Ah, chapter seven. Enjoy and please review.
"So, Anthony. How has it been since… you know, Tim died?" Logan asked while Anthony and Logan were sitting in the living room.
"Well… it has been hard, but overall I've been doin' fine," Anthony said fiddling with his sunglasses. "Logan, I need to show you something."
"What do you need to show me other than an abundance of scars, Anthony?" Logan asked laughing and turned to see Anthony with his sunglasses off and Logan's heart missed a beat. "Holy shit, what happened to your eyes, Anthony!"
"Keep it down, your daughter doesn't need to see my eyes just quite yet," Anthony said putting his sunglasses back on. "My eyes are how Tim is saying 'you're welcome' for saving my life for the second time."
"Second time, I thought he only saved your life when he, you know… died?" Logan asked puzzled.
"Well he saved me then, and then again in the emergency room," Anthony said as he looked at Logan who was even more puzzled then before.
"How did you save you in the emergency room?" Logan asked trying to get an actual answer out of Anthony.
"Well… I was dead for a good two minutes and the doctors had given up, but then suddenly, my heart started beating again for no apparent reason," Anthony said trying to avoid the topic of how Tim saved him.
"And Tim did that how, exactly?" Logan asked.
Damn it, Anthony thought and then said, "When I was dead, I saw Tim and he said it wasn't my time yet and sent me back down here."
"Really?" Logan asked not sure if he should believe Anthony or not.
"Well it didn't happen exactly like that, but I covered the important stuff," Anthony said smiling at the bewildered Logan.
"Dad?" Vinny asked from upstairs. "How long is Anthony going to be staying?"
Logan looked at Anthony who just shrugged, "He doesn't know, why?"
"Great…" they heard her mumble as she slammed the door to her room.
"You did explain that I didn't follow her here right, Logan?" Anthony asked Logan.
"Yeah, but she's stilled pissed for some reason," Logan said.
"I think I need to remind her she owes me a date," Anthony said getting up.
"Anthony, are you brain dead?" Logan asked Anthony who had made his to the staircase and began to clime. "Your funeral."
Anthony got to Vinny's room and knocked on her door and Vinny answered the door with an annoyed look on her face.
"What?" Vinny asked rudely.
"Well, you still owe me a date, Vinny," Anthony said as Vinny's jaw dropped.
"You're kidding, right?" Vinny ask Anthony standing smug in the doorway.
"Why would I be kidding?" Anthony asked smiling.
"Get out of here," Vinny said closing the door, but Anthony had put his foot there. Anthony thought he'd be clever and put his foot between the door and the wall to stop the door from closing, but when she finally closed the door, Anthony just remembered he didn't have any footwear on and just simply looked down at his foot and thought 'Shit' as the door slammed on his right foot.
"Ouch!" Anthony screamed as the door hit his foot and then soon after swung back open.
"Oh, I'm sorry" Vinny said as she got Anthony up and put him back down on her bed. "Is it broken?"
"I can't tell," Anthony replied.
Whatever prompted you to put your foot between the door and the wall barefooted is beyond me," Vinny said checking Anthony's foot for any broken bones. "Well, it's not broken."
"Well, can you kiss it better then?" Anthony asked trying to hold back his laughter.
"Don't get smart," Vinny said rolling her eyes at him.
"Well I think you definitely owe me that date now. Especially after slamming my foot in the door," Anthony said smiling looking at Vinny in one of her blue dresses.
"You put your foot there, it wasn't my fault, dumbass," Vinny said crossing her arms.
"We had a deal you know, and maybe while you're out on this 'date' you might actually have some for once," Anthony said smiling at her.
"That's really not helping your cause, Anthony," Vinny said looking at Anthony as he got up and walked over to her.
"Well, I can just stand here all night in front of you gazing into your beautiful green eyes until you say yes," Anthony said smiling at her.
"Why are you so damn persistent? Fine, but if I don't like it than you have to leave me alone for the rest of the time were here, got it?" Vinny said looking into Anthony's sunglasses.
"Fine, sounds good, we'll leave around eight. How does that sound?" Anthony asked.
"Sounds good. Now get out of my room so I can get ready," Vinny said pointing at the door and Anthony got up and left the room closing the door behind him smiling, which almost Vinny laugh but she held it back as to keep her serious posture.
"So you got her to go on that date with you, Anthony?" Logan asked Anthony as he waited for Vinny to come down from her room so they could start their date.
"Yep, it wasn't easy though," Anthony said looking at his foot.
"Smooth move, Anthony," Logan said laughing at Anthony for forgetting he was wearing any shoes. "Make sure before you try that again that you actually have something on your feet."
"Yeah, that one's probably drilled in there pretty good at the moment," Anthony said smiling.
"So how do I look?" asked Vinny as she came down the stairs. Anthony and Logan looked up. Logan simply smiled at his daughter while Anthony jaw dropped.
"You look friggin' amazing," Anthony said as he admired Vinny's long blue dress and earrings. Logan looked at Anthony and started laughing at his expression.
"Thanks, Anthony," Vinny said blushing.
Anthony snapped out his stare and said, "You, um… ready to go?"
"No, that's why I came down dressed like this, Anthony," Vinny said sarcastically.
"Well, you two have fun, and try not to kill each other, okay," Logan said as the two walked out the door.
"So where's the cab?" Vinny asked.
"Cab? The restaurant is only two blocks away, do you mind just walking there?" Anthony asked.
"Oh, I guess that's alright," Vinny said as they walked down the block.
"So, you never told me what you did for a living," Anthony said hinting at a conversation.
"Oh, um, I'm between careers," Vinny said avoiding the question.
"Ah, the sought after unemployment career, I know what your saying. I'm unemployed at the moment, too," Anthony said as they crossed the street to the restaurant.
"How are you paying for this then?" Vinny asked.
"The military pays their personal mercenaries quite well, so nothing to worry about at the moment," Anthony said as someone opened the door for them to the restaurant. "Just enjoy yourself, Vinny."
After their meal Anthony asked Vinny to wait outside to get some fresh air as he paid the check. Vinny stood waiting outside as she heard a voice from behind her.
"Hey pretty girl," the voice as she spun around to see three chipmunks standing behind her. "Your coming with us," the chipmunk said as the other two grabbed her and pulled her into the alley screaming.
"Anthony! Help! Someone!" Vinny screamed trying to get someone's attention.
"Ah, shut up!" the chipmunk yelled as he punched her in the gut.
"You threaten her again and I'll guarantee that you're gonna end up dead," Anthony said from the end of the alley.
"What's this we got here, a hero," the chipmunk said.
"I've been called many things before, but a hero isn't one of them," Anthony said walking down the alley way towards the group of chipmunks.
"You get any closer and you're dead," the chipmunk threatened.
"Try me you piece of shit," Anthony said taking off his sunglasses revealing his extremely bright blues eyes that glowed in the dark alley way. The three chipmunks took a step back as they saw his eyes.
"Go get him," the chipmunk said to the other two who looked at each other and pulled out small pocket knives and charged Anthony.
The one chipmunk lunged at Anthony who simply side stepped him and pushed him into a close by wall as the second stepped up and took a slash at him. Anthony blocked his attack and threw his attacker to the ground and broke his arm. The chipmunk screamed in agony as the other chipmunk jumped on Anthony's back and was also quickly thrown to the ground. The chipmunk just stared into Anthony's angry eye's and let out a scream of pain as Anthony stomped on his rib cage cracking and breaking multiple rips as he kicked him to the side.
"Get the hell out of here or she's dead," the last chipmunks said as he grabbed Vinny and pulled her in front of him holding a knife to her throat.
"What did I tell you I was gonna do if you threatened her again?" Anthony asked the chipmunk as he picked up one of the pocket knives off the ground.
"Put the knife down or she gets it," the chipmunk said holding the knife closer to Vinny's neck.
"I said that I'd guarantee your death," Anthony said as he threw the knife at the chipmunks head.
Vinny felt the chipmunk let go of her and fall to the ground. She started crying as she ran over to Anthony and hugged him.
"Thank you, Anthony," Vinny said putting her head on his chest.
"Come on, let's go home," Anthony said as he put his arm around her back and walked her out of the alley. As they got to the end of the alley Vinny turned to Anthony and gave him a kiss on the cheek.
"I love you, Anthony, my hero."