Chapter 5: Hanging Out At The Mall

Mike is waiting for Jake to come downstairs so they can hang out like Jake promised. Jake comes downstairs with his car key in his hand and heading towards the door. Mike puts on his sneakers to go out with Jake.

"Where are we going?" Mike asked him.

"I'm going out to meet my friends." Jake corrected him.

"But, I thought that we were supposed to hang out today." Mike then reminded him.

"About that, I need to reschedule." Jake replied.

"You promised!!" Mike snapped.

"Chill out Little Bro." Jake told him.

"Go out with your friends see if I care." Mike then scowled.

"I knew you would understand." Jake said as he left.

Sarah comes down the stairs and sees Mike on the couch.

"Did Jake just leave?" Sarah asked him.

"No, the invisible man just left." Mike snapped.

"Well, if you see Jake tell him to yell at his friend Don Matthews to stop calling me because, I am never going out with him." Sarah told him.

"Do it yourself." Mike sneered.

"Just because Jake lied to you doesn't mean that you can take out your frustration on me." Sarah then snapped.

"Whatever." Mike replied.

"You can be such a baby sometimes." Sarah scoffed as she left.

"I don't need those two I can take care of myself." Mike stated to himself.

Someone knocks on the door and Mike panics like someone is going to break in and murder him.

The person knocks harder on the door. Mike is frozen with fear and just stares at the door. The door opens and someone walks in.

"Why didn't you answer the door if you were right there the whole time?" Vinny asked Mike.

"I thought you were a robber." Mike answered.

Vinny sits next to Mike on the couch.

"What do you want?" Mike then asked.

"Where are the other two terrors?" Vinny questioned him.

"They both went out." Mike sighed.

"I thought you and Jake were supposed to hangout today." Vinny stated.

"Jake would rather hangout with his friends then me." Mike replied.

"That sucks." Vinny told him.

"How would you know?" Mike then asked.

"I have two older brothers. I know how you feel. You want to hang out with them so badly because, you think they're cool and they never want to hangout with you because, they think that you're not cool." Vinny explained.

"Okay, maybe you do know how it feels." Mike said.

"What do you want to do?" Vinny asked.

"You'll hangout with me?" Mike then asked.

"I have nothing else to do." Vinny shrugged.

"You don't have to hang out with me because, you feel sorry for me. I'm not a charity case." Mike commented.

"Lorraine says that I need to give more to charity and instead of actually working for a charity, I decided to hang out with you." Vinny replied sarcastically.

Mike crosses his arms against his chest and glares at Vinny.

"I have to get out of the house. Your sister is driving me crazy." Vinny then told him.

"What's in it for me?" Mike then asked.

"A five hundred dollar spending limit." Vinny answered.

"Let me see the money first." Mike told him.

"Here." Vinny said as he handed five hundred dollars to Mike.

"How much money do you care with you?" Mike then asked in amazement.

"Let's just say enough." Vinny laughed.

"You couldn't give me all hundreds." Mike scoffed.

"Give me back my money then." Vinny told him.

"You gave it to me." Mike whined.

"Then stop complaining that I didn't give you enough hundreds. I gave you eight twenties, four fifties and one hundred." Vinny told him.

"If I don't spend it all, can I keep the rest?" Mike asked.

"Fine whatever." Vinny said.

"It must be nice to be rich." Mike commented.

"You have no idea.' Vinny smirked.

They get off the couch and head out.

"Where are we going?" Mike asked as he got in Vinny's Z.

"Where do you want to go?" Vinny then asked.

"The mall." Mike replied.

Vinny drives Mike to the mall. They go to a sports store first.

"I like this." Mike said.

"How much is it?" Vinny then asked.

"It's a Chicago Blackhawks banner. It can't be more then twenty dollars." Mike told him.

"You have the money; if you want it buy it." Vinny explained.

Mike walks around the store some more to see what he wants to buy. He buys a Blackhawks banner, a Blackhawks shirt and a Cubs shirt.

"How much did you spend?" Vinny asked as they walked out of the store.

"About forty dollars." Mike answered.

"Now, where do you want to go?" Vinny asked.

"To buy some video games." Mike told him.

They go to Game Stop.

"They don't have that many games for PS2." Mike stated.

"That's because, sooner or later Mike they will stop making games for PS2." Vinny told him.

"That's bogus." Mike complained.

"Pretty soon, everyone will have to either get a PS3, Nintendo WI or and Xbox 360." Vinny then explained to Mike.

"That's not fair. What about the people who can't afford it?" Mike then replied.

"Well, eventually all three of those video game consoles will drop in price and that's when the companies will come out with the new video game consoles." Vinny then explained.

"I hate those corporate jerks." Mike sighed.

"It's called supply and demand." Vinny told him.

"I know." Mike replied.

"You can come over to my house anytime you want to play my PS3." Vinny then said.

"You promise?" Mike then asked.

"Of course, I always keep my word." Vinny smiled.

"Spit shake on it." Mike then told him.

"I'll shake your hand but, not a spit shake." Vinny replied.

Mike and Vinny shake hands and make a deal. Mike doesn't buy anything at Game Stop but, he goes into a pet store.

"Mike get back here." Vinny told him.

"I want to look at the puppies." Mike commented.

"Okay, look but, don't buy one." Vinny said.

Mike picks up a brown German Shepherd puppy.

"Hi there, little guy." Mike smiled at the puppy.

"Put him down." Vinny told him.

"Look at his face." Mike laughed.

"Mike, please put him back." Vinny then said.

"I'm going to buy him." Mike replied.

"Like hell you are." Vinny told scoffed.

"You said that I could spend the money that you gave me any way I wanted and I want this puppy." Mike explained.

"Your Dad will kill me if you buy a dog with the money I gave you." Vinny told him.

"He'll stay at your house." Mike said.

"Not now. Maybe when everything goes back to normal and Danny and Kate are at least seven I'll get a puppy." Vinny told him.

"Lorraine wants a dog." Mike then told him.

"I know Lorraine wants a dog. I want a dog too but, not now." Vinny then stated.

"Look at his face." Mike said holding the puppy in front of Vinny's face.

The puppy sneezes in Vinny's face.

"That's great Mike. Thanks for that." Vinny said as he wiped his face.

"God bless you." Mike laughed.

"Before people actually think that you're going to buy him, put him back." Vinny told him again.

Mike puts the puppy down and they walk out of the store. They can hear the puppy cry as they leave the store.

"You're mean." Mike scowled.

"I'm not mean. Your Dad would kill me if I let you buy a puppy." Vinny explained.

"We can keep him at your house." Mike said.

"Mike, I have a ton of other things to worry about. I don't need to look after a puppy on top of that." Vinny snapped.

"You didn't have to yell at me." Mike said in a low tone.

"I'm sorry Mike. It's just that Lorraine is pregnant and driving me crazy. I haven't had a minute to myself." Vinny apologized.

"You still didn't have to yell at me." Mike said again.

"I'll buy you something. What do you want?" Vinny replied.

"The German Shepherd puppy." Mike told him.

"Anything but, a pet." Vinny then told him.

"Tickets to the hockey game tonight?" Mike suggested.

"You got it." Vinny said as he pulled out his cell phone and made a call.

They get into Vinny's Z and drive back to his house.