I changed Sarah's and Jake's age to keep up with the time frame of my fan fics with Vinny. Sarah is now 18 and Jake is now 17.
Chapter 2: Dinner for Three
Sarah and Jake have made plans to hang out with friends and go out to eat with them.
"What am I going to eat?" Mike asked them.
"Mom and Dad brought a bunch of stuff that you can put in the microwave to eat and they're leftovers." Sarah said to him.
"Why can't I go with you two to eat?" Mike then asked.
"Because, me and Jake are going out with our friends and eating at different places." Sarah then explained.
"Can you bring me something back?" Mike then pleaded.
"By the time we get back it will be after nine and the food will be cold." Jake then said.
"You guys suck." Mike pouted.
"Life sucks." Sarah then told him as she went out the door.
"Tomorrow, me and you will go out to eat without Sarah." Jake told him.
"Promise?" Mike asked.
"Have I ever lied to you before?" Jake then asked.
Mike ponders that question.
"Forget that I asked that question." Jake then smiled.
"Deal but, if Sarah wants to come she can." Mike replied.
"Okay Little Bro." Jake smiled as he left the house.
Mike is left alone in the house and wonders what to eat for dinner.
At the DiMiranda household
"Since, you're pregnant that means I have to check on those three this week." Vinny said as he came down the stairs.
"I can check on them." Lorraine told him following him down the stairs.
"The doctor said you should take it easy and taking care of those three isn't going to be easy." Vinny laughed.
"Jake and Mike aren't that bad." Lorraine told him.
"Whose name did you leave out of that comment?" Vinny then asked sarcastically.
"Sarah isn't a Demon child like you think she is." Lorraine replied.
"I'll do my best to deal with whatever problem occurs with them home alone." Vinny then told her.
The doorbell rings, Vinny answers the door.
"Hey guys." Mike said at the front door.
"What is it?" Vinny asked with some aggravation in his voice.
"Sarah and Jake aren't home and I'm hungry. Can I eat with you guys?" Mike answered.
"I'm sure your parents stocked the fridge and freezer with crap that you can pop in the microwave and heat up." Vinny told him.
"Lorraine, can I please eat with you guys?" Mike pleaded with her.
"Of course you can." Lorraine answered sweetly.
"You're the best sister ever." Mike said as he walked in.
"Since, you're eating with us what would you like from the Chinese restaurant?" Vinny asked him.
"I like the sweet and sour chicken, pork fried rice, chicken fried rice, beef fried rice, all the lo mien's, boneless spareribs, pork egg roll, fried shrimp, teriyaki chicken, teriyaki beef." Mike listed.
"We get it you like everything on the menu." Vinny said interrupting him.
"I don't like everything; I hate most of the items in their seafood selection." Mike then replied.
"We usually order two bags of chicken wings, a pint of pork fried rice without vegetables, two pork egg rolls and a pint of boneless spareribs." Vinny told him.
"Can you also order a pint of the lo mien special and an extra egg roll please?" Mike asked.
Vinny orders what him and Lorraine usually get plus what Mike wanted. Him and Mike go to get the food. They get the food and on their way back to Vinny and Lorraine's house.
"Thanks Vinny." Mike said.
"You're welcome." Vinny replied.
"It's really nice of you and Lorraine to put with me." Mike then said.
"Forget about it." Vinny shrugged.
They get back to Vinny and Lorraine's house and bring the food in.
"I can't stand eating alone." Mike said as they were seated at the table.
"I hated eating alone when I lived in my apartment." Lorraine told him.
"Did you hate eating alone?" Mike then asked Vinny.
"I hardly eat alone. I would either eat with Joey and Tony, my cousin Tim and his latest boyfriend, my Aunt Marie and my Uncle Frank, my cousin Ray and his family or my cousin Robert and his wife Amy." Vinny explained.
"So, you enjoyed eating alone?" Mike then asked him.
"Yeah, I enjoyed eating alone sometimes." Vinny then answered.
"Now, he eats with me." Lorraine chimed in.
"And I enjoy every meal we spend together." Vinny smiled.
"What about when you eat with everyone else from my family?" Mike then asked him.
"I don't mind eating with you guys." Vinny simply answered.
"It seems like you don't like eating with us." Mike then stated.
"Mike, I'm just adapting to my new environment that's all." Vinny answered.
"Just like when they bring a new animal to the zoo." Mike smiled.
"Yes Mike, exactly like that." Vinny agreed with him hoping it would put an end to Mike's questions.
"You remind me of the bears at the zoo." Mike then said.
"How do I remind you of the bears at the zoo?" Vinny then asked baffled.
"You seem grumpy for some reason. One time Kevin climbed over the wooden fence they had to get closer to the bear cage and one charged at the cage roaring and Kevin came back over that wooden fence so fast it was amazing." Mike explained.
"Who's Kevin?" Vinny then questioned.
"One of my friends." Mike replied.
"Mike, why would you tell me a story about a kid that I don't even know?" Vinny then asked.
"Well, we were talking about bears and that story was about bears." Mike then told him.
Vinny sits back in his chair, places his hand over his face and sighs. After dinner Mike goes to lie down on the living room couch.
"Mike, this isn't your house." Vinny told him.
"I want to lie down." Mike replied.
"You live across the street you can lay on your own parents couch." Vinny then told him.
"Fine, I'll go home." Mike sighed as he got up.
Mike goes back across the street and watches TV in the living room stretched out on the couch at his house.