Practically Daddy [COMPLETE]

Chapter 9

After saying bye to everyone, I got into the car with Sal. It was almost 10 pm. I loved nighttime. It was dark and the air was crisp.

We were driving smoothly on the highway, until we felt a bump. The car got a flat tire. Of course. Both of us got out.

"Oh shit. We got a flat" he said.

"How the fuck are we gonna get home?" I asked.

"I don't know. I'm gonna call the guys and see where they are" Sal said.

"They're all home. I'm calling a tow truck" Sal said after talking to all of them.

"You don't need to. One is coming this way" I said.

"Hey guys. Some guy, I think his name was James called me to come here. I'll tow your car" the tow truck driver said.

"Thank you" Sal said with disgust.

The car was on the back of the truck, driving to the address Murr told him to go to. Now Sal and I were stranded on the side of the highway. Great.

We stood there, both of us on our phones. Sal scared me when he all of a sudden spoke.

"I heard you and that fan fighting at the restaurant earlier" he said.

"Oh, you did? I'm sorry" I said.

"Don't be sorry. You just need to learn that you need to always let the fan win. No matter how bitchy or slutty they are" he said.

"Okay, Sal" I said while laughing.

"When are you going to start calling me Dad?" he asked.

"Probably never because you're not my dad. You're just a father figure to me" I said. I realized after that I sounded harsh.

"Well I'm like a dad to you. I've always wanted someone to call me that."

"Well for now you're still Sal to me" I said. Again, I realized after that this was mean.

"Will you ever call me Dad?" he asked.

"I will probably call you that soon, Sal" I said.

"I'm you're dad" Sal said laughing.

"I'm bored. Late night deep conversations with you are boring" I said.

"Well I never said I was interesting" he said.

"So how are we going to get back?" I asked.

"Q is going to pick us up. He's coming back onto the highway for us and he'll drive us back" Sal said.

"That's great. I feel bad that he has to do that for us though."

"Eh it's alright. Remember when he yelled at you?"

"Haha. True."

We saw Q's car stop on the side of the highway. Sal sat in the front seat and I sat in the back.

"Thanks for picking us up" Sal said.

"It's fine. I have nothing to do anyways" Q said.

Sal and I laughed.

"Jo. Come over to my house. I want you to see it" Q said.

"Oh come on, Q. Not now. She's probably tired as hell right now" Sal said.

"Actually I want to go. I'm not tired at all. I think you're the tired one, Sal" I said.

"Ha! She wants to come over!" Q said.

"Well I guess we're all going to your house" Sal said.

At around midnight, we got to Q's house. It was a bit bigger than Sal's. The house was made up of maroon bricks.

Q parked his car in the driveway. He made Sal and I wait at the door while he was parking. He opened the door.

"Welcome to Q's house!" Q said.

We walked into the living room. Benjamin, Brooklyn, and Chessie were on the couch. One of them meowed at me. He had a huge flat screen tv. There were a bunch of Impractical Jokers posters everywhere.

"It's nice" I said.

"Thanks" Q said.

"Wanna play a game, guys?" Sal asked.

"What game?" Q and I asked at the same time.

"How about a card game? I really want to play BS" Sal said.

"Okay, I'll play" I said while petting one of the cats. I think it was Benjamin.

Q got the cards from a drawer. He sat down with us at the kitchen table and dealt the cards. We played for a while and something was weird when he put down a three. I had four threes.

"Bullshit!" I screamed out.

Sal laughed so hard he almost fell off the chair. He took all the cards from the pile as he was cursing.

We played a few more games until it was 2 am.

"Oh shit. It's late. I think we should go home, Jo" Sal said.

"No, come on! I want to stay" I said.

"Come on! Stay, Jo" Q said.

"No. We're going home. I know you're tired too" Sal said.

"Please" Q and I said.

"Fine. But I'm not leaving you too alone. You're gonna grow too close to each other and Jo will forget about me" Sal said.

"Okay. Let's watch a movie" Q said.

"How about we watch some porn videos?" Sal said.

"Let's do it!" I said.

"Haha. I know you're joking, Jo. How about we just watch some tv? Choosing a movie is way too hard" Sal said.

"I'll pop some popcorn" Q said.

Sal and I sat on the couch. Sal picked up the remote from the coffee table and turned on the tv. It was on Trutv. We watched a few minutes of Carbonaro Effect until Q came in with the popcorn.

"Oh I think Jokers is on after this" Q said.

"Can we watch? I haven't watched it with someone who was a fan before" Sal said.

We watched the episode where they all get the weird haircuts. We had a bunch of laughs and by 3 am, all of the popcorn was gone and Sal was sleeping. Q's eyes were almost closed. In a few minutes Q also fell asleep. I had nobody to talk to, so went on my phone for a while and then went to sleep.