Hey guys! It's a brand new year, and it's time for a brand new chapter. I hope you're hungry because you're invited to eat dinner at Rudy's tonight. The whole gang will be there. But will it be a success, or will Donald and Rudy's feud screw things up? Let's find out!
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Chapter 9: Dinner From Hell
"So Rudy's a pimp?" Bill asked.
"And he has this house full of girls...?" Harold asked.
"He has another daughter?" Bucky also asked.
"And apparently Donald's wife used to be one of his bitches?" Russell asked.
"And now he's inviting all of us to dinner?" Donald frowned, "Like I actually want to step foot into his house of hoes again."
Albert about half expected this type of reaction from everybody when he returned to Donald's apartment to tell them about Rudy. Of course, dinner sounded nice, but they all weren't sure about it, especially the wives as Trina spoke, "Albert, I don't know if I want to bring the kids into a house where sex happens 24/7."
Cami nodded, "Yeah. It's bad enough my boys have to deal with their Uncle Russell..." She agreed, earning a glare from said uncle.
"I don't think you guys have anything to worry about. I met a few of the girls, and they seem pretty nice. Plus, if we go, you'll get a chance to meet his daughter, Alya. Turns out, he had a baby with Danielle, and she's in a rehabilitation center due to having an addiction to sex...and she's been there since Alya was four."
That surprised the gang, who knew Danielle quite well. They didn't think that something like that would become of her. The boys could only hope that she would get better very soon.
"So... do you want to come to this dinner?" Albert asked.
The gang looked at one another, before giving their answers.
"I guess it'll be okay," Bill replied.
"It would be nice to see Rudy again," Harold added.
"Yeahb." Mushmouth also added.
"Even if he still got no class." Russell snickered.
"And the kids will get a new playmate..." Trina nodded as the other wives agreed.
Albert smiled until he noticed that Donald hadn't said anything. He just crossed his arms and looked away, until Albert got his attention, "What about you, Donald? Do you want to come to Rudy's dinner?"
After a few moments, he sighed, "Alright, I'll come. But like I said before, don't expect me to talk or even look at that asshole."
"Good. So, shall we get the kids and head on over there?"
In about ten minutes, the families were all driving into NYC, with Albert leading the way to Rudy's mansion. He was hoping that this dinner would be a good one. Everybody would finally be back together, everyone could catch up, and maybe... just maybe... Donald and Rudy could talk and make up. But with Donald not even wanting to look at the rich man, that would be near impossible.
Well, at least he could hope.
Soon, everyone made it to the mansion on the hill, as they took a moment to look at it.
"Wow. Rudy really is living it up." Bill said.
"I knew he was rich..." Bucky added.
Albert smiled, "If you think it's nice on the outside, wait 'til you get to see the inside."
With that, the families walked to the front door of the lavage home, and Albert ranged the doorbell. After a few moments, the door opened, revealing Marie once again, "Albert. Good to see you and your friends. Mr. Rudy's been waiting. Come on in."
She stepped aside to let the families in, before leading them into a den, one that was different from the one Albert had seen the first time he came here. For this one was much bigger, "Make yourselves at home. I'll go get Mr. Rudy." Marie said as they all sat down on couches or in chairs. As soon as she left the room...
"I have to say, he's got some nice duds..." Bill commented.
"He's living much better than the rest of us, that's for sure..." Harold sighed.
Albert smiled, "Hey, just cause he's got a fancy home, doesn't mean our own homes aren't any better. Let's not go comparing."
Bucky then noticed that Sasha hadn't really said much, not since the topic of Rudy came up, "Hey, Sash... what do you have to say about all of this? We're gonna get a nice dinner. Maybe Rudy'll have your favorite."
Sasha looked at her fiance' and nodded, "Maybe..."
"You feeling okay? You're not as talkative today."
"I'm fine... it's just..."
Before she could finish her sentence, "Ah! You all made it!"
Everyone looked to the doorway to see Rudy standing by it, and beside him holding his hand was Alya. The rich man grinned at his friends, "You did good, Albert, in getting the gang together."
"Good to see you again, Rudy." Bill greeted.
"How have you been?" Harold asked.
Rudy shrugged, "Oh you know, it's been the same old, same old."
"That I believe..." Russell snickered.
"I see you haven't changed a bit, shrimp..." Rudy sneered at him, before looking down at Alya, "Cats, I wanna introduce ya'll to my little girl, Alya. Say hi, sweetheart."
Alya smiled and waved, looking at the other kids in the room. Some of them had to be her age, "Hi. It's nice to meet you all. Daddy's said a lot about you guys. He says that Russell's a wimpy shrimp, Fat Albert's a killjoy, Bill is boring, Weird Harold's a stupid klutz, Bucky's annoying, Mushmouth's an illiterate idiot, and Dumb Donald's a no good backstabbing fool-"
Before the ten-year-old could finish her sentence, her father covered her mouth, "Okay. That's enough outta you, baby girl. Why don't you take the kids to your room so that they can play?"
"Okay! C'mon!"
The other kids were delighted to hear that, as they followed Alya out of the room. As soon as they were gone, Rudy turned back with a nervous chuckle to his less than impressed friends, "Sorry about that. I was drunk when I said those things. You know you don't think that's not what I think of you guys... right?"
"You're right, we don't think... we know..." Russell replied snarkily.
Rudy groaned, "Whatever. Let's just get to what I invited you here for, to catch up."
With that, he sat down and brought out some empty glasses, and a bottle of wine, "Anybody care for a drink. I know Albert told me that he couldn't."
"No thanks, man. I'm good." Bill smiled.
"And please don't give any to Russell..." Cami pleaded, earning yet another glare from him.
Harold shook his head, "Can't risk it. Not after the last time I drunk wine... don't ask."
"Can't. Pregnant." Sasha added.
Rudy just poured himself a glass, "That's right... Albert said that you were expecting... right, Sasha?"
Bucky's fiancee' gasped softly before turning away, which confused Bucky himself, "Wait. You guys know each other? You never told me that, Sash. How else would he know your name?"
"That's because... Rudy's the pimp I told you about..." She admitted with shame.
Now that shocked everyone in the room, except for Rudy himself, who chuckled and took a sip of his wine, "That's right, cats. Sasha and I go way back. I took her in when her good for nothing boyfriend left her. I gave her everything... until she decided she didn't need me anymore."
"Only because I thought I could make it on my own." Sasha told him, "I was never planning to stay with you permanently. And now, I'm engaged to a store owner, and we're gonna have a baby girl." She took Bucky's hand and planted a kiss on his cheek, making him blush.
Rudy snorted, "Right. Just know that you missed out. Anyways, you're not the real criminal here, Sasha. That honor belongs to Dumbass Donald. Yeah, don't think I don't see you trying your damnest not to look at me."
As for Donald himself, he just huffed and continued to avert his gaze from the man who he felt wronged him. Rudy frowned, "Giving me the silent treatment, I see. Well, fine. Go ahead, I don't care if you never talk to me again. Unless you want to admit that you were wrong in what you did."
"I did NOTHING to you!" Donald finally looked at the rich man with a fiery glare as he stood up, "YOU'RE the one who done wronged me, you motherfucka! Do you know how it feels to have to live with the fact that my own wife was fucked by my best friend!"
"Leia was MINE!" Rudy snarled, now standing himself, "I had my life with her all planned out! But then you had to bring your broke ass in here and ruin everything for me!"
That's when Leia stood to put her hands on her husband's shoulder, "Donnie, please. Calm down..." She told him, "We're here to have fun. The past is in the past, okay? Let's just sit down and talk, okay?"
Albert nodded, "Yeah. C'mon, dudes. We're trying to catch up and have a reunion in North Philly. The first step is to have dinner. So why don't you two put this silly feud aside for once and just cool it?"
Rudy and Donald glared at each other for another moment, before groaning and sitting down. Donald could have sworn that Rudy slipped a quick middle finger to him in doing so. As soon as both men were seated and quiet, Albert smiled, "Good, so, what should we talk about?"
Trina spoke up, "How about the fact that Rudy's daughter has to deal with such inappropriate living conditions. Honestly, why should she be around such sluts?" She glared at Rudy, who glared right back.
"Hey, you don't get to talk about my girls that way. Only a few of them are actual sluts." He defended, "Besides, Alya ain't bothered by it. It's not like she sees what goes on behind closed doors. She's completely safe."
"How safe, though?" Cami asked, "Are you sure there hasn't been one moment where she's walked in on either you or one of your girls doing the thang...?"
Rudy shook his head, "No! I wouldn't allow it! Alya's too innocent and pure for that. Why are ya'll getting on my case about this?"
"Because don't want her to become anything like you," Leia answered for him.
"And what's wrong with that?"
Russell shook his head, "A lot more than you think..."
Albert frowned. This definitely wasn't what how he wanted things to turn out. This was supposed to be a nice moment. The gang was finally back together. But everyone was arguing, and not getting along like he hoped.
"We're just looking out for Alya, Rudy," Sasha admitted.
Rudy frowned deeply, "That's for ME to do! I will be the one looking out for my child!"
"Really? Because from what Albert told us, you hardly see her because you're busy screwing around!" Trina countered.
Before this could get any worse, Marie once again came into the room, "Dinner is ready, Mr. Rudy." She said. Albert sighed in relief. Saved by the bell, which in this case was Marie. Rudy stood up with a smile, "Right. Come to the dining room, everyone. Marie, go get the kids and bring them down."
With that, Marie did as told, and the others followed Rudy to the dining hall, which was also pretty big. There was a long table filled completely with food, and it made the guys mouths water.
"That's a lot of food..." Bill commented.
"Is that mashed potatoes and spaghetti I see?" Harold asked.
"There's fried chicken." Bucky beamed.
"Hey, hey, hey." Albert smiled, "There's so many dishes."
Rudy smirked, "You can thank my girls for putting this delicious feast together. So what are you waiting for? Let's sit down."
Soon, the kids came downstairs and joined their respective parents at the table. Immediately, everyone began to grab for their favorite foods. "Hey, hey, hey, we gotta say grace." Albert reminded everyone.
"Albert, since you're the one who brought everyone together, you should do it," Trina suggested.
The large man nodded, and everyone bowed their heads as he spoke, "We're gathered here today, for a most momentous occasion. None of us have seen each other in years, so let's thank the Lord for bringing us back together. Thank the Lord for this wonderful meal. And thank the Lord for allowing us to grow up, meet our loved ones, and have children to cherish. Amen."
"Amen..." Everyone else repeated.
"Now let's eat!"
With that said, everyone began to chow down. Albert grabbed two pieces of turkey and placed them on his plate. As he did, he watched everyone else with a smile. Trina was talking to Sasha about Mom stuff. Theo was engaged in conversation with Harry. One thing he noticed was that Alya was sitting next to Theo, and also appeared to be talking to him.
Albert had to admit, they looked rather cute together.
Cami was busy feeding small pieces of food to Elvin and Nelson. Leia was doing the same for Fuschia. Harold was talking with Bill, Russell, Bucky, and Mushmouth. Rudy gave a piece of pie to Alya...
The only one not engaging in conversation... was Donald, who spent was giving Rudy dirty looks. Albert figured that maybe talking to Donald would take his mind off his hatred for the orange hat-wearing man.
"So, Donald. What are you most looking forward to when we get back to North Philly?" He asked.
Donald looked at him, "Uh, gee. I dunno. I guess there's a lot we can do."
"Like play buck buck, watch old reruns of the Brown Hornet, play on our old instruments..."
"Yeah. I sure like to play my pipe again. But I'm sure Rich Rudy still has his stupid ass fancy guitar."
Albert tried to get him to shush, but unfortunately, Rudy heard what he said, and glared at Donald, "So, my guitar is stupid to ya, huh?! At least I have a real instrument, unlike your lame steam pipe for the trombone! You all couldn't even afford real instruments like me!"
"Only because we didn't have the money like you!" Donald shot back, "You went on and on bragging about your fancy new stuff! Always going on and on 'bout how rich you are! How betta you are! How much pussy you could get! As if we forgot and had ta be reminded every fucking day!"
Everyone stopped their conversations to look at Donald and Rudy. Albert could tell that things were getting ugly and would get even uglier if nobody intervened quick. Rudy scoffed, "Of course. I had everything back then. And I STILL have everything."
Donald growled, "Except for Leia. I got her when you were too slow to have her!"
"She was supposed to be MINE!" Rudy roared, slamming his fist on the table "And you STOLE her away from me! I had EVERYTHING planned out! I had our whole lives together planned out! But then you decide to come in, spend some time with her, and decide that you want to be with her!"
That's when Leia decided to speak up for herself, "Rudy... for what it's worth... as much as I enjoyed my time with you... maybe we just weren't meant to be."
Rudy stared at her, "What do you mean?! We were PERFECT for each other. We were going to get MARRIED! We were gonna have kids! We were supposed to spend our lives together FOREVER! But you choose Dumbass Donald over ME! Rudolph Davis!"
"There's just something about Donald... that makes me happy..." Leia admitted.
Hearing that made Rudy felt offended, "So I never make you happy?! Is that it?!"
"... Rudy... there may have been a time where I liked you. But honestly... uh..."
"What...?" Rudy asked, "... WHAT? What is it? What are you trying to tell me, you bitch?!"
Donald then stood, "I KNOW you didn't just call my wife a bitch, you son of a bitch! And as for what she's tryin' ta tell ya, she didn't enjoy being one of your fuck girls a lot! She rather much would've done something else. And when she met me, you know what she felt, she felt love! She felt loved by a man w-w-who truly cared for her! And that man was me!"
Rudy was breathing heavily, his anger grew more and more by the second. He then stood, pointing an accusing finger at Donald, "So you don't think I showed her love and care?!"
Leia frowned, "I think all you showed me was how to have sex. And it's a skill I use properly, so I thank you for that. Plus... no offense, but Donald has much nicer... uh, parts and junk... you're like iron... rusty."
That caused everyone at the table to laugh (even the kids, who barely had any idea on what was going on). Even Albert couldn't help but let out a few chuckled. Rudy blushed deeply, before he slammed his fist on the table again, harder than before.
"EVERYBODY SHUT THE FUCK UP!"
Silence was met with that furious demand. Rudy growled loudly, "I have never been so humiliated in my entire life! I invite you all into my house, treat you to a nice dinner, and THIS is the thanks I get?!"
"You brought it upon yourself the moment we stepped foot into the house..." Russell replied with a grin.
"You stay out of this, shrimp. This doesn't concern you!"
All the shouting was starting to frighten the kids, especially the twins, who began to cry. Cami immediately tried to comfort her boys, "Rudy, calm down. You're scaring the twins." Bill told him.
"Sorry, Bill. But it's the dumbasses fault!" Rudy snarled, pointing towards Donald.
"You're the one who decided to fuck my wife behind my back!" The pink knitted cap wearing man shot back.
"Because you stole my woman, and then had the god damn nerve to ask me to pay for your wedding! And when all that was done, you refused to pay me back all the expenses!"
"I didn't have the money. I have no job, no thanks to you! And besides, you have like a million dollars already, why is a couple hundred bothersome to you?!"
Rudy growled, "Because you decided to be lazy and not WORK to get the money! And that's why I fucked Leia! Because I knew you wanted me to stop bugging you about the money. So I asked Leia for one last special time with her, so that I wouldn't worry about it anymore."
"YOU didn't have to fuck her though!"
"Well... what's done is done! The worst thing to come out of it was Leia getting pregnant! But it doesn't matter now... because like I said before... I have everything... and I will continue to have everything... and I'll always have more than you will..."
Something about that last sentence set Donald off, as he charged to the end of the table to tackle Rudy before Bill and Leia held him back. Rudy just stood there with a smirk, which caused little Alya to shrink a little in fear, "Daddy..."
"Not now, Alya..." Was her father's response.
"Ima kill ya, Rudy!" Donald grumbled, struggling to get to him, "I swear! Ima kill ya!"
Rudy's response, "Go ahead and try to. I dare you. But if you touch me, it'll be the last thing you ever do! I'm not gonna stand here to be threatened. So I fucking DARE you to try and beat me down!"
Albert decided that enough was enough, and he stood to place a hand on Rudy's shoulder, "Hey, hey, hey. I got something to say. Listen, I know mistakes were made in the past, but why can't you two just put it to rest and stop all this fighting. We're here to have a nice dinner."
"Sorry, Fat Albert. But it would have been a nice dinner if Dumbass over here didn't ruin everything by insulting my guitar!" Rudy replied, gesturing to a still struggling Donald.
The response to that would cause things to start getting really ugly. Donald, in a fit of rage, grabbed his glass of wine and threw it in Rudy's face. Everyone gasped in shock, worried about what was going to happen next. But before Rudy could do anything, Donald said this.
"Rudy... you're like school on a Saturday... no class..."
And that was what caused everything to turn ugly very quickly.
Rudy screamed in rage, before lunging at Donald, knocking him, Bill, and Leia to the ground. From there, a physical altercation broke out, with Rudy and Donald punching one another, Bill and Leia trying to break it up, and the rest trying to help. Albert figured it was best to get the kids out of the room for their own safety, and the others did just that.
Soon, both boys when under the table, causing it to jolt around, knocking food onto the floor. Everyone tried their best to break the fight up, but it was no use. Albert eventually stepped in and grabbed both Rudy and Donald and separated them, "Cool it, you two." He said softly, "You're making a mess of everything."
Rudy growled and released himself from Albert's grip, dusting himself off, "Well, this was a waste of time. Go back to North Philly for your stupid reunion if you want, but count me out!"
"Fine by me!" Donald shot back, "I didn't want you there to start with."
Albert frowned, "But Rudy. It won't be a reunion with you."
"Unless you decide to kick Donald out of it, I want NO part of it! And it's kind of a shame because I really was considering going back with you guys. But Dumbass Donald had to ruin that!"
"YOU ruined everything the second you decided to fuck my wife!" Donald growled.
Instead of replying, Rudy gave Donald the finger and stormed away, going to tend to Alya. As for Donald, he too got out of Albert's grip, "Fuck this shit, I'm out. I'm getting Leia and girls and I'm splitting. See you later, Fat Albert..."
With that, he left the dining room, leaving Albert to look at the damage done. Food was on the floor, dishes, plates, and glass were shattered (with specks of blood). This was a disaster, and he only wished he could have prevented it.
That's when Trina walked back into the room, after having finally calmed down Sondra, who was scared to tears by the fight. She put a hand on her husband's shoulder, "Well, this will be a story to tell the girls back at home..." She sighed.
"I thought it would be great to have the gang back together..." Albert said sadly, "But all it's brought is fighting and past bad memories..."
"Hey, we can still make this happen. Who needs that Rudy anyway? He'll only bring toxic energy around everyone."
"But it won't be a reunion without him..."
"I know... but this mission of bringing everyone together didn't come without issues... and we should've seen that coming... but if you're really determined to get him for the reunion... why don't you talk to him again and try to convince him to reconsider?"
Albert looked at his wife with a small smile, "Perhaps that could work. Better do it when everyone cleans up and heads out."
Welp, that escalated quickly. Both Rudy and Donald are unwilling to let go of the past and break out in a fight. Now, Rudy has backed out of the reunion, and it's up to Albert to try and get him to reconsider, which is what we'll see in the next chapter. So with that said, I'll see you guys later. And as always, don't forget to review, please. Thank you.