That same week...
Friday, May 30th, 2014
Evening
West Ridge
Mindy, refused to allow Dave in the bedroom while she was getting ready, so he had to use the spare room.
Marty and Dave, naturally, were ready fairly quickly. They both wore suits; Dave's was a dark blue and Marty's was more of a lighter blue. Both wore vivid ties. Marty's was a royal blue while Dave's was green.
They waited for almost thirty minutes before Mindy finally came downstairs.
"Oh, for fuck's sake, you two!" she exclaimed. "It's only a dress, for God's sake!"
Both Dave and Marty were, apparently, speechless and Marty's eyes were bugging out and Dave seemed to be drooling.
"Fuck me!" Dave said.
"Not right now, Dave," Mindy replied dryly and blushed!
"Wow! You look fucking awesome, Mindy!" Marty stated, in apparent astonishment.
"Thank you, Marty; always the gentleman!" Mindy replied, giving him a kiss on the cheek.
She had to admit, she had knocked them both for six.
..._...
Dave was completely astounded.
Mindy was wearing an ankle length dress, with a single shoulder strap over her right shoulder and a slit up the left leg, almost to the top of her thigh. She also wore gloves that went over her elbows, thus covering the bandage on her left arm.
The dress was, of course, purple. Mindy's hair was tied up and she looked lovelier than Dave could ever remember.
"I'll take Dave's drooling as a sign he approves, too!" Mindy commented, somewhat sarcastically.
Marty grabbed Dave's cell and took a few pictures, to remind him of the night. Plus, Dave thought, Marcus would be very impressed! He did notice though that Mindy was not wearing high heels; he knew that she hated the things. The shoes she wore were simple, but still very nice-looking shoes.
Right now, every part of him yearned for Mindy.
..._...
They pulled up outside Chloe's house and Dave went to knock on the door.
It was opened by Dr Bennett.
"Hi Dave. Wow, very smart!" Dr Bennett said. "Chloe is almost ready."
He waited a couple of minutes, before a very smart young girl came down the stairs looking a little shy. Dave had to admit that he had never seen Chloe wearing even a skirt before; she always wore trousers or shorts. This time though, she was wearing a very nice blue dress that came down to just below her knees.
"Very nice, Chloe," he commented approvingly.
"Thank you, Dave," Chloe replied, blushing deeply.
"It's very good to see Chloe in a dress, for a change!" Dr Bennett said, smiling. "Have a good evening!"
..._...
Dave drove south into Chicago and pulled up outside the restaurant where a valet parked the SUV.
Chloe was very impressed by Mindy's dress and Mindy approved of Chloe's choice, too. Considering both girls hated wearing dresses, they both turned out looking perfect and Mindy was attracting quite a lot of attention from other diners, mainly of the male variety.
They sat and ate a full three course meal. It was really good to finally be able to relax and enjoy each other's company and to have fun. Chloe really enjoyed herself and she received a couple of approving looks from other younger diners, which made her blush. Marty kept telling jokes, which caused them all to laugh, and he often timed the punchlines for when everyone had their mouths full or were taking a drink!
At one stage the Maitre'd inquired as to what they were celebrating.
"Being alive and being together!" Dave replied simply and that what was what they all raised their glasses to.
They had all risked death and been shot at, not to mention that Mindy had been injured. Mindy, Marty, and Dave, all had good reasons to be happy as Chris D'Amico was dead and gone. Chloe understood the happiness and so she too was able to join in with the celebrating.
"Dave, when you put him down, you said those words, the exact same as that last time. That meant a lot to me and ever since that day, so long ago, I have always known that you care about me, deeply. I thought that those words, said by his father, would be the last words that I ever heard. You repeating those words closed off that whole affair and I can now forget about it!" Mindy said, emotion flooding across her face. "Although I'll never forget the sight of you with a damn bazooka!"
They all laughed. They could; a whole sordid chapter of their short lives was closed.
"I meant every word, Mindy. I enjoyed saying them again," Dave admitted.
"If you hadn't been so caring and the only link to my purple side that I had left at that time, I probably would not have revealed my true identity to you," Mindy said, wiping away her tears.
"I'm forever grateful that you did, Mindy!" Dave said, leaning over to give her a kiss.
They left the restaurant before ten and took Chloe home, before they all headed home themselves.
They would see Chloe and Abby, the following morning.
The following morning...
Saturday, May 31st, 2014
West Ridge
"What is that cool music?" Mindy asked curiously, as she stepped into the living room.
"This? You don't know?" Dave asked, incredulously. "It's a classic!"
"You've never watched 'Battle of the Planets'?" Marty demanded, just as incredulously.
"No, never," she responded, although she had to admit the intro theme was very cool.
Battle of the Planets! G-Force!
Five incredible young people with super powers!
And watching over them from Centre Neptune, 7-Zark-7!
Watching, warning against surprise attack by alien galaxies from beyond space!
G-Force! Fearless young orphans, protecting Earth's entire galaxy!
Always five, acting as one! Dedicated, inseparable, invincible!
"Sounds a bit like Fusion... 'Always five, acting as one! Dedicated, inseparable, invincible'!" Mindy admitted. "I suppose I am a 'fearless young orphan'!"
"You'd make a good 'Princess' and I'd be 'Mark'," Dave said, laughing.
"Don't even think of calling me '7-Zark-7', asshole!" Marty growled.
"I have to admit; I did consider 'G-Force' before I thought of 'Fusion'!" Dave admitted.
"You're a complete dork!" Marty said, laughing.
"Coming from you, that's a compliment!" Dave laughed.
"You two watching these cartoons, all day!" Mindy asked.
"Yeah! 80's Cartoon Marathon! 'Battle of the Planets', 'Terrahawks', 'ThunderCats', 'M.A.S.K.' and more!" Dave replied.
"You are a real pair of geeks!" Mindy groaned.
"And you aren't? I've seen you glued to Star Trek Voyager and don't try to deny it! We had to put up with you and Chloe quoting Family Guy all week! I have had enough of hearing that the 'Bird is the Word' or anything about the 'Freaking FCC'!" Dave retorted.
"Okay! I'll join you!" Mindy said, sitting down and cuddling into Dave.
..._...
"Hey, cool! Battle of the Planets, I love it," Chloe said, sitting down beside Mindy.
"Can I join in?" Abby asked.
"Yeah, sit down," Mindy said.
The next afternoon...
Sunday, June 1st
West Ridge
They all enjoyed a peaceful weekend, with no Fusion activities.
Now that Chris D'Amico had met his demise, the city of Chicago was going back to normal. Kyle was over for his training which he had missed out on over the past few weeks with only a little training.
"Okay, Kyle!" Chloe ordered. "Hit me!"
"You're a thirteen-year-old girl," Kyle complained, receiving a slap across the face.
"What the...?" Kyle started, before he received another slap.
"Act like a bitch, get slapped like a bitch!" Chloe said with a laugh.
"Hey, that's my line! Did Dave tell you about that?" Mindy demanded.
"Yeah," Chloe replied.
"That hurt, Chloe!" Kyle moaned, rubbing his cheeks.
"Well, man up then will you, just take a minute and dig deep for a bigger set of balls, 'cause you're gonna need 'em before we're through," Chloe said and saw Mindy roll her eyes in exasperation.
"My balls are fine, thanks," Kyle replied indignantly. "You wanna check?"
Mindy burst out laughing and Chloe felt her face burning, so she span around and kicked Kyle to the floor.
"Thanks, Chloe!" Kyle said, as he stood up and rubbed his chest.
"No problem," Chloe said, throwing an evil smirk at Kyle, before he kicked her legs out from under her and she crashed to the mat letting out a surprised scream. "Fucker!" she exclaimed as Mindy just laughed even harder. "Bitch!"
Chloe had to admit that Kyle had impressed her there, but all was fair in love and war, she considered, as she sprang up and tried to kick Kyle's legs out from under him, but he dodged and span her around and back onto the mat, that time face down. 'The fucker was getting good,' Chloe realised, and she thought that Mindy might just piss herself, if she did not fucking stop laughing. She walked over to Mindy.
"You think this is funny, bitch?" Chloe demanded, seething with rage.
Mindy looked up at her; she was very red in the face and looked to be in pain.
"I'm sorry!" Mindy laughed. "Kyle's line was just brilliant."
"It was, wasn't it," Kyle admitted with a laugh.
"Okay, enough is enough! Do I need to break both of you to get respect?"
Chloe scowled as both of the 'fuckers' just burst out laughing and ignored her completely.
Updated: May 2024