Photoshopped.
Were they waiting for me to get online? My fingers fly over the keyboard typing responses.
@shellidaboss Thank you!
@ciciciccone Awww! Congratulations!
@latariab Um . . . can I plead the fifth?
My answer to the last post sent my page into a new flurry of posts. I sure hope that these are not my high school or middle school fans. What are they doing up this late?
@SundayTolliver Sunday, no!!!!!! You canât be kissing DeShawn! What about Sam? #teamsam
Sam is your boo for real! Stop playing! #teamsam@SundayTolliver
@SundayTolliver Do yâall remember how Sam played her? #teamdeshawn
It seems like my fans are just as confused as I am. Half of them are rooting for Sam, the other half rooting for DeShawn. They all want me to pick one.
I open my phone and call Samâs phone. Heâs probably asleep, but I just want to leave him a hello message. I donât like the way our last phone call ended.
He answers. âWhatâs up?â
âNothing. I was just on Twitter, and my fans are tripping.â
âWhy? Because you never answer their tweets or follow them back?â
I laugh quietly. âThey arenât expecting me to do that, are they? I need someone to seriously man my page then, because Iâm not going to be able to answer all of their stuff!â
âThey are expecting you to do it, because they love you, so of course you should love them back.â Then Sam cracks up laughing. âThey want you to pick a boyfriend. They are giving you ultimatums too.â
âAre you reading my page?â
âI am. I think you should listen to them.â
âOf course you do. When are you coming to town? Iâm ready to work on some new music.â
âSoon. Iâm finishing up some stuff here with one of Mystiqueâs new artists on her Mystical Sounds label.â
âIs it a girl?â
He chuckles. âYou jealous that Iâm in New York spending time with another girl singer?â
âI am absolutely not jealous.â
âYes, you are, and you should be. This girl is beautiful.â
Totally unfazed, I reply, âShe must not be that hot, since youâre on the phone begging me to choose you every chance you get.â
âSomebody is getting the big head, I see.â
âNo big head. Iâm just saying that I donât believe you when you try to make me jealous.â
âWell, sheâs absolutely stunning. But . . . sheâs only eleven. Sheâs going to be the next Disney star, and Iâm in on the ground floor selling her tracks.â
âWhy didnât anyone ask me to write a song for her?â
âYou want to? Itâs Mystiqueâs thing, but Iâm sure I could make it happen.â
DeShawn walks into the kitchen. I hold a finger up to my lips. He grins mischievously. He better not say anything, or he can take his ultimatum and kick rocks.
âAll right, Sam. Talk to Mystique for me. Thatâll be great. Let me know what she says. Call you tomorrow?â
âYou getting off the phone?â
âYes. Iâm tired. Itâs late!â
Sam takes a long pause. What is he thinking? âThat dude is in the room, isnât he? Donât lie either.â
âYes, he is, but I really am about to go to bed.â
âMan, Iâm about to move back down there. This dude circling around like a squirrel over an acorn.â
âI wouldnât mind having you back here, Sam. I like working on music whenever I get inspired, not whenever youâre in town.â
âIâm going to buy a condo this week. I canât win my girl back all the way in New York.â
âWhat about your spot in New York?â
âIâm leasing it, so itâs on and popping. Iâll be back in Atlanta this month.â
âOkay . . . Iâm looking forward to it.â
âI am too. Put me on speaker so I can tell the video vixen to
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