In The Arms of an Angel

The next morning, they hurried out of the house and drove to Uncle Bob's pancake house where they were meeting the other men. They sat talking and eating their food. Mr Brown was explaining to everyone how "Like A Virgin" is a metaphor for big dicks. Tess listened intently giggling as he spoke.

"'Like a Virgin' is all about a girl who digs a guy with a big dick. The whole song is a metaphor for big dicks."

"No it's not. It's about a girl who is very vulnerable and she's been fucked over a few times. Then she meets some guy who's really sensitive..."Mr.Blonde said before being interrupted by Mr.Brown.

"Whoa...whoa...time out Green Bay. Tell that bullshit to the tourists." he said trying to continue. Tess chuckled looking at Vic and then to her dad who was looking through his address book, lost in his own little world.

"Toby...who the fuck is Toby Toby...Toby think,think,think..." Mr. Brown continued.

"It's not about a nice girl who meets a sensitive boy. Now granted that's what 'True Blue' is about, no argument about that." Mr. Orange interrupted

"Which one's 'True Blue'?" he asked.

"You don't remember 'True Blue?' That was a big ass hit for Madonna. Shit, I don't even follow this 'Tops In Pops' shit, and I've at least heard of 'True Blue'."Eddie answered

"Look, asshole, I didn't say I ain't heard of it. All I asked was how does it go? Excuse me for not being the world's biggest Madonna fan." Mr. Orange replied

"I hate Madonna." Mr. White said picking his teeth with a toothpick. Mr Blue then joined the conversation

"I like her early stuff. You know,'Lucky Star,' 'Borderline' - but once she got into her "Papa Don't Preach" phase, I don't know, I tuned out."he said taking another sip of his orange juice.

"Hey, fuck all that, I'm making a point here. You're gonna make me lose my train of thought."Mr. Brown snapped.

"Oh fuck, Toby's that little Chinese girl." her father said suddenly getting everyone's attention.

"What's that?" Mr. White questioned looking at the address book.

"I found this old address book in a jacket I ain't worn in a coon's age. Toby what? What the fuck was her last name?" he replied going back to his address book

"Where was I?" Mr.Brown asked ignoring Joe

"You said 'True Blue' was about a nice girl who finds a sensitive fella. But 'Like a Virgin' was a metaphor for big dicks." Mr. Pink said reaching for his coffee cup looking in it and then looking around for the waitress as Mr. Brown continued.

"Let me tell ya what 'Like a Virgin' is about. It's about some cooze who's a regular fuck machine. I mean all the time, morning, day,night, afternoon, dick, dick,dick, dick, dick, dick, dick, dick, dick, dick,dick."

"How many dicks is that" Mr. Blue asked to which Mr. White replied

"A lot"

"Then one day she meets this John Holmes motherfucker, and it's like, whoa baby. This mother fucker's like Charles Bronson in The Great Escape. He's diggin tunnels. Now she's gettin this serious dick action, she's feelin something she ain't felt since forever. Pain.Pain." Mr. Brown said smiling

"Chew? Toby Chew? No" her father said still in his own world.

"It hurts. It hurts her. It shouldn't hurt. Her pussy should be Bubble-Yum by now. But when this cat fucks her, it hurts. It hurts like it did the first time. You see, the pain is reminding a fuck machine what is was once like to be a virgin.Hence, 'Like a Virgin.'" He said smiling at his own intelligence.

"Wong" Joe said looking up briefly.

"Give me this fucking thing" Mr. White said snatching the address book away from Joe.

"What the fuck do you think you're doing?Give me my book back" Joe said turning to face Mr. White

"I'll give it back when we leave" he said as if he were speaking to a little boy.

"Whaddaya mean, give it to me when we leave, give it back now." Joe snapped holding out his hand. Mr. White just stared at him.

"For the past fifteen minutes now, you've just been droning on with names. 'Toby...Toby...Toby...Toby Wong...Toby Wong...Toby Chung...fuckin Charlie Chan.' I got Madonna's big dick outta my left ear," he said gesturing towards Mr.Brown "and Toby the Jap I-don't-know-what, outta my right." he added turning back to Joe.

"Give me my book" Joe said again

"Are you gonna put it away?" White asked again as if he were scolding a young boy.

"I'm gonna do whatever the fuck I want with it" Joe retorted.

"Well then I'm afraid I'm going to have to keep it"

"Hey Joe" Mr. Blonde interrupted "You want me to shoot this guy?" he asked jokingly

"Shit...you shoot me in a dream you better wake up and apologize" White said to Blonde. They all giggled and talked some more before her father finally stood up.

"Alright I'll get the check you guys pay the tip...should be about a buck a piece and when I get back I want my book" he said turning to Mr.White again.

"Sorry its my book now"

"Hey I change my mind" Joe said to Mr.Blonde "Shoot this piece of shit will ya?" he said. Mr.Blonde smiled and pretended to shoot White with his finger.

"Okay, everybody cough up green for the little lady." Eddie said taking out a dollar and throwing it in the middle of the table followed by everyone else except for Mr. Pink. He sat there watching everyone throw in their money,scratching his chin.

"C'mon,throw in a buck" Eddie said gesturing towards the pile of singles.

"Uh-uh I don't tip." Mr. Pink said simply

"What do you mean 'you don't tip'?" Eddie questioned

"I don't believe in it."

"You don't believe in tipping?" Eddie laughed. Mr. Pink went on to tell why he didn't believe in tipping automatically and it wasn't long before Joe sauntered back to the table.

"Alright ramblers let's get ramblin' " Joe said coming back to the table but pausing when he looked down at the pile of ones "Wait a minute...who didn't throw in?"

"Mr. Pink" said Orange glancing back and forth between Pink and Joe.

"Mr. Pink? Why?" Joe asked

"He don't tip?"

"He don't tip?" Joe repeated looking at Mr. Orange "Whaddya mean you don't tip?" he asked looking back at Mr.Pink

"He don't believe in it"

"Shut-up...Come on you.Cough up the buck, ya cheap bastard, I paid for your goddamn breakfast."Joe demanded.

"Alright since you paid for the breakfast I'll throw in but normally I would never do this."Mr. Pink said giving up and reaching into his wallet for a dollar

"Never mind what you normally wouldn't do. Just throw in your buck and lets get movin'" Mr. White handed him the address book "Thank you" Joe snapped snatching the book.

They left the diner talking among themselves before they each got into their designated cars.

"Be careful alright?" she said as he took her car keys. He only smiled and winked at her through his dark sunglasses. She smiled back at him as he got into her yellow car and drove off, following the others.

"Come on, we've got to go" Eddie said putting his arm around her and leading her towards his car. She watched him drive off and walked with Eddie and her father getting into Eddies car."He'll be fine Tess" Eddie said knowing that she was worried. She smiled up at her brother and nodded thankfully.