un beso | j. pimentel

16 || TRABAJA

ONE WEEK LATER
MIAMI FLORIDA

CNCO WAS HOSTING A MEET AND GREET. IT WAS AALIYAHS JOB TO BE THERE AND GREET PEOPLE AS WELL. JOEL WANTED HER TO BE THERE SO HE COULD SHOW HER OFF AND HE MADE IT KNOWN THAT THEYRE TOGETHER.

RENATO SAID THAT THEY CAN DECIDE WHEN THEY CAN MAKE IT OFFICIAL. THEY AGREED ON DOING TODAY.

LATELY JOEL HAS BEEN AT HER HOUSE LIKE THEY LIVE TOGETHER. AALIYAH HASNT BEEN AROUND THE GUYS AT ALL SINCE BEFORE THEY LEFT FOR DUBAI. SHE GETS IT. ZABDIEL AND JOEL FOUGHT AND ITS UNDERSTANDABLE WHY JOEL WOULD KEEP THEM AWAY FROM EACH OTHER.

9:03 AM

JOEL WOKE UP AND TURNED OVER TO SEE A PEACEFUL AALIYAH. SHE HAD BEEN WORKING SO HARD LATELY. WHEN SHE WASNT WITH JOEL, SHE WAS IN THE STUDIO WORKING. SHE HAD FINISHED HER ALBUM. JOEL WAS FEATURED ON A FEW SONGS. SHE HAD STAYED UP MAJORITY OF THE WEEK.

THATS WHO SHE IS THOUGH. SHE WORKS 20 HOURS IN THE DAY AND SLEEP FOR 4. THE ENTIRE WEEK AND JOEL FEELS LIKE IT HAS TAKEN A TOLL ON HER. SHE WAS EXHAUSTED BUT SHE NEVER LET IT SHOW THROUGH HER PERSONALITY. JOEL FELT GUILTY, HE FELT LIKE HE COULDVE HELPED HER OUT MORE THAN HE DID. BUT TO BE FAIR SHE WOULDNT LET HIM. SHE JUST HAS SUCH A BIG HEART AND WOULD RUN HERSELF INTO THE GROUND WITHOUT BRINGING OTHERS DOWN.

AALIYAH
why are you staring at me

JOEL SNAPPED OUT OF HIS THOUGHTS

JOEL
w-what

AALIYAH SMILED WITH HER EYES CLOSED. SHE STRETCHED AND HUGGED JOEL. THAT FLIPPED THEM OVER AND SHE CUDDLED INTO HIS CHEST AND WENT TO SLEEP

JOEL STROKED HER HAIR

JOEL
liyah

AALIYAH
hm

JOEL
we have to get up

AALIYAH GROANED

AALIYAH
i know

SHE STAYED IN THE SAME POSITION

JOEL
you didn't move though

AALIYAH
i know

JOEL
aaliyahhhhhh

AALIYAH
plssssss what time is the meet and greet

JOEL
at 12

AALIYAH
what time is it?

JOEL
9:05

AALIYAH SAT UP

AALIYAH
babe you're telling me that you woke up so early for no reason and that we can't stay for 5 more minutes.

JOEL
yeah, especially because you don't just "stay for 5 more minutes" that 5 turns into an hour princesa. now levantate

AALIYAH BECAME DEAD WEIGHT
(if you don't know what that means, it's like when you let your body relax and let gravity take over.)
AND JOEL GROANED

JOEL
come onnnn today's going to be a good day. i can make you breakfast and we can shower togetherrrr and after the meet and greet we can go to dinner. come onnnnnnnnnn aaliyah.

AALIYAH WAS FACE FIRST IN HIS CHEST

AALIYAH
can you sing to me?

JOEL
sure what song

AALIYAH
tan enamorados, pretend, devuelveme mi corazon, all of them pleaseeeeeee

SHE SAT UP AND SMILED AT HIM

JOEL
sure since you asked nicely it's the least i can do but you have to get out the bed.

AALIYAH
deal

JOEL
ay ay devuelveme mi corazon, no ves que a mi cuerpo le sienta mejor. tu nunca supiste tratarlo solo golpearlo, amorrrrr.

HE SANG WHILE PULLING HER OUT THE BED AND WALKING HER HAND AND HAND TO THE KITCHEN.