Madferit

D'yer Want a Pizza Me?

Cleveland, of all places. Cleveland, of all places? His band was barely a one-hit wonder in the U.S. yet he decided to bring his restaurant here?

            Naturally, I wanted to check it out. That wasn't even a question. As soon as I heard the news, I told everyone I could that I'd be going there as soon as it opened. I counted down the days until it finally did.

            Since everyone who knew me knew I wanted to go there, they made sure to take me on a special trip. My bachelorette party dinner. Even my mom was there.

            We all sat around the table reading over the menu.

            "He named a drink after Nic Cester?" I mused staring at the description.

            I wished I could've loved it if only for its name but I wasn't a fan of its ingredients.

            I went with "Gin & Supersonic" instead because it contained a lot more fruitier flavors. Definitely things I liked. No maybes there.

            We selected a couple pizzas from the vast amount of choices then I excused myself to go to the restroom.

            While walking there, I passed my roommate from college.

            The restaurant didn't seem like her kind of scene but it was still nice to see her and catch up in a few minutes.

            I went to the restroom, did my thing, and came back out.

            "Oh, my God!" I exclaimed when I noticed someone out in the dining room. "Oh, my God!"

            He was sat there with his girlfriend and kids. Two boys who looked older than they should've been. And I thought him and his old lady only had one son?

            His hair was shaggy and stuck up a bit on top of his head. He had sunglasses on but I guess that was written in the rockstar rule book.

            "Oh, my God!" My voice sounded even more like Livia Soprano every time I said the phrase. "Oh, my God!"

            He was there. He was there when I was there.

            Surely, I must've been dreaming.

Author's Note:

            This story was inspired by a dream I had the other night. It follows the majority of the plot of my dream which I'm so happy I didn't forget.

It took place in 2008 in the dream but Noel looked more like he did in 2005. Obviously, it didn't follow the exact timeline since both Sonny (who wasn't even born yet) and Donovan were in it at their current ages. I'm guessing it was a pizza place because I went to Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg recently and saw the Mellow Mushroom restaurant. I didn't get to eat there but my sister and brother-in-law ordered pizza to-go from it so I still got to try some. It was pretty good. There's a location in Rocky River so I'm guessing that's where Cleveland comes in. There used to be one in Lima too with a Yellow Submarine you could sit in but it closed down in June of 2021. What a shame! I'm hoping to check out the one in Rocky River at some point though.

I was originally going to make this be in Jules' world but decided not to. I suppose I could've added more to the plot by doing that but I still liked the way it turned out here.

I hope you enjoyed it!

Thanks again for reading!