CJ POV

Finally, a release date for his all-finished album.

Next month. That fast he would be out there for the world. Things were moving so quickly, that he barely had a breather. It was still the middle of the semester of school and he had no idea how he would finish, and he wanted to finish school.

Speaking with his professors helped and they all agreed with him on how he could finish the semester with all the travel he would have. He only was a few credits shy of graduating, something he promised himself he would do, so somehow he would make it work. If his crush Megan Thee Stallion could do it, so could he.

He was back in L.A. to perform for a couple of people to see if he wanted to join a tour.

Then he was off to Atlanta doing more promo work, getting his name and voice out there.

The fact that he was one of the Kellys but not his famous sisters, already gave him a bit of clout. Tennille's performance and Grammy wins made him somebody to pay attention to. But he did not want to ride his sister's coattails, but he definitely needed her help.

"Boy I don't have time for you and hand holding you!" his sister shouted at him when he called for advice.

"Damn NiNi, I'm your brother."

"So? And!" she said in her Tennille dramatic fashion. "Icee just let me do my thing, he did not hold my hand or anything."

He knew that to be a lie. Icee surely held her hand to navigate the business. Tennille had something he did not have, the all-around natural talent. Not only was she an amazing singer, but she also had the dancing and performing down. When she took the stage it was an event to see. Like a Ciara or a Beyonce, on that level.

He was nowhere near an Usher or a Chris Brown, the guys he looked up to. Yes, he had the voice but he had no wow factor on stage.

"I just need you to work with me on performing. I'm not getting much feedback on the performances I've done. I know you will be honest about it."

"That's what you have Sarena for. She will be honest and kick your ass if you mess up our good name."

"So you're just gonna let me be out there...looking cray cray?"

Tennille let out a long, loud sigh, and he imagined her rolling her eyes. "Boy okay! Shoot!"

"I'aight. Can you meet me over at my mom's house?"

"Whatever, boy bye!"

It was a good thing his sister was still in town. Word was she was renegotiating her deal with Icee and Factory Hitz. After her wins, everyone wanted to sign her because she only had a three-album deal with Da Factory, and bigger labels were trying to buy her out of that contract. He knew there was no way Tennille would leave Icee, but he was sure Icee was offering her up more.

"I just love Tennille!" Ishii gushed "Let me shower, change, and look presentable to her."

"Come on babe, it's just my sister."

"A superstar!" Ishii said and ran off to the bathroom.

It was Ishii's idea to get Tennille to talk him through the business and go over some of his performances. His mother was away for two weeks on a vacation to Japan to see some of their family. She asked him to stay at the house to watch Ishii, meanwhile, they spent their days and nights fucking. He wondered if his mother would care that the two of them were sex-crazed all the time.

He still was not ready to make her his girlfriend, but he craved her every day. She was like his drug. He did not even think of his other girls or let the groupies sway him.

He freshened up for his sister, but not so much that he made her like a big deal. In Springfield, Tennille did not have to travel around with her entourage of bodyguards and assistants. She could just be her and they let her be.

About two hours later, Tennille arrived at the house.

"Uh, you!" she pushed past him with her greeting.

"Nice seeing you too, sis."

"I'm just saying, you look like trash, and I look like class." Tennille did a twirl, her long, dark brown hair swinging around her in a gish, smacking him in the face. "You couldn't make yourself presentable?"

"I'm at home, bruh, what do you want me to be dressed like?"

"Always stay ready!" she snapped at him, then looked around the living room. "Where is my girl?"

"I ain't invite you over to hobnob with your fan."

"Boy please!" She pushed him and screamed out, "Ishii!"

Ishii ran in from her room, looking stunning in a bright pink mini dress, her hair up in the front in two buns, the rest of her hair down and a bit messy, and dramatic make-up on. It was a good look on her, like an anime character, and it made him horny.

"Hi, Tennille!" Ishii hugged her. "So cool you're here."

"You and my brother done fucking?"

"Aye, don't worry about what the hell I do!" He was so upset with his sisters thinking they knew what was up with him and Ishii. He did not like them all in his business.

"Uh..." Ishii smiled nervously. "Your brother and I are just friends."

"Lie to yourself, not me."

"No, seriously," Ishii stated. "CJ needs to focus on his album and performing, that's why he wants your help. You've done amazing with your career so fast you could teach a class about it. CJ has so much to learn."

"He does," Tennille added.

"I know you're super busy, but maybe just talk to him and get his confidence up."

"Confidence? The boy cocky as hell, he doesn't need me for that! Just like he picks up all the girls with that cockiness, perform like that. The girls will eat it up."

He felt some kind of way about the two discussing him as if he was not there. Ishii was always going to be in his corner, she was like his first fan if he thought about it. Also being Tennille's super fan helped a lot. Ishii had great taste.

"The ladies won't like that he has a girlfriend though."

"A girlfriend? Who?" he asked.

Tennille rolled her eyes, pushed him, and put an arm around Ishii's shoulder.

"Y'all can fool whoever else, but not me. Ishii, fair warning, once CJ hits the road and travels promoting this album, you will see less and less of him. And he will have more and more lil girls riding his dick...literally. You do not want to be with a guy like that, and I am saying this nicely because I like you."

Ishii looked down at her feet, and he was afraid she would say she wanted to end things with him. Free him up to do all the things he was going to do anyway.

"I know where I stand with CJ, and it's okay."

"That's right!" CJ pulled Ishii away from his sister and put his arms around her, his first time showing affection for her in front of one of his sisters. "Sis, leave what the fuck we have alone."

"Aaaw!" Tennille said with a fake voice. "Stay delulu, both of you."

"Anyway, I asked you over here for me." He kissed Ishii. "Ishii baby, go get us some drinks."

Ishii smiled big at him. "Okay."

She walked off into the kitchen and left the two of them alone.

"CJ, you are an ass!" Tennille said to him. "Help you? Hell no, Imma let you sink or swim on your own. I don't like how you treat her and she deserves better."

"Ishii good with what we have, why are you stressed?"

"Tell Sarena about her then."

"Hell no."

"Tell Icee, or Nola or-"

"It's not their business, it's mine. You tell them about about the bitches and dudes you're fucking?"

Tennille pretended to straighten a not-there bow tie. "Touché."

Ishii came back with two glasses of water with lemon in them and handed Tennille and him a glass.

"Thanks, baby." He pulled her in for a long passionate kiss, not afraid to show off in front of his sister. He then turned to Tennille. "Can you keep Ishii and I between us?"

"Whatever," Tennille took a sip of her water, then turned her attention back to them. "Ishii, come work for me."

"What?" Ishii's mouth dropped open.

"You heard what I said, I ain't repeating it. I need a new assistant. I can't keep a good one, and I think we would get along."

"She isn't gonna be your assistant," CJ said matter-of-factly. This was the worst idea ever.

"She has a mouth, she can use it."

"Wow Tennille, thanks for asking me, I'm flattered, really. But I have school and I live here and you live in L.A."

"Quit," Tennille simply said. "Come move out to L.A. with me. Pay is fair, but even better, you can come live with me in my big ass house and I will always have someone there I can trust."

"Oh cool!" Ishii said as if she was interested.

"Ish, you can't do this," he said to her. "My mom would have a fit if you left. Your mother would-"

"I want to do it!" Ishii jumped up and down and then went to Tennille to hug her. "It would be so cool working with you. Chance of a lifetime. Yes, yes, yes! I will do it."

"The hell you will," CJ said. "Ishii, you can't be a little gofer for my sister."

"Why? You treat her like a little gofer for you now."

He squinted his eyes at his sister. The sister he thought he was so much like but hated right now.

"Hey!" Ishii said. "I do only what I want to do, don't think CJ bosses me around. And I have a voice, I'm not afraid to use it, Tennille. You can't push me around."

"Okay, damn," Tennille said. "Good. I need that in my life. So it's on? You'll be my assistant? Starting now."

"Yes, yes, I am all in."

What the hell was happening with his life? His sister was not going to help him in the business, and now she was taking away the only girl he ever cared about.

Ishii was going to move to L.A? What was he going to do without her?

A/N: oh gosh, I wish I could make a spin-off story with CJ and Ishii's relationship. It's an interesting one that will be to be continued in the final book of the season.

What do you think of Ishii dropping out of college and moving to L.A. with Tennille?