Be a team.||2

"I choose you." Andrea said without hesitation. Angelina stiffened. She immediately shook her head. "Miss Lian, No. That's not possible. I don't have the talent anymore. You can't risk such a big event." Angelina refused. She wasn't mentally prepared to be on stage at all. "First off, it's Andrea for you as you're my senior. Secondly, My decision is final. And so, you're in this with me. Miss Kross." Angelina was speechless. She didn't expect the little girl to be so determined. "I won't really be able to help you..."

"I know you can. Please take the stand. Please move on. I know you're worth it. I've listened to your songs and I'm sure you know that I'm following you online. You can't leave everything behind for just a man who hurt you. Trust me, I know that feeling." Andrea spoke from heart, she hated Cameron now, she had a sore place for him in her heart. She could never forgive him for what he has done to her. Angelina's case was like Cameron's betrayal to Andrea. Both had been betrayed by their loved one. Both had their heat in pieces. Angelina rubbed her shoulder in unsureness. She bit her lower lip silently and recuantly agreed. "Great!" Andrea clasped her hands together with a polite smile. Then she took Angelina's hand in hers for a handshake. "I'm more than honored to work with you." Andrea said in a carefree manner. Angelina was taken aback from the girl's behavior. She didn't expect that Andrea could have such a lovely smile even after being torn to pieces by Cameron, whom Angelina hated because she was more on Andrea's side. She saw herself in Andrea.

—Music room.

("I picked Angelina Kross!! :D") Andrea was texting Damon, after all not only was he her man now but still the CEO. And he should be aware of every move she takes.

("Angelina Kross? That's not a bad pick.") Damon wrote back almost immediately. He was in fact in the meeting room, preparing for a drama series. What's more, everyone, expect Lawrence of course, were questioning how their boss was texting someone in the middle of a meeting. Andrea rose her brow. ("What are you doing? don't you have a meeting? why are you replying?!") She was concerned. ("You texted, perhaps that's why I'm replying? it's called a 'Conversation' if you hadn't heard about it.") ("You-...Ugh, just go back to work!") ("Wish me luck atleast? Darling?") ("How cheesy are you? Get to work!") Andrea immediately went offline after sending that last message. She turned to Angelina. "Well, what do you think?" Andrea asked the woman who was sitting motionlessly ever since they went to the music room. "I don't have any ideas."

Blunt.

This is no good.

Andrea looked away awkwardly. She glanced at her blank notebook then sighed. "Miss Kross, I'm sure you have something.. please just think?" Andrea slightly frowned at the expressionless and emotionless Angelina. Angelina stayed silent. 'She isn't even trying..' Andrea thought to herself. But she was determined to make Angelina sing on stage again. "...Um...Maybe we can go with the melody first?? I'm sure we could get something out from a good melody.." Andrea suggested, getting ready to pick an instrument. "Acoustic guitar or an electric one? How about piano? Do you like drums?" Andrea was and always have been passionate about playing music. She looked at the electric guitar in excitement, she placed her hands on the strings and played a few notes to warm up. "....." Angelina didn't answer any of her questions. ("To be her age again..") Angelina thought in her heart. Angelina glanced at her slim hand then at Andrea who had a gentle smile on her face as she played the guitar. ("Did I lose the talent? I don't even think I can play a single piano note anymore..") Angelina's mind went south as she watched Andrea, Andrea started playing a slow rhythmic sad note. It was one of the best things Andrea came up with when she played the guitar. ("She took it all..") Angelina clenched her dark pants. ("Him, his love, his everything ...")

"Hazel eyes and dark brown hair.." That unintentionally came out of Angelina's mouth like she was singing a line of a song, But in reality, she was talking about her husband's Mistress. Andrea stopped playing for a second when she heard Angelina's lovely voice. She looked at Angelina with hope in her eyes. "See! I told you, I'm sure you'll—"

Angelina's beautiful green eyes were completely emotionless and dead. Andrea froze..("Damn, Angelina is too strong. Even I cried when I was sober..")

"M-miss Kross?" Andrea stuttered she didn't really know what to do. "Is it us?" Angelina barely let out a voice. Andrea listened. "Was it our fault, Andrea?" Angelina questioned silently. She looked at Andrea, hoping that someone would understand her. Hoping that someone would hear her without having to talk..she screamed for help on the inside but she was cold and firm on the outside. The first thing that came to her mind was Cameron. Andrea parted her lips silently to speak before looking away and pursing her mouth. "What did we do, Andrea? What did I do to deserve that? Were we...not enough? hateful? Were we...-"

"No." Andrea shook her head with a serious expression. Angelina looked at her in confusion. "No..?"

"The answer is No." Andrea repeated. "We didn't do anything wrong emotionally."

"How could you say that? if I were good enough, then why were I left and abandoned? i payed the price for it I guess.." Angelina protested back. "When did your husband pay the price, then?"

("When did Cameron pay his price then?") Damon's question played in her heart. She was taught a thing or two in the time she spent with him. "What?"

"If everyone pays the price for the wrongs in their life, When did your husband pay his price? You payed the price for having feelings for the wrong person. But the real question is, did he pay the price for hurting you, breaking you, abandoning you or tearing your heart apart?" Andrea talked with Damon's logic, which was the most rightful thing she has ever heard. ("You payed the consequences for your selfish feelings, what about him, the guy who fooled you and used you?") She remembered their conversation, word to word. "...." Angelina was left speechless. Andrea opened a music file that had a few recorded piano notes she made She cleared her throat and started playing the guitar again.

The music caught a lot of artists attention, they stood by watching how the electric guitar could turn into something so sweet and calming. The artists outside started recording from the door. Andrea looked so lonely. But lovely as she showed emotions in the song she sang.

*("Ya'aburnee" By Halsey)*

"I get, undertones of sadness. When I think about the moments that I never got to spend with you.." Andrea stood up and sang gently. "I can't.. decide. if I love you more at morning or I love you more at night, with it's luminous lux tide.."

"Maybe in the daylight, All its pretty madness, And the complicated status...'Cause the moon don't pick sides.." Angelina listened closely as Andrea moved around with the guitar, singing a heartfelt song.

"...And the sun won't resign...Until you're by my side.."

"Because the longing needs the leaving...

And the loving needs the bleeding, And your beauty is a blessing And I never got to tell you how... " Andrea didn't know what was she doing, she just sang along..

"I loved the way my eyes make yours look green too!.." Andrea remembered his gentle man like eyes, her voice cracked as she sang the next line.

"I think we could live forever..In each other's faces 'cause I.."

"Always see my youth in you!"

("4 years...")

"And if we don't live forever, Maybe one day we'll trade places.."

("4 goddamn years..")

Darling, you will bury me.

Before I bury you.. ("What did I do wrong, Cameron?")

Before I bury you..

("My end was on your hands..")

"I'll never know If there's danger in confession? Or it's memory that presses? Like a blade against my throat.. Another word and I could choke.."

("You didn't even let me know why. I couldn't even talk..")

"But what's worse? Tellin' you my feelings? Or to die without revealing...

—That you got inside my head

And set a fire there instead?"

("You scared me. You played me so well.")

"Letting all my insecurity, Devour me with certainty, That love is just a currency.."

("Love is expensive. Emotionally...I trusted you for god's sake.")

"So take my pockets, take me home. Take my life, and take my soul..."

("You took them all. Everything.") Andrea thought one last time, before focusing on Angelina.

"Wrap me in a wedding ring...You know I swear I'd give you anything...." Andrea looked at Angelina dead in the eye.

Angelina felt like that part was meant for her. She felt it.

("Wedding ring... marriage vows...you broke them all...")

"And I think we could live forever...In each other's faces 'cause I..."

("I was delusional.") Angelina felt the song. Every word had a meaning.

"Always see my youth in you...And if we don't live forever..."

("Only I, were ready to wake up to your face.") Angelina's

"Maybe one day we'll trade places..

Darling, you will bury me..."

("Will? You already did...")

Before I bury you..

Before I bury you..

As Andrea sang the last part, She could hear the cheers from outside. People were rooting for her. She looked back among realizing that they were watching her. She froze. Not only were they watching, but so was Damon and Lawrence!

Damon had his hands in his pockets as he maintained eye contact with her. ("She still has a place for him...") Damon thought and clenched his fists inside his pockets.

("Did he...hear it all? will he hate me for it?")

("I should work harder to make that place only mine. I'm not sharing it with anyone. I'll make sure I protect her heart.")

("Will he..get tired of me?")