(July 4th-Bundy Style)
shaggy77
(fictional story about fictional characters)
It was July 4th and when Al Bundy descended the stairs into his living room, he declared to his family: "good morning leeches and Queen Leech; now this is what America is all about...hot, sweaty, sunny day; spending all my money on a backyard barbeque; and surrounded by the last people on earth I want to be near. At least the shoe-store is closed so I won't have to put up with fat, smelly women who insist on fitting their size 10 hooves into a size 5."
"We love you too, Daddy," his beautiful blond teenage daughter, Kelly, sarcastically answered.
He continued with his rant: "ah yes...the Fourth of July...a true American holiday. Not one of those fake "Monday" holidays...the Fourth is observed on...well...the Fourth, just like our forefathers intended. We honor them by celebrating just the way they did: with a backyard cookout and fireworks." His redheaded wife Peggy, Kelly, and his acne-faced son Bud all rolled their eyes as they sat around the kitchen table. "Now Bud, I want you to run down to the store. Get the freshest chopped meat they have...no skimping on Al's famous Fourth of July burgers; and all the fixin's. Get the good buns...nothing pre-cut and nothing with seeds."
"Jeez Dad," Bud protested, "it's a holiday, the store will be jammed. Why didn't you get the stuff yesterday?"
"Not fresh enough, oh mistake-of-my-loins," Al responded. Turning to Kelly: "and you Pumpkin...since all the neighbors are away spending their vacations at amusement parks and tropical beaches; you know they all stash their spare keys under the mat or in the mailbox. Plunder the neighborhood for soda, beer, and chips...and none of that un-American imported beer."
Peggy spoke up: "oh Kelly, when you get to the McPherson's, get me some Ranch Doritos...they always have 'em."
"OK Mom," Kelly said and took off out the door; empty grocery bags under her arms.
Grabbing a cold beer, Al gave Peggy her instructions: "go down to the basement, get the lawn chairs out and scrub 'em down. I'm going to get some coals going so they're just right for grillin'." He was the epitome of a suburban holiday reveler with his long Hawaiian board shorts, his tropical print button-up shirt and his leather sandals (with black socks, of course). Wandering out to the back yard, the first thing Al did was flip over the turtle-shaped kiddie pool, which had been draining bottom side up since Memorial Day, and turn on the garden hose so that the pool would fill. This was Al's fiefdom and he was the king of this domain. He poured nearly a whole bag of charcoal into his rusting-out old grill, poured a more-than-generous amount of lighter fluid on them and when he lit a match, the fire ignited with a loud "foof."
He sat on the bench of the picnic table, sipping on his beer, and watched as Peggy dragged the dirty lawn chairs up from the basement and proceeded to hose them down and scrub them. Normally, the last thing Al thought of was sex with his wife; but watching her ass undulate in her tight Capri pants as she worked on the chairs was having an arousing effect on him. Of course, the beer on an empty stomach may have been a factor. As she was bent over washing down a chair, Al sidled up behind her and pressed his groin against her cheeks; so tight that she could feel his growing erection. On almost any other occasion Peggy would have welcomed the attention, but it was a humid 90 degrees in Chicago and the perspiration was pouring off her face. The last thing she wanted was Al climbing on top of her. "Oh Al, not now," she complained.
"But Peg, it's a holiday...an all-American holiday," Al told her, grinding against her butt.
She was saved when Kelly came busting through the open sliding door, her arms full of grocery bags. "I'm back," she declared as she dropped the bags on the picnic table. "Boy, the neighbors sure leave their fridges packed when they go away."
"Ahhh, the rich...you see," Al pontificated, "we're doing them a favor. All this would expire by the time they got back. Let's see what you got." "Oooo, Fritos," he exclaimed as he unpacked the bags, "wow, Michelob in bottles. That must be from the Nelson's...they're classy." Kelly nodded her head as she threw a bag of Ranch Doritos to Peggy. "Name brand soda," Al was excited as he pulled a six-pack of Coke from a bag.
"Jeez it's hot," Kelly declared as she wiped her brow with the back of her arm, "I couldn't wait to get back and have a cold one." She was already twisting the cap off a bottle of Bud when she realized what she was doing, and that Al was staring at her. She tried hard to keep the illusion that she was a "good girl," and quickly recovered: "well, I've always wanted to try a beer...on the commercials that's what all Americans do on hot summer days."
"Well, since it's a holiday; and you are eighteen; go ahead Pumpkin," Al told her, "just be careful...problem drinking starts with one." He grabbed his beer and they "clinked" bottles.
"The Lopez' have a new big screen TV," Kelly informed them, "it's huge...covers a whole wall."
"Yeah, she probably earned that on her back," Al laughed and Peggy joined in. Kelly just looked puzzled and gulped her beer before reaching for another. As they were draining their bottles, Bud walked out into the backyard, also dropping grocery bags on the picnic table. "How did you make out, son," Al asked.
"I had the dullard behind the meat counter grind it fresh, Dad, and he wasn't happy," Bud proudly stated.
"Well, he probably isn't an American anyway," Al stated, "you know...working on the holiday." He began pawing through the bags and came across a couple tomatoes. "What the heck are these for," he demanded.
"Well you said get all the fixin's," Bud answered.
"Bundy's don't eat vegetables," Al exclaimed and threw the red orb over the fence into his neighbor's back yard.
They heard their neighbor, Jefferson Darcy's voice yell "owww," and then, "thanks Al...be a little more careful. Hey we'll be over in a few minutes...Marcy's getting the potato salad together."
"Sorry buddy," Al yelled back, all the while snickering, "help yourself to the tomato. Don't forget the beer."