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Pisces
Chapter 93
Positive
* Loving and caring*
* Trusting, hospitable, and will help all in distress
* Shy
* Helpful
* Romantic
* Creative
* Mystical
* Gentle and kind
* Compassionate
* Understanding of others
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Breana
Bree smiled so hard that her cheeks and jaw started to hurt. She sat up in bed as she cradled her cell phone between her shoulder and her ear. “Congratulations. I know you’re happy”she said sweetly. Maurice just called her excitedly because he was just added to the performance lineup for the Grammy’s. She was proud of him. No one deserved to perform more than him. He’s been through enough. He was at the top of his game, fell down, got blacklisted and now he was climbing his way back up to the top again. He worked hard and he was righting his wrongs and she couldnt be more proud of him.
Maurice
"I am. After everything that happened, I thought I would never set foot back on the Grammy stage ever again"Maurice said. "Im heading to rehearsal now. I have to meet with my choreographers. Call my best dancers. It has to be epic"
"I know it will be"she said. "So I’ll be seeing you there?"
"Of course. Why do you ask?"
"Well you mentioned the other night that you werent sure that you were going"she said
"Oh ignore that. I was being……I was being an insecure little shit"he said with a laugh and she smiled. People left hating ass mentions on his Twitter all the time but a specific person just wouldnt stop. They have been harassing him for years. He tried his best to just ignore them but it has gotten to be too much. Once this person heard that he was nominated, performing and attending the Grammy awards, they began sending more hate than usual. Just trying to keep a man down. He blocked them. He’d be lying if he said that shit didnt get to him, he wanted so bad to come for them but it would only make him look bad. Which sucked. He thought what was the point in going then? His insecurities started to take over and he mentioned that maybe he shouldnt go. That maybe the Academy only nominated him because they knew there would be a lot of talk about it, good and bad. Good and bad press about him never affected them, it only boosted ratings. He didnt want to be a pawn in the man’s game. His insecurities made him so angry for even being excited to be nominated. But he couldnt be that way. He had to count his blessings. It could be worse. "Im going. You’re going right?"
"Of course. Why do you ask?"she said, mocking him and he laughed. "Maybe I can be your date?"she asked him and then paused when she realized that she said that out loud. Shit.
"You wanna be my date?"he asked her
"I was kidding. Forget I said anything"she said
"So…you dont have a date?"he asked her, not wanting to let this go.
"No….well I invited my family to come but as far as a date? No"
"Oh"Maurice said. If her family was going then he should stay away.
"Besides, you have one right?"she asked him
"No. Shit Im more concerned about my performance than anything else. Im gonna go solo so I wont get distracted"
"Really?"she asked with a smile. She sighed with relief. If he brought you-know-who, she didnt know if she could take it. She knows that she promised him to support their ‘professional relationship’ but that didnt mean that she liked her anywhere near him.
"Yes Bree, ‘you know who’ isnt going. Besides, she has a gig or some party to go to. I dont have to be everywhere she is"
"I didnt say anything"she said with a smile
"Mmmmhmmmm, whatever, I know what you’re thinking"he said
"Oh yeah? You can read minds now?"she asked him
"Yeah-"
"So what am I thinking right now?"
"What are you thinking about right now? That you’re proud of your boy, you cant wait to see me fuck that stage up AND you want to be my ‘secret’ date"
Bree blushed because he was right for the most part. “What the hell is a ‘secret date’?”
"Its when two people who love each other go to the same party or event separately but mentally, they’re claimed. You may be sitting next to your brother or Jas or Katy or whatever but in your mind and in my mind, you’re sitting next to me. No one else will know but us"he said,"You wanna be my secret date?"
"Ok"she said with a blush.
"You cant have a date though. Some people do that but I aint down with that-"
"That means you cant have one either"
"I wont. You’re my secret date. You’re all I need"he said and she smiled. Her heart practically melted as she laid back down in bed and cuddled up against her soft pillows and comforter, wishing it was him. There was a silence as they both let that statement sink in and Maurice smiled, wondering what she was doing, thinking, wearing, not wearing…. "What you doing?"
"Thinking"
"About?"
"You tell me. Since you can read minds and shit"she said and he laughed.
"Remember when we were going to announce that we were gonna be together on the red carpet?"he blurted out and then paused. Shit. He didnt mean to say that out loud. It was probably too soon to say. However, every year around this time, he would think about it. If the incident never happened, if they had just gone to Nissim’s baby shower and went home, they would have walked the Grammy red carpet together, they would have finally told the world that they were together. They promised that to each other and sometimes he got sad that never happened. He would like to think that if that happened instead that he wouldnt be where he is now. Struggling for respect. Struggling with his loneliness. They would be on top of the world together.
"Yeah"Bree said sadly. Every year around this time, she would think back to what they promised each other. And how all those promises went out the window and werent kept. The night of the Grammy’s was always a reminder of an anniversary that never happened, that should have happened but the darkness and the evil that they tried so hard to fight off overcame them. It was a reminder that maybe love didnt conquer all. And it sucked. She slowly sat up in bed and felt the need to vomit. Just the thought of what could have been made her sick. "I gotta go"
"Babe, dont go. Im sorry. I shouldnt have said anything-"
"Im ok"she lied. "I just gotta go. Someones calling me on the other line. Its Jas. Its important"she said and hung up on him hurriedly. She threw her phone to the side and rushed to the bathroom and got on the floor in front of the toilet and prepared for the nausea to appear. However, it wouldnt come up. It wouldnt leave. She tried to stick her tongue down her throat so she could get rid of it, so she wouldnt be burdened with it but it wouldnt show. She started to panic as she heard her phone ringing. The ‘All Back’ ringtone played which meant that Maurice was calling her back. She tried to block it out. She covered her ears and closed her eyes and tried to take deep breaths. Soon her short and gasping breaths subsided into longer ones, soon she gained control and the nausea started to fade. She sighed with relief and laid on the cold tile floor and stared up at the ceiling.
She hated when the past literally came back up and haunted her. She tried to swallow but realized her throat was dry and when she was ready she picked herself back up and poured herself some water and gulped it down. She sighed as she looked at herself in the mirror as her phone started to ring again. It was Maurice. She took a deep breath and ran back into the room and picked up the phone and answered it.
"Are you ok? Bree, Im sorry-"
"Its ok-"
"No its not-"
"Im fine. I was talking to Jas-"
"Dont lie Bree. Dont lie to me. I could feel your disappointment through the phone. I could feel it"he said sadly. "It was stupid. I shouldnt have said it"
"You didnt mean it"she said. "You know….the past keeps haunting me-"
"It keeps haunting me-"
"And the only way it cant is if we dont let it repeat itself. We gotta be honest with each other, talk through things, we cant let it take over and consume us"
"Yeah. I understand….I mean……I know-"
"We gotta forgive ourselves"she said honestly and he paused
"Yeah"
"I mean it Maurice"she said
"Im trying"he said with a sigh. "You sure you’re ok?"
"Yeah"
"Ok well I gotta go. Meetings about to start-"
"Wait"Bree said. "I wanna be honest about something…"
"Ok…."
"More like I wanna….I wanna ask you something?"she asked him and he nodded.
"Yeah babe, go ahead"
"I…..you……"she said and sighed, trying to figure out how to ask him
"Babe what?"
"Do you wanna do a duet with me?"she blurted out. "You wanna know why ‘Birthday Cake’ wasnt finished? Its because I didnt have you to collab with me on it. You’re the only one I want on the track. I was afraid to ask you because we werent talking and…the other day Terius joked about releasing it on my birthday…which is coincidentally the same week as the Grammy’s. You wanna be my secret date and do a secret collab?"she asked him
There was a silence on the end of the line and the proud smile that was on her face disappeared. She was proud that she finally had the courage to ask him but were her fears about to happen? Was he going to turn her down? Again?
"Forget it. Its stupid. Its too soon"she said trying to laugh it off before he could answer, but a laugh refused to fake its way out. His hesitation was her answer really and she could deal with that better than a flat out ‘no’.
"Bree-"
"Good luck in your meeting"she said,"I’ll talk to you later"she said and hung up on him. She sighed and sat on the bed and the nausea came back as a tear rolled down her face.
As hard as it was to take things slow, thats what she had to do. She couldnt push him. She couldnt love him too much. He was right, what he said at the Grammy party, she tended to go a little overboard with her love. She was a Pisces. She was a water sign. Thats how they were wired. She had to scale back if she wanted this to work. A small voice inside of her said,’Why do you have to compromise?’ but she pushed it away.
In order for this to work, they couldnt make the same mistakes. They couldnt make any mistakes. They had to take things slow, go with the flow and do their thing as usual. It was gonna be hard. They said this, they knew this but like everything, some things were easier said than done.
Naureen
"Bree? Are you getting ready? We have to head to the studio"Naureen asked her as she lightly knocked on the door.
"Um yeah Im gonna hop in the shower. Sorry, I woke up late"Bree called as she wiped her tears and walked into the bathroom. "Give me like 15 minutes?"
"Ok"Naureen said and walked away. Bree sighed and shook herself out of her funk and walked into the bathroom and closed the door, she turned on the shower just as Maurice called her back…..
Breana and Naureen rushed to the studio to do work on voiceovers and post production on ‘Battleship’, the movie she has been shooting. She finished her scenes a little over a year ago and it was finally ready to be released to the public at the beginning of the summer. She was excited. This was her first big movie. A blockbuster. An action flick where she got to shoot guns and kick ass. She got to show the world another side of herself. She tried not to think about her and Maurice’s conversation as she tried to lose herself in her character once again. They were in the studio all day and when they were done, it was very late and she felt she would pass out here if they didnt get home soon. “You got my phone?”she asked Naureen as they left the studio
"No. I thought you had it"Naureen said
"I dont have it"she said as she searched through her purse. "I dont have it. Where is it?"
"You never gave it to me so I have no idea"Naureen said with a shrug. "Wheres the last place you saw it?"
"I….."then she stopped, she must have left it in her room. After the rushing around to get ready and being distracted about the conversation she had with Maurice, she must have forgotten it. Naureen checked the studio but it was nowhere to be found. "It must be at home then"she said. She hoped. If the phone got into the wrong hands….
"It has to be, dont worry"Naureen said as they got into the car and drove back to the mansion. When they got there, Breana ran upstairs to her room and looked for her phone. She swore that she left it on the bed but it was charging on her bedside table. She shook her head. She was so distracted she forgot.
"I found it!"she called to Naureen as she picked up her phone and saw that Maurice called quite a few times, more than a few.
"Good! You need anything?"Naureen called
"Sleep. Thats it"
"Ok, I’ll leave you to that"Naureen said as she went into her room
Breana turned around and then gasped when she realized that someone was in her room.
It was Maurice.
"Sorry"he said sheepishly. "I came over like an hour ago and….one of the bodyguards let me in"he said
"I didnt even see you over there"
"Yeah"he said with a chuckle as he waved his hand over his head and whistled. "Ive been calling you. I thought you were ignoring me which is why I came over"he said as Breana closed her door. "I came as soon as I could after my meeting. I thought you were upset and I didnt…..I didnt want you to be. But when I got here I saw your phone on your bed and I put it on the charger for you and waited…."he said. "You dont mind do you?"
"No"she said as her breathing quickened.
"Look Im sorry about what I said before-"
"Stop you dont have to apologize-"
"No I have to. I have to make sure that you understand"he pleaded to her as he walked up to her. "This is why I distanced myself from you because I keep hurting you. I didnt even mean it earlier today, it slipped out and you were hurt by it. Its like I cant stop hurting you even if I wanted to. I hurt you without trying"
"Stop-"
"And I cant fucking concentrate knowing that I cause you pain so there I was sitting in my meeting with my choreographers, my musical director, my dancers and all I can think about is you-"
"Why are you mad at me?"
"Im not mad at you. Im mad at me! I cant concentrate when Im mad at myself. I cant concentrate when I know that you’re hurt. So…as soon as I could manage I came straight here. To say Im sorry"he said as he walked up to her and held her close. "You forgive me?"
"Yeah"she said in shock as he hugged her close. She breathed in his scent and all the anxiety and depression from their last conversation faded away
"I wanna do the Cake remix with you"he said to her as he whispered in her ear
She pulled away from him so that she could look him in the face to see if he was joking. “Wait are you serious? You dont have to do it to appease me, its too soon-“
"Its not. Its just a song"he said and she laughed
"Babe, you cant be that naive"she said,"If we do a song together, everyone is gonna think that we’re fucking-"
"So?"he asked her and she looked at him in shock
"It could ruin you"she said to him,"It could ruin me-"
"It wont ruin anything but the other artists chance at the #1 spot"he said as he held her hands in his. "Babe no matter what we do, people are going to think we’re back together, fighting, getting married. Lets do it"he said to her. "The restraining order was dropped last year. We can see each other. We can be friends. We’ve been following each other on Twitter for a minute"he said. "You’re single. Im single. We’re just releasing a couple songs. People wanna talk fine. It cant be any worse than anything anyone has said about us so far"
"A couple songs?"she asked him
"We can do a remix for one of my songs too. Just to be fair to my fans"he said. "You know when I recorded Turn Up The Music, I could hear your voice on it but I never thought it would happen. Now it can. This is the perfect opportunity"
"Are you kidding me? Who are you?"she asked him with a laugh. "Are you serious?"
"Look, you were right. We gotta move on from the past. Not make the same mistakes. Instead of hiding how we feel about each other, lets come right out and say it? I know this isnt taking it slow I know but I really think that if we market it right, call up Ma and Tina and Genny, we can make this work for us"
"We can release both remixes on my birthday?"she asked him
"Whatever you want"he said,"Unless you’re gonna chicken out and be a pussy"
"Me? It was my fucking idea!"she said. "But what about you know who? And Jay is gonna kill me to be honest"she said to him
"She doesnt control who I make music with Bree. You dont need to worry about her. And to be honest, Jay cant control who you make music with either. Your album is making more money than his last one with Ye"he said and she gasped,"What? Its true. What the fuck can he do? Tell us no? We’re artists. Hes an artist. Freedom of expression and shit"he said,"We’re doing a couple songs. We’re not releasing a sextape"he said and she gasped again. "Sorry"
"You’re insane. Are you high? You know what you’re saying?"
"Im completely sober and Im saying fuck the world"he said. "Look three years ago we were supposed to take over the world together. Lets make up for that"he said as he put his hands on her waist and hugged her close and swayed with her back and forth as she giggled. "Come on. Please? Dont make me beg"
"I like it when you beg"she said as she bit her lip and he smiled at her. She stared into his chocolate brown eyes and found the sparkle that was there making her feel very excited. She also hasnt seen it in a long time. She hasnt seen it in years and the feeling that he was giving her took her back in time. Only he could make her feel that way. "Yes….lets do it"she said as she held him close and he picked her up and spun her around. "I cant fucking believe you"she said to him with a laugh. "We’re really gonna do this?"
"Yes"he said simply as he put her down and sat her down on the bed. He stood before her and got lost in her green eyes once more. She got lost in his eyes but forced herself to look away as she reached down to take off her shoes. "Let me"he said as he got on his knees and slid her sneakers and socks off. A shiver went up her spine when she felt him touching her feet. "Long day?"he asked her as he started to massage them and she sighed as she leaned back on the palms of her hands and stared up at the ceiling at how good that felt
"Yeaaahh"
"Tired?"
"A little"she said honestly as she looked back down at him,"Had to do some post production on Battleship"
"Yeah? Whens that coming out?"he asked as he continued to massage her feet, admiring the red polish on her nails. She had the prettiest feet.
"May……12th? Something like that"
"Not Memorial Weekend?"
"Oh no, that means I would miss Jas and Trey’s wedding. She’d kill me"she said as she looked down at him,"You still walking me down the aisle?"she asked softly
A shiver went up his spine when she asked that. She was the only one who could do that. She had to be special if she could make a womanizer like him get excited about marriage. He could only nod his head at her question and she smiled at him. “Good”she said as she pursed her lips. “That feels good. Thank you”she said and he smiled at her. He then lifted her left leg up so that her foot was in front of his face and then he started to kiss each toe. Her breath caught in her throat as she felt his lips kissing her. She tried to breath and it came out in shaky breaths when he started to kiss up her foot.
He paused and her breath caught in her throat again,”Can I stay?”he asked her and she nodded. He put her foot down gently and stood up. “You sure?”he asked her. “I know we said we wanted to take it slow-“
"Fuck it"she said as she pulled him toward her by his belt loop and started undoing his belt quickly. They have both waited for this moment for YEARS. The last time they had been intimate was in Miami. In 2009. They can go back to going slow after this. She threw his belt across the room and unbuckled his jeans and pulled them down as he took off his shirt. He helped her by stepping out of his pants and he got on his knees and pulled her toward him and kissed her passionately on the mouth. He didnt care that she was wearing red lipstick and it was getting all over him. He grabbed her waist and pulled her leggings down and he almost choked when he saw the lacy thong that she was wearing. It was happening. It was about to happen.
MJ knew what was going on and was ready to go to work. Bree saw this and reached out and massaged him over his boxer briefs. “Shit”he said as he felt his body jump. He was so excited that he didnt know how to stay still. He helped take off her shirt and admired her lacy bra. His eyes rolled into the back of his head as she continued to stroke and massage him. He could feel himself wanting to cum already just by her touch and he couldnt let that happen and in one swoop, he scooped her up and laid her down on the bed and got on top of her. “You good?”he asked her and she nodded as she looked up at him. “You sure?”he asked her again and she nodded and gave him a better answer by pulling him close and kissing him. Their tongues and lips explored each other and she left a trail of red lipstick kisses down his chest as he pushed her thong to the side and inserted two fingers inside of her. She gasped out as she wrapped her legs around his waist and grabbed his ass and squeezed it. He moaned out as he kissed and licked the spot on her neck and she instantly orgasmed. She was so wet and he couldnt resist as he slipped yet another finger inside of her. Her body shook and she moaned out loud, not caring if anyone heard or not as her other hand ran her fingers through his bleached blonde curls. “I wanna make you cum…..”he moaned into her ear
"I am……I am cumming"she squealed out as she felt herself orgasm again
"I wanna set a record. I wanna wear your ass out"he said as he reached under and squeezed her ass and that alone made her cum again. He reached under her bra and massaged her breasts, missing how perfectly round they were, missing how excited they got due to her piercings and how they perfectly fit in his hand. He kissed down her collarbone, to her chest, down her stomach, to her navel, down her hips and waist and thighs and dove right in. She called out as he ate her pussy. He ate it like he was mad at it and he loved it at the same damn time. His three fingers pleased her vigorously. Two fingers in the front and one in the back as he ate her out. His record was starting to get impressive as he played with her clit, doing three or four jobs at once to please her. At one point she came for a few minutes straight, what the fuck?
Did that count as one long orgasm or ten little ones? Because if it was the latter, she was close to cumming about twenty times and she wasnt close to being done……
….at least thats what she thought.
His phone ringing echoed loudly throughout the room but they ignored it at first and once it rang a good five times, it dinged a minute later with a voicemail. They didnt pay it any mind until the caller tried again….and again…..
"Fuck"they both moaned out
"Dont answer it"she pleaded and he obliged her but the caller wouldnt stop. He groaned and finally pulled his face from between her dripping lips and looked up angrily. "Dont…."she moaned
"Sorry. Im just gonna tell em Im busy"he said as he reached over and dug through the pockets of his jeans that laid on the floor. He sighed when he saw who was calling and he texted that he was busy. But they didnt like that answer and called back instead. "What!?"he hissed at them and soon someone was shrieking in his ear and he winced as he closed his eyes. Bree sighed as she rolled hers. She could only guess who it was. "Really? Right now? You cant call……..how? How could that happen unless you………Are you serious??? Do you realize what you’ve done? So now I gotta clean up your mess? No! You did this, you fix it-"he said and then they shrieked in his ear again and he growled in frustration. He squeezed his hand into a fist as he tried to keep himself calm. "Fine. Im coming"he said and hung up the phone and angrily threw it on the floor
"Lemme guess you gotta go"she said as she covered her breasts with her bra and adjusted her thong so that it was covering herself again
"Im sorry….she……"
"Fine, let yourself out"Bree said as she got under her covers and rolled over so that he couldnt see her face. Once he said ‘she’, she knew exactly who he was talking about.
"Bree….."
"Just go. Im tired anyway"she said. And she was tired. She was tired of not having all of him when she wanted him. How didnt she know this was going to happen? She heard him sigh and heard him get dressed. "Make sure to clean yourself up, you got lipstick all over you"she added as she reached for her phone and unlocked it
"Can I use your bathroom?"
"No. Let yourself out. Do your thang"she said as she pulled the covers over her head and buried herself under them as if it were the black hole that she wanted to fall in. "And dont come back, Im going to bed"she said. She heard him say that he was sorry but she didnt say anything as his phone started to ring again and soon the door closed behind him. She sighed and sat up in her bed and looked at the door that he just left out of.
Why did he have to leave?
What was the big emergency that he had to leave her to go to HER? What did SHE need from him?
Maybe he was right. He always found a way to hurt her without even trying so why should she try?
She flopped back down on her pillows and she could feel her body getting restless. She then picked up one of them and put them over her face and screamed into it.
He left her wet and horny to go back to his ex and who knew how long he was gonna be out with her. Was this a mistake? Falling back in love with him? But who was she kidding? She never stopped. She picked up her phone and tried to keep her hands busy and opened Twitter. She read her timeline and favorited a few tweets and then made one of her own.
Once she sent it, she felt a little better, but not much. And soon her frustration turned into pure exhaustion and she passed out.
*
Taurus man and Pisces woman can have problems due to their habit of dealing with reality.
*
Maurice was angry when he left Bree’s mansion and the anger kept building as he got in his car and drove away. Not only did he have to drive a few hours to see what mess Kae had gotten herself into, he had blue balls and couldnt get Bree or her body out of his mind.
'And dont come back…..'she had said to him.
Why did this keep happening to him? To them? No matter what happened someone or something got in the way.
He had to find a way to make it up to her but first he had to deal with another crisis and when he got to the warehouses and factories that produced Black Pyramid’s clothing and now The Kill’s, he was shocked at what he saw. One of the factories were on fire and a dozen fire trucks were trying to put out the flames as a mob of people watched. “What the fucking fuck!?”he asked himself in shock as he looked at the disaster. He saw Kae speaking to a few police and firemen as he approached them
Kae
"Here he is. Hes the owner of both companies. Im just the co-owner, his partner"she said as she gestured to him
"Maurice Brown? You own these factories?"one of the cops asked him in shock. He thought he was just a singer.
"Just that one and the one thats currently on fire"he said sarcastically,"Can someone tell me what the fuck happened?"
"According to your girlfriend-"
"Partner"he corrected them quickly and Kae glared at him while the cop apologized
"Partner, sorry, a mob was out here protesting. It seems as if your workers had gone on strike. Miss Tran came out here with lawyers to calm the situation down but it got worse. A riot broke out, fires started and the building caught on fire"
"Are you fucking kidding me!?"Maurice asked. "Our workers are on strike? Since when?"
"Since the weekend"Kae said and he looked at her. How did she know this but not him?
"Can you guys give us a second?"he asked them and they nodded and walked away. "Kae. What in the actual fuck did you do?"
"I didnt do anything! I was trying to save us money! If you were around enough to fucking help me with this, you would know whats going on-"
"Im busy. Kae. Im fucking busy. The Grammy’s are in a couple weeks and Im sorry but thats more important. When I hired you as partner, I thought that you could deal with your team and everything on your own but now I see that you cant because its on fire! Its on fire Kae!"
"You dont think I cant see that! Im not blind!"she said as she gestured to the burning building behind her
"Why was there a riot!? Why are our workers on strike?"
"Thats what Im trying to tell you. I met with our accountants and they told me that we wont make that much of a profit this year the way things are set up so-"
"We? What do you mean ‘we’?"
"Fine. The Kill. The Kill wont make much of a profit so I said what can we do to fix this? And they said either lay off half of your workers or reduce their pay-"
"So you laid half of them off and they got angry and burnt the place down?"
"No I reduced their pay. But theres some new union law thing that I didnt know about and they told and now we are under investigation-"
"We? What do you mean ‘we’?"
"THE FUCKING KILL IS UNDER INVESTIGATION"she shouted at him. "It seems I reduced their pay too much"
"Jesus fucking Christ Kae!!!"
"I tried to fix it but by the time I got out here they were already riled up and then someone set a car on fire, a riot broke out and the next thing I know the fucking building is on fire!"
"I cant fucking believe this"he said. "Do you know how much money we have spent to get this other line, factory, workers, everything all together? Not only have you reduced their pay but on top of that we have to either fire them or give them paid leave and since you are under investigation guess which one is gonna happen?"
"I didnt know this would happen! I didnt know they would set the place on fire! And it happened so fast and no one is talking so we dont know who started it"
"For fucks sake"Maurice said,"For fucking……fucks sake!"
"I need to borrow your workers. I need to get them back to work-"
"Kae, I cant just give you my factory. Thats why I got you your own!"he said,"That means my line will suffer because of yours. Look around you, we are wasting money as it is"
"So what are you saying? You arent helping me?"
"Im saying until we find another factory and until this investigation is under wraps, The Kill is on hold. Killed. Dead"he said angrily and she scowled at him. She then noticed something and grabbed his jaw in her hands and turned his face to the side roughly
"You got lipstick on your neck. See if you cared enough about our business instead of fucking these ratchet bitches, we wouldnt be in this mess"she said as she walked away from him
"The fact that Im getting mine is not the reason why you fucked this up for us! Thats on you!"he said angrily as she walked away, she flicked him off and got in her car,"Where the fuck are you going?"he called after her
"You’re the perfect one and you’re the owner, you deal with it"she shouted at him and sped off. Great. Now he had to deal with her mess alone. And he had another female mad at him.
His life was falling apart again, what else was fucking new?
Dealing with this mess and trying to ready himself for the Grammy’s kept Maurice busy and he tried to make it up to Breana. She was still upset with him about what happened but didnt push him away completely, but pushed him away enough to know that he fucked up. She knew that working with Kae wouldnt be good for him or for them and she hoped that he would figure that out on his own, especially when he told her what happened to one of the factories.
i really wanna c u
cant im heading to hawaii for the week
what? when were u gonna tell me this?
im telling u now. more post prod for the movie and i need a vacay
how convenient u dont wanna c me anyway
its not to get away from u, its for work
k
u have to believe me reece
yea im upset about what happened
but im trying my best not to hold it against u so u can at least trust me
as long as u can see me when u come back
when do u come back?
end of the month
damn it ill be in new york
well keep me posted
k i g2g love u
Bree sighed and smiled a little and then texted, i love u 2
The next day, Breana and her girls, Blake and a few of her bodyguards included flew to Hawaii. She loved coming here. It reminded her of home but it also reminded her of the US which was her second home, it was a perfect combination. She worked hard on post production and then relaxed, either by herself, reflecting and smoking a blunt or partying and going to the beach with her entourage. Thanks to Twitter, and her slight addiction to it, she shared her vacay with her fans. It also gave her an excuse to show off her new bikinis that Jas designed and she gave her a shoutout on her Twitter page as well. She also dm’ed personal copies to Maurice for him to lust over. Just in case he needed any visual stimulation while she was gone because she didnt know when the next time she was going to see him.
He loved them of course and replied back with, ‘damn ;p’
Seeing Blake and Genn hugged up on the beach made her miss him but Lee and Jas felt her pain, being without their loved ones, so her misery had company.
Naureen, on the other hand, lucked out. She and Jake’s friendship was back on track and stronger than ever while her and J. Cole’s kinda fizzled out. His debut album was a success and he was touring nonstop. They barely had time to talk but when he had a show in Hawaii the same time that they were there, he asked if she would come and she obliged him. She missed him. She and the girls got backstage passes to the show and they partied with him at the after party hosted by the same club the show was in.
Then, after the party was the hotel lobby, the group came back in high spirits, some of them were literally high.
"You wanna come in?"Naureen asked J with a smile
Jermaine
"Sure"he said as he followed her into their private suite. Like the others, they went straight into the kitchen to cure their munchies and as the night winded down, one by one, their group got smaller as they went to bed.
And then there were two…
Naureen and J smiled at each other as they pigged out on some snacks and one thing led to another and the next morning, when Naureen woke up, J was lying next to her. She gasped when she saw him but then the memories came flooding back to her like a delayed flashback.
Did this mean something? Was this a sign that maybe they should explore their friendship further? Or were tropical islands their special form of an aphrodisiac? Same thing happened in Barbados and now this…
"I should go. I have a plane to catch"J apologized and he gave her a kiss
"J? Do you….do you see me as more than a friend? Or am I just-"
"Im attracted to you girl. Whenever Im around you, you do something to me but I never push, you know? After everything you been through. I know you’re healing and everything and I dont know what you’re ready for and whats too soon or not-"
"You can always just ask me"she said,"But….I like the southern gentleman in you"she said with a smile
"Ok…so….are you ready to be in a long distance relationship? I dont know when I’ll see you again though"he said to her
"We can make it work, if we really want to"she said,"Maybe we dont even have to put a label on it. Keep it open"
"An open relationship is its own type of label. You sure about that?"he asked her
"People in this business do it all the time"she said with shrug. "You have needs and so do I. And right now you’re the only guy Im seeing-"
"Wait wait wait wait"J said with a laugh,"So you’re telling me that while Im on tour and if I happen to see a jawn that I wanna…..you’d let me?"
"You’re a grown ass man. Its bound to happen anyway so why be naive about it?"she asked him
"But thats the thing, its not bound to happen. Naureen, if you want me to yourself. All you gotta do is say so"
"I will. We’ll try this first"she said. "Besides, I dont want to hold you back"she said and he nodded.
"Ok whatever you say"he said as he sat down on the bed. He smiled,"Theres rules with this kind of stuff, like whats ok and whats not"
"What do you mean?"she asked him
"Like, we have to promise that we’ll use protection"he said,"With each other and every other person that we’d…get intimate with, if that were to happen"
"Oh yeah definitely"
"And if you or the other person dont have protection….sucks to be you. No deal. No go"
"Yeah thats smart"she said with a nod. "And we should let people know we are in an open relationship, just so they can run if they want to"
"Yeah, we should be honest with each other"he said
"Really?"
"Thats the only way for this to work. Theres no point in being in an open relationship if we cant be open with each other about who we are with"he said and she nodded. "You sure you wanna do this?"he asked her and she nodded
"Yeah"she said,"My last relationship I was really hurt. My last boyfriend now plays for the NBA and we were dating when he first got drafted. And with that lifestyle change and me traveling with Bree, he….fell in love with someone else. Of course he didnt tell me he had this different life. A separate life with this girl. She already has two kids and hes taken all three of them in and they are all one big happy family and I was left behind. I wish him well now but I hated him for a long time and I wished that he would have just told me, yeah go ahead and talk to that guy you met at that bar or that runway show or this award show. Get to know them. He got to move on with someone else and still be with me and I put my life on hold for him. I feel like sometimes I wasted my time"she said honestly. He held her hand in his.
"I’d never do that to you. Open relationship or not"he said to her
"Thats what he said"she said,"Not those words exactly but…we all make promises that we cant keep sometimes and I dont want to hold you to something you say today like three years from now because we all change. And you’re on the road all the time and so am I"she said,"Its totally natural to be attracted to other people"
"Jesus, I cant believe you’re actually ok with this. Is this a ploy to get me to fall in love with you? Letting me have my cake and eat it too?"he asked her and she laughed
"I wouldnt be mad if you did"she said and winked at him
"Ok so rule #1, always use protection. Rule #2, be honest with each other about who we see. And Rule #3, if you ever wanna just stop this and cut me off or have me all to yourself, just tell me. Ok?"he asked her and she nodded. He smiled and kissed her. "I cant believe this. What am I getting myself into?"he said as he held her close. "I’ll call you when I land ok?"
"You want me to join you in the shower?"she asked kinkily. He smiled and in seconds she was scooped up out of the bed and taken to the bathroom
Hawaii was pretty epic for Naureen and when she sat down with the girls and told them about her relationship with J. Cole, they were in shock and also happy for her. Bree looked at her like she grew another head. “What Bree?”
"Who are you?"Bree asked her with a laugh,"You’re a Taylor. We Taylor women are passionate and we dont share"
"Yeah but we can also be very naive and we get hurt more than anyone. Its just something we’re trying out. I mean he may not even meet anyone, I might not either. But you know just in case. I just….I really care about J and I feel lucky that he cares for me too and I dont wanna mess it up"Naureen said
Lee
"Wow our little Ree Ree is growing up"Lee said,"I was in an open relationship once"she admitted and they looked at her. "However none of the other guys knew"she said with a laugh
Genn
"Thats not called being in an open relationship, thats called being a slut"Genn said
"You would know"Lee said as she threw a piece of food at her and all the girls said ‘oooooh’.
Genn gasped and threw the food back,”You’re lucky Blake aint here to hear that”
"He doesnt know about your wild and crazy past?"
"He knows. He knows I had my phases but he doesnt know everything. There are some things that are better left unsaid. Anyways…unlike you, the guy and girl I was dating both knew. They had theirs on the side too. It worked for awhile but…..relationships like that never last Ree. Are you sure you wanna open that door? It could drive you even further and further apart. It can fuck you up"
"Not any more than what Shannon put me through"Naureen said and Bree nodded. She sat back and thought about it. Would it be easier to be in an open relationship with Maurice? He was a man and he had needs. Was it unfair in this day and age to be so traditional?
"You’re quiet Jas. What do you think?"Lee asked her
Jasmeen
Jas widened her eyes when she realized all of them were looking at her. “Im pretty straight forward and traditional”she said,”I probably couldnt do it. Share”she said and Bree high fived her.
"Shes just like me. My twinsie"Bree said to her and Jas smiled, if she only knew. But she couldnt. None of them could know.
"Well you’re about to get married. You’re about to wake up every morning next to Trey Songz. Maybe you should get a fuck buddy while you can"Lee said
"Girl please, you’ve seen Trey? Why would she do that?"Bree asked with a laugh,"She’d be stupid to step out on him. For what? Hes perfect. Right?"she said as she looked at her
"Right"Jas said with a laugh and downed her mimosa, feeling like shit at what Bree had just said. If she only knew…. "Anyways, Naureen, you’re a grown ass woman, do whats right for you and like you said, what was it? Rule #3? Get out when your intuition starts getting thrown off. Dont wanna do anything you’ll regret"she said as she got up
"Where you going?"Bree asked her
"To the bathroom Jesus"Jas said with a laugh
"Yea bitch let her pee in peace"Lee said and Bree just laughed. She watched as Jas walked down the hall to her bedroom and she wondered if something was wrong with her or if she was just imagining it. "Ok so what do we wanna do on our last day on the island? We went to a few concerts, we went jet skiing, on the yacht, parasailing, scuba diving, hula dancing….what should we do?"
"Lets get tattoos"Bree said with a smile. "I havent gotten one in a good year or so. Ive been feening for one"
"Thats a good idea"Genn said,"Im in"
"Me too"Naureen said
"What you gonna get girl? ‘J Cole’ tatt’ed on your ass?"Lee asked her as Naureen threw a piece of fruit at her
They all got ready and asked the concierge who did the best tatt’s in the area. It was too last minute to fly her favorite tattoo artist, Bang Bang, to Hawaii so she had to trust the locals. They went to a shop called Tattoo Paradise and Bree was inspired when she saw someone walk out with a white tattoo.
"Those are good because they fade over time. You can get anything you want"the owner of the shop said to her
So thats what she did. She got ‘Thug Life’ tattooed across her 8 fingers. It was like her gun tattoo. She wasnt trying to be gangsta. It was just a reminder that she was strong and could roll with the punches with the up and down life that she led. She had another hit album, more Grammy nominations, she was on the cover of magazines and she was going to be in a new blockbuster. She was creating an empire. She was a triple threat. And she couldnt be more proud of herself, damn it.
And she put it on Twitter to show her fans and sent a pic to Maurice
tupac back!, he replied back with a smiley face
After getting tattoos, the girls went out to dinner, got packed and boarded their flight back to LA and when they landed. Maurice was the first person she called. She told him all about her trip and Naureen’s interesting confession
"Wow really? I would never expect Naureen to agree to something like that"Maurice said
"It was her idea"she said with a laugh. "Ugh they grow up so fast"she said with a smile. She then paused and then asked,"Would you be open to being in an open relationship with me?"
"Hell no. If I cant have you, no one can. I cant even stand it when another nigga even looks at you. I dont know how people do it. I love you too much to let you go out with anyone else"
Bree smiled,”Good answer”she said. “So….when can you have me? Again? When can I see you?”
"Im glad you asked. I’ll be back in LA on the 10th"
"Thats like a few days before the Grammy’s. Wont you be busy in rehearsals?"
"I’m free that morning. Are you?"
"I’ll have one of the girls clear my schedule then"she said with a smile. "So should I come to your place? You come to mine?"
"Its a surprise"he said with a smile and Bree grinned in anticipation, wondering what he had planned for them
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Taurus man often sits and assesses a situation before coming to any solution while Pisces woman lacks this ability, she has a tendency to make things worse…
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