Wed or Dead

XXXIII

"Today is Friday. So we're having a movie night," Remi explained.

"Lorenzo will be here too, he had an argument with Cait so she's not coming. They're fighting like cats and dogs sometimes" Milo explained.

"Then maybe I can make something to drink. How about ice tea?"

"I'm good with that"

"What are we watching?"

"Shrek?" Remi said, stuffing a handful of popcorn into his mouth.

No objection. Shrek is a timeless masterpiece.

"Don't eat before the movie," Milo scolded and grabbed the bowl with popcorn from his brother's hands.

The boys opened the door that in a normal house would lead to the basement. But it turned out that this place was nothing like a normal basement. It was more like a huge entertainment area with a bar and a pool table. The whole group ended up in the home theatre. Seriously. It was a room with chairs arranged diagonally in a row, of course, more comfortable than those in a real cinema. There was a huge screen taking up all the space on the wall in front of our seats. It was insane.

"Oh my God. What else is in this house that I don't know about?" Casey said, shock visible in her voice.

"Who knows maybe if you behave nicely we will give you a tour" Milo winked at her.

"Keep dreaming" Casey clearly wasn't interested in this exchange.

They ended up sitting on incredibly soft burgundy-coloured armchairs.

"Pizza is here, I will go pick it up," said Lorenzo with a phone in his hand.

"I hope there's no pineapple on it," Casey said.

"Who do you think we are?"

"We would have to change our surnames to non-Italian ones"

I had zero idea why people had the problem with pineapple on pizza. As we were waiting for Lorenzo I decided to hold to the topic of food.

"What's your favourite cuisine?"

"French," replied Milo.

"Boring. Sichuan is the best one, "Remi said confidently, scooping up a good amount of hot sauce with nacho chip.

"You just like to eat cruelly spicy things," noted Milo.

Remi shrugged his shoulders not even trying to deny it.

"And yours?"

"Indian food," Eliana and Casey said simultaneously.

"We know a good place in town, we'll take you there"

"What? You're visiting other restaurants, traitors?" Asked Lorenzo, pretending to be offended.

Milo rolled his eyes and was about to say something when Remi spoke.

"Shush, the movie starts"

At the end of the first part, they decided that they should watch Shrek 2 because it's just as good as the first one. After the movie ended debate sparked over which part is better. Personally, Eliana thought both of them are equally good,  her answer caused common disapproval probably because it meant she opted out of arguing about it.

Eliana decided it was time for her to go to bed as the kids (and Lorenzo) were still arguing about meaningless things.  It was a good day and she relaxed a lot. But nothing lasts forever. Especially not peace of mind.

When Eliana was standing up from her seat Lorenzo's phone rang. She was reaching the doorhandle when she heard Lorenzo saying:

"Okay, I'll bring her"