Music Training (1)

Day: Wednesday

Date: September 17, 2059

"Hey has anyone seen Leon or Lexie?" Jocelyn asked around, wondering where we were. No one knew where we were since they haven't seen us all morning. She looked at Dawn and walked over to her. "Dawn, have you seen Leon or Lexie?"

"Leon texted me this morning saying he wasn't coming due to having to handle personal business. You know I don't fuck with you nor Lexie like that. It's only bad news with you two." Dawn said as she texted her friends on her phone.

"Come on.." Jocelyn groaned and walked away then looked at her phone.

*****

Lexie looked at Giovanni and blinked at him. She looked at the other women who was around and held her arms. "Leon is friends with this guy..?"

Giovanni pat my shoulder and smiled. "I won't be able to do anything with her since she's not my woman, but I can help her get better at singing with a my other business called-"

"Let me guess...Dream Voice?" I asked.

Giovanni smirked and chuckled. "You catch on quickly, kid. Yeah it's called Dream Voice. I can have Annabelle make something for her. Other than that, who is Lexie to you? I can smell some form of sexual connection between you two."

"We are just friends. I'm helping her prepare for and win the Superstars of Tomorrow competition." I said then looked at Lexie and smiled. "This is very important to her."

"Right." He said then adjusted his hat then walked to Lexie. He held his hand out to her. "Hello, Lexie. My name is Giovanni, I am Leon's boss and friend. I hear you need help with music?"

Lexie looked at Giovanni and shook his hand cautiously. "Yeah?"

Giovanni let go of her hand then smiled. "Relax. I know you are Leon's. That undeniable aroma of Lust around you."

"I-I don't know what you're talking about!" Lexie looked away, crossing her arms and blushing.

Giovanni chuckled and walked to me then held my shoulder. "Alright. You ready to help her?"

I nodded then watched him walk off and I followed him.

We got a car ready and made our way back to Lexie and the others. Giovanni walked to the couch that Lexie sat on and smiled.

"You're in luck...Looks like I'll be joining your little music group, but as an advisor. I'll be taking you to meet some of your competition since I know some of them." Giovanni said.

"Meet my competition..?" Lexie asked.

"Will one of you ladies come with me please?~" Giovanni asked and one of them shot up quickly and hurried over to Giovanni before the others could. "Alright let's go."

Lexie stood up and looked at me then followed behind me. "Are you sure about this..?"

I looked at Lexie and wrapped my pinky around hers. "I'm sure. This is going to work."

"Alright...If you say it is then I'll trust your judgement.." Lexie said as she held my pinky.

While we were heading to meet some of Lexie's competition, Jocelyn was still wondering where we were until a notification popped up on her phone about a retweet of some music. She clicked on the notification and listened to the song. It was Lexie's new song playing.

"Damn this is Lexie?" A guy asked. "This song is so hot.."

"How did a nerd like Leon get close enough to her to even record this song with her?" Another guy asked.

Sean walked down the courtyard and heard people talking about the snippet of Lexie's new song. "The hell? Why is everyone so stunned today?"

"I believe they are stunned about my braindead sister's new song. That wannabe model, Leon recorded it which means he was at her house." Damon said.

"What?!" Sean asked. "When I see that fucker I swear I'm gonna kill his ass."

"Why are you jealous? You have me." Bethany said.

"Fuck off, you aren't as amazing as Lexie is. Lexie has so much repressed sexuality that just the thought of sex would make her strip down in an instant and I've been wanting to dig up inside her for a long time. Someone track his location. I know he leaves his Snapchat location on so find him. We are taking a little visit." Sean said.

"Well he's still in New Iohoma. Looks like he isn't in our city right now. Looks like he's going to West Wood City. It's not too far from here." Nathan said.

"Right. Let's go pay him a little visit." Sean said then walked off.

Giovanni drove us to West Wood City and we stopped at a plaza. He parked the car and we got out. We walked over to the crowd and noticed a band of three playing. Their leader was a male with slightly black hair, red eyes, and wore stud earrings on both ears. He wore a white shirt with a design on it, a black leather jacket, dark blue jeans, and boots.

Lexie grunted and held my arm. "That's...that's my ex boyfriend, Ryan..!"

"That's Ryan?" I asked. It's been a couple years since I last saw him so I didn't recognize him.

"His is one of your competitions with his band named Wings of Resurrection." Giovanni said.

"Alright everybody, that's all the time we have for today! Support us on Spotify, Apple Music, and all other music streaming apps! Also vote for us in the upcoming competition!" Ryan yelled and the crowd cheered.

Lexie watched and felt more discouraged. To her, the competition seems impossible to top. Ryan already has a community willing to support him while Lexie is just starting up. I looked at Lexie and placed my hand on hers then nodded. She looked at me then slightly calmed down.

Ryan looked at us and rose an eyebrow. "Hold on, is that...Lexie?"

"Fuck he noticed me..!" Lexie said then hid behind me.

Ryan walked over to us and looked at me. "Hm? Who're you?"

"Name's Leon. We've met before about two three years ago." I said.

"Leon? Oh right, you were that loser who had a crush on Lexie even while we were dating! How've you been man? Changed your looks but your status is pretty much the same isn't it these days?" Ryan smirked.

I placed my hands in my pockets. "I see your status has changed."

"Heh, well...you know. I was born to be a music star and you...mmm. I guess you were born smart." Ryan chuckled then walked by me and looked at Lexie. "Lex, why are you hiding from me?"

Lexie looked at Ryan and backed up. "Look, I'm no longer with you alright?"

"Yeah I see that. You're with this loser now. Have your standards fallen that low?" Ryan asked and looked at me. "I mean, yeah. He's got the pretty face now. Congrats at least your standards when it comes to looks hasn't lowered, but he's one of the most boring guys in the world."

"He's not boring!" Lexie said, getting defensive.

"Ryan, you let the fame get to you. I'm tolerating your shit because it's nothing that I haven't heard before. The smart thing to do would be to walk away with your weak ass band. We can settle this at the competition." I said.

"Struck a nerve didn't I? Yeah expect that. If you two think you can beat me and my band, shit you're dumber than I imagined." Ryan laughed. "Enjoy your sloppy seconds, loser."

I watched Ryan and forgot about how much of an asshole he was until now. I looked back at Lexie and held her shoulders. "Fuck whatever he said, we are winning. I promised that to you."

"I know, but I can't help but feel like...it's pointless. Maybe my dad and brother are right.." Lexie sighed.

"No." I said.

"Huh?" Lexie looked at me.

"No! They aren't right! Look how many times have you seen me give up everytime someone talks bad about me? Yeah I was unmotivated but I never have up. I never let anyone knock me down and you shouldn't either! Lexie, we are winning. No third or second place, only first place. We are winning that competition." I said.

[Achievement Unlocked: Tell One Encouraging Speech]

[Reward: Motivation Level +1]

Lexie smiled at me then closed her eyes. "You're such a dork when being motivational but...I like that about you. Alright, we will win no matter what."

"Are you two ready?" Giovanni asked, watching us like a parent would their own children.

"Yeah, where to next?" I asked.

"Redcross, New Iohoma." Giovanni said.

"Y'all ain't going nowhere." Sean said as he walked up to us.

"Sean?!" Lexie asked in shock. "What are you doing here?"

"Is he a friend of yours?" Giovanni asked and adjusted his hat.

"Calling him a friend is an insult." I said and let go of Lexie's shoulders. I walked ahead. "Listen you fucking cock suckers, leave me and Lexie alone. Matter of fact, leave all of us alone. How many times do I need to beat you for you to get the fucking hint?"

"Who does he think he's talking to?" Sean asked then raised his shirt and exposed his handgun.

[!!!]

"What the-" I said in shock.

Giovanni's girlfriend got spooked and grabbed onto Giovanni. Lexie stepped backwards and held my shirt.

"Yeah, I see you eyeing my piece. Yeah remember this because I might have to air you out." Sean said and walked forward. "Lexie let's go. Jocelyn is looking for you. I'm not gonna repeat myself."

"Y'know..." I started then Sean, Nathan, and Damon looked at me. "You all are a bunch of pussies who actually need a weapon to use against me.."

"I don't need a weapon, but I know this weapon will keep you in your place." Sean said.

I looked back at Lexie then grabbed her gently. I looked at Sean and Damon then kissed Lexie. Lexie looked surprised then kissed back. There was no point in hiding it anymore.

Giovanni smirked and watched. "Yep that's my student right there.."

I broke the kiss and looked at them. "There's no point in hiding it anymore. Me and Lexie, we are in a relationship."

Sean was stunned and enraged by this. He yelled and ran to me then threw a punch. I dodged his attack then pushed him backwards. "You fucking loser! You don't deserve her! You don't deserve her at all!"

"Neither do you, but guess what...there can only be one winner." I said then wrapped my arm around Lexie. "And they winner is me."

"And don't even think about pulling out your gun." Giovanni smirked and took off his hat. He looked at Sean and his friends. He gave them a stare that pierced their souls.

Sean and his friends froze after looking at Giovanni's glare. Giovanni scared them shitless just by looking at them.

"Come on, we can handle this another time." Damon said then walked back to the car. Sean and Nathan followed Damon then they got in the car then drove off.

Giovanni put his hat back on then smiled at me and Lexie. "Shall we push forward?"

"Yeah." I nodded.

We all headed to the car and got in then he drove off.

[Oh right, about calculating probability. The probability is based on her connection with you. If you have a low connection, the probability will be low as well. Also it has to be her phone number, who do you think you haven't registered Lexie yet? I can't register a Social Media account.]

'So what you're saying is, to get her number I have to 100% the woman's Friends With Benefits stage?' I thought to myself.

[Exactly. There are missions you have to complete to get 100% so you can get the woman's number. That means you have to grind up your traits manually so you can do more skills and stuff and so you can get more jobs in Dream World and potentially meet women using the Dream Finder feature on the app.]

'Damn so I have to actually do activities to level up my attributes. So I really can't rely on you are all huh?' I thought to myself.

[Nope. The only thing you can rely on me for is money, registering women, and finding women and also adding your progress to you when you sleep.]

"Leon!" Lexie yelled my name.

I looked at Lexie quickly. "S-Sorry! I was just lost in thought."

Lexie smiled and shook her head. "Geez you're such a dork. I just wanna say thank you for doing that. I didn't know how to approach it but...you're smarter than me so I guess what you did was the right choice."

"Anything to help you, Lex." I smiled.

Lexie smiled and leaned over to me then kissed my cheek. She pulled away and looked back out the window.