Can We Pretend. (Chris Brown)

11

Christian

"Do you want to schedule an in person interview or do a virtual one?" my assistant asked me.

Some girl named Kacy said she is good with digital editing and told me that she got what my company needs. In all honesty I didn't think my company needed anything that was until Devin came along. When she gave my team that social media idea it made me think about why haven't I been doing that. Social media definitely pushed my brand and magazine up way more than it already was. Thanks to my baby. I got to get her something to thank her. I love spoiling her even when I don't have to. She don't really like asking me for shit, but whatever she want or if she was to tell me she need something I will do it, within reason though.

"Umm I don't know let me think on that" I told her.

"Wait actually tell her to send me some of the stuff she do and then we can think about scheduling an interview" I said.

If her work not good I am not even going to think about responding to her with any further instructions. I don't want to waste my time and money.

Kacy

"Listen if I get this job, I'll slide you some cash as long as you keep helping me. This is just my climb to the top" I said.

"How much cash we talking?" Xavier, my cousin, said.

"I don't know I will see, once I see how much I'm getting paid. I think I may be able to finesse my way up there and once I get to the top we both going to be winning" I said.

"hmmm im going to get some shit typed up for you"

"Thank you I love you so much" I said and hugged him.

Me and my cousin lived in an 2 bedroom apartment together and we split the rent. We always stayed close to each other. Me and my parents don't really get along because of some of the life decisions I decide to make in my life and me and my cousin decided to get a place together.

He was really good with editing, that's something he liked to do in his spare time but he said he never wanted to make a career out of it.

Two hours later.

"This looks really really good" I said in amazement.

"I know I'm good at what I do. I drafted you a professional resume to make you look more marketable and here are the examples you can show of your work. You can tell him this is your first professional position. On your resume I put some internships that you did. When you do the interview act professional"

I put on a professional shirt and emailed my stuff to him.

———-

"I GOT IT" I yelled running out into the living room.

"I told you" my cousin said.

"He said he was going to give me a little condo in LA that's going to be paid through the company and I can stay til I get my own place" I said and we fist bumped.

"When he going to fly you out there?"

"Since he said I needed to be out there as soon as possible it's going to be this weekend" I said.

Devin

I was currently at the diner waiting tables until someone obnoxiously bussed through the door screaming.

"I QUIT" Kacy yelled.

"What the hell?" My boss said confused.

"Bitch you got the job?!?!" Emani said.

"Yessssss I sure diddddd" she said.

"So you going to a new job?" Our boss said.

"Yes you are now looking at the new digital magazine editor for BREEZY" she said and flipped her hair.

My eyes popped out my damn head. No way she actually got the job.

"Don't look so shocked Devin, your time will probably come up soon" she said and walked to the break room.

I wasn't good at hiding my facial expressions so I couldn't hide it if I wanted to.

"I'm bout to get my mannn" Kacy said to Emani and then they both laughed. I just continued doing my job until it was time for me to leave.

———-

"This makes shit so much harder now Autumn" I said to her over the phone as I drove home from the diner.

"Just don't be in the office" she said.

"You right, I'm so glad Christian likes to keep his shit professional he only brought me to his office one time. Now she about to be up there flirting with him" I said and rolled my eyes as if she can see me.

"Girl relax. It's funny how you said all of this falling for him wasn't going to happen and you sound like you doing a lot of falling" she said.

"Shut up" I said.

Christian started calling me as I was talking to autumn.

"Speak of the devil, I will talk to you later" I said and answered Christian.

"Hey beautiful what you doing" his deep voice filled up my car making me smile.

"I'm on my way home right now. You still at the office?" I asked him already knowing the answer was a yes.

"Yeah I'm doing some last minute shit so we can roll out this magazine and start on the new one and getting prepared for this new hire" he said.

"Oh for what department?"

"I got a new digital editor, she do really good work too. I did doubt her a little bit but when she sent me her work I was impressed" he said.

"That's good, but don't stay at the office too long. Did you even eat?"

"I had a bagel a couple of hours ago"

"Christian Maurice Brown, you better eat something"

"Damn the whole government is kind of crazy don't you think"

"Christian"

"Yes I will order something right now how about that"

"Mhm"

"When you plan on coming back to LA?" He asked me.

"I don't know, you know I work in New York right?"

"I heard Michael planning on expanding his business to LA. Maybe you could switch positions over there" he said.

"I don't know. Everything I know is here in New York I don't know about going to LA" I said.

"So how long you plan on doing this long distance shit?" He said and I was a little taken back by his statement. I could've sworn we was good.

"I'm not saying there's a problem with it now, but you ain't going nowhere and I'm not bout to have you hours away from me for the rest of this relationship" he said.

"Umm I don't know. I'll think about it"

"Yeah cool, I'm got shit I got to do Ima talk to you later" he said and hung up.

I could tell he was a little irritated by my response.

Moving to LA would be a lot for me I don't have no stable job and I just can't go there and not work. What am I going to do? Fake and act like I'm going to the office everyday and I'm not?

Wait

That doesn't sound too bad, but then I don't know what I'm going to do for money. LA cost of living is very high.

I'm just going to ask Michael if I can really apply there. Shit if Kacy got her way into working for BREEZY magazine I feel like I can work for Michael.

I texted him and told him that I wanted to schedule a meeting with him just to make myself look professional.

Am I really going to move to LA?