Think You Can Handle Me?

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|Chapter 5|

ACE

I cheesed as I nodded my head to NOT FAIR ft. Corbin. "So, what did you think?"

She smiled and clapped. "Aww I think you're absolutely amazing! I'm so happy Scooter signed you!"

"Wow thank you babe." I nodded at her making her blush. I raised my eyebrow up at her but said nothing.

She's been acting this way since we got here.

She cleared her throat nervously as she spun around in the chair. "So uh, Fuck Love huh?"

"Yeah, it's my everyday motto." 

"Seriously?" She asked letting her ponytail sling to the side.

I nodded she shrugged.

"Mmhm yep, for real."

"B-but how could you not love, love?" Ariana's soft voice said from beside me.

I'm not even gonna lie I was happy as hell when she hit me up on Instagram surprisingly, asking to meet in the studio. So I agreed, and I've been letting her hear my new music that I've been working on.

And so far she's loved it. But she's had so many questions about my choice in the album title.

"Ehh" I shrugged looking over at her. "I've been through a lot."

"Yeah I can definitely agree with you on that. But I still love the idea of being in love someday, you know finding that one person I'm supposed to be with forever." As she spoke I couldn't help but notice how she played with her fingers and how her dimples poked out.

I chuckled and laid back on the couch some more. "Wow, you're just an adorable little ball of sunshine and love aren't you?"

Ariana looked over at me before looking away quickly. "Oh shut the fuck up. I'm a hopeless romantic I can't help it."

"Well at least one of us has that hope." I mumbled causing her to look back at me. "It's good to have, never lose it."

This was true. I never really thought about taking in love again. After my last real relationship, I said fuck that.

"Yeah.. I mean don't get me wrong. I've had my fair share of heartbreak, but umm I just feel like if I give up on love. Then what's left, ya know?"

She whispered as her hands slowly began to fall into my lap. I just started at her and nodded. Our eye contact was heavy, I didn't wanna look away and she didn't seem to either.

"Well umm-" I started slowly sitting up in my seat. "I get where you're coming from. I just guess that I would have to find the right person to really care about giving up."

Ariana smiled lightly and looked down to my lap and I watched her as she let her fingers tangle into the rips in my jeans.

God damnit! Why the fuck am I feeling so nervous?!

My heart was literally pounding, skipping beats and shit. Which is so weird for me I'm nerve like this with any female.

Clearing my throat I grabbed her hand stopping her. "Why don't you tell me about you."

"What about me?"

"Eh I don't know. How's the love life?"

She took a deep breath and shrugged. "You sure you wanna know all of that?"

I chuckled and smiled. "I only want to know what you want to tell me."

A very small smile made its way to her lips as her hand wrapped around my finger.

"Let's just say I know what it feels like not to have love. But I also know what it feels like to want it." She whispered as her eyes never left mine.

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After leaving the studio with Ariana we made future plans to hang out again. And no not like you're probably thinking, but just as friends.

I was cool with that, because she was a really cool person. And to be honest, she seemed way too innocent for me to be tryin to fuck and duck like I've been used to with all these other females.

So anyway, here I am on my way back home. And as soon as I did, I was faced with Lacy stranding at my door.

I frowned. "And you're here because..?"

"Ace, we need to talk."

"Uhh Nah I don't think so. Get off my property please."

As I started to walk around her she grabbed my wrist making me freeze. "Lacy. Yo you better let me the fuck go. Now."

"No. Not until you agree to actually sit down and have a grownup conversation with me!"

"What the fuck for huh?!" I shouted down at her snatching my arm away. "You said you were done and I agreed."

Her lip began to quiver making me take a step back. Oh hell nah, I don't do all that crying bullshit.

"B-but I didn't mean it baby, I swear. I was just upset because I felt you weren't showing me enough attention."

I sighed looking away from her as she wrapped her arms around my waist.

"Look. You know this is how I am, I'm not changing so I don't know what to tell you. You just gotta change your expectations."

See, I'm always honest with her. But yet she keeps coming back to me.

"I know baby, I know. And I'm so sorry for getting so pissed at you, I'll work on that I promise. Please babe."

I looked down at her and watched as her hands began to roam down to my sweats.

My eyes darkened and I grabbed her hand. "Let's go up to my bedroom then."

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