Chp 112 : Again, I See You

Still standing on his knees on the ground because of the pain caused by these two girls, he was looking bewilderedly at the arrival of the orphanage tenants such as Toby, Jon, Laura, Melissa, and Annie accompanied by Mary and also his friends, Anthony, Max, Ione, River, and of course Robin.

A cold glare from Mary made him freeze up for a moment. His Maryphobia (Fear from some of the certain mood that Mary sometimes had) soon disappeared by the scream from everyone behind her. His pale face turned into pure ecstasy as his foster siblings and friends were running happily in his direction.

He tried to stand up but failed because it turned out that these girls did put too much power kicking him and his legs were numbed.

"Big bro, you okay? I'm sorry, I-I thought you were wearing your usual pads in your legs." Cried Drew who was now hugging him. Her eyes turned glassy and tear threatening to fall into her puffy cheeks.

"It's okay Drew," He said while patting her head and kissed her soft and fragrant crown.

One thing that Al knew for sure, he never could stay mad at Drew. He had known her for almost 6 years and their relationship was like brother-sister related by blood, such a little disagreement like this would never make him holding a grudge against her.

He tried once again to stand up but before he tried, two hands appeared right in front of his face.

It belonged to Anthony and Max, he smiled and accepted their kindred help.

"Hey guys, long time no see." He said after standing up with their help then hugged them tightly.

Anthony broke the hug and said, "Well somebody has been busy with dancing with our female friend,"

It wasn't long until punches reached Anthony's arm and made him groaned in pain. It was Ione and Robin. Then Robin did something he expected, crashing into his body with a full bodyslam.

It has been a long time also since he didn't meet with Robin. Now that she was here, their madness would continue again and he doubted everyone could contain them both.

"Chill out Robie, I'm not going anywhere soon."

"Yeah, but it's been months since you left me alone in England. Did I ever tell you that Stanley is such a slave driver?"

"I've told you before right?"

"Yes yes, you did. Well now that we're done hugging, could you remove your hands from my ass?" Robin said.

"Not before you remove yours from mine first." He grinned.

"Okay, in a count of three, 1... 2... 3!!" Both of them raised their hands in the air in a surrender pose before bursting out of laugh.

"I never understand their friendship." Mary sighed while pinching the bridge between her eyes and looked at the rest. They also gave a nod at her in understanding as they also sometimes felt suffered in times of their weird act.

"Whatever, I want to get some drinks. Does anybody one some, and no beer allowed." Everyone booed, she went back inside the house after Al caught a glimpse of a smile that appeared on her lips.

Mary was already familiar with this place because sometimes she crash in for a night and she was the one who took care of the maintenance of this house along with Jessica.

"Something interesting happens while the four of you alone?" Toby asked when Mary was no longer in their sight.

"You really want to ask me that question?" Al asked him back.

"I heard there's a call girl and something... soo." Toby leaned his head and nudged him for information.

Al chuckled, "None of those, it's just these two girls' imagination ran wild and they thought she was 'that'." He said while pointing in the direction where the garage was.

"Who's she... Holy fuckin mother Theresa!" His eyes widened when he looked at what's inside the garage.

"Language, Toby. Mom is not here so I'm the one who responsible for you now." Al grinned and flickered Toby's forehead. "Ouch, sorry, but is that what I'm thinking it is."

"Yes little brother, yes. The dream of every American boy."

"What are you two talking about?" Max asked.

Al brought the rest of the guys to see more of what inside the personal garage. The boys gone wild when they saw the 1969 Mustang and their eyes turned glittered. As for the girls, they seemed uninterested in the car.

Al threw the key to Toby, "Try it but I haven't brought this baby back to her previous condition because I just bought her today. But the next time you are here, she'll be the most gorgeous baby on the west coast. I'll accompany girls for a tour inside the house."

He turned his attention to the other sexes and said, "Okay girls, who wants a tour?"

"Me!" Their scream almost brought no effect to the boys who were still admiring the rusty Mustang. None of these girls seemed to care no more for the boys and muttered "boys and cars", except for one girl.

Laura got pissed and somehow her face turned into a scowl. looking at River who was fascinated by the car and ignored her. Well, little sister, in the dating world, sometimes boys needed to play with their toys.

Not want to agitate her further, he took her arms and led her inside the house. The girls except Robin were fascinated by how modern and big this house was. 2 stories house, with an additional 3rd floor as a sightseeing and stargazing place, 10 rooms with at least queen's size bedroom except for the master bedroom which has king's size.

There's also a gym on the first floor, a movie theater, and a game room on the second floor. There was also a pool in the backyard but because the weather was too cold, so he didn't recommend it to them but in summer he would. Who didn't want to see them wearing swimsuits where their sweats dripped from their bodies.

"Al, can I live here with you, please, pretty please. I'll be a good girl," Laura said and her eyes glittered, reflecting the bright lights in the room.

"No, you need to stay in the orphanage. It's forbidden for you to stay here before 18."

"But Jessica said you are so lonely living in here." She pouted.

Al groaned, "I should not tell Jessica everything."

"Worry not Al, I will live here," Robin said.

"Robin, your house is only a few blocks from mine."

She grinned, Al always loves and hates that grins, "At least If I ran away from home, this is the first place to crash. This will be my sanctuary. Besides, this house seems big enough to get another tenant."

"Please, don't run away from home, your dad will hire a mercenary to kill me." He joked but his eyes were all serious as if he begged for her never to do that, "If you think this is big, wait until the mansion I built in Malibu is done, you'll be surprised."

"How big is it?" Drew got curious. She took his right hand swung it like they were walking in a park.

"Bigger than this. At least you could play football in there."

Drew, Jolie, and Milla's eyes were gleamed in amazement, wondering how big it was. The tour continued until they visited every section in this house.

After the tour, they went back to the backyard and saw the boys still admiring the car. The girls rolled their eyes at them while Al chuckled in amusement.

He decided to have a surprise barbeque party. Fortunately, he always asked John to fill up the fridge with every kind of ingredient for a situation like this.

Besides the barbeque party, he also set a bonfire with a gasoline barrel he got from the previous owner. Didn't what it was for, but at least it was useful at this time.

They were sitting in a circle where the artificial bonfire in the middle after having their bellies full with the source of cholesterol.

Al took his old guitar that has a lot of cracks in its body from his room and began to play some soft melodies.

"You still keep that thing? Al, you are a millionaire." Toby said with ridicule in his tone.

"I like my old things. Besides, it will be a waste if I buy another guitar."

Robin's eyes gleamed in the darkness when she heard that.

Mary came from inside the house with a six-pack of beer for herself and some bottle of juices for the kids. She was the only adult here and she would make sure no one tried anything weird.

Al played the guitar and started singing some songs and everyone also sang along with him.

"Where's Alice? I miss her." Al said.

"She's still too young to have a sleepover in here," Mary said.

"Did everyone remember two years ago I and Alice disguised and sing in Venice Beach?"

"Oh, I remember it! That was also a few days I moved in." Drew said and everyone nodded in recognition.

"Turned out that I met with someone and she recognizes that it was me who was singing."

"She? Is this girl also having a crush on you, Al?" Ione asked sarcastically.

"I don't know?" He became embarrassed at Ione's accusing gaze and hurriedly said, "Anyway, I'm thinking that maybe it's time for Alice to go out and see the world, I mean feel the world. She has been eager to let her voice out to the crowd right?"

After the discussion concerning Alice, Al played another song again, "Hmm, I think it was C then, Em, okay I got it." He was singing "Lose", the song he sang with Alice a few years back which still didn't get recorded yet, and only his sibling and Drew knew them.

"I think it's also your time to go out Al," Ione said with a dreamy look directed at him.

"What kind of going out?" He asked back in confusion.

"I mean, I never heard that song before and it's so beautiful. I guess this is just the tip of the iceberg right?" Al nodded at Ione and she continued, "I think it's also the time for you to release an album, at least another singles. The world needs to hear your voice more." She sighed.

Al pondered for a while and saw the look everyone was giving to him. "Yeah, maybe you are right, Ione. It's been so long since I didn't release any song."

He plucked another string on his guitar and he began to play. From C to G and then he sang. "I got fast car... You have a ticket to anywhere..."

"So I remember we were driving, driving in your car... Speed so fast it felt like I was drunk..."

[Song By Tracy Chapman, Fast Car.

With Lyrics modified cause he has Mustang]

As the song was over, the melodies and lyrics faded into the night sky before replaced by loud cheers, whistles, and applause.

Al then gave the guitar to River and let him play some songs he knew. They ended up dancing, especially when Al and Ione showed their 'dirty move' and everyone exploded in whistles and laughter.

It was fun, and he told them that they should make this a tradition called Christmas Eve's Eve.

As the night getting colder, they decided to get back inside to warm up their zombified bodies, watch movies, and maybe playing some video games.

"Man, I love NOTE 1, this shit is better than NES at the same price, Look, a full color, 16-bit with fabulous pixels, we even could play 4 co-op games! Al, thank you for bringing this shits to the world." Anthony said.

The match was divided into two groups, boys vs girls. It's not Al's suggestion for this, more like Robin challenged Max and Anthony.

They played a kind of racing game with 4 players and the boys always took 1st and 3rd place respectively.

First, it's a team of Anthony, Max, Toby, and Jon battled with a team of Robin, Ione, Laura, and Melissa.

Even he and Mary joined the battle in one of the rounds.

Once again the boys win and Robin sulked. Suddenly she took off her baggy hoodie and silence took over the game room. There's even someone who swallowed their spit so loud and heard by everyone else.

Robin saw this smiled and told them to play again. This time the girl team kept winning until the game ended at their victory.

"Not fair!" Anthony screamed, "This match is null. You are using that, that, the weapon of mass destruction to distract us!" He pointed at the twin peaks that stuck on Robin's chest.

"Hey, everything was fair in love and war. Besides, there's no rule about distracting your enemy." Robin replied.

"But even we tried to ignore it, we can't," Max whined.

"Well, it's your fault for having a dirty thought."

"Oh okay, let's have one more game!" Anthony gave the joystick to Robin.

"You are on!"

Before the game began, Anthony almost pulled his trousers and all girls screamed. Al hurriedly gathered Drew, Jolie, and Milla; and closed their eyes, and shouted, "Tony, put your pants back or I'll throw you to the pool!"

"Fine!"

The video game battle immediately canceled and decided to change it to movie night.

They watched a classic Christmas movie, no, not Home Alone but Al sure that he would produce that film in the future; the film was <It's a Wonderful Life>, a must-watch Christmas movie.

As the film rolled, the boys can't help but gaze at the weapon of mass destruction that Robin still not yet to conceal with her baggy hoodie.

"Okay guys, I can feel your gaze linger on my chest. Cut it out or I cut something precious from you..." She said with a tone colder than Cocytus.

The boys turned their gaze away in embarrassment. Anthony and Max were shuddered by Robin's cold glare and looked around in fear. Toby and Jon looked down at their... pants?

As for River, he was writhing in pain. Turned out his waist was pinched and twisted by Laura. Turned out she was jealous, they really did make a cute couple but Al still did not yet approve of them.

The girls were just laughing in silence at their misfortune. The silence was tense until Drew broke it by asking, "Big sis Robin, what's your size? Why is it so big? Can I also become as big as yours?"

The boys choked on their saliva even Al did too, but they got also curious and their ears found their way to overheard their talk.

"It's 36F. Of course, you can, just drink milk and sleep well enough." She whispered. Because the room had become silent, the boys still could be heard what she was saying.

Sharp breaths were drawn from the boys.

"Wow, I thought it was E." That one was said by Al and their gaze now turned into his direction.

"What? I saw her in a bikini and I guessed that was her size."

"But how do you know? You got a calculator eye or something." Max asked.

"Oh, it's easy, just..."

"Al!!" The girls screamed at top of their lungs.

"What? Anthony, Max, Toby, Jon, and River are curious. In fact, it's good for us too, we can now buy not only tampons for you girls in an emergency but also your bra." He teased. The boys and girls were all blushed, all except Mary who groaned.

"Al, please not a good time to explain those things to them!" Mary flicked his head.

"Sorry, but I can't help it. You guys all lost your composure right there."

Their talk escalated until the movie credit was rolling. In fact, they didn't even watch the movie at all since they were talking about Robin's breast, and the topics spread into everything else such as what happened since few months they didn't meet. Sometimes they told jokes to each other and they burst into laughter.

Al was looking at their laughter with a smile on his face. Although not everyone was present, he felt that this is the family he craved, from his foster siblings to his friends.

Damn, he sounded like Dominic Toretto there who always quoted about family power.

Their ruckus suddenly silenced a ring from the telephone hanging on the wall. Al stood up and grabbed it before someone else could.

"Hello." He said and came feminine voice filled his ears.

"Gwendolyn? Is that you?" He said almost shouted in excitement.

"Shush everyone, it's Gwen!" Ione said and she with everyone else came to stand beside him to overhear their conversation.

"Yeah, I miss you too babe." He said.

"Ugh, ay missyu tu beb," Robin teased and earned her a light smack on her head from him.

"Yeah... hum... yes... of course, I love you too. You should say that earlier, I can buy them a present... Okay, bye Gwendolyn, I love you." He closed the phone and crossed his arm to his chest.

"Okay, what are you all doing?"

"Hey, besides River, you are the only one who has a date here. We are curious." Toby said.

"So, what is it? Are you going to have a Christmas eve date? Oh, so romantic, I hope you can do better than my brother Riv." Laura said and elbowed her boyfriend.

"No, it's way worse than that." He sighed, "Her parents asked/forced her to invite me to her house to have a Christmas Dinner with them."

Mary grinned, "So, you are going to meet your future parent-in-law? Oh my god, I can't wait to tell this to Kate, Jessica, and Nancy!" She shrieked. She took the phone and began to call them.

He then took a seat on the sofa and said, "Well, I'm dead."

Robin came to sit beside him and put her hand on his shoulder, "You are so fucking dead Al, I guarantee you." She grinned evilly.

"Not helping Robin." Al groaned and everyone burst into laughter.

To Be Continued...

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