Chapter 4: Grill Explosion
Tom is still mad at Vinny for his comment.
"Come on Tom, lighten up." Vinny said to Tom.
"You need to grow up." Tom told him.
"Why?" Vinny laughed.
"You're married now." Tom told him.
"What's your point?" Vinny then asked.
"My point is that you need to set a good example for your kids, Vincent." Tom told him.
"It's Vincenzo for starters and I don't like to be called Vincent, Thomas." Vinny commmented.
Tom walks away from Vinny.
"What'd I say?" Vinny shrugged as Tom walked away.
Tom starts up the grill. Vinny brings out the new grill he bought.
"What are you doing?" Tom asked as Vinny dragged the box out the van.
"I'm going to put together my new grill." Vinny replied.
"You had my van?" Tom then asked.
"Don't worry I filled it up with gas." Vinny smiled.
"Why didn't you take your Z?" Tom then asked.
"Because the box wouldn't fit in my car." Vinny answered like a smartass.
Tom rolls his eyes at him.
Vinny takes all the parts out and tries to put it together.
"You need help?" Tom asked.
"I got it." Vinny grunted as he was putting the grill together.
Jake comes outside and stares at Vinny.
"You need help?" Jake then asked him.
"I got it." Vinny said again.
Vinny has sweat pouring down his forehead and sighs when he's done.
"It looks good." Tom said.
"Thanks." Vinny smiled.
"What's that?" Jake asked Vinny seeing a part of the grill in Vinny's hand.
"I don't know." Vinny shrugged.
Tom starts the new grill and nothing happens. The grill starts to shake a few seconds later. Tom backs away from it. It explodes and goes twenty yards into the air and lands in the middle of the lake. Tom and Jake stare at Vinny.
"You don't see that everyday." Vinny laughed.
"Let me see that piece you have in your hand." Tom told him.
"Fine." Vinny said handing the piece to Tom.
Tom looks at the piece.
"Vinny, this is the piece that goes to the gas tank to make sure it doesn't explode!" Tom yelled.
"You learn something new everyday." Vinny said trying not to laugh at the Tom because of how red his face is.
Tom hands back the piece to Vinny.
"What do you want me to do with this?" Vinny asked in confusement.
"Throw it in the lake with the other parts." Tom told him trying to hold his anger inside.
Tom sighs and walks away from Vinny and Jake.
"That was so cool Dude." Jake said.
"I know." Vinny laughed.
He hands Jake the piece. Jake looks at him in confusement.
"Throw it in the lake." Vinny said.
Jake throws the piece in the lake.
In the cabin everyone was wondering what that noise was.
"You okay?" Lorraine asked Vinny hugging him.
"It was just a grill exploding nothing big." Vinny laughed.
"There's a crater where the grill once was." Tom told him.
"I just made you guys a fire pit for your campouts. No, need to thank me." Vinny replied sarcastically.
"Someone could have been seriously injured." Tom then said.
"Noone was. Calm down." Vinny told him.
"What if the grill landed on this cabin?" Tom asked.
"That's impossible. The grill couldn't fly through the air for that long." Vinny told him.
Tom looks at Vinny and scowls at him.
"What's his problem?" Vinny asked Lorraine.
"He thinks you should grow up and I agree with him." Lorraine said.
"I'll grow up if it gets your Dad off my back about it." Vinny agreed.
"That's all I ask." Lorraine said as she kissed him.
Vinny walks outside and sees Mike starring at the crater. Vinny nudges Mike. Mike grabs on to Vinny.
"That's only a one foot drop." Vinny laughed.
"Stop playing around." Mike said.
"E tu Mike?" Vinny asked.
"What?" Mike asked in confusement.
"It means 'You too Mike?' it's from the play Julius Caesar." Vinny explained.
"Oh." Mike replied.
"Lorraine and your Dad want me to grow up also." Vinny said as he sat on the the edge of the dock.
"I just told you to stop playing around. I don't want you to grow up." Mike told him as he sat next to Vinny.
"They're right I need to grow up." Vinny replied.
"Then, you would be like every other boring adult." Mike told him.
"You think so?" Vinny asked.
Mike nods his head.
"Fine, I won't grow up." Vinny said.
"Good because you're the coolest adult I know." Mike then said.
"What about Bud?" Vinny then asked.
"He's not as fun as you." Mike replied.
Vinny laughs, gets up from the edge and heads back to the cabin. Mike goes inside also.
"Go get dressed." Lorraine said to Vinny.
"For what?" Vinny then asked.
"Everyone is going to The Boulders for dinner." Lorraine explained.
"What the hell is The Boulders?" Vinny asked.
"It's the cottage across the lake." Jake told him.
"That's not a cottage, that's a mansion." Vinny said.
Vinny gets dressed for The Boulders, the Bakers are already there. Lorraine is waiting for Vinny.
"Are the people who live there jerks?" Vinny asked.
"You'll like them." Lorraine assured him.
"What if I don't?" Vinny then asked.
"Trust me, you will." Lorraine told him.
They get into Vinny's Z and head to The Boulders.