Chapter 20: Thanksgiving
It's now Thanksgiving and things are back to normal. Sarah and Vinny still argue. Vinny taught Mark self defense and they both got in trouble when Mark used it on the school bullies that were picking on him. Vinny was the only one who thought that was funny.
Vinny, Jake and Mike are throwing the football around in the backyard. Vinny throws it and it breaks a window at the Baker house. "Jake!" Tom yells from inside the house. "Yeah Jake." Vinny said. "It wasn't me. It was Vinny!" Jake yelled back. "Don't try to get me in trouble for something that you did." Vinny replied. "I saw the whole thing. It was Vinny!" Sarah yelled from her window. "She will say anything just to get me in trouble with Lorraine!" Vinny replied. "I would never try to get you in trouble with Lorraine!" Sarah yelled at him. "Bullshit!" Vinny yelled back. "Vinny watch your language!" Lorraine yelled from the house. "It's not like they never heard that before. " Vinny replied. "Yeah with you living across the sreet now we even hear curse words in Italian that we don't understand. We're practically fluent in that language with cursing." Jake said. "Very funny Jake." Vinny told him. "I thought so also." Jake replied.
They are at the table and Vinny gets his three pans of baked ziti he made. "Who eats baked ziti on Thanksgiving?" Sarah asked him. "This is a DiMiranda Thanksgiving. Instead of turkey we eat macaroni." Vinny told her. "Whatever Mafia Man." Sarah told him. "What did I tell you about calling me that?" Vinny asked her. "I'm sorry." Sarah apologized. "Mafia Man." Sarah said under her breath. "I heard that!" Vinny yelled. "Are you sure you did? I don't think you had your hearing aid in grandpa!" Sarah yelled back. "Sarah, Vinny stop! We don't want to be like Vinny's relatives!" Lorraine yelled. "Which reminds me they're coming for Christmas." Vinny told her. "Oh god." Lorraine replied. "Hey my Uncle Frank and Aunt Marie are nice people. Well my Aunt Marie is. My Uncle Frank isn't nice or a person." Vinny replied. "Your aunt is only nice to your cousin Ray." Lorraine then replied. "And me." Vinny told her. "I don't know how Debra puts up with them living across the street from her. I would hate it if I lived across the street from my in laws." Lorraine said. "You don't have to worry about that." Vinny replied. "I'm sorry baby." Lorraine said. "It's all right. I just have to ask you something." Vinny told her. "What is it?" Lorraine asked him. "Why do I have to live across the street from my in-laws when you just said that you feel bad for Debra for living across the street from her's?" Vinny asked. "Because my family isn't insane like your's." Lorraine replied. "Your sister Sarah is insane!" Vinny yelled. "I'm not insane! You're the one who's insane!" Sarah yelled back. "Can we not have this arguement at Thanksgiving dinner please?" Tom asked them. "Who's arguing?" Vinny asked him. "You and Sarah." Tom told them. "We're not arguing this is the way me and Mafia Man over there communicate." Sarah explained. "I'm getting tired of you calling me that!" Vinny yelled. "What Mafia Man?" Jake asked him. "Don't you start that also." Vinny told Jake. "I'm not calling you Big Brother Vinny." sarah told him. "You don't have to call me that. Just call me Vinny." Vinny explained. "Okay, Mafia Man Vinny." Sarah said. Vinny and Sarah agrue about this and it feels like Vinny' back at home in New York with his Barone relatives. I guess Chicago is reallyVinny's kind of town.
The End.