[Dani]

[Logan Chase Renner]

Logan's day was winding down nicely. All of the artists were on track, lots of new releases and up coming stuff. Not to mention the new music venue was under way and Logan had a meeting tomorrow to go over the interiors with his sister and the designers, so that was exciting and hopefully Blake was going to bring Kenzie by to give another opinion. Blake's opinion, not Kenzie's. Though that could be interesting. And later in the week Logan was meeting with a group of producers to discuss a TV channel, which was a huge deal, but something Logan thought was well needed in the world of music since shows like TRL were off the air. Other than that, Logan's day was pretty relaxed from here on out, just had a meeting with Dani, though what about, he wasn't sure. And then later he was taking the girls out for dinner. So anyways, at the moment he was spinning in his office chair while listening to Natalia's new single, again, trying to find a logical way to make her career cohesive with her life. It was difficult. She was throwing him curve balls. Logan Renner did not like curve balls. Logan stopped spinning and shut the song off when his intercome went off, his secretary telling him that Dani was here and she had sent her in, "Okay thanks." Logan stood up and opened his office door, finding Dani there with her hand raised to knock on it, "Hey," he smiled, letting her in and shut the door behind her, finding his seat again after Dani had sat down as well. Logan put Natalia's song back on and stared at Dani blank faced, "Seriously, I am good, but I'm not that good." Logan turned it back off and sighed at his personal dilemma, Dani would know what he meant. "So," he said, leaning forard on his desk, "How's life in Dani's world today?"

[Dani Marie Cooper]

Dani held onto the side of her black leather suitcase style purse as she made her way into Logan’s office, lifting her hand up to knock before she smiled brightly at him opening the door. “ Hey guapo!” she said happily, giving him a quick hug before she stepped inside. She moved inside, sitting down and crossing her legs as she adjusted in the seat before looking up and smiling at him. She couldn’t help but smile as he put on Natalia’s newest single, and gave a slight nod of her head at him talking about his conundrum. “ Well you are talented,” she said before holding up a finger. “ But that reminds me, I brought you something,” she said, pulling out both a brown paper bag filled with fried mexican donuts she had made and then held up in her other hand a bottle of the finest Mexican tequila. “ Maybe it’ll help,” she said with a slight wink before setting them on his desk. Dani licked her lips, sitting back in the chair as he asked how things were in Dani’s world. She lift her eyebrows as she watched him for a moment. Logan knew basically everything that was going on in her life, she had trusted him with some of the darkest information in her lifetime movie of a life. “ Well..” she said, wrapping her hands around her knee as she tried to decide where to start off. “ … Alright. My father died. Jake isn’t who I thought he was and we’re… in such a weird place right now. I’m sleeping on Connor’s couch… But I’m actually really good. I wanted to come and talk to you because I think it’s time for… a refresher. An image enhancement? I don’t want to go from one extreme to the other. I don’t want to look forced or like I’m trying too hard to be something I’m not. I don’t want to be a challenge, or a cause for you to have to drink tequila to figure out how to spin my image. I am in a place where I think I feel…sexy. And confident.. for the first time in my life. And I really want to find a way to make that transition. Hey. I’m here. I’m sexy… I mean, I think. Jake thinks so. So let’s flirt with the line.. but not cross it… ya know? How are things with you by the way?” she asked before pushing some of her hair back and looking up at him with a smile.

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[Logan Chase Renner]

Logan laughed and thanked Dani for the donuts and tequila, "Oh man, I might really need that all considering, you know me too well." Yeah, Logan did know a lot about Dani's life and when he asked her how things were, he expected an honest answer. He knew what he was getting into. So. Her dad was dead. That was... maybe more of a relief than anything. And her and Jake were... not on the outs he figured because she was still talking about him like they were fine, just not normal. Logan knew Jake had everything to do with what had gone down with Dani's dad. Logan himself wished he didn't know anything about Jake's family, but it seemed Dani knew about that now too maybe. Logan didn't want to say anything, but maybe he should? Logan grinned slightly, "Oh me? Things with me are great. I don't want to spread it around too much, but you know we're opening a music venue? And there's a TV station in the works so... we're expanding." He shrugged, "I don't see why you can't expand too. Listen, you'll never be a problem with me, based plainly on the fact that you're here right now discussing it. As long as we're on the same page, I think you can make a really smooth, classy transition into a sexier image with out any criticism from the public." Logan opened the bag of donuts and pulled one out, "That being said, I think, personally, that you have the lucky ability to really branch out, further than other current pop artists, if that's something you'd be interested in. Anyone can sing pop music. And anyone can do sexy, apparently," he said making a face, "but I think you can add elements that are gonna set you apart. You're already exotic, and I mean that in the best way. Different music styles, different cultures. Whatever speaks to you, dabble in it. How about this," he said. running his hands over his hair before placing them behind his head and leaned back, watching her, "You go out, and you go find music that speaks to you. Whether it's something Mexican your grandma listens to, or it's African, or you hear it in the middle eastern restaurant you eat lunch in. Maybe its bluegrass, or french cafe music, I don't care. I don't care if it's 80's pop. You go explore your ow music interests. And you bring them back and tell me what you like about them. Maybe it's the rhythm, or you like the instruments. Because I guarantee you no one else right now is gonna go out and find something different. They expect it to be handed to them. You can go find what you like. And we'll get really creative. We can work with sexier lyrics, we can push the envelope, but I think we can do it tastefully without singing about ecstasy and cocaine. What do you think?"

[Dani Marie Cooper]

Dani gave a low whistle as Logan talked about everything that Taboo was doing to expand. That boy was going to rule the world. But when he was speaking about how they should handle the future of her career she leaned forward, placing her elbow on her knee and listened to him like every word he was saying to her was pure gospel. Hell, in their world – it was. She nodded along, giving a small smirk as he finished up with his drugs comment. “ Well..” she said, taking in a deep breath and shook her head. “ If you don’t have anything nice to say… And Jake isn’t here so we can’t sit around and listen to him break that sweet little life lesson.” she said, placing her hands on the seat before she pushed herself up. “ Alright, let’s go. Right now. I’m so serious about this, I just feel like I’m about to tear out of my own skin,” she said with a slight smirk. What kind of music did she want to do? She hadn’t really thought about branching out into different types of ‘sounds’ persay. She just wanted to step up her image. But maybe Logan was right. If you were going to change who you were and be different, go all the way. “ Leave the tequila, we’ll grab drinks along the way.” she said before she waited for him to stand up, looping her own arm through his as she started to walk down the hallway. She bit at the edge of her lip as she waited on the elevator. “ It’s just always been really important to me through my music you know like.. I tell my fans, be true to who you are. Don’t let anyone tell you that you aren’t beautiful. And I don’t want to lose that aspect of it either. I just want to be me. And hopefully they’ll accept that,” she said, with a slight shrug before she stepped inside. “ Do you ever regret having so many artists at Taboo?” she asked as she looked over at him, hitting the button for the ground level before she let go of his arm.

Dani walked down the streets of New York, her arm draped inside of his lazily again before she gave a defeated sigh. Maybe this was going nowhere. “ Let’s just grab something to eat real quick, I’m starving,” she said before going into the nearest restaurant. Dani squint her eyes as she looked around, noticing the draped curtains, rich color of the fabrics and the hint of smoke in the hair. Middle-Eastern food. “ Do you like hummus?” she asked curiously before she went to get them a table. Once they were seated, Dani looked down at the menu quickly. “ Can we get an order of the spicy red pepper hummus with pita chips, and… two.. Taiim Tonics. Doubled. Thanks!” she asked with a smile before looking over at Logan. “ I think I want.. a single just.. “ she said, shaking her head. “ It’s just ‘ being sexy ‘is for Jake. You know? Any type of song I wrote that’s like that, is obviously going to be inspired by him. And I just.. I don’t know. We’re in such a weird place. But I just sort of want him to like.. know that I’m waiting. And I don’t think I even necessarily need to ‘be waiting’. I could call him right now. But even if HE doesn’t think so.. he deserves a stronger version of me.. you know, whenever he’s ready,” she said with a shrug of her shoulder. She smiled as the lady set down their cocktails and picked up her own, lifting her eyebrow at Logan as she smiled. “ To sultry and classy, not slutty and Hefty bag trashy,” she said before clinking her glass to his own.

[Logan Chase Renner]

Logan left his office with Dani, smiling. He was all for going right now. If she was this serious about it, then he was serious about it too. That was what he hoped his artists knew, Logan essentially could be counted on to drop everything for the music. While in the elevator Logan texted Blake and told him he had to cancel dinner but asked if he could bring dessert home, because he was doing some soul searching with Dani. Logan looked up and put his phone in his pocket and answered her question, "I wouldn't say I regret it. I think being able to give opportunities to this number of people is a great thing, but sometimes I just worry I'm not giving everyone my undivided attention as often as they deserve it." Logan shrugged, following Dani off down the street. Honestly, going searching for a different kind of music vibe, there was no better place to do than in this town. Logan agreed he was hungry and followed her into a restaurant, "I love hummus, more than chick peas." He stated and sat down across from her while Dani ordered. Logan subconsciously tapped his feet to the music in the restaurant and drummed his fingers along the edge of the table, smirking slightly, "When Jake is ready or when Dani is ready?" Logan shook his head. Jake would always be 'ready'. But maybe Dani just needed time to decide when she was at her best for him. And then tell him he could come when he was ready. Logan raised his glass with her, "To sultry and classy. Which I do believe is completely doable." Logan hadn't realized he has still been tapping his feet and slightly moved in his seat, dancing with the music and raised his eyebrows at her, wondering what she thought about this type of thing. Because what Dani thought about it was going to be the most important step.

[Dani Marie Cooper]

Dani rolled her eyes at him. “ When Jake is ready to realize that Dani needs to be ready in order for Jake to be …ready..” she said, slightly confusing herself before she smiled and then shook her head laughing. She brought the glass to her lips and took a drink, watching him as he tapped his hands against the table. “ It’s really frustrating loving him, ya know? Like… addicted. Or something.” she said before rolling her eyes. She was never good with words, really. She looked up from taking a drink at Logan, who simply had his eyebrows raised. Dani swallowed some of her drink slowly, looking over both of her shoulders. “ What is Robert DeNiro here or something?” she asked while looking around before looking back at Logan. But he was just still dancing in his seat. Oh. He liked the beat. Dani bit the edge of her lip, setting her glass down slowly. She listened to it for a little bit before looking at Logan. “ I don’t know.. Do you think that I could pull it off? Or that it would be marketable?” she asked with a hint of skepticisim in her voice. “ What kind of lyrics would even go along?” she asked. But as she watched the waitress start to make her way by, Dani stopped her, ordering herself and Logan a couple more drinks before they were even finished with the ones that they had. She quickly took a pen out of her clutch, biting the cap off and took out an assortment of old receipts and the napkin on the table so that they could start writing song ideas or lyrics down. She looked up at a floor in the restaurant where some girls were dancing, watching the movement of their hips as they danced all the way to their fingertips. Yeah right, Renner.

[Logan Chase Renner]

"You don't think you could pull that off? I think it could definitely be marketable." Logan said, watching as she pulled out shit to write some lyrics down, leaning over the table to take a peak and Logan listened to the music, forming ideas in his head about instrumentals and watched the dancers. If anyone could pull it off, it'd be Dani. She was already exotic in her own right, more so than the other artists. Sometimes Logan could just tell from the beginning of something, how it could work and what was going to be great about it. Dani just needed to hear some samples, get some lyrics going. Logan really believed this was going to be a really awesome thing and he was confident he could get her believing it soon too. Logan stood up and walked over to the dancers who were doing some sort of belly dancing, approaching one, "Excuse me, would you mind showing my friend and I some of your dance moves? The one over there," Logan said going over and grabbing Dani's arm and bringing her to the middle of the floor, "Just do what they do," he laughed, he himself trying to mimic what the dancers were demonstrating, but it absolutely looked better on Dani, that was for sure.

[Dani Marie Cooper]

Dani put her hair up into a ponytail, letting the hair fall over one shoulder as she looked down at the blank receipts and napkin, willing herself to write down something. Anthing. “ Hate the way I love you…” she said with a roll of her eyes. Fucking beautiful little prick. “ I mean I’m sexy, I know it…. I’m gonna work out… I just don’t know that I can pull off a NEW sound,” she said while looking up at Logan. Dani scribbled some lyrics down, scrunching her nose as she finished off her drink. She looked up momentarily, watching Logan walk away before she looked back down at her hen scratchings. But it wasn’t any use, because just as quickly as she had started to write out a layout, Logan was pulling her by the arm towards the dancers. She smiled politely, rolling the sleeves of her shirt up as she watched the dancers. But not for long, because Logan was trying to do it, and that in itself was entertaining. But after a few moments she decided that Logan had brought her over here for a reason, so she might as well try. She narrowed her eyebrows, trying to focus intently on the arm movements before she brought her own hands up and tried to copy them. After a few counts, she looked up at Logan, doing her best to not laugh at how stupid they probably looked. She bit the edge of her lip, looking down at her body as she bent her leg out to the side to mimick the way they danced. “ Here,” she said standing in front of Logan. “ Do you think this would pass as sexy?” she asked before copying the movements. She would have to show Connor later. He was an awesome dancer, he could find a way to make it fit and work with her. Plus he wouldn’t yell at her. Stupid Chace. Dani laughed, using both of her hands to grab Logans arm and pull him towards the table. “ Dance lesson over. Food.. then we continue,” she said before she sat down as their hummus got to the table. “ How does the mind of Logan Renner work… because all I did was walk in saying I wanted a new image. And I’m guessing Logan Renner has already thought of what that image should entail – as long as it’s something I want, since you’re so courteous-, venues, what sort of tour it should be, merchandise, how to market, which outlets should be taken advantage of, what other markets I could branch out in.. like edgier movies.” she said with a roll of her eyes. “ You couldn’t pay me enough to sort through everything Logan Renner sorts through,” she said before chewing on a pita chip and hummus. Dani narrowed her eyebrows as she looked up at Logan. “ What if he doesn’t like it?... and you need to drink!” she said, pushing his glass towards him.

[Logan Chase Renner]

Logan tried to do what the dancers were doing and he was probably doing it okay but he also probably looked a fool but that was okay because it was all in the name of music and stuff, right? Logan nodded when she asked if it could be considered sexy and then pulled him to the table where he sat down and scooped up some hummus, shrugging, "I don't really know either. My brain just goes on this wild adventure and ends up in this land of rainbows and butterflies and then i just find ways to get there. A number one hit single is like finding a rainbow that leads to a pot of gold. And sometimes I have dreams, that just tell me what to do. Like the other night, I had a dream that Shane had no teeth and lived in the boonies so I think that means he's gonna start a folk banjo band." He shrugged. Logan laughed, taking his drink and drank half of it right there to catch up to her. Logan set his glass down, "Oh come one, he likes everything you do and you aren't even usually trying to get his attention that bad usually," he laughed, "here you're actually trying, he's gonna be back faster than girls untagging themselves in ugly facebook photos."

[Dani Marie Cooper]

Dani laughed as he mentioned having dreams, “ Any of those ever include Blake?” she asked with a wink at him before she took another huge bite of hummus. She looked over her shoulder at the women still dancing and gave a small nod to herself while finishing up what she was still chewing on. Okay. If Logan thought that could work, she’d do it. He hadn’t been wrong on anyone he had sort of molded so far. She picked up her drink, giving a small smirk. “Those girls should just enable that little thing where you can’t tag them in pictures,” she said before finishing off her drink. “ Okay. Let’s get shots and then go to the next one,” she said before she lift her hand to get the waitress attention. “ Two shots of tequila please, and the bill. Thanks” she said, pushing the plate of hummus to Logan and gesturing for him to start chowing down quickly. “ I am going to be sexy. And confident. And.. someone will teach me how to dance. You know how I’ve been your little project from the get go? We can turn it up like fifty notches.” she said, clapping her hands quietly as the shot glasses were brought to the table. Dani brought the glass up to Logan’s and clinked it, tossing the shot back before she took money out of her wallet and put it in the billfold to cover the bill. “ Okay, let’s go. Next restaurant is your choice,” she said, picking up the lyric scrappings as she made her way out of the restaurant, looping her arm through Logan’s again. “ Logan, out of curiosity.. you say I wasn’t trying to get Jake’s attention before, and I am now.. I mean.. don’t you think Blake’s trying to get yours with her legs lately?” she said, lifting her eyebrow with a slight smile as they walked outside.

[Logan Chase Renner]

Logan took his shot glass and tipped it back, nodding, "See, that's the enthusiasm I like. Because you know, I get excited about stuff, and then I wonder if I'm the only one excited." Logan stood up, stretching his arms and thought for a moment, honestly not knowing where they were going to end up next. He looked over at Dani, "Alright next drinks are on me then," he grinned, leading the way out of the restaurant. He smiled even wider, as they headed off down the street, his arm linked through hers, when she asked about Blake's legs, "Oh definitely. And she did... You know Blake used to wear these like, old fashioned, 50's swim suits in high school? Well you know Blake lived across the street from me right? Legs for miles..." he whistled, laughing. Okay where to... Logan stood on the street corner, spun around, letting go of Dani and closed his eyes, pointing in a direction, "This way! I can feel it, this is the way. I feel so good about this direction." Logan chugged along, looking around at people passing them and doing double takes, because he was himself, and Dani was herself, and then laughed heartily, "Ha, oh nooo, we are starting rumors. That's my favorite. Oh, this place, what is this... I don't know. This is the door, this is it." He joked, taking full advantage of the whole, let life take them wherever it was leading in regards to finding Dani a new sound. As they stepped inside, Logan immediately heard the latin sounds, grinning, "Dani, it's your people, you can teach me something."

[Dani Marie Cooper]

Dani laughed as she held onto Logan’s arm, listening to him talk about Blake and her 50s swimsuits. ”That’s so weird. I mean, you look at you.. and on the outside, it seems like you should be with someone who is more overtly sexual. But then it’s like the innocent things about Blake that you find the most attractive… Which is really weird, Logan,” she said with a smile before she followed him into a new restaurant. She gasped instantly, not even hearing him completely as he talked about this being her people. “ Bailamos!!” she called out excitedly, grabbing his hand as she pulled him straight to the dance floor and bypassed even taking a seat at a table. They could stop for more tequila or margaritas later. Dani smiled as she reached up to pull her hair out of it’s ponytail and slid the ponytail holder on her wrist before taking Logan’s hands in her own and twisting towards his body. “ I’ll lead first,” she said with a smile as she kept her left foot planted firmly, moving her right from behind her, to the inside of Logan’s own leg as she swayed her own hips in repetition with her arm draped around his neck. After watching her footwork and hips, she looked up with a smile that probably was stretching out her lips as she nodded for him to take the lead and started moving her hips and feet in mirroring movements of his own.