*Hey everyone, I'm here with another Simpsons story. This one takes place between Chapters 8 and 9 of For the Love of a Special Someone and acts as a continuing story for it before the Flash forward in Chapter 9. It will be about Ruth and Laura Powers, the Simpsons children, and Allison Taylor, Ralph Wiggum will also appear in this story. As I said at the beginning of each chapter of For the Love of a Special Someone, The Simpsons is property of Matt Groening.
Chapter One: Family Conflict
Ruth was sitting in her living room, watching the news, learning what has happened in Springfield that day. Her daughter, Laura, was in her bedroom, working on a college resume; being 16 years old and a junior in high school, she was about to graduate in just one more year, so she decided to work on college applications and apply for scholarships early to prepare for that day. Ruth on the other hand, had quit her criminal background after the incident with Marge and spent that time in between assisting her daughter with college work, homework, and school projects. She divorced with her husband years ago after he took something away from her life, something that had changed her to this day.
It was a Saturday afternoon in late February and nothing interesting was on television. Ruth decided to just watch the news and learn about what has happened in Springfield in the past few days. Soon the phone rang, and Ruth got up to answer it.
"Hello?" Ruth asked.
"Ruth? Is that you," said the voice on the other side of the line, "It's your friend Marge, I've called because I haven't talked to you for months."
"Hmm, it has been a long time since we spoke to each other," said Ruth.
"Well, I was wondering," said Marge, "Would you like to join us for dinner tonight?"
"That sounds nice," said Ruth, "What are you planning on having?"
"I was thinking we would have pizza," said Marge, "How does that sound?"
"That sounds great," said Ruth, "What time do you want me to arrive?"
"Six o' clock this evening," said Marge "And you can bring your daughter Laura with you."
"Okay, I'll see you tonight Marge, bye," Ruth said before hanging up the phone.
Later that evening, Ruth and her daughter Laura walked across the street to the Simpson's house a block away. Ruth rang the door bell, but then heard a voice yell inside the house.
"Boy, you better come down here now or else I'll teach you why you shouldn't disobey my commands!" shouted the voice.
Ruth and Laura both obviously knew by the tone of the voice that it was none other than Homer Simpson.
"Sounds like Homer's having a fight with Bart again," Laura said to her mother.
Just then, the door opened to reveal Marge on the other side.
"Ruth, thank you for coming to join us for dinner tonight," greeted Marge.
"Well it's nice to see you again Marge," said Ruth, "Though I overheard Homer yelling at your son before you answered the door."
"Oh, you know guys, they always get into arguments of some sort," Marge remarked.
"I know," said Ruth, "Oh by the way, I brought Laura along with me."
"Wonderful, she's welcome to join us," said Marge.
Ruth and Laura then entered the Simpsons house, once they were inside, Bart made his way downstairs.
"Laura, is that you?" said Bart, "I haven't seen you in a while."
"I know, it's mainly because I've been applying for college lately," said Laura.
"Well I've been doing fine since we last saw each other," said Bart, "And I've also made fun of my dad a lot since then." Bart laughed.
Homer then entered the room and began speaking to Bart.
"I heard that boy," Homer said, obviously upset with his son, "Watch what you say."
Homer then turned to the Powers and began speaking to them.
"I'm sorry about that, the boy sometimes gets mad at me whenever I tell him what to do," Homer said to Ruth.
"I see," Ruth said, taking note of how Homer referred to Bart as "the boy".
Just then, Lisa came down the stairs for dinner. She stopped when she noticed Ruth and Laura in the front room.
"Hi Laura," said Lisa, "Mom told me that you and your mother were coming over for dinner this evening, I haven't seen either of you two in a long time."
"Well it's nice to see you again Lisa," said Laura.
"Well I see that all you have reacquainted with yourselves," said Marge, "Well let's all head into the dining room so that we can eat."
"Yeah, and have Homer eat three quarters of the pizza," Bart laughed.
"Why you little!" Homer shouted before grabbing Bart and strangling him, "I'll teach you why you shouldn't insult me!"
Ruth turned to Marge as she watched Homer strangle his son.
"Does he do this to him a lot?" Ruth asked, sounding concerned.
"Yeah, he does," Marge answered, "But that's Homer's way of teaching him discipline."
Ruth continued to watch Homer strangle Bart, but then she became really concerned about his life when she noticed his face started to turn blue. Then, she couldn't take the pressure anymore and decided to take action and stop Homer from strangling his son. She ran towards Homer and pushed him to the side, causing him to release Bart from his grasp.
"Ow," said Homer, "Why did you do that for?"
"Homer's right Ruth," said Marge, who was now upset, "What's the big idea in punching my husband?"
"Did you see your son," Ruth said to Marge, "He couldn't breathe because your husband was choking him very tightly."
Bart began to catch his breath again as Ruth continued to speak to Marge, she then noticed large, purple marks on Bart's neck as she began to speak to Marge again.
"And look, he grabbed him so tightly, that he left bruises on his neck," Ruth said.
Ruth then turned her attention to Homer, obviously mad at him for strangling his own son.
"And Homer, why do you do this to Bart?" asked Ruth.
"Because the boy needs to learn to become a man, and face the consequences to the choices he makes," said Homer, who was angry at Ruth for attacking him like that.
"But do you realize that you could have killed him if you continued doing that to him?" Ruth replied back to Homer.
"So? The boy here needs to learn that the things he says to people like me will get him into big trouble," said Homer.
"Well at least I'm not some idiot who bosses their own children around," said Ruth.
At this point, Homer became irritated with Ruth, so he began to take action.
"How dare you insult me in front of my own family!" shouted Homer, "I'll teach you why shouldn't get on my nerves!"
Just then, Homer got up and ran towards Ruth, ready to attack her for making fun of him. However, just when Homer was about to grab Ruth, Lisa jumped in and pushed her father into the couch, knocking him unconscious.
"Lisa, why did you do that to your father?" said Marge, "For that you are grounded for a week young lady, and I'm giving you only meat during that time!"
"Hey, that's not fair!" said Lisa.
"Yeah, Marge, why would you say that to your own daughter?" said Ruth.
"Because Lisa needs to branch out on what she eats, and I don't want her to be so limited in her choices of foods," said Marge.
"But do you realize that you've never accepted my own beliefs?" Lisa told her mother.
"That's it young lady, go to your room now!" Marge commanded.
"No," said Lisa, "I'm not listening to you!"
"Yeah and why do you never try to save me whenever Homer strangles me?" Bart said, catching his breath, "You never done that ever in my life!"
"Bart, don't talk to your mother that way!" said Marge.
Suddenly Marge heard a sucking sound coming from the living room; she turned and noticed Maggie with her arms crossed and giving her an angry glare.
"Maggie! Not you too," Marge said to her youngest child.
"Well I've had it," said Ruth, "I'm leaving now. Bart, Lisa, Maggie, do you prefer to live with me and Laura for now on?"
"Anything to get away from our mother," Lisa said.
With that settled, Laura picked up Maggie and exited the house. Bart got up and walked out the door with Ruth; Lisa followed her brother and left the house with the Powers.
Marge groaned angrily in defeat before making her way back inside her house, slamming the front door shut.
The Simpsons children entered Ruth's house once she unlocked the door, they were relieved now that they didn't have to listen to their former parents anymore.
"Thanks for letting us live with you Ruth," Lisa said to Ruth.
"Yeah, you saved my life back there," said Bart.
"You're welcome," said Ruth.
"So I guess this is going to be our new home now?" Lisa asked Ruth.
"Sure is," said Ruth, "But in the meantime, I want you two to avoid the Simpsons."
"You don't have to say that again," Bart agreed.
"I'll also call Chief Wiggum and tell him about the incident, your former parents will pay for what they did to you back there," said Ruth.
"Ouch," Bart cringed as he rubbed the mark from Homer's grip, "Could you also call Dr. Hibbert and tell him about my bruises?"
"Sure thing Bart," said Ruth.
"Hey, that reminds me, "said Lisa, "Since we're living with you now, aren't you going to adopt us?"
"After seeing what your parents did to you, yes, I will do that first thing tomorrow morning," said Ruth, "And we've got four spare rooms in the house, the two of you can choose which one will be your new bedroom, while the third will become Maggie's nursery."
"Sweet," said Bart.
"Now that we're all settled in, how about I order us some dinner," said Ruth, "Does Krusty Burger sound good to you two?"
"Absolutely," said Lisa, "But order me a veggie burger."
"I won't forget about that," said Ruth.
Ruth then turned to her daughter and began speaking to her.
"Laura, I'll go pick up the food, you're in charge while I'm gone," Ruth told her daughter.
"Okay mom," Laura said before turning her attention to Bart and Lisa, "In the meantime, why don't we go watch some cartoons?"
"Yeah," said Bart and Lisa.
Laura, along with Lisa, Bart, and Maggie made their way into the living room while Ruth left the house to go pick up dinner.
When Ruth returned, everyone gathered in the kitchen as Ruth handed each of them a Krusty burger, making sure Lisa received the one labeled as the veggie burger. Once everyone received a burger, they sat down at the table and began eating their meals. They spent the time at the table talking about what they were going to do in the next few days.
"After dinner, I'm going to call Chief Wiggum and tell him about what happened today at the Simpsons house," said Ruth.
"But what about Grandpa Simpson?" said Bart.
"Yeah, and Grandma Bouvier?" said Lisa.
"Oh, and don't forget Aunt Patty and Selma," said Bart.
"Hmm, I could call them too and remind them of what Homer and Marge did to you guys back at your former house," said Ruth, "Do you guys know their phone numbers?"
"No, unfortunately we didn't bring them with us when we moved in earlier," said Lisa.
"Well, maybe when I call Chief Wiggum, I could have him allow you two to collect all your belongings from your former house and then once you get their numbers, we could give each of them a call," said Ruth.
"Yeah, that's a great idea Ruth," said Bart.
"Now that we have that handled, I was wondering if you guys have any friends," said Ruth.
"Well, there's my best friend Milhouse," said Bart.
"And there's my best friends Janey and Allison," said Lisa.
"That's good to know, and doesn't Chief Wiggum have a son?" asked Ruth.
"Oh yeah, Ralph, he's in my class at school," said Lisa.
"Well, maybe you guys can invite them over next Friday to spend the night at your new house," said Ruth, "How does that sound?"
"That sounds wonderful," said Lisa.
"Very well, just ask them about it sometime at school next week before they visit," said Ruth.
"Okay," said Bart and Lisa.
After dinner, Ruth decided to call Chief Wiggum and tell him about the incident at the Simpsons House.
"This is Chief Wiggum, is there a problem?" said Chief Wiggum on the other end of the line.
"Hi, this is Ruth Powers, earlier tonight, my neighbors, the Simpsons invited us over for dinner and they ended up abusing their own children," said Ruth.
"The Simpsons eh?" said Chief Wiggum, "Well I knew something would go on with those two eventually."
"Well, could you come over to the house, and do something about the situation?" asked Ruth.
"Do have any evidence?" asked Chief Wiggum.
"Yes, apparently Homer strangled Bart there today and left a large, swollen bruise on his neck," Ruth answered.
"Well then I'll come over in a few minutes and arrest those two for the crime they committed," said the Chief, "Now where are Bart and Lisa staying in the meantime?"
"At my house," said Ruth, "After that whole incident, I plan on adopting them and their little sister Maggie."
"Very well, thank you for the information Ms. Powers," said the Chief, "I'll be over there momentarily."
"Thanks Chief, bye," said Ruth before hanging up the phone.
About ten minutes later, Chief Wiggum's police car pulled up to the Simpsons household. Officers Lou and Eddie opened the car doors and made their way to the front door of the house.
"This is the Springfield Police Department," said Officer Lou, "Please open the door."
Marge Simpson then answered on the other side all confused.
"Marge Simpson, you and your husband Homer are under arrest for child abuse," said Officer Eddie. "Put your hands behind your back."
"Ah, I bet this was Ruth's idea," Marge groaned.
Officer Lou made his way into the living room where he found Homer dosing off on the couch with many empty cans of beer and open bags of various snacks.
"Homer Simpson, you are under arrest for child abuse," said Officer Lou, waking up Homer.
"What? Arrested?" said Homer, "But where's the evidence?"
"Save it for the trial Mr. Simpson," said Officer Lou.
"You guys must have been sent here by the boy," said Homer, referring to Bart.
"You have the right to remain silent," said Officer Lou.
"D'oh!" said Homer.
Meanwhile next door, Chief Wiggum was answering the front door of Ruth's house.
"Ms. Powers, are you there?" asked Chief Wiggum.
Ruth answered the door and opened it to find the Chief standing at the entrance.
"Hi Chief, I see that your boys dealt with the Simpsons for us," said Ruth.
"That we did Ruth," said Chief Wiggum, "Now we are holding a trial for them next Saturday, we need you and your children to be there to show us the evidence against the Simpsons."
"Thanks Chief," said Ruth, "Oh and one more thing, next Friday, would you mind bringing your son Ralph over to spend the night with Lisa and her friends?"
"That's fine with me," said the Chief, "I'll bring him over next Friday for that reason."
"Thanks," said Ruth before ending the conversation.
Ruth then said goodbye to Chief Wiggum and went back into the living room where Bart, Lisa and Laura were, Maggie was asleep in her nursery, tired from what happened that day.
"Well, the Chief and his men have dealt with the Simpsons and arrested them," said Ruth, "He says that there is a trial next Saturday at the courthouse that will deal with this case, and we all need to be there."
"Okay, very well then," said Lisa.
"Now, I'm all tired from all that racket we've had today, so I'm going asleep," said Ruth, "You three watch the time and make sure you don't stay up too late. Tomorrow, I'm going to sign adoption forms at the courthouse so that I can become your new mother. And Bart, I'm also taking you to Dr. Hibbert tomorrow so that he can help treat that bruises."
"Thanks Ruth," said Bart, "And goodnight."
"Goodnight guys, I'll see you all in the morning," said Ruth.
And with that said Ruth made her way to her bedroom, changed into her nightgown, and went to bed. The kids did the same about an hour later.
The next day, Ruth got up, fed everyone breakfast, and headed to the courthouse. She signed all three adoption forms for Bart, Lisa, and Maggie so that she could legally take care of them now. Next, she took Bart to the hospital to show Dr. Hibbert his bruise he received the previous night. Dr. Hibbert gave him a special ointment to use once a day to help the bruise recover over the next week. Finally, when they got home, she had Bart and Lisa gather all their belongings from their old house and bring them into their new one. They needed to call a moving van in order for them to get the beds out of the home. Lisa also made sure that she got the phone numbers for her and her brother's relatives so that Ruth could contact them later that day. Unfortunately, neither Bart nor Lisa could find Santa's Little Helper or Snowball V around the house; they thought they probably fled the night before. They did however, collect their food bowls and brought them to their new house in the meantime.
"That's everything we own," said Lisa after collecting all her belongings.
"Same here," said Bart.
"Well then, now that you've gotten all your belongings, I guess I can tell you that I finished signing the adoption forms," said Ruth.
"So, since you've finished that, I guessing we can call you mom?" asked Lisa.
"Yes Lisa, I guess so," said Ruth.
And with that said, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie were now fully settled into their new home with Ruth, who was now officially their new mother, and Laura being their new step-sister. They hoped now that they would get along better with their new family.
Well thanks for reading the first chapter of this story, and I plan on Allison Taylor joining the family in the next chapter, which I hope to upload soon. Thanks again for reading.