Chapter 5: Is He Going To Make It?

Vinny gets the figures that Bud sent him and finally finishes them after four hours of doing them. He looks at the clock on his wall.

"Shit! I knew I should of killed Bud when I had the chance." Vinny said as he was leaving for the skateboarding competition.

At the skateboarding competition Brian just finished the vert part of the competition and wins first in that and wins second in the freestyle.

"Brian you did great today." Lorraine said to him.

"And of course dad missed it again." Brian said to her.

"I'm sure he has a good explaination for that." Lorraine told him.

Vinny arrives while everyone is leaving.

"I'm sorry I missed it Brian." Vinny told him.

"I know." Brian said to him as he got into Lorraine's car.

"What happened this time Vinny?" Sarah asked him.

"None of your business psycho cop." Vinny said to her.

"I can write a ticket right now." Sarah told him.

"How?" Vinny then asked her.

"Broken tail light." Sarah told him.

"It's not broken." Vinny said to her.

Sarah walks over to his car and has a big rock in her hand. "I can make it brake." Sarah then told him.

"Fine I'll tell you. Bud called me and he couldn't get his fax machine to work." Vinny started to explain.

"What does that have to do with you missing the competition dude?" Jake asked him.

"Bud faxed me the figures for the Houston Head Quarters and of course I have to go over them and correct them if there's an error on it." Vinny then explained.

"Vinny why did those figures make you miss the competiton?" Lorraine asked him.

"Because Bud is an idiot and didn't realize the fax machine was unplugged. And those figures had to finished and sent back to Houston by tonight." Vinny told them.

"You could of waited until we got home to do those figures." Lorraine told him.

"It took me four hours to do them and I just got finished with them." Vinny told her.

Lorraine looks at him gets into her car and drives Danny, Kate D and Brian back home. Matt is waiting by Vinny's Z.

"You put your work ahead of your family? Nice work Superdad." Sarah said to him sarcastically.

"At least I'm married and have kids unlike you." Vinny told her.

"Jake isn't married." Sarah said to him.

"He isn't married anymore." Vinny said to her.

"I love it when we can bring up my divorce from out of the blue." Jake said to them.

"Sorry Jake. I was trying to correct Sarah." Vinny told him.

"I'm not your biggest problem Mafia Man. You have a disappointed son to deal with when you get home. Plus Lorraine is going to kill you." Sarah said to him.

"I know. And stop calling me Mafia Man." Vinny told her.

"I've called you that since you moved to here 17 years ago." Sarah told him.

"And everytime I have to tell you to stop calling me that." Vinny said to her.

"Uncle Vinny you missed it. Brian was unbelievable." David said to Vinny. (I know I waited too long to get David into the story.)

"I know I did." Vinny told him.

"He won first in the vert and won second in the freestyle." David told him.

"He did? I can't believe I missed it." Vinny said to him.

"Vinny you missed the last three skateboarding competitions including this one." Jake told him.

"I know Jake." Vinny said to him.

"We'll see you later Vinny." Jake told him as him and David went to Jake's car.

"I'll see you guys later." Vinny told them.

"Good luck Vinny. You're going to need it." Sarah told him as she went to her car.

Vinny goes to his car and sees Matt waiting for him.

"It's about time you got here." Matt told him as he got into Vinny's car.

"I got caught up." Vinny told him.

"How?" Matt then asked him.

"It's a long story." Vinny told him.

"We got time." Matt said to him.

Vinny laughs and tells Matt what happened with Bud.