Dinner with the De Santa Family

The next day, Michael sits in his living room reading that book that Dr. Friedlander wrote about him.

That fucking jerk-off, he better hope I don't find him.

Amanda approaches Michael and asks him what time Franklin will be by.

"He will be here at around 5 or 6," Michael said. "We should have the food here by then."

"Okay, honey, I just hope this isn't too soon," Amanda said.

"Relax, angel, I talked to him yesterday, he wants to come by," Michael said.

Meanwhile, Tracey is in the bathroom trying to doll herself up for Franklin. She wants to look her best for him. She doesn't know Franklin all too well, but she knows that her father hangs out with him, and also that her brother hangs out with him. She does find him attractive, though, after seeing him take her father to go do something, and even coming across his Lifeinvader profile.

That's it, Tracey, you want to look your best, right?

Tracey thinks about how good she wants to look but doesn't want to overdo it because this is just a friend coming over for dinner, nothing too big.

Elsewhere, Franklin is at his house getting ready to go to the De Santa residence to go have dinner with them. He sets up food for Chop so that the dog won't go hungry. While he was ironing his clothes, he gets a call and it's Lamar.

"Shit! What does that fool want?" Franklin said right before he answers the phone. "Hello? What's up, Lamar?"

"Oh, nothin' much, playa, doing anything tonight?" Lamar asked.

"Yeah, I got plans already," Franklin said. "I'm going to dinner at my friend Michael's house."

"Fo' real? That white guy who I still haven't met?" Lamar said. "Oh, damn, man, it's cool. Maybe I'll go hang with Trevor, then. It's all good, dog."

"Oh, fo sho, I'll hit you up soon to see if we can kick it," Franklin said.

"Okay, man, holla at ya soon," Lamar said.

Franklin finishes ironing his clothes. He is just dressing casually but wants to look nice. He doesn't really know the rest of Michael's family too well. He mostly knows Michael and Jimmy because he hangs out with them, but he doesn't really know Amanda and Tracey too well. Franklin then picks up his phone and calls Michael.

Michael is still reading his book and is upset about what Friedlander had written about him. Suddenly, his phone rings and sees that it's Franklin calling him.

"Hey, Frank, what's up?" Michael said.

"Hey, just letting you know I'm coming by soon," Franklin said. "Do you need me to pick up anything?"

"Nah, man, food will be here shortly, in fact we're waiting for you," Michael said.

"Okay, dog, I'll be there in a bit," Franklin said.

Franklin gets off the phone and makes sure he has everything taken care off. He has given Chop enough food in case he gets hungry, he makes sure that he had other things done. He then takes off to the De Santa mansion. He decides to drive the Buffalo instead of his bike. He was on his way.

At the De Santa house, the food had arrived. They had ordered some take-out from some restaurant. Michael paid the delivery guy and gave him a good tip.

Franklin then came rolling up in the driveway and Michael sees him and hands Jimmy the food to take to the table. As Franklin gets out of his car, Michael approaches him and greets him.

"Hey, Franklin, how is it going?" Michael said.

"Oh, fine, dog, just fine," Franklin said. "How about you, how are you?"

"Never better, my friend, things are going well," Michael said. "I'm a movie producer, I own a few theaters. I am living the dream."

"That's cool, homie," Franklin said. "Let's go inside."

Tracey has finished getting ready. She sees Franklin near the front door with her dad and they're talking. She slowly goes down the stairs. She has no idea why she is feeling so shy all of a sudden. She meets guys a lot and she doesn't really know Franklin, but for some reason, she is shy to make an approach.

Franklin runs into Jimmy, who greets him.

"What's up, F-Dog," Jimmy said. "How is it going, homie?"

"Good, man," Franklin said, giving Jimmy a fist bump.

Amanda then approaches the guys. Michael notices this.

"Hey, Franklin, you remember my wife Amanda, right?" Michael said.

"Yeah, I do, how you doin'?" Franklin said, shaking Amanda's hand.

"Oh, things have been better lately," Amanda said.

Tracey then comes down the stairs and approaches everyone else. Michael then sees his daughter coming.

"Oh, hey, Franklin, this here is my daughter Tracey, have you met her?" Michael said.

"Not properly, but I remember you mentioning her," Franklin said. "Hi, I'm Franklin. You must be Tracey."

Tracey gets a little nervous by his presence but she knows she will be okay. "Hi, my dad has told me a lot about you." She then shakes hands with Franklin, and he smiles a bit.

Everyone sits at the table, eating their dinner. Amanda initiates a little conversation with Franklin.

"So, Franklin, Michael tells me that you're involved in some kind of business?" Amanda said.

"Well, that's one way of putting it," Franklin said. "I own a few businesses these days, a towing yard, Smoke On The Water, Downtown Cab Company, I'm all legit these days."

Jimmy got in the conversation. "You own Smoke on the Water? Can you hook me up with some weed?"

Michael and Amanda look at their son and yell "Jimmy!"

"What? I just want to know if he can hook me up with some reefer," Jimmy said.

"Nah, it's cool," Franklin said. "I'm a business man now. I used to roll with the Chamberlain Hills Families but I don't do that shit no more. I'm going into legit business now."

Tracey looks at Franklin and tries to spark some conversation with him.

"So, Franklin, what is it like running these businesses," Tracey asked.

"It's work, sometimes they'll ask me to do some favors for them," Franklin said. "Like I'll go and do some fares for some people for the cab company."

"Oh, I see," Tracey said. "Do you watch 'Fame or Shame'?"

"Not really, but I've seen some of it before," Franklin said. "It's funny to watch sometimes."

"Oh, okay, I was on there," Tracey said. "I didn't win, though."

"That sucks," Franklin said, and then takes a drink from his beverage.

"Oh, it's no big deal, I did get far," Tracey said. "Besides, I'm going to college. I've signed up for some classes."

"That's cool, you're going to try to make something of yourself," Franklin said. Tracey then smiles at Franklin.

Michael notices the way Tracey is looking at Franklin. He isn't sure what to think of all this. He also notices that it would seem that Franklin is just going along with it.

They all continue to eat and talk. Amanda knows that Franklin took part in some jobs with her husband and she can also see that he, too, is a criminal, but she knows that her husband is one, and she can see that he can be a nice guy.

Tracey, on the other hand, isn't surprised that he was involved in criminal activity. After all, she ran with some drug dealers and porno producers, but she seems like she wants to get to know Franklin more.

After they were done eating, Franklin decided to stick around for a little longer. As time went on, he continued to talk with Tracey. The two even went into the living room, where Tracey turned on the TV and showed Franklin her appearance on "Fame or Shame," which she had recorded on the DVR. Michael went outside to go have a smoke for a little bit.

Franklin and Tracey were watching the show. Franklin kind of chuckled a bit. On the inside, he can see that she was singing about her dad, but he didn't say anything. He wouldn't be surprised if Michael saw this and knew it would be about him.

Tracey looks over at Franklin. "What do you think?" She said.

"Eh, not bad," Franklin said. "Though you were looking pretty good."

"Oh, thank you," Tracey said. She started to blush. "I was a little nervous when I went on. I even tried out for that show a while ago, until my dad and Trevor ruined my chance on there."

"Whoa, whoa, did you say Trevor?" Franklin said. "Why am I not surprised? That dude is a little crazy."

"He was always sweet to me, and my dumbass brother," Tracey said.

"Whatever, anyway, you should go easy on your dad, he's a good guy," Franklin said.

"He tried to ruin my life a few times," Tracey said.

"Your dad loves you, Tracey," Franklin said. "He has told me why he did some stuff. He cares about you."

Amanda walks out into the back to go talk with Michael but not before seeing Franklin and Tracey talking some more.

What the hell is going on here? Is my little girl flirting with that guy?

Amanda approaches Michael, who is still smoking his cigarette while sitting at the table outside. He also has a cup of scotch by his side.

"Hey, I thought you were trying to quit," Amanda said.

"I don't smoke that often, Amanda," Michael said. "I just do it on occasion."

Amanda looks at him all confusedly. "I see. Anyway, I was wondering, did you happen to notice the way Tracey was looking at our guest, and the way she was talking to him?"

Michael puts out his cigarette and takes a sip of scotch. "Maybe, but I know Franklin, he was just being friendly with her. They barely know each other."

"I don't know about that," Amanda said. "It seems a little different from what I saw."

"What did you see?" Michael asked.

"I don't know, maybe they were watching TV together, at least that's what I saw," Amanda said.

"What? That's all they were doing," Michael said. "Relax, honey."

Amanda has some kind of look on her face. She walks away and from a distance, she notices the two still talking to each other. She smirks about those two talking.

"Hey, did your dad tell you about how I beat him at golf?" Franklin said. "He told me how I just got lucky but he don't know shit."

Tracey laughs. "My dad is too much into his own stuff. I didn't think you were into golf," She then mentions how she had a stalker follow her around before.

"Man, that is some heavy shit," Franklin said. "What happened?"

"Oh, my dad kicked his ass," Tracey said. "At least he isn't bothering me anymore."

Franklin tells Tracey that he is about to leave. She tells him that he should stay a little longer, but he has some stuff to do the next day. She tells him that she wants his number, and he tells her that he wants her number, too. The two then exchange phone numbers.

"Call me or text me sometime," Tracey said. "Maybe we should go and do something."

"Sure thing, Tracey," Franklin said. "I'll hit you up soon."

Tracey smiles and Franklin does the same thing. He then heads to the backyard to tell Michael he is leaving.

"Hey, man, I'll call you soon, maybe we should play golf again soon," Michael said. "I will beat you for sure this time. You got lucky last time."

"Whatever, dog, I'll hit you up soon, peace," Franklin said. He slaps Michael's hand. "We will play golf again and I will whoop your ass again."

"Dream on," Michael said sarcastically. "See you soon."

Franklin sees Amanda and says bye to her.

"Bye, Franklin, come back soon, we would love to have to you come again for dinner," Amanda said.

"Oh, fo sho," Franklin said.

Jimmy comes out of nowhere. "Hey, Franklin, you leaving?"

"Yeah, I just have to get some shit done tomorrow," Franklin said.

"Oh, cool, cool," Jimmy said. "Hey, remember, call me soon, we can kick it, maybe go to the strip club or go drinking."

"Fo sho, dog," Franklin said. He then looks at Tracey mouthing to her that he'll call her. Tracey looks at Franklin and nods her head.

Franklin exits the De Santa mansion and enters his car and was on his way home.

Tracey heads up to her room, but on her way upstairs, her mom stops her and wants to talk with her.

"Tracey, I want to know something, were you flirting with Franklin?" Amanda said.

Tracey couldn't answer, but then starts to turn red.

"Oh, so you were?" Amanda said.

Tracey nods her head. "He was also flirting with me."

Amanda figured it out that she wasn't imagining things. She was right that the two were flirting with each other.

"Look, we shouldn't tell your father about this," Amanda said.

Tracey agrees with her.