The waitress came to the table, and Manny ordered another couple of drinks. He sat back and looked at me, and a veil of regret seemed to descend upon him. "Avril left some time during the afternoon." He smiled sadly, "I had really fallen for her, big time." The drinks arrived and Manny tipped the girl. "Anyway, I decided to relax for a while."
The sound of laughter snapped Manny out of his daydream. Avril had left about an hour ago and now his sister, cousin and his aunt had returned.
'Shit' He thought. 'How the hell do I break the news to them?' He sat up and stretched 'I should have gone with Avril'.
"Here he is sitting on the porch" Susan called, walking onto the porch. She glanced back at the driveway before conspiratorially sitting down beside him. "Listen", she glanced around. "Just go along with me tonight." She reached over and rubbed his penis through his shorts. "I have plans for little Manny" she smiled. "Just drink the grape juice, leave the wine to the ladies O.K?" She looked back at the driveway.
"I didn't think there was any more wine left" He whispered.
"Got a couple of bottles of red, and a few other things" She smiled and winked. "Maria said that red usually makes Jean, well, shall we say mellow?"
"Mellow"? He squinted in his sister's direction.
"Yes" Susan chuckled "Very, very mellow"
Manny looked at his sister strangely. "How does she know?"
"It affects her the same way" She kissed his ear. "She gets as horny bunny on Viagra."
"Hey, watch it!" Manny glanced at the driveway.
"Trust me" She elbowed him in the ribs "Oh, and I do need you good and sober, so like I said. Drink the fucking grape juice."
"We brought food" Maria almost sang as she reached the corner of the porch. "Do you need a hand with the rest of it Mum?"
"Oop's, that would mean me, I'm up" Susan jumped to her feet "Coming Aunt Jean"
Manny held the door and saluted as the three ladies, arms loaded with packages trooped past him.
"Thank you kind sir" Jean beamed on the way past.
"What smells so delicious?" Manny's mouth was watering "You brought take out?" The aroma of Chinese food reminding him he was famished.
"Yes we did" Jean smiled "Now go and wash up, all of you. I'll get things going."
Susan glanced at Manny and rolled her eyes. "Yes, c'mon Manny" She smiled then whispered "Bring little Manny too."
Manny entered the bathroom followed by the two girls.
"No, no!" Maria hissed as Susan went to close the door, "she's been acting a bit strangely." She turned on the taps so as to drown out their whispering. "It could be the breakup, but I think there is something else too." She reached for the soap.
Susan back heeled Manny in the shin. "Jeeze, I wonder what that could be?"
"Fuck"! Manny grabbed for his shin and danced around the room on one leg.
"What was that?" Maria turned to face him.
"Cramps" Manny rubbed his leg. "It's been happening a lot lately."
"You should let Mom rub it, she gives a great massage" Maria smiled.
Susan rolled her eyes and abruptly turned away. "What can I do Auntie Jean?" She left Manny and Maria in the bathroom.
Manny reached for the soap as Maria stuck her head out of the door, glancing down the hallway.
She turned around quickly and kissed Manny on the cheek. "Remember what I promised earlier?" She whispered "Just wait 'til Mom goes to bed." Then she turned and left the room.
The Chinese food was spread out on the table making Manny's mouth water. Susan went to the counter and opened a bottle of wine. "Why don't I just pour the wine here?" She chirped "Not much room on the table." She carefully carried the wine glasses over to the table and placed one in front of Manny.
"Well, cheers everyone"! Manny picked up his glass and sipped. "You weren't kidding, this is a nice wine" He swallowed the grape juice. 'Oh fuck' he thought. 'Chinese and grape juice, wonderful, just fucking wonderful'
Reading his mind Susan shot him an angry glare as she raised her glass to her lips.
"Yes" Jean beamed "that is good wine isn't it."
Maria gulped some down without a word, and then reached for the food.
"So ladies"! Manny helped himself to food "What did you buy today?" "We had a good time, didn't we girls?" Jean laughed.
"We went lingerie shopping" Susan winked seductively at Manny.
"Succeeded in killing Dad's credit card in the process" Maria smiled.
"So, what did you get?" Manny grinned. "Besides revenge I mean."
"Stuff" Maria smiled.
"What sort of stuff?" Manny took another sip of grape juice wishing it was wine.
"Just stuff" Maria beamed. "Victoria's secret stuff" She reached for the fried rice. "Mom got the most stuff though. She got sexy stuff. Go get 'em grrrrl stuff."
"Really" Manny smiled at Jean and slowly licked his lips. Her face flushed slightly as she tried to avoid his gaze by gulping some wine and inspecting the table.
"So what did you do while we were gone?" Susan quickly changed the subject, shooting Manny a dangerous glance in the process.