"You really know him, huh?" said Ryan.
"Uh-huh!" said Flavius, when their pizza and garlic-bread had arrived. "I met him when he was five!"
"Cool!" said Eric. "Man I can't thank you enough for...y'know...gettin' us up to meet him...AND getting us to his party and the premier of his movie!"
"Hehehe, yeah, no problem", said Flavius.
"You and Taurus must be super-close, huh?" Ryan asked.
"Close enough", said Flavius. "I was..."
"Ex-CUSE me!"
The three boys turned in their booth. Standing in front of them was a lady with two kids - a boy and a girl, who all looked...mad.
"Uh...hi", said Flavius.
"Where are your parents!?"
"Uh...not here?" said Flavius, "We came here by ourselves".
"Mooooommy! He's sitting in our SEAT!" said the girl, who couldn't be older than four or five.
"You can't be here without your parents! Are you kids homeless or something!? Are you trying to steal food and run!? You are aren't you!?"
"Wh...Hell no! We're just eatin'!" said Flavius, "See? Knife? Fork? Food? Ooomnomnomnom!!"
Ryan and Eric had tensed up when they saw the snarky, confrontational bitch approaching them, but Eric had forgotten about Flavius...
"DON'T YOU SASS ME!" she shrieked. "AND THAT'S OUR TABLE YOU'RE SITTING IN!"
"Listen lady, we was here first, this is our fuckin' table, and for once in your life you can go find your own! Now shove it!" said Flavius.
"How DARE you! Get out of our seats and..."
"Ma'am!"
Eric looked up. It was the waiter from earlier. "These kids were here first, and they've ordered their food, and..."
"BUT THIS IS OUR TABLE!!"
Flavius groaned. He got to his feet.
"THANK. YOU!" she said, acidly. But Flavius hadn't gotten up to move.
"Listen you jumped up shit! My friends and I were here first! There ain't nothin' you can do about it, and there is nobody you can scream for to get us to move! Now how about you turn around, open your fucking eyes and notice that there's SIX other empty tables around here that you could've picked already, instead of whining like a dying sow about how you weren't smart enough to call ahead and get a reservation!"
"I have NEVER!..."
The lady swung a hand back, but Flavius ducked it and blocked her arm!
"Don't you even TRY it, lady", said Flavius. "Now pack up your shit, and either fuck off, or find another table!"
"You little shit!" she scowled, and took out her phone to start dialing 911. Flavius snorted.
"Go ahead sugar. I'll just wait here", he said, and sat down and started eating his pizza again. He turned back to Ryan.
"Dude, relax. I'll get us into Taurus's party, don't you worry about a thing", he said smugly.