"Smile!"
*Smile*
*Flash*
"And turn to the left."
The wind almost made her skirt flutter upwards like Marilyn Monroe in The Seven Year Itch.
*Flash*
"Now turn to the right."
The curves of her buttocks looked best in this profile.
*Flash*
"Straight ahead one more time."
She pouted in mild annoyance.
*Flash*
"Excellent. Great pix, Carly. Thumbs up!"
"Somebody please kill me" thought Carl.
"Not today, buster" thought Wendy, staring right back at her husband.
"I feel so used right now" he shot right back at his wife.
"Get used to it. Soon ten million people are going to be ogling and scrutinizing us every single day of the
week."
"Oh brother."
Carl and Wendy's telepathic conversations had taken some getting used to, but they had gotten the hang of it
through practice and were now bickering inside their own heads the same as they always did before out loud.
Wendy was off to the side of the young but skilled photographer, and standing behind her were several network
people making sure that the two twin siblings weren't communicating with one another through hand gestures or
any other kind of code speak. If they only knew.
Both Carly and Wendy were dressed identically, wearing matching deep purple tops and black wraparound skirts,
and some Jimmy Choos on their feet. Their faces were made up to perfection, accentuating their natural beauty.
The photo shoot had gone well so far. It was 11:30 A.M, and two-thirds of the photos were already taken.
Earlier in the day, Wendy had taken her own photos, where she was asked to pose somewhat more seductively than
Carl was, which led Wendy to speculate that her "character" would be the more naughty twin on the broadcast
while Carly was the more "innocent" one. When she told Carl that, he said that it sounded like they were
starring in a porno.
"In a way, we are" she said. "In the anime community, it's called fan service."
Carl rolled his eyes again just as another flash of the camera went off, signaling the end of the session.
"OK, Carly. Just stand right there. Wendy,now it's time to rejoin your sister for the group photos."
Wendy and Carl spent the next forty-five minutes posing together, sometimes standing parallel to one another,
sometimes back to back, their completely symmetrical butts touching each other through the skirt fabric.
Just feeling his own wife's body made Carl aroused, but instead of feeling it in his non-existent penis, he
was now feeling it everywhere throughout his very female body. It was a somewhat bizarre experience, but at
least it wasn't as embarrassing as that topless swimming contest in Vegas that he had suffered through a month
ago.
Several takes were done of these pictures, and when that was done with, they were informed that the video
portion would begin soon. They would have to record a few cheesy one liners that would air at the beginning of
the first episode as well as some TV spots.
While they waited for the staff to get ready, Carl and Wendy were now allowed to talk to each other except for
anything game related, which was verboten.
"I missed you so much during the isolation" said Carl. "You wouldn't believe the things I had to do to get
these guy's attention. Pfft. Never in a million years did I think I'd be doing any of this."
"Thanks, hun. But we should probably stop talking until the suits vamoose."
"Yeah" agreed Carl. "It's just that I haven't used my vocal cords in so long. They needed some exercise."
Wendy grinned.
"Thanks again for doing this, Carl." She had whispered the last part, leading one of the suits, a large man
with a crew cut, to intervene on behalf of the show.
"Save it for the show, ladies. Please."
Despite his hulking appearance, he had a soft and gentle voice, and Carl and Wendy reciprocated his request.
Then they waited.
***
Listed on the application for both twins were Wendy's parents, June and Julius, who had been flown out to Los
Angeles to do a thirty-second bit where Carly and Wendy officially get their "key"s to enter the Big Brother
house. The introductions of all the contestants and their families was one of Wendy's favorite parts of the
show on TV, corny as it was, and she was honestly psyched to be doing it now for real. Once her folks got off
the plane and were driven to meet her and Carl, Wendy wished for her parents to remember her being in her
early twenties instead of her late thirties like she been but a month before, and that she had a twin sister
named Carly. After a quick change of clothing for the girls, all four were moved to a small house in South
Pasadena(the same location where the first Halloween movie was filmed), and given not quite a script, but a
set of cues. Carly and Wendy were both asked to be super-enthusiastic about going on Big Brother and for their
parents to be supportive. The doorbell would ring, and two envelopes stuffed with an oversized plastic key
with their names on it would be given to them by a member of the production. Wendy's wish had made her parents
supportive of her and Carl's endeavor anyway, so it was all quite redundant, but all four people put on a good
show for the cameras and were done with it faster than they had realized. Carl had never quite gotten along
with Wendy's parents, being seriously annoyed with his nagging mother-in-law(insert cliched joke here), and
somewhat intimidated by her demanding father, but their new memories of Carly made them affectionate and
loving towards their temporary new daughter. Play-acting was kind of fun, Carl had to admit, and he was at
least a little used to Carly's female proportions now, so it wasn't as traumatizing as it would have been when
Wendy first turned him into her sister.
Jon showed up on set after the key segment, and asked Wendy and Carly how things were going.
"Great!" shouted Wendy.
"Yeah, great" answered Carly, not amused.
Jon looked over at Carly and smiled.
He introduced himself to June and Julius, and the five of them had a late lunch together. Carl had to remember
to eat lighter to as not ruin his figure, but Wendy told him to go ahead and chow down since she could just
wish all the unwanted weight away. The parents were skeptical of this man and his intentions towards their
daughters, but he managed to ooze his way out of the awkwardness, the slick guy that he was. Wendy asked if
all the contestants had been treated this well, and Jon said "Nope. Only you two. You two caught my eye."
This made both Carl and Wendy somewhat suspicious as well as curious, but they brushed it off once the
waitress came back with their orders.
Once lunch was through, June and Julius were given a fond farewell by Wendy and Carl(y) and given two checks
by Jon to compensate for their inconvenient flight to L.A. Carl and Wendy were then driven to the famous
Hollywood sign in order to record their sound bytes. Being listed as aspiring actresses, being in front of the
Hollywood sign seemed only appropriate to the production staff. Carl and Wendy were told to spout silly lines
like "I'm Carly, but you can call me trouble" and "I'm Wendy, and if I piss you off, frankly I don't give a
damn."
Telepathically, Wendy teased Carl a little bit more by actually calling him "Trouble", and Carl reminded her
to cut out this psychic shit out once they got inside the BB house. Wendy agreed, and suddenly the
supernatural transmission between them voluntarily was cut off.
Now that they were all done for the day, Carl and Wendy were driven back to the hotel, ushered into their
rooms like cattle, and asked politely but firmly to wait a few more days until the show began.
Carl decided to order a steak and a movie, and relaxed for the rest of the evening.