- CHAPTER 10 - "In the restaurant"
After Jimmy had a talk with Carl, Carl felt a little sad about Cindy's plans.
"Well, at least she said 'yes', what do you think I should do, Jimmy?" Carl asked.
"If you put that way, I got a plan, but it'll require that you have to follow it completely and without a mistake" Jimmy replied.
That night, at 8 PM exactly, Carl, who was dressed with a smoking and the same mostacho of the previous day, slowly approached his finger on the doorbell of the house of the Neutron's and finally pushed it. At the sound of the doorbell, he screamed. He didn't really like doorbells. Hugh opened the door.
"Hello?" he said as he looked in front of him.
Then, he looked at both sides, then up, then shrugged shoulders and closed the door violently without even noticing Carl who tried to speak but didn't have the words.
"Who was it, Hugh?" Judy asked.
Hugh shrugged shoulders again.
"I don't know..." he said, scratching his head. "Honey, I think I got something here on my head and--"
Before he could continue, the doorbell rang again. Hugh answered the door.
"Pst! Mr. Neutron! Down here!" Carl whispered.
"Oh! Carl Wheezer! Come on in" Hugh said. "Are you looking for Jimbo?".
"Actually, I was looking for Cindy, I got a date with her" Carl said with a smile.
"Ok, just wait a second!" Hugh said. "Hey, Cin-San!" he called, but there was no reply, "Cindy-o!" he called again.
"It's Cindy, dad!!" Cindy said as she sighed heavily thinking about how embarrasing that sounded. "What's the matter?" she asked.
"Your boyfriend Carl Wheezer is here!" Hugh shouted.
Cindy let out a huge scream of irritation.
"I'm... coming...!!" she finally shouted, totally angry.
She came down dressed with a beautiful green dress and golden earrings that perfectly matched her eyes and hair. Talking about her hair, it was down, not in the usual ponytail. When Carl saw her, his jaw dropped to the floor. So was Hugh, who had nothing to do with that date.
"You... look... gorgeous..." Carl said, who almost forgot about breathing.
"Thanks!" she said, with a fake smile. "Shall we go now?", she asked.
"Errr... s-sure!" Carl replied stuttering.
Both went out of the house, leaving a still shocked Hugh with his mouth open. They walked all the way to the Retroville Chateau. It was a few corners away from the house, and walking too much wasn't the speciality of Carl, so they got to stop some times so he would breath again with his inhaler. When both reached the restaurant, Cindy looked at it and smiled. She felt a little bad for Carl, because it was a very expensive place. But then she remembered it was all his brother's fault, and continued with her plan. The waiter received them and gave them a table and the cards.
"What are you going to eat, sir?" the waiter asked, expecting that Carl would start.
"Ladies go first" Carl said, with a snort.
Cindy smiled slightly at him, thinking that was cute. And then, she started with her plan.
"Ok, let's see. I want this 'Super Horse a la French', with mashed potatoes, and please, give me a Purple Flurp soda. Oh! And don't forget a Choco-Blaster for deserve with that sugar stick in the middle" Cindy ordered.
Looking at Carl sweating, Cindy thought to herself with a big grin on her face, "Sorry, pal-y... you're going to suffer and I'll make sure Jimmy will be no longer your friend after this!".
"Are you going to order now, sir?" the waiter asked.
"Yeah... it's just, I can't decide yet" Carl said, looking at the card.
"Well, after what I have ordered, and I'm sure it worth around a hundred of bucks, you'll have to conform with a lettuce" Cindy thought to herself.
"I'll order some 'Chicken a la French' with some 'Nasty French Fries' and a Purple Flurp soda. And I'll share the Choco-Blaster, if you don't mind" Carl ordered.
Cindy's jaw dropped to the floor in shock. "It can't be! Is he really has enough money to pay this?" she thought to herself again.