The Zone

Abel:

I wake up to this horrible ass head ache. Yet another damn hang over. Twice in a row. I sit up & absorb the room. Broken bottles, girls passed out & drugs every where. I love this life but it has its flaws too. Hangovers for example.

I stand up & head towards the bathroom but see Valarie laying in the door way passed out. I pull her out by her legs far enough for me to close the bathroom door.

I look into the mirror & absorb my appearance. I look like shit & I feel like shit. I think back on seeing Valarie lying in the floor like that. Just passed out. I fucked up her life as I do every other female. I always make them feel special, give them what they want, then tear down all their morrows. I hate that I do it, but its a thrill & I must have that thrill fulfilled.

I hear my phone ring & take a look at the caller I.d. Cash, my manager. I answer it & put it on speaker phone. "Yeah what's up Cash?" I hear him rambling through papers in the background. "Yo Abel, I got you on a fall tour with Drake and Jhene Aiko. Jhene is opening for you & you are opening for Drake." Drake is like a brother to me. So I'm more than excited to go back on tour with him. Now this Jhene girl, I don't really know her. I mean I met her once, but that's it. I just know she made a song with Drake & went on tour with him. Also did a couple songs with a few known artist but her herself, is not really known.

Jhene:

I hate shopping at the mall with Mila. I always go for broke with her. The true definition of shop til I drop. "I only wanted a couple outfits for the tour! Not a whole new closet my nigga." I crack up as we enter another clothing store. I look at the price tag & become stunned. "Bitch you know I can't fuck with a thousand dollar shirt yet. You lost your mind girl!" She rolls her eyes & takes a deep breath. "Girl. You are going on tour with The Weeknd & Drake. You need to go all out on that wardrobe. They're both highly known. You need to wear things thatll make you shine." She says while picking out this hideous shirt. I shake my head no to it.

"Anyways, are you going to be okay going on tour with Drake? Like despising everything that happened on the last one?" I think back on all the memories we had & how I fell in love with him. Then I reminisced the break up. "I'll be fine. I'll keep my distance. You know I'm good girl." Mila puts the shirt back & comes to give me a hug. I love my sister she's always there for me. I guess you can say she's my best friend.  Drake:

"Alright, I think that'll do it for the day." 40 says while we wrap up the new song expected to drop tonight. He plays it back one more time & I bob my head going along with the flow. "Yeah that's hot." I say shaking his hand. 40 cracks his knuckles & stretches. Then leans back in his chair looking back at the studio booth I just walked out of not long ago. "Yo Brey, you don't think you're stressing yourself a little to much? Think about it, you had the whole Houston Appreciation Weekend, then the BET awards, dropped songs, OVO fest,  not to mention clubs, now you're about to go on tour. You don't think you should slow down a bit?"

I sit down on the couch located behind 40's chair & shake my head. "Nope, I'm cool. Thanks for looking out for me. But you know I've always been on the move since we were younger. It might not have been the move for music, but I was always on some kind of move." 40 nods & takes a sip of Hennessey. "You're going on tour with Jhene, how you feel?" I lower my head unable to explain how I feel about the situation.

"I mean, I'm cool, its what ever. I'll just avoid her as much as possible. No worries." 40 nods in agreement with me. "Thats the best thing you can do, avoid her. No eye contact. Nothing, you do you & she will do her." I stand to shake his hand. "You right. Good lookin boy." I give him a bro hug & head out of the studio. Of course I'm ready for another tour, I'm just not ready to see Jhene.