YEAH! IT'S ME AGAIN! TIME FOR ANOTHER CHAPTER! I'm on a roll!
How Did You Know
Chapter 4
Falling Part 2 of 2
Done By LuxUmbra2011
Based off of the original plotline of HDYK done by yayleo.
A/N: I'm introducing another OC. Dante's older, college-bound, brother, Virgil Riley. I'll flesh him out in the intro
The day is October 14th, 20XX.
Thanksgiving Day. A day in which everyone felt the festive holidays. Leo, Aeris, Shawn, Ashley, Shannon. Ronny, Dante, Tammy; they all felt the festivities and enjoyed them openly. It's been a month after the computer event involving Spencer and he still doesn't have a clue as to who's responsible. It made Dante, and his older brother Virgil, laugh pretty hard. Virgil was pretty proud of his little brother's two achievements, go out on a date, and ruin the reputation of the most popular boy in school. Cruel revenge, but justified in its own right, especially since one of their own was hurt by Spencer's ignorance. Sure, Dante's loyalty was a little weird, and he himself was a little weird, but he never understood the friend deal for many years, which is why he owed it to the nutcase furball. If it wasn't for him, then Dante would've never befriended Shawn, Ronny, and the others, or have enough confidence to ask his new girlfriend, Tammy Stoakes, on a date a month ago. Yup, he personally had to thank Leo and the others for being the first friends the human ever had in his life. And now, for his first friends, h was celebrating thanksgiving at Ronny's home, with all of the families invited. Everyone whipped up one meal apiece so everyone could sample one another's meals. The two brothers decided on making sweet potato pie and pumpkin pie for the party. Their special homemade recipe nonetheless. In Dante's perspective, he hoped everyone would like their pies since they've been making multiple batches of the savory and delicious pies for the Thanksgiving feast.
Virgil: "And that makes No. 10. We are done!"
Dante: "Nice. We'll knock 'em dead with these things!"
The two bros bro-fisted each other in pride of their confectionary creations. No one would dare resist the aroma of a Riley pie. Especially not the pie-hungry older man known purely as Leo the 2nd. Dante was certain that half of them would be finished by him. It was 2'o clock. Certainly the others would either be finished or still working on their individual meals.
Dante: "I just hope that Ronny holds his word about the turkeys."
Virgil: "Me too bro. And I pray that these pies don't go to waste. We spent a long while making these things!"
Dante: "Considering whose showing up, I'm sure they'll be eaten during the feast. Thanks for the help Virgil."
Virgil: "Eh, no problem. Stopping by from Cali after a while does me some good. What I should thank is you taking me to the feast with your friends. I'm interested in the company you keep, my little pipsqueak brother."
Dante: "You'll like them. I'm sure of it. Just… Beware Leo, under all circumstances, beware Leo."
Virgil: "Who's Leo?'
Dante: "You'll know him when you see him."
The time is now 3:00 P.M.
The Coles were prepared for the feast at the Blue's residence. All that remained was the honey-coated hams that were cooking in the oven. The savory meat was to be cooked to perfection, and now, that succulent pig was nearing completion. Oh, how many would complement the delicious pork dripping oh so easily down their throats after having their taste buds on a journey. After all, the Coles made honey-coated hams every time at Thanksgiving and EVERYONE in their family LOVED honey-coated ham. All that remained… was time.
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"IT'S READY!" shouted Vincent as the timer finally went off, signifying that the hams, at long last, were complete. Daniel Cole immediately went down to the kitchen; oven-mitts on hand and carefully, oh-so-carefully pulled the hams out of the oven. "Mm! That smells great, dad!" Aeris complemented over the ham, but then again, when is it ever not good? "I know it does, Aeris. After all, aside the turkey, the ham has been a tradition since our family started." "And now we share that tradition with your friends and their families. Hopefully that Leo won't do anything stupid." "Dad, its Leo we're talking about." Aeris chimed. "Good point." Daniel replied. After all, Leo the 3rd was the king of unpredictability… "But he's cool! Maybe-"Vincent started, but was cut off by his older sister. "Vincent, DO NOT finish that sentence unless you know what's good for you." "Yes, Aeris…" Vincent recently had been making a certain joke ever since Aeris told the other girls about how Leo cheered her up with that pep talk he gave a month ago. And that joke had run its course since she had grown quite sick of it. They were friends and nothing more. Leo himself confirmed it. But it was still nice of him to cheer her up. That much she could give to the idiot. "Alright everyone, get ready because we are leaving in a few minutes now that hams are ready!" Samantha called out, causing the three Coles who nearly had a sample of the ham groan, even the patriarch, and disperse. "She always seems to know when we try…"
The time is 4:00 P.M.
As Leo disembarked from the car, he already saw that everyone else had arrived. Carrying the collard greens and corn muffins, Leo walked inside, following his parents, who were immediately greeted by Ronny's own, then the Coles themselves, Mr. Blue, and so on and so forth. As the adults were conversing, Leo deposited the food in the kitchen then left to the game room, where everyone, including Aeris' little brother, who Tommy immediately greeted. And… a tall, muscular, dreadlock sporting, tan colored human male. This person immediately noticed his presence and strode towards him, making a motion to greet the cat. Until Dante called out, "Virgil, that's Leo! Be careful, dude!" This Virgil person turned his head and nodded to Dante and said, "He looks harmless."
At that, EVERYONE THERE FROZE, giving Virgil an 'are you serious' look. Aeris then spoke, "Listen, Virgil… This is Leo, a guy so insane; he kept beating up an old woman on Grand Theft Auto for 45 minutes straight." Virgil raised an eyebrow, before saying, "Yikes, that IS crazy." And with that Virgil walked away. Leo was confused. "Hey! Who's Virgil?" Dante then answered, "He's my older brother." Leo instantly dropped his jaw. Ronny then spoke, "We ALL did that. Hell, I thought Dante was an only child. He never spoke up." Dante: "Your reactions are priceless to me." Tammy, who also attended to have dinner with her boyfriend and his friends, then spoke up, "He's a mystery sometimes, but no bad things." Leo shrugged. So what the weirdest one of the bunch had an older brother. That meant more competition in gaming… that is if Virgil was a gamer. But Leo very swiftly got that answer when he challenged Virgil on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and was defeated within the span of 7 minutes. Everyone was floored at that. Dante spoke, "My brother has participated personally in a few campaigns, so he knows how war really is." Leo responded, "YOU COULD'VE TOLD ME BEFORE I HAD MY ASS KICKED, DANTE!" "Nah, it's funnier that way, plus your face is priceless." Everyone agreed simultaneously, hell, even Leo's brother Tommy shook his head in agreement. "TOMMY! YOU BLOOD TRAITOR!" "I FOLLOW THE STRONGER SIDE!" Tommy responded. Vincent then added, much to Leo's chagrin, "Ouch, dude. Betrayed by your own brother."
Leo: T_T
The feast was fantastic. Everyone truly enjoyed their meals, delicious collard greens, buttered warm cornbread, succulent honey coated ham, savory turkey, yummy homemade macaroni and cheese, green bean casserole, cinnamon kissed cranberry sauce, and green beans with caramelized shallots, tasty mashed potatoes, even a type of stuffing no one had ever had before, courtesy of Shawn: Shitake Mushroom stuffing. Of course the original, traditional stuff came along as well. In short, a delicious feast that no one would forget for a long time. As the adults sat in the main dining room area, the others sat in a secondary, yet nearly as big, dining room with everyone eating their own individual meal.
"Yum, the casserole is good."
"Someone pass the mashed potatoes!"
"More ham!"
"Wait till everyone else gets a slab, Aeris!"
"Please pass the mac and cheese!"
"Stuffing please!"
"I'll try that shitake stuff!"
"Cranberry sauce!'
"Bathroom break!"
That last one got a few laughs out.
After an excessively long clean-up, everyone settled in… for the best part of Thanksgiving dinner, the desserts. Oh, the pies, pumpkin, sweet potato, apple, etc. and there was so much to even be had! Who wouldn't resist the aroma of pie? NO ONE I TELL YA!
"Finally! Some of mom's coconut cream pie!" Ronny spoke out, catching the attention of a few coconut pie lovers.
"Give me some!"
"PIE!"
"Get your own!"
In short, it was pretty hectic serving dessert, with several more slices per snack cake to go. And even more so when everybody started eating the treats. Since Vincent and Tommy were stuffed, they left to go play video games in the living room. Leaving everyone else stuffing their faces like pigs. As they ate, Leo motioned for a slice of blueberry… until his arm was whacked away by Ashley who got a slice. But when she did, his arm smacked Dante's pie, hitting the human in the face. Everyone froze at that moment. "Leo…" Dante rasped with deadly venom. Leo gulped. "Payback." And with that Dante smashed Leo with a slice of coconut cream pie. "So that's how ya wanna play, huh?" Leo questioned, then grabbed his pie and threw it. It missed and unfortunately struck Shawn in the chest. Shawn responded with a fast throw that struck Ronny after he missed both. Ronny tossed his, and it missed all three. Ronny's shot missed entirely, but still hit Shannon as she returned from a bathroom break. Everyone froze when they saw Shannon being struck. That is, until Leo and Ronny simultaneously yelled, "WET T-SHIRT CONTEST!" The response was an insanely pissed off Aeris grabbing the both of them by their throats and slammed them into the slices they were eating. Shannon seemed a little disappointed. "Aww! We could've seen who's hotter!" The girls faced her with mixed looks, until the boys slammed pies into their faces. "Great distraction, Shannon!" Ronny called out as he ducked a cherry pie slice throw at him by Dante. And lo and behold the chaos that would forever be known as 'Pie Kombat' by the group. As the teens fought it out while the adults watched, their attention now finally turned onto their children, Virgil, who scooted a safe distance away, could only say, "These guys are the weirdest bunch of high school kids I've met… Good thing Dante keeps good friends around but they are cleaning that shit up."
And after being berated by their folks, they did clean up the mess… it took them all an hour to do so, it was that messy.
"Dammit… my shirt's ruined." Aeris called out. "Hang on a sec. I'm just going to switch out of this shirt." She finished and walked off.
After she left, Ronny spoke silently to Leo, "Hey… ever wonder what she'd look like without the pink shirt?"
Leo instantly blushed as the image crossed his mind. Ronny sneered knowing he struck a chord, but was promptly smacked by a still blushing Leo.
Ashley, who heard them as she was passing by, slapped Ronald for saying something like that. Sure, Ronny has said a few things, but that was pushing the button a little bit too many times.
"I'd expect you to do that. And if you try, I hope she removes your ability to have kids!" Leo responded.
"Somebody's got a soft spot for Toronto's pink nightmare!"
"Yeah, sure, whatever. At least I don't get bitch slapped on a day by day basis whenever I ask girls out, Ronny…"
"You've never asked any girl out. Might as well be- OOF!"
Leo had promptly pulled an Aeris and decked him across the head. "Ronny, don't finish that sentence… Unless you want to find out what PAIN is."
Everyone seemed a little surprised… Leo was NEVER this defensive. Maybe he wasn't feeling ok… Who knew? After all, it is the most unpredictable guy the world has ever produced… But with him, that particular thought came back… and even though he shook it off, he felt his heart flutter. "Eh… Maybe I'm imaging things… Stupid puberty… Yeah, that's it. Stupid puberty. Making me attracted to girls… *mumble*"
All in all, everyone had a great time, from start to finish, from the feast to the messy pie fight. And not one person left unsatisfied… but they were grounded for the pie fight.
The day is October 31st…
The infamous day of Halloween had finally arrived. The time was now to see who officially had the best costumes out of the group. From what Leo heard, Dante made his own, Ronny made his own, and Shawn bought a very impressive one from Party City. Leo grinned as he looked himself over in his Gears of War COG costume, Lancer included. A rare one it was, and after putting black makeup on, he could officially say that he was Marcus Fenix. His parents decided to stay behind to hand out their candy, but Leo was forced to take Tommy along. Not exactly a bad thing since Vincent was coming along as well. In any case, all that remained was to meet up with everyone so they could plan a route of houses to hit for treats.
"Ok… the meeting spot should be right… over…" I started but stopped when he saw everyone else. Dante was dressed in both clothes and rags, wielding a blood-red light saber. Ronny was wearing a parka; A big orange one that covered his face till only his eyes were viewable. Shawn was garbed in black ops clothes that almost made it so he blended into the night. Ashley was dressed as a commonplace witch, but the makeup for it was far beyond others, meaning she must've seen someone to do her makeup before she left home to meet up with the others. Shannon was dressed as, sadly, a nurse. I understand Shannon's pretty… promiscuous, but come on! A nurse outfit!? My little brother's here with me! Vanessa Richardson's cousin, Clarissa decided to hang with us tonight, which is surprising… I mean, Vanessa is one of the popular ones… Oh well. She was dressed as a blood red demoness. It looked really good, especially for her. Oh… DAMN HORMONES! And it looks like Aeris is a no show for the moment. "Yo, Marcus Fenix! Sweet costume! And Tommy's one of the lambent wretches? Where'd you find these sweet dregs man?" Shawn asked. I smiled to myself, since everyone was looking and fawning over our costumes. Ronny walked over till he accidentally slipped on his shoelaces, causing him to fall face first into the dirt. Before I could say anything, Dante said, "Oh my God! They killed Ronny!" then Shawn said, "You Bastards!" I almost instantly realized that joke and started laughing alongside everyone else. A South Park joke… Nice. "Tommy!" I heard Vincent call out, and then I saw the little squirt dressed as a hunter from Left for Dead. Nice again. "Hi guys!" "I heard Aeris call out to us as she finally showed… up… in… a…
"Dude! Nice C. Viper costume!"
"I'M NOT C. VIPER!"
"Street Fighter!"
"IT'S MEN IN BLACK! IT'S JUST A SLIGHTLY SMALLER SIZE!"
"It really brings out the curves."
"I'll say!
"Now we gotta play the 'who's hottest' game!"
"SHUT UP RONNY!"
I found myself yelling that… Weird. I guess I was more focused about the sweets and just didn't want Ronny to waste any time. Unlike the other perverts in the group (that consisted of Shannon, Ronny, and in this case Shawn), I was nice and complemented her costume, even though it was nothing special. Sorry to be mean, but it really wasn't special. She actually appreciated my thanks and then punched Shawn, who was still guffawing at her costume. Oh, the impulse to copy Aeris right then and there, but she's strong enough to drive her point across, judging from Shawn gripping his gut in pain. She held up her fist to Ronny, who immediately shut up. Heheh… now that was funny. The old intimidation tactic. I won't lie, in the terms of fighting, Aeris is the undisputed strongest of the lot of us. Granted, me, Ronny, Shawn, and Dante never really 'fight' fight, and the others prefer not to. Ashley because 'fighting is wrong' and Shannon so her looks won't get messed up. What… a… charmer… In any case we were all set for tonight, and hopefully nothing would happen because I'm staying tame tonight, meaning nothing crazy on my part. And hopefully my mind will stop thinking about girls! GODDAMN PUBERTY! STOP MAKING ME THINK ABOUT HER!
75 minutes in…
Shawn's POV
What a sweeeeeeet haul! The buckets are full, the spares are full, our pockets are full, and we cleaned a few houses, basically, an excellent way to end this night of horrors. Before I could talk to anyone, my phone rang all of a sudden… Weird… who the hell's XXX-XXX-XXXX? I answered it.
"Hello?"
"I am going to fucking kill both you and that damn Dante."
"Who is this!?"
"Who else, dipshit! It's Spencer! Tell that human I know it was him who bombed my e-mail account and I haven't forgotten about you and the skateboard incident, jackass. You're dead, YOU BOTH ARE DEAD! And Jason has a score to settle with those other two pricks! SO THEY'RE DEAD TOO! YOU ALL ARE FUCKING DEAD!"
*click*
"Oh shit…"
Everyone looked at me when I said that.
"What's wrong, Shawn?" Ashley asked me.
"Guys… I mean male guys… Run." I said as I took off running as a certain car swerved into view behind us.
"Why?" Leo dumbly asked.
"AHHH! RUN, YOU SONS OF BITCHES, RUN! SPENCER KNOWS! HE'S COMING!"
"OH SHIT!" Ronny yelled as he and the others (the four of us guys) took off running as Spencer neared us, coming out of the window with a fully loaded paintball gun. Oh fuck…
The lot of us ran like hell, ducking and covering from the shots from Spencer as he angrily fired at us with that paintball gun. For me, it was a nightmare because I was in this damn parka, and I'm sure that the others were tiring out in their costumes. In short we are so fucked. Spencer pulled ahead of us, causing us to freeze in our tracks as Spencer and his crew, plus Jason, disembarked and started running at us, with murderous gazes in their eyes. "YOU'RE DEAD!" Spencer screamed as we turned around and ran for it. I realized that the closest place to us was my pad, so hopefully we could gain enough distance to get there, unlock the door, and get inside to safety. Hopefully… But they were wearing plain clothes, not heavy and hot Halloween costumes. We're so screwed!
"GET BACK HERE, YOU GODDAMN N*****!"
Dante froze at that… Oh no…
With icy venom in his voice, Dante urged us to go on ahead while he teaches Spencer a lesson in pain. "That's crazy talk, Dante! Spencer will kill you! You bugged his address so he'll-*WHACK*" I started but Spencer tackled me down, and then put his foot on my chest. When I looked up, he was pointing the paintball gun… straight at my left eye. "Let's find out what happens when I pull the trigger." Spencer spoke with deadly malice. I gulped… I'm about to be blinded.
"HEY SPENCER! YOU ENJOY THE MAN ON MAN ACTION? BET YOU POPPED A STIFFY WHEN YOU GOT THE SHOW!"
"FUCK YOU!" Spencer yelled before dashing for Dante.
"THIS IS YOUR CHANCE! GO! I'LL BE FINE! JUST GO!"
And at that, we ran, none of us looking behind… But all of us praying that he came through safely…
Later that night when we tried searching for him, Aeris picked us up, telling us his girlfriend, Tammy, found him at the park… when we found him, we were graced with a horrible sight. Bloodied, beaten and bruised, he was laying face up, sand covering his wounds, his costume torn to shreds and his left arm broken… We all felt horrible… I just didn't want to look… but when I heard the message he left said, "One down, three to go." EVERYONE there felt a small pit of anger course through us. I could tell by the balled up fists, especially from his older brother Virgil. Dante was down and out… for a month at best…
Spencer… this means war.
And that ends this Chapter. As of right now, war has been declared between Spencer's and Leo's group. Hope you enjoyed this chapter as much as I did writing it. This is LuxUmbra2012 saying, "Ja'ne".