Chapter 4: What A Day!
"Well, how do you feel this morning, I know you got the world's biggest hangover" Cindy was addressing Dante. He was sitting at the table, groaning. Yep, he had a bad hangover. He always was like this after drinking. He could hold his liquor pretty well, but last night he got out of hand.
"My head is killing me man!" He yelled, then winced as a shot of pain hit him.
"Well, how about some coffee? That helps with those things? Or maybe some food might help" Cindy suggested.
"How is that going help me? I need some aspirin or something" He groaned. His head was really killing him. "Was i acting pretty stupid when i came in? Did i try to do anything, let me know, cause if i was, then i'm sorry"
"No, you were okay, nobody's mad, well i don't know about Vergil" Cindy said, shrugging. Just then Vergil entered the kitchen. He saw Dante with his head down. "Good morning!" He yelled, right into Dante ear.
"AHH! Could you talk a little quieter! God!" Dante yelled back, once again wincing from pain. Vergil slapped him on the back.
"Aww, you poor thing, i feel so sorry for you, how about i fix you some food huh?" He went to the cabinet and loudly put a skillet on the stove. Dante jumped at the sound. He was doing this on purpose. "How about some eggs? Those sound awfully good, don't you agree? Or better yet, some good ole orange juice" Vergil went to the fridge, opened the door very loudly and slammed the carton right next to him. Dante once again jumped at the sound.
"What are you trying to do? Kill me or something?!" Dante cried. Vergil looked at him with a evil grin on his face. "You're enjoying this aren't you?"
"Yes, very much, see little brother, that's what's happens when you go out and drink like it's no tomorrow, you have a horrible hangover. Now let me remind you, everytime you come in like you did last night, i'm gonna make you pay for it in the morning, like doing what i'm doing. Will you do it again, or will you be a good boy and not do it?" Vergil said, sounding like a father scolding his son.
"Geez, you put it like that, then okay, i learned my lesson" Dante said, defeated.
"Oh, come on, give him a break" Cindy interjected. "Just let him be, that's no fair. He wouldn't do that to you"
"Yeah, he would, but i would never do that" Vergil pointed out, poking Dante in his head.
"Ow? That's hurts when you do that"
"So what i don't care" Vergil said, leaning in real close. Dante turned his head away in disgust. He hated when he did that.
"Wow, you guys certainly have a great relationship, don't you?" Cindy pointed out. They both gave her a dirty look. "What did i say?" She said in innocence. "Hey! I have a idea"
"Yeah, what's that?" Dante asked smartly. "If it can cure my headache, then alright"
"The only thing that will cure is pain pills, pop two of them, you'll feel better. Since i was thinking about it, you two need to loosen up, how about i take you all out for lunch, just the three of us?". She saw the twins look at her then at each other. They looked confused.
"Uh, Cindy, i don't think that's a good idea" Vergil said, putting up a finger.
"Yeah, i agree. The last time we went out, we almost killed each other, literally. By the time we got done, we were both on the ground, bleeding all over the place. If it's that one we went to, then forget it" Dante said doing a hand motion as he said it.
"Come on, it was that bad?" Cindy asked, skeptical. They both shook their heads in agreement. "Really? I'm sure there;s somewhere else we can all go, like there's this one down the street we can go to. But you two have to learn to get along with each other in public" She said, pointing a finger at them
"Okay, we promise" They said in unison.
"Well, i'm going to get dressed, by the time i come down here, you two better be ready" Cindy whirled around and went upstairs.
"Wow, she's a feisty one, isn't she?" Dante said
"You got that right"
They went out to lunch as Cindy promised. Thankfully, everyone was on their best behavior.
"So, are you two enjoying yourselves?' The question fell on deaf ears as the twins were stuffing their faces, Dante in the lead. Vergil was not too far behind.
"This food is so good, can we get some more?" Dante asked, mouth full of food.
"Now, now, hasn't your mother ever told you it's not polite to talk with food in your mouth?" Cindy reprimanded him
"No, never" Dante answered like it was simple.
"Never mind then, just eat your food before it's cold." Cindy said, pointing down. Dante proceeded to eat anyway.
"So, that's how real food tastes, never knew that" Vergil said, rubbing his stomach.
"I'm glad you're full" Cindy said, relieved. He gave her a look.
"Full? Hardly, where's the dessert? Some ice cream would be nice, vanilla thank you" Vergil said, putting up a finger. Cindy scoffed at this. Good god, what are they? Garbage disposals? They can't enough. "Let me see how much money i have, maybe if i have enough, we can all get sundaes." Cindy reached in her purse and pulled money out. She began to count it in front of them.
"Hey! what are you doing?" Vergil yelled at her. Cindy looked at him like he was crazy.
"What did i do?"
"You can't just take your money out like that, somebody could take that right out of your hands" Vergil said, snatching the money out of her hands. Cindy reached out to try to grab, he pulled it away.
"Give me my money! What are you doing!?" She yelled. He was counting the money. "You don't know how much i have anyway"
"Actually, you have $83 dollars, which is enough for sundaes. I would like a Hot Fudge Brownie, Dante what about you?"
"I Don't care, anything's good for me" Dante answered. Cindy snatched the money back.
"Fine, if i get these things, will you be happy then"? Cindy asked
"Yes" They both said. Cindy called the waitress over, who happened to be very pretty.
"So, let me straight. you a one Regular, A Hot Fudge Brownie and two Strawberry Sundaes?" The waitress asked.
"Two? What the hell, no just bring one please" Cindy asked. She could see Dante glare at her.
"What the hell man? You can't just not do that, i want two of them" Dante said.
"Okay, fine bring the two on, okay?" Cindy said just giving in. No point of fighting or pleading with him. The waitress nodded and went away. "Hey, quit staring at her, Dante. It's rude"
"I'm sorry, she's got a nice ass. Wow, she's hot" Dante said, still staring. Cindy punched him in the arm. He gave her a what-did-i-do look. Vergil chuckled at this. Cindy punched him too.
"Oww! What did i do?"
"Don't laugh"
"Yes, Mom" Vergil said playfully, rubbing his arm "You got a strong arm"
"Yeah, i know" Cindy said, taking the compliment. The waitress came back with their sundaes. They took no time in eating them.
"Wow, do waste time do they?" the waitress asked, half laughing. Cindy nodded. As the waitress walked away, Dante smacked her on the ass. She jumped at this. "What did you do that for?" She asked offended. Dante simply winked at her and smiled. She huffed and stomped away. Cindy didn't bother saying anything, what was the point. It was talking to a bunch of kids compared to these two. Couldn't tell then anything.
They got home and the first they all did was sit down.
"Wow, that was a good meal, can we do that again, that was fun" Dante said.
"Yeah, but you two better behave a little better" Cindy warned.
"Whatever you say, Mom" Vergil said, laughing. Dante laughed also. Cindy could feel her face getting red. Jerks, she thought. Besides, do i remind them of her something.
"Hey, what's with the whole "Mom" thing? Do i look like her or something?"
"Well, you do in a way, you sound like her" Dante pointed out. "Dosen't she Verge"?
"Yes, in a lot more ways than one, had a flashback for a second there" Vergil said, giving a shudder. Cindy sighed at this.
"What am i going to do with you two?" She said, shaking her head.
"Whatever you like" Dante said in a deep sexy voice. Cindy glared at him
"What did i say?"
"Does your mind always stay in the gutter or is that how you talk?" Cindy asked, crossing her arms. Dante looked very confused at the question. She felt someone tapping her. It was Vergil.
"Hey, can i talk to you for a sec?" Vergil asked politely.
"Sure, why not"? Cindy said.
"Alone?" he motioned towards the kitchen. Cindy shook her head in understanding. Dante huffed at this.
"Geez, if you wanna talk, i'll go away, besides i'm tired, i'm going to grab a snooze" Then he left as he hadn't said anything.
"Wow, someone's in bad mood" Cindy commented as she watched him leave. She noticed that Vergil had that i'm-waiting look on his face. "Oh, sorry, so what did you wanna speak to me about?" She said turning to face him.
"Look, i'm sorry if i came off as a jerk at lunch, i didn't mean to. It's just that when i'm around my idiot brother, i tend to to act differently, so if i offended you in any way, then i didn't mean to"
"It's okay, i don't mind, and i've been told that i am a mother type, sometimes i get a little carried away. Not that i'm trying to be your mother or anything cause i could care less what you two do" She put her hands as she said this.
"I never said that. You have nothing to worry about, you're fine. The matter of the truth is Dante still needs a parent" Vergil said with a big grin on his face.
"Okay, whatever" She started to say something else, then she stopped. She only stopped because Vergil was staring at her. She couldn't figure out what kind of look it was. It looked like a fascinated look mixed with something else. Why is he looking at me like that? She wondered, is he up to something. The part that got her was that he wasn't even moving, just standing there. His eyes had a faraway look in them, like he was remembering something, was he? Cindy wanted to wave her hand at him, but it wouldn't do any good. Then he suddenly came back to himself. "Are you okay?" She asked seeing that he was looking at her with the right mind.
"Huh? Oh, i'm sorry about that, sometimes i tend to space out sometimes, i didn't creep you out did I?" He asked, rubbing the back of his neck.
"No, just was wondering what the hell was going on" Cindy said. "What were you thinking about?"
"Well. if you wanna know, I was thinking about the kiss". Cindy looked at him like what the hell? He was actually thinking about that? No wonder he was staring at her like that.
"Why would you be thinking about something like that?" She asked softly. He simply shrugged.
"I don't know, I just did" He answered like it was a easy thing. Cindy shook herself mentally, okay this guy is so weird, she said to herself.
"Okay, you know what? I've got to go and take a shower, then I have no idea what'm doing after that, probably gonna read a book or something" Cindy said, once again putting her hands up. Got to stop doing that, she told herself, habit i guess.
Cindy did just that, she was reading a book she found in the library down the street. It was a just a plain old book. Besides she needed something to do. There was nothing else to do. Dante stayed home tonight, how did she know? She heard Him and Vergil arguing downstairs a few minutes ago. but she paid them no attention, they were brothers, brothers did that kind of stuff. If they didn't do it, then something was wrong. Cindy continued to read her book when she heard crashing downstairs. She put the book down quickly and looked toward the stairs. What the hell was that? She had to go and find out. She jumped off the bed and ran down the stairs. When she got there, she saw Dante lying on the floor, holding his head, moaning and cussing like a salior.
"What the hell is going on here?" Cindy demanded. She didn't no one else around. "Dante, can you hear me? answer me if you can"
"Who is that?" Dante asked. He looked up saw Cindy. "Oh! god you scared the crap out of me" When Cindy looked closer, she saw that he was bleeding
"Oh my god! Your'e bleeding!" She screamed. Dante simply waved his hand.
"I'm okay, it happens all the time-" Before he could finish his sentence, Cindy was back with a first aid kit. "I said i was cool"
"No, you're not, here let me take care of you" She began to take care of it, he pushed her hand away and got up. "What are you doing, sit down and let dress that"
"I told you i'm okay"
Cindy huffed at him. "But I wanna know this: What happened? Who shot you in the head?" She asked, still sitting down on the floor, holding the first aid kit.
"Well, if you must know, me and Vergil got into a arugement and then he got so mad at me that he took a gun and shot me in the head, then he stormed off, leaving me here with a bullet hole in my head, it was pointless away" Dante sitting down in the armchair. The wound on his head was gone now. Cindy threw the First aid kit aside. She got up from the ground and sat down on the couch beside Dante, who now had his head down.
"So, what was agruement about anyway" Cindy asked, getting to the point. He didn't answer her. "Did you hear what i asked?"
"Yeah, i hear you. Why do you care anyway?" Dante aswered, smartly, like he didn't wanna to say it. Cindy crossed her arms across her chest.
"Cause, everytime i turn around, you two are at it, so I wanna know what it was about this time" She said firmly. Dante huffed at her angrily.
"Fine! Since you wanna so bad, the agruement was about you! It was about you!" He yelled. Cindy jumped at this. She never seen him get that mad before.
"Me? You guys were going at it because of me?"
"Yeah, he thinks I like you, in that way" He said quietly, hanging his head. Cindy put her hand to her mouth. All that fighting was about her? They didn't seem like the kind of guys that fight over one woman, it just wasn't right.
"What would make him think that?" Cindy asked, scooting closer. Dante turned to look at her. He ran a hand through his hair and sighed.
"I don't know, but sometimes he gets like that. I hate when he gets mad like that, look, it doesn't matter anyway. Let's just forget about it" He said angrlily
"No, let's not. He told you something didn't he? If he did, i need to know." Cindy protetsed. She touched his arm, but he snatched it away like it burned him.
"I don't know shit, okay? So don't ask me. Just drop it, alright?"
"What is your fucking problem? Just becasue you're angry does not mean you have to take it out on me" Cindy yelled.
"Well, I ain't. Screw this, i'm going to bed" Dante said this while stomping up the stairs, slamming the door. Cindy was pissed off. Just to think that a whole thing blew up over her. This is so stupid, she said aloud to herself. She jumped up from the couch and went to her room. Sleep never killed anyone, she thought as she laid down and fell asleep.