Photos of Tae and Rihanna quickly hit the web. Inside of the museum the last fashion show began, seats arranged by the producer of the show, the two women sat just feet from one another. The connection between the two women was more entertaining than actually seeing them together.
The paparazzi drooled at seeing Drake's ex-girlfriend and current girlfriend in the same room let alone interacting with one another. Hopes that the two wouldn't get along, shade being thrown, it was a paparazzi's dream to be in this situation. However the two remand calm, cool, and collected. Just two women enjoying fashion.
As the fashion show ended many celebrities stayed behind, having small talk, mingling amongst each other. A handful of Fashion icons, designers, photographs, and stylists seem to gloat over Tae and her involvement with Anna and a few other big names, her position with fashion model and mogul Kimora Lee Simmons, and her very own modeling career.
Rihanna watched from a distance as Tae spoke to high-end designers, Anna Wintour close at her side. Rihanna seemed to be less concerned with her very own conversation with designers and more concerned with the attention that Tae was receiving, and even wondering why she was receiving the attention in the 1st place. Surely it had nothing to do with Drake.
Rihanna took her phone from her purse and googled Tae's name, after sifting through the nonstop pages of Drake and Tae together and the recent drama of ex-girlfriends and nudes, she finally reached her Wikipedia page. She scrolled through trying to get to her career section. Rihanna realized that Tae was surrounded by these icons because they knew her personally, she had modeled and walked for these designers.
Rihanna wasn't easily jealous of anyone, she had no reason to. She was Rihanna, but Drake being in a relationship with a woman that was bigger than just an IG model or stripper seemed to bother her. Him being with a woman who's named that could foreshadow the relationship she had with Drake didn't sit well with her.
After excusing herself for the night and exchanging info with Rihanna. Tae found herself back in her New York apartment. Tae's night was far from over, she had made last-minute plans to have drinks with Rihanna at her favorite restaurant a simple 'girls night out.'
Tae's sister laid stretched out on the couch, it was Exam week coming up and Tae could tell by the stack of opened books, balled up paper, and multiple binders spread out on the floor.
"Hey! Get up, get dressed. We're going out." Tae said looking down at the mess that was her younger sister. "Jesus, exam week is really this depressing!?" Tae said shaking her head.
Tae had heard about the stories of what college exam week did to students, but she didn't go to college so she just always assumed people overreacted. Toya was in no shape to leave the house.
"I can't leave! I've still going two other subjects to study Tae!" Toya said looking as if she was on the verge of a mental break down at any moment.
"Damn Toya, how long have you been sitting here!?" Tae asked as she frowned while pushing piles of crumpled up paper out of her way with her foot.
"I don't know? Like two days!" Toya said back looking back down at her handwritten assignment.
"Soooooo, that's a no on having drinks with me and Rihanna?" Tae said with a casual smile and a shrug of her shoulders.
Toya looked up with a surprised expression. "What!? Rihanna? ... As in Rihanna Rihanna? As in your boyfriends ex girlfriend Rihanna?!" Toya asked in shock, Tae gave her a look of confirmation.
"HHAAHAHAHAHA!! Oh yes! I need to see this to believe this." Toya laugh filled the room, as she began walking down the hall to her room to get dressed. Tae frowned at her.
"WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN!?" Tae yelled back but got no response.
Tae began to seem a bit unsure about hanging out with an old fling of her boyfriends. Not just any old fling, but one of his most famous popular flings, the fling that loosely created his Grammy-winning album 'Take Care', the fling that still had people making fan pages with photoshopped photos of the two together calling them 'AubRih'.
Tae sat on the edge of the couch, the sound of muffled crumpling paper under her, she frowned as she flipped her rose gold iPhone 6 in her hand. Photos of her and Rihanna had already hit the web, there was no doubt Drake hadn't seen them if her phone was lighting up with tagged photos, then surly his phone was too, fans had to be tagging him in photos. So why wouldn't he have called yet? If he was angry about Tae being around Rihanna he would have been called Tae by now.
Tae's thoughts were interrupted by her sister yelling "LETS GO!" From the front door. Tae hadn't realized her sister was standing there talking to her. Tae stood up from the couch.
"Alight, Alright, hold on let me go change real fast." She said running to her room, Toya rolled her eyes.
Tae was going on her fourth wardrobe change of the night, her hair had gone from, wavy, to curly, to bone straight all in one day. Her face was clear of heavy makeup. It took no time for word to catch on that Rihanna would be out and about. The past 4 years she made New York her stomping ground. She was seen anywhere and everywhere.
She stepped out of her black SUV and made her way into the restaurant, her black two strapped heels clicked against the pavement, her signature white-painted toes, and her best friend Melissa right behind her. Tae and her sister made their way right behind the two women.
Paparazzi Lost their minds, closing in on the four women trying to get a closer look at Rihanna and Tae. In general, wanting a pic of the two women now hanging out. This was a big deal, this was going to cover gossip sites for a few weeks, there was no telling what stories would come from this meeting.
The simple conversation was far from what any web site would post, but that's exactly what it was. Rihanna sat across from Tae, multiple half-empty glasses with slowly melting ice covered the table, half-eaten plates of food.
Tae was surprised that the name Drake didn't leave her lips once, no shady comments of their relationship, she didn't even ask how he was doing. When Rihanna said let's talk fashion she meant just that. The two bonded over what it was like having similar parenting growing up. Rihanna being from Barbados and Tae having a father who was from Trinidad.
As the night went on it began to reach 2am and the women continued their odd but epic nigh. For some odd reason Tae felt it was more to this girls night out, she felt as if Rihanna was trying to make a point to Drake, make a point to anyone without even saying anything.
The entertainment industry was small, everyone was connected to someone somehow, Tae was sure she'd run into Rihanna someday, she just didn't think it would end with a night of drinks and amusing conversation. It may not have been awkward for Rihanna, she sat comfortably laughing, drinking, making jokes, and telling stories, but at moments Tae awkwardly realized she was sitting across the table from a woman that Drake was once very much in love with.
That could make even the most confident woman feel uneasy.
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