(*&. DISTRACTION.

the brunette glanced at her phone sporadically, waiting for an important message to come through. she had no intention of heading towards the carnival since she had more pressing matters to attend to. it wasn't until she heard the unsure male voice. she glanced up, raising an eyebrow. “i’m gonna assume you’re either a freshman or extremely incompetent,” she replied, tossing some strands behind her shoulder. “what you’re gonna do is put one foot in front of the other until you hit that big tree right over there. once you get there, go past that building and follow the pretty pretty music until you smell funnel cake and hear high pitched giggling,” she responded, her hand gestures guiding the lost boy.

as the sun danced between the marshmellow clouds, the brunette was sprawled out on the lawn, eyes glued to her laptop. her manicured fingernails glided with ease from trackpad to keys and back again. aaliyah was asked to help look over videos from a dance audition back in new york. granted she wasn’t there to physically see the dancer’s ability, she had all she needed from the videos to make her decision of first cuts. the faint noises of victory bells, music and joyful squeals from the school’s carnival made it harder and harder for the girl to concentrate. as she reached for her black beats, the faint crunching of grass beneath feet grew closer and closer. aaliyah let out a long sigh, not in a conversating mood. her chocolate brown eyes still glued to the screen, the brunette spoke, slightly irritated “do you need something?”