Brand New

Chapter 1: Congratultions!

It was a typical Monday morning for Adriana Hernandez. She woke up at 4:30AM, took a shower and got dressed. Then she woke her kids up, got them dressed and made them breakfast. After she fed them it was time to drop her little man off at school, take her daughter to daycare and then make her way to work.

After dropping her daughter off at daycare she turned up the volume on her radio. Her drive from her Santa Monica to Los Angeles was about half on hour long every morning. If LA traffic was good to her that is.

She sang along with "Holy Grail" by Jay Z feat Justin Timberlake. She was always a music junkie. Music was her escape from the world. As the song went off the radio DJ started talking. "Alright guys, I know that you're all aware Drake's going to be in town. Last week we gave away some tickets for his upcoming show here in LA at the Staples Center. This week, today, we are gonna take it up a notch. We got a pair of tickets here to Drakes show in Las Vegas y'all! That's right! Vegas! Sin city! All expenses paid. We're gonna give you the tickets, pay for your flight and your hotel. But wait, there's more. We're not just giving you tickets. We're also going to give you some meet and greet passes. You and a friend will get to meet Drake backstage before the show. All you have to do is keep listening to our show. When you hear "Hold On, We're Going Home" by Drake be caller ten and the tickets are yours"

Adriana had always wanted to go to one of Drakes concerts. She was a long time fan of Aubrey Graham. She was never allowed to go to any of his shows though. So she had never gotten the chance to see him live. Now that she was free to do what she wanted, there was another thing holding her back from buying tickets to his show in LA.

As a single mom, she didn't have the luxury to just drop a hundred plus dollars on a pair of concert tickets. Granted, she did have the money to do so. However, it was because she didn't allow herself to indulge in such things as concert tickets that she was able to stay on top like she did. It was a part of being a responsible adult that she sometimes hated.

She wondered if she should try to win the pair of tickets to Vegas. Then quickly shot that thought out of her mind. She couldn't just up and go to Vegas for a concert. She had kids. "Duh Adriana! You have kids" she said to herself in the rear view mirror.

Adriana pulled in to the parking garage at her job. Just as she was about to turn her car off "Hold On, We're Going Home" by Drake came on. The urge to try to win those tickets was there again. Heavy. She turned off the ignition. The music was still playing. She hesitated before finally pulling her phone out and dialing the number. She had the number saved already. In the past she would call to win things. But she only dialed once and if it was busy, she just hung up and didn't try again. She was sure this time would be no different.

She pulled her phone up to her ear expecting to hear a busy signal. Only this time, it was different. There was no busy signal. The phone was actually ringing. She actually got excited. But then, being the pessimist that she was, she told herself that even if she did get through, there was no way in the world she would be caller ten.

"Power 106, can you please hold on the line?" she heard a voice on the other end say. She couldn't believe they answered. "Sure, of course" she said still shocked. She sat there waiting and hear the song go off on her radio. "Thank you for calling Power 106, this is Big Boy. Who am I speaking with?" She heard the voice in her phone first but what sounded like an echo came from her radio. She quickly reached to turn it down. "Adriana" she managed to get out. "Adriana! Congratulations! You are our caller number 10! You and a friend will be going to Vegas to see Drake! Are you excited?" She let out an excited scream and the said "Oh my God are you serious? I won?" Big Boy laughed and said "I'm serious. You're our winner! I think it's safe to say you're excited." - "Oh my God I can't believe it. Thank you so much! I love your show! I listen to you every morning on the way to work." - "Well thank you. I appreciate that. Congratulations again Adriana. Please stay on the line so they can give you the info and thanks for listening to my show" Big boy said. "Thank you so much" she said into the phone with her voice trembling. She still couldn't believe she had won.