Only a Matter of Time

It was the 2nd week of February, and Piper had wanted to do a special party for a certain photographer, Jordan Matter. He was currently 2 tenths away from reaching 10 million subscribers on YouTube. That could mean that it could happen tomorrow, sometime during the day today, the next hour, etc. Piper wanted everything to be finished before the milestone was reached, so she had to act fast.

Piper was doing a meeting at Squad World discussing the plans.

"Ok y'all," she started. "So as y'all might know, Jordan is very close to 10 Million Subscribers."

Everyone cheers and then Piper continues. "So I've brought him a very large mansion in the heart of LA and I also have the SM6 Band doing a parade in most of the Boulevards. The march will have Salish in the lead. She had made a sign saying 'Best Dad Ever and people can also put their signatures on it. Isn't that amazing? She makes it herself and it looks so cute!"

"Salish should be an artist," Lev remarked.

"I know," agreed Piper. "She did a very good job on it."

"So," Gabi asked. "How many subscribers does he have now?"

Piper looked it up on the phone. "9.99 Million, he's very close."

"So, is everything going to begin once he reaches the milestone officially?"

"Yes once the counter says 10 million, everything will start immediately."

"Wow Piper, that's so nice of you," replied Polly as she entered the room. "I'm so excited for this. Jordan is very awesome at doing photos just like Will. The angles and poses that he makes the people do are amazing. I can't believe that he won the race to 10 million with Ben. The race was won by the man, the myth, and the legend! I will repeat that sentence no matter what!"

Piper agreed with Polly with everything she said. But she knew that time was running low. "Thanks, Polly for the kind words, but if we keep chatting, we might not get everything done in time."

Elianna started to speak, "I still remember the time when I made that video with him when--"

"Not now Ellie," Piper interrupted. "We need to make sure that everything is set up properly."

After the meeting, everyone split up. Lev and Piper had gone to all the Boulevards that the parade was going to make sure there were no problems anywhere, while the rest of the squad was making sure the mansion was ready for the big reveal. The Rock Squad was keeping track of the sub count.

After 4 hours of checking, everyone had arrived at the parade at Hollywood Boulevard. It was ready to go and Salish and her brother Huston were leading it. The band was in the middle, and all the supporters and influencers that had collaborated with him were behind. Then after an additional 5 minutes, Gabi had called out that the milestone was reached. People were cheering, clapping, and applying, and with that, the parade started. Lots of phones were seen, recording the outstanding event. Piper was so happy that everything had gone well. There was just one problem. No one knew where Jordan was. She was worried that he wouldn't see the huge parade that was dedicated to him. But by surprise, Jordan was actually at the parade's path at Sunset Boulevard doing a live stream with one of his friends. The parade went from Hollywood Boulevard to the North LA Brea and then to Sunset Boulevard going the opposite direction. After about 30 minutes, Jordan saw the band approaching but had no idea that it was about him. "Random parade in LA here," Jordan said to the stream. He started dancing with the band. He did this until he saw his children leading it and saw the sign. "Oh my gosh look at this," Jordan exclaimed as his friend moved the camera to the parade. "Congratulations dad!" Salish said as she went by and Huston gave a thumbs up. The band as they passed did a tone of Jordan's outro 5 times. Will took pictures of Jordan while he said, "There he is! Congrats Jordan!" Henry, Will's cat had meowed also saying congrats. The Rock Squad had shouted, "We love you Jordan," as they waived. Then there were a total of 108 supporters that passed. Then came the influencers came, Dhar Mann was first, then Ben that said "You won but how about 15?", then many others came past. Then Piper and her squad were last and talked and spoke to him. "I created this all for you," she said. "Also, I got you a surprise waiting for you up the road!"

"Hold up, you did all of this all by yourself?" Jordan asked. "There's no way."

"Well, I had plenty of help, replied Piper. "From my friends and the Rock Squad!"

"Woah! All I can say is thank you so much and to the Rock fam!"

"I'm glad that you managed to beat Ben to the finish line. How does it feel to win?"

"I feel amazing. He was actually in the parade and he challenged me to get 15 Million before he did."

"I can't wait till you reach that amount and even 20 Million and more!"

"I'm ready for my surprise Piper, I'm so excited to see what it is!"

"Ok, let's go!"

With that, the live stream ended, and Jordan, his friend, and the squad went to see his surprise.

When they arrived, he couldn't believe what he saw.

"Oh---my---gosh!" he exclaimed. "Am I dreaming right now? This is very cool!"

"Do you like it?" Piper asked.

"It's perfect," Jordan replied. "Thank you so much!"

"Let's go inside and take a tour," Emily said. Jordan agreed to this.

The front of the house had a large living room, a huge kitchen with a table that could seat 10 people, and an additional room that had glass walls that were also like a living room. Going upstairs, three rooms were on each side and all of them were the same size.

"Man, my whole team could live here this is so perfect!" Jordan said.

"Thanks," Piper said. "It was remodeled by mine and the Rock Squad teams. Well, I discussed the plans and Gabi did the blueprints. Teamwork at its best!"

Emily looked upset. "Piper, I thought that I was the one that planned everything out?"

"What are you talking about," asked a very confused Piper. "I came with the idea to--"

"No Piper stop, it was me," Emily snapped. "You know what, forget it, we are not friends anymore."

"But Emily I--"

"No, I'm done." Emily slams the door in frustration and Piper ran after her. Everyone else watched everything. "What just happened?" Anna-Kate asked.

"I have no idea," Gabi replied. "It just happened so suddenly."

They walked outside to find the two still in a feud. Neither spoke nor did eye contact. Gabi went to Piper and Anna-Kate went to Emily. "Y'all are like the best of friends," Gabi said to Piper. "Why is Emily doing that?"

"I don't know," Piper cried. "She helped out with the idea but--"

"No, I didn't help out," Emily shouted. "She just wants to be involved in everything because she's the "ringleader" and she thinks that because of that, she was to do everything 'her way'.

"Emily, please chill,"  Anna-Kate said. "Why are you acting like this?"

"Because it's a prank!" Emily exclaimed.

"Wait? Seriously?" asked Piper.

"Yep," Emily smiles. "I got all of y'all."

"I can't believe this," said Piper.

"Sorry Piper, but I still got you so good."

"That sure was a good prank," Jordan said. "You are a good actor.

"Thanks, Jordan," Emily replied. "You should see me in her life lesson videos. Check them out."

"I sure will," Jordan said. "And thanks y'all for making this the best celebration ever!"

Both squads left and Jordan's friend told him to look at his phone. He was on Google news and in New York, there was a parade there for Jordan. Also in Los Vegas, there were special events in the local schools that congratulated Jordan's success.

"Oh wow," Jordan reacted. "This is awesome!

On his Instagram, he had liked all the posts that showed the parade and fans that make comments and posts about his milestone.

"Seems like my success is gone viral!" he said.

3 days after, Jordan had decided to have his new house a studio and named it Matter Studios. There were minor changes to the building which included: A parking lot, a monument, and dedicated turning lanes on the road. He had props that were similar to the ones at stores and restaurants, This meant that he wouldn't have to worry about getting in trouble while trying to do stunts that involves being on top of desks and tables. He also hired 3 people to help with photo taking with multiple people at the same time. One photographer in each room. His business was booming after a full week and he was so happy. He also had enough money to buy him a limo. This was used to pick up multiple volunteers at one time. After that, Jordan's business was a success from that day forward.