Lukas Nelson frowned, he pressed a button on the mixing board and talked to Gaga who was inside the recording booth, -'Stef? You okay?', Gaga wiped some tears and nodded, -'Yeah I'm fine', -'Alright, come on, let's go the chorus'.
'And if you say you're okay, I'm gonna heal you anyway, promise I'll always be there, promise I'll be THE CURE', Lukas smiled pleased. She nailed it. Gaga walked out of the booth looking winded and her cheeks blushing pink, -'How did it go? Can I listen to the recording?'.
While they listened to what they had done, Gaga stared at Lukas. He had a beautiful face...his cute nose, his bushy eyebrows, his honey eyes and his ashy blonde hair, -'You're perfect' she thought. He seemed to listen to her brain since he turned to look at her and smiled wide, a row of shiny white teeth peeking out making anyone melt. Now he stared...she looked interesting, not like every other Californian girl he used to know. Her big eyes glistened like jewels, her prominent nose was cute and fit her face and her face structure was sharp enough to cut through steel, -'I think we are pretty done' her rough voice sounded like she was trying to seduce him even when she wasn't even trying. Lukas nodded, -'Yeah, it's amazing', -'It's gonna be a summer hit, you'll see' she winked and got up. He watched her ass as she went into the bathroom to freshen up after a long night of recording.
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-'How were The girls?' Gaga asked Christian.
Izzy and Lo <reduced versions of their real names, for some reason I dont find myself comfortable with dropping their full names here> were Christian's teenage daughters from his last marriage, -'They're good, they liked all the gifts I brought them', Gaga smiled and nodded, -'That's good baby...', -'Come here, I haven't seen you in days', Christian held her onto his lap and smelled her fresh scent of ripe citric fruits and vanilla. Expensive shower gel.
-'I missed you' she lied, holding his face and kissing him deeply. She missed someone to cuddle at night with, not him, in particular. He chuckled and hugged her tight, -'I love you' he whispered against her hair before gripping it hard and yanking her head back, -'And it's gonna be a long night for you and I', he suckled on her neck and left a love mark, Gaga chuckled and licked her lips, -'I can't wait' she sighed in dismay, knowing what was to come.
By the time the sun peeked out to say good morning, Gaga had new bruises and couldn't walk properly again. -'Fuck' she whispered angrily, trying to put some panties on, -'He really fucking...broke me this time', every organ inside of her from the waist down felt swollen and like they were liquid at the same time, just sloshing around in there. Before getting up, she shot a hateful glare at the sleeping man beside her.
Bo stared at her friend in horror, she didn't wanted to say anything but it was almost like Gaga was oblivious to something very important. The hand shaped bruise on her neck was everything but typical of her. -'...Is there something in my face?' Gaga asked innocently, Bo shook her head, -'Nope', Gaga smiled pleased, -'Okay...now what's for breakfast?'.
Before Bo could lose Gaga to her busy schedule she set her aside after breakfast.
-'Hey' she said, holding her friend's slender hand, -'Hi baby, what's up? Need something?', Bo sighed deeply, -'Whats with your bruise? ' she asked discretely pointing at her neck. Gaga frowned and looked closely in the mirror. If someone looked at her thoroughly they would be able to see the mark of a grip around her neck, -'I-', -'He's doing this to you isn't he?', Gaga gazed back at her friend like an abandoned pet, -'...If you tell on him, he's gonna kill me'.
