𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐒𝐈𝐗
𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐒𝐓𝐔𝐃𝐈𝐎𝐒

JULIETTE groaned as she stepped out of Camille's Toyota, sending a pointed glare in her managers direction. The sun was barely peeking out over the horizon, just the sight of the of 7:42am timestamp on her phone sending Juliette into a tired spiral.

"It's too early for this shit, Camille." She whined, "Why couldn't we come in at 10?"

"Because I don't want to be here all day and if getting in early means leaving early than I'm willing to sacrifice a couple hours of sleep." Camille rolled her eyes playfully, keeping her eyes on her phone as she approached the tall Island Records building.

She groaned, lulling her head backwards with a groan and readjusting her grip on the handle of her guitar case. Her eyes snapped open at the sound of a quick car horn, shoulders jumping in surprise before she spun around to stare at the parking lot.

Drew was turning his car off, jumping out of the vehicle and locking it behind him before beginning the short trek over to where she stood. From afar, he admired her outfit and how laidback it was. A black band hoodie, black sweats, white sneakers, no makeup with her hair down and lazily tucked behind her ears. He'd never seen her so relaxed, and she looked so cozy and warm despite the early winter chill lingering in the LA morning air. He grinned at the sight, wanting to scoop her up into a hug and never let her go.

Juliette grinned in surprise, forgetting she had invited him and surprised he had remembered. She raised an eyebrow as her eyes locked in on a drink tray of four coffee cups. "Hi!" She smiled as he approached, the tall man mirroring her smile as he spun his keyring around his pointer finger while keeping the tray of drinks steady on his other hand.

"Hi," He grinned down at her, keeping the tray steady as he swooped down and wrapped his arm around her back for a quick hug. "Uh, I didn't know how many people would be here, so I just bought four and figured I could have some more delivered if needed. But-" He slipped his tongue between his teeth as he studied the writing on each separate cup, a grin suddenly spreading across his face as he recognized one in the tray, pointing to the paper cup, "Almond milk latte with honey. And then there's two regular lattes as well."

Juliette bashfully smiled up at him, "You remembered my coffee order?"

Drew furrowed his brows playfully, staring down at her, "Duh, how else was I gonna be able to randomly surprise you with coffee?"

Juliette rolled her eyes, "Well you actually got the perfect amount of coffee. Its just you, me, my manager Camille and my producer Meg in this morning. We're doing some re-runs and ad-libs on a couple songs for the extended version of my album." Drew nodded as he listened to her, the two approaching the building as Juliette dug into her purse to pull out her wallet. He raised an eyebrow as she yanked out a card, pressing it to a scanner next to the doors.

Drew's eyes widened as the doors slid open, allowing him and Juliette to enter the building. He was surprised that the lobby was almost as cold inside as it was outside, hoping the recording room would be warmer—for the sake of his fingers and toes.

Once they were in the elevator, Juliette pressed the button for floor 11 and stepped back to stand beside Drew. "Thank you again. For the coffee and for coming this morning."

Drews lips turned downwards and he shrugged playfully, "Thank you for letting me come with you. This is super cool, I've always wanted to see the process of recording a song." Juliette chuckled, looking down between them at his left hand. He had put his keys in his jeans pocket, leaving his hand bare and empty, practically begging to be held.

She sucked in a breath, squeezing her eyes closed before popping them back open and reaching her arm out.

She slipped her hand into his, silently gasping at his equally as cold skin. Drew smiled, keeping his eyes locked on the rising floor number as he squeezed her hand.

Juliette cheeks bloomed pink, the blonde girl covering her bashfulness by turning her gaze to her shoes.

When the elevator doors opened, Drew gaped at the extravagant hallway. The walls were lined with framed gold, platinum, multiplatinum, and diamond records from different artists and bands, Drew smiling every time he recognized a name or album. "This is awesome."

Juliette chuckled, glancing up at him briefly as she used their intertwined hands to guide him down the hallways towards the studio.

When she opened the door to the studio, Meg and Camille had their backs turned towards the door, the two of them discussing something on Meg's computer.

Juliette glanced back at Drew, who was smiling and admiring the studio. "Uh, Camille-"

"Finally! I thought you—oh." Camille's eyes went wide when she spun around, "Hello." Camille raised an eyebrow at Juliette, Drew releasing the girls hand to approach Camille. "Hi, I'm Drew. We met briefly at the Do Revenge premiere." He reached out, shaking Camille's hand. "Camille, nice to meet you,"

At the sound of an unfamiliar voice, Meg sounded in her chair with a look of surprise. "Hi, I'm Meg." She grinned up at Drew, shaking his hand. Juliette chuckled, watching as he took two coffees from the tray and handed them to the two women, "These are for you guys. I didn't know what you liked so I just got regular lattes."

"He's cute and he comes with free sustenance? You should bring him next time, too, Jules." Meg winked at a blushing Juliette, thanking Drew as she took the latte and began sipping it.

"I hope it's okay I invited him, Cami." Juliette mumbled, placing her purse on the leather couch and propping her guitar case up against the wall. "It's your studio room, Juliette. As long as it's not a distraction-"

"I'll be silent as a mouse, swear it." Drew joked, passing Juliette her coffee and pulling his from the tray before tossing the cardboard in the trash can by the door. "Just was curious and wanted to see the process."

Juliette smiled at him as she sipped her coffee, turning towards Meg excitedly, "So, what's on the schedule today, Miss Jones?"

Drew watched Juliette with a wide grin, the blonde girl sitting on the stool in the booth singing ad-libs into the microphone.

Juliette hummed, adjusting the headphones on her head, "Hey, Meg."

Meg looked up at Juliette through the glass to acknowledge her, and Juliette smiled, "I want to try out a different ad-lib after I got you blocked, can you run that again from about 10 seconds before?"

Meg nodded as Drew stood to throw his long forgotten empty coffee cup away, shoving his hands in his pockets to watch her from the middle of the room.

Juliette patted her thigh to the beat as the lyrics picked up again, her eyes drifting from Meg, to Drew who stood behind the producer. He grinned goofily, sending her two big thumbs up. Juliette couldn't help the giggle that bubbled from her, almost missing her cue for the ad-lib.

"I'm so sorry for your loss." Another laugh escaped her, making Drew smile. He had enjoyed watching her, even if he had been sitting on that black leather couch for 6 hours. He liked hearing her sing, get frustrated with notes that's she's missing, rewrite lyrics to fit better. She was in her element and Drew loved it.

Juliette giggled as she grabbed her guitar and exited the booth, black sweatshirt long discarded, leaving her in a plain cropped white t-shirt. "How was that one?"

Meg sent the girl a thumbs up, "Perfect, Jules. And that concludes all I'm willing to do today." The four of them laughed, Juliette walking over to her guitar case and gently placing the instrument inside.

"So, this is the famous guitar, huh?" Drew mumbled, hovering over her as she strapped it in. He admired its details; the light pink color and the glitter coating on top of it. It was very Juliette.

"Yep, this is Lady Bird." Drew chuckled at that, raising an eyebrow as she closed the case. "It's got a name."

Juliette playfully scoffed and threw her hoodie back over her head, "She has a name, yes. Some people name their cars, I named my guitar." Drew laughed at that, turning towards Meg and Camille, both women packing up their belongings, "Thank you again, for letting me sit in on this, I had a lot of fun."

Camille smirked at Juliette before averting her gaze to Drew, "Anytime, Drew."

Juliette rolled her eyes and flung her purse over her shoulder, reaching out to grab Drew's hand, "Bye Cami, bye Meg. I'll text you guys later! Meg, send me the sound bite of my last ad-lib!"

Without waiting for a response, she pulled Drew by his hand out of the studio.

"So, was it everything you imagined?" Juliette smiled up at the man, Drew clicking his teeth and adjusting their intertwined hands so his hand was in front. "All and more. Has anyone ever told you that you are quite entertaining to watch?"

Juliette blushed as they stepped into the elevator, "It has not been mentioned, but I'll keep that in mind."

They stood in silence until the elevator reached the ground floor, Drew's eyebrows raising at how much busier the lobby was now that it was the afternoon. "So, what else do you want to do today?"

Juliette sucked in a breath as they approached the doors, pulling her hand from Drew's nervously just as they emerged from the building into the parking lot. "Well, I'm down for whatever. Sadie gets home from Florida at 7, so she and Noah were planning on coming over for a scary movie night. You're more than welcome to come over and stay for that. If—if you want to."

Drew smiled as they approached his car, keeping step beside her until they reached it so he could open the car door for her, "I'd love to. Straight to yours?"

Juliette grinned up at him and nodded, stomach fluttering at spending an entire day with the man, "Straight to mine."

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juliettecarter REALLY big news and crazy announcements coming soon ! 💌
October 12th, 2022

user TOUR DATES TOUR DATES PLEASE SAY TOUR DATES

user 😦 she and drew were in the studio today TOGETHER
-user YOU SAW HIS STORY TOO ISTG THEY BETTER BE DATING
—user i really hope it's her and not odessa 😭✊🏻

smittynoah the big announcement is that she's a loser
-juliettecarter not funny
—smittynoah bite me

user if the announcement isn't tour dates im unfollowing

megjonesmusic announcement bigger than cami's shoe size
-camillemontezmanagement i take extreme offense to that

madelyncline the announcement is that juliette and i are getting married sorry guys
-juliettecarter it's true 💍

user im so confused bc werent drew and odessa JUST together ?? so who tf is he dating ? 🤨
-user honestly never thought i'd say this but i hope it's odessa 😭🤞🏻

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