The boss sat at the end of his bed with his head resting on his closed fists, thinking about his relationship with Shaundi and his friendship with Gat.
"It's all going down the wrong road for me," he said to himself.
As soon as he finished his sentence, he felt his phone vibrate by the side of him. He looked down at it, seeing that it was a text from Pierce.
'Boss you've been up there for hours, come downstairs and chill.'
After the boss read the message, he looked back up to the wall he was staring at before Pierce text him. He sighed to himself and lied back on his bed, rolling over on his side to face the window and closed his eyes.
Pierce sat downstairs in the penthouse, watching the guy fan about going on a date with Shaundi for her programme.
"Dude you've been hyping about for two whole hours, can you just sit down?" Pierce asked, gesturing his arm to the couch.
Just then, Johnny walked in from the elevator and made his way over to Pierce and the fanboy.
"Who the fuck is this weirdo?" he asked.
"Shaundi's date," Pierce informed Gat.
Johnny started laughing and sat down beside Pierce.
"Are you fucking kidding me? What happened to you and the boss being her date?" he asked.
"We're drunk and can't appear on national television looking like the complete piss heads that we are," Pierce told him.
"Oh right," Johnny said. "Was Shaundi pissed?"
"No, she never drank," Pierce answered.
"No I meant was she pissed at you and the boss fucktard," Johnny laughed.
Pierce rolled his eyes as he was getting used to the rude comments Johnny and sometimes the boss gave him.
"Of course she was," Pierce said. "She was more mad at the boss than me though."
"I would have guessed," Johnny said. "Say, where is the boss?"
"He's upstairs in his room being depressed," Pierce replied.
Johnny stood up from the couch and made his way to the stairs.
"Where are you going?" Pierce asked.
"Where does it look like I'm going?" Johnny asked, making Pierce look dumb.
The fanboy noticed Johnny making his way up the stairs.
"I wouldn't go up there if I were you," he informed Gat.
Johnny stopped half way up the stairs and turned his head towards the guy.
"Who the fuck do you think you are telling me what and what not to do?" Johnny asked intimidatingly.
"I've heard all about the boss, and of course did a little research about him. He's not the best person to be bothering when he's pissed off," the guy said.
A surprised look came across Johnny's face.
"I'm impressed," he said. "Have you did any research about me?"
"Indeed I did," the guy answered.
"Yeah, what did it say?" Johnny asked.
"It said to never stop you from doing what you want to do," the guy answered.
"You should follow your research," Johnny said firmly and carried on walking up the stairs.
Pierce looked towards the fanboy who felt ashamed to have gotten on Johnny's bad side.
"Don't worry about him," Pierce said. "He's being an asshole, the boss has his moments like that too."
Johnny slowly opened the boss's door and entered the room to see the boss facing the window.
"Boss, are you awake?" Johnny whispered.
The boss opened his eyes and sat up. He turned to face Johnny and gave him the "what do you want?" look.
"Oh uh, I was just checking if you were alright," Johnny said.
"I'm alright," the boss told him. "Now leave me alone, and tell Pierce to stop texting me."
The boss lied back down and faced the window once again. Johnny backed away slowly and closed the door quietly. As he made his way down the stairs, he saw Pierce and the fanboy playing chess.
"Seriously Pierce?" Johnny asked. "Chess?"
"Why not?" Pierce asked. "It's a brilliant game, you should try it sometime."
Johnny laughed.
"Fuck no," he said and made his way to the couch.
Johnny picked up a magazine and read it as he heard the clicking of the check board and Pierce saying his every move.
"Right, that one there and this one will go there. Oh wait, this one can go there so he can't go here, uh huh, that shit is right."
"Pierce!" Johnny yelled. "Do you mind?"
The fanboy moved his checker and won Pierce for the second time.
"What?!" Pierce said, stunned. "Fuck man, you must be some weird tech nerd geek thing."
"Actually I am very good with computers," the guy said.
Johnny looked up from his magazine and started to take more notice.
"Your good with computers?" Johnny asked.
The fanboy nodded and an idea popped into Johnny's head.
"What are you thinking Gat?" Pierce asked, noticing the excitement.
"Remember that time when the police hacked into our cars to find out out every move?" Johnny asked.
"Yes," Pierce answered.
"And we were wondering how because we thought it'd be a great skill to have and use," Johnny reminded Pierce.
Pierce nodded.
"What are you getting at?" he asked.
"How good are you with computers kid?" Johnny asked.
"Very good, I can figure out how the police hacked your cars in seconds," the fanboy informed them.
"Welcome to the saints," Johnny said.
"To the-the, t-to the..." the fanboy fell off his chair and passed out.
Johnny looked at Pierce and Pierce shrugged his shoulders. Gat walked over to the passed out fanboy and picked him up, putting him on the couch.
"Wait a minute," Pierce said. "Won't the boss be pissed for inviting this kid into the saints without his permission?"
Johnny turned to face Pierce and chuckled.
"He will," Johnny said. "But if he has anything bad to say to me, I'll just remind him how useless he was when he first joined the saints and had to follow MY orders, I'll make him feel how he's making us feel."
Pierce was impressed by Johnny's attitude. Just then, the fanboy woke up.
"Ugh," he said and placed his hand on his forehead.
Johnny knelt down in front of him and gestured his arm out towards him, offering a hand shake.
"So, are you in?"
The fanboy smiled with joy and shook Johnny's hand.
"Do you have a name son?" Pierce asked.
"My name is Matt, Matt Miller," he told them.
Shaundi waited at the new restaurant in town for Matt to arrive for their date. She looked at the time on her watch and rolled her eyes.
"Where the hell is he?"
Just then, vans came driving down the road towards the new restaurant and parked in front of Shaundi. The men jumped out of the car and held their cameras.
"We're ready to shoot for Who Wants To Date Shaundi," one of the crew members told her.
"Just a minute," Shaundi said and walked to a clear area.
She took out her phone from her pocket and dialled in Pierce's number. Pierce answered the phone.
"Pierce where the fuck..." Shaundi didn't finish as she saw the fanboy running down the street towards her.
"Shaundi?" Pierce asked.
Shaundi ignored him and hung up as the fanboy stopped in front of her, trying to catch his breath.
"Am I, am I late?" he asked panting.
Shaundi gave him a dull look and rolled her eyes.
"Just a little bit," she said as she walked towards the camera men.
"We need to start shooting now," one of the crew members told her.
"That's not a problem, I now have everything I need," she said.
Back at the penthouse...
Pierce sat on the couch, flicking through channels on the 70 inch high definition flat screen. Gat was in the kitchen getting a beer for himself and Pierce as they waited for Shaundi's programme to start.
"Do you think the boss would want a beer?" Johnny asked.
"To be honest, fuck no," Pierce replied. "I don't even think he wants to watch Shaundi's first episode."
"Touchy," Johnny said as he walked into the room and handed Pierce his beer.
Johnny then sat down on the couch, with his feet up on the table as he opened his beer and took a few gulps.
"The boss is taking this argument with Shaundi pretty hard," Pierce said.
"That's his problem," Gat told him. "Our problem is that Shaundi's show is on now and your on the wrong fucking channel!"
"Shit," Pierce said and turned it on to Shaundi's show.
Johnny and Pierce both sit back tight and watched the reality show.
On air...
Shaundi and the fanboy both sit at a dinning table in the new restaurant.
"So," Shaundi said, starting the conversation. "What's your name?"
"I am Matt Miller," he told her.
"So tell me about yourself Matt," she said.
"Well, I am 5 foot and 7 inches, I am a big fan of the saints and lets not forget, computers..."
As Matt blabbered on about his personal information, the boss lied on his side listening to the television that he could hear from downstairs.
"Why do you think he's so depressed about this?" Pierce asked.
"Who knows," Johnny answered as he shrugged his shoulders and took another gulp of his beer.
"What's this between you and the boss then?" Pierce asked.
"What do you mean?" Johnny asked.
"I can sense that your not so keen to help your best friend out," Pierce told him.
"What are you now, a witch?" Johnny asked laughing. "Can you tell me my future and fortune?"
"Yes," Pierce said with an annoyed tone. "I can sense that you will have no future unless you stop fooling around and tell me what's going on."
Johnny stopped laughing as he knew he had to come clear with Pierce.
"Ok fine," he said as he put his feet down from the table and sat up properly on the couch. "Becoming the leader of the saints have changed the boss completely. He used to be cool you know, he'd have some fun and he'd not worry about anything. He use to take me seriously and actually respected me, the next thing I know is that he wakes up from a coma, becomes leader and doesn't give a shit about me or any of us. He just cares about the money and power."
Pierce was interested in Gat's detailed information until he felt a presence behind him. He turned to see the boss standing there, staring at Johnny.
"Well shit," Pierce said to himself.
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