This one is kind of short…it's 4 pages without the AN but NO songs this time! The next chapter should be quite longer but no promises.
Thank you to everyone who reviewed last chapter! I haven't gotten around to personally thanking everyone and I don't have time to tonight but I will make it up, I promise! I figured you'd probably prefer a new chapter instead anyways :)
I think I may have wrote Adrian a little OOC but I hope you'll love it anyways! :)
I walked in to studio B and found Adrian sprawled out on the couch in the sound booth with his eyes closed.
"Comfortable?" I asked sarcastically.
"Actually yea. These couches beat a tour bus any day," he joked. He just stayed laying there with his eyes closed. I went and sat in the chair in front of the sound board. "So you and Belikov huh?"
"What are you talking about?" I asked pretending to be oblivious.
"Oh don't feign innocence. Everyone's been talking about how you two hate each other and after watching you two it's obvious there's more than just clashing egos to this story," this time he opened his eyes only to turn and wink at me.
"I thought we were going to be working on a song?" I said trying to distract him.
"Nice try. I figure we should get to know each other a little better first. After all it's hard to write a love song with someone you don't know!"
"A love song? You need my help with a love song?"
"Well I really don't know what it is yet. It started off as a love song but I'm thinking about changing it up. That's why you're here but, right now I want some information. You two have a history."
"Ok. Fine, you're right we do have a history. We grew up together. Then he became famous and we lost touch. Now we've met up again and he's an asshole. Happy?" I said annoyed.
"Nope. You're leaving stuff out."
"Geez! Why don't I just tell you my whole life story!" I said sarcastically.
"Well you could but I don't know if we have enough time for that tonight…we'll get to that eventually," he smirked.
"Seriously? We're supposed to be writing a song not digging in my past!" I snapped crossing my arms.
"Ok. Sorry. I was just kidding about the life story but I am curious about you and belikov. No one has ever evoked that much emotion from him. He's my producer and I've done stuff that should have drove him mad but he's never even raised his voice at me. You get here and immediately you start fighting. Everyone is amazed."
"Really? Well that does make sense. He's always been like that unless you really really piss him off…or if you're me. I figured he'd have probably changed a lot though since I last saw him." I told him honestly.
"I don't know what happened with you two but nobody has seen him with this much emotion in a long time. It's almost as if he was a freaking robot. Even got some of the kids calling him nicknames behind his back because of his lack of emotion," he laughed.
"Really like what?"
"The bodyguard, Lord Squinty Frown, Mr. Roboto, you get the point," he smirked. I just laughed at the names.
"Wow. Seems he's made quite the impression."
"Oh yes. That's why I probably will not be the only one asking questions…well I might actually be the only one bold enough too but everyone else will be thinking it. Anyway I'll quit badgering you. Here's the song I've been working on," he said pulling out a journal and opening it to a page with a few lines written down.
"Well this isn't much to work with," I joked. "But, it is really good. Not what I was expecting."
"Yea I know. It's not the usual stuff I sing but that's because I usually sing songs other people wrote. I keep the ones I write to myself usually."
"Why don't you record your own songs?" I asked.
"I do sometimes but, the songs I write aren't really the kind that goes with my 'image'," he sighed.
"Why don't you just change your image then?"
"I've thought about it. That's why I'm working on this song. I'm thinking of making it a duet and then seeing how listeners take it. If they love it then I'll start doing some of my own songs plus the other stuff."
"That's a really great idea. Can I ask why you're asking me to help though? I mean you barely know me and have heard one song of mine and for all you know that could be the only good song I've ever created." I joked.
"Trust me with material like that, it can't be the only good song you've ever written. Besides I have ulterior motives for asking you to help me write it," he said with a smirk.
" Really? What would those be?" I questioned.
"I was wondering if after you helped me write it you would sing it with me?" He asked.
"Me? You want me to do a duet with you?"
"Yea. I was actually going to come ask you tomorrow but luckily you were already here tonight."
"But you hadn't even heard me sing yet? How did you know if I was any good?" I asked confused.
"No but I had already heard through the grapevine how awesome of a voice you had and thought we could try it and see how well our voices meshed."
"Well then I guess we better get started," I told him with a smile.
"Really? Awesome!" he exclaimed.
We worked on the song for a while and within an hour we were pretty much done with lyrics. Adrian was surprisingly an easy person to write with. He let me peek at his note book while I loaned him one of my less personal ones, seeing as I have 3, to look through. He wanted to see some of my other work.
"Got to say Adrian, you've really shocked me. I didn't expect you to be like this."
"What were you expecting?"
"A shallow pretty boy who has nothing better to do than party and break girls hearts," I told him honestly.
"Ouch, can't say I blame you though. And hey there is nothing wrong with partying. In fact I think we need to go celebrate!" he said with a mischevious grin.
"I'm not dressed to go out. Plus I'm broke."
"I'm buying and we can stop by your place. Or you can just borrow something from wardrobe."
"I can't just take an outfit from wardrobe!"
"Yes you can. People do it all the time. Plus they can't get mad at me. Everyone loves me here," he grinned.
"Not at all full of yourself are you?" I asked sarcastically. "Still I'm broke and I can't let you pay."
"Rose, I'm sure I won't have to pay because you are going to have guys lined up to buy you drinks!"
"I have a boyfriend you know."
"I know and lucky him," he winked. "I know you do and you know you do but guys at the bar don't and they don't need to. It's a drink not a date. Come on. Please! Do it for me!"
"Why would I go out for you?"
"Because you don't realize it yet but you're going to grow to love me and this is just the start of a beautiful friendship if not more," he smirked.
"Shut up! I just told you I have a boyfriend!"
"Yea you said boyfriend not husband, that means it's not permanent so I have time to persuade you to leave him and be with me," he said with a cute boyish grin.
"This is how you try to persuade me to go out with you? Telling me you're going to try to break me and my boyfriend up? That's not a good tactic," I joked.
"Oh come on loosen up. After you're stressful day with Dimitri don't try to say you couldn't use a drink or two. I need one just thinking about it!"
"Fine but I am not going to steal clothes from wardrobe so you're going to have to swing me by my apartment!" I said as I went to put my guitar in its case.
"Yes!"
After gathering our stuff we quickly headed to his car. I don't know why but I was shocked to see that he had a 2014 bright red corvette.
"Nice car," I commented.
"Thanks. I like to try and blend in so I can avoid the paparazzi," he said with that grin again.
"Yea? How's that working out for you?" I joked back.
"I don't know why but they still always seem to find me!" I had to laugh.
"Oh really? I mean how would they ever know it's you in such a bland everyday car?"
"I don't know…I think it's the red…I should have probably gone with yellow," he answered thoughtfully.
"Oh yea yellow would be much more inconspicuous! I'm surprised you don't have glow in the dark paint on it."
"Oh that's on my Lamborghini," he said seriously.
"You're joking right? You don't seriously have a glow in the dark Lamborghini also, do you?"
"I'm just kidding. This is my only sports car for now. Now where do you live?"
I lead him to my apartment and told him to wait in the car and I'd be out quickly. I hurriedly ran inside and grabbed a red dress out of my closet. I quickly put it on then grabbed black stilettos to go with it. I rushed over to the vanity and hurriedly put on some lipstick, eyeliner and a tinge of silver and black eye shadow. Luckily my hair had been in a bun all day so when I let it down it flowed in some nice waves. I was ready in about 10 minutes. When I got to the car Adrians jaw dropped but he didn't say anything.
"Are you going to gawk at me all day or are we going to leave soon?" I asked with a smirk. He quickly shut his mouth and faced the road.
"Let's go!" he said with a smile.
Now that you have read the chapter, I have a question. I have 3 ideas for a duet they can do together and I was curious if anyone wanted to either input their own ideas or vote on which song out of the three I have picked out already.
If you want to add your own idea let me know in a PM or review, if you want to vote on one of the three, here are the choices:
Just give me a reason- Pink ft. Nate Ruess
Stay- Rihanna ft. Mikky Ekko
Love Somebody-Maroon 5 (I would turn this into a duet and if you want to hear it as one I listened to the version by Justin Breit & Nicolette Mare)
The first two are mostly the girls singing with inputs from the guys so I kind of like turning Love Somebody into a duet because it would be more Adrian. I love all 3 though so I really don't care which one.
Again if you have your own suggestions I'd be more than willing to take it in consideration…even if they don't do it this time they could always do another one ;)
