MY IDOL, MY OFFICER

Chapter Four: The Takeover

“You’ve liked this guy for YEARS. Years! We watched his freestyles in my room, we danced to his TikToks, and we argued that he was better than everybody. And now the man himself replied to you?

“And you froze?

“You left him on delivered?

“Vivian, NO!

“Don’t worry. Your best friend has arrived. I have taken your phone. I’m managing it. You are too shy for this industry.”

Gifty opened the chat and began typing.

Hi,

This is Vivian’s best friend. Let me introduce myself. I’m Gifty, Vivian’s friend. We are the ones who know all the lyrics to your unreleased songs because she plays them 24/7 in my face.

Listen, you need to understand something about this girl. She is NOT normally like this. She is the most talkative person I know. But when you replied to her comment yesterday—“Hi, thanks for the love. Keep streaming”—this girl screamed, threw her phone on the bed, and started running around the room.

She has been coming to my place every day saying, “He noticed me. He actually noticed me.”

She typed twenty replies and deleted all of them. She kept saying, “What if I sound desperate? What if I sound dumb?”

So yes, she froze. But not because she doesn’t care. It’s because she cares TOO much.

You are the artist she has been dreaming about. When you said you were nobody three years ago and were dancing in your small room, she was there in your comments. So, to get a reply from you now that you’re blowing up? You have no idea what you did to her.

So, from me to you—don’t leave her on read. She likes you, your music, your dance, your vibe, everything. And she is super cool, not this shy girl who cannot reply.

If you’re free, you should reply again. She will reply this time. I’ll make sure of it. I’m sitting right here, holding her hand and her phone.

And if you ever need two crazy girls to publicize your next t****k dance, you know where we are.

—Her incredibly stressed and very loyal best friend,

Using her phone before she changes her mind again.

I looked at Gifty and shouted, “There! I have sent it! Now breathe!”