Like Old Times
11/22/04
Paul and Shawn looked at one another in slight shock.
"Don't look at each other like that. I'm serious," Shane stated, making Shawn shake his head in mild annoyance. "Take it!"
Shawn scoffed and grabbed the football helmet from Shane's hand.
"You can't expect me to actually wear this," Shawn declared, however, Shane continued staring at him. "Are you kidding me?" Shawn asked.
"Look, you guys told me you needed a helmet. Vulah, I brought you a helmet."
"Yeah, like a bike helmet or something like that. Not your football helmet from high school. I could've gotten mine!" Shawn shouted.
Shane rolled his eyes and extended his hand to grab the helmet. "Yeah, but does your helmet have a detachable face mask?" He asked.
Shawn and Paul once again exchanged a glance.
"No…"
"No? Didn't think so. And I even brought black and green spray paint. Now… What do you think?"
Shawn sighed and looked down at the football helmet again. "I don't really have much of a choice, do I?"
"Not really." Paul replied.
"Didn't think so. Okay… I'll use it."
"Good boy! Are you going to spray paint it for him, Shane-O?" Paul asked.
Shane shrugged. "If you want me to."
Paul snatched the helmet out of Shawn's hand and gave it back to Shane. "Please! The lefty is always messing something up somehow."
"Hey!" Shawn shouted.
"What? It's true! Last time I gave you spray paint, you wrote letters backwards."
Shane looked Shawn in the eyes. "You did what?"
"Yeah… I… Um… Whatever! What are we going to do about your dad?"
Shane shrugged. "Don't know. I thought you two were coming up with something, then telling Randy, Jay and I."
Paul sighed. "Yeah, well… Sometimes even I can't think of everything. I really don't know what to do this time, kiddo. I was hoping you'd have some ideas for me."
"I seriously hope you're absolutely serious about this whole thing with my dad before you ask me for input."
"I'm serious. Been serious for a few months now… Just needed the motivation to make the change." Paul replied.
Shane sighed, then smiled. "Okay. If you want to make my dad suffer, you're gonna have to hit him where it hurts."
"His wallet?" Shawn asked.
"Yeah… That's also his pride. So you're kinda killing two birds with one stone."
"How do we go about doing such a thing?" Paul asked.
"Go on the show. Rebel. Convince the public you're right, which won't be hard for you to do. Get as many people as humanly possible to back you on whatever you do."
"That can't possibly be it. We've been doing that for the passed few months!" Paul shouted.
"Yeah, but you have two assets now that you didn't have back then. One: the Board of Directors is now involved and is taking care of the business aspect of things. Two: Shawn is better now and nobody really knows. Use that to your advantage." Shane stated.
"You're a smart cookie, Shane. Don't you realize that's simply not enough?" Paul asked.
"If there was ever a time where you two should just be quiet and listen to me, it's right now. I think you guys forget that I'm also a stock holder of this company, so I literally know everything that's going on."
"You didn't know about your dads involvement in this." Paul retorted.
"Okay, that's one thing, and I'm sorry about that. If I knew ahead of time, I would have stopped it, but I didn't so I'm trying to make up for that now." Shane replied.
"Do you know something we don't?" Shawn asked.
"I usually do. This little bit of information is supremely important."
"Are you planning on telling us?"
"You know me, boys. Anything for a friend. The Board of Directors is currently revising my dads contract for termination."
"Termination? Won't he just get a new one? Like how you got Randy and Jay back?" Paul asked.
"Well… Not exactly. Everything works differently. The Board of Directors takes the termination of superstars' contracts very seriously. Actual business employees..? Well… There has to be legitimate evidence proving why termination of the contract is necessary, and then the Board will look into it."
"So… Are you saying they're really gonna fire him?"
"Give it about a week, as they have over three months of evidence to review."
"Oh my God. All hell is gonna break loose."
"Not really, since the CEO will be put in charge." Shane replied.
"No offense to your mom, because God knows I love her, but I don't think she's gonna be able to handle this company. Too many rowdy guys running around." Shawn stated.
"She has some great employees to help her." Shane commented, wrapping his arms around Paul and Shawn's shoulders.
"So… About the show tonight… What should we do?" Paul asked.
"Follow my lead… Nothing could possibly go wrong." Shane stated.
Paul and Shawn eyed one another.
"That's what scares me."
A/N: Sometimes I feel like I force myself to think too hard and come up with something to have happen in this fic. I literally don't know what to do any more and it frustrates me. I'm going to come up with a way to end this in less than five chapters and go with it, unless I come up with some golden plot I can go with or someone gives me an awesome idea, lol.
Here's another reminder: if anyone has any fic requests, feel free to message one to me.