CW: Domestic Violence
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Elle
My foot taps the floor, again and again, a nervous habit I couldn't seem to get rid of. We were sitting in the waiting area of Columbia Records, the Label that seems to want me as one of their artists. It's a crazy thing to think about, knowing when I first landed in LA I only dreamed about making it this far.
Nervously I pull out my phone staring at the clock, the time seemingly passing slower than usual. I open the chat I stared holes into since I texted him yesterday, but still no answer.
He is probably just busy. With the upcoming album release, and all it was no wonder he didn't text me back yet.
"Nervous?" My eyes shoot up at Finneas who agreed to come with me today. I can't even begin to explain how glad I am that he's willing to do this for me. I could never walk in there by myself.
"Just a little," I mumble, both our heads shooting up in the direction where someone seems to have called my name.
"Cherelle Townes?"
The both of us get up and walk towards the young lady, who guides us to a room, that was a little closed off from the others. She opens the door and we follow her inside, the room revealing to be an office, a giant glass behind the desk, presenting us with an amazing view over LA.
An older guy was sitting behind the desk, getting up the second we walked in. We quickly shake hands, before he motions for us to take place in front of him.
It took us a good thirty minutes to go through the contract, and all the possibilities I had with this label. I don't know what I expected but definitely not this. I mean he was already talking about trying to get the album out as quickly as possible, setting up a marketing team as well as sending me to events, tv shows and interviews. It all seems to be a little surreal. I could still use the same studio which made things a lot easier and the main priority, for now, was trying to get my Debut Album done.
"Have you decided on a stage name, yet?" Michael asks me and I nod quickly.
"If it's possible I'd like to stick with Elle Townes."
"Sure, no problem for us. It's a great name. And it's not set in stone just yet, so if you come up with anything else you can let us know."
We finalize the contract and I leave my signature on various of the thirty or so pages before we're guided out of the room, supposedly to meet my manager. Even though Finneas has already said that he'd like to have a word in as well - which I was more than fine with, knowing that no one knew me better than him - they still recommend working with someone who already knows a little more about the industry. Apparently, someone from a management company they work with wanted to meet with us. We're guided out of the room and into another, a young guy supposedly in his late twenties waiting for us.
"Hi, it's so great to meet you. You must be Cherelle and Finneas, right? My name's Danny and I work for the management company."
He seems like a nice guy, and I am glad that I was given a younger guy because I didn't know how comfortable I would be with someone twice my age.
"It's great to meet you too." I say sending him a smile.
"So, since you're still a pretty unknown artist - at least for now - you'll be solely my responsibility when it comes to press, events and basically everything that includes you as a person. I know that you're working on your first album and I've been wondering if you have an estimated date of when you think you will be done. It would be good to get you into some interviews to generate some general hype beforehand as well as release one or two singles early. So, what do you think?"
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