A note from the author prompted by readers comments.

As ink flows from Quill to parchment, its path seems more often driven by the characters of this fable than by the author, but even I, as the writer who gets to read this many chapters ahead of you, find the main players link with sex is cerebral, rather than physical, as we will find as Anna starts to ask questions.

Chapter 3

"Enough" John said as he shut down his computer, "I made you late for supper, so lets go out to celebrate 'Natasha's' success, my treat we can go to that new restaurant that over-looks the river" On the way there Valya insisted Ella and Anna use her mobile to phone home as they were already running so late, as neither had used a mobile phone before she dialled for them, mother and daughter held the phone between them and relaid their good news to Igor and Marta who were sharing a handset back home,the boys were already asleep, in their small apartment you just got used to all the other sounds and slept.

They arrived at restaurant still talking on the phone, Valya said she and John would go in to give them a little longer to speak privately to their family, which as it turned out was a good thing. Marta told her dad she needed to talk privately to her sister, so he said his goodbyes and went off to his bedroom.

"Anna I'm really pleased for you, and now I have some news, I opened the box you bought for mum, I got my first period today, it's yucky and those things are hard to use but I managed OK, now I best tell mum, and apologise for using her supplies" she said with a giggle.

After a caring mother and daughter chat they ended the call and headed inside, with Ella complaining she must be getting old as both her daughters were growing up.

Anna felt as though she had stepped into a Hollywood film set as they were escorted to a window table, where they could see lights of the large barges which moved slowly up and down the river Dnieper carrying grain and sugar and stuff. Even though she was wearing a new dress she could see looking around the room that the ladies had expensive clothes and a lot of the men were in suits, Valya seeing her worried expression guessed what it was about saying that neither she or John had got dressed-up, they were just wearing what they had on at work, which made Anna feel better.

Eating a three course meal, was a novelty having never had a 'starter' before, but when fruit was plentiful in season they often had fruit pies at home, Anna not wishing to embarrass her-self watched how Valya behaved and which cutlery she used, while John and Valya told funny stories about their work, Anna paid rapt attention for any new thing she could learn, and surprisingly even her mother who was a quiet woman joined in the conversation.

Towards the end of the meal Valya received a phone call which turned out to be the studio asking if she knew where Anna and Ella were, as they were getting no response from the apartment, and they wanted to arrange a second shoot for tomorrow afternoon, so that they had a photo set ready on standby rather than wait for a later visit.

Valya spoke for some time making arrangements, then explained the outcome to Anna and her mum. As Valya had been assigned to be both Anna's make-up person and guide she would call for them in the morning to take them shopping, while the costume department worked up a design for a shoot in the afternoon, they could do a fitting just before lunch to check if the outfit needed adjustment.

When Ella showed her surprise that people were still in the office this late, John said that this was their busiest time of year during the school summer holidays, shooting photo sets then spacing their release throughout the year, but the internet worked 24/7 and the tech geeks had to be there in shifts to look after the web servers.

As mother and daughter snuggled into bed that night Anna managed to fall asleep in mid sentence, Ella smiling was quick to follow.

Early next morning Anna was at the kitchen counter with a tea, adding to her notebook while her mum was in the bathroom. She started writing - Modelling Shoots, most studio sets were done in the school holidays, apart from those girls who live near the studio, who could work on any weekend, Anna underlined that last part, - outdoor 'location' shoots were done in warm weather during or around the summer holidays, arranged on weekends often near to where the models lived.

At the front of the book were notes about the things she had learned, and at the back were a growing list of the questions she thought of, each one was crossed through when she found and wrote down the answers. Looking at the latest entries she hoped to find the answers soon - How can I learn English? - Can I visit the web site? Anna wanted to study the sets of those girls who were most popular to see if she could learn anything, she would also like to be able to read the members forum to find out what it was they liked best.

Wet,- who to ask? She was going to ask Marta but now she was thinking it would be better to ask a grown-up like Valya if they could talk alone, she didn't think she could ask her mum, although she had given her and Marta 'the talk' about growing up, and their bodies changing, and periods, and not being alone with boys and all that stuff, she still felt it would be an awkward conversation. Her thoughts were interrupted by a buzzer, she ran to let Valya in, she was early, and her mum was having a soak in the bath, grasp the moment, she thought to herself.

After greetings and making two fresh teas Anna asked, "I'm really embarrassed but I need to ask someone, and I think you would be able to tell me and er...... about a girl , er you know, down there.......like you said before, about being wet in the pictures" there she had managed to say it.

Valya smiled, grasped her hand, and said she knew Anna had some idea about periods and her body changing from when they had talked at the auditions, but when she asked Anna what she knew about sex, Anna admitted she only had a vague idea that the man put his thing inside a girl and it hurt, and it would make her pregnant.

"Well that is a basic description, but it normally only hurts the first time, you told me you have younger brothers so I suppose you have seen their 'things' yes?" at which Anna nodded, "Well that part is called a penis, and on older boys or men when they see, or think about a pretty girl, it stops being small and floppy, it swells up to be straight and stiff like a pickle so that they can put it into the girl" Anna nodded she could see how that would make sense.

"Now for girls, as they get older and see, or think about guys they like, they find the lips of their vagina swell up a little bit, and they get all wet and slippery, ready to have sex so the parts can slide together easily But the warning you were given is true, it's far too easy for a young girl to get pregnant, and you can catch a lot nasty diseases from one of those 'things' so I would advise you have a long talk with your mum before you even think about boys Anna."

Anna bit her lip thinking for a moment, "I think I understand now, if a man sees a picture of a girl, and she is wet, they think she wants to do sex with them"

"That is more or less the idea, men tend to get excited by things they see, there is a very old saying that men have two heads, one on their shoulders and one on the end of their penis, and they only have enough blood to fill one at a time, so when their penis swells up because they are thinking about girls, the head on their shoulders stops working."

They both laughed at the image. "Last night when we were looking at my web page I was really pleased but kind of mixed up as well, I was confused and kind of panicky when I realized I was wet, but I don't have a boyfriend, I wasn't thinking about any guy at all"

"I told you that men get excited by what they see, with us girls it is more about what goes on in our heads, I think it must have hit you hard that so many guys were looking at your pictures, thinking how pretty you are, that idea must have got you all excited and wet"

As the two were hugging each other Valya saw Ella standing across the room mouth the word 'Thank-you', then she stepped back to make a noise with the bathroom door to act as if she had just entered the room.

Needless to say the three had a great morning doing what girls love best - shopping.

They used the city Metro system which was another first for Anna and Ella, fortunately for them there was a station fairly close to the studio, and they stashed their booty in Valya's tiny office come store room, before heading for the costume design workshop in time for Anna's fitting.

Hardly any fitting was required as they had details of all the models sizes and how tall each girl was, which they liked to update frequently, because some of them seemed to sprout up suddenly, even so it was said models skirts or dresses could never be too short.

The 'circus girl' costume had a belly bearing backless halter top which tied behind the neck and back in a strange tufted material in yellow green and red, with matching brief bikini tie sided panties. It came with silky yellow skirt with an elastic waist which was hemmed in several rows of lacy white frills and a pair of ankle socks that were even nicer and fluffier than the ones the day before.

Lunch was a cheese salad and a banana, next stop Valya's 'office' where she grabbed the big wheeled trolley with lots of drawers, after that it was studio two, where they were met by two of the ladies from the beauty department one to restyle her hair, the other re-doing her nails a dusky pink colour. As those two did their thing Valya was setting up the make-up table to her satisfaction. The hairdresser plaited her hair into several separate braids all over her head, then coiled them into little doughnut shapes held with clips and decorated with coloured beads, each one looked like it had a small pig tail popping out the middle.

While everyone was fussing around her Anna was taking in details of the set, which had a tall colourful striped tent in front of a dark background, the floor was covered with a bright crimson furry material on which stood a see-saw, party balloons, balls, and those thin club things that jugglers, juggled with. When her hair and nails were complete, the ladies went back to their own department leaving Valya to perform her magic. As she sat still for Valya Anna thought it funny to be sitting there with no panties on for a second day, and how free it felt, but a month ago in school it would have been her worst nightmare.

"Do you know who will be taking the pictures today" Anna asked, "It isn't on the info sheet I have here Anna, do you want me to call and check?"

It turned out to be John again which Anna was quite happy with, but he was running late due to an admin meeting, which didn't matter as she was yet to get dressed up in her costume, and accessories.

When at last Anna was ready, Valya suggested it would be a good time for her to take a bathroom break before John showed up giving the girl a sly wink, as promised in the cupboard under the sink was a little round tin, after 'draining the tank' as her dad always called it Anna applied a little Vaseline before replacing the tin where she had found it.

John arrived to find a happy confident girl, bouncing and ready to go, he hoped her attitude remained, for although most girls thrived on the life-style and grew emotionally, a few girls became overwhelmed by the changes and sadly gave it up, but he felt Anna was going to get to the top of the game, just as she seemed to tell everyone.

Anna was eager to start, she and John sharing silly jokes, as Anna went though a series of poses, occasionally poking her tongue out at him, so he told her if the wind changed her face might get stuck like that, which caused more laughter.

Meanwhile unnoticed at the make-up table the two women talked, Ella once more thanking Valya for helping her daughter that morning, understanding how Anna had felt awkward to talk about sex with her mother, as she had been the same way herself, she had felt Valya's way of explaining things had been pitched at just the right level for a girl of that age.

After playing on the see-saw John encouraged her to include various other props before he announced they had both earned a drinks break.

By the time they arrived at the make-up area the topic had in fact moved on to Valya giving Ella make-up tips for her colouration and skin tones, which was discontinued in order to raid the fridge finding a selection of yoghurt, fruit drinks or carbonated drinks.

John told them how he had seen his friend Dmitri the 'tame tech geek' that morning and the guy was going to check with all the people in his department for simple starter books on learning English, but as he stated, only because it was for the beautiful 'Natasha'. They all laughed at the blushing Anna, who then joked she should send a signed photo to Dmitri as the first member of her fan club.

Anna thanked John saying that only left one question she had written in her model book that morning unanswered, - "Can I visit the web site?", and she went on to say how she thought she could use it to learn how to be a better model.

John explained that would be hard, because he had learned from Sandra that her town had a slow internet connection, and where she lived might have no access at all, and lastly she would need a user-name and password, suddenly he jumped up, "I've had an idea, be back in ten" and with that he was off leaving the studio. When he returned he was carrying an oblong black bag on a strap over his shoulder, he reached into a side pocket to produce a large crisp picture, it was a print of the 'Natasha' signature pose looking back over her shoulder winking at the camera.

John told them Dmitri was a classic film nut, and he had a great idea what Anna should write on the picture, which she did smiling.

'Here's looking at you Dmitri', which she then followed with her own words.

'To the first member of my fan club love from Natasha'

John told them Dmitri would love the picture and the joke.

Then John said that although he thought Anna couldn't visit the website he didn't see why the website couldn't visit her, a statement which seemed to puzzle everyone until he showed them an old laptop, he had downloaded the entire web-site onto it, but he had also added the directories of full size images as well, telling Anna no one would be able to use the machine at all, or see any of the pictures if it was stolen, because it had a very secure password that was printed on a small card he gave her, saying to keep them separately.

It took a moment for Anna to realize John meant for her to keep the computer, and she would have hugged him had not Valya intervened first, telling her not to smudge the make-up, and to get back to work giving her a playful swat to her backside, saying she could hug John later.

Anna went back to her modelling with a joyful enthusiasm, first flipping up her skirt for a few panty shots, then teasingly slipping it down her coltish legs, as they ran through the set John moved about to take shots from lower angles to exaggerate the hight of her lithe body, without the need for his instruction, Anna released the lower ties of the top she was wearing, holding out and playing with the ends of the ties.

When Anna thought John was ready she reached behind her neck to slowly pull the halter's top bow, as it came apart she taunted her audience by peeling it off one shoulder at a time and clutching the garment to her almost flat chest, moving it slowly down to reveal the little pointing buds growing there.

She moved the top about, then tossed it off the set, posing in just her brief panties, she asked John what would make a good shot next, so he advised after pulling the strings to slide the freed fabric back and forth between her legs side on to the camera, which Anna did to perfection, while staring into the lens.

Anna in fact took care to actually rub the material against the side of her thigh, so as not to remove her secretly applied 'wetness' from her pussy. When she had finished with the panties Anna tried to come up with imaginative poses using the various props, until John made a comment she should try poses that were less 'full-on', nearly but not quite showing all her charms. Anna instantly realized this was something she had seen in the pictures of some of the best models, but it had been accomplished in such a subtle way she hadn't noticed why they were better than the less popular models.

During the remainder of the set Anna was more aware of how she presented herself to the camera, making better use of the props, like when she asked John to take shots of her pussy through each of the different coloured balloons. She continued the set with very little direction from John, knowing they would also need a mix of shots, she tried one laying on her back with her legs up, knees apart with the soles of her feet together looking at the camera through the diamond shape she had created, pleased that her moves produced a frenzy of camera action.

Anna considered they must be drawing to a close and posed in her 'signature position' for John to capture a few pictures then sat up and blew him a kiss, followed by a wave.

"That's a wrap, great set Anna", John called out, "Can I please hug him now and mess up my make-up" Anna jokingly asked Valya, matching her words with her actions, reached up on tiptoes to kiss his cheek. As she stepped back from the hug, Anna considered she now had another question she needed an answer to, but thought she would have to leave it for now, as she skipped over to gather up her discarded costume.

They gathered back at the make-up area, raiding the fridge for drinks, Anna unconcerned sitting naked in her high make-up chair as Valya removed her make-up, and let down her hair, brushing it out then using a ribbon to hold it in a simple pony tail, but she left the subtle nail varnish alone as it was not out of place for a girl of Anna's age in the city.

Anna was almost vibrating with excitement, she had learned so much new stuff today, she had been shopping in the most fabulous shops, been on the Metro underground trains, she had been given a new computer, well new to her anyway, and the photo set had gone really really good, but the thing that kept going round in her head were the words Valya had spoken this morning, "it swells up to be straight and stiff like a pickle so that they can put it into the girl"

Pushing that thought aside, or at least, trying to, Anna's attention again returned to the conversation around her, when she heard her mother ask when this set would go on the web site.

John thought it would be any time within the next three to six weeks, the sales people had all sorts of data history on sales, so they could work out the best launch date, and they also checked out the members forum to see how impatient they became for a set of any particular model. John left for his own office telling them to call in before leaving.

Anna got dressed with the addition of a pair of panties she had put in her mum's handbag that morning, then helped out by handing stuff to Valya as she was loading her trolley.

The costume and accessories were loaded into their boxes, and then they returned them to the wardrobe department before dropping off the trolley, Anna had shortened the strap on the laptop bag that she now wore clutched closely to her side, but Valya managed to persuade her it would be safe to lock it in her little office with their shopping from earlier.

They made their way to see John, who led them through to the department where all the geeks worked, to meet Dmitri, where they found he had given 'Natasha's' picture pride of place in the middle of the wall neatly framed with a tinsel surround.

Anna immediately liked Dmitri he was a short man with a small pointy beard, who raised her hand to kiss it making her laugh, they spent some time talking and when they left Anna was carrying three books on how to teach yourself English, and a Ukrainian - English dictionary.

During this visit Valya received a call from Ivan who had in turn received a call from his boss about how happy they were with their newest recruit, so Ivan suggested she take them to whatever attractions they wanted to see in the city tomorrow as his treat, before they left to go home.

After thanking John and Dmitri, they said their goodbyes, while making their way back Ella was fretting that they would not be able to fit all their new things in her one little suitcase but how she was reluctant to buy a bigger new one as it might cause too much notice when they arrived back in their home town.

Valya wheeled them around and led them through to the props department, where after a short discussion with the guy in charge they managed to find two suitably second hand worn suitcases. When Ella offered to pay for them, he refused any money saying instead to leave their old suitcase with Valya, that way he would gain one new prop for two old one's.

In Valya's office they divided their new purchases along with the laptop into the cases satisfied there would be enough space for their original luggage.

That night as they dined out with Valya, Anna once again showed her ability to make people laugh, saying how much she had enjoyed eating out, but she missed her mum's home cooked dumplings.

The morning of their fourth day, two packed suitcases stood by the door, ready for their journey home later that afternoon, as they sipped tea waiting for Valya, Anna was looking over towards the bathroom, wishing she could take that home with her, but at least she had bought some nice toiletries for Marta, and toys for Greg and Peter.

The morning was spent visiting the city zoo, Anna had never seen such a variety of animals before, nor had she realized how bad they could smell. When they reached a small seating area Ella offered to get ice-creams from a nearby vendor, noticing the queue Anna decided she had an unexpected chance to answer another question.

"Valya?"

"Yes?"

"I know you said to talk with my mum about sex and boy stuff, and I will, I promise, but I have a question about yesterday" at Valya's encouraging nod she continued, "after the shoot, I er, sort of hugged John, and I could feel his penis was all big and straight, does that mean he wants to do sex with me?

Valya broke out into roars of laughter, to the point that tears were running down her face, and she had to find some tissues from her bag, and settle down before answering.

"Anna you are so precious, I wasn't laughing at you, I was laughing at the situation.

John is a nice man, professional, you will always be safe with him, but you were cavorting around him for half the afternoon in all your glory, aiming your little pussy at him, if any man standing in his shoes did not get hard, they would have to be gay or dead. Remember how I said men tend to get excited by things they see, well guys in their twenties like John, and even more so with teenage boys, can get hard if you as much as smile at them, but like I said you are quite safe with John. His wife is lovely and shall I tell you what she tells him all the time,'I don't mind you getting hungry at work providing you come home to eat', do you understand what she means Anna?"

"Yes I think so, she doesn't mind him thinking about doing sex, but he can only be with her."

Her mum approached carrying the ice-creams wanting to know what had been so funny, to which Valya replied that Anna would tell her all about it on the journey home then it would be her turn to laugh.

Later that day at the station a watery eyed mother and daughter hugged Valya who was equally emotional herself, and on the journey home the mother and daughter became closer as Anna revealed the things she had learned in the course of a few short days.

Despite the uncertainty of train time tables, Igor and Marta were waiting when the weary travellers returned, from the displays of affection on the platform anyone would think they had been parted for months rather than days. Igor grasped his younger daughter's hands and stood back looking at her saying how she seamed to have grown over the past week, then lifted her up and spun her around as if she were a small girl to the accompaniment of joyful shrieks.

As much as Anna would have liked to hail a cab, even if they could find one, they of course took the bus back home, Marta collecting the boys from next door pleading both her mum and sister's tiredness, and that they would stop by tomorrow.

To be continued in chapter 4