2018 is just as much of a horribly tragic year for Ariana Grande. The ups and downs of her engagement with Pete and friendship with Selena. Hopefully, 2019 brings something different...
It seemed like everytime Ariana started to feel happy again, it was gone just as quickly. Her and Pete's relationship was in a down ward slope and she was clinging on. She desperately wanted to make things work for them, but knew she wasn't in a right state of mind to discuss marriage anytime soon. Pete and her spent less and less time together due to their hectic schedules. He was in New York while she flew back and forth to Los Angeles. She loved living in New York, but most of her work priorities caused her to fly back to LA a lot.
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Selena was living it up in Beverly Hills with her friends. She enjoyed some drinks, a nice expensive meal, and shared some sexy photos that blew up Instagram.
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Of course, with all the attention, the hate comments came and flooded her page with unnecessary drama. The photos didn't stay posted long, she deleted them to avoid all the rumors and headlines that would follow. Selena was annoyed, but didn't care too much about Instagram, or likes.
Once her dinner was over, she was headed to hangout with Ariana in a LA studio. The girl was already working on her untitled fifth album which baffled Selena. She wrote, produced, and put out songs like it was nothing. It wasn't as easy for Selena. She took a lot longer to figure out things in her head before writing them down on paper.
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"You're a little workaholic, aren't you?" Selena teased Ariana as they hugged and she introduced her to everyone else hanging around the studio, "Hope I'm not interrupting."
"No, you're good. We're just playing around with stuff," Ariana led Selena into the booth where they both sat down in front of many microphones and recording instruments.
"You look amazing! And then there's me..." Ariana looked down at her sweatshirt, leggings, and slippers.
"No. No. You look comfy. I just came from a dinner thing and it's almost nine o'clock at night."
Ariana's writers and producers played some of her unreleased songs loudly as they worked on the tracks. Ariana shut the door to the booth to drown out the blasting music.
"Sorry about that."
"No worries. How's your fifth album coming?" Selena bulged her eyes out, "Yeah, fifth."
"I know," Ariana smiled, "I can't help it. All I do is write songs and think of music all day. But... um, it's going okay. I mean, I'm just starting it. Like, really getting into it. I have a lot of different ways I want it to sound in my head."
"I thought, you were going on tour after Sweetener?"
"I am. My fans don't know it yet, but I'm releasing the fifth album before tour. It'll be like a joint tour for both albums."
Selena stared at Ariana in silence with her mouth open in shock before shaking her head with a laugh, "What crack are you on girl?!"
Ariana bumped shoulders with Selena and laughed, "Well, there's a lot to write about when your life's full of drama."
"Don't I know it."
"You texted me about a collab thing you're doing..." Ariana brought up.
"Yeah," Selena nodded, "With Julia Michaels. She said it's about anxiety, and she might name it that, but I'm not 100% sure. I meet up with her and her team in December to record it and finalize things. It'll be out sometime in January. Reminded me of Breathin'. I love that song. And Get Well Soon."
"Thanks." Ariana smiled, not able to hide her adorable dimples.
The two girls chilled in the studio late into the night with all of Ariana's crew and friends. At one point, a bottle of champagne was popped open and Selena listened to Ariana sing beautifully while pop and rap tracks blasted for inspiration.
