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“Hey!”
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“Hey?! You stealin’ our onions?”
Two guys confronted them. The one talking with his mouth full, was Tyler. In his hand was a paper plate with the last bite of a greasy, cheesy, sausage and pepperoni pizza slice on it. He had tomato sauce on his cheek and a string of mozzarella hanging from his lip. It flailed around like it had a life of its own with each word he spoke and breath he took.
The dude next to him was the kind of guy you forget the minute they’re gone. His name was Gary. About the only thing remarkable about Gary was the color of his shirt. It was that vivid, fluorescent, electric green that road workers wear. So bright it stings your eyes.
Marco was unfazed. “What? These onions?”
“Yeah, those onions.”
“These aren’t onions.”
“Yeah they are.”
“No they’re not.”
“It says so right on the box!”
“No it doesn’t.”
“Yes it does!” yelled Tyler. The string of cheese straining from the end of his lip, unfurling like the vibrating tip of a paper party blow horn.
“Benny, are these onions? ”
“Nope,” said Benny.
“See.”
Tyler stepped up. “Oh, so you’re a wise guy, huh?”
“You’re just figuring that out?”
He flicked the empty plate at Marco. “How about I kick your ass, wise guy?”
And this is where Romeo chimed in. He may have been watching quietly, but he knew when things were about to get out of hand. Romeo was a firm believer in calming things down rather than blowing them up. Changing the subject often worked.
“Hey,” he said, pointing at Tyler. “You got something on your face.”
“You’re gonna have something on your face,” Tyler shot back.
And sometimes it didn’t.
“Wait, just him? What if I want something on my face too?” Marco asked, as obnoxiously as possible.
“Yeah, me too,” added Benny.
Which, of course, only made Tyler madder. “You’re all getting awfully close to an ass kicking.”
Then Marco said something snarky and Benny laughed and Romeo tightened up and while all this yelling and posturing was happening a crowd within the crowd formed around them. Which meant there were a lot of eyes watching them now. Which really upped the ante.
Tyler puffed up his chest. “Look, why don’t you just make like a shepherd and get the herd out of here.”
Which made Marco laugh out loud. “You know that’s totally not the way it goes, right? It’s why don’t you make like a shepherd and get the flock out of here.” He paused for a second, then added, “Idiot.”
Which made the crowd laugh. Which in turn really pissed Tyler off. So he shoved Marco. Then Marco shoved him back. And then Tyler got even more yelly .
