"Honestly," He dribbles the ball a couple of times before shooting it up in the air. "I just be chillin." The ball went in with a swoosh.
I stand with my arms folded and chuckled to myself. "That's what all the hoes say." I mumble to myself. He tilt...
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"Zeena, stop moving. You gone get burned." My mom says sitting behind me in her customized salon downstairs. "Sorry mama." I apologize as she brings the hot comb to my roots and combs her way down, my frizz straightening like silk.
"Hey Zee, Terrence is on the phone." Cece comes downstairs with her phone up to me. I take it smiling at the screen. "Hey TD." I wave at him and he smiles looking as he drives in his car.
"Okay so here's the deal. I need you to come back to the office as soon as possible. I got a new opportunity I think you would like." He vaguely says and I frown as my mom tilts my head to the side. "Um...what kind of opportunity?" I ask him.
"Well that's why I need you to come down to the office to speak about it." He says and I didn't like how indirect he was being. "I need to know what we gonna speak about though. You know, so I could be prepared?" I tell him as a straight strand of hair falls on my shoulders.
He takes in a breath and shakes his head a little. "Damn I said I was gonna wait." I look at him expectingly. "I just got off the phone with Bey. She had this crazy idea and it was actually genius." He says and I look up at Cece who was smiling excitingly.
"Okay I'm listening.." I say with a sigh, nervous to his next words. If he mentioned Bey then it must be serious. "Anything that I say I don't want you to take personal. But if we're being honest...it's time to spread your wings." He points out and I frown at the phone.
"What do you mean?" I ask him and he takes a breath before continuing. "With all that's happening with the group and Sarah having a baby, we can't guarantee what's gonna happen with you guys next. But what we can count on is you." He says throwing me off.
I shake my head. "No, I'm not leaving my girls like that. After all our hard work." I defend and he looks at the camera concerned. "Well you wouldn't be leaving the group, God no. You would just come out with a solo album, maybe even perform at some arenas. Get you out there as Zeena the artist and not Zee from ZSCS." He explains and I sigh thinking about his words.
I can't be upset at this. Some part of me saw this coming. I had a feeling that Sarah's baby was gonna get in the way of this and Skai's heart wasn't in it. The only one rocking hard for real was honestly, Cece.
"It sounds nice but I'm not about to leave Cece out to dry like that. She's just as hungry." I tell him and Cece shoos me off.
"Well me and Cynthia already talked and she spoke on how she would want to be apart of the process. Not just on the outside but inside as well. Like writing, choreographing and even hopping on some of the songs" he says looking behind his mirror. Why was he driving himself?
I look up at Cece and she smiles with her hands clasped together underneath her chin. "If Cece's cool with it then...I'll give it some thought." I answer him and he chuckles shaking his head. "You always gotta keep em guessing huh?" He asks and I shrug. "I just wanna be 100 before I dive in, you know?"
