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Baby S
Chapter Two
Troy truly couldn't believe what he was seeing. He could barely take his eyes off of her, it was Taylor…he just couldn't believe it. It was really Taylor, no one had heard from her in about five years. It was like she just dropped off the face of the earth. He knew her disappearance had hurt her parents as well as her little sisters who did nothing but look up to her. He looked her over once more and wondered why no one had ever figured it out before, however judging by what he was currently seeing he could understand why. McKessie was known for showing her body; there had been many topless ads in the past that showed off her twin assets. McKessie for most men was the embodiment of sex appeal, and since his only thought was of Taylor struggling with chemistry sets and equations he never would have thought of her as McKessie the famous singer. She had always been conservative back in New Mexico, and the only things he heard McKessie was conservative with were her close friends and money. He looked Taylor right into her brown eyes and saw that she recognized him as well; his observant eye also saw her stumble slightly as she made her way over to them with a grace he never remembered seeing from her back in New Mexico. "Tay-Ann McKessie if you want to be nasty." Darius exclaimed with a loud chuckle. "Tay-Ann…I want you to meet Troy Bolton …my new artist." He explained slapping his hand on Troy's back roughly. Troy jerked forward underneath the impact, and turned to give Darius a sideways look.
"Nice to meet you, Troy…and you don't have to call me Tay-Ann McKessie, and you certainly won't be considered nasty if you do." She replied with a chuckle. Raising an eyebrow at her words, Troy shook his head was she really going to act like she was just meeting him for the first time, tonight.
"Tay-Ann…he and his style are really unique." Darius stated his voice slightly rising with excitement. Taylor smiled at the statement and looked between Darius and Troy.
"Oh really, what makes them unique."
"Because he doesn't have a set genre Tay. What do you think about that?" he asked with a chuckle, Taylor looked at Troy and then back at Darius before replying.
"I think it means he doesn't know what loyalty is? Since he can't be loyal to just one genre of music." She replied coldly as she looked at Troy. Raising one eyebrow, he studied her for a moment before speaking.
"I'm loyal to making good music…and good music knows all genres." Taylor studied him for another second before turning slightly to look at Darius and Julius.
"I'm going to be going now," she turned back to Troy and plastered a fake smile on her face "Welcome to Dee records I hope you enjoy yourself." She stated her voice hard as stone as she turned and walked away. Darius whistled and shook his head for a moment, while Julius simply cleared his throat.
"You guys certainly hit off." He stated sarcastically as he looked over at Troy who was still frowning as he watched Taylor go off to the side with a young man. "What do you think, Dee?"
"I think you're right…you probably just rubbed her the wrong way…for Tay-Ann loyalty means everything to her." Troy just nodded his head while looking over at Taylor as she tossed her head back and laughed at something the guy had just said.
"You're probably right."
"I know…Tay-Ann is like my sister you know, hell we might as well be blood," Darius explained. "She doesn't take well to new people sometimes, but don't worry she'll come around. In the meantime how about you go out and mingle…have fun, and I'll see you at the studio the day after tomorrow." Darius stated extending his hand for Troy, who took it and shook it.
"Sounds good…see you there." He watched as Darius and Julius left, and then turned back around in search of Taylor Anne McKessie…not no damn Tay-Ann McKessie.
"So I heard you and Jamal broke up." Terrence Lucas replied as he leaned back in his chair and looked over at Taylor who was silently sitting beside him. Taylor rolled her eyes at him and shook her head as she turned towards him.
"Terrence, please don't mention Jamal to me…he's an idiot." With a chuckle he nodded his head knowingly.
"I'm sorry…I won't mention him again." He replied smoothly, "But I'm certainly glad he let you go, because I certainly know I will enjoy you." Taylor looked at him and tilted her head back exposing her long beautiful neck while releasing a laugh.
"Oh of that I have no doubt." She purred seductively as she looked up at him. The mood, however was interrupted by the clearing of a throat. They both looked up, and Taylor instantly sucked her teeth as she saw Troy Bolton standing. Terrence however wasn't happy about the interruption as he glared at Troy's offending figure.
"Yo, man what exactly do you want?" Terrence exclaimed pushing himself up from the seat angrily. Taylor just sat there watching Troy silently as Terrence walked over to him. She noticed almost immediately how much Troy towered over Terrence as they faced off. It seemed that he had hit a final growth spurt in college.
"I want to talk to Taylor?"
"Taylor? Yo, man if you want to talk to her, you better call her by her real name…Taylor ain't her name." he snapped, Troy turned to look at him, his blue eyes darkening with annoyance as he looked at the man who dared to speak to him. Lifting a hand while raising an eyebrow he looked at him coldly.
"You mean Taylor isn't her name." Troy replied smugly correcting the man's English to his face. "Look, I'm not trying to get with her if that's what you're thinking, but seriously you might want to work on your game speak, cause if that's all you got in the think tank…I'm pretty sure you're still a virgin."
"What da hell did you just say to me?"
"Damn, Tay-Ann," he stated, saying her name with every hint of disgust he was currently feeling. "You certainly know how to pick'em…this one is deaf and dumb," looking over at Terrence he addressed him coolly. "And I mean dumb in the way you're thinking."
"Man I should-."
"Terrence, let me talk to him okay." Taylor replied standing up and coming to stand in between them. Terrence looked down at her and then over at Troy before nodding his head, with a sneer he glared at Troy and spoke again.
"Fine, but I won't go too far." Troy turned and clapped his hands at the other man, while holding a sneer on his face.
"Good job…good job." He snapped, as he watched Terrence storm from the room. Once the door closed Troy turned to Taylor and studied her for a moment and then sat down right next to her turning his body so that he was facing her he spoke up. "I haven't seen you in years Taylor…what, what are you doing here." He asked with a shake of his head.
"Isn't it obvious I'm the singer…McKessie" Troy looked at her for a moment, his eyes showing his disbelief. He just couldn't imagine that the singer who pretty much exuded sex appeal was the bookish Taylor McKessie from East High. Taylor watched him silently and just shook her head for a moment. "I know, I'm not the same unattractive girl I was back in high school." Troy's eyes widened at her words and he shook his head quickly.
"No…don't say that, you weren't unattractive back in high school." He replied firmly, "Who told you that…was it that Darius guy?"
"No, Darius just showed me that my appearance before wasn't going to endear any man to me, and he was right." Troy clasped his hands together and studied her for a moment before sighing.
"You looked beautiful before…and you do now there has been no change." Taylor merely raised an eyebrow at him and snorted for a moment.
"That's what you believe, but than again you never really tried to see me. So why should I even believe you or what you're saying."
"Cause I wouldn't lie to you." He replied back. "You know you've been missing for a few years…I keep in contact with my mother, she says that you haven't been back in five years. Do you have any idea what that does to your parents and friends, Taylor."
"Does it look like I care, Troy…and stop calling me Taylor, that's the name of a weak girl and I'm not that girl anymore." Troy looked at her for a moment before speaking again.
"You know I should call your parents and tell them exactly where you are?" he replied trying to see just how upset she would get. Taylor looked at him and shook her head for a moment before glancing off to the side.
"Darius told me he signed you to the label already," she turned back to him and frowned. "What do you think he'll do when he discovers that you contacted people that have hurt me? Do you think you'll remain on his label." She asked coldly as she looked at him.
"What type of person do you think I would be if I just let you continue on in this isolation away from your family and friends?"
"They aren't my family and friends…Tay-Ann McKessie never knew them…Taylor McKessie is dead to them…she died five years ago. Darius is the only real family I have and I know he will release you from the label if you even attempt to contact them, so do yourself a favor and don't do it." Troy watched silently as she headed towards the door and slipped out.
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The house was really simple to find, especially after Troy purchased a star map from one of the local vendors. He sat in the taxi quietly for a few minutes just staring up at the large mansion. He couldn't believe that she had done all of this for herself, it was truly remarkable. "Yo, man are you going to get out or something?" asked the taxi driver impatiently. Troy took his eyes off the mansion and shot the man a look that clearly stated that he should mind his own business. "Look, man…you really need to make a decision."
"Fine." Troy snapped out angrily as he opened the door and got out of the car. Turning towards the driver he threw a wad of bills inside and then headed towards the gate. He took the time to clear his voice before pressing the intercom button. After a few minutes an elderly woman's voice came in over the speaker.
"Yes?"
"Um, hi my name is Troy Bolton…and I'm here to speak with Taylor…I mean Tay-Ann McKessie could you-." He paused as the woman's voice cut him off almost immediately.
"Do you have an appointment?" Troy paused for a moment before nodding his head slowly as he tried to think things over for a moment.
"You can say that."
"Alright…just enter in through the front door…one of the ground keepers will show you the way." Troy nodded while trying to keep the surprise out of his face as one of the groundskeepers that the elderly woman had talked about showed him inside house where he was met by a elderly black woman who just smiled and welcomed him.
"Well, hello there…I don't believe we've met before."
"No…I don't think we have." He replied softly as he looked at her for a moment. "My name is Troy Bolton, but you already knew that." He stated with a nervous chuckle, the woman however just smiled and reached out to shake his head.
"It's a pleasure to meet you Troy…my name is Maria, and I guess you can call me the keeper of McKessie." She replied laughing at her own joke. "She's never had a meeting this earlier, and where is Darius?"
"I came alone…I, well we got off to the wrong foot yesterday and I wanted to speak with her, you know make amends it's never good to come to a record label and on your first name you make enemies with the one person who's basically the top seller and platinum artist on the label."
"I see…well let me go on and get her up." Maria replied the smile on her face faltering just a bit. Troy noticed but didn't say a word about it as he watched Maria hurry off upstairs, shrugging his shoulders he settled down and glanced across the room at the trophies that were up, trophies that Taylor had gotten in the music business. Settling back he wondered if Taylor would cause a scene or would she simply let him talk some sense into her.
Taylor moaned as she heard some pounding on her bedroom door, blinking an eye open she took a glance at the clock and resisted the urge to release a scream. Rolling over onto her back, she glared a the door and called out. "What is it?"
"Ms. McKessie…there is a Troy Bolton here to see you, he says he wants to talk to you about last night." Taylor rolled her eyes heavenward then quickly lowered them as she cursed under her breath. She didn't want to see him but she was pretty sure, she knew why he was actually here at the moment. He was worried about his record deal. They were all so predictable. Nobody except Darius and Maria wanted her just for herself. "Should I let him come on up?"
"Sure, cause I'm not getting out of this bed." She listened as she heard Maria walk away, settling back on her bed. She stared at the door and waited impatiently for Troy to make his appearance. After a few moments, the door swung open and Troy stepped inside.
"You know it's rude not to greet your guests." He stated softly while closing the door behind him. Taylor watched him for a moment before speaking.
"Please, just say what you have to say then get out." Troy shook his head for a moment before just sighing while placing his hand on his heart.
"That hurts Taylor…that really hurts." She narrowed her eyes at him and frowned openly at him and his attempt at sarcasm. Seeing that she was even angrier than before he sighed, "Look I'm here about last night Taylor…"
"It's Tay-Ann," she shouted. "My name is Tay-Ann…and I guess you're here to accept my offer because you don't want to lose your record deal." She replied her voice seeming to imply that he was nothing more than a selfish person who just didn't care about her. Troy looked at her for a moment before speaking.
"I'm not a selfish person…Tay-Ann," he replied struggling to get her new name out as he moved to sit down next to her. "Singing is my passionate that is true, but I'm not willing to sacrifice a friend to achieve my dream."
"We aren't friends…last night you told me you hadn't seen me in years…that certainly doesn't seem like a friend thing to do."
"No a real friend would have called last night…would have called your parents and told them point-blank where you were."
"Then what stopped you?" Taylor asked angrily as she looked at him, Troy shrugged his shoulders for a moment before speaking.
"Because, despite your attempts to make it not so…I'm your friend and I know you…and you aren't ready to meet them. Nothing good would come of you meeting them now after all this time. You still carry to much hate around with you."
"How dare you?" she spat out angrily as she looked at him, as if he had just spat out more lies than she was willing to hear at the time.
"How dare I? How dare you…sit there and act like they did you wrong. My mother told me they miss you something terrible, what happened, Taylor…what happened to you that made you so angry, so angry that you cut off your own family and friends."
"If you don't know…if you have no idea than I don't need to say anything to you. I mean seriously if you're such the friend you claim then you should know why I did what I did…and why I will continue to do so." Troy studied her for a moment before his mouth completely dropped opened. Taylor watched him silently.
"You're talking about…Chad."
"Ding ding ding…great guess, Troy." She replied with a clap of her hand. Troy rubbed a hand through his hair and looked at her for a moment before shaking his head. He couldn't believe she was acting like this.
"What happen with Chad has nothing to do with your family or your friends." Taylor shook her head and stood up, pointing a finger at her door she spoke her voice low and cold but Troy could tell that she was no longer happy with the direction that the conversation was headed.
"Get out."
"You need to talk about this with someone, instead of keeping all this anger in." he replied as Taylor advanced on him, pushing at him in the center of his chest. Shaking her head as if she could throw them from her head she shouted again.
"Get out!" Knowing that the situation was about to get bad, Troy nodded his head and quickly opened the door and slipped out of the room. As he headed down the hall, he paused as he saw Taylor's maid Maria. The elderly black woman looked at him silently and he nervously turned to look behind him.
"What happened?" she asked her voice full of concern. Troy lowered his head for a moment before sighing.
"We got into a fight…look I need to call a cab and-."
"I'll arrange for Fredrick to drive you back." She replied as she turned on her heels, "Come on you should wait downstairs." Troy merely nodded his head and followed her downstairs while constantly looking over his shoulder back at Taylor's room and wondering what he could do to make her understand that her family and friends had nothing to do with Chad's decisions back then. As Troy settled down on the chair in the living room to wait on the driver, he silently promise himself that he would help Taylor come to terms with things the best he could before calling her parents, cause he could only sit on this information for a little while before he would spill.
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Taylor still wasn't in the mood for much of anything when Darius came by later on that morning. Walking into the kitchen, Taylor saw that Darius was sitting at the table with a plate of food in front of him. When she entered the room, he looked up and met her eyes and then shifted the plate away from him and motioned for her to have a seat directly in front of him. Judging by the intense look on his face, Darius knew by way of Maria who had been at her home earlier that morning. Sitting down, she picked up a fork and started picking at her scrambled eggs while making sure to avoid Darius' eyes. "You know, I know so how about you stop avoiding me and start answering some questions." Darius' deep voice declared as he leaned back in his chair while keeping his intense glaze on her at all times. Taylor sighed for a moment before speaking.
"What questions?"
"Like…who was your early morning visitor?" he stated as he steeple his hands in front of his mouth. Taylor seriously thought about lying but knew that, it wouldn't end well so instead she just pushed her eyes on the plate and spoke.
"Troy Bolton…he came by this morning." Darius raised both of his eyebrows at that statement and just shook his head.
"What exactly did he want?" Taylor shrugged her shoulders for a moment before speaking up.
"He wanted to talk to me about my statements last night, he felt we got off on the wrong foot. You know with me accusing him of not being loyal to a music genre. We talked and then he left." Darius just rocked back and forth in the seat before speaking.
"Are you lying to me?"
"I wouldn't…and I don't need to Dee. That's all Troy and I discussed why?"
"Maria just told me that you were disturbed when he left." Taylor shook her head, she should have known Maria would have put her own thoughts in on the subject; she was just too protective sometimes.
"You know how I am in the morning…I wasn't disturbed just tired." Darius watched her for a few more minutes before nodding his head and sighing.
"Alright then…I believe you…now finish your breakfast and get changed we have a meeting at the studio and your new best friend will be there as well. I'm sure you happy about that." Darius replied as he stood up and headed out of the room. Taylor paused for a moment and looked at him in shock before shaking her head.
"Wait where are you going?" Darius paused outside the door and turned to look back at her and sighed for a moment before answering.
"I'm going to go and take care of a few things, finish up." He replied as he exited the kitchen leaving Taylor alone wondering if he suspected her lying to him. Nearly an hour and an a half later, Taylor found herself sitting next to Darius as he headed downtown.
"Where are you going?" he looked over at her as he pulled to a stop because of a red light. "I told you that I found the guy who would sing that duet with you…and I think today is as good as a day to get started on that song."
"Who's the person," she paused as she looked at him and then her mouth dropped open as she realized exactly what was happening. "Oh, Darius come on…you can't be serious. That song is really special to me and-."
"And he's the perfect person for you to sing it with, Taylor…look I wouldn't tell you this just to an ass. I always have your best interest in mind. I think Troy can sing this song with you and make it just as beautiful as you always believed it could be. Trust me, I know what I'm doing I'm a professional." She shook her head at that statement and then looked out towards the window.
"I still don't know about that, Troy is brand new to all of this, I don't want some rookie messing it up."
"He won't…and just because he's never been signed to a huge record deal doesn't make him a rookie, besides I thought you guys were cool and all now."
"Is that why you're doing this, because of this morning?"
"No, well yes…I was already playing with the idea when I meet him last month…believe me, he can pull some pain out and sing this song with you. You two will be a national sensation. He'll be introduced to the public by this song, and you will be telling the public that you're coming out with another album the excited will be amazing."
"Wipe up the drool please." Taylor replied as she tossed Darius a tissue, he playfully picked it up and wiped the corners of his mouth while grinning brightly.
"Sorry, I guess I got to excited." He murmured with a chuckle as he looked at her with a smirk. "Look I'm just going to tell you this…give it a try, talk to him and get to know him and then you tell me after you hear him sing of course if he's good for the song. Please just give it a try for me." Darius stated while plastering a goofy grin on his face.
"I guess I can." She replied back with a giggle as she shook her head. Darius just smiled and continued driving his car. Fifteen minutes later they were finally parking in the underground garage that Darius had built next door to his studio. Getting out, he walked over to Taylor's side and opened the door for her. Helping her out of the car, he led her inside and into the recording studio. Taylor paused briefly in the door as she and Troy locked eyes. Darius came up behind and cleared his throat while walking over to Carlos who had been previously talking to Troy.
"So did you find a beat good enough for the song yet?" he asked with a smile. "You know did you update it enough." Carlos turned away from Troy and nodded his head while sending Darius a smile.
"Yeah, man…I update some of the sounds, and it still sounds the same and I also went over some of the song here with Troy. I think you're going to love this man…he's got a voice on him." Taylor looked over at Troy who seemed to bask in the praise. Rolling her eyes she moved to her seat and spoke up.
"Does he really have a good voice, Carlos? I mean I know he's right here, but in this business we shouldn't spare people's feelings." Troy whistled at her statement and shook his head as he looked between Darius and Carlos who were watching him to see his reaction.
"Damn, Tay-Ann…you just don't cut me any slack do you?"
"No…I won't, not for something like this." Troy nodded his head and leaned back in his seat and looked at her.
"Well then it's a good thing I can sing so well, right." he replied smoothly, "You know that's something you don't have to worry about." Darius watched their exchanged silently while Carlos just sat there looking extremely nervous as they went back and forth.
"I don't know anything about your singing….for all I know you could sound just plan awful, and you somehow managed to confuse Darius and Julius about how you sounded but this is my song and you aren't going to confuse me." Troy just gave her his famous smirk, one she knew while from back in high school, one that main her absolutely furious now.
"I can sing…believe me, and I'm sure you know it." He replied hinting to the musicals that he had taken part of back then that she was a witness too. Taylor narrowed her eyes at him and opened her mouth to reply but not before Darius spoke up.
"I like the tension…now let's see if we can't get that to translate into the song…you're both going to sing it and I can't wait to see how it goes." He stated as he flopped down in a chair beside Carlos. Taylor stood up and sent Troy a look as she went into the booth, Troy watched her for a moment before following behind her. Darius waited till they were both inside the booth before getting on the mic.
"Troy do you know the song by heart?" he called out quickly; Troy shared a look with Taylor before shrugging his shoulders.
"A little…I know a little of it by heart." He answered back; Darius bowed his head and silently cursed before shaking his head.
"That's not going to work…come on out of the booth," he then turned to Carlos who was watching him silently. "I thought you would have made him learn the song."
"I did." Carlos replied as Troy exited the room. Darius placed his hands on his hips and looked at Troy for a moment before addressing him. Walking over to Troy, he draped an arm around his shoulders and sighed deeply.
"Look, Troy this song is incredibly personal to Tay-Ann…I want the song to be raw with emotion and we won't achieve that if you're just now learning the song. Look I want you go over it…engrain it in your soul and then come back here at a later date and we'll get you and Taylor to sing it. Okay?" Troy nodded his head as he looked down at the folded pieces of paper in his hand.
"Yeah, sounds like a plan." He replied back with a sigh, as he looked back at Taylor who was watching him silently. Once he was seated, Troy watched as Darius walked back over to the soundboard and spoke.
"Hey, Tay-Ann…change of plans…let's do um," he paused and turned to Carlos who picked up a clipboard and handed it to him. Darius took the time to flip through some pages and then paused on one and spoke. "Let's do "Learn the Hard Way" alright."
"Okay, Dee." She called back, Darius turned to Carlos who started messing with the soundboard and a few minutes the music started. Darius crossed his arms over his chest as the beat of the song came in. Taylor took a few minutes before starting to singing.
Oh oh oh
Oh oh oh
Eh yeah yeah
Yeah ih yeah
Oh oh uh ooh
It's a shame you had to learn the hard way
now I have to take my love away
You see I could've made it easy
for you to become a part of me
It's a shame you had to learn the hard way
now I have to take my love away
You see I could've made it easy
for you to become a part of me
Your never even said I'm sorry
For all the hurt and pain you caused me
Now I'm supposed to give my deepest sympathy, oh yeah
You see I had enough of cryin'
And I'm tired of all the lyin'
You see I refuse to let you take advantage of me, baby
Darius nodded his head as he heard the song, he turned to Troy and pointed to Taylor. "You hear how raw that is?" he called out with a shake of his head. "This is what makes people buy your records…the rawness…they don't want to hear something practiced…they want to hear your emotions bleeding through the song. That is what separates the icons from the flash in the pan artists…you want to make your songs timeless…something people will buy and play fifty years from now." He replied excitedly as he bounced on his heels to the beat. Troy watched Taylor as she closed her eyes and got lost in the song. It didn't take a genius to know who she was singing about.
It's a shame you had to learn to hard way (uuh uh oh)
Now I have to take my love away (my love away)
You see I could've made it easy (made it easy)
For you to become a part of me (uuh uh oh)
It's a shame you had to learn to hard way (it's a shame)
now I have to take my love away (my love away)
You see I could've made it easy (uuh uh oh, yeah)
for you to become a part of me
Never took the time to think of
All the love that we shared
I realized that most of the time
You were just not there, oh uuuh
It was hard for me to see when
When your love was blinding me
But now I know I have to let you go your separate way, uuh
Things will never be the same
Cause baby, baby you did me wrong
Hurt so bad I can't move on
Was it worth all your pain
Cause, baby you've got to pay
Got to learn the hard way
It's a shame you had to learn to hard way (it's a shame)
now I have to take my love away (uh uh uh uhhh)
You see I could've made it easy (made it easy)
for you to become a part of me (oh oh oh oh)
It's a shame you had to learn to hard way (it's a shame)
now I have to take my love away (oh oh oh oh)
You see I could've made it easy (ooooh)
for you to become a part of me (uh uh uh uhhh)
Troy continued to listen, and wondered where Taylor had hidden a voice like that back in high school. Her voice was simply amazing, and he knew she didn't enter Harvard for music so her voice was her raw talent. Shaking his head, he looked into the booth and watched while trying to keep the awe off his face.
It's a shame you had to learn to hard way (learn the hard way)
now I have to take my love away (take my love away, take my love away)
You see I could've made it easy (cause it hurts so bad)
for you to become a part of me (it's a shame, it's a shame)
It's a shame you had to learn to hard way (yeah)
now I have to take my love away (take my love away)
You see I could've made it easy (uuuuh uh uuuh)
for you to become a part of me
Things will never be the same
Cause baby, baby you did me wrong
Hurt so bad I can't move on
Was it worth all your pain (yeah)
Cause, baby you've got to pay
Got to learn the hard way
It's a shame you had to learn to hard way (iiiih iiiih)
now I have to take my love away (my love away)
You see I could've made it easy (I've gone so low)
for you to become a part of me
It's a shame you had to learn to hard way (shame you learn the hard way, now I take my love away)
now I have to take my love away
You see I could've made it easy (made it easy)
for you to become a part of me (you did me wrong)
It's a shame you had to learn to hard way (you told me lies)
now I have to take my love away (treated me bad)
You see I could've made it easy (all of the time)
for you to become a part of me
It's a shame you had to learn to hard way (uuuuuhuh ahhh)
now I have to take my love away (take my love away)
You see I could've made it easy (made it easy, babe)
for you to become a part of me
Part of me
Part of me
Part of me
As the song finished up, Darius clapped his hands as did Carlos who was smiling brightly at Taylor who was beaming as well. Placing her headphones down, she stepped away from the microphone just as Darius pressed the mic button on the sound board. "That's a wrap," he turned to Carlos who was nodding his head in agreement. "What did you think?"
"That was lovely, Tay-Ann." Carlos called out with a wide smile on his face. "Absolutely perfect." Darius nodded his head while grinning widely, as Taylor exited the room. Turning towards Troy he spoke up.
"What did you think, Troy?" Startled by the conversation suddenly coming over to him, he paused and the spoke up calmly.
"That was a good song, I could hear all of your emotions in that song. That was as Darius says…that was raw." He replied with a brief smile as he met Taylor's eyes. Taylor held his glaze for a few more seconds before turning away from him. "I would really like it if, Tay…Ann can helped me with this concept, Darius." Darius looked over at him and then back at Taylor.
"I think that would a good idea. Tay-Ann will help you won't you." He asked as they both looked at Taylor. She sighed for a moment before nodding her head.
"Sure, I'll help him."
"Great, that will give me time to get to know you Tay-Ann." Troy replied with a smirk as he looked Taylor directly in the eyes. Taylor returned his stare and realized she didn't really like what she saw there in fact his look made her extremely uncomfortable.
A/N:
Song Credit: Brandy-Learn the Hard Way
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