Brand New

Chapter 106: Balance

Drake sat in the studio with Noah bopping his head to the beat that played. He was tossing some lyrics around in his head and typed them into his phone before he forgot them. They had been at it for hours but this was nothing new for him. When he was in album mode this is how it always was. He looked at the time and decided it was probably time for them to get something to eat. If he was honest though, he really just wanted and excuse to get some time to call Adriana because he missed her. "Let's take a break and get something to eat."

"We can order something if you want?" Noah said.

"No, I need to get out of here for a bit."

Noah gave him a knowing smile. "Alright, lets take a break then." Drake got up and started making his way out. "Hey Aubs, tell Adriana i say hello."

Drake looked back at him and smiled. "I will." He exited the room and made his way to his bedroom so he could talk to her in private. When her face popped up on his screen he smiled. "Hey baby girl. You're a sight for sore eyes."

Adriana smiled at him. "Hey Aubrey. Aren't you supposed to be working on music?"

"I was. But I needed to take a break and call my girl because I missed her. Is that okay?"

Adriana's smile widened. "Of course. I miss you too. But I don't want Noah to think I'm distracting you."

"40 doesn't think that. We're making good progress. He says hello by the way."

"Awww. Well tell him I say hello back."

"I will. How's your day going baby girl?"

"It's good. I actually just finished a two hour maternity shoot and I have a family photo shoot in about thirty minutes. They gave me full creativity for both shoots. I love when they put their full trust in me. I'm swamped with work to be honest. But that's a good thing. Business is so good and I couldn't be happier."

Her excitement made him smile. She really loved what she did and her passion showed whenever she talked about her work. "That's good baby girl. They know they're working with a genius that's why they're trusting you with all creativity and you deserve it. You're amazing Dri."

"Thank you Aubrey. You have no idea how much hearing you say that means to me."

"Baby you know you're the shit. My baby is a boss!"

Adriana laughed and shook her head. "Stop gassing me up."

"Why? It's true baby girl. Your craft is amazing."

"I appreciate that. I really do."

He stared at her for a moment wishing he could hold her. She didn't say nothing, she just looked back at him through the screen and bit her bottom lip. "God I wish I could kiss you right now." She brought a hand up and covered her face to hide that she was blushing. They were thousands of miles apart and he still had the ability to make her blush like a school girl. He smiled and decided to cut her some slack. "How are Santana and Selena?"

She looked back at him and smiled. "They're doing good. Jay just told me a coach from one of the Club teams in the area talked to him on Saturday after Santana's game. He wants to work with Santana and get him on his club team. Jay thinks it would be good for him but he also doesn't really want to give up coaching him. Which I completely understand, basketball is their thing. So we will see where that goes. I think for now it would be best for Jay to keep coaching him. He's still little and I don't want to put too much pressure on him at such a young age. Selena is good too. She actually told me this morning she wants to take piano lessons. Can you believe that?"