Revival

I look at Michael in the eyes and all I see is disbelief, and disappointment.

"Rose... You didn't."

I give him a guilty face as he sits down and shakes his head. "Why would you do that?!" He yells, making me jump. This is the first time I've ever seen him get mad, and honestly? I kinda liked it.

"Rose don't you know that they are going to exploit you and create more problems than you need? On top of that you're going to be naked for the whole damn world to see! That's not a good look for you! Shit girl don't you ever think?!"

I start giggling and Michael stops, puzzled at my reaction.

"You think this is funny?"

"Yes."

"Explain."

I sit down and pull out my flask, and take a swig of whiskey (my new drink at the moment), before speaking.

"You're taking this out of proportion darling."

Michael is literally turning red like a tomato.

"Out of proportion? I'm taking this out of proportion? Well, I'm not the one who's showing my privates to everyone!" He started to continue but I stopped him, I couldn't hold on to this charade any longer.

"Can you shut up for a second and let me explain?" He nods his head, and I continue. "Yes, I accepted the offer," He starts to blow up but I kicked his leg, making him yelp in pain.

"What the hell was that for?!"

"Keep interrupting me, I'm going to keep kicking you, next time it'll be in your nuts."

Michael covers his junk with his hands and crosses his legs, letting me continue.

"I accepted the offer, but, I'm not going to be naked. I'll be on the cover but I'll be fully clothed, I won't be the centerfold but instead they'll add an article of me next to some shitty art piece they're putting." I look up at Michael and his face softens, looking as if he's relieved.

•••••••

*Michael*

I blow a sigh of relief in my head as Rose finishes her sentence. I'm not happy that she's still doing playboy, but I'm relieved that she won't be naked for the world. At least she has some sense.

"Hello? Earth to Michael?" She says, snapping her fingers in my face.

"Huh? Oh yeah, let me get out of here so you can do whatever you were supposed to do." I say, picking up my things and cleaning up.

"Well if you want you can stay. Teddy isn't here and I don't want to be here bored out of my mind." Rose mumbles, throwing back more of her drink. I take the flask from her and put it in my pocket, getting a cold stare.

"What the fuck? That's a $3,000 crystal flask! I was using that!"

"Really? You paid $3,000 for this little thing? You need to stop drinking so much. Every time I see you you're drinking something. Wine, martinis, something alcoholic. Haven't you heard of water?"

"That's not alcohol, it's juice." She scoffs.

"Yeah right, I can smell the whiskey from here. You need to stop drinking, it's what gives you that bad attitude."

Rose rolls her eyes and goes towards the mixer, putting in a tape and sitting down. "I don't have a drinking problem." She mumbles.

"I never said you did." I state.

She rolls her eyes as the tape starts playing and the melody that Teddy showed me earlier starts to play, and Rose fiddles around with the soundboard, and the melody becomes something beautiful. I didn't know she was able to do something like that.

"That's a beautiful piece." I comment.

Rose looks at me with doubt in her eyes. "It's something I just came up. I have the chorus made up and I had a backup singer do the harmony, but other than that I'm still working on it."

"Can I hear it?"

"What? You wanna hear something that I made?" She says, turning a knob on the soundboard.

"Well, I gotta see what your writing skills are if we're gunna be making that duet together." I smile.

Her face lit up. "You mean you still want to do a duet with me?"

I nod my head. "Yeah, I still want to do the duet with you." She smiles and pulls out a piece of paper, and starts singing.

"Just as I walk through the doorI can feel your emotion

It's pulling me backBack to love you

I know, caught up in the middleI cry just a little

When I think of letting goOh no, gave up on the riddle

I cry just a littleWhen he plays piano in the dark. "

She sighs, and puts the paper back in her pocket. "Well. That's it. Don't think I'm all soft and whatnot because you see me here writing a love song." She says, putting her mean demeanor back on.

The door opens, and Teddy comes back in eating some French fries and a shake.

Well, that was nice while it lasted.

"Rose baby! Why didn't you tell me that you were here? I wouldn't have taken so long!" He bellows, pulling her into a bear hug.

"Don't worry about it, my dumbass assistant screwed up my plans and I had to fix everything. I swear if she wasn't my cousin I would've fired her the first day." She says, rolling her eyes.

Her assistant is her cousin? They must not be blood related. She's too nice to be her cousin.

"Mike! What are you still doing here man? I thought you would've been left!" Teddy says, brining me out of my thoughts.

"Oh yeah well I was just doing some last minute touch ups on here and then Rose walked in and we started talking a little." I look over to Rose and she was, blushing ?

••••••••*Rose*

Why the fuck am I blushing? Get your head in the game bitch! You're here to make money not flirt like you're in middle school.

I clear my throat and go back to the mixer, and start tuning more of the sound until I get it the way I want. I hear Michael and Teddy talk for a little bit more until I hear Michael say his goodbyes.

"Goodbye Rose." He waves.

My back still towards him I wave, not saying anything as he walks out the door. When I know he finally left I turn around to face Teddy.

"So I have some lyrics here, and while you and Michael were having girl time I managed to come up with some more, and I'm ready to record."

"Okay, but don't you think I should look over them real qui-" his sentence was stopped short when he noticed that I was giving him a death stare. I told you I don't play about business.

"Um, you know what? Never mind. Let's get you in the studio!"

I go inside the studio and start singing. I feel as if this is part of the revival of my career.

•••••••*Michael*

I walk into my apartment a little bit after 6 and I'm exhausted. After leaving the studio I went to look over pictures I took for a magazine cover and ended up doing some of them over. Then when we were finally done I left as fast as I could to get away from Karen and the paparazzi.

I'm hungry. My dumbass forgot to grab dinner.

I call my driver and ask him to bring me some food and I head into my room. Imagine my surprise when I open the door and see Karen laying on my bed.

"Jesus! You scared the hell out of me! What are you doing here Karen?"

"Well hello to you too baby. You left in such a rush I didn't get to give you your house keys." She jingles my keys in my face then places them on the dresser.

Huh, no wonder why my door was unlocked.

"Well thank you, but you really need to stop coming here unannounced. You could've just gave the keys to Bill or the front desk." I say, trying to push her away from me.

"I know but I wanted to see you. You've been acting different lately, you're stressed, and I know you're going on tour in a couple of days so I thought maybe you needed somebody to relive your troubles." She says, rubbing me from my chest to the hem of my pants. "So what do you say? Can I help you feel better?"

I contemplate her offer for a moment. I know I said that I cut her off after the Grammys but that was just sex. There's nothing wrong with a little head, is there?

Before I could even say anything Karen was on her knees, unbuckling my belt and pulling my pants down.

"Mmmm, looks like someone's ready for me." She says, trying her best to sound sultry. Just that alone almost made me go soft. I closed my eyes and leaned against the door as she started to jerk me off, then eventually sucking me off.

This is the worst head I've ever gotten. Like what the hell don't use your teeth!

I try to think of other things so I can cum and she can leave, and after about 20 minutes I finally came and Karen stands up looking satisfied that she made me cum.

"Well, I can tell I did good, you couldn't even speak."

I chuckle. Yeah, okay.

"Well, I think you should go, I need to get ready for tomorrow. I have an interview and I need to be prepared."

"Aw, can't I stay the night?" She says, holding me while trying to kiss me. I politely remove her hands from my waist and start walking her towards the door.

"Another time. I just want to be alone right now."

"Alright. You'll call me right?" She asks, opening the door and walking out.

"Yes I will. See you soon." I say, closing my door.

"Bye! I lov-" I closed the door before she finished her sentence.

•••••••

*Rose*

I'm running around the lake by my apartment when I notice the ogre Karen walking to her car. She looks pissed and she's muttering something to herself as she got in her car and drove off. I realize I'm by his place and decide to jog over there.

I ring the doorbell about five times before Michael finally comes and opens it.

"Yes Karen what is it? Oh. Hello Rosie."

"What did I say about that atrocious name?" I roll my eyes as I push past him into his apartment.

"Yeah sure come in." He says closing his door.

I look around his apartment and it's nice. It's decked out in red and black, with gold accents here and there. It's very homey and dark, unlike my bright white and gold abode. "Sick place you got. You should give me your interior decorators number."

"Yeah I'll keep that in mind. So what made you want to bless me with your presence for the second time today?"

I gasp at his sassiness. "Where did this newfound attitude come from?"

He smirks, "Only from the best of course."

I sit down in one of his couches and play with the pillows. "I came because I was running around the lake when I seen Humpty Dumpty leaving your place. She didn't seem too happy. What happened? You didn't give her the dick or something?"

He chuckles. "No, she's just upset that I'm going to tour in a few days."

"Oh? How long will you be gone?"

"Just for a few months. It'll be my North American tour, I should be back here by February. Well back at Neverland."

I look up at him, confused. "Neverland?"

"Yes my home. That's where I really live but I'm here because sometimes it sucks being in a place so big and you're alone."

I'm still stuck at the fact that he named his place Neverland.

"Surely you heard of it?" I shake my head. "What? It's on the news all the time! I bring kids there to have field days at the zoo and amusement park I have there."

I shake my head. "Nope. Never heard of it. When I watch the news I usually just look to see what they say about me. I never care about other people." I notice he has KFC and I pop a chicken finger in my mouth.

Michael looks at me astonished. "Come on, grab your jacket." He grabs his keys and heads outside. We go to his car and he whispers something to his driver.

"Get in."

"What are you doing?" I ask.

"Taking you to have the time of your life. We're going to Neverland."

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