On board, in the ship's cantina, the restaurant was romantic and dimly lit. The I team members played the song 'Conga', and fish men served up orders and drinks.
Eliodoro and Cathernia walked over to each other, wearing their casual black clothes. Eliodoro wore a black tuxedo and black pants, while Cathernia wore a black dress, but not so fancy, with a pink ribbon around her waist.
Eliodoro: You look… beautiful tonight.
Cathernia: Why, thank you. I guess. We should sit down now.
The two sat down on their reserved table. There was an awkward silent between. They never this would happen between them. They were just friends, and, sometimes, rivals, but they didn't expect themselves to change. They just have to go with the flow.
Eliodoro: So… lovely night tonight, huh?
Cathernia: (nervously) Yeah, it is.
Just then, the waiter brought in the spaghetti with meat balls and a bottle of wine, and set in on the table.
Eliodoro: What's this?
Cathernia: I ordered spaghetti with meat balls for us to share.
Eliodoro: Really? Thanks. I'll pay.
Cathernia: Oh, no. I already paid.
Eliodoro: Alright, then.
Eliodoro took a fork and ate some of the spaghetti. Cathernia did the same, and it was so delicious. They both took some spaghetti at the same time, and one of its stands connected them together. When they ate the last strand, their lips came into a close and almost kissed. When they realized this, they quickly turned their face away from each other and blushed.
Eliodoro: Sorry about that.
Cathernia: No. It's okay.
Suddenly, Eliodoro's stomach grumbled loudly.
Cathernia: What's wrong?
Eliodoro: I don't feel so good.
Then, Cathernia's stomach growled loudly as well.
Cathernia: Me too. I wonder what's in that spaghetti.
Eliodoro: Do you think it's garlic?
Cathernia: No, I don't think so.
With that, both vampires let out a toot at the same time, making them sweat and blush in embarrassment. With a shot awkward silence between them, they started to laugh at this moment.
Cathernia: Wow, that was weird.
Eliodoro: Yeah, I know. Do you even check what's in that spaghetti?
Cathernia: Yes. (takes out a menu book) It's say here there's no garlic.
Eliodoro: (snatches the menu book and read it) I don't you missed something.
Eliodoro showed Cathernia the ingredients of the spaghetti she ordered, and pointed the spicy sauce ingredient.
Cathernia: Huh, it has spicy sauce. No wonder it's hot.
Eliodoro: One of our weaknesses besides garlic. Did Captain Ericka listed that here?
Cathernia: I think it was aggie. She's in-charge of keeping us happy on our trip. She might have never known spicy is one of our weaknesses.
Eliodoro: I don't blame her. We didn't tell her much about us.
Cathernia: That reminds me. Ever since we encountered each other for the first time after the last 250 years, you never got a chance to tell us how you met your zing and have a child.
Eliodoro: (hangs his head down; sadly) I don't want to talk about it.
Cathernia: You can tell me.
Eliodoro: (sighs) I fell in love with a human girl, and we got married. Eloped, technically. She was my zing, and we have a beautiful baby boy. Just then, when her family found her nd found out that she was married to me and we have a child, she let us escape, and surrendered herself. (cries) I don't want to leave her, but she insisted and forced us to leave. I saw her there. They killed her. So, I raised Fino all by myself.
Cathernia: Wow, I can't believe she did that. (sadly) My husband did the same thing to me.
Eliodoro: Really?
Cathernia. (sobs) I zinged with a human, and we eloped. IT was the happiest day of my life, along with my pregnancy with my daughter. When the humans found me when I search for food for my husband, one of them threw a stake on me, until my husband pushed me, saving me, but he was hit and killed. So, I took care of Kharis and she never got a chance to meet her father.
Eliodoro: Oh. I'm so sorry.
Cathernia: It's okay, it's fine (wipes her tears) I'm fine.
Eliodoro: I want to ask, though. Why you still kept your maiden name "Galido"?
Cathernia: ever since Aron died, I don't think I'll ever keep his name. I don't want to feel so selfish, so I kept the name Galido. I don't think we should talk about the past right now. We still have to think about today. The present.
Eliodoro: Oh, don't be like that. I remember what Drac told me before, "You have to honor the past."
Cathernia: (chuckles) Yeah. And he also told me that we can make our own future. He was right.
They both stared at each other's eyes with smiles on their faces. They never felt this way with each other before. They started being just friends, then became rivals of getting Vlad's attention when they worked at his castle a thousand years ago, an then, became enemies for having the same friends and the same great- great-great-great-great-great-great-granddaughter. But then, they don't know what happened, but they suddenly started to like each other again, but this time, it's like turning to love. They realized that they have something in common for years; they hated each other, wanted to have Vlad's attention, and have the same descendant.
They leaned their closer to each other for a kiss, until they heard a familiar voice and it's very loud.
Drac: Eliodoro?! Cathernia?!
Eliodoro & Cathernia: Dracula! Vladimir! Agatha!
The Dracula and Van Helsing family were there in front of them, surprised to see thme together. Drac, Vlad and Aggie are the only one who glared at them.
Then there was slurping sound from Eliodoro and Cathernia's table.
Aggie: (angrily) Red!
Red ate Eliodoro and Cathernia's spaghetti with just one slurp.
Eliodoro: (stand up from his seat) Cathernia and I were just discussing about the light and dark vampire magic we kept back at our castles. You know, just work stuff!
Vlad: You're talking about the magic I gave you now? This is supposed to be a vacation. A family vacation that you two should get along.
Catherina: (ashamed and stands up from her seat) Sorry, Vlad.
Aggie: Grandma, Grandpa, you said you were going to spend some time with the new generations.
Cathernia: (confused) The new generations?
Eliodoro: (thinks) The new generations… Oh yeah. You're right! Where are those kids?! Children, you're supposed to be with me and Aunt Cathernia. We're not gonna bite!
Cathernia: (carries Dennis) Come on, Denisovich, you're coming too.
The two vampires hurried out of the cantina.
Aggie: (crosses arms) What… was… that?
Van Helsing: (eats some spaghetti with a fork) You mean you great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandparents' date?
Vald: They're not dating! It was "work stuff" they said!
Johnny: Uh-huh… (takes a meatball with a fork)
Drac: I'm telling you, guys, those two have something without telling us.
Ericka: But you want them to get along and be happy, right?
Aggie: Of course, we do. (mutters) Just not too much getting along.
Red: (finishes slurping the spaghetti) Wow! Heads up, sweetie pie! This spaghetti is loaded with spicy sauce!
Aggie: Spicy sauce?
Aggie took Red's fork, and tried the spaghetti too. Immediately her stomach rumbled and the tiniest toot came out.
Her friends around her, except Red, snickered as they covered their mouths, trying not to laugh.
Red: Aw, that's a cute toot, sweetie.
Aggie appreciated her husband's compliment, but her adoptive family and the two Van Helsing tried to hold their laughter, but they can't hold it any longer. Aggie noticed their laughter of the toot she made.
Aggie: (raises her wand-staff) Cake Rain!
Suddenly, it's raining cakes, only they fell on Vlad, Dracula, Lydia, Mavis, Johnny, Ericka, and Van Helsing.
Lydia: What was that for?
Aggie: (angrily) That's for laughing at me! (walks away)
Johnny: It's funny, though. (another cake falls on his head)
