It was now lunch time. Justin was very hungry and so was Aiko. He was wondering what would be good for lunch.
"So, Aiko? Are you hungry for anything in particular?" he asked, like a gentleman would.
"Eh... I don't know." she replied.
"I wonder if Ashley is down to have lunch with us?" he wondered.
He grabbed his phone and texted Ashley. It said:
"Hey, Ash. Are you busy right now? I was wondering if you wanted to get lunch somewhere with me and Aiko."
Took a few minutes, but she responded.
"Oh hey, Sweet Cheeks! You're in luck. I just got done with some business and am free for the rest of the day. I'm totally down to get lunch with you and Aiko. I honestly haven't gotten a chance to know her. Of course, Lilian's gonna be there. She's hungry too."
Justin was OK with this. Lilian wasn't too bad (sometimes, at least.) He texted her back.
"Okay, great. Where are we gonna eat at? Aiko doesn't know and I'm at a loss."
"I was thinking about Tindy's Steakhouse. I know you like meat and I'll pay for it. My treat."
Justin didn't know how to feel about this. Isn't the man supposed to pay for dinner?
"You don't have to do that, Ashley. I'm a gentleman and I should pay for it."
"Oh, fuck off bro! I'm a grown woman and I've got it handled. You and Aiko just be there in a few minutes. I'm hungry too and don't want to wait."
"Lmao alright, Ashley. We'll be there as soon as we can. See you in a few!"
Justin and Aiko made their way to Tindy's Steakhouse.
It was a little busy but it wasn't insane. Ashley and Lillian already had a booth and they spotted them and sat down.
"Well, look who it is! I was wondering when your sorry ass was gonna be here. Hahaha!"
"Heh, yep. You and your sarcasm, Ashley. Didn't take too long for us to get here. I haven't spoken to you much since we arrived."
Ashley paused and took a good look at Aiko, mainly at what she was wearing. For some reason, her teacher outfit looked oddly familiar.
"Um, Justin? Why does Aiko's outfit look familiar?" she asked.
"What are you talking about? She's a teacher. Of course she's going to be dressed like that."
"Hmm..." she said, still wondering. "I don't know. It's something about her outfit that looks so familiar, but I can't put my tits on it."
Suddenly, Justin remembered something.
"Wait a minute, Ashley? Don't you have an outfit in your wardrobe like this?"
Then, it hit her. "Oh shit! Yeah, I do. I remember when you first saw me wearing that, you told me to stop wearing another girl's clothes. You must've been talking about Aiko."
Aiko was a bit weirded out. Why does she have an outfit like hers?
"Um, Ashley, right? Why do you have an outfit like mine?"
"Well, I originally got that outfit after watching a porno. The chick in the video was wearing it and I thought it looked cute. Wait a minute... Was that you?"
Aiko facepalmed. This was the first time she had ever met someone that watched her sex tape.
"Y-Yeah. You probably found my video somewhere online. I don't know how to feel about that. Jessie's so used to this but this is a first time for me."
"Hey, don't be embarrassed. You're a pretty hot woman. You're skinny, Asian, and have the perfect sized breasts. You should be a model." she said, cheering her up.
"Well, I'm glad you think so. I just hope my bosses at Glenberry don't find out. I'd definitely be fired for that."
Suddenly, Lillian butted in. "Oh my fucking GOD! When are we gonna order our food? I'm so damn hungry."
"Chill out, Lillian. They're a little busy. Do you even know what you want to eat?" she said.
"Yeah, the waiter's blood if he doesn't hurry the fuck up!"
Well, the mood changed rather quickly. Justin decided to change the subject, hoping that Lilian would stop being a brat.
"So, Ashley? What business did you need to get done here? I thought last time you came here, your photoshoot went well."
"Oh, it did. But..."
"But what?" he said, almost concerned.
"The photographer lost like 90% of the pictures he took. The card got corrupted or some crap. So, I'm here having to retake most of them. Some of those poses I have to do can be annoying."
"Ah, okay." he said, completely understanding (because he knew about cameras).
"So, what's up with you? We still haven't talked about that stunt you pulled a couple of months ago."
"Oh..." he said, remembering when he overdosed.
"We're not gonna talk about it here but as soon as we get back to the hotel, you need to tell me what you were thinking. I wanna know what's going on."
"I will. But, just know that I'm not the only one we know going through some shit." he said, slightly looking at Aiko.
Ashley didn't know what he was talking about. But, the waiter finally came and took their orders.
"OH FINALLY!" Lillian shouted.
"Damn it, Lillian." Justin said, starting to get annoyed.
"Um, hi. My name is Charlie. Can I get you any drinks?"
"Yeah, I'll have the pink lemonade." Justin said.
"I'm just gonna stick with a water." Ashley said.
"I'd like some tea." Aiko said.
"GIVE ME A FUCKING TEA AND MAKE IT QUICK!" Lillian demanded.
"For Christ's sake, Lillian. Stop being so rude. You're embarrassing me and your own cousin!" Justin snapped.
Charlie quickly got the drinks, due to being afraid of Lilian. He came back and took their orders, looking like a nervous wreck.
"What can I get you to eat?" he said, shaking.
"I'd like a double meat buffalo burger with cheddar cheese." Justin said.
"Gimme a chicken salad, hold the ranch." Ashley said.
"I'll have a grilled chicken wrap." Aiko said.
"Give me a goddamn bloody steak! And I'm so hungry right now so make it fucking snappy!" Lilian demanded once again.
This was the final straw. Justin got up and went outside to cool down in order to avoid going off on her. Ashley followed him to see what was wrong.
"S-Sweet Cheeks?" she said, sounding extremely concerned.
"What is it, Ashley? And you don't have to always call me Sweet Cheeks. You know my name."
"Yeah. I know, Justin. I'm just trying to see if you're OK."
"I'm fine, Ashley. It's just Lillian is being a bit much for me right now. You know what I'm going through and so is Aiko."
"Look, Bro. I know Lillian is a handful. But, just know that she doesn't usually act this bad unless she's at her parents' house. She's probably just pissed because she had to come to this island again without a choice, kind of like when you were forced into that home without a choice."
"Y-Yeah. Well, she's at least allowed to go home after this. And she's never flipped out around me before. I understand you're not you when you're hungry, but this is taking it way too far."
"Heh, yeah. I agree with you. But, look, let's just go back inside and enjoy our food. We'll talk more later when we get back to the hotel. I need to know what's going on with you. You know I care about you, right? Even if I'm not into commitment or bang multiple guys at the same time, I still care about the people I'm around."
"Yeah. I know you care about me, Ashley. And having a talk with you would probably be good. Me and Aiko are having similar problems so yeah. Let's get inside and I can enjoy my food."
They both went back inside and to their booth. The food was already there and was fully-cooked. Somehow, Lillian being rude to the waiter made it come out faster.
"There you are! I was wondering where you went. I was almost hoping you didn't want your burger because I would've totally eaten it." Lillian said, almost sounding normal (for her, anyway).
"Yeah, me and him just had a small talk outside. But, hey. Looks like you being rude to somebody actually paid off this time. Though, it does go against the whole 'you can't get what you want by whining' phrase."
"Tell me about it." Justin said, relating to Ashley's statement.
They dug into their food and enjoyed the rest of their time at Tindy's, even if it was bittersweet.
They walked out, stomachs completely full.
"Ah, shit. For a chicken salad, that filled me up!"
"Yeah, they must've put some MSG or whatever in their food." he said.
"Well, I'll see you later. I'll drop by your hotel room tonight so we can talk."
"Alright, Ashley. I think I'll stop by the strip club before we head back. I want to see if my friend is working today."
"Okay, cool. Later, Sweet Cheeks!" she said in her usual nice tone.
Justin and Aiko still had some time to kill. They were going to go to the strip club and see if Justin's friend was working that day...