Noah
After carrying out my promise to Lucy by tweeting to my fans about my recent break up, I got drunk in the comfort of my home but when I woke up with my head banging, I had the itch to write something down. It was not my usual kind of writing but if it was worked well on, it could be charts topping.
And so after finding a pen and paper, I started my scribbling. I was still scribbling hours later when I yawned, raising my head from the paper to see that my manager, Ernie, was in the room with me.
“When did you get here?” I asked him, shocked at his appearance in my home, something which he doesn’t do too often anymore.
“About two hours ago, you have been scribbling like a fiend, I am sure that your coke has not lost some of its coolness though. He tossed a drink at me.
I snatched it out of the air. “Thanks man.” I opened the drink, took a sip and close my eyes.
“Noah, this Break up was good for you.” Ernie whistled as he looked through some of the paper I had spread across the floor. “These lyrics are hot.”
“Thanks.” I grimace, not correcting his words about the lyrics being related to this break up. I wish I could get away with deceiving myself but I can’t. There has been only one person who has always being my muse and that was the ice queen.
“Like how many songs do you think you wrote?” Ernie asked.
“I don’t know, like maybe three or five.” I shrugged like it was no big deal and Ernie rolled his eyes at me. Still too busy reading as fast as he could just so he could move on.
I waited for his reading to be concluded in silence as my mind cuts back to the scene of this afternoon. My girlfriend betrayal and my lack of feelings towards it. Yes I was feeling something but what I was feeling was for my relationship which ended four years ago. It is like every break up since then just made Tiffany own more hurtful and I needed some air.
When I pushed my seat back. Ernie dragged his eyes away from my lyrics to look at me. “Where are you going?”
“Out, I just want to stretch my legs, I will be back in no time.” I tell him, he nodded as he went back to the reading. I grabbed my jacket and grabbed my keys then I left. Yes I wanted to stretch my legs but I don’t know what time will be when I do get back but it was okay though. I was not in a hurry to be back.
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On getting to the club, I found my way to the vip lounge before I settled in and started tossing the drinks one after the other. Forgetting my worries was the goal forget tonight but I forgot that just as I forgot who I was. I made a deadly mistake.
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“Noah, up now.” An annoyed voice called as I groaned rolling back to sleep.
“Sir, please. Let me get him ready. He will be in the company in less than two hours.” A voice screamed into my ears as I frowned at the loud noise. The person didn’t have to use a mic. With some difficulty, I managed to exchange the position of my head on the bed. The pillow was now on top of my head, reducing their words.
“You better because I cannot stand it when people don’t stick to their images. He is supposed to be the perfect man, someone whom any kind of lady can take home to their mother, he cannot be perfect if he is drinking and getting drunk and causing a bar fight then going to an hotel with two women, one of whom is very married.” The door slammed some distance away as somebody sighs.
“Here goes another downwards spiral because of a girl.”
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I was hustled to the label within two hours while I was sobering up, with each moment my head gained clarity even with the pounding headache I was dealing with, I began to dread my actions.
“Can you not give me an hint?” I begged Ernie who has put me on some silent treatment like he was a kid. “Something which I did.”
“You went home with a married woman known for sleeping around. It is everywhere.” Ernie said as my stomach sank.
Oh God! What have I done?
“What is boss man planning?” I asked Ernie who gave me the stink eye but didn’t respond again.
I kept my worries to myself and didn’t say anything until I was sitting down on the chair I was sitting yesterday when I came for a visit.
“Handling Musicians Career is what I have been doing since I was a little boy. Over that long course of time, I have seen good men fall all because of a silly mistake. Less than the one you did last night.” I gulped at that.
“And you know what, I cannot even punish you for it because you got the public on your side but you want to know something. The public is very fickle, you can be their favorite person one minute and their worst enemy the next. Don’t fuck up anytime soon when they hate you. Got it.”
“Got it Sir.” I whispered.
“Good and based on what Ernie presented me yesterday. Your punishment won’t be much. You will release your new songs in singles and with one being this month. From the tone of the lyrics, ‘Remembering Memories’ will go first. Let’s play up the broken hearted you. Something which you have already started yesterday. Get to work on more songs Noah. Within one day you can come up with something like this. I hope you can write something over the course of the next two weeks while the get the melody right and then you can start recording.”
“Thank you sir.” I replied him, not saying anything. I didn’t have a choice to refuse, not after the PR nightmare I must have created yesterday.
Someone knocked on the door and opened. “Sir, Vera was seen dancing on a pole a few hours ago. The Video is already on YouTube and people are speculating where she was scouted from.”
“For god sakes.” Tony roared in anger. “Musicians will be the death of me. Get her agent number for me, I want to talk to him myself and while you are at it. Send a broadcast message saying any star to step out of line for then next week should think of signing with another record company.”
I cringed as Tony continue to spit in anger. Yeah, Vera was a wild girl but she should not have been anywhere near a pole and not even know how to use it. It was wrong from the storyline she fed us about where she is from and her background and well, a girl who know how to work the stripper pole is not something which a mother would want her teenage son crushing on. She just lost the sweet image she was going for.
At least, I am happy that this scandal will take some of the heat away from me.
TiffanyHearing about the breakup of Lucy and Noah apparently made it okay for me to go on the show even though she was still going to be there. A lot of things were shaking in Hollywood currently and my company didn’t want to shake more.That didn’t mean that I didn’t keep my righteous anger about everything though. I was still very mad over their actions and the decision they made without involving me. Since Josh represented my company for me, he has been the one getting the blunt of my disapproval about what they did.I was backstage at a talk show, still not talking to Josh. “What do you want me to do? Clean your tears and apologize for something which I have no control over besides you are both his ex so I don’t see the reason why you should still hate the show. You were excited for the show before you knew who that particular housemate is…” When I raised an eyebrow he corrected himself. “Well as much as a woman of your
TiffanyTwo hours later, I had downloaded all of Noah’s song and I was listening to them while getting drunk, he bared himself out for the public to see. That was why he was loved. It was years ago but I could feel the words as he sang them, I could hear the emotions. I watched one of his stage performance for the only soft song on his first album released and when he got to the chorus for the last time and everything changed and became more emotional. He had tears in his eyes as he sang from the heart and that was when my tears started.I did that to him. He was singing of our past, he was singing about us and how I wrecked him. I was aware of the fact that I did ruin what we had but that stage performance made me realized how far the hurt went.“Tiffany, you should stop tormenting yourself with this.” Josh said unable to keep quiet anymore. Yes you might have fucked up then but you are human, humans make mistakes all the time.”
Eight years agoTiffany.The day I realized I love Noah was when he was singing to me, it was a usual occurrence but it was magical for me when he first did it and it has never stopped being magical.“You know when you put your hand under your chin and listen to me like that, you make me feel like I am the most accomplished singer in the world.” Noah teased me after he sang the last lines of this song and put away his guitar only to look at me and see that I still had my chin in my hands as I stared at him with a mixture of awe on my face. Yes I know how I look because he brought a mirror one day to show me what I look like whenever he sings for me.“You will be.” I tell him with all conviction. “In little to no time you will have hordes of fans screaming your name, just don’t forget about me then.”He laughs. “Why will I forget about my number one fan? You will always be that for me.” He sighed.
NoahI don’t know how to act. I might disgrace myself further. I could be sick. I would not be able to concentrate well on my music. Every and any excuse I could think of, I had given to my Label CEO. He refused to listen to any, already had an airtight answer for every of my worries. So that was how I found myself dressed in all black on my way to the mansion in Beverly Hills where I will be under house arrest for the next two weeks.“You are sulking like a baby and you will be in a house filled with gorgeous ladies. Yeah I can totally see the reason why you are not happy.” Ernie rolled his eyes at me sarcastically.“Yes. You seem to forget that two out of those women are my exes and I am not a fan of others infringing on my space, I will have no privacy for the next couple of days.” I complained as Ernie shook his head at me.“It is better that you don’t have privacy right now, when you have nine othe
TiffanyOn getting to the sitting room of the mansion, I stared around in marvel. I love this house but it was never meant to be. If I had seen this house before the reality show, I would do my best to try and procure it. The décor was something which was amazing. White, the couch, the chairs, down to the small stool at the center of the room and the cute ornament on it. I was in love with something which would have been mine if life was different.Story of my life.Through the corner of my eyes I looked at the person who would have been mine even though I still love him. My Noah has not changed in the four years we broke up. He was still his chivalry self even I could tell that the girl hanging close to him was trying his patience. I gave it two hours before he say something. Normally someone like her was not his type but since she was his serious relationship less than three months ago then I guess that his tastes has changed.&nb
NoahI feel suffocated, and this is annoying because when we were in a relationship, seeing Lucy was something of a miracle, she made seeing her harder than seeing the queen and yet I had no problem with it then.Looking back at our past relationship, I can’t help but wonder what me of then was thinking about this girl, how on earth did I becomes so serious with her, she played me like a fine tuned instrument and I still cannot understand it.“Can someone take this over grown puppy away from me?” I growled in direction of the dining table where various house guests like us where already seated and chatting among themselves. Everybody paused their conversation and stared at me.“I know I did something which I was not supposed to do but you have no right to talk to me that way?” Lucy tone was filled with hurt.“Really?” I asked her. “I don’t? Then please stop exhibiting characteristics of
Tiffany.“Are you serious, I was put in a house with a bunch of strangers to play board games?” I asked with horror showing in my voice.“We can play adult games if you want?” Toby offered.My lips curled in disgust. “Honey you would not pay me enough to even act like I want your company around.” I retorted as Cody coughed into his hand turning his snicker into a cough at the last minute.“What is your own? You are too good to play board games with us.” Lucy snarks.I sighed, these people never learn, they will not beat me in a word fight. “No, I just think I don’t have enough knowledge in playing games, at least not with people who have the guts to play with others hearts.” I smiled at Lucy who looked like a fish with her mouth, opening a closing with no words coming out of them.“Okay guys. Let’s settled d
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