Impulse

9

Nate

The next morning i sat in bed a little longer, i wasn't ready to look at the articles or deal with more of backlash for helping Sterling from Emma.

"Yo Nate, Emma wants to see you in her room" West said hitting my arm.

I nodded and got up complying. Might as well get the lecture over with. I got up practically dragging myself to Emma's room then knocked.

"Come in" she shouted.

I opened the door and shut it behind me and sat in her desk chair waiting for the yelling.

"Nathaniel" she spoke but i couldn't read her tone.

"I am really sorry if i knew they were there i wouldn't have done that i wasn't" i started to explain again, same explanation from last night but she interrupted me.

"The reviews are good" she spoke almost sounded shocked herself.

"What?" i asked snapping my head up to look at her.

"The fans, press, and media all love you with this mystery woman. They're saying she's just your type and you guys were made for each other and they still don't know who she is, but the songs are going up in the charts with them trying to figure out which love songs are about her."

"What?" i said again because i didn't know what to say. I was in complete shock as i'm sure she was.

"You're going to work on a new love song and perform it when it's done on tour. Unreleased then we will release it as a single a week later. You and Sterling are going to fake date, do not allow yourself or her to get attached. We're going to PR stunt this and then once tour is over we're going to have the next album as a break up one. That's how you fix this" she stated.

"Sterling has to be okay with those terms, but you're outing her a job when we get back." i pointed out, the range was building by her wanting to just toss her after.

"We will pay her what would've in the next two years. She'll be plenty compensated"

"I'll talk to her." i said getting up heading for the door.

"Make her say yes"

I ignored Emma and walked out of the door and took a deep breath before heading to the kitchen to grab a water and Sterling was sitting there.

"Hey good morning" she smiled.

"Can we talk in your room please" i said eagerly.

She furrowed her eyebrows and nodded confused. I get it. I'm confused too.

When we got to her room i closed the door and laid on her bed looking up at the ceiling still trying to process everything that just happened then trying to push that onto Sterling it wasn't going to be easy.

"Hey silly, what are you doing?" she laughed and laid down next to me. I looked over at her with a face made of stone.

"Oh so it's serious, what's up?" she asked turning her body towards me.

I took a deep breath before talking still looking at her, her eye contact and presence made my face soften.

"So the media likes you and I a lot. Like a lot a lot. Emma wants us to fake date for the press, me to write a love song about you, then us fake break up after tour and she compensate you for what you would've made working for us for the next two years without you working for us." i spat out to just get it out of my system. Her face and demeanor changed completely.

"What" she spoke confused.

"Yeah"

She stayed silent moving her eye contact to the ceiling where my eyes were before. She tapped her fingers on her arm a few times in the span of a couple of minutes.

"Okay" she finally said.

"What?" i asked looking at her again.

"I'll do it" she said looking at me again.

"Why?"

"It helps you, your career, we can still be friends after in secret of course, and it helps me finically. I don't see any losses in this" she shrugged.

"You do realize we'll have to act like a real couple right?" i asked trying to insinuate what that meant.

"Yeah what we have to hold hands and pretend like we like each other for the camera, so what?" she laughed a bit.

"No but like we'll have to like, you know" i spoke i don't know why i couldn't just say kiss but i couldn't.

"What, hm?" she smiled a little.

"Kiss Belmore, seal the deal make the cameras buy it" i finally said.

"I know i just wanted to hear you say it" she laughed and sat up.

"You're evil" i said putting arms behind my head to prop myself up to still see her.

"You'll survive Rockstar" she shrugged.

"We're adults though, we can handle a few kisses. Actors do this shit all the time, no feelings no strings attached. Just our friendship underneath all this" she added.

"I guess" i laughed a little. I was nervous. She seemed so calm and okay and i was far from that. I didn't want to do this because i'm scared I'll be the one to get attached. I left her room after a few more minutes to tell Emma she's in.