In the evening Danni has invited some people over to the boat while Sonny was still going over some paperwork at the office. She feels it is necessary to make her friends think she owns the world. Hopefully the word would get spread to Quinton, which would tremendously benefit to her credibility. Besides, she would probably be backed up by Castillo on this idea as well.
"Danni,
this is cool!" Frank starts, a senior in school.
"Ah, you get
used to it." Danni answers.
"Yeah, well I would really like
to get used to this too. Nice!!"
Her friends seem to bite the
bate. As does Elvis, the alligator Sonny keeps as a pet, when the
smart assed guy Tico gets to close.
"Jesus!! What the fuck is
the matter with your dog!!"
Danni laughs at this "Nothing, he
can just smell a sucker a mile away… and likes to bite 'm in the
ass sometime" Everybody laughs at the jerk. "No, but seriously"
Danni adds "I don't know when he had his last supper, so you'd
better stay out of his way". Elvis gladly contributed to her
reputation.
There was always a fair amount of beer, liquor and
snacks around, in case Burnett were to receive important guests, thus
ideal for throwing a small party. The crowd gladly digs into the
goods and enjoy themselves on the deck for a while until Sonny's
return, off course.
"Danni!" Sonny tries topping the
noise.
She comes up to him, wanting to kiss him hello, but Sonny
pulls away his head. "What the hell is going on here? Who are these
people?"
"Some friends of mine I invited. You don't mind, do you?" she replies.
"Well excuse the hell out of me! I DO mind, I don't want some kids crowding my boat. I'm giving you five minutes to clear the deck and meet me below." Sonny says while he holds her by the arm.
"Come
on! Why do you always have to ruin things for me?!" she says as she
pulls back her arm out of the grip.
"Listen, I'll make you a
deal… You go away for about an hour or so and they'll be all gone
and cleared when you come back."
Sonny laughs at that. "You
just keep on trying, don't you? You'd better clear the deck in
five minutes or I'll bust 'm all for under aged
drinking…including you! You're five minutes have gone down to
four and a half in the meantime. I'll see you below, I have
business with you…"
Danni
tells her friends the party is over and they back off quietly. Except
for Tico who anxiously needed to get even with Elvis for ruining his
reputation, throwing an empty beer can at him.
Sonny sees that
and shouts at him "Hey punk!! You should try that when you're
standing next to him, pal!!"
Tico trips over one of the boat
lines and lands pretty close to Elvis, who growls at him. Tico gets
so scared he crawls himself up to the edge and lands in the water,
what he had coming all along.
