missed calls

Getting dropped of in front of his office, Keith walked himself in, taking the elevator to his floor. 

Opening his office doors he was greeted by his assistant.

"Good morning boss, you missed some calls while you were gone." Keith looked at his assistant wondering if she even had a small clue as to how his morning was spent.

But with a sigh Keith just released his pent-up frustration, not bothering to question her as he was just tired from everything that happened. 

"Who called?" Keith walked towards the door to the side, intending to get a shower.

"Miss Schultz and sir Clinton." Her response halted Keith at the door.

"Did they leave any message behind?" For Molly, contacting him was natural, but having Franklin call wasn't an everyday occurrence.

They didn't have a bad feelings towards one another but simply didn't hang out as much as with the others.

"Both expressed their wish to get in contact with you, as they have been unable to get into contact other you personally."

Keith made a mental note to contact them later, not wanting to get dragged into something immediately.

"I understand…" Keith closed the door behind him, moving up to begin his shower.

Afterwards Keith first went over some of the things he had missed in the time he was gone, it had been a bit short of an entire day, but things could go quickly. 

On his list of things to do, killing the road captain was high.

Although finding him was the problem.

Other then that expanding and growing his operations was always welcome.

Money was rolling in each week and Keith had time to continue his own plans… soon even going after the national reserve.

Finishing up his tasks Keith grabbed his phone, calling Franklin.

…

["Yo, Keith, thanks for calling.. I couldn't reach you yesterday, everything alright?"] Franklin sounded more energetic than usual. 

"Don't worry about it, just a small conflict between me and the police." 

["Did something happen?"]

"Nah… I'm fine… what did you want to talk about anyway?" The conversation had reached somewhere else than expected.

["Well you know, after the whole fiasco with the cars I was looking to spend that time with some friends."]

"Sure, you had something planned."

["No, not particularly but you know…"]

"Where you at?" Keith thought about where they could go… it was still early so drinking might not be the best option.

["I am at the beach with Chop."] the beach didn't sound too bad to Keith. 

"This early?" It wasn't extremely rare for people to go to the beach early in the morning although for Franklin who lived up on the hills, the trip would be a bit longer.

["less people around means more space for him to run around."] remembering how crowded such places could get Keith instead thought of some place more quiet.

"We can go watch a movie if you are interested."

["Sounds more like a place Michael would enjoy, but ill go."] 

"Let me look into some things here.. oh and keep Chop with you when you meet me outside the Dobbler."

["You sure… you know dogs aren't allowed in right."] 

"Just bring him along, I'll deal with it." Keith could bring any dog in without a problem, the only problem it would cause was with other guests, but with the time they were going, Keith was sure that he could get a room to himself.

Hanging up the phone, Keith gathered his things.

"Stacy. I'll need you to contact the manager at the Dobbler and tell him to get a film hall set up for myself and a guest." 

"Sure boss… is there anything else I would need to tell him." 

"Tell him to get a hall ready in an hour." The drive wouldn't take long for Franklin as he might be there earlier or later depending on where he was at the beach, but with their plan already set Keith was free to change it depending on when they would be there.

With that done, Keith called molly, although she didn't pick up… instead he just got a text telling him to go to a place…

It confused Keith a little, considering that she had called him a day before, but would answer him now… he briefly considered it to be a setup, but quickly changed his train of thought, not wanting some baseless suspicions to cloud his possibilities.

Mulling over the words in the text, Keith decided to go that night… thus finishing up his tasks for the day.

Before long Keith stood in front of the Dobbler cinema, waiting for Franklin to get there with Chop.

This would be the first time they hung out together outside of certain group activities. They hadn't done this before as Keith didn't see the need to invite them to do anything, wanting to distance himself after the loss back in Liberty City. It was not like Keith was searching for new friends now, but with everything they had been through, Keith didn't mind opening up to them.

Although he could already see the future where they would split up… Michael would be done after the big score, causing them to lose their figurehead… Trevor would maybe try to set something up himself, but it wouldn't really work out without the counterpart that was Michael…

It could be compared it to something akin to a boyband. They could collaborate with others but once a core member was out it would be the same.

While pondering over the future without the crew he was currently a part of, Franklin had parked his car.

Greeting him, to pull him back from the useless thought of predicting the future.

"Keith, you didn't wait long did you?"

"Nah… just mulling over some things… so this is Chop." Keith hadn't met Chop before, so he greeted him warmly. Petting him furiously, which he seemed to like.

"Speaking of Chop.. you certain that it was fine?" the streets around them were busy with people passing them left and right, some taking pictures of the cars in the street.

"Yeah… it's fine, let's just go in." done petting the dog, Keith guided Franklin to the entrance, walking him towards the room he had ordered to be emptied out beforehand.

"Don't we got to like, register or something?" the question halted Keith, who only know thought about the things they needed other than just the movie.

"No I handled it before hand… the only thig I didn't get where some snacks."

"I got some with me."

"Why?" Keith knew Franklin had the money to spend.

"Just a old habit… you know my family isn't really swimming in money…. I haven't even been to a cinema in ages.. so I just got some with me due to…" Keith cut him off, he hadn't been rich growing up either, but he promised himself that he would show Franklin the luxury they could get with money.

"I understand, but you shouldn't worry about it now… its all on the house so get something you like."

Before Franklin could respond, the manager of the place approached them.

"Hi there, sorry to interrupt but…" Franklin interrupted.

"Ill get the dog out."

"No that's not the problem… my only question was what movie you wanted to play." Franklin was clearly confused by the question.

"Richard, can you show Franklin the options we have?" Keith turned to Franklin before Richard could answer properly "ill get us something to eat." After that Keith left Franklin, more confused then ever behind to get some snacks and drinks.

With a plethora of things on a trolly, Keith headed towards the showing room, thinking about the possible movie that Franklin had picked out.

They had old and new, popular and unpopular movies… all of them stored in an operating room, that had needed to be expanded much earlier than Keith had shown up.

Entering the room, Keith saw Franklin sitting in the upmost front row.

"Why did you sit there?" the layout of the room was the same as it was previously, now just with better seating. So choosing to go at the frontmost place surprised Keith a little.

"Just reliving old memories.." The words didn't surplice Keith much after what he had heard earlier.

"So which movie are we watching?" some trailers were being shown on screen, although Keith wasn't sure as to why.

"The Hood 2." On the screen the date was shown of one of the trailers, giving a clue as to when the movie came out.

"Hmm alright, do I have to know the one before the movie before this one to understand.. or is it something like Water Torture?" Keith hadn't hear about it before now, but even if he didn't like it, It would just be some time spend with a friend.

"It isn't directly linked to one another, so you should be fine.." Keith just nodded along, hoping that he could understand most of what was happening on screen

Just as the title was shown, Keith's phone bussed.

"Sorry, ill shut it off." He had forgotten to do it before, but it didn't matter much as the movie had yet to begin.

Looking at the text he got, Keith saw that Molly was again asking for him, this time stating that she wanted him there earlier.

Keith only responded with [Tonight] closing his phone of right after, planning to enjoy the movie before him in peace and quiet.

To Keith surprise the movie began with a violent sceptical of crime in the streets, resulting in the death of many unfortunate civilians.

The narration took over as the camera rose upwards showing the night sky before dropping down to the ground, where the body of what seemed to be the camara man lay, blood oozing out of him to form the words

{The Hood}

After that the scream cut to black, only to be reopened while a school bel rung..

It showed the daily life of a young high schooler in Los Santo's, looking to make it big in the film world… he had good grades, many friends… but his home life was rough, his father had died and his mother worked long night shifts, helping them come by.. sadly they didn't have money so Jorden helped some delivery jobs for his uncle a upper level guy in a local gang…

All in all he seemed like a good kid, trying his best even if it wasn't the most legal thing to do.

The plot focussed on his life in and out of the hood, with small conflict coming to a head, culminating in the final package his uncle asked him to deliver.

["Listen Jordan... I need you to deliver this as quickly as you can… don't stop for anyone ok?]

["Yeah I.."] Jordan was interrupted by knocking and shouting…

Jordan was told to hide, with his uncle coming to confront the men outside, eventually fighting off one, before being shot by another…

His uncles body dropped to the floor, as his ring rolled off of his finger rolling to the place Jordan was hiding.

With his uncle dead Jordan was chased not only by the police, but also by the once that murdered his uncle along with his uncles gangmates, all after him and the package.

Before long Jordan was alone, he couldn't do anything without getting caught up, not to mention even delivering the package as he found out that the one destined for it was dead.

The only thing he could do was wait to be found and run, so he decided to at least enjoy the moments of peace he had… miraculously he found out who it was who murdered his uncle, due to the ring leaving a prominent mark on their cheek, determined to deliver vengeance, He decides to open the package, finding it to be a letter along with a key… the letter detailed the place with the key being the way to enter..

Following it, Jordan stumbles to a bank, where he gets taken to the back to open a lockbox, revealing a fortune of wealth… something that would be extremely useful to him and his family.

Instead of tacking them, Jordan reveals it to everyone inside of the gang through his phone, revealing the once who murdered his uncle, and the corruption of the gang up top…

Ending the movie with the shoutout they had seen in the beginning, now from a different perspective as Jordan watches over everything from the roof nearby.

All in all Keith described it as a bit messy, but a good enough story for a movie of its quality.