Tae pushed the bedroom door open and paced the room, her hands balled up into fists. Drake watched her for a moment, he allowed her to steady her breathing before he dove headfirst into finding out what happened. Tae slowed her pacing and eventually stopping in the middle of the floor. She breathed in through her nose and out her mouth relaxing her body and looked at Drake. Tears welled up in her eyes but stayed in the lining of her eyes.
"What happened?" His deep voice was demanding yet calming.
"She walked up to me, and acted like she didn't know who I was, taunting me, like she didn't know I was with you, had the nerve to ask me who invited me!?" Tae's nose flared, she stopped talking and clenched her teeth. "Lied on you, like you and her be been chillin on the regular knowing damn well it's been a year!?"
Drake began walking closer to Tae, her hand immediately went up signaling him not to come closer to her. "Don't." She said her eyes firmly pressed shut. Drake frowned then raised one eyebrow as he looked down at her hand then back up at her.
"Like how do you bullshit somebody straight to their face!? Look, I'm not blaming you for this shit, I know these hoes is scandalous, willing to do and say anything to ruin some shit for somebody." She began pacing the room again. "People do life changing shit to you then think an apology can fix it! Like this shit be fucking with me mentally, fucking stressed!" Tae's New York accent coming out more and more she spoke.
Tae stopped walking, she paused and looked up at Drake. "Like, do I have to be a bitch!? Do I have to be THAT BITCH!? People really got me fucked up. I guess I gotta come for hoes before they even try me! These bitches trying me on purpose!? Like she came up to ME and fucked with me ON PURPOSE! Fuck everybody, I don't give a fuck no more. I been too nice too long. Fuck it!"
Drake couldn't help but sit and listen to Tae's nonstop venting, things had finally gotten to a point where she couldn't hold it in, between Draya thinking an apology could change her leaking nudes and now Destiny trying to taunt her with the dumb blonde act she snapped, Drake could understand, he himself had a similar breakdown just before recording Nothing Was The Same, which he later put those feelings in songs and put them on the album. Though their breakdown wasn't about the same thing it didn't take away from the fact that it was a breakdown.
Drake walked across the room meeting her head-on, he wrapped his arms around her shoulder's and held onto her tightly. Tae relaxed her body into his.
"I'm tired, I'm so tired Aubrey." Drake could feel Tae's warm breath against his chest, he gripped her tighter and kissed the top of her head.
"I know, I'm sorry baby girl, I'm so sorry you had to deal with that. Drake rested his head on the top of hers as he held onto her.
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Once again the weather seamed to prove why California was the place to be, the cooling breeze cut into the sun beamed down on the city. Today was the day that would showcase all of Oliver's hard work, with the assistance of Tae.
Drake made it very clear that he didn't want to be in the store during the opening, it wasn't because he didn't want to be around the fans, it was just he wanted them to focus on the clothing, the brand, the brand that he and his team spent years building. He wanted the fans to see the clothing, and the store itself, he wanted them to see all the hard work and not just pay attention to him.
The crew gathered in the kitchen spread out as they ate. A buffet of breakfast food lined one of the kitchen counters, individual bowls of fresh fruit salad, glasses of orange and apple juice sat for the picking.
"OOOHHHH THERE SHE IS!" Chubbs yelled out, followed by the rest of them adding their hoots and hollers.
Tae walked down a small smile and rolling her eyes at the guys and her best friend Jazmine as they taunted her.
"Yea yea, good morning to y'all too." She walked past them and grabbed a fruit cup.
"What's up Killa?." OB teased her as he threw his arm over her shoulder. "You a Mob Wife now? Tae with the Untamable Temper!"
"Are you done?" She said looking up at OB, he paused to see if he could come up with any more names but eventually shook his head yes.
"Ok, now that, that is done, I'd like to apologize to everyone for my outburst, I allowed a nobody to get me out of character, and that's not cool so I apologize." Drake smiled at Tae as he looked up from his plate.
"I don't know man, I like the Mob Wife Tae, I like when the temper comes out." Chubbs said as he pointed his fork at Tae but looked around the room. "She don't need security, she just fight her way through the crowd. I fucks with it."
"I agree, I feel safer with you, then I do with Spoons." OB said looking down at Tae with a very serious.
Drake stood up from the counter and walked over to Tae, he childishly shoved OB's arm off of Tae's shoulders and placed his arms around them. "I gotta agree too, you kinda sexy when you mad." Drake whispered in her ear then kissed the side of her cheek.
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The line of people wrapped around the block, and then wrapped around the next block. Fans of all ages waiting to get a chance to see what the new flagship store had to offer. Groups of people that had been camping out in front of the store for the opening gathered their things, bystanders stopped for a few minutes to see what was going on. Surprisingly enough Drake not being there wasn't a concern, sure a few fans here and there expected him to be there, expecting to see him sitting behind a table as if it was a cd signing, but a majority of the fans understood it was about the clothing.
Oliver divided his attention between monitoring fans, taking pics, talking, and making sure everything ran smoothly. Tae did her best to shy away from male fans trying to hit on her, throwing their best game and pickup lines at her. Drake not being there was a once in a lifetime chance to take a stab at her and many men tested their luck, not realizing they had to go through every OVO member that was in the store at the moment AND security in order to even get to her.
Tae and Oliver's girlfriend Nicky stood behind the employee's counter casually speaking to one another, both of Tae's personal security guards that Drake refused to allow her to be without whenever he wasn't around stood on either side of the open counter. Tae hated having personal security, she didn't think it was ever needed, but to keep from having one less argument she let Drake call the shots on that subject. Fans occasionally approached the counter, both women pausing their current conversation to start up a new one with whoever stood there.
Tae felt wired signing things, she had sighed her modeling photos before, but signing things that her boyfriend's name was associated with seemed a bit out there, but to them she was considered OVO, she may not have been Drake but like any other member she graced the IG pages of crew members, they all had their own nickname for her. She was like an Oliver, a 40, a Hush, a Mark, a Chubbs, or an OB, she was a member. Fans handed her OVO merchandise to scribble her name across, and she did so with a smile.
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Fanfic"And Draya, Dollicia ... The rest of them?" Drake asked as his back was turned to her. Tae sat quiet again unsure of what he was really asking, what he really wanted to know that she hadn't already confessed about. "They were a 'at that moment' thin...
