Dinner

"Dinner is coming soon. Robert ordered pizza a few minutes ago."

It wasn't 10 minutes before the doorbell rang.

Jennifer and I made our way to the kitchen. I had to grin when I thought about what we had been doing here just a few hours ago. My girlfriend, of course, remembered none of this. When Ben came into the kitchen shortly after us, he too had to grin.

We sat down at the table. To our right, next to me, Ashley sat down with her boyfriend Marcus, who was also visiting today. Next to Marcus and across from us sat Penny and Robert and to our left Ben sat next to Jennifer.

The three pizzas were on the kitchen counter, and Robert asked everyone which pizza they wanted a slice of. When Robert asked Ashley, she replied nastily, "I can take some for myself. I don't want a piece of pizza that you touched."

With that, she stood up and grabbed a slice.

"What's that supposed to mean, Ashley?" Her mother asked her.
"It's alright.", Robert tried to calm down.
"No, it's not," I said. "Why did you do that, Ashley?"
"I just didn't want a slice of his pizza that he touched. He shouldn't be acting like that!!"

Robert looked down sadly.

"It's not that bad, honey," Marcus tried to help.
"The only person acting up and being rude as usual is you, Ashley," I shouted.
"Bite me, Tom! You can't give me orders."
"But he's right!" Ben came to support me.
"Fuck you, Ben! Play some stupid video game or jerk off. What else can a fat nerd like you do anyway?"

I've had enough.

"Stop!"

The room suddenly went silent.

"Sit, stop talking, and ignore everything that's happening around you until I tell you otherwise. Everything is fine and perfectly normal. It is perfectly normal and natural that I can impose my will on others. You will not question this, but simply follow my orders."