You know me, You know what I can do

Authors Note:
This story is being written sort of in conjuction with ready runaway's story Heroin. Its the same time frame, same story and the characters will be interacting. Just something nifty we decided to try.
Hope ya'll enjoy
Now on with the show.....


The sun was setting on the boardwalk. The sky was an array of oranges, reds and yellows with soft clouds covering the sun at times. It was picture perfect and I was out snapping  those pictures to remember it by. People were out and about, holding hands, laughing, walking and enjoying themselves. I lived through the viewfinder of my camera and I took those moments in time to save.
There was one group in particular that I focused on, four men and a girl. She and one of the guys walked arm in arm, and the looks that they exchanged made me smile. There are certain couples that you see and you instantly know they are in love. The way they gazed at each other, the soft smiles on their faces and the subtle touches they gave as they stopped to look out over the water. These two were long gone for each other. The other three guys that were with them spread out around them and they all seemed to be taking the sunset in as if it were their first one.
I focused in on them and began to snap photos. It was a pure moment, friends spending time together, sharing one moment in their lives. I wanted to capture it.
The couple turned to look at each other and I focused in on them, using the sun as my focal point, leaving them as silhouettes as they kissed. I felt my heart speed up at that. It was going to be a stunning photo. Any good photographer will tell you that there is a rush when you get that one photo that you know people are going to talk about. This was one of those. But there was more to it than the photo. It was the way they were. They kissd in such a tender manner and part of me felt jealous. Some girls were so lucky that they found a guy who could do the simplest of things and make it mean so much more. I felt like a voyeur for a moment, intruding on a special moment.
I rested the camera on the railing as I watched them. I can admit jealousy, especially when you see people so in love. I drew in a deep breath and began to shoot more photos of them, talking, laughing and enjoying life.
I never saw one of the guys break away from the group and head toward me. I was too wrapped up in the photos I was getting. These would make a great addition to my portfolio. I had a big interview coming up and I was hoping to have a few more eye catching pieces to add.

“What the fuck do you think you’re doing? Can’t you people get a life and leave others alone?” came an angry voice from behind me. I turned to see one of the group standing there, glaring at me, very very pissed off.
“I was taking photos, I didn’t think I was bothering anyone” I stammered, looking around. His face seemed so familiar and it took me a moment to place it. MTV… oh shit. I knew that face. I knew all of those faces now that I took the time to look. I met his gaze then and tried to smile. It wasn’t working, I wanted to run away. He was pissed.
“Look, I’m not here for that. I have a job interview and I….” Oh crap that was even worse. “No..I didn’t mean… shit…..” I was digging my grave deeper and he was content to let me.
“Sure, how much do you get paid to peek into people’s personal life? How can you sleep at night? I always wondered why someone decides to spend their life trying to catch someone else in theirs” he snapped out at me. I took a step away from him, my back hitting the railing.
“I wasn’t taking photos of you for that. I don’t do that kind of work. I am a wedding photographer;
“And I’m Prince Charles” he shot back. His attitude was starting to piss me off. Who was he to treat me like a criminal. I did nothing wrong. My brows knitted as I looked at him and retorted.
“Prince Charles is a dog and you aren’t so try again!” Wait.. that came out all wrong too! What the hell was happening with me?
“Oh really?” he glared at me and then he looked confused. “Wait… what did you say?”
I shook my head and sighed. “Listen, I didn’t mean to intrude. I wasn’t here to take pictures of you or your brother. I just needed to add some photos to my portfolio and came here” By this time the group had made their way over to me and I was mortified.
Now that I could see them, I realized my mistake. Why couldn’t I see it before?
I licked nervous lips and lifted a hand in greeting. “Hi”
“She was taking pictures of us, of you and Megs, probably to sell to some rumor rag.” he accused. I turned to glare at him.
“I told you already that I was not taking pictures of you guys for that. God do you listen?” I demanded looking at him.
“Well you obviously know who we are so why were you taking pictures of us?” he demanded. I stared at him, then turned to Jared and the girl he had his arm around.
“I am really sorry. I came to take pics of the sunset. I saw you guys silhouetted against the sunset and I snapped a few shots.”
Jared looked at me with wary eyes. I can imagine they must get tired of the paparazzi trying to weasel their way into every aspect of their private lives, but that wasn’t my intention.
The girl stood with an arm around Jared, watching me with that same untrusting expression. Her long brown hair hung loose but a combat hat sat on her head so I couldn’t really see her face. She had a smirk on her face, as if the whole thing seemed amusing to her. Tomo and Matt were both giving me that same look that Jared and Shannon gave; not trusting. I sighed and held the camera up. I flipped the screen on and showed them the picture.
“See? You can’t even see faces or features for that matter. Look if it makes you feel better, I will give you the memory card and you can mail it back to me after you delete the photos.” I said defeated. I had never had so many people looking at me in such a way. Hell I felt like I had disappointed someone and all I’d done was took a couple pictures. I looked back at Shannon then.
“I said I was sorry....”
“It’s a nice picture,” Matt said, finally breaking the silent treatment they all seemed to be content to give me. Shannon let his eyes glance at the photo a moment before they locked with mine once more.
“It’s out of focus.” He said with a frown.
“No it isn’t.” I replied
“Looks like it to me.” He looked at me seriously.
“And what the heck would you know about photography?”
“Well enough to know that picture is out of focus”
“Oh blow me” I blurted out, pulling one of my business cards from my pocket. I held it out for Jared while I took the flash card from the camera. “Here is my business card, and the memory card. Take the pictures and mail the card back to me. I really am sorry if I ruined your afternoon.”
Jared took them both and smiled.
“Thank you, we appreciate this.” His voice was soft and I nodded before I turned to walk away.
I’d just taken some of the best photos of my life and had given them, along with my memory card, to a celebrity to prove I wasn’t trying to make a buck off of them.
Someone get me a drink, I seriously have self worth issues, at least they can all sleep better tonight.
Yay for them.