Chapter 8: At long last.

Disclaimer: I do not own Saints Row.


Skylar and Shaundi much like yesterday, were sound asleep next to each other. However, unlike yesterday, they shared a night of romance with each other. Finally after so many years, they were able to show how they truly felt about each other. Skylar woke up with a huge smile on his face. Finally, Shaundi was his. He looked down at her curled next to him, with a faint smile on her face. He didn't wanna get up, but the need for him to pee was really really strong. Dressed only in his boxers, he knew that he and Shaundi were alone in the penthouse, so there was no need to rush and get dressed, at least for now. After using the bathroom and washing his hands, he walked over to his phone on the charger seeing he had missed calls from Johnny and Kinzie. Debating on who to call first, he was snapped from it by Shaundi.

"Morning." He said to her with a big smile.

"Morning." She responded with a bigger smile.

"So uh, after last night how you feeling?" He asked her.

"Wonderful and satisfied." She told him.

"Good to know." He replied with a cocky smile.

"So whats the plan for today?" She asked him.

"Well, I got a few missed calls from Johnny and Kinzie. I thought I'd call them, but Johnny'll want to know about last night and Kinzie will most likely have so info on Killbane, but it'll be some bullshit I don't understand, then she'll have to dumb it down for me." He told her.

"So nothing?" She asked with a smile.

"Well breakfast is an idea." He told her.

"I'm in." She said.

"Cool, I'll get started." He told. He walked out of the room, still dressed in only his boxers. As he made it to the bottom of the stairs, he saw Johnny sitting on the couch, his ankles crossed on the coffee table and him eating a bowl of cereal, while watching cartoons.

"Johnny? What the fuck are you doing here?" Skylar asked.

"Oh, I tried calling you like 60 times, but you didn't answer so I thought I'd come over." Johnny said with a mouthful of the marshmallow cereal.

"By the way, those boxers look so sexy on you." Johnny said in a effeminate tone.

"Well you can look, but you can't touch." Skylar responded in an equally effeminate tone. They both laughed at that. Skylar walked into the kitchen, deciding to make homemade waffles for he and Shaundi.

"Hey man, make me a waffle too." Johnny said as took his bowel to the sink.

"Johnny you just had some cereal." He told him.

"I'm still hungry." Johnny said.

"God you're such a fatass." Skylar said as he was mixing the waffle batter.

"So you and Shaundi alone last night how'd it go?" Johnny asked him.

"Johnny, you know I don't kiss and tell." Skylar told him.

"But I also don't fuck and shut the fuck up." Skylar said with a huge smile.

"You told her?" Johnny asked him in an excited tone.

"Better! I went for broke like you said, and fucking kissed her!" Skylar told him.

"And?" Johnny asked.

"You know." Skylar said as he wiggled his eyebrows up and down.

"OH MY GOD YES!" Johnny yelled out. They both laughed like middle school girls, who were just bragging about their first kiss. Johnny playfully slapped him and Skylar slapped back.

"You gotta tell me everything that led up to it." Johnny told him.

Shaundi layed in Skylar's bed looking at the ceiling. Her smile hadn't left her, she was just so happy. Finally after almost a decade, she got to prove to Skylar just how she truly felt. The only thing that proposed a problem for her was, is it to early for "I love you?" She questioned it. No doubt she did love him, and she felt he loved her back but, was he the type to admit it? The questioned echoed in her head. Her thinking was interrupted when she heard Skylar and what sounded like to be Johnny laughing away in the kitchen.

"God they sound like some girls I went to school with." She said to herself. Getting up out of the comfortable bed, she walked downstairs to smell waffles cooking and coffee brewing. Seeing Shaundi, they stopped laughing and greeted her.

"Hey Shaundi." Johnny said.

"Hey." She said back. She looked at Skylar and greeted him with a peck on the lips. Johnny couldn't stop smiling.

"So what the hell were you two middle school girls laughing at?" She asked them as she poured herself some coffee.

"Oh just some stuff." Johnny said.

"So tell me that kiss?" Johnny asked.

"What about it?" Shaundi replied.

"What was it about?" Johnny asked again.

"Don't you worry about it." Shaundi told him with a smile.

"Shit its about time." Johnny told her. Realizing he didn't wanna third wheel, he decided to head back to his place.

"Hey guys I'ma head back home, you guys need at least one morning to yourselves here." Johnny said.

"Wait before you go, Johnny you get one of those slaps, next time that hand of yours comes back a bloody fucking stump." Skylar told him.

"Gotcha!" Johnny said as he got in the elevator. After that, an awkward silence filled the air.

"So Johnny slapped you?" Shaundi asked him.

"Yeah he did." Skylar said as he focused on the eggs he was making with the breakfast.

"Why?" She asked him, as she inspected the red mark on his face, that now had an explanation.

"Because he knew how I felt about you and he wanted me to tell you, when I showed some resistance, he slapped me." He told her as he moved the eggs from the burner.

"Why was he so focused on that?" She asked him.

"I guess he just wanted us to be happy." He said.

"How do you feel about me?" She seriously asked him.

"I think I proved it last night." He told her.

"I wanna hear you say it." She told him with a evil smile.

"OK fine. Shaundi, it always drove me crazy that you had ex's everywhere, even a douche like Veteran Child, but you never even thought about giving me a shot."

"You never asked for one." She told him.

"Well, I'm asking now, and I don't want a fling or a one night stand or anything like that. Shaundi I want a relationship." He told her as he took her hands in his.

"Well, lets make up for lost time. Because I want a relationship too." She told him with a smile.

"You mean, you'll be my girlfriend?" He asked her.

"Only if you'll be my boyfriend." She asked him.

"Deal." He said.

"Deal." She responded. They sealed it with a kiss. Skylar could feel his excitement growing in his boxers. He had just realized he was still half naked.

"Skylar?" She said as the broke apart the kiss.

"Yes?" He responded.

"You do realized you're in your boxers, and Johnny was just here right?" She asked him with a smile.

"Eh, Johnny's like my brother granted it maybe a little weird, but not as weird as say, Zimos seeing me half naked.

"I have another question." She asked him.

"God you're just full of them today." He said in a joking tone.

"Shut up." She said laughing.

"For real though, why is the left side of your chest not tattooed?" She asked him. He was covered in tattoos, some of them self designed, some of them even self done. But one spot remained bare, the spot she just mentioned.

"That's nothing." He said in an unconvincing tone.

"I know when you're lying, cm'on just tell me." She pleaded with him.

"Fine but if you laugh, I swear to God I'll shove you in the pool." He told her.

"Years ago when I started getting my tattoos, I always told myself that only one tattoo would be worthy of that side. As we all know, our hearts on the left side of our chests. So I swore to myself that the only tattoo I would get in that spot, would be the woman's name that would claim my heart." He told her. She couldn't believe it. The Boss, the biggest badass she knew, was romantic like this.

"Skylar that's... that's so sweet." She told him.

"Years ago, I thought it would be this girl named Lin. I'm sure you've heard of her."

"Yeah, yeah I have." She said.

"Turns out it wasn't her." He said.

"Do you know who the girl could be then?" She asked. He said nothing and just smiled at her. After that, they ate their breakfast, talking about their memories of Stilwater, what they missed and what they didn't miss.

"You think we'd ever go back?" She asked him.

"Hopefully soon, I really miss it." He replied. By the time they we're done talking it was in the afternoon. The sun was out, warming Steeleport, such a beautiful day.

"Hey wanna hit the pool?" She asked him.

"Yeah, that sounds fun." He said to her.

"Have you got a bathing suit?" He asked.

"Yeah, let me go get changed into it." She walked into her bedroom there. She had two bathing suits. One was a black one piece, very basic and not flattering. The other, was a sexy purple skimpy two piece, that could be untied at the slightest touch, and was very, very teasing. She chose the latter. She inspected herself in the mirror, she looked very nice.

"He's gonna love it." She said to herself. Grabbing a towel from the bathroom, she walked downstairs. He was sitting on the couch, in just a pair of black shorts. Looking up to see her, his eyes went wide.

"Wow." He barely manged to get out. She smiled at this, knowing she had him.

"You like it?" She asked.

"Uh yeah, yeah I do." He said to her.

"Well lets get to the pool." He said. Walking outside, the sun hit them warming them. Shaundi was busy applying tanning oil, while Skylar, was preparing to jump in the pool. Shaundi inspected Skylar this time. He had a very nice body, covered in tattoos and scars, but nicely built. He had very nice abs with only a trail of hair leading down to the v-line that showed in those shorts. His arms were equally nice, with veins sticking out of them. She was snapped back to reality, when he got to the diving board. At the end of it, he ran and did a front flip into the pool. Rising to the surface, he shook his head, moving his hair from his face.

"Damn that's nice!" He said as he swam to the edge of the pool.

"Aren't you getting in?" He asked her.

"I will soon, I wanna work on my tan a little." She said as she put her sunglasses on and laid back in the chair. He looked on at her. Despite being in the cold water, his excitement was still growing. After awhile she finally did join him, showing off her diving skills and doing her fair share of teasing. At one point, he was holding her from behind and she could feel something poking her. Something hard. Soon the sun was setting and they got bored of the pool. He suggested they get in the hot tub together. Another perfect setting for them, the cold water from the pool was soon replaced by the warm water of the hot tub.

"Its been a wonderful day." She said looking at the sunset.

"And its not even over yet." He told her. They both smiled, and moved closer to each other, bringing their lips together. While Skylar and Shaundi shared a perfect evening together, Johnny was at the grocery store, buying food and other items for his new apartment. He was mindlessly walking down the aisles, ignoring everything around him. Soon he was at full attention when he heard one of Aisha's songs playing. It hit him hard, even though its been a few years since her death, it still felt like it was a week ago for Johnny. He found himself smiling and even singing the lyrics to the song. It was nice to hear her sing again. It was something they used to all the time.

"God, I miss you so much 'Eesh." He said to himself. He'd give anything just to spend one more night with her.

"God this fucking song sucks." He heard someone say. He turned his attention to some dumbass standing there next to him.

"Doesn't it suck man?" The idiot said to Johnny.

"Fuck off." Johnny told him.

"Excuse me?" The guy said.

"I said fuck off." Johnny told him.

"I'd watch my tone if I was you, do you know who I am?" The guy said.

"No, and I honestly don't give a fuck. So why don't do as I said. Fuck off, and go bother someone else." Johnny said eyeing him down.

"Or what?" The guy said. Normally Johnny would've murdered this guy by now, but Johnny decided to take it easy on him.

"I'm gonna give you one last chance to leave, and if you don't you're gonna be picking your teeth up from the floor." The guy just laughed and took a swing, but Johnny ducked and caught him with a shot to the face. One hit, instant knockout.

"Clean up on aisle 9!" Johnny yelled. After that, he took his groceries to the checkout line and went home. He was still thinking of Aisha, he thought he was over her death, but he wasn't he still remembers the night that Skylar came over, after they buried Shogo.

Flashback.


Johnny sat alone in he and Aisha's house letting the events of the day set in. He finally got his revenge on The Ronin, but at what cost. It didn't bring Aisha back. He questioned if what they did earlier was even the right thing to do. He was snapped from his thoughts when he heard a knocking at the door. Getting up to open it, he saw Skylar standing there.

"Hey man." Skylar said.

"Hey." Johnny replied. They shared a handshake/hug, then both sat down on the couch. The silence was broken by the rain and thunder outside.

"I can't believe she's gone." Skylar said.

"You? ha, neither can I." They stared at the pictures of them on the walls. Showing happier times. For what seemed like hours, they didn't speak.

"You wanna be alone?" Skylar asked him. Johnny buried his head into his hands. He shook his head no and Skylar sat there with him. A sniffle was heard from Johnny, Skylar moved closer and hugged him. Skylar stayed with him all that night, never leaving his best friends side.

End of flashback.


Johnny carried the last bag from his car to the kitchen. He smiled at his new place, it was nice, really his style. Only one thing was missing. Aisha. Johnny wanted to get over it, he really did. He knew she wasn't coming back. But he convinced himself that maybe, just maybe there was a way. But until that way shows itself, he was alone. Back at Skylar and Shaundi's place they were laying in the bed, panting.

"God that was awesome." Shaundi said in between breaths.

"I can't believe we didn't do this sooner." Skylar replied. Looking at the clock, it was around dinner time.

"I cook tonight." Skylar said.

"A man whose good in bed and good at cooking thank God." Shaundi said. Skylar laughed. Getting dressed, he walked to the kitchen when he heard his phone ringing, it was Kinzie.

"Sup Kinzie?" He asked her.

"Hey Boss so two things. One. I got a lead on Killbane."

"Holy shit you do?"

"Yeah, I hacked into his bank account, and saw recent purchases. His most recent was at a store in Stilwater of all places." She informed him.

"No shit? Is he still there now." He asked.

"That I don't know. But, he would be stupid to stay because, that's Saints territory. I doubt he his, but I'll look into it."

"God you're the best." He told her.

"I know. Anyways, the second thing. I got the time machine working."

"You do?"

"Yeah, I thought I should finish it. So I did, but I need someone to try it out."

"I'm your man Kinize." Skylar told her.

"Awesome! Come over tomorrow, and we'll test it out." She told him. After that they hung up. He dialed Johnny's number next.

"Hello?" Johnny said.

"Hey Johnny, I got an idea."


Alright guys, put a fork in chapter 8 because its done! I'm so glad to get this out to you guys in such a nice amount of time. I don't wanna jinx myself but, I think my writers block is finally gone. Ideas are flowing out of my head its awesome! OK, couple of things here. One. I got a PM asking me to fully describe Skylar's tattoos. Truth be told I honestly can't. The sleeve tattoos in my opinion sucked pretty bad in Saints Row 3, so I never used them. The best way I can describe them is that they look like Oli Sykes from Bring Me The Horizon's tattoos, or maybe Mitch Lucker from Suicide Silence's tattoos, except Saints related. Also, I have another story in progress based in Saints Row 1 involving Boss and Lin. Only thing is I haven't decided if I wanna do a prequel, with Skylar or if I wanna start fresh with a new character. Either way I hope you guys like it. BUT I promise I won't stop this story. The story involving Lin won't be here for just a little bit. But expect to see it soon. This next chaper I'm really excited about, I have a feeling you'll love it! One more thing, Someone asked me what the 3 meant at the end of me addressing you guys. Well it was supposed to be a heart LOL, but I guess fanfiction wouldn't allow the arrow to complete said heart, so its just a 3. Sorry bout that. As always rate, review and stay tuned for the next chapter. 3 LOL.