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Gino woke up the next day, so tired. He thought about the ball, and how his father insulted Amani like that, and what happened at Amani's house.

He closed his eyes and remembered....

The rest of the walk was silent until Amani opened the door to her apartment. Her cat ran to the door and greeted her master, and look at Gino like it was about to eat him alive.

"Mom, I'm home." Amani yelled as she walked to her mother's room, leaving Gino with the crazed cat. "I have a visitor, Mom."

"Alright. Just have 'em stay in the living room. I'll be out soon. Start making dinner for me, please?" her mother said, sickly and tired.

" 'Kay." she replied as she came back into the living room. "Don't mind the cat, Gino. She's always like that when she meets new people." she said, as the black cat's amber eyes seemed to turn red at Gino. She took Gino's coat and hung it up. "Make yourself comfortable. Sit and watch T.V." She took the plates from the party and went in the kitchen to warm it up. She then came back in to the living room and sat down, as Gino sat on the couch, staring cautiously at the cat.

She giggled.

"What?" Gino asked.

"She's not gonna kill you." she said.

"Well, she looks... evil..."

Amani burst out in laughter. "You're too silly." She said, getting up and taking the cat into her room and closing the door behind it.

They were on the couch looking at the T.V. for a couple of minutes, in pure silence.

'This is Cindy Donovinh outside the Gambino Mansion. It's 3 am, the party is still going on, though at least half of the thousands of people left. The food was exquisite, the service of Gino Gambino's Harem was very helpful indeed. Even though, some people complained. Johnny K. Gambino has apparently been drinking and getting rowdy with some people.'

'I was disturbed by the way Johnny was acting when he got a lil' bit tipsy. It was funny how he was doing a jig with some of the guests.' one person said.

'I got mad because Gambino was yelling at one of the service people, and then insulting his son.' another commented.

'I was up close to the three when Gambino was yelling. He was actually the one who started it, insulting one of the girls who were handing out food and refreshments. Then Gino jumped in and got insulted.'

'Gambino was really wrong for doing that to Gino and Miss Amani', said Green.

'Well, you heard it, Gaia. Gambino have gotten a bit too tipsy at the party. Some think that Gambino abuses his son after tonight. Yet, some were happy when they got his thank you letter. I suspect that those letters will be selling high at the marketplace later on today. This is Cindy Donovinh, reporting from Gambino's Mansion.'
"....."

"I'm sorry, Amani."

"It's alright. I'm fine with that." she said, getting up to get the plates of food and bringing it back into the living room and setting it on the small tables. "Mom, the food's ready."

"Alright," her mother said, slowly walking out of her bedroom. Her cystal-like brown eyes were dimmed, her once long and shiny brown hair was dry and brittle. Her body slim and saggy.

"Here you go," Amani said, setting the table and the food by her mother's favorite couch.

"Do you have enough money for my perscription?" her mother asked.

"Yes, I'm gonna buy it tomorrow."

Her mother was about to sit down, until she saw Gino's face and jumped up. "Mr. Gambino! What are you doing here?"

"Gino's my guest, Mom."

"Hello."

"Welcome to our home, Gino. I'm Miss Elaine." her mother said sickly as she sat down all the way. "How was the party?"

"It was.... okay, I guess."

"Hmm... I heard what happened on T.V."

"... I'm sorry my father reacted that way to Amani, Miss Elaine."

"It's alright. Thank you for defending her." she said, eating her food. "Your father can be such a duchebag sometimes."

"She knew him from when they were our age."

"Really?"

"Yes... that was around the time he met your mother, Gino. She was such a pretty lady back in the days."

"Father... never has a picture of her anywhere in the mansion."

"It's probably in his room. I bet he didn't want you to remember her, Gino."

"It's a shame how she died, though..."

"Yeah... her ship sunk and she drowned."

"Ha! Your father told you that mess? It's not true. I would tell you, but it's not my place to say."

"...Do you have a picture of her, at least?"

"Of course. Amani, go and get the picture in my room?"

Amani left and came back with a small photograph and gave it to Gino.

It was Johnny, Elaine, and his mother by the mansion. Her mother had golden locks falling to her chest, and pretty purple eyes.

"Her name was Angelique, if you didn't know."

"Angelique..." he repeated.

After that, they were talking about random things, making jokes, things like that, while eating the food.

"Well, I have to go now."

"I'll see you again sometime, eh?"

"Of course."

Amani walked him to the door to go outside.

"Thanks for coming... you made my mother really happy."

"No problem", Gino said, scratching the back of his head.

"Well..."

"Uh..yeah..."

"I'll see you later, I guess."

"Yeah..."

Amani went in and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek. "Goodnight."

Gino blushed a little, but not enough for Amani to notice with the dim streetlight. "Goodnight." he stammered as he walked down the path to Gambino. Liam looked out from his window, and glared at Gino as he walked down the street.
And little did Gino know... that he was being watched and followed.


When he looked back to the kiss, he felt hot. She got up, put on his robe, and went downstairs. His father was at the table, almost passing out from a hangover.

'Thank god... I don't have to hear his mouth today.' he thought to himself as he ate. Afterwards, Gino got dressed to go back out. He looked at his pills, and said, "I'll take them later." as he left to go back to the harem.

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Amani and Mama N-finite was in the backyard, tending to the small garden they've just started. Bellflowers, Moonflowers, carnations, daisies, roses, you name it. Everything was back there, in little sections.

Blossom was not far off, playing with her plushie collection and a box of pocky.

"You saw the news yesterday?", Mama N-finite said.

"Yeah. Green blasted out my name. I wouldn't be surprised if the news is tracking me right now."

Mama N-finite threw a rick in a tree nearby, and paparazzi fell to the ground.

"..."

"Great, now I have to watch what I say in public."

"Don't worry about it, Amani."

Rebbacus Dios was in the kitchen, making cookies.

"...Why do I bake cookies again?" she said, confused.

Blossom came in the kitchen the time she said that, and ate a cookie.

"I dunno." she said, biting into the cookies.

"N-Finite and Amani are outside?"

"Yup. And cameras hidden everywhere."

"Gosh... the media take things too seriously."

"Yep."

Miss Momo came into the room. "Miss Momo got something for you to do, Blossom."

"Yay! See you later, Rebby!" the 9 year old kid said as she left the room with Miss Momo.

"This... is insane." Rebb grumbled as she continued what she was doing.
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