"Dom, no, that's not it at all, I didn't—" said Charlie as he was rudely cut off by Lulu.
"Ah, ah ha, not so fast Charles, you know the rules, don't speak unless you are spoken to by me." said Lulu as she interrupted Charlie's attempt to explain to Dom his situation.
Charlie who heard Lulu's words remained quiet as he was silently cursing himself for agreeing to anything Lulu would ask him to do if she won their game of cards. Now Dom was extremely upset with him.
"This is so typical of the two of you to involve everyone in your shenanigans." said Dom as he was already very stressed as it was, he didn't need his brother and his sister doing their usual silly things.
They were always like this, the two of them were simply clowns when paired together. On a normal day this wouldn't irritate Dom as much it did. But Charlie was a full grown man with a job and a high position at the company whether he liked it or not.
He couldn't be off being Lulu's slave when he had important work on his table to do. Dom was already pissed enough as it was.
"Oh geez Dom, calm down, it's not that serious." said Lulu as she frowned, wondering why Dom looked so pissed already.
"Oh but it is that serious Lulu, there are so many things that Charlie needs to finish at work but how can he do that when he's here being your slave and playing whatever stupid game the two of you are playing?!" asked Dom as Natasha snickered, unable to hold her laughter.
There was just something about the entire situation and seeing Dom so worked up that made her laugh. Of course she knew that in a way Dom was right, Charlie did have work to do, but he was also right that this type of behaviour was very typical of Lulu and Charlie.
"Chill bro, of course he's going back to work, in fact he was going to drive me there later, right Charlie?" asked Lulu as she looked at Charlie who nodded.
"Yes Dom, I'll be at work soon, you don't have to worry." said Charlie as Dom scoffed.
"You know what, I am sick of this childish behaviour from the both of you." said Dom as he stood up.
"Charlie you better make sure that all the documents I need from you are in my office before 3pm or else." said Dom as he looked at Charlie sternly.
"And you Lulu, I am sure you have better things to do rather than goofing around all day, so do that." said Dom as he turned to Lulu with the same stern look on his face.
"I'm going to the office now, the two of you better end whatever nonsense game you are playing, it's certainly not funny." said Dom as he sighed to calm himself down.
"I'll see you later princess." said Dom as he gave Joy a kiss on the cheek before leaving the dinning room.
"Bye Daddy." replied Joy with a smile as they all heard the front door closing.
"What just happened? What's his problem?" asked Lulu with a frown as Natasha started laughing.
"Dom is just in such a sour mood, why does he have to take it out on all of us?" asked Lulu with a frown as Natasha laughed.
"Not on all of us, only you and Charlie." replied Natasha as she laughed.
"Well daddy doesn't shout at people like that, he must be having a bad day." replied Joy as she had never seen or heard her dad shout at anyone, much more less scold his siblings, so she had to conclude that maybe he was stressed.
"Well I'm not the reason he's having a bad day, he doesn't have to take it out on us." replied Lulu.
"While that may be true Lulu, you just happened to step on the mine that was already there, you just triggered him." said Natasha as she laughed.
"Look now Lulu, I'm in serious trouble, Dom is really upset with me." said Charlie as Lulu scoffed.
"Oh relax Charlie, I'm sure he'll get over it soon." replied Natasha, unlike Dom, she was having a good laugh at this, it was refreshing seeing some childish behaviour for a change.
You know it was funny when she thought about it. When she was having a good day, Dom on the other hand was having a bad day. She couldn't care less though, she was happy that she was happy.
"I hope so." replied Charlie sadly.
"Don't worry uncle Charlie, my daddy won't stay upset with you for long." said Joy as she tried to comfort Charlie as he looked at her and smiled.
"Thanks Joy." he replied.
"Alright, alright, that's enough, come on Charlie, you are still going to be my personal assistant for a week." reminded Lulu as she proceeded to walk out of the dining room as Charlie reluctantly followed after her, regretting how he didn't laid down all his terms and conditions prior to her beating him mercilessly in their game of cards.
"What are they doing mommy?" asked Joy as she looked at her mother with confusion written all over her face.
"They are just playing around my darling, that's how your uncle Charlie and Aunt Lulu are." replied Natasha with a chuckle as Joy shook her head and giggled.
"Anyway my darling do you have homework today?" asked Natasha as Joy shook her head.
"Alright the, finish your lunch and you can go watch some tv." said Natasha as Joy smiled and nodded.
...
Benjamin yawned as he heard a knock on his front door and he walked to open the door only to be met with Charlie standing out there as he cleared his throat.
"*Ahem* Introducing the young Miss of the White family, the most talented, the most beautiful and intelligent one of us all, Lulu White." announced Charlie in a very serious tone as he began to clap and stepped back as Lulu walked into Benjamin's house with a bright smile on her face.
"Thank you, thank you." she replied as she acknowledged her assistant's good job on announcing her.
Meanwhile Benjamin on the other hand just stood there, watching incredulously, he was beyond confused. Last he knew he left them both in a hurry back at their parent's house and suddenly they appear at his front door doing only God knew what.
"I'm not even going to ask." concluded Benjamin as he took one look at the insufferable expression on Charlie's face as he could see Lulu's hand written all over this.
Benjamin sighed, the fact that they just appeared on his doorstep meant that they were ready to ruin his nice day.
"What are you doing here Miss White?" asked Benjamin as Lulu frowned.
"A hello to you to Ben, and have you forgotten that you are my personal assistant helping me with the joint anniversary event for the company?" asked Lulu as she ushered herself in the living room and sat down as Benjamin and Charlie followed her.
Benjamin sighed, he had totally forgotten about that annoying party that he somehow was forced into helping Lulu with.
"Time is of the essence Benjamin, we might have gotten an extension but two weeks is almost up." said Lulu as she sat down comfortably.
""Charlie you can go to the office now, before Dom blows a fuse, Ben will help me, I'll see you at dinner." said Lulu as Charlie didn't even wait to thank her, he just zoomed off as if this was the window of escape that he had been waiting for.
"Anyway Ben, where did we stop on the preparations?" asked Lulu. Benjamin looked at her, he wasn't even sure if she was being serious right now, but judging from the look on her face she was.
"Can't you just leave me alone?" he asked.
"How about you start calling me Lulu first and we can take it from there?" replied Lulu with a smile as Benjamin frowned at her.
"I thought so..."she replied with a knowing smile. She didn't get what his problem was? Why was he so against calling her by her name? It was her name after all!
Anyway Lulu decided to stop thinking about it because it would only make her more annoyed.
"So let me repeat again, where did we stop the last time?" asked Lulu as Benjamin scoffed.
"The colours, you were ordering the colours for the theme." said Benjamin.
"I knew you had good memory! Good job Ben." said Lulu with an excited smile as Benjamin scoffed.
He figured the sooner they could finish with this stupid planning this party thing, the faster he would get rid of her and never have to work with her again.
"I think we should continue by designing the invites, any ideas?" asked Lulu with a smile as she brought out her laptop from her laptop bag.
"No." he replied.
"Ahh I see, you haven't eaten yet, go eat, so all the good ideas will come flowing." said Lulu as Benjamin was more shocked at the fact that she was so sure he hadn't eaten yet, and what made it even more creepy was she was right!
"Oh don't look so surprised, there's a certain way your eyes look when you haven't eaten." said Lulu as she answered his question before he could even ask.
Benjamin felt a chill run down his spine, he needed to be saved, Lulu was a stalker. Had she always been watching him or what?
Benjamin suddenly started feeling very uncomfortable. He sighed and walked to the kitchen to make some coffee for himself. This would be a long afternoon.
"Make some coffee for me as well." called Lulu as Benjamin felt like ripping all his hair off, but he calmed himself.
"Just get through this Ben... just get through this." he said to himself as he took deep breaths as Lulu was smiling, playfully watching him. He could be so adorable when he was worked up.