love on the brain [DISCONTINUED]

four

"Nessa." My body froze as Madison stopped me from leaving out of the kitchen, catching me by surprise as we both make it a point to speak to each other as little as possible. The thought of there being a time where she was someone I couldn't go a day without seeing or speaking to was inconceivable. As we grew apart, the negatives of our friendships surfaced, it was impossible to ignore, we just didn't align well anymore. "Your team wants to speak to you and Jaden."

Having to say that alone probably had her fingers itching to ring my neck, she didn't take girls and Jaden well, and since we began working together I could always spot the hatred for me deepening behind her eyes. Madison's sorry excuse for an attitude, would drive most girls to go after him, but that was not in any of my plans. She had nothing to worry about with me, I just wasn't interested in relaying that information to her.

I nodded my head in her direction, moving towards the door as she stepped aside to walk out with Jaden. We all walked down the hallway to the recording area, them lagging behind a little, Madison failing at keeping her whispering down to where I couldn't register her words, "What were you two doing in there alone?"

"Ness was getting food and we were just talking, chill." He groaned in annoyance. My body flinched hearing the nickname slip from off his tongue, I was about to be receiving death glares for days because of this.

I sped up a little wanting to reach the door before them to avoid anymore awkward encounters with her. A few people from my team were all sitting around with smiles etched across each one of there faces. When I glanced at Jaden as he stepped in, he mirrored the same confused look, we were obviously missing something.

"You guys should have a seat." Of course the only seating available being a couch, this was just fucking perfect. Jaden plopped down on the middle of cushion, glancing up at us with waiting eyes as Madison and I stood there like idiots. The longer I stood here the longer I was doing the exact opposite of avoiding this very situation so I moved to sit next to him, there being very little space to fill on the small furniture. Madison being the person that she strives so hard on being, sat on top of Jaden's lap making a point to look me in the eyes as she did so. I just needed to ignore her until this meeting was over, I wouldn't stoop as low as her, I would only hurt myself in the end.

"Okay? So we have some exciting news for you two." My manager pointed a finger between Jaden and I, along with his girlfriend that happened to just be in the way. My stomach flipped in anticipation for their words, though I loved music, it was was hard not to feel some level of nervousness when it came to new opportunities. I don't think I would ever get to feel confident enough to not feel this way, my mind wouldn't allow it, being in the spotlight of millions fueled it. "You two have a live performance of La Di Die next week on Jimmy Kimmel!"

My mouth dropped open at the news, a screech left Madison's body as Jaden jumped up from his seat forgetting his girlfriend was in his lap. This was all happening so quickly, I didn't know how to process things, I always hoped for these things, but never felt I truly deserved them.

Suddenly my small body was enclosed in a bone crushing hug, my back softly flying into the cushion with Jaden above me. His excitement bled through as a smile slowly crept onto my lips, this was a chance to further my music career, a chance to add a little more light to my future that seemed so dim before all of this. "I'm so fucking pumped, Ness."

"Same." There was a long, awkward silence in the room, reminding us we were still against each other along with a harsh clear of the throat from none other than his girlfriend who he'd failed to show any emotion to about the performance. He turned to her and smiled, he pulled her body towards him as they walked around in an embrace, my body cringed at the awkwardness.