Monday morning Ella noticed how both her daughters were very perky, putting it down to having their father to themselves all the previous day, spending her day with Magda and the boys had been tiring but enjoyable, and she found Eve had now joined in the practice sessions for the forum effort all the girls were so keen on. Returning from dropping the boys to school she received a call from the catering company about the function she had baked for that weekend, though there may have been leftovers after the event Ella's cakes and pies were not among them, her produce had been the first to disappear, so more orders were sure to follow.

Igor had arranged to have Monday off, as he knew there would be a lot to organise in the first few days, he called in at an outlet selling work-wear and spoke to the manager, a little later that morning as arranged a panel truck arrived at the building site. In small groups the workers were sent over to the truck to be fitted out with free work-wear and boots, for which they were all very grateful.

Igor saw it as a good investment, warm comfortable loyal workers, would not let him down, besides the supplier had almost bitten his hand off for such a large sale, and he got a great discount. In the overall cost of the refurbishment part of the project it was small beer, and his daughters would pleased to known that these people would be warm this winter even if they could find no more work for the guys who had previously been unemployed.

The night before he had called in to see Yuri, and given him a list of his needs, which had been delivered before Igor even got to site, he phoned to thank his friend and was making calls all day long to ensure the men on site had the required materials for the week ahead.

By lunchtime Marta had made up her mind, moving to a quite spot in the school grounds where she could see if anyone approached, she called the studio asking to speak to Ivan. She told him how Irisha was nervous and doubtful about her ability, and her fears of letting them down after the help they had given, so she suggested the studio might call her in for a practice shoot to allay her concerns, and see how she faired in front of the camera.

They talked for some time about the girl and her mother, when Ivan said something about their address being in a rough neighbourhood, Marta let slip Irisha's comments on the building supervisor, and Ivan said they would have to help to get the girl relocated ASAP.

On Wednesday Marta was pleasantly surprised to hear from Irisha, she had hoped their revelations about the house on Sunday had not caused any distance to grow between them. The girl seemed very upbeat, as her mum was now much recovered, and she herself had a booking for an initial practice photo session the next evening. When Marta asked for more details, she found her mum would be going with her, and the time she was due in make-up. Though Marta had chess club she could easily get to the studio in time, and inquired if Irisha would like for herself and Anna to come and join her, and lend their support.

She admitted she would feel more comfortable having someone her own age there for this shoot, and if Anna were free as well, she would be grateful to have an expert model on hand to give her advice. The topic remained on modelling for a time as Marta spoke of her research on the subject, and her experience viewing her sister's photo and video shoots.

Eventually Marta got the feeling Irisha was holding back on something as she if she were hesitant to raise a new subject, so Marta pushed to find out what it was.

"Well it's kind of strange, the building supervisor I told you about, he always used to be hanging about leering at girls who live in the block, I know several of them found him quite creepy. The thing is I saw him yesterday walking all hunched over and limping, when he saw me, he turned and hurried off the other way, but that isn't the only weird thing, it's not just me, some other girls I spoke to said the same thing. It's as if he's suddenly become like frighted or even allergic to young girls, it's just really odd behaviour, I'm wondering if some girl's dad beat him up."

Marta had her own theory, she knew of two other men aware of Irisha's local pervert, she was also sure neither one would admit to any involvement in influencing the creep to mend his ways. She thought both her suspects would find this man's coercive behaviour towards his victims abhorrent, though probably neither would have taken part, they both had contacts who would. Marta said nothing about her suspicions, instead only saying it was a good thing girls in her neighbourhood had one less problem in their lives to deal with. Marta hated any kind of bullying, but whoever had taught this man a lesson had only been handing him his just desserts.

Telling Anna and her mum about Irisha's debut photo shoot the next evening, Anna was only too ready to lend her support, and their mum said she would make up sufficient snacks for all of them just in case anyone got peckish during the session. Anna said she would go commando just in case Irisha got cold feet, so she could demonstrate by example, but her mum and sister said she was turning into an exhibitionist, a nudist, or both.

Marta was feeling a bit yucky as her period had started, but that didn't mean she wasn't going to continue the new area of research with Anna that had begun on Sunday evening, they had been working their way through the list of web sites giving each a star rating by adding little asterisks adjacent to the URL, along with brief notes. It was now apparent to the pair, about their relative naivety regarding the interest people had in all things sexual, the diversity of their behaviour, and the manifest fetishes that were evident.

Somewhere in their investigations Marta had seen a comment to the effect that you could think of any weird or peculiar thing, then look it up on the internet, and you would find news groups or bulletin boards of people having that interest regardless of how strange or sick it might be. The girls were now convinced this was the case, as there had been some leads they did not wish to pursue. They packed in early as the following evening would be busy, and Marta wanted an early night cuddled up to a hot water bottle.

At school the following day one of the girls from a wealthy family was complaining at the unfairness at her parents demands that she cut down the use of her mobile phone due to the size of her bill. Neither Marta or Anna had really considered the running costs of the phones they used, as they were part of the business and the studio paid, and thinking about it most of their calls were studio related, but she would check with Ivan that they hadn't been excessive in their use. Chess club was a bust, Marta was off her game and felt she would have been better off leaving at the same time as her sister that day.

At home Anna, Greg and Peter were in full flow singing along to some English pop songs causing Marta to complain the words were right, but someone was off key, from there the topic turned to Anna's guitar lessons, which were going reasonably well, to the point she had thought of buying her own instrument. Eventually it was time to go, for they wanted to be at the studio in plenty of time to meet up with Irisha and her mum Yana.

The difference in Yana, in less than two weeks was stunning, like a new woman, her skin, her posture, and even her voice had improved since she had rid herself of the cough she had, with good food and under the care of a doctor. They could even see a improvements in Irisha since they had seen her at the weekend, the salon ladies soon added a touch of glamour, fussing with her hair and applying nail varnish to hands and feet, but advising she remove it from her fingernails, rather than go to school like that. They gave her a bottle of the removal product in case she finished after they had left, Marta pulled her sister aside to suggest that the area where Irisha lived, the painted nails might give the impression she was a working girl, Anna agreed that would be a bad thing now.

"I might have guessed you two would show up; here to nurture your new discovery?"

Anna introduced Valya to Irisha and her mum, telling them she was the best make-up artist and mentor for new models in the entire studio, then as they walked to the set they would be using, Anna asked who would be snapping the pictures. Both sisters noted a look of apprehension cross Irisha's face when she heard that a man would be behind the camera, but Anna just jumped up and down, as if she had won a jackpot.

"Wow, you're lucky, that's my winning team, John is so much fun, I usually spend the whole shoot laughing, and he always takes nice pictures of me, though you mustn't tell him I said that, cause I like to wind him up - it's my job."

In studio six Valya's table was already set out and nearby were four mobile hanging rails as might be seen in dress shops, holding a vast choice of outfits, there were also several boxes holding mix and match accessories. Irisha's eyes lit upon the the bright colourful garments, running her hands over the variety of fabrics marvelling at the fine textures.

Raising her gaze from the rails of clothes, Irisha looked around the studio, in front there was just a couch, a table and some large bean bags, not a full-on set, more of a neutral background for the practice session this was meant to be.

A look passed between the sisters, they could see Irisha was on the verge of panic, each grabbing a hand they hurried off to the bathroom closing the door behind them.

Valya noting Yana's concern for her daughter brushed it off saying first time nerves were very common, and how the girls would sort things out, but when John arrived ten minuets later they had yet to emerge. With the introductions the three adults talked, each one surreptitiously watching the door, none willing to voice their fears, the latch seemed unnaturally loud when it did open, the tense adults waited.

The girls stepped out Anna as spokesman, Marta hanging back held Irisha's hand.

"Sorry to keep you waiting, our new model Irisha wants to use Laura as her professional name, and we talked about doing this practice shoot, we kind of,.... well the idea was we would go on together, so I could sort of help out,.. if that's OK?"

When John and Valya agreed that would be fine, Anna quickly undressed then walked over to get two robes that were hanging on the wall, then casually strolled back handing one to Irisha, not bothering to wear her own yet. Anna winked at her friend saying it was OK to get undressed as it was only girls present, apart from John and he didn't count.

The spluttering and false threats from John, and the laughter from the others dissipated the tension, gathering her resolve Irisha undressed, took hold of the robe, but moved over to the make-up table before donning it.

John let out a sigh of relief, there would be a test shoot after-all, Marta came over to quietly give her take on the situation, she had seen two girl sets on other sites, even some where the girls were of different ages, it was her thought they might be able to create a viable set from this screen test. John admitted it wasn't their normal modus operandi, but what was, when she or Anna were involved, besides they had a double handed video shoot as a prime example, and that had sold like hot cakes.

Back at the table Valya did Anna first talking through the process, saying how she would do just a light generic make-up for each of them to highlight their best features, but on real sets they had designs to work from that complimented the particular outfit and theme.

Her long talk with the sisters had eased her mind, this session was only to familiarise herself with the process of shooting a set, they expected it to be rough and ready, a time to iron out any issues, to learn about all this new stuff, Anna had said even on a real shoot they made mistakes, but it didn't matter, they just weeded out those pictures that for some reason didn't turn out right.

She was amazed the lengths everyone would go to in order to help her, just so she could practice being a model, Anna said they would look through the pictures another day so she could learn why some poses were better than others. When Valya was finished Irisha stared at the girl in the mirror, where was that sad girl with the drawn worried face, instead the elfin girl looking back had such striking features, her eyes looked so big, sparkling.

"Don't you start crying, quick dab your eyes, or I'll have to redo your make-up."

The friendly admonishment from Valya made her smile, it looked good on the girl in the mirror, it was something she should do more often. Anna took her hand together they sorted through one box that had an awesome selection of underwear, with Anna's help she chose a matching bra and panty set as the beginning of her ensemble, all the costume rails had now been moved over to flank the set, so it now looked more like a posh catwalk models changing room. Anna lead her around the set talking about the sorts of poses, and demonstrating how she transitioned through a series of moves so the photographer could capture the images that looked best from their viewpoint.

Whispering in the background John and Marta held back, waiting for the right moment to enter the proceedings, John had discovered the sisters had preplanned how they might deal with assisting Irisha, but the girl was clueless to their schemes.

"OK girls listen up", - ( Raspberry from Anna then giggles), "Thank-you for your show of respect, let's get this show on the road, this is just a practice Irisha so you can get used to how we operate on set, and so you can learn and ask questions. For instance I could get Anna to demonstrate a sequence of poses, then you could take a turn, or we could have you posing in a similar fashion next to one another, basically we can just wing it and have fun along the way. What I think we'll do is just let you try out whichever costumes you feel like, don't be to concerned about me clicking away, you cant go too far wrong following Anna's lead on set, apart from how badly she abuses me that is."

Soon the girls were holding up one garment after another either for themselves or for each other, putting them on and moving about the set, Anna in teacher mode, Irisha intent on learning all she could. It was interesting to hear about why some clothing worked better with some models and not with others, and how to make use of the accessories and props on the set, soon Anna removed her panties saying how they wouldn't look right with the outfit she picked off the rail. Grasping the nettle Irisha lost her underwear, well that wasn't too bad, then Anna explained about how you teased the audience at the start of a set, by nearly showing them what they wanted to see, usually taking the undies off slowly allowing the photographer to get dozens of pictures of them coming off.

Anna then rooted out a bra though she didn't yet have the filling, in order to demonstrate the way she had seen older girls disrobe, and then went on to show the various poses to adopt when removing your panties, with a deep breath Irisha tried to emulate Anna's bold and sexy performance, with encouragement and pointers from John.

Marta was lurking about behind John so she could view the performance from his view-point, while over at the table Valya was reassuring Yana that her daughter was doing well, as most girls doing an audition wouldn't have an experienced model like Anna to assist them. She went on to tell Yana how Anna was a force of nature, irrepressible, although she was a relative newcomer herself, she had a natural stage presence, a born performer, and her daughter would benefit from Anna's instruction.

On set it was going well, Anna had got Irisha to loosen up, seeing the easygoing relationship she had with John and the banter between them had a calming effect, and Anna had been right about the laughter, it had seemed unbelievable to Irisha that she could be cavorting about the set mostly naked and having so much fun, waggling her bum at the man with the camera.

Anna began to pout, complaining about being starved, and in need of a drink, saying John was a mean slave-driver, so he called a halt so the girls could have a break, Irisha copied Anna's lead draping the robe over her seat then sitting there in a see through top similar to the one Anna was currently wearing, astounded by her own bold actions, but recalling Anna's words, if you could face walking the streets this was a walk in the park.

Marta had already began to set out the impromptu pick-nick when she heard her sister's mock complaints, telling Yana that her mum had packed for an army, not knowing how many would be at the shoot, encouraging the woman to dig in and help herself. When everyone was sat around with drinks in hand Anna asked John for the chocolate, the joke was then explained to the newcomers, as to why John never had any.

Irisha wanted to know how this test shoot differed from the real thing, and was told of the more elaborate sets as she had seen in the pictures, and how normally an overall theme would dominate, linking the costume and background. Valya went on to say about how the outfits were often individually tailored for the model, whereas today the wardrobe girls had just supplied a bunch of random outfits in mixed sizes as Ivan hadn't got anyone to check Irisha's measurements. Anna said that a set flowed in one direction, from a dressed model through to a naked one, not like this practice shoot, swinging back and forth as they tried on and discarded various clothes, but it did help to rehearse undressing for the camera.

At one point Marta slipped off to the toilet, on her return she made a discrete nod to Anna, who in turn made a visit prior to continuing the set. Valya being unaware that Anna would show up, or join in, had not made her usual arrangements in the bathroom, but the girls were prepared, so Anna applied a little of her special make-up contained in a spare tin from the batch they had produced, ready for part two where pussy flashing would be more evident.

As the session recommenced, John could see the merit of the plan Marta had outlined, the contrast in development between the two girls three years apart, Anna with the smallest of breast buds, boyish hips, and a bald slit, beside a girl with perky large A possibly B size tits, slightly more curves, and with an immature dusting of pubic hair above somewhat fuller lips that were more prominent. Had Ivan's golden geese had laid the foundations for another bumper commission, it was his responsibility to capture, edit and arrange the material in order to form a cohesive set.

This would be a challenging task, but one he relished, it would be interesting when he presented the proofs to Ivan as a made up set, as opposed to the expected audition series, and this new girl should have a nice surprise if he pulled it off, in the way of percentage payments. He and Anna enjoyed their usual repartee, her goading him, and getting Irisha to join in, at the same time as she directed the action on stage, though John did try to maintain order to ensure he didn't miss any shots that highlighted the counterpoint between the two girls.

John hoped this wasn't too far outside the realm of their standard fair, although it could be transferred to another site in the group, his personal preference would be for Ivan agreeing to expand the remit of styles on their own site. Of course he was being selfish, in that he didn't want to loose Anna, and this new girl with the haunting elfin features who also held some promise, though she did look a bit on the thin side.

Irisha discovered Anna was right, she was having fun, playing dress-up, trying on beautiful clothes, flirting, showing off, it gave her a sense of empowerment, returned something to her life, or perhaps now including a spark that had been missing. Anna was outrageous as she whispered in her ear setting up new poses together, John must be getting a better view than the doctor she had visited.

If the real photo shoots were like this, she would look forward to coming into the studio, to think she had been worried a male photographer might be horrid or creepy, but he was fun, and kind, and respectful towards them, apart from that he was buff. Anna told her how he usually got a woody while they were working, then about what his wife said, that she didn't mind him getting hungry at work providing he came home to eat. Irisha had gasped, to think this ten year old could come out with these comments, Anna just blew her away, never knowing what the girl might say, or what stunt she would suggest next.

Without John having to ask Anna was setting up more shots where he could capture each girl separately, for whatever the outcome he would need an audition portfolio of Irisha to show round to the designers, for them to produce themed sets that would suit her.

The two girls were now essentially naked in pussy pelmet skirts with large thin chiffon squares as wraps, that were totally transparent, Anna was talking of developing a personal style, and finding maybe one or two signature poses that showed off your best assets. "You go and stand by John so I can show you my special pose, see what I mean, I don't have any boobs yet, but my bum isn't bad, so I look over my shoulder and wink at the audience, but you should flaunt your boobs in some way and make the pose yours."

Returning to the stage they did Anna's pose side by side, then standing Irisha worked with her two advisers trying out various ideas, till John tried shooting from a lower angle so the view was looking up her slim torso with her elfin face at tilted at an angle between her nice pert breasts.

Marta had been following events, and could see they were winding down, a few more minuets and John would call time, this had been a long session and she had seen the frame counter on John's camera, far higher than a normal shoot. When they had talked he said there would be a high percentage of discards if he were to make anything from the day's shoot. She wondered if this had been a silly idea, was it one scheme too many, self doubt crept in, then she thought back to the things she had read, about how the hormones at this time of the month messed with your head, in all she didn't know what to believe.

She looked up to see them standing side by side naked Irisha's arm round Anna's shoulder and Anna with an arm around Irisha's waist as they both waved at the camera and blew kisses, then for good measure taking a bow. Marta smiled it could work.

Both girls thanked John for his efforts as he started to pack up then Anna approached.

"I just wanted to say today John, you were really really ..... Average!"

John made a growling noise, and made as if to grab her, with squeals and giggles his two models ran over to the make-up table, Anna making a bathroom visit first, to clean up the additional make-up she had applied herself earlier.

During the shoot Yana had learned much from Valya, the unbelievable number of girls involved in the modelling business, and confirmation that the earnings Ivan had spoken of had not been inflated, in fact if anything they had been underplayed. Yana felt shame that she had let her little girl down, though it had been through no fault of her own, getting sick could happen to anyone,but it was a harsh unfeeling world, she wanted to work, not be reliant on her daughter. She had no training and scant education, her job as a waitress did not pay well and tips were rare, but it paid the bills, just.

Now she was regaining her health, she wanted to again look for work, but if they moved to a different tenement block, how much time would she spend travelling to and fro, she still had more questions than answers. Apart from Ivan and the doctor, Valya was the first adult she had had a meaningful conversation with in some time, that was until Valya interrupted her to make a phone call.

She smiled broadly as she ended the call. "You were a waitress, so you wouldn't mind going back to work, as say a kitchen assistant?"

"Really, you know of a job, surely dozens of people must have applied already?"

"It's not vacant - yet, but it will be, one of the girls in the canteen here is starting a family, her husband has a good secure job so she's leaving in another two weeks, as it's starting to get uncomfortable standing for most of her shift."

"But when they advertise, what chance do I stand, many people will have more experience I've only ever waited table, don't get me wrong I would love such a job but,..."

"Yana have you thought how some small minded people might view the studio, how you yourself may have viewed the studio before seeing it, the job won't be advertised, they never are, all our vacancies are filled by word of mouth. You're already on the inside, and you've signed a confidentiality agreement, about the only way you won't get the job is if you fail to show up to speak with the catering manager."

"What would Ivan say, will he think I'm greedy if I go to work in the canteen when he has already given my daughter a chance to work here?"

"Ivan will be pleased for you, he despises those parents who treat their child as a meal ticket, these girls don't have an indefinite modelling career, each family must have some form of financial back up, you need to save a chunk of Irisha's earnings for a rainy day. Despite the company policy to encourage parents to be responsible some wont listen, the smart one's invest, buy into a business, start one of their own, or get themselves some useful new job skills. It's crazy but once you have a job, it doesn't seem too hard to find another job, but once someone becomes unemployed it seems impossible to find work."

At that point her daughter ran over, giving her a hug.

"Oh mum that was so much fun, I was being silly to think it would be hard or embarrassing, John made it so easy, and Anna gave me so much help, I can't wait to do a real set now I know what to do. I want to start working here as soon as I can cause Ivan was really kind to help us out without even knowing if I could be a model, and I want to do the forum thing that the girls have been telling me about."

The words kept spilling out, Irisha gushing with enthusiasm, to the point Valya jokingly told the girl to take a breath, then to sit, so she could remove her make-up. Yana basked in her daughter's delight, soaking it up, better than any medicine she had taken, happy that her Irisha had found the modelling practice so enjoyable. It wasn't the time to tell her of her own news, besides she wanted it confirmed, a solid job offer before speaking of it, having recently had a long string of disappointments in their lives. While the girl was sitting still Valya gave her a brief 101 on skin care, and demonstrated how to remove her nail polish.

When Anna took the chair, Irisha got dressed, seeing the fresh underwear come from her mothers bag, Anna suggested she get herself a backpack for her visits to the studio, to hold her pass, spare clothes and other stuff she would need. The remainder of their conversation was on Irisha's desire to get on with her career as a model, and become involved in the forum where she could use her language skills.

When they were done Anna offered to help Valya, but was told to go, as she would soon get cleared away, walking back towards reception they saw three other studios were still busy as indicated by the "In use" lamp over the doors.

They said their goodbyes in reception, as the mother and daughter left hand in hand for the nearby Metro station, while the sisters awaited the cab they had called, now alone they talked of the shoot, Anna asking Marta if John thought they could make something of the session, or if the idea had been overambitious. Anna was frustrated to find she would need to be patient and wait for John to sort and review the results, he hadn't even been able to tell Marta when he would have the time to start the task.

Unknown to the girls John was in the image editing suite anxious to know the answers himself, pleased for once to be totally involved with one of Marta's little ideas, by two in the morning it was complete, one audition portfolio for Irisha/Laura and one new style photo shoot. He checked through it one more time to confirm in his own mind that it worked, the order he felt was important, not in the sequence they had been taken, but now organised into a pleasing coherent succession of images slowly ramping up to a fine culmination as the two girls bowed to the camera.

Neither lack of sleep, or complaints from his wife stopped John from turning up early the next day, he had called Tanya, and Ivan would come round to visit him soon.

Ivan was keen to know how this new recruit had faired in front of the camera, watching as John paged through the images of her audition shoot, unaware that some of the cropping was to present the girl without Anna being in the frame. He nodded his head in approval, thankful that she came across well on camera, for he wanted to be honest and run the new forum linked with the girls that the members actually saw on screen.

Ivan thanked John for coaxing such a good audition portfolio from the girl, and was about to get up and leave when John said he had a new style two girl photo set he would like Ivan's opinion on, so the man sat back down.

"It's a reasonable size set, eighty-seven images."

He then brought up the other folder, pressing a few keys he sat back as it ran in slide show mode, John's attention flicking between the screen and Ivan, but wearing his poker face, Ivan gave away no discernible clue as to whether or not he approved of this deviation from their usual productions. The slide show ran it's course through to the finale, the two men grinned and looked at one another, at last Ivan spoke.

"Don't tell me, I've just been Goosed."

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Thanks to those who made recent comments, I would appreciate feedback as to whether certain aspects of my writing work or not, you might get a better story as a result.

As Arin is taking a well deserved break I will try to post a couple of chapters to last through this intermission, that is if you read slowly. Not having my own 'on topic' blog, website, or e-mail address, I often visit the forum on this site to join the current subjects under debate, as there will be less posting for a while come and join in.