Author's Note: This chapter is based on the Chinese food "And then?" scene from the movie Dude, Where's My Car?

Also, Gilbo's 22 now and Lui's 18.

Enjoy ^_^

Chapter 19: The "and then" Problem

Kiku pulled up to the Chinese food drive-thru where his big brother, Yao, worked.

"I'm ordering, Gilbo," said Ludwig.

"No, West, let me order," said Gilbert. "You'll just ask for wurst again, and they don't have any freaking wurst here!"

"Ve~ Just let Gilbert order," said Feliciano, trying to keep peace between the brothers.

"Fine," Ludwig mumbled. "Stupid brother."

"I'm not stupid," said Gilbert.

"Chinese Foooood, how may I help you, aru?" Yao's voice asked through the intercom.

"Hi, Yao!" Kiku said.

"Hi, Kiku, aru!" Yao said happily.

"Yeah, I'd like to place an order," said Gilbert.

"What would you like?" asked Yao

"Yeah, I'd like six orders of garlic chicken," Gilbert said.

"And then, aru?" said Yao.

"And then six orders of white rice," Gilbert replied.

"And then?" asked Yao.

"And then…you guys want soup?" said Gilbert, turning to the group.

"Sure," Kiku, Feliciano, Ludwig, Francis and Antonio responded.

"Yeah, six orders of wantan soup," said Gilbert.

"And then?" said Yao.

"Oh, ah, some fortune cookies, too," said Gilbert.

"And then, aru?" asked Yao.

"That's it," said Gilbert. "I think that's about it."

"And then?" said Yao.

"No. That's it," said Gilbert.

"And then?" Yao asked again, now starting to mess with Gilbert and the others.

"And then, and then, and then I'm, then nothing else 'cause I'm done ordering, okay?" said Gilbert while he and the other five in the car laughed a little.

"And then?" said Yao, thoroughly enjoying messing around with these six.

"No," said Gilbert. "No. See, all I want is the six orders of the garlic chicken and the six orders of the white rice."

"And the soup, mon ami," Francis added.

"Oh, and the wantan soup," said Gilbert.

"And the cookies fortune," Antonio chimed in.

"And the fortune cookies, yes," said Gilbert. "So, it's just the, it's the, the chicken…the rice, the soup, the fortune cookies, and that's it."

"And then, aru?" said Yao.

Gilbert laughed a little, looked at Ludwig, Francis and Antonio, and turned back to the intercom. He decided to just play along. "And then you can put it in a brown paper bag and come put it in my hand 'cause I'm ready to eat."

"And then, aru?" said Yao.

"Hey! I refuse to play your Chinese food mind games," said Gilbert.

"And theeen?" Yao said.

Gilbert was starting to get frustrated at Yao. "No," he said. "No 'and then'!"

"And then, aru?"

"No 'and then'!"

"And then?"

"No 'and then'!"

"And then?"

"No 'and then'!"

"And then?"

"No 'and then'!"

"And then?"

Ludwig shook his head in annoyance as Gilbert said, "No. No 'and then'!"

"Brother, cut it out," Kiku said into the intercom, but it was no use, because Yao kept egging Gilbert on.

"And theeeeen, aru?" Yao said again.

"You're really starting to piss me off, Yao!" said Gilbert.

"And theeeeeen?"

"And then," Gilbert responded, "I'm gonna come in there…and I'm gonna put my foot in your ass if you say 'and then' again!"

There was silence when Gilbert retreated back into the car. He shook his head and shrugged his shoulders in frustration while Ludwig, Kiku, Feliciano, Francis and Antonio looked at him in confusion.

"And then? And then? And then? And then? And then?" Yao said childishly.

Gilbert, in a fit of rage, reached out the window and tried to get into the restaurant by tearing apart the intercom.

"Brother, stop!" Ludwig said as he tried pulling Gilbert back in. "Kiku, drive, drive!" he yelled to his friend behind the wheel.

Kiku sped off, and all that was left of the intercom was the little microphone.

Yao's voice was heard coming out of the thing: "And theeeen, aru?"