Virgin Dollie

Sleeping with the Fishes

I stepped out onto my front porch to head to work, my boss had just called me in and said he was having trouble at the restaurant, it was already 9pm and I had no sense of direction but a very kind and friendly neighbor. He was the kind of neighbor who wouldn't mind if you accidentally crashed your car into the front window of his house. The man was average height with a brown mullet and a hearty mustache, he always wore glasses and had a nice build, one thing that caught me off guard was the way he talked " Howdy diddly ho neighborino!" He spoke with a wave and a big smile " Oh hey Ned!" I replied, he was leaning outside of his window "I don't wanna be nosey but where are you off to so late at night?" He asked, I twisted my old car keys into the handle of the door " My boss called me and needs me at work for something" I said with a grunt while struggling to get my car door open, the lock finally crunched together and twisted open the door so I could step in "we'll be safe and watch out for monsters" He said, pointing a finger gun at me
" I will".  I looked out my window and saw him waving " Goodbye" with a huge grin, I smiled and waved back. He was so kind and such a sweetheart. I drove around Springfield, trying to get myself familiar with the area, especially so late at night just in case more incidents like this happen. I peered back out the window and watched at most places were closing already, I looked over at krustylu studios and spotted the most peculiar thing? It was a short man who had a bone in his hair arguing with what appeared to be a monkey, I laughed. The man, who I believed to be Sideshow Mel, was probably the first person I met once I moved up to Springfield, besides Ned of course! He offered me to sit next to him at a town meeting that I was suggested to go to, all he ever did was mumble very obvious and snarky comments to me, I couldn't help but to laugh at them. On the other hand I was also sitting next to a bone thin scraggly old man who looked like he was a millionaire, Montgomery burns! And of course his right hand man, Waylon Smithers, who obviously had a thing for him, both very nice people.... at times. After passing the local Krusty burger about 6 times, I finally made it to Luigis. I walked up to the door which had a little note on it " Closed for, you don't wanna know" , I wondered why he needed me if they were closed? I guess they really weren't because as soon as I read the sign my boss, Luigi, grabbed me by the shoulder and pushed me quickly into the kitchen, it startled me " What was that for?!" I asked, out of breath from speed running to the kitchen " ITs FAT TONY!" He said, flailing his hands around, kinda like a headless chicken? I lifted an eyebrow, not wanting to give my boss attitude but I truly found this ridiculous " And?...." I asked, squinting my eyes in disbelief " Fat Tony! He asked for extra cheese but we don't have anymore cheese!"He started breathing heavily " Why don't you just, ya know? Tell him that?" I reasoned, tapping my foot on the hard tile floor " Me?! Speak to fat tony in such ways?! Never!" He yelled, I peered out the kitchen door,  " fat tony" and a-few other guys at the table were the only people there . I looked back over to Luigi " I'll tell him then" I offered, Luigis eyes widened " are you sure?" He asked, " Luigi he's probably about 100 years old already what's the worse that could happen?" I asked " Well, then good luck!" he sobbed " well then, lemme guess that big guy with the chains and grey hair is fat tony?" I asked, Luigi nodded his head. I walked out, If all goes south I decided to do the only thing I was good at, flirt. I walked over to their table, Danm they were bigger and taller than I expected , I took a deep breath and smiled " Excuse me fat tony sir?" I said while tapping on his shoulder, the big man turned and looked over at me, I started sweating " It seems like we've ran out of cheese for the night, so no cheese" I explained to him, waving my hand under my neck saying " no" the grey haired man looked over at his gang and smirked " and who might you be?" He asked, pointing a finger right at me " Oh me?" I chuckled" I'm Dollie, I moved here from Italy about a week ago. I work here" I pushed his hand out of the way, he smiled " Ah, I see, what part may I ask, are you from?" He asked " a little town in Venice" I replied, he laid a hand on my hip and pushed me in closer to the dinner table," Dollie, I like you. And as an Italian myself I invite you to join me at this address" he said while reaching into his pocket and pulling out a small business card," Totally legitimate business mans social club?" I read " hmm, I'll see if I can make it " I said with a grin and slipped my fingers through his hair, " anyways, about the cheese?",  " oh no, it's fine, how about one more glass?" He said, lifting his wine glass up to me, I wondered back into the kitchen " I Can't believe he let you off so EASY!" Luigi said in absolute awe and disbelief " Jeez all I did was talk to him" I said and rolled my eyes " What wine did  this dude order?" I asked " It's a? What do you call it? This one!" He handed me a bottle, I loved wine but didn't care enough about it to know exactly what some of them were called. The bottle read "Michele Chiarlo ,2017 Cipressi". I gently and carefully pored fat tony a fresh glass of wine, trying my best not to spill any, "thank you my dear" he said while taking a sip, " think you can top mine off while your at it doll?" a tall man said with a grungy voice " of course" I leaned over to the other side of the table and filled it up for him, as soon as I leaned back over and stood up I knocked Fat Tony's wine ALL OVER HIM, I was dead for sure. My heart dropped from my chest to my toes and I frantically began apologizing " Oh my god fat tony! I'm so, so, so sorry!" I had no idea what to do, wine definitely stains and I'm sure he doesn't want a red wine stain on him everywhere, " No need to be upset. " he said calmly " accidents happen" he added , Their was a soft agitated note to his voice which made me assume that I was definitely sleeping with the fishes tonight in his book. He walked into the bathroom to clean himself off, while I decided to replace the wine covered table cloth below. As fat tony walked out, somehow in freshly clean clothes,  I looked over at him shamefully, Smooth huh? I really thought I had something good going for me? Fat tony and the other men stood up " I hope to see you again tomorrow," he said, I took a deep breath " of course" I said, he walked out of the restaurant with the rest of his gang, 2 of the men whispered something to one another while peering over at me while leaving. I looked over at luigi, he looked terrified and impressed, " if I were to accidentally spill wine on fat tony then I would get sacked on the spot" he explained, I flicked the business card on the floor" Theirs no way, I'm going" I told him " Oh but you must! If fat tony a wants you to go it must mean he likes you!" He said while picking it back up and giving it to me, " or he hates me?" I mumbled. He tried reasoning with me again but I just ignored him and began heading out the door " well I'm out " I said while waving goodbye. Honed  I felt like their was nothing to be scared about, it was really just some old dude and his little street gang. I stepped outside and walked to my car, the wind was messing up my hair, I took another deep breath, unlocked the car door and proceeded to hop in and drive home.