HOW'S EVERYONE DOING TONIGHT? FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, IT'S A TRADITION TO BRING A BEAUTIFUL LADY ON STAGE TO SERENADE ME. THAT LADY FOR TONIGHT WILL BE THE ONE DRESSED LIKE AN ANGEL. COULD YOU PLEASE COME TO THE STAGE? Looking around the room, I was actually shocked to find out that I was the only angel in the building. Everyone in the room started to stare at me, most of them giving me looks of pity. It was clear that they didn't think that I could do it. I couldn't wait to prove them wrong. As I began to walk to the stage, the whole crowd parted like the red sea.
"Don't do it, Serena," Raye grabbed my hand to stop me.
"Trust me, Raye. I know what I'm doing. Just sit back and watch the show," I gave her a smile before I began to walk to the stage again. Once I got up there, the guy handed me, my own mic and began to explain the rules.
"Imma do a verse from a song I've made and as my verse comes to an end, you have to make up a chorus and sing it on the spot. It has to be on beat with the music and actually go with what I was spitting before. I'm also gonna turn to you later in the performance and you'll have your own little time to sing a part that you've make up. Do you understand?"
"Yeah, I got it."
"Well, then, let's get this show on the road," he signaled for the music to began and the show started.
Crash
Yo...
Now when I first met her all I thought was "Thong thong-thong"
like, "Lose the lame, we can get our freakin on"
Baby know the game, slip away, and slide me yo' number
It's the last day of spring, see you first day this summer
I'm a bad motha; shut yo' mouth! Pull the drop out and
creep at a low speed, cause homey probably know me
I push the pedal, thoughts of your stiletto
way up in the air like I think he's here
Cause see, every time that I'm alone with you
Homey be checkin up on
But if that nigga only knew
You've got a lot of freak in you, ba-byyy
Well now it's startin to rain, I pop the roof and the champagne
How Jay said? "Money Ain't a Thing"
It's been close a few, at times even impossible
But, it's been between me and you, ba-byyy
He motioned for me to get ready, but little did he know that I was already, ready. This was too easy. My ex-boyfriend, Malcolm wrote a song a few years back and the chorus for that song fit perfectly for this one. I guess that could be considered cheating, but hey me getting picked wasn't random. The only reason I was even chosen was because Beryl didn't think that I could do it and that she wanted to embarrass me, so it seemed fair to me.
Chorus-Serena
Now every little thing that we do
Should be between me and you
The freaky things that we do
Let's keep between me and you
Cause every little thing that we do
Should be between me and you
The freaky things that we do
Let's keep between me and you, ba-byyy
Crash
Girl it's on again, every year - we hummer 'em in
Beaches, houses, hoes, foes, friends
And when the, day ends - that's when it all begins
You wit him? Here's my room key; holla at me
While you thinka-think I'ma hit it up
then look at the nigga you thinkin you love? C'mon love
We could go there, me and you, creep off all night
If you love it, in the mornin, awake with new light
If you lookin like I ain't gonna handle his
Let me handle my bizz, it is what it is
Nigga livin his liiiife, and that's my bitch
You know I gotta wiiiife, let's keep this thing tight, ba-byyy
Chorus-Serena
Now every little thing that we do
Should be between me and you
The freaky things that we do
Let's keep between me and you
Cause every little thing that we do
Should be between me and you
The freaky things that we do
Let's keep between me and you, ba-byyy
Crash
Don't let the word get out (shhh), ba-byyy
This is - strictly between me and you, ba-byyy
If they - knew we were doin what we were doin it'd probably ruin
our creep away summer in Cancun'n-and I, love
the way we get away, throw away a whole day
Turn off the pagers and phones, we in the zone like
"Fuck liife, we live liife
This is our liife, live your liife"
Serena
Cause see, every time that I'm alone with you
Shorty be checkin up on you
But if baby girl only knew
You've got a lot of freak in you, ba-byyy
Crash
Did I ever tell you, my man love what you do
That little thing with yo' tongue; you the best, who knew?
It's been close a few, at times even impossible
But, it's been between me and you, ba-byyy
Chorus-Serena
Now every little thing that we do
Should be between me and you
The freaky things that we do
Let's keep between me and you
Cause every little thing that we do
Should be between me and you
The freaky things that we do
Let's keep between me and you, ba-byyy
(That we do)
(Me and you)
(That we do)
(Me and you)
(That we do)
(Me and you)
(That we do)
(Me and you)
As we finished the song the room was extremely quiet. It was easy to tell that people were surprised if not completely shell shocked that I could do it. First Raye started clapping, then Amy and Mina, until everyone in the whole damn club.
"WE HAVE OUR FIRST PERSON THAT HAS BEEN ABLE TO DO IT IN FOUR YEARS. EVERYONE GIVE HER A HAND!" Crash took my hand and we bowed. As the crowd continued to applauded, he pulled me off the stage. I didn't know what to expect. I figured that now that we were out of public view, he was going to yell at me or something, but as it turned out, I was wrong.
"You surprised me and a couple of hundred people out there. I'm not gonna lie to you, I really didn't think that you would actually be able to do it. You've got a beautiful voice. You kidda got a Christina Aguilera type of thing going on," he pointed out.
"And what's that?"
"Small woman with a surprisingly soulful voice. The direction you took the song in was really good. You have a great talent, have you ever thought about pursuing a career in music?"
"No, not really," I replied, just as Beryl walked up on us.
"What's the deal, Jay? You were suppose to make her look bad, not like the next 'American Idol." Beryl was pissed. I swear I could almost see steam coming from her ears.
"Beryl, not now, this is business," Crash turned his back on her.
"What the fuck do you mean "this is business." We had a deal."
"Beryl, you can't make someone look bad, if they actually have the talent to do the act. Now, I care about you, you know that, but business is money, and money talks, so I need to speak with her alone," he didn't bother to even look at her.
"I'm still gonna get you," she threatened, before walking away.
"I'm oh so scared," I pretended to start shaking, emphasizing on what I said.
"Well, my brother and I own this club along with a few others. We're looking for someone to sing during the week and on some weekends. You've got a wonderful voice and I think it should be heard. Even if you don't wanna sing in our clubs, you should give me a call. I could use you on a few of my other songs. Here's my brother's card, I'll tell him about you. And this is my card. It has both my cell numbers and my house number. Think about all of this and give either me or my brother a call," Crash handed me the cards before he walked away. I started to walk back to the VIP room until Raye, Amy, and Mina bombarded me.
"That was fantastic, Serena! I didn't know you could sing like that," Raye muttered.
"Didn't ya'll ever wonder who used to sing the national anthem at the football games," I asked.
"Nah, we just figured it was some random girl that was on the school choir. You did great up there, you should be in the talent show with us this year," Mina suggested.
"Let me think about it," I replied as someone slipped their arms around my waist. I didn't need to turn around to know it was Darien.
"How did I not know you could sing like that?" he nipped my ear.
"It never came up and I never thought that I'd be singing in front of a people again so it didn't seem important."
"Oh, it's very important, you see. I've made you scream for me, now I'll have the pleasure of having you sing for me," he whispered, which didn't help because Raye, Mina and Amy still heard.
"Wow, that's disgusting. That's way TMI," Raye started to gag.
We stayed in the club for about another 2 hours before we decided to take the party to Raye and Darien's house since their parents were in Paris. Throw Darien's and Raye's friends together and you get a pretty nice party but throw in large amounts of alcohol, weed and ecstasy, and music and it changed from a party to a full-blown orgy. People were kissing and fucking anywhere they could, bathrooms, bedrooms, hell even in the middle of the hall. I wasn't feeling the party so I opted to stay in Darien's old room and watch movies with him, while he held me.
The next morning, I awoke to find myself alone in bed. "About time!" Darien exclaimed as I sat up.
"What are you talking about?"
"It's almost 2 in the afternoon and you're now just waking up. Shit, I even tried to wake you up and that experience just hurt my pride," he laughed.
"Huh, what do you mean?"
"Well, I wanted to go out to breakfast this morning and you wouldn't wake up. I tried calling your name, poking and shaking you and you just would not wake up. I finally tried to move you by picking you up and you woke up just enough to flip me on the bed, lay on top of me and go right back to sleep. I played a little football in college and not one person was able to do what you did. I don't know whether I should be proud or embarrassed that my girl can do that," he chuckled.
"Haha, I'm sorry about that. I'm my brother's baby sister, everything he knows he taught me. So, when he got on the wrestling team, he taught me everything he learned. I'm sorry to bruise your ego, baby," I got out of the bed and dragged the covers with me.
"Where are you going?" Darien grabbed the covers from me, leaving me standing in the middle of his bedroom naked.
"Ahhh, stop playing and give me back the covers. I'm about to go take a shower," I grabbed the covers back.
"Who's playing sweetheart? You realize that I've seen every part of you, right, so there's no point in covering up with my covers?"
"Yeah, but I'm still self-conscious and that was different." We began to play tug of war with the covers. I'm not a stupid girl, so it didn't take me long to realize that with Darien's strength, I had very little chance of winning unless I got hella lucky. Suddenly an idea popped into my head and I walked closer to him and kissed him. As he got more and more into the kiss, his grip on the covers lessened and I ripped the covers from his hand.
"HAHAHA, I'm victorious," I boasted as I made a mad dash to the bathroom with Darien right on my ass. I managed to get in there without Darien catching me. After locking the door, I got into the shower and began the wonderful task of cleaning myself. As I was just about done, I felt someone behind me and that person suddenly grabbed me. All I could get out was a short scream before I heard Darien's calming voice.
"Calm down, baby. It's just me," Darien whispered.
"WHAT THE? HOW THE HELL DID YOU GET IN HERE, I know I locked the door," I tried to calm my still racing heart.
"That my dear would be the ingenious invention called a key," he smirked, dangling a set of keys in my face before he threw them outside the shower.
"Oh," was all I got out before he cupped my face and kissed me.
"You look so cute," he kissed me again and you can kinda figure what that led to.
When Darien and I finished our shower and put clothes on, we made our way downstairs where we found Mina and Raye lounging around the pool drinking pina coladas, while Amy read a book.
"Hey Amy, what are you still doing here?"
"Oh, well last night Raye made me call my mom and ask if I could stay over. I think she was so happy that I had another friend besides you that she let me stay."
"Well, doesn't that just put my self-esteem high up there and here I thought you're mom liked me," I muttered, sarcastically.
"It's not like that. She just knows that you're my only friend, so I think she's happy I'm making more."
"I suppose," shrugging, I took a seat beside her.
"Hey, you guys missed one hell of a party last night," Raye chuckled.
"Yeah, it would seem so. We heard most of it though, but we had our own little party and in my opinion, ours was better even though we just watched TV," he smiled as he sat behind me as he placed his arms around me.
"That would be so cute if you weren't my brother," Raye pretended to gag. Mina and Amy held back their laughter, while I just outright laughed.
"I love you too, Raye," Darien replied sarcastically right before his cell phone began going off.
"Yes? No, told you. I want complete control. Either he'll give it up or I'll take it. It makes no matter to me. His company is falling apart and I don't want to have to rebuild everything when I seize control. I also want those reports from the home office on my desk in 20 minutes. Alright, I'm coming in," he hung up his phone.
"Hey baby, I gotta to go to the office. I'll call you later tonight, alright?" Darien kissed my cheek before he left.
"If you ever tell him, I told you this, I'll deny it, but you two are really cute together and the fact that he really cares about you is sweet." Raye smiled.
"How can you tell?" I was already blushing. I made no effort to try and hide it.
Raye shrugged, "It's obvious or maybe it's because I've known him for the last 18 years. It's the little things that he does. Like public affection, my brother never does that. Whether it's a hug, a kiss, holding hands, he just doesn't do it. He also checks things out with you and lets you know what he's doing? He usually doesn't tell anybody anything, we just look up and he's gone. Then there's the simple fact that you two are still together a month and some change later."
"Now that one I can vouch for. For as long as I've known Darien I've never known for him to keep one girl for longer than 2 weeks let alone a month," Mina cut in.
"But enough of that, I need to pick up a few things, let's go to the mall," Raye stood up.
"Sure, I don't care" I too stood back up.
"I have some studying to do, could ya'll just drop me off at home?" Amy asked.
"Nope, not gonna work, we're all going?" I interjected.
"No offense, you need to get some new clothes, so you're definitely coming with us. Your mom is one of the best plastic surgeons in California, so I know that you can afford an updated wardrobe," Mina exclaimed and then we were off.
We spent the most of the day there, while Mina and Raye schooled both Amy and I about the fashion dos and don'ts.
The next couple of weeks were uninteresting. Beryl was barely in school, rumor had it that she was pregnant, but who knows? For the sake of a child, I really hope that she wasn't and that it really was just a rumor. Darien and I are still doing great, no problems as of yet. Amy, Mina, and Raye are also doing great.
Having Raye and Mina around made it easier to get Amy to go out and have some fun. We all just gang up on her and drag her with us anyway.
Mina has become the captain of the cheerleading squad after the past captain "mysteriously" got food poisoning. I know what you're thinking but honestly, I or rather we had nothing to do with her poisoning, we just took advantage of it. She had it coming anyway so I'm not crying over split milk. With the captain temporarily out of commission, Mina showed off her talents and showed them who really deserved the position.
Raye, I got her passing all of her classes with either a high B or C. But enough of the lives of my friends and I because Thanksgiving is almost here and I can't wait! Just two more days and I'll be eating like I haven't eaten in a couple of weeks. Yeah, unfortunately I'm gonna have to cook everything but it'll be worth it. I hope!
I was just waking up when the smell of burning food met my nose. I looked at the clock and noticed that even with my mom's messed up schedule, she still wouldn't be home for another 3 or 4 hours, if she even decided to come home. So, that left one question. 'Who the hell was in my house?' I asked myself. I slowly and very quietly got out of my bed and got another one of my brother's bats out of my closet and crept downstairs. Just as I was about to walk into the kitchen, someone walked out.
"OH SHIT, you trying to give me a fucking heart attack?" the intruder questioned.