Arabella - Toxicity

11. Complicated, Dicks or Both

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I hated being stuck in traffic, especially when it's as hot as it is in LA. I was headed to the studio with Sara, not realizing that it was rush hour.

Dean was at a meeting and had left me alone with Sara, so when Nick called telling me I could come and listen to the song I took her with me.

She was sleeping peacefully in the passenger seat with a little teddy in her arms, she was so cute. I had turned off the music so she could sleep which meant everything I heard other than the occasional sounds from car horns was silence. I was bored, everyone here was probably bored or frustrated or both. I looked into the car beside me, there was an old guy and a young girl sitting there. The guy seemed to be around 50 and the girl 20 tops. Probably daughter and father, or so I thought until they kissed. I really hoped she was of age. I looked in the car in front of me where there was a small white dog looking out the window, it kind of looked like a rat.

A honk made me jump a little and I looked around and realized I could drive. The studio was only 20 minutes away from Dean's apartment, but we had already been on the road for 30 minutes cause of the rush hour and were still 10 minutes away.

We drove out of the city a little and the tall buildings slowly became normal family homes. I stopped in front of an old looking building. It wasn't run down, but it was build like an Ancient Greek building. It was white and had a bunch of details in the stone, you definitely wouldn't think this was a music studio if you didn't know it was.

I shook Sara lightly and she woke up with a smile on her lips. She got out of her seat on her own and ran over to me. I felt her small hand hold mine and I looked down at her with a smile.

"I'm thirsty" She said. I let out a sigh, of course she was thirsty.

"Can you wait a little? I'm sure they have water inside" I told her and she just nodded in response. I really didn't want to see Alex again, but I was too curious to let go of the chance of hearing the song about me.

We walked into the building and Kelly immediately saw us. She ran over to me and hugged me and I immediately hugged her back. She was wearing a new perfume, an expensive perfume. I smiled into the hug, I had missed her so much we haven't seen each other in like 2 or 3 months.

"And who's this little princess?" She asked as she pulled back from our hug. Sara moved to hide behind me a little and whispered her name. Kelly smiled and looked at me. "Ready to hear the song?" She asked with a playful smile.

Sara had gone off with Kelly to get a soda and I was sat on the couch in the recording studio.

"So he isn't here?" I asked Nick about Alex. Nick had just explained to me how Alex had gone to pick up food like 10 minutes ago.

"No, but he could be here any second, so if you don't wanna run into him you gotta be quick" He explained and plugged some headphones into a speaker and motioned me to get over to him. I stood up from the oddly comfortable couch and moved over to him. He put the headphones on my head and I adjusted them to sit more comfortably.

"Arabella's got some interstellar-gator skin boots
and a Helter Skelter 'round her little finger and I ride it endlessly"

My name being the first thing of the song was wild. When Nick had told me Alex had wrote a song about me I thought it would be a song that could be about anyone, but no, this was definitely about me.

"(That's magic) in a cheetah print coat
(just a slip) underneath it I hope
(asking if) I can have one of those
(organic) cigarettes that she smokes (wrapped her lips) round a Mexican coke (makes you wish) that you were the bottle (takes a sip) of your soul and it sounds like"