-1Chapter 4

The Date

Freddy, Todd, and their dates left the mall and made their way over to a stretch limo that Todd had rented for the night with the money that Pietro had given him. Both boys stood opposite sides of the limo's doors and opened them to let the young ladies enter, they climbed in after them.

Daisy giggled with joy, "We've never ridden in a limo before, ain't that right, Vicky?" Victoria nodded her head. Daisy continued, "Who paid for this?"

"Todd did." answered Freddy.

Daisy smiled at Todd, "Well, Green, looks like our date is off to a good start. Now." she grabs him and pulls him close to her, "Come here and give Mama some sugar." Todd yelped, trying hard to pull away, but she had a firm grip on him, "Uh-Uh. You ain't goin' no where, handsome." Todd became very uncomfortable.

"Daisy." squeaked Victoria, "Uh… Not to pry, but I think that you're going a little too fast for Todd's pace."

"What are you saying? Guy's love skipping the boring stuff and goin' straight to the fun."

"Well, Todd's not that kind of guy." defended Freddy, "He's had a girlfriend before, so ya might be scarin' him a little there."

"Oh?" Daisy eases up, a wide, yet sly smile stretches across her lips, "Well, then. I guess I'll have to be real gentle with you now, won't I?" she walks her fingers up his chest and taps him on the nose.

Todd gulps nervously, "I uh-uh…"

"You're so cute when you're scared." she kisses him on the cheek, "Alright. We'll take it slow. Don't wanna break my new boy toy before the nights over and done with."

Victoria shook her head and Freddy ordered the limo driver to take them to the restaurant that they had made reservations to. It was a very classy French restaurant and the very best in Bayville. As soon they were seated they began ordering their meals.

"What would you like to order?" asked the waiter.

"I'll have a T-Bone stake with everything that goes with it and for desert I'd like to have a slice of your best chocolate moose cake."

"Excellent choice, madam, and would you like to have an appetizer to go along with your meal?"

"What's the best appetizer you got?"

"Escargot."

"I'll take that!"

Todd looked at her weird, "Uh… Daisy. Are you sure you want-"

"Yes, I'm sure. Why?"

"Do you even know what it is?"

Her voice slightly changed, "What do you think that I'm stupid? Of course I know what it is!"

"I'm just making sure." he looks over to Victoria, who mouths that Daisy don't know what escargot really is.

"And for you, sir?" he looks directly at Todd.

"I'll have 3 orders of escargot."

The waiter looked at him funny, "Is there anything else that you would like, sir?"

"Nope. That's it. Oh, and uh… What the best non-alcoholic drink ya got, yo?"

"The best would be sparkling grape juice… Sir."

"Yeah, bring a round of that, yo, chop, chop."

The waiter rolled his eyes and looked at Freddy, "I'll have the roast duck and 2 orders of chocolate covered strawberries for me and my date here."

"Ah, an excellent choice. And you?" he looked to Victoria.

"Um… I don't know… Everything looks so expensive."

"Don't worry, yo, we got it."

"Are you sure? I mean… I don't want to burden you guys with-"

Freddy put his arm around her and gently squeezed her shoulder reassuringly, "It's alright. We've got it."

"Well…" she looked at the menu again.

"I guess I'll have the flounder flambé and some escargot for an appetizer too."

"Excellent. You're orders will be ready in at least 15 minutes. Is there anything else that I can get you before I take my leave."

"Yeah, our drinks, yo. Chop, chop!"

The waiter glared at Todd and just before he left, he muttered, "Imbecile."

"Todd, that wasn't nice." said Victoria.

"Hey, it's not like we're gonna be eatin' here again after this, yo. I ain't got the money and I ain't got the class."

"But still-"

"Oh, give him a break, Vicky. He's just tryin' to make me laugh and I must say… He's actually doing a pretty good job at it." Daisy giggles as she twirls a lock of Todd's hair around her finger.

"I'd say get a room, but knowing you, you'd actually go get one."

"Oh, you're just jealous, cause you've never had a boyfriend before. Speaking of which… Freddy. Are you and my baby sis a thing now or what?"

Freddy choked on his water and started coughing.

Victoria patted his back and replied, "We haven't decided yet. This date is to see whether or not we'd be compatible enough to actually go on a second."

"So, in other words… Fat boy over there is too chicken shit to ask, huh?"

"Daisy!" Victoria growled, "You're over stepping your bounds here."

"And you're starting to sound too much like Sasha with all those big words your usin'. Anyways, Freddy, knows that I'm just playin'. Don't ya, Freddy?" Daisy shot Freddy a very cold and very deadly look.

"Yeah… I know she's just playin', Victoria."

"Alright… Um… You know you don't have to call me Victoria. You can just call my Vicky for short. Sounds a lot better."

"Ok, Victor-I'm mean, Vicky."

5 minutes later after their conversation, the waiter brings out their appetizers. The result in which proved once and for all that Daisy didn't know what escargot really was.

"OH, MY GOD!" she stood up so abruptly that she knocked over her chair, "WHAT THE HELL KIND OF RESTAURANT IS THIS! IS THIS SOME KIND OF A JOKE!"

"Daisy! It's alright." Todd soothed, "Escargot are snails. I thought you said that you knew?"

"Of course I didn't know! I just said that because I thought that you thought I was dumb or something."

"Believe me, I don't think that you're dumb. A little scary, but not dumb."

"Madam, if you would, please keep your voice down. There are others who are trying to eat."

"Why you-" she was about to yell out a stream of curses, but Freddy, Todd, and Victoria all jumped in to cover her mouth.

"Sorry for the disturbance, sir." Victoria replied, "We'll try to keep it down from now on."

"See that you do." he then turned and walked away.

When they were satisfied that Daisy had calmed down and was sure that she wasn't going to yell they all took their hands away from her mouth.

"Are you gonna be okay, yo?"

Daisy gave them all death glares, "Just shut up and eat your slugs."

After they had their meal, they went to go see a movie. Daisy picked a chick flick, while Victoria picked a horror movie called "Hostel". The movies ran pretty long, but the results were good. Victoria and Freddy enjoyed the movie and on some scary parts Victoria screamed and accidentally jumped onto Freddy's lap, which he found funny. Todd was bummed that Daisy picked a chick flick, until he found himself making out with Daisy throughout the whole movie. After that, before the night ended, they all decided to take a walk through the park and enjoy the moonlight. Todd got to know Daisy a little bit better and she him and they both agreed that tonight was a very good night and was worth a second date. Freddy and Victoria didn't say much as the walked around, she was still really shy, and he didn't really know what to say to her.

"So…" began Freddy, "Did you… Enjoy tonight?"

"Yeah." she blushed, "I really did. What about you?"

"Yeah. It was fun." he paused, scratching the back of his head, "So… You wanna do this again sometime?"

"Sure." she thought for a moment, hesitating at first to ask him her question, "Do you want to hang out after school tomorrow? It's a weekend and since my dad's away on a trip I don't really have a curfew. That's if you want to, though."

"I'd like that." they both smiled at one another, then Freddy thought of something, "Uh…How are you and your sister getting home tonight?"

"Daisy has a car. You just have to drop us off back at the mall and we'll head home from there."

"Okay."

They stopped for a moment to gaze at the moon.

"The moon sure is pretty tonight." she sighed.

"Yeah… But you're prettier." before he could stop himself, the words were already out of his mouth. She turned away from him, blushing three shades of red, "I'm sorry! I didn't mean to embarrass you or anything."

"No. It's not that. It's just… No one's ever told me that I was pretty. Not even my own dad."

"Really?"

"Yeah. My sisters are the pretty ones in our family. I'm just… The plain one."

Freddy didn't know what to do, except reach out and hold her, "Well… I still think you're pretty with or without the make up."

She leans into him, "Thanks."

"Hey, you two!" Daisy called out, "It's time to go! Get your asses in gear otherwise dad's gonna ground us for being out so late."

They separated and stood there in an awkward silence.

"I guess we have to go now." Victoria mumbled, "Sorry about my sister. She's always like that."

"It's okay. I kinda got my a brother who does the same damn thing."

"Who?"

"Pietro. Well, even though he's not biologically my brother, he's kind of my adopted brother."

She chuckled, "Yeah. So… You still wanna hang out tomorrow after school?"

"Yeah."

They made their way to the limo and drove back to the mall, there the girls got out and said their good-byes. Daisy kissed Todd goodnight, while Freddy simply kissed Victoria's hand. Then Daisy and Victoria drove off into the night, leaving the two boys and their limo driver back at the mall.

"So, how'd your day go?" Freddy asked.

"Pretty good. Daisy, moves a little fast though."

"I think she might be one of those girls that like to be in control a lot."

"Yeah, and my dumb ass tends to be drawn to those kind of girls."

Freddy chuckled, "Yep. I remember how you were with Wanda."

"Ouch, yo. Anyways, how'd yours go?"

"Awesome. She and I are gonna hang out after school tomorrow."

"Cool. Daisy wants me to go with her to pick out bathing suits."

"Ain't it a little early to be buyin' those things?"

"She wants me to come to her house and pick one out."

"Whoa! Hold up! You're gonna go to their house?"

"Yeah, why?"

"Vicky told me that their dad don't want anybody knowin' where they live. How come you get to go."

"I guess because their dad is gonna be gone for a week and Daisy really doesn't care what her dad thinks."

"So, are ya gonna go?"

"H-ell no! I don't got a death wish. I'm just gonna see if she wants to see another movie or come hang out at our place for a bit. I wanna take things slow and not rush it."

"That's not what that lipstick on your face says. Heh Heh"

"Shut up! I actually like Daisy, even though she's a little frisky around the edges. Plus, I wanna see her been the shit outta Duncan."

"That punk needs a good beat down."

"So, what do you think about Vicky?"

"I think she's really cool and I already wish that tonight was tomorrow. I can't wait to hang out with her again."