Danilo
As soon as 'Fuego no Baile Rave' by 'DJ W-Beatz' blared through the speakers Benecio; who was in fact talking up a cougar by the pool who wouldn't stop giggling, Daniele; who was stuffing his mouth with a plate of food, and myself; who was riding an inflatable bull in the pool whilst a crowd cheered me on, found each other with excited screams.
I swam out the pool as fast I could, Benecio peeled the cougar off him and Daniele shoved his food to the nearest waiter. We rushed to the dance floor and everyone knowing our famous brother dance already moved out of our way as we took positions facing each other.
We all dipped our cowboy hats at the same time then continued nodding whilst doing our version of the samba and diagonally switched positions forward before we took a step back spinning in a perfect circle in our version of a square dance.
The loud buzz of alcohol in my system somehow made me perfectly coordinated as we taped our spurs on the ground with the beat. Our trio soon turned into a quartet as a forth cowboy from a mysterious land joined us, blending perfectly with our dance.
It took me a second to realize who it was until I saw the signature gold buckle on his cowboy hat and of course world championship belt buckle.
"Pa!" I gasped as we changed spots as he danced to the music. He and Pai knew the dance so well that they always joined in no matter the song.
He gave me a lopsided grin. His face flushed and I was sure he looked just as sloshed as I was. His cheeks were a little red and by how slowly he blinked I knew he was cow pissin' drunk.
"When'd you get here?" It seemed I was also reinventing English.
"I've been here for two hours," he laughed, looking completely out of it. "Your Pai said something and I got occupied at the beer fountain."
"It's the best thing here!" Daniele jumped, nearly disrupting our dance but recovered extremely quickly.
When our dance was over the crowd cheered and we staggered to the bar. Benecio was the only one who was sober and I wondered how much beer Pa had consumed to not be able to properly walk.
"Ain't Pai going to find out?" I hiccuped as the bartender handed me another martini.
"Who that?" Pa laughed, nearly falling off his bar chair.
"Your husband," Daniele snickered, mistaking his champagne bottle for what looked like soy sauce. He didn't even notice the difference.
"I got a husband!" Pa gasped. "You must be mistaken because I got a wife. She got long, pretty hair. You know those Brazilian women." Before we could even answer him. Most of us contemplated if we had a father to begin with. Was Pai actually a Mama? That shit nearly knocked my brain out with too many thoughts. Pa let out a loud gasp when he saw the inflated bull in the pool. "That look like the one that got me my fourth title!"
He jumped out of his chair and like an Olympic athlete dived into the pool. He was on the Bull within seconds and Daniele and I grabbed the mic to commentate as he rode the bull. Benecio was in the pool pretending to be a bullfighter.
We were all having a bloody great time until the crowd suddenly became silent and the cheers stopped as if rehearsed.
"Woo, woo, woo!" Pa was still screaming at the top of his lungs as he kicked his legs out as he rode the bull. He held his hat high in the air as he spun around. We were having a bloody great time as Daniele, Benecio and I couldn't stop laughing. "I'm a cowboy!" The words were swallowed in Pa's mouth and a look of horror replaced his happy expression.
I didn't know when the sky suddenly became dark or why a terrible cold wind came from behind us but Daniele and I hugged each other for warmth. The DJ stopped the music and like a horror movie a terrible soul crushing energy enveloped us.
Pa dived into the water and didn't come out. Benecio looked confused until he was pulled under with a scream.
Daniele and I looked at each other with large eyes before we both turned our heads to look behind us.
There like a horseman of death stood Pai dressed in full black. His hair down and an angry scowl on his face. Daniele and I looked at each other again with large eyes before we both made a run for it to the pool. Maybe if he didn't see us he wouldn't be angry and would think all of this was a bad dream.
"Stop!" He yelled and before we could dive, we were frozen mid air. He looked at the crowd and he didn't even have to utter a word as they all scurried out from the level. I didn't even notice the other two levels below us had been empty for what looked like some time.
The only evidence there were people on the yacht to begin with was empty glasses and food.
"And who the hell are you?" Pai gasped as he came up for air. His face looked awfully purple. "This my yacht!" He struggled out of the pool and crawled to Pai. He looked up and fell to the ground. "Are you married Sir?"
"Bobby," Pai sounded exhausted before he could even say anything.
"He even know my name!" He sat up and pointed to me. "Boy who looks like me, the man knows my name!" He hugged Pai's leg. "I don't know if you're married Sir but you look like my future husband and I look like I'm going to have your babies."
Daniele and I laughed so hard we fell in the water then nearly drowned if it wasn't for Benecio swimming us back to the deck.