking Valya about their new phones, the sales assistant was fitting the cards in them and completing the details on two forms he had started before they had turned up, he then told them he keyed in to each phone the number of the other as speed dial one, and he handed each of them a bag with accessories charger and instructions, telling them they were ready to use, and thanking them for their custom.

Anna cheekily asked for John's phone number, which she keyed in as Valya read it from her own phone, "John you may bring the car round now we have finished in this store."

This was accompanied by gales of laughter from all three as they stepped outside to find John holding open the rear door and saluting them.

A clothing store was their next stop where Valya explained she had spoken with their mum to find what sizes were needed for their young brothers and for their father, so they had something smart to wear when they went house viewing the next day. She explained how although their mum had several new outfits she could wear, she had spoken to Ella and offered to shop for these items to save their mum the extra trouble of making bus journeys across town carrying all this stuff.

Both girls were grateful for the thoughtfulness Valya had shown, for although their mum was better she was still wary of doing anything that would cause her ankle to play up.

As they neared the studio complex Valya phoned Oksana, who said she would go round to her lock-up to meet them and help unload, so John drove round to a loading area at the back nearest to the equipment storage rooms.

Oksana's store was just along the corridor from Sandra's and had a similar strong door and shelving inside but that was where the similarity ended for the equipment seemed to be randomly stacked about the room, Marta made some notes in her little book.

When she had locked up they headed for the admin block, by now they were all wearing their I.D. badges as they entered the main building, and John headed off to download his images of the shoot, while the rest went to see Ivan, who they found outside his office talking with Tanya his secretary. His happy greeting boomed across the open plan area, "Anna if that were a mainstream movie, you would get an award for best new actress, and you Marta would have the award for best script writer", as he ushered them into his office Tanya lifted her phone grinning, knowing just who she should speak to.

When they had all gathered around the informal seating area, Ivan was effusive with his praise of the video they had made earlier that day saying as how it raised the bar so much higher than he had expected, and that the dialogue was so clever and at times funny and so well delivered. He went on to say how he wanted to advance the English learning initiative as rapidly as possible, having girls use every teacher they could find to fill their spare time, then send them to Svetlana for an intensive finishing course.

They continued to discuss the video, and he asked Marta as 'Natasha's' manager and script writer what she had planned next, and if she was willing to provide script ideas for some of their other models, and Marta said how she had left out some lines as they would have been better suited to an older model.

"I had another idea today, but it was only a small one, and I want to apologise to Oksana in advance, as I don't mean to criticise her directly. The thing is I suppose you have groups of people working here who do the same job, like several photographers, dressmakers, and so on. My idea was to see which ones in each group have the best ideas then see if they can all use those ideas."

"In industry they call what you describe best practice" Ivan answered.

"Yes I suppose that would be it, I think those people with equipment lockers who make videos or the stills photographs should see the system that Sandra has in her lock-up, it is really neat and organised, so she knows what she has and where it is, sorry Oksana but I think if she showed you, you could see how much it helps her."

Once again it was a marvel to observe how this girl picked up on things anyone else in the company should have seen but didn't, it seemed as if more of his memos and directives were inspired by this one girl than any other five people in the building.

As the meeting came to a close Anna stated how neither she or her sister or Valya had seen the video that Ivan and Oksana were so pleased with, so Oksana explained how to access it on the internal company network, so Anna, Marta and Valya went off to Marta's office to view the results of their work, noting that their friend Dmitri was away from his desk as they went past.

To be continued in chapter 12