Dave sat in his office twirling his pen with his fingers. It was 3:00 and his next appointment would be there soon. He was looking for an assistant, lately his work was getting piled up and there were way too many phone calls for him to be able to answer. Why couldn't people just take a break. He yawned and put his feet on the corner of the desk, he hadn't got any sleep last night. Too busy writing down song requests. Normally he'd be on air right now, but last night he also recorded himself and now that's playing on the radio. Knock knock. Dave sat up a bit, trying to look imposing, he loved to see them flustered.

"Come in, please." Dave called out. Slowly the door opened revealing a thin boy, not much younger than Dave, with unruly black hair and big glasses. The boy smiled the cutest smile with buck teeth. Normally buck teeth weren't Dave's thing, but today they certainly were. He smiled inwardly, and hoped the boy couldn't see his cheeks get a bit red. "Please sit down." Dave motioned toward the chair in front of him, the boy quickly did.

"Hello." The boy smiled nervously Dave's heart jumped.

"Hello... Mr. Egbert." Dave looked down at his list to learn the name.

"Please, call me John." John said keeping the smile on his face.

"Okay... John." Dave fought down a smile, it was like the boys grin was contagious. He picked up his clip board with the questions on it and used it to subtly hide his mouth.

"Alright, lets begin." Dave announced and John nodded his head slightly. John's smile was gone as he tried to look serious. To Dave though, he looked absolutely ridiculous and adorable. "Why do you want this job?"

"Well, I'm honestly a big fan of yours and I recently got fired from my old job... So I'm kinda in the need for money." John looked down to the ground.

"Why were you fired?" Dave asked detouring from the questions list.

"W-well... my boss never liked me... s-so when he found out... umm.. that..." John fidgeted in his seat and looked like someone was torturing him. Usually Dave enjoyed people looking like this, but with Egbert it was a torture of his own.

"Okay, you don't need to go further, you didn't get along with your boss. Next, How do handle stress and pressure?" Dave continued with the interview, John looked relieved.

"I'd like to think I handle it quite well... though I'm sure too much would set me off." John answered honestly and looked up with a dazed expression. Dave watched him stare in to nothingness, he was so fucking adorable.

"How fast can you type?"

"95 wpm" Johns goofy smile was back.

"Some words to describe yourself?"

" Ummm funny, goofy, nerdy, and loyal." John tapped his finger on his leg with every word. Dave couldn't help but smile at his description, especially the last word. He hid the smile with the clip board.

"Do you work well with other people?" "

Yes! I love people." The smile was as wide as his little face would allow.

"And finally," Dave leaned forward on his elbows, laced his fingers together, and placed his chin in the little finger hammock. He stared right at John, though it was hard to tell with the sunglasses. "What would you do if you didn't get this job?"

"W-well... to tell the truth I'd be sad. I don't actually expect to get this really, it's just kinda my dream job. Also I'm just glad I got to meet you in person." John smiled a smaller smile, it almost seemed like he forgot Dave was there. Dave stood up quickly, his chair hitting the wall, John jumped a bit.

"Well, thank you for coming. I will consider you for the job and I'll call in three days to let you know the results." Dave walked swiftly to the door and opened it, John stood up slowly and followed him to the door.

"Uh.. thank you for seeing me..." John stepped through the door, but quickly turned before Dave could close the door."Wait! I-I have a quick question..."

"Ask away."

"Do you always wear those glasses? I thought it was just for like photo shoot stuff..." John tipped his head to the left.

"I'll tell you the four times I ever take them off, sleeping, showering, swimming, and when I kiss someone." Dave smiled a devilish smile. "Byes." He shut the door, feeling extremely proud of himself. He pressed his ear against the door. He heard John mumble something then shoes scuffling and the small taps of shoes leaving. Dave finally let a full smile out and walked happily back to his desk. He had interviewed 24 other people before Egbert, 4 of them today. None of them even compared to him. First was guy who just complemented Dave on everything, Second was a girl who was trying to use her looks to get the job, third was another girl who was way to confident in getting the job, and fourth was guy who was just too normal for Dave's tastes. If he was going to work with someone, he wanted them to be entertaining while still doing their job. He knew John would be entertaining. Whether he could do his job or not... Dave hoped he could. He looked at his phone and seriously considered calling John right then. He shook his head, in three days he could. He flexed his hands a couple times and got up. He sauntered over to an end table next to the office door. He turned on the radio sitting neatly on the table. "Welcome back ladies and gentleman to Strider Radio! Changing music trends one stride at a time!" Dave heard his own voice reciting the slogan. He actually hated the slogan, but that made him using it ironic. He smiled to himself and checked the clock 3:50. At four he would have to go live and the never ending requests would come flowing in. He sighed and headed towards the studio to get prepared and set up a song line up.