Johnny was inside the bar , grabbing a drink for himself. He couldn't remember what it was but it helped any ill feelings he was having. Aisha's music played over the speakers , with people dancing and listening alike as they celebrated the life of aisha and not her death. He had to hand it to the boss , she knew how to plan this sort of thing. Though despite being the one to plan everything , she hadn't been present at the funeral and she wasn't present now. He knew she was probably fine , as she usually was so he thought not much of it.

Aisha's sister sat next to him, wrapping her arm around his shoulder, obviously drunk.

"Heyyyyyyy Johnnnnny~Aisha and I are going to the movies with some friends of ours from music class. Aisha really likes you and hopes you stops by." His blood runs 's so drunk ,she's halucinating that they're back in highschool. Back before their gangs actually killed people. Back when the saints wore green and kingdom come hadn't gone after Aisha. Back when the boss existed , but he hadn't met her yet.. Back when aisha was alive. She collapses into him ,asleep , mumbling about memories and it hits him that she didn't need to be here. THey couldn't leave the party per-sey but he had to get her out of there. Eyes scanned keenly around the room to find the patio doors.

They were open already , with people spilling outside to dance out there as branched off farther and that's where he took her , sitting her down on a bench close to the railing when he spotted boss watching the water , throwing small pebbles from the railing off into the water. The pebbles made small ripples to the reflection of her face , and he added his own to her view. Clear, without ripples.

"Hey" He spoke, voice calm and collected despite having a few drinks that evening.

"Hey." sala replied back , not looking up at him. He slid into place next to her , turning around occasionally to keep an eye on Aisha's sister.

"Did she get drunk?" Sala questioned , motioning her head back to Aisha's sister.

" , I'm really feeling the disappearing act idea right about now." He groaned , running a hand over his face , moving his glasses up onto his didn't even bother to put them back on as he laid his head on the railing. Following what Sala had done earlier , he threw a few pebbles into the water , distorting his reflection in a sea of ripples.

"I can ask Shaundi to pay for us then we can head back to the hotel and let her sleep."Sala offered , looking up at him finally ,turning her head to look him directly in the eyes.

"I wasn't suggesting-" He started but she shook her head, smiling softly.

"Not for us , just for her … and for you , you should get some rest."Sala spoke , going back to a standing up position.

"Okay then , let's go." Johnny said , lifting up Aisha's sister over his shoulder as they walked back to the saints car. In the car he sat in the back with her when she threw up out the window , and comforted her when she started crying in her sleep. Sala didn't turn on the radio , driving in silence back to the hotel with only the noise of the city night to give them a soundtrack. It didn't take long to get back to the hotel , with Sala fishing in the sister;s poicket for her room key. It went in and they unlocked the door without a hitch , getting the sister into her room safely. Aisha's sister groaned slightly, almost coming too from this only to go back to snoring softly. Sala tucked her in and took out a pill bottle from her own bag , along with a sticky note , laying it on the side table with a note of what happened and who helped her. Putting the rest of the notes , along with her pen back into her bag , Sala turned to Johnny and gasped softly. She hadn't really been focused on him to notice that he'd taken off his sunglasses. It was one of those things he hardly ever did with people and he was doing it around her. She smiled and shook her head.

"I'm going back to my room , want to walk me?" She questioned , eyebrow raising subtley.

"Sure." Johnny responded , slipping his hands into his the next few minutes as they got to her room it was rather awkward and uncomfortable silence. Neither party had no clue what to do in this moment.

The got to her room and Sala stood resting against the door. She set her bag down and grabbed her keycard from her bra, using it to unlock the door.

"Well , this is good night I guess. For you, I presume. Me? I've got work to do , finishing off everyone has me with a lot of emails."

" I could stay with you if you want. THe saints are my group too as much as you like to be all work horse on us." He offered , opening the door for her as Sala picked her back back up and slung it over her shoulder.

"I-ugh, fine."Sala stopped before she realized that she couldn't protest to him , he'd just end up going in anyway. She passed into the room , setting her bag on the chair and laying back on the bed. Johnny surveyed the hotel room of his best friend. For a messy killer she certainly was rather neat. Everything was together nicely. He noticed a small crudely made plush laying on the it up , he couldn't recognize what it was trying to be but the small label on the back told him that Sala made this , aged 6. It was hard for him to ever recognize her as having been a child. He always thought she just happened into this life as she was when they met , as she is now , and as he hopes she is in the future.

"So.. what's it's name?" Gat asked , looking over at Sala , who'd already started on her emails. She popped her head up from looking at her laptop and immediately got up.

"Give me that!" She shouted and Gat smiled , putting his arm up out of reach from her. It clicked in his head when she had a look of surprise on her face.

"That's embarrassing, give it back gat!" She spoke in a stern voice , looking at him with a death glare that could rival that of satan himself. Gat just laughed and played with it. He was the same height , if not , shorter than she was so his playing around was purely him just moving out of her reach until he sighed and laid on her bed .

"I submit! I was just wondering what it's name was , you didn't have to get all 'gat nooo gat that's embarrassing gat please stop it!' on me." he mocked playfully , holding the stuffed animal out for Sala to grab. She took it back and sat on the bed next to him.

"It doesn't have a name.. Or at last it changed ever so often when I was little." Sala spoke , voice softer than earlier as she set the plush on her lap.

"My mom and dad never stuck around much . My dad was always doing gang activity in stilwater and my mom was always out of state doing tv work for her was usually just me and my brother. I made this as a substitute parent for us. Someone who could be here for us. When sanna got out of highschool and I started college , they came back. They said they were done and wanted to be a family but we were all older and staying back made us what we are today. We were desperate for their affection. I found you guys to appease my father and my brother married a nice man and became a housewife to appease my mother. We hardly remember what we wanted to do originally. " Sala spoke , laying back on the bed , looking at Johnny. He sighed deeply after hearing her story , feeling sorry for getting her into all of this.

"I'm sorry. Sala. For all of this. You never asked for this. You just wanted to make your family happy and now - well , just sorry." He spoke .

"Don't be. I appreciate this life. I appreciate being here with you , and being in charge with shaundi and you and pierce. I just wanted to open up to you about how I got into this." Sala responded , sitting up on the bed , moving her laptop to her lap to get back to work quietly. Johnny followed after her , sitting closeby.

" I miss Aisha.." Johnny muttered , looking at work sala was doing.

" I miss Aisha too Johnny. She was lovely , and really sweet." Sala replied , sending out two emails , not looking up from her laptop.

" She had love for everyone but a special kind of love for us you know?"

"THe saints?" Sala questioned

" No. Us. You and Me. " Johnny yawned , relaxing into the bed. He seemed to be growing tired from the party and the emotional distress of the day.

"Really? Me?" Sala's eyebrow raised into an inquisitive form . She had no idea , well , she had a vague idea.

"Yeah. I guess it was some sort of odd fantasy for her. Something she never mentioned to anyone but me." Johnny laughed softly. "Would anything have changed if she had I wonder?"

Sala closed her laptop and set it to the side.

"Probably not. That's just how the world works. You can't stop things from happening , only how you react to those things." She poked Johnny's face. "Want to watch some Genki? Emails can wait."

"Of course. Mind If I crash here for the night? I'm getting too lazy to leave this bed." Johnny answered. Sala just rolled her eyes and nodded.

"Sure. Just don't go around and tell people you slept with the boss. As much as I'd love that - you know what ? Let's just watch tv." Sala picked up the remote control from the end table and switched it on to pair relaxed , watching the tv show and ending up falling asleep next to eachother.