Launch Week for Kate & Rosa, Part 3

by Debby Mitchell

Chapter 5 – TV Exposure

The alarm comes all too soon at 5am, and we drag ourselves out of bed and hit the shower. I must say, its never as much fun showering alone, especially when you've had the chance to shower with Rosa. We linger under the warm spray, and make sure each other is spotless, everywhere (wink wink) before wrapping a towel around us and heading out to the kitchen. Its almost too early to eat, and to be honest some nerves have kicked in, now it's the morning of my first TV appearance. I decide to just have some toast with vegemite, some juice, and a coffee to wake me up and settle my tummy. The others all, join me with their choice of breakfast, Emily has a coffee and toast, Caitlin some cereal, and Rosa some fruit and a juice.

I cause an awkward moment when I ask Emily and Caitlin who was the noisy one last night? They look to each other, and back to me before Emily admits that it was her, and adds that if its good enough for Rosa and I to be company, then she and Caitlin thought they should not miss out either. We wonder what the housekeeping will think with only 2 beds slept in, so agree to go and muck the other 2 up for appearance-sake.

By 6am we are yawning, but downstairs in the foyer waiting for our car, which pulls in a few minutes late. Off we go to the studios! Paul and Mya are waiting, as promised, and they show us where to go. We meet the show's host, Andrew, as he comes to say hi while some segment is airing. It's a live show, so that only adds to the nerves, but he reassures us we'll all be great, and to just have fun with it. Off to makeup and an hour later we are ready to go on, and spend some time in the Green Room waiting. During a commercial break we are ushered in to the studio, seated on a circular lounge, with Paul at one end, Mya at the other, and us 4 girls in the middle.

Its action time, and Andrew does a lead-in, before the camera pans over the 6 of us on the lounge. Paul is asked a few questions first, then Mya jumps in with some added comments, and then a montage of still of the 4 girls are shown, with swimwear, nightwear and underwear all included. The real buzz is that Victoria's Secret had chosen Australian models, photographed at an Australian location, and was launching in Australia before rolling out around the world. None of us realised that it was quite that big, and I thought crossed my mind about would we get the chance to travel overseas? I hoped so.

Andrew then pointed questions at us, such as "How did it feel to be selected?", "How had it changed our lives so far?", "Would this be the start of something bigger for any of us?"................. and a few more. The whole segment probably only ran 5 minutes, but it seemed like a lifetime. A commercial break again, and we were thanked by Andrew and all directed back to the Green Room. We had a chance then to watch a replay of our 5 minutes of fame, and I must say we all did very well. None of us were unhappy with our performance, and our thoughts were echoed by both Paul and Mya.

As we were driven back to the hotel, we chatted about our next engagement, being radio interviews on Monday. Another early start, but in the meantime we had the rest of the weekend to relax and enjoy ourselves. Passing a railway station, Emily was the first to see it. A billboard. 10 metres long, 6 metres high, emblazoned with the MVS logo and 4 bikini-clad girls jumping in the surf. WOW! We all yell and make the driver do a lap of the block, then stop once beck at the billboard. We jump out and start taking pics with our phones. Wait till I send this to Mum, to Liza and some of my friends from school!

Our excitement continues, and back at the hotel we decide to hit the pool and have some fun. Its bikinis and wraps on, grab a towel, and we dance up the hall to the lift, all on a high that can't be shaken. It really is like a drug, this feeling. So high on happiness, on pride.

The pool is deserted, which suits us, so we can yell and shout as we wish, play tag in the water, splash and laugh. Rosa and I naturally gravitate together, and share some saliva without putting on too much of a show, and we note that Emily and Caitlin's relationship is deepening also, being unafraid to show some affection openly. Little touches, little teases, some sexy comments all contribute to my conclusion, that these 2 are headed for something more serious, and hopefully they can be as happy as I am with Rosa.

After such an early start, and early breakfast, the swim has made us all very hungry, so we dry off best we can and head for the hotel's coffee shop which serves light meals. Just quoting our room number gets us instant service, as we are obviously classed as VIP's. We share a couple of wood-fired pizzas, and finish with ice cream (it's the kid in us coming out obviously), and while we sit, we chat about plans for the rest of the day. Its Saturday night tonight and we decide we want to go out and party, so once back upstairs Emily (plays Mum as she's the oldest) calls Mya and asks her to try to organise something for us. Here's the challenge – none of us are legally allowed in licensed premises like pubs or dance clubs, but we want to see some bright lights and music.

Mya says to leave it to her, and she'll pick us up at 9pm. That gives us a chance to have a siesta this afternoon, have some dinner, and be ready to head out.

Quiet afternoon in bed. Rosa and I snooze, and play, spending some quality time catching up. I cannot get over how quickly she can get me off with her mouth and tongue. She knows just what to do where, and how. Very talented, my girlfriend. I do my best to match her efforts too, and I'm sure I rate just as highly in her eyes, because the looks she gives me as she cums are worth capturing. That gives me an idea – but back to that later.............

Room service for dinner, another excellent meal, and with it is delivered 2 bottles of bubbly, with a message from Paul congratulating us on that morning's TV appearance. His note said that the TV station's switchboard had taken over 200 calls from people asking when/where the clothing would be on sale, and their website had provided over 300 click-throughs to the MVS Australian website.

Celebrate we did! The intercom buzzes just before 9 as we finished our final glasses, and Mya was waiting for us downstairs. She stood beside a stretch limo in the driveway, and invited us in. None of us had ever been in a limo before, so another new experience. She said we'd better get used to it if the campaign does what it designed to do, we'll be riding in limos often in the future. We all want to know where we are off to, and Mya says it's a secret. We drive North over the bridge, then head East, and I note we are in Cremorne, just as we turn off the main road, and after a few more turns enter a long driveway leading up to a huge house. There are only a few cars parked outside, and we can hear some music coming from inside.