MY SILLY PERSONAL ASSISTANT

Chapter 2

Four years ago.

“You're fired!" Jake threw the bottle of drinks that he asked his assistant to buy and ordered the flavor wrongly.

"I'm so sorry Sir!" His assistant apologized and wanted to disappear with so much embarrassment.

"There's no sorry, sorry. Very simple things you cannot follow. Get out! Out!"

The people around them are so speechless of what Jake did to his assistant. They're used to it but today is too much for them.

"Hey what happened here?" Crystal, Jake's mom/manager came in.

"Find me a new personal assistant."

"Why? Where is your assistant?"

"I just fired her. Simple instructions don't know how to follow. It's just a daily routine, she works here for a few days already, doesn't she?"

"My God Jake, if you always like this, nobody will work with you in the future. Some agencies won't provide us with their recruits because of how you treated them. You're too perfectionist. People tend to make mistakes sometimes to learn."

"Whatever! Just find me a new one mom."

"I do but you have to wait and please stop being so perfectionist and strict. And speak to them nicely, not always being grumpy. You're not a baby anymore." Crystal scolded his son. Jake only listens to her.

He glared at his mother. "Mom, please stop nagging me."

"Then be polite. If there's something wrong, you have to ask first and not immediately fire people like that. If I'm not your mom, I also gave up a long time ago."

"Mom!" Jake's eyes widened in shock at what he heard from his mom.

"Yes! So you better behave or I will give up as your manager."

"Let's have dinner tonight." Jake tried to calm his mom by treating him for a meal, his usual antics to make his mom stop nagging him.

"Not this time. You're too much! I'm warning you, this is the last time I will find you a personal assistant and put this in your mind, "YOU CANNOT FIRE HIM OR HER, UNLESS I'LL DO IT", you understand?" Crystal emphasized those words.

"I understand but what if...."

"No what-ifs, that's final."

Three days pass and the production is in chaos because Jake is grumpy again for he doesn't have anyone to get whatever he wants.

"Now, you know how your life is without an assistant?" His mom came to nag at him again.

Meanwhile somewhere in a province. "Papa, please I want to go to the city."

"And what did you want to do there?"

"I'll go find someplace to work."

"You don't have to work. We can support all your needs besides you don't know anything outside of the house."

"It is because you isolated me here. Papa please I can take care of myself now. Jules is there and he can teach me everything."

"You know the reason why we keep you here. We just wanted to protect you."

"But Papa the more you keep me here the more I have less knowledge about everything. Please, Papa!"

The father then heaved a sigh. His son has a point. Since they kept him he became ignorant of everything that surrounds him.

"Okay let me talk to Jules first. Then you will know my decision."

"Yey! Papa, I know you will allow me to go." He jumped in joy and hugged his father.

The father then dialed his nephew's number.

"Jules ah, your cousin insisted to go to the city but you know I am not confident to let him go. And I don't know what work he can do as he doesn't know anything other than eating."

"Uncle Wei hi! Oh perfect! I'm about to contact you. My boss's friend is looking for a helper." Jules responds from the other line.

"But does he fit for the job?"

"I'll be the one to train him, uncle. Don't worry I'll teach him and I know he will learn fast. Vince is a fast learner."

"I trust you Jules and you know the reason why we keep him here, right?"

"Yes, uncle."

"So when does he need to go to the city?"

"Anytime soon if you don't mind."

"Okay since he is insisting to go. I'll ask him to pack his things."

"Okay, uncle. Let me know his flight details when ready so I can meet him at the airport on his arrival."

"Okay, I will let you know."

Beijing Domestic Airport. A guy in a casual shirt and black shorts dragging his medium size luggage out of the arrival area. He is looking around, eyes fluttered in amazement.

"Wow! The walls also have a TV. And that guy is so handsome." He saw a digital ad of Jake being played repeatedly through a digital billboard close to the travelator where he rides outside. He continues looking at the digital board while walking on and doesn't notice that there's a man in front of him. Too late for him to realize and he bumped into the man and tripped on the travelator.

"Clumsy!" The man said and walked away from him.

"So bad! Didn't even help me." He slowly got up but since the travelator is continuously moving he fell off again as the machine brought him to the end but this time on the floor. Some travelers who saw him laughed at him.

"So stupid!" He heard a girl say as a group of them pass by him after they're out of the travelator.

Vince got up and stuck out his tongue towards the back of those girls.

"No humanities!" He murmured as he walked outside to look for his cousin.

"Juuuullesss..." he shouted echoing the whole waiting area when he saw his cousin. He runs dragging his luggage.

"Oh my god! So silly, why does he need to shout so loud?" Jules watched his cousin running closer to him but before he could reach him he tripped off from his shoelaces and fell on the floor.

"Whoah!" People who saw it gasp in shock.

"Vince, oh my god." Jules quickly visits his cousin.

"Don't worry Jules, I'm fine. This is my third time fallin' on the floor since I came out of the plane, so it's fine. Hihihi!" Vince said, scratching his head, laughing naivety.

"Are you sure you're fine?" Jules asks while they're on the taxi to the house of Vince's going to be boss.

"Yes, I'm fine. Don't worry." He patted Jules's shoulder. "Is this your boss's house?" He asked when they finally arrived.

"No! This is your boss' house and you will stay here." Jules opened the gate.

"Wow! It's so nice. Is that a swimming pool?" He asked when he saw a swimming pool at the side of the house. The house is a bungalow type with four rooms.

"Yes, that's the swimming pool," Jules responds as he sees what Vince is talking about.

Dragging his luggage, Vince continues following Jules inside.

"Wooowww!" He said full of amazement as he saw inside a big living room with a big television facing the set of the big couch.

"Vince ah, come I'll show you your room and your boss room as well. " Jules called him as he stood there in the living room mouth agape with so much amazement of his boss to be a house. He then went to Jules and followed him.

"This is my room?" He asked, looking around.

"Yes! The room next to this on the left is your boss's room, okay?" He nodded. "Listen! You are free to go to his room for cleaning but if he is here you are not allowed to go inside unless he will call you. Understand?" He nodded.

"Is my boss a girl?" He asked innocently.

"Boy!" Jules answered, then they continued to tour the house while Jules gave him instructions. Vince kept nodding when his cousin asked if he understood what he was saying so Jules assumed he absorbed and understood everything.

"Your boss is living here alone. His parents live separately but his mom always comes here as they live not that far from here. Sometimes he is not coming home as he often travels for work but he will inform you if he will be home. His mom already knows you're here so she might come here tomorrow to see you."

"Okay!" He nodded.

"Vince ah, you sure you understand everything I said?"

"Jules, of course, I understand."

"Okay! I wanted to know if you understand before I leave as my boss also needs my help at home. I will ask you a few questions."

"Okay."

"Don't go to the boss room when he is here, only when he asks me to come."

"Good!"

"What do you just need to hand wash?"

"His underwear and any clothes he will ask me to handwash. The rest use the washing machine."

"Okay show me how to use the machine?"

Vince then points out the process of washing the clothes in the washing machine.

"Wow! You learn very fast, Vince." Jules gave him a high five.

When Jules thought Vince could manage everything and was fine to be alone he told him he was leaving. Before he left he gave a handphone to Vince.

"You can use this to contact me or your boss' mother. I already saved our number here including your boss but don't call him. You wait until he will call you. Okay?." Jules gave him a touch screen handphone.

"But Jules, I don't know how to use this." Vince pouted. He doesn't have his phone back home and his Dad only has the old model phone which uses keypads.

"I'll teach you. Come!" They sat on one of the couches. Vince kept bouncing as he felt it so soft to sit.

"Aiyah! Stop bouncing like a kid. Come here." Jules then teaches him how to use the phone. Mostly when sending messages or calling, sending and receiving text messages and calls as those are the most important for him why he must have a handphone.

"Thank you, Jules." He hugged his cousin when he was about to leave.

"No worries. Remember to close the doors and windows okay before you sleep. I already told you how to cook so you can cook your food later for dinner."

"Yes, I know. I will call you if I need help." He said.

"Your boss is not coming tonight I think. " Jules said as they were heading to the gate as he was leaving.

"He has his key, right?"

"Yes! The gate is automatic and he has control over it so no worries whenever he comes home whenever he wants. Just do your work properly."

They then bid goodbye to each other. Vince then walked back inside the house straight to his room and unpacked his belongings and put them inside the wardrobe.

"Whoa! So boring here." He yawns as he felt so bored being alone. He then decided to take a shower. "Red is for hot and blue is for cold." He mumbled as he keeps turning the tap to both sides as he tried to remember his cousin's instruction. After a few minutes, he was able to figure it out and set the right temperature. "Yes! I did it." And he started to shower. After the shower, he went to the kitchen to cook his dinner as his stomach started grumbling.

He cooked instant noodles and put an egg on top and some veggies he found inside the fridge.

"Hmm, my pet inside my tummy will be happy with this already. Hihihi!" He said to himself. He then brought his food to the dining table and started eating it.

Since it's still early to sleep he decided to sit in the living room and tried to turn on the TV. He keeps scanning the channels until he finds the children's channel which Spongebob Squarepants is airing. Vince immediately loved the show and started mimicking the voice of Spongebob.

"He is so cute!" But the show finished and he pouted his lips. "Uuuuhhhh!" His jaw dropped because he cannot find the same show on another channel.

At nightfall, Vince began to get sleepy. Since he thought his boss was not coming home he lay down on the couch trying to learn how to use the handphone that Jules gave to him. He sends a message to him.

"Yey! I did it." He was so happy when he received a reply from Jules but his cousin asked him to sleep early because he needs to wake up early to start his work tomorrow. He decided to stay on the couch for a couple of minutes but he is too tired and falls asleep on it.

Midnight, the automated gate opened. A red sports car came onto the porch. After switching off the engine, a guy came out of the car wobbling as he was a bit drunk. He tried to open the door but since he was drunk it took time for him to put the key in the keyhole and created a soft crackling sound that made Vince wake up inside.

"Oh my god. Somebody is trying to open the door. Is he a bad guy? A thief, a rapist. Aaaahhh..." he softly screamed and looked for something to protect himself. He took the throw pillows and gathered them in front of him. The moment he finished gathering all the pillows, the door opened and the lights switched on and the brightness flooded the whole living room.

"Thiiieeeefffff!!" They both shouted, screamed in unison when their eyes met. Vince started throwing the pillow at the guy in front of him. The guy tried to dodge it but since he was drunk he fell off the floor and straight away snored.

Vince's eyes widened. "Huh?! He is not a thief?" He tiptoed and slowly walked towards the guy who was snoring with his mouth open, lying on the floor.

"Eh! So handsome ah. He couldn't be a thief. There's no handsome thief, I think." He then remembered something. He ran to his boss' room and took the picture frame on the bedside table and brought it outside close to the guy on the floor. He looked at the picture on the frame then looked back to the guy on the floor alternately checking from his eyes, nose, even lips.

"Oh my God, he is my boss. Whoa!" He quickly runs back to put back the picture frame and decides to help the guy on the floor.

"He is so heavy even though he is skinny, my goodness." He is panting after he reached his boss's room and finally lays him down on his bed. Looking at the guy, he is thinking about what to do next.

"Ah, basin, hot water, and towel. Mama did it to Papa before." He then quickly went to the kitchen and took a basin but he forgot how to use the electric kettle. He runs back to the living room where he left the phone and dialed Jules's number.

"Vince ah, it's already past midnight. Why?" Jules answered his call sleepily.

"You said my boss is not coming home but he is here and he is drunk."

"He may have changed his mind. Is that all why you called me?"

"No! I forgot how to use the machine to boil the water. I'm going to help clean my boss."

"Huh! Okay!" Jules then gave him instructions.

"Thank you, Jules."

"You're welcome. Next time you don't need to boil water just turn on the heater and use tap hot water. Less trouble for you."

"Okay." He then cut the call and waited for the water to boil. After everything was ready he went back to his boss room, put down the basin with lukewarm water on the bedside table, and stood, thinking what to do next.

"Mama, took off my Papa's clothes before she started to wipe him." He then started to take off his boss' shoes, then socks, and shirt. His eyes widened when he saw his boss's firm six-pack abdominal muscles. He gulped his saliva while staring at it.

"Aiyah! Vince...." he scolded himself and started to wipe his boss face down to his neck and chest including arms and hands.

"Do I have to take off his trousers?" He mumbled asking himself. "Eh! Isn't it wrong?" Then he looked at his boss' lower part of his body.

"What is that bulging? Huh! Is it moving?" He moved closer to see what it was but he didn't see it move again. "Aiyah! I think I'm already sleepy." He then decided not to take off his boss' trousers and was about to turn to take the basin and leave but his boss suddenly held him on his arm.

"Stay with me!"