CHAPTER 4

~ M.I.A in N.Y.C ~

-End of December-

"Do you think we should wake Ryan up? That would be cool."

Pauly spins halfway in his chair, shaking his foot. He is so anxious at this point. Today is his big meeting day with G-Unit. His own brigade is with him in New York sharing in his excitement. Soon there is a knock at the Hotel door.

It turns out to be his manager, Adam. He steps in after being greeted by Jerry. Soon after, Pauly slaps hands with him but then Adam walks over to Biggie laughing a little.

Adam, "What is this? Are you sleeping through this meeting or what?"

Biggie laughs a little with everyone.

"I wasn't told I was going. We were jus gonna have Jerry escort Pauly over."

Adam shakes his head.

"How could you not go? Aren't you working on this project? I think as the day-to-day manager, you should."

Biggie, "Well, I wish I would have known…(looking at Pauly) do you want me to go?"

Pauly shrugs his shoulders, "If you wanna go, then go."

Adam steps in, "Listen, this meeting is going to set the tone for everything going forth with G-Unit. You would want to be there."

Biggie, "Alright. Then I'm going."

Biggie gets up now to get ready and Adam steps outside the room with Pauly to talk to him privately.

Ryan now finds out that everyone is now going to the meeting and he is pissed. He feels that he should be invited as well or that one person should have stayed behind with him, like previously planned.

Biggie continues to get ready in he and Pauly's room and Ryan, now awake expresses his thoughts.

"I mean, what do I do now?"

Biggie, "It wasn't my idea to go Ryan. I was going to stay here but Adam feels it's a bad move to do so."

Ryan, "Well fuck that. We should all go then."

Biggie never looks up, "What can I do…I'm an employee…"

Ryan takes offense to that comment and responds.

"So…why am I here then?"

Ryan continues to carry on and Biggie continues to get ready, ignoring him.

After a while, everyone is ready to head out.

Ryan yells out, "Yo! Can I go home?!"

Biggie rolls his eyes, "Look, I'll text you or call you and let you know what's goin on. We'll be back in a little while. It's not gonna be all day."

At this point, Biggie is on his way out the door with Jerry to meet Pauly in the lobby.

Soon Jerry, Biggie, Pauly, and Adam are in the Escalade and off to head to G-Unit Headquarters. However, Ryan has other plans at this point.

-After the Meeting-

The guys all head out to a celebratory lunch and Biggie steps out for a minute to let Ryan know the good news. He has to find out where he is first. Ryan had been texting back and forth with Biggie, letting him know that he may leave.

All that is confirmed when Biggie calls Ryan's phone outside the restaurant and hears background noise.

Biggie, "Sounds like you're on the train."

Ryan, "Yeah, I'm on a train."

Biggie, "So what's the deal, you alright?"

Ryan, "I'm fine."

Biggie, "Okay. I was just tryin to figure out what to tell the boys is all."

Ryan blows up over the phone now.

"I don't give a fuck! Tell 'em not to worry about where the fuck I am."

Biggie responds, "I'm not tryin to start anything. I'm tryin to resolve things, not make it worse."

Ryan, "Then don't put yourself in the middle. Let him call me and we'll sort it out on our own."

Then that is that. Biggie ends the conversation saying that he'll call him back when they get to the Hotel and let him know if Pauly wants to call him, if not Biggie will call him anyway.

Inside, Pauly and Jerry are clueless as to what's going on. Biggie makes his way back over to the table and they all talk.

Jerry, "That took forever."

Pauly, "Yeah. Fill us in bro."

Biggie sighs and goes into an explanation. He basically tells the guys that Ryan is on a train back to Rhode Island and that he didn't want to stay in the Hotel room all day.

Pauly, "Really…"

It was more of a statement than a question. Pauly understands that Ryan may have felt left out being the only one that didn't go to the meeting but he doesn't agree with him leaving.

Pauly, "We've got big plans. Why would he dip?"

The guys shake their heads. He continues.

"Business is business. He out of anyone should understand that, Ryan's all about business I thought. We're friends, you guys are too but you also work for me. I wouldn't bring any of my friends to a meeting like that."

It is what it is. Pauly feels like he can't make everyone happy. From the beginning he was and still is all about including his friends in his journey, which is why Biggie and Jerry were nominated first for the job and he pays them. You can't buy friendship though. Ryan should realize that.

A/N: Thanx for the views! This is a short Chap, so I figured I would post it as a bonus...or maybe I just like today's date (3-13-13)...I'm loony XD Ignore me please and focus on the story, the nxt post is on the way soon; reviews are welcome.