Until forever

Chapter Six

“ Look there, the famous prince Ali. His team reached out to us; they want to make a song collaboration. Can you believe that?” Kelvin said to Zayn.

They were at the scheduled place, where they were asked to meet up with Prince Ali, a famous musician.

“ Do you know he gets 100 million views?” Kelvin continued.

“So what?” Zayn asked.

“ Are you seriously asking that? Your name will be on those 100 million views if you’re successful. Then we can go full independent. Got it?”

Zayn thought about it for a second and he smiled when it all made sense to him. This was the opportunity he had been looking for, to become famous.

“Hi boys, I’m Collins Karim” A man walked towards them and introduced himself.

“ Sir Collins, he’s the label head of YMX Records. He manages big artists including Prince Ali.” Kelvin yapped excitedly to Zayn.

“ Yeah, thanks for the introduction.” Collins Karin cut him short. “ Let’s get straight to the point. Okay?” He continued. “Prince Ali wants a new song for his headliner act at the upcoming music festival. He doesn’t like the song he’s heard. So …. I need something that’s a new age. Something that appeals to his target group. You know what I mean. The song mustn’t be too deep, something classic. A hit song.” He continued yapping.

“ Give me a Great song, and we’ll see if we like it. Or else there’s a long line of hopefuls waiting to take the spot. You should thank your lucky stars, we’re doing you a big favor, so don’t screw it.”He concluded.

Zayn chuckled. “The thing is, Collins, your legendary prince Ali is on his way down. And you need a new age composer to make him relevant again. ” Zayn said with pride. “You need my talent, and I need your platform. No favors here. I want full credit and equal rights. Video feature, social media promotion. I want it all, or else, call one of the hopefuls from that line.” Zayn pointed to the line of people waiting at the entrance, struggling to get Prince Ali’s attention.

Collins Karim got angry. “ Oh hello. It doesn’t work like that. Understand?”

“ I’m done with this crap, get something new man.” Prince Ali screamed from a distance. Collins Karim hurriedly ran after him, leaving Kelvin and Zayn.

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Meanwhile, Arya had just arrived, she had an interview with Prince Ali. An interview that will determine if she will be able to keep her Job. The Uber she had booked broke down on the road and she was delayed, and she ended up coming 30 minutes late.

Arya got down from the cab and was stunned at the crowd she met at the entrance.

“ Move please “ Arya whispered, pushing through the crowd to get to the entrance gate. She got to the gate and spotted a security man.

“ Sir, my name is Arya Sinclair. I’m from Buzzlist. I had an appointment for 9:00 am with Prine Ali. “

“ But it’s 9:30 am now.” The security man replied rudely.”Mr Ali won’t see you anymore, please leave ma’am.”

“Sir please just let me see him.” Arya pleaded.

But the security man turned and walked away ignoring her pleas.

From inside the gate, Zayn stood with Collins Karim and Kelvin. Collins Karim came to finalize the deal with them, prince Ali was desperate.

“ We need 15 days to make the song,” Kelvin said.

Collins Karim signed in frustration.“ Not 15 days. The show is in five days. Don’t you understand? I need the scratch version in three days and that’s final. Can you do it?”

“ Three days? How sir?. He can compose it, program it, but the lyrics? We need time to write the lyrics, and three days is too small.” Kelvin tried to convince him.

Meanwhile, Zayn stood beside Kelvin watching him negotiate with Collins Karim, not having the strength to contribute to the conversation.

Midway through the conversation, he heard a familiar voice. He turned and saw her, Arya Sinclair, at the entrance gate, trying to convince the security man to let her in.

Zayn stepped away from Kelvin and Collins Karim, walking towards the entrance gate as if he were in a trance.

He got to the gate and turned back. “ Collins Karim, you’ll get your song don’t worry.” He said raising his voice.

“ That’s great.” Collins Karim screamed back, smiling, and walked away.

“ She’s with us, let her in.” Zayn said to the security man.” Buzzlist right?” He asked, looking at her.

Arya nodded, completely stunned at what was happening. The security man opened the gate slowly, making way for her to pass through the gate.

“ Come,” Zayn said, stretching his hand towards Arya.

Arya slowly looked down at his stretched-out hand and looked back at his face. She took his hand slowly and walked inside.