Time to Shine by Nikki Carter

Author:Nikki Carter [Carter, Nikki]
Language: eng
Format: epub
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Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp.
Published: 2012-09-26T14:00:00+00:00

13

I’ve got to finish this paper. I don’t care what’s going on with anyone, I’ve put this off long enough. I do not want to hear a lecture from my professor about priorities and about deciding what’s important. I know what’s important, but my first Grammy win was incredible!

Earbuds in. Laptop up. A Mercy here for reference. Pillows propped up on my bed. Today, I will complete this thing.

Why is Gia tapping me on my shoulder? Big, gigantic, internal sigh.

I snatch out the earbuds. “Yes? What?”

“Okay, don’t get all fly with me, Grammy-award-winning Sunday Tolliver. I need to tell you something.”

I roll my eyes. “How many Grammy references are you going to make?”

“I don’t know. I guess I’ll keep saying Grammy until I am no longer irritated that you took DeShawn instead of me.”

I chuckle. “Um . . . I needed someone who could wear a tuxedo.”

“Whatever, Grammy winner.”

“What did you want to tell me? I’ve got to finish this paper this week. Three days until it’s due.”

“How much have you written?”

“A paragraph.”

“One paragraph on a five-page paper? That is so not a Grammy-worthy performance.”

I kick my feet out in front of me and widen my eyes. “What do you want?”

Gia sighs and gets up from my bed. “Since the Grammy-award-winning Sunday Tolliver can’t be bothered with her friends at the present, I guess I will go wandering around campus looking for someone to talk to.”

My phone lights up with a text from Dreya. I’m outside your dorm. Let me in.

I give up! Will they leave me alone for just a few minutes? Just long enough for me to write my second paragraph on this essay?

I snatch out the earbuds once again and jump off the bed. I am to the door, just as the first knock lands.

“Who is that?” Gia asks.

“My cousin.”

“Like don’t we have security?”

“Somehow, she bypasses it every time,” I say. “I think she’s got a fan on the security crew.”

I open the door, and Dreya is standing there with her hand on her hip. “What took you so long?”

I crack up laughing and step to the side so that she can walk in. “Why are you here, Dreya? I’ve seen more of you since you moved to New York City than when you lived here.”

“Whatever. I’m here with Evan. He’s got business. He’s trying to sign one of Toni Braxton’s sisters to a solo deal.”

“Well, as you can see, I was studying, so make it snappy.” I motion to the pile of papers and laptop on my bed.

Dreya crosses the room and plops down on the floor in front of my bed. “So, I overheard a conversation that I shouldn’t have heard. Now, I don’t know what to do.”

“Was it Sam?” I ask.

Dreya frowns and shakes her head. “Okay, why would I be twisted over a conversation that lame had? No, it wasn’t Sam. It was Evan and he was on a conference call with all of the heads at Epsilon Records.”

“Ooh! What did you hear?” I ask.

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