Gus soon reached Ali's house. He could smell the same stench of marijuana again. He understood that A-rod must be waiting as well. It then clicked him. They had to check the status of the song. The realisation hit him like a brick. He had never been so nervous in his life, this was his only path to salvation, the only way he could ever get out of the shit show that is his life. He however decided to keep very little expectations as he didn't want to be heart broken. He then slowly made his way to the studio where Ali and A-rod were waiting for him.
"Gus, you're back. Why are you so late." Said both at the same time.
He then took the joint from Ali took a puff and said "I'll tell you later." Then he turned around to look at A-rod and said " why have you been showing up so often these days"
"I'm your biggest fan, how could I miss this" A-rod said feeling dejected
"Sure, since you're my biggest fan, the next batch of weed we buy is on you." He said to A-rod while passing him the joint
"Let's get back to business" said Ali interrupting the both of them.
As soon as she said that, the whole room became silent. Now they are all looking at the computer waiting to see the results.
Ali then proceeded to open their page, where they could track streams and views from all the different streaming sites.
"HOLY SHIT" "FUCKING HELL" "NO WAY"
all three of them steamed at the same time
"Fuck Gus, self destruction got 20 million views across all the streaming sites within just 24 hours." Ali screamed as she went to hug Gus.
"You're fucking viral bro" A-rod said taking another puff of the joint
"Am I dreaming" mumbled Gus unable to take all of this in
"No you're not, you deserve this. This is just the beginning" said Ali as she nuzzled her face into his chest
Gus was just looking at the screen, he was so shook he couldn't even think properly.
"Wait.... how much money did I make?" He said as he looked closer at the computer.
"I can't believe this, there must be an error, it says I made 750,000 dollars" Gus said looking at Ali who was still stuck to him like a koala.
"Haha there's no error, remember I told you it's based on the number of streams. You should be making more in a couple of days." Ali said as she finally got off him.
"Hey see the comments on the song" said A-rod
[this song speaks to my soul, thanks grime for this masterpiece]
[who the hell is grime?]
[grime is a genius]
[im starting a grime fan club, anyone interested to join hit me up]
[ive been following grime since last 6 months I'm a true fan.]
[grime is the love of my life]
[grime has more music, he made a few songs this summer]
"You have a fan club now, 20,000 members string" said a-rod
"Soon he'll have a million" Ali said as she shrugged her shoulders.
"This still feels surreal to me" said Gus, as a single tear fell down his cheek.
"I know how hard you worked for this, you will only have more success, after all I'm with you" said Ali as she hugged him again but this time A-rod joined the hug as well.
"Hahaha thanks guys, a-rod get off me" said Gus as he pushed a-rod away and continued to hug Ali
"Not fair" said A-rod
Gus just showed him a cheeky smile
"So what next?" Asked Gus
"We have to capitalise on this moment, let's shoot a music video tomorrow" said Ali
"HUH?" Said both A-rod and Gus together