"Oh, congratulations!" I ought to be going too."

After they said their goodbyes, she left and went home.

Scott RH was sat in his office at Chaos HQ in NY staring at the screen of his macbook and sighing. It had been a fortnight since Stinson had gone off on paternity leave, and it was only then that Scott realized the pure volume of work that his former assistant now did.

Scott had earned the right to relax as the boss, but he knew that at a time like this, when his friend needed time to enjoy the first few weeks of being a father, that he needed to pull his socks up and step up to the plate. He just never remembered it being this hectic and stressful when he used to come into the office on a full time basis.

Sitting and typing for a while, Scott eventually leans forward and pits his head on the desk, tired. He closes his laptop, intent on getting out for a while and going for a walk to clear his head, when suddenly the intercom on his desk buzzes.

"Mr Rose Hilton sir," comes the secretary's voice. "Sorry to bother you but its just a reminder you have a meeting with Billy Khan from Weekend shortly.

"Thanks Marianne," he says, turning off the intercom and opening his laptop again . "I guess lunch will have to wait."

Scott sat for a few minutes in the office waiting for Billy to arrive. He liked the guys from Weekend, they all knew how to enjoy themselves and they embraced the celeb lifestyle much like had done in his early days, but today he was tired and needed a rest. However, he was a businessman now and he knew it was important to honour such meetings. Besides, he needed to know how the band were doing in the days since it had been reported that Dustyn had died, only for the teen to pull through and survive. He knew it had had an effect within the label, so the band must have been affected in some way.

Scott was startled a little when the knock came at the door. He stood up and straightened the front of his slim fitting black trousers and made sure his shirt was tucked in before he put on his tailored suit jacket and closed the button. Walking to the door, he turned the handle and opened it.

"Billy Khan," he said with a smile. "As I live and breathe. How's it going?" He held his hand out to the singer in front of him.

Scott smiles and shakes his hand firmly. He could tell Billy was a little nervous, but he had no idea why, they had met in the past and he was sure that the guys must have been at ease around him now.

He walks back in and closes the door behind them before making his way back to the desk and closing his laptop. He expected Billy to say that things were good and that he was glad Dustyn was alive so he was confused when he said things could be better. Scott nodded and sat down opening his jacket.

"Take a seat," he said, motioning with his hand. "What's up man?"

Billy sat down on the chair and sighed, looking down at his knees

"Things are just too stressful"

Billy nods and looks up at Scott

"Yeah....and not just that. Oscar has the baby now, I'm going to be a dad soon, Scott's away on the other side of the world with his girlfriend. Things are just all over the place. Not to mention that dickhead on Twitter who keeps saying stuff about Andrea."

Billy moves forward a little, listening to what Scott has to say

"Well, of course I'm proud but when you've got so much demand and pressure on you to stay at the top it gets stressful and when one member is in hospital, another is on the other side of the globe and one's got a newborn baby whilst you're supposed to making a new album doesn't help things. I have no idea how Riley manages to cope with us and remain level headed cos my stress levels are going through the roof"

Billy nods when Scott offers him a drink

"Thanks"

He leans back in his chair, feeling more relaxed and comfortable. When Scott mentions the word 'friends' however, he feels a little uncomfortable again as he knows things have sort of soured between a few members of the band

"You're right, our fans will always support us. The boys?.....yeah...of course we're still friends..."

Billy twiddles his thumbs and looks down

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Billy takes a drink then looks irritated even thinking about the guy

"Ryan something.....Ryan Lewis? Ryan Lee? I don't know"

"Is that his name? I don't care if he was in your band I'm just going to be honest, he's a total prick"

He takes another drink