Owen is still found sitting at the bus stop, waiting for the city bus to arrive. That way the bus can just take him home already, so he can get nagged by his mother while he tried to play Halo. Owen laid his head back against the dirty city bench headboard and gazed up at the sky as he listened to one of his and his older brother's favorite songs. He deeply missed his older brother and the way they would prank each other and then afterwards they would laugh about it as they shared silly photos with each other. For, he missed the way his older brother would lie to their mom and tell her that him and Owen were going to go to Astronomy camp for the weekend. Then, she'd believe him and just think it was for school, when really him and Owen were going out to the mountains to go skiing. Owen's older brother always had such an amazing passion towards skiing. For, his older brother would always talk about how it was a great escape and how he'd love to do it professionally one day. Maybe even win an Olympic gold medal for it, but that was all in the past. Especially, after the skiing incident when Owen's older brother bashed his skull in. Thus, leaving him in a coma for nearly the past year, but Owen still had faith that his older brother would wake up from the coma and get back on the slopes, and win that gold medal his older brother always dreamed of.
Owen suddenly felt a hand on his shoulder and quickly spun around to see who it was.
"Dude, don't scare me like that. You nearly gave me a heart attack." Owen said as he tried to catch his breath.
"Sorry buddy, I didn't mean to scare you like that. Are you waiting for the next bus to come by?" Ryan asked, while he pointed his finger at the bus schedule indicating that the next bus won't come around for another half-hour.
"Yeah, it's gonna be a while, but I'll be alright. You can go now if you like, Ryan. You really don't have to wait for me man."
"Well, I mean the bus isn't going to be here for another half-hour, so why don't I take just take you home?"
"Nah, it's okay. You really don't have to do that man. Plus, I don't really have anything better to do at home."
"Well, I've been lonely at the K-Bal office since Carrie left, and I can promote you from being an intern to being my assistant if you like?"
"Seriously? You'd do that for me?"
"Yeah I mean, could I be anymore happy to do that for you?"
"Well, you could give me a raise upon agreement."
"Yeah, don't push your luck buddy." Ryan laughed. "So do I have a new assistant?"
"Yeah, you do." Owen smiled, while he shook Ryan's hand to confirm the offer.
"Cool, so how about you start now, by keeping me company at the K-Bal office while we torment Steven, even though, I should really be looking over the agenda for tomorrow night's broadcast?"
"Sounds like a plan." Owen smiled as he got into Ryan's Porsche. He was also smiling from the fact of knowing that he always had at least one person to be there for him. For, he couldn't wait to work at K-Bal as Ryan's new assistant, but he couldn't let Ryan know how much this meant to him. Or, how much he always looked up to Ryan. Mostly because, Ryan was already very conceited, yet he was also the most humble and caring person that Owen had ever known.