Santana's POV:
Brittany and I have been together for almost seven months now and I've been thinking about bringing up the idea of us getting a place together. She spends most of her time here anyway, so why not just get a place together.
"Mijo, ven aquí." I call Bryson into my room.
Brittany's on her way here from work, so I want to take this time to talk to Bryce about us all living together. I want to see what he thinks of us living together with Brittany before just asking her. I want to make sure he's okay with it, make sure it's something that he wants as well. I expect him to be okay with it based on how they are when they're together. But I still want to be sure and hear his opinion from his mouth.
I sit on the edge of my bed as I hear little footsteps padding across the hallway floor into my room.
"Yes mami?"
"Come sit next to me, I need to ask you something." I say as I pat the spot next to me.
"Am I in trouble?" He asked as he hopped up on my bed.
"No mijo. I just... Do you like having mama around a lot?"
"Yes. I love her being here all the time, we always have fun, and she bring me places and buy me stuff and watch cartoons with me and play games with me and we play fight and we-
"Okay mijo, slow down, slow down." I say laughing as I cut off his never ending sentence.
"So you like mama being here all the time?" I ask again as he nods.
"Okay, so what do you think about you, me and mama living together. Is that something you would like?"
"That mean she would be with us everyday?" He ask as his blue eyes become big blue eyes.
"Yup."
"YES! I LOVE IT." He says as he jumps on my bed.
"Okay buddy, get down." I say smiling at him.
"So when does mama move in with us." He ask as he plants his feet back on the floor.
"Well.... I have to ask her first mijo." I sigh as I follow him out of my room.
Brittany can be a bit unpredictable at times. That fact alone is what's making me nervous about asking her. From my stand point, things have been going great between us... But I just don't know.
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When Brittany got home I needed more time to build up the courage to ask her about us living together, so I told Bryce if he didn't say anything about it I would buy him the PS4 he's been asking me about.
After laying around with Brittany for about an hour, I had to head out to my meeting with Holly and Paul Anderson.
"Okay babe, I gotta go." I say placing a quick kiss on her lips before getting up off the couch.
"Where you going?"
"I gotta meet Holly and Quinn at the Interscope Headquarters for our meeting with Paul Anderson." I say as I head into Bryce room
"See you later Mijo, I love you." As I place a kiss on his cheek.
"Later mami, love you too." He says giving me a hug as I start to leave his room.
"Mami, don't forget my PS4" He says as he looks at me.
"Okay but.." I put my finger to my lips to signal him not to say anything as I walk back into the living room.
"Good Luck babe." Brittany says helping me put on my jacket.
"Thanks baby." I say pecking her lips as I grab my keys to leave the house before turning back to her.
"Oh before I forget... I got something I want to talk to you about when I get back, okay."
"Am I in trouble?"
Her and Bryce are more alike then I thought.
"No babe, I just want to run and idea by you first."
"Oh okay, I'll see you then. I love you." She says kissing me.
"I love you too, see ya later." I say as I walk out the house.
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It's been three days since Mr. Anderson gave Holly and I his business card at the club. We called yesterday and scheduled a meeting for this afternoon.
When got to the front desk and told them why we were here, they immediately guided us to a conference room.
"Sit tight for a second and Mr. Anderson will be right with you."
"Okay thank you." I say before she walks out the room.
"Do either of you know how this is going to go?" Quinn ask Holly and I
"Kind of." I say.
"Well if they are trying to sign you, then we'll probably just go over what the contract will include. Once that happens, you dont have to sign anything, you can take some time to weigh other options." She says.
"What do you mean by 'other options'?" I ask.
"Like... You may have other offers from other labels who may offer you a better deal then what Interscope is offering." Holly says.
"Exactly. Have you gotten any other offers?" Quinn ask.
"We have, but this is the biggest one. The other labels were smaller labels." I say
"Well let's hear what they have to say." Quinn says.
"Well I'm glad your my lawyer then." I say as we all laugh before Mr. Anderson walks into the room.
"Santana, it's nice to see you again." Mr Anderson says shaking my hand.
"Nice to see you as well Mr. Anderson. This is my Lawyer Quinn FaBray." I say as they shake hands.
"And you remember my Manager Holly Holiday."
"Yes I remember, nice to see you again." He says as they shake hands.
"Likewise."
"This is Mr. Collin Jennings, he is one of the lawyers for the label." He says as well all shake his hand.
"We already have a contract that we drew up as an offer to you." Mr. Anderson says as he slides me the contract.
"But if we can't agree on that contract offer then we can come up with a different contract right here all together."
"Okay, what is it that this contract says?" Holly ask Mr. Anderson as Quinn reads the contract.
"Basically It's a contract for you as a solo artist and you would sign for a 3 album deal worth 2.5 million per album." Mr. Anderson said as I nod my head.
"Take a couple minutes to look over it and we'll be right back, to see what you think." Mr. Anderson said before he and Mr. Jennings walked out the room.
"So what do you think Quinn?" Holly ask.
"I dont think this is the contract you should sign, I think we should come up with a contract together." She says as she highlights different parts on the contract.
"Why what's wrong with it?" I ask
"It's not a bad contract, everything he said is in here. But it depends on what you are okay with." She says.
"What do you mean?" I ask as she hands me the contract so Holly and I can look at what she highlighted.
"Are you okay with having a songwriter?" She ask.
"I mean, I dont mind co-writing with someone." I say to her.
"Well that says you will have a songwriter write your songs. Not co-write." She says as I look back at the contract.
"Turn to the next page." She says as I turn the page and look at the highlights.
"That says you will be appointed in-house producers to produce your music. Are you okay with that?"
"No. I want Anna to produce my music, I dont mind her teaming up with another producer to help make a beat. But I dont want them to just make my beats and remove Anna." I say getting a little pissed.
"If you look on the last page you will see, that if you sign this contract you will be agreeing to a 360 deal." She says as I flip to the final page.
"Do you know what a 360 deal is?" Quinn ask.
"For the most part, I think I do." I say reading the contract.
"For example, say you did a distribution deal with Republic Records but you signed with Interscope. When you drop and album and the money starts to come in from that album sales... Republic would take their cut of your money, then Interscope would take their cut and THEN you would get your cut." She says.
"So if I sign and do a distribution deal with interscope does that mean I get to save more money for me?" I asked.
"Nope, they still get both cuts because you signed a 360 deal." She says.
"I thought you said this contract wasn't bad?" I asked her.
"It isn't for the standard artist on the come up on their own. The label would be providing them with multiple in-house producers, songwriters and 2.5 million per album can convince anyone to sign... Even on a 360 deal." She says before continuing.
"Buy you're different, you already have your own Producer and you write your own music. Because of that, this contract is BAD for YOU."
"Good because what's in that contract is not what I want."
"Okay so what do you want in your contract?" She asked as she pulls out a pen and paper.
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When Mr. Anderson and Mr. Jennings came back in the room Quinn let them know what we came up with.
"So you guys didnt like the original contract?" He asked as we shook our heads.
"If you don't mind telling me what was wrong with it.
"Well the contract isnt bad, it just isnt the right contact for my client." Quinn says.
"In the contract she didn't like having songwriters write her songs and having in-house produce her beats. She also didn't like the 360 deal."
"So did you guys come up with what you want?" He asked
"I want to write my own music and I want to use my producer. Not trying to brag or anything but those two things alone are the reason we are sitting here with you."
"Are you oppose to having a writer and producer?" He asked.
"I don't mind co-writing with a songwriter or having my producer team up with other producers to make a beat, but I want it to be my choice." I say.
"We can do that, is there anything else?" He says as Quinn and Mr. Jennings start typing away on their laptops.
"Well my client would like to remain the owner of her Masters." Holly says.
"We can do that as well, so was the 3 album 2.5 million a good price for you without the 360 deal?" He asked.
"Yes. What about bonuses?" I asked as the meeting goes on.
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Later on that night...
With the day I had, I never had time to think about the moving situation. So I went for a quick shower to clear my mind before getting in bed with Brittany.
"Remember earlier when I said I wanted to talk to you about something?" I ask as I settle in next to her.
"Yea, what did you want to talk about?" She ask as she sits up against the headboard.
"Well I've been thinking about moving out."
"Okay, what's wrong with that?"
"Nothing, I just... I was just wondering if you would like... For us to get a place together?" I say looking up at her.
"Are you saying you want us to live together?" She ask looking shocked.
"Yea. I mean you barely stays at your place and you're here all the time anyway. Bryce love having you here and so do I." I say in a bit of a rush.
"But what does Bryce think about us all living together? Me being here all the time is different from us all living together."
"I spoke to him about it earlier before I left for my meeting and he loved the idea of us all living together. In his own words he said that you 'would be with us everyday', so I would say he's onboard."
"And you're sure this is something you want?" She ask looking in me in the eyes.
"Yes, more then anything right now... So what do you say?" I say taking her hand.
"I say, Yes. Let's do it." She says smiling.
"Really?" I ask hugging her.
"Yes, really. So when do we start looking for a new place?" She ask smiling.
"We can start tomorrow if you want." I peck her lips.
"Okay great... But how did your meeting go today?" She asked causing me to start smiling.
"Come tomorrow, you will be looking at the newest artist signed to interscope Records." I say smiling.
"Tomorrow? I thought that the meeting today was a contract meeting." She says confused.
"It was but we didnt agree to the original contract so Quinn is drawing me up a new contract that we agreed on. By tomorrow it should be drawn up and ready for me to sign it. Once we turn it in and they sign, I will officially be the newest solo artist on Interscope Records."
"Congrats baby, I am so proud of you. But what was wrong with the original contract?" She asked.
"Oh my gosh babe, where do I begin?..."