The Musician's Assistant

It was early morning as the sound of a loud screeching alarm pierced the silence, waking up Serena. Serena groaned wanting to sleep for longer, but she knew all too well that Damien Wolf does not wait for no one. Serena turns over in her bed and reaches her cell phone to see the time, it was 4 am. Serena grumbled under her breath hating the fact that she had to wake up so early just to beat the traffic to make it to Damien’s house. Serena took a deep breath and dragged herself out of bed to get ready for her long day of working as Damien Wolf’s assistant. Having been working for Damien for almost four years now, most of her job was second nature, almost like natural instinct. She knew everything she had to do to make sure Damien Wolf kept up with his daily schedule. Being a world famous rockstar required a lot of organization and planning. Something Damien was terrible with. So, when his record label hired Serena as his assistant, they insisted that she be firm and focused with him. You see, Damien has a history with women, being famous, attractive, and a smooth talker; every other assistant he has had before Serena became a notch on his bedpost. Basically, he would flirt with them until eventually having s*x with them. Although you may think oh but its just s*x, it shouldn’t be too much of a problem. Well, it was a problem, because Damien was so good at wooing women that they would obsess over him and get insanely jealous when he would be around other women. Causing unnecessary drama and assistants that were unfocused on their jobs. This forced the record label to have to terminate their contracts. After a few years of this pattern with assistants the record label decided to change tactics, when they hired Serena. Damien has a tactic when it comes to women, if he could find at least five things that arouses him about a woman, it’s enough for him to want to pursue her. Whether it is the size of her breasts, her ass, her eyes, or her smile; if Damien deemed it worthy, he would stop at nothing to be with her. It wasn’t much of a challenge to begin with since Damien is an extremely attractive and successful rock star. He is the lead singer of the rock band called Dark Hollow. Damien at the moment has straight dirty blonde chin length hair, he constantly changes his hair color when he gets bored of the color he has. Large dark blue eyes, which look like pools of deep open ocean, which are very easy to get lost in. He stood at nearly 6 feet and has a slim built body. Meaning he has well defined muscles, but his frame isn’t large. Women loved him, how could they not, he was gorgeous and had a sexy voice to match. Nevertheless, Serena was the opposite of the past assistants. She was not thin, she didn’t have large breasts, and she did not carry herself in a hypersexual way. Serena is a voluptuous woman, curves that come with being raised in a traditional Puerto Rican household. She has wide hips, rounded and plumped ass, thick and strong thighs, and average c-cup size breasts. Since Serena is a Latina, her skin is a warm sandy beige color, and her hair is dark brown and very curly. She has large forest green eyes that she hides behind a thick pair of glasses. Serena being the serious, no nonsense person she is she dressed in a reserved way. Jeans that did not hug her curves, a wide t-shirt that did not flatter her figure at all, and sensibly comfortable tennis shoes. Serena was told from day one as Damien’s assistant that he is a flirty guy who loves women and that she needed to be strong around him if she wanted to keep her job. This warning immediately became a goal for her. She made it her life’s mission to make sure Damien would not see her as a potential conquest but as his hardworking and responsible assistant. Serena really loves her job; she is very well paid, and she gets to travel the world when the band goes on tour, she will do anything and everything she can to keep her job. Once Serena was ready, in her usual “I just work here” disguise, she grabbed her car keys and her backpack and left her apartment. She took the elevator to the parking garage where her sensible Toyota Camry was parked. Even though she had the money to buy a luxury car, she felt a ridiculously expensive car is unnecessary. She preferred sensibility over style. Which is why she saves all the money she can for her future. Serena knows that even though her job is awesome, that its only temporary and would like to eventually settle down with someone and have a family. However, she has all the time in the world for settling down she was only 25 years old. Serena starts her car and makes her decent from the parking complex. In no time at all she reached the freeway. Living in Los Angeles, California had some perks, but the traffic is awful. Which was why Serena wakes up so early. She wants to beat the traffic to Damien’s home in Malibu. Serena’s apartment is located in Ventura, which is about 45 mins away from Damien’s house, however in peak traffic hours it could take up to three hours. “Better arrive early than arrive late.” Serena thought as the words of her military father echoed in her mind. Damien wouldn’t be awake until 9 am, but Serena uses the extra hours to catch up with work, that she doesn’t have time to do when Damien’s awake. Such as answering fan letters, paying Damien’s bills, feeding and walking Blue, Damien’s adorable bluish grey pit bull, among other things. Serena arrived at Damien’s house, his house was not a huge mansion, it was more like a five-bedroom and four-bathroom home. He mentioned to Serena once that he didn’t care much for large elaborate mansions. So, his house was a simplistic modern styled home, on the inside he had a lot of technological items that made up the bulk of the price of his home. He had smart everything! A fridge that could tell if food was about to expire, home intercom system, Alexa powered lights and electronics, and so much more. Damien is fascinated by technology so any new gadget that came out he had to have it. Serena parked in the driveway and made her way to the front door. Since she is his assistant, she had keys to his house. She softly unlocked the door and quickly walked in to reach the alarm panel to deactivate the alarm. Waking up Damien before he has to would mean him being cranky all day. Serena turns to see Blue waging his tail happily giving her his signature goofy pit bull smile. “Hi Blue, how’s my big boy?” Serena says in a baby talk kind of voice. She crouches down to rub behind Blue’s ears. Blue sticks out his tongue and breaths heavily feeling ecstasy as I petted him. He gives Serena a few licks of approval before rolling over on his bag so Serena could rub his belly. “You are such a cute boy, yes you are! Who’s a good boy?” She said with a smile. Blue groaned happily at all the attention he was getting from Serena. “You want to go outside?” Serena asks him. Blue quickly gets up and does zoomies around Serena. “Ok, Ok, let’s go outside.” She says acting as if it was a chore. It was not a chore at all for Serena. She loved working with Blue. He was very well trained and so sweet. If she ever had to leave this job she would have to take Blue with her because she loved him so much. Following a super excited Blue, Serena walked past the entrance area to the living room where there was a large sliding glass door cover with curtains. Serena grabbed the house remote and pushed the button to pull back the curtains. The curtains began to retract to the sides of the sliding glass door allowing the soft morning glow creep into the living room. Blue was waiting patiently next to the glass door, spinning around every now and then. Serena opened the sliding glass door and Blue took of to the back yard to do his business. The yard was not really big, but it had a beautiful view of the ocean. The edge of the yard had glass panes instead of a regular fence to be able to see the view uninterrupted. Damien had a concealed pool, that when hidden it just looks like grass, but with the press of a button the grass floor would move to reveal a crystal blue infinity pool. Damien’s house may seem simple, but his gadgets make his house really awesome to be in. Serena let Blue take care of his business as she went to the kitchen and began preparing a small breakfast for herself. Serena doesn’t usually cook for Damien, because he is very particular about his diet. So, about three times a day his personal chef comes by his house to prepare his meals. “Ugh…rich people…” Serena thought bitterly when she first heard about the personal chef. Serena prepared herself a breakfast sandwich. Which is basically a grilled cheese sandwich with eggs and ham. She also prepared herself some coffee. When waking up this early, coffee is a necessary item in her daily routine. Serena sat down at the island in the kitchen as she ate her breakfast in peace. This was always the best time of her day, the silence, just the soft rumble of the waves on the beach and the small patter of Blue’s paws on the pavement in the yard. “Ah bliss…” Serena said softly as she swallow a gulp of her coffee. Serena finished her breakfast and began preparing her work area on the kitchen island. Damien has told Serena that she can use his office whenever she needed to but there was something about the beautiful view of the ocean from the kitchen that captivated her and made doing busy work much more relaxing. She pulled out her agenda and her laptop from her back pack. As she waited for her computer to start she opened her agenda to today’s date to see what was on Damien’s schedule today. They had a busy morning, photoshoot for his new album at 9 am, meeting with the label at 11 am, and a booking at the recording studio with Henry his producer. The afternoon seemed pretty mild just recording a few scenes for his next music video. Serena let out a long sigh because that meant she would have to wake up Damian earlier than normal. She heard the soft pats of Blue scratching at the sliding glass door to let him in. She got up and opened the door. “Are you done boy?” she asked as he walked past her. She went to the kitchen and prepared a healthy organic meal for Blue. Blue ate only the best cuts of meats with the vitamins and minerals a pitt bull needs. “Such a spoiled boy” Serena said with a smile as she set his bowl down and he began to chow down on his food. Serena washed her hands and checked the time and saw it was almost 7 am. “Better wake him up so he has time to get ready" she muttered under her breath. She walked down the main hallway towards the master bedroom. Serena softly opened the door to Damien's master bedroom. The room was dark, with only a small amount of light peeking through the curtains. Serena knelt next to Damien's bed near his face scrunched against his pillow. Damien was snoring softly. “Damian… Damien you need to wake up, you have a busy schedule today.” Serena said softly. Damien groaned and rolled over. Serena rolled her eyes as she softly tapped his shoulder and spoke again, “Damien wake up.” Feeling her soft nudges on his shoulder Damien wakes up in a fright grabbing Serena's wrist and pulling her onto the bed. Next thing she knew Damien was straddling her. He held down her wrists against his mattress. His eyes were still closed almost if he was still in a dream. “Uh Damien?” Serena said feeling awkward about being pinned against Damien’s bed. “You can’t run away now Sarah" Damien said darkly obviously acting as if is dream were actually happening. Serena let out an annoyed sigh as she wriggled her hand free and thumped Damien on his forehead. This was a common occurrence Damien was always sleepwalking and talking. There have been different scenarios where he would treat Serena as one of his dream girls. When Damien felt the thump, he finally woke up and looked down at Serena. When his vision adjusted he smiled “Good morning sunshine!” he said sarcastically when he saw the annoyed look on Serena’s face. “Get off me Damien.” Serena snapped at him. Damien let out a laugh as he rolled off of her. Serena got up from the bed and straightened her clothes and the few stray curls that released in the tussle. Damien look at his bedside clock, “7 o’clock!?! Ugh why are you waking me up so early!” Damien complained. Serena walked towards the nightstand and grabbed the tech remote and pressed the curtain button. She turned to him as the curtains continued pulling back. “Because you have a photo shoot scheduled at 9, and if you play on working out, eating breakfast, and driving there on time. You need to get up now.” She replied. Damien let out an exasperated sigh and caved. Damien knew all to well that arguing with Serena was pointless, she was far to crafty to let him have his way. Which is why he respected her so much, of course he would never openly admit it to her. Damien. Got up from his bed, he was only wearing his boxers, any other girl would be putty seeing this man half naked, but to Serena this was a daily occurrence and have been immune to his beauty for years now. Serena handed him his robe, he gingerly snatched it out of her hand and put it on as he made his way to the bathroom to get ready for the day. Once Damien began his workout routine, Serena called Damien’s chef Rolf, to come in a little earlier so Damien can have breakfast before he leaves. After a few minutes the doorbell rang, “coming" Serena called out as she with Blue in tow answered the door. “Good morning Rolf!” Serena said happily when she saw a middle aged man carrying a few bags of groceries in the doorway. “Serena! Good morning!” Rolf answered as he walked in. “Do you need help Rolf?” Serena asked noticing how Rolf was struggling with the bags. “No don’t worry I am fine" he said as he speed walked towards the kitchen and spilled all the bag on the counter and immediately started to work. Serena took this chance to gather her things and put them back in her backpack. She then pulled out her tablet which gave her easier access to connect to the electronic version of Damien’s schedule. Serena check her watch and saw it was a quarter to 8 am. She decides to check on Damien. “Damien’s we have fifteen minutes before its time to go are you done exercising? Also Rolf is here.” Serena said as she peeked into Damien’s home gym. Damien was sweating and his muscles looked swollen and larger than normal. Damien turned to look at Serena. “Yeah I just finished. I’m going to hop into the shower now.” He said as he dried his sweat with a gym towel. Serena nodded and headed back to the kitchen to let Rolf know he had about 5 minutes till Damien is done with his shower. Once Damien was done showering and eating his breakfast Rolf prepared Serena and Damien some lunches to go since they were going to be busy all day. Serena packed Damien’s lunch in his lunch bag, while she put hers in her backpack. Once everything was ready, took his leave. Serena’s cell phone rang, it was Damien’s manager making sure Damien was on time with today’s schedule. “Everything is running smoothly we are about to leave right now to the shoot.” Serena responded. “Hey Serena, I’m going to drive myself today.” Damien declared as he grabbed his keys to his Tesla. Serena followed him while taking notes of all the things John, Damien’s manager, was saying. They both boarded the car and Damien turn on his Tesla and they headed out for the day. The rest of the day went off without a hitch. Serena made sure of it. They have been doing this grind for the past four years together that Damien’s life was a well oiled machine. Which he had Serena to thank for it. Once all of Damien’s tasks for the day were completed, Damien and Serena returned to Damien’s house. “Well Damien looks like we are done for today.” Serena said double checking Damien’s schedule. “Finally!” Damien said as he plopped down on his sofa. Blue hopped up and cuddled next to him. Damien started rubbing Blue’s belly enjoying the moment of rest. “Well Damien, is there anything else you need from me today?” Serena asked hoping he’d say no so she can go home and rest herself. “Not at the moment, I was thinking of going out tonight, want to join me?” He asked nonchalantly knowing already that Serena was going to turn him down. “Thanks but I can’t there are a few think I would like to catch up on for tomorrow, give me call if you need anything.” Serena says as she turned to leave. “Bye Blue!” she added. Damien looked where Serena was standing before she left. Blue barked softly, “you miss Serena? Yeah you like her don’t you? Yeah me too…” Damien says softly as he went to get ready for a night of partying. Serena let out a yawn as she merged off the freeway towards the street her apartment complex was. She was exhausted from running around all day with Damien she was looking forward to finally get some rest. A few fire trucks zoomed past her, “what the hell?” she asked with curiosity wondering where they were going. When she arrived to her apartment complex, she parked right in the middle of the road, gazing in horror at what was happening in front of her. There were 4 different firetrucks, firemen manning a water hose and a few onlookers watching the disaster. There in front of her eyes was something she had never thought would happen to her in a million years was her apartment building on fire.