Cookie: and u better get ur voice and songs ready cuz first studio session is tomorrow
Amiya: I will be ready
I hugged both of my parents and left out and went home because l couldn't wait to tell Tj I entered my apartment and looked for him he was in our room under the bed it looks like he was looking for something or getting something
Amiya: Tj
Tj: um hey
Amiya: what u doing
Tj: um I thought I dropped something under the bed
Amiya: oh well I have some exciting news
Tj: yeah well go ahead spit it out I can see u dying to tell me
Amiya: dad singed me to empire with mom as my manager
Tj: wow babe that's great I'm happy for u
Amiya: My first studio session is tomorrow u should come
Tj: yeah umm I'll see
Amiya: I'm sure my dad will give a break to cone to my session
Tj: yeah
Amiya: Tj is everything ok
Tj: yeah why u ask
Amiya: it's just u been acting a lil weird these past few weeks I mean we did promise to tell each other everything so u would tell me if something is wrong
Tj: yeah of course but I'm good just a lil stressed but I'm good
Amiya: I need to go out and have fun so won't u come with me to jade and Karmen going away to college party this weekend
Tj: yeah I'll go
There was a knock on the door and I went to get it I opened the door and it was a guy I didn't know him tho
Amiya: can I help u
?: hello beautiful I'm Ace I was looking for Tj
Amiya: hold on
I left him standing out in the hallway while I went to get Tj
Amiya: Tj there some guy named Ace at the door for u
Tj: what
Amiya: Ace um babe why u making that face everything ok
Tj: yeah I just forgot he was coming by
Amiya: who is Ace anyway
Tj: nobody babe just some dude I started kicking it with
Amiya: o ok
Tj: I'll be back later ok
He kissed me then left out now I was back being alone again and now not even in the mood to celebrate because the one person I wanted to celebrate with left
NEXT DAY
I was now in my first session with my mom or should I say myself cuz she late how she want be to be on time but she late plus I'm in a mood because I haven't seen Tj since last night and I don't know if I'm worried or mad finally my mom walked in
Amiya: ur late
Cookie: I know that but I'm hear now so let's get to work
Amiya: ok
Cookie: sing something for me anything
I started singing weak by SWV and she cut me off like 2 seconds into it
Cookie: um baby SWV called they want they song back
Amiya: ma
Cookie: don't Ma me all that talking u was doing about how u can sing and come up in here sounding like ice jj fish
Amiya: I'm sorry
Cookie: look I'm not u mother in this studio I'm somebody that's gonna push u hard and to ur limit I know u can do it miya now whatever ur going through put in a song or get it out ur head and sing like I know u can sing
I took a deep breath and began singing again while I was singing all can hear my mom in the background talking about yess u betta sing
Cookie: ok now we gonna record that put ur own little spin on it put a snippet on all ur social media platforms and release it on YouTube to see how many views u get
Amiya: that's sound good and all but what about my music
Cookie: we will get to that look all good artists started off doing covers of other people songs and let me tell u something just because u got the last name Lyon doesn't mean everyone is gonna like ur music or even like u you gotta ease people into liking and u start by social media posting ur self singing letting everyone know u next hottest thing coming to empire
Amiya: mom
Cookie: yes
Amiya: I'm so glad I picked u to mange my career so thanks I really appreciate it
Cookie: I will appreciate it if u get in that booth
Amiya: mom u can't take a compliment can u
Cookie: thank you now get ya ass in booth
Amiya: ok ok I'm going
For the rest of the day me and mom worked on music I never ever thought in a million years we would be this close
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