Brand New

Chapter 19: Can You Sing To Me?

It didn't take long for the music to come on the drinking to start. Adriana felt awkward at first. She was alone with a bunch of people she didn't really know. This was another first for her. She knew who they were... but she didn't know them personally. It was also still all so surreal. She was still having a hard time believing that she was in Las Vegas, now in Drake's suite, partying with him and his crew.

Once she started drinking though, she became more relaxed. Adriana had watched Drake mix all her drinks but still she had no idea what she was drinking. She just knew that it tasted really good. So good that she was drinking them like water.

"You might want to slow down on those a little bit" Drake said to her.

"It's so good!" Adriana said to him. "It doesn't even taste like it has alcohol in it" she said finishing off another cup.

Drake laughed. "I'm a good bartender. But it's going to sneak up on you, trust me" he said to her.

"Isn't that the point though? I'm supposed to get drunk right?" Adriana asked him.

Drake nodded his head. "Yes. I guess you're right" he said with a grin.

"Is it hot in here or is it just me!" Adriana asked and took off her little bolero jacket.

"It just got hot" Drake said and licked his lips. "Do you want another drink?" he asked her.

"I thought you said I needed to slow down" Adriana said.

"That was before you reminded me that the end goal was for you to get faded" Drake said.

Adriana gave him a side smile. "Okay" she said and Drake went around the bar to make her another drink.

'Work Out' by J.Cole started playing through the speakers. "OH MY GOSH! I LOVE THIS SONG" Adriana yelled a little bit louder than she intended to.

Drake looked up at her and laughed. Adriana covered her mouth and laughed too. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to be that loud.

"We're having fun. Don't apologize. What do you know about J.Cole though?" Drake asked her.

"What? I know about J.Cole. The Come Up, The Warm Up, Friday Night Lights! Need I say more?" Adriana asked.

Drake nodded. "Okay. You know your stuff" Drake said.

"I do. Dance with me?" Adriana asked him extending her hand to him.

Drake looked down at her hand. Then he allowed his eyes to wander down the rest of her body before taking it. "Okay. Let's dance" he said.

They danced to the song and Adriana sang along with some the lyrics. Drake grinned at her. "So Jermaine is my competition then?" he asked her.

"Competition?" Adriana asked him with her eyebrows furrowed.

"I mean, you're obviously a huge fan of his" Drake said.

Adriana laughed and nodded her head in understanding. "I'm not going to answer that" she said.

"Why not? Dang is it like that?" Drake
asked her.

Adriana smiled up at him. "I am a huge J.Cole fan... Yes. He's not someone you need to worry about though. I'm team Drizzy first" she said and winked at him.

Drake gave her a light chuckle. "Good to know. Who should I be worried about then?" Drake asked her.

"Hmmmm. I mean, he's not a rapper, but he's right up there with you on the love level" Adriana said.

"Is that right? Who's that?" Drake asked her.

"I mean, does it really matter? You don't really need to be worried about it. Like I said, he's not a rapper so he's not really your competition." Adriana said.

"I'm just interested in knowing who I'm sharing my level of love with" Drake said.

Adriana gave him a light chuckle. "Alright but don't you go bad mouthing him. It's Bruno Mars" Adriana said to him.

Drake nodded his head. "Okay, I can respect that" he said to her.

Adriana grinned. "See, no competition. He does him and you do you" she said.

"Call me petty, but if you had to pick one, who would you pick?" Drake asked her grinning

Adriana laughed. "That is really pretty of you Aubrey. I'm not even going to entertain that right now" Adriana said and shook her head.

Drake gave her a side smile. "It's like that?" he asked her.

"Yeah it's like that" Adriana said.

The song went off and Drake's 'Brand New' started playing through the speakers. "I love this song. Can you sing it to me?" Adriana asked him.

Drake looked down at her and smiled. "If I sing it can I be at the top of the list?" he asked her.

Adriana laughed. "Well played... well played. But yes, this would put you at the top."

Drake gave her his boyish smile and closed the gap between them. He wrapped his arms around her for a slow dance and said "Request granted!"

Adriana wrapped her arms around him too and rested her head on his chest with no hesitation. When the words started Drake's deep husky voice sounded like magic in her ear.

"This here is on some truthful shit!
Its seems like everything I do your use to it!
And I hate hearing stories bout who you've been with!
Thats when I gotta hide what I'm feeling inside.
So you still think I am confident and damn
Is this gonna last?
You're up on a pedastool.
Are we moving too fast?
Feel like I'm in crazy competition with the past.
That's why I gotta ask...
Is anything I'm doin' Brand New?"

Drake's voice in her ear sent chills through her whole body. Adriana was sure she had goosebumps all over. She wanted to lift her head and look up at him but she didn't trust herself not to kiss him if she looked into his eyes while he sang to her. She kept her head down and let his sexy voice continue to ring through her ears.

"This here is something personal
I highly doubt this feeling is reversible
Knowledge is pain and that is why it hurts to know
That you atempt to hide and put mistakes aside
So I don't ever question you, and damn
I can't even find the perfect brush
So I can paint what's going through my mind
Racing against myself but I'm a couple steps behind
That's why I gotta ask...
Is anything I'm doin' Brand New?"

By this point in the song Adriana felt like she was weak in the knees. His voice in her ear was making her feel some type of way. She was having a hard time concentrating on anything at all. She could feel the liqour kicking in. She felt good. But now she was having a really hard time fighting the urge to just raise her head and kiss him. Especially since she knew he wouldn't be opposed to kissing her. As he finished the last chorus she told herself 'This is it Adriana. The last verse. You can get through it!' She could feel his breath in her ear. Drake was much taller than her but her heels and the fact that he had his head down rested on hers brought her to the perfect position to feel his breath by her ear and enjoy the words coming out of his mouth.

"Is anything I'm doing Brand New?
New, new, new, new, new, new.
Is everything I'm doing to late?
Late, late, late, late.
Did he take your clothes off just like this?
Did he give you loving just this?
Did you spend the night in his bed on the very 1st date?
Tell me baby, Am I too late?"

Drake kept going with all the adlibs from the song. Adriana made the mistake of moving her head and raising it to look up at him. Drake looked at her as he finished the song. There was that look in his eyes again. She looked down at his lips and bit her own. A smile came across Drake's and he licked them. That was it, Adriana lost all hope of containing herself from kissing him. She glanced up at him momentarily and then went for the kiss. Drake didn't hesitate, he met her halfway.

The way Drake kissed her was like nothing she ever experienced before. Adriana could swear it was like fireworks.... like magic. It was pure bliss... perfection. He put so much passion into that kiss and it wasn't hard for her to return that passion. She was kissing a man that she desired for a long time from afar. Never in a million years did she think this could happen. Yet here she was, kissing Aubrey Drake Graham and he was kissing her back ever so passionately. Making her whole body come alive with desire for him.