Disclaimer: Snoopy, Charlie Brown and the rest of the Peanuts gang are owned by the late Charles M. Schulz. They are used for this Fanfiction about The Van Pelt's and are not being offended in any way.
You're Staying at The Van Pelt's, Charlie Brown
"RING RING RING"
Sally Brown dashed into the living room from her bedroom. "I'LL GET IT!" she shouted.
"Hello, who is this?" Sally asked impatiently
A familiar voice spoke up. "Hi Sally… is your brother there?"
Sally's eyes lit up. "Are you trying to find an excuse to ask me out to the movies, Sweet Babboo?"
Linus, at the other end rolled his eyes then sighed. "I was just asking if you and Charlie Brown would be interested to spend the week with us starting from Monday which is tomorrow until Sunday."
Sally turned around. Charlie Brown was running like a world - famous Olympic runner towards her.
Sally passed the phone to Charlie Brown. "Yes Linus, I'd we'd be glad to come." Charlie Brown said happily then smiled.
"You could bring Snoopy if you want" Linus continued. "Well, I'll see you at 12pm tomorrow, Charlie Brown.
"By-" Linus had hung up.
"JUST IMAGINE! 7 DAYS WITH MY SWEET BABBOO! Sally gushed. "IT'LL BE THE BEST WEEK OF MY LIFE!" Sally then screamed at her brother which caused him to flip in the air.
Charlie Brown lay on the ground and sighed. "Good grief… 7 days with Lucy" he continued. "Also known as 7 days of crabbiness."
On Monday
Charlie Brown held his big heavy suitcase in his right hand and had Snoopy standing next to him, with a briefcase and his supper dish on his head.
"C'mon Sally! We're gonna' be late!" Charlie Brown called out.
"COMING!"
Charlie Brown turned around and saw his sister carrying a massive suitcase and carrying Linus' picture.
Charlie Brown sighed. "Let's go now"
DING!
Lucy opened the door. "So you finally made it." Lucy continued. "Come in!"
Lucy looked behind her, shook her head then frowned. "YOU BETTER GET HERE RIGHT NOW, YOU BLOCKHEAD!"
They turned and saw Linus running towards them.
"Come with me." Said Linus.
Lucy watched Snoopy. "Stupid dog…" she muttered to herself.
The 5 of them went forward then right. It lead to a large room with 5 beds and a wooden crate that scrawled in black paint "Snoopy" on it in capital letters.
That was good news for Snoopy as he dashed to the wooden crate, opened it and chucked his briefcase and put his supper dish next to it and climbed on top of it and fell asleep.
Lucy looked over and rolled her eyes. "Stupid dog…" she muttered to herself.
Lucy waited for silence. "Ok so I'm gonna' explain how this sleeping thing will work." Lucy continued. "That wooden crate which is closest to the door will be Snoopy's "bed" and that bed next to it will be Rerun's, Linus will be sleeping in the middle of Rerun and Sally, then Charlie Brown in the middle of Sally and yours truly."
Rerun ran into the room and immediately saw Snoopy. "SNOOPY!" he screamed out in joy then proceeded to hug the Beagle.
"I'VE MISSED YOU!" Rerun said calmly then turned to his sister who shook her head and shot him a dirty look.
"Wah Wahh Wah Wahhhhhhhh Wahhhh" (Do you kids want to go to the park for a while?)
The 5 children and the beagle all looked at each other smiling then dropped everything then ran out the door.
At the park
Sally battered her eyes and walked close to Linus. "I like walking with you Sweet Babboo."
Linus glanced at her. "I am NOT your Sweet Babboo." Said Linus running off with his blanket, and dragging Snoopy behind him as he was sitting on it.
Lucy looked at Charlie Brown then looked down she then sighed. "Well, Charlie Brown... this is what we have to put up with when your stupid beagle is around." Lucy admitted which made Charlie Brown run to catch up with the others.
Rerun snuck up to Snoopy then grabbed him, catching him in a fierce hug. "Can you please be my dog, Snoopy?" Rerun asked innocently.
Meanwhile, Sally was chasing Linus around the park. Linus looked up while he was running and dragging his blanket. He saw a football in the sky. CRASH! The football dropped down and hit Linus' blanket, then landing in front of his feet as he was still running, causing him to trip over and land on the ground, face first.
He looked up and saw a freckled face girl with light brown hair and he looked down. She was wearing a pair of sandals. He could tell it was most likely Peppermint Patty.
"H-Hi Patricia." Said Linus nervously
"Hey Linus." She said as she grabbed him by his hands and helped him up.
Linus looked around then into her eyes. "W-what happened?"
Peppermint Patty rolled her eyes before a voice piped up. It was Marcie's. "I think he tripped over a football, Sir."
She shot Marcie a dirty look. "Stop calling me sir!"
Charlie Brown then came running over. "Linus! What happened?" he exclaimed.
The freckled face girl blushed as she saw Charlie Brown "Your friend tripped over a football, Chuck."
Another voice piped up. "That "friend" is MY Sweet Babboo!"
"I'M NOT YOUR SWEET BABBOO!" Linus screamed which caused everyone to flip simultaneously in the air.
"YOU BLOCKHEAD!" They all looked behind them.
"Hey Lucille!" Peppermint Patty exclaimed.
"Oh hi, Patricia." Lucy said then walked away to find her brother
She eventually found Linus and pointed at him then laughed. "HA! WHAT A BLOCKHEAD! HE'S RUNNING FROM SOMEBODY YOUNGER THAN HIM AND HE TRIPS ON A FOOTBALL!"
Peppermint Patty, Marcie, Charlie Brown, Sally, Linus, Rerun and Snoopy all watched Lucy collapse then her rolling around laughing like it was the funniest thing in the world.
Snoopy wriggled himself out of Rerun's hug and tried to warn the Peanuts gang about an ice cream truck.
He pointed and jumped up and down to get their attention but they were still watching the girl in the blue dress laughing more than ever.
He got out his typewriter then types: "You do realise that there is an ice cream truck over there." He grinned then handed it to Charlie Brown who was curiously wondering what Snoopy was doing.
Charlie Brown looked at the letter. "You do realise there is an ice cream truck over there." He read aloud and Snoopy pointed to his right.
By then, everyone stopped looking at Lucy wondered what the letter was all about. Charlie Brown passed the letter to the person closest to him. "C'MON GANG! THERE'S AN ICE CREAM TRUCK!" Marcie read aloud so everybody could hear then ran to the truck followed by the rest of the gang.
"This ice cream is good!" said Linus smiling and eating his cookies and cream ice cream while Lucy was eating her strawberry ice cream and she had a trick up her sleeve…
"Hey Linus" Linus looked over at Lucy "Look up! That aeroplane has a security blanket on it." Said Lucy as she snatched Linus' ice cream and fed it to Rerun who dropped his ice cream as soon as he got it.
"Hey… where'd my ice cream go?" Linus asked
Lucy sniggered. "At least I have my blanket." Linus said holding it up then popped his thumb in his mouth as soon as Sally was about to sit on his lap.
Sally placed her head-on Linus' arm. "Oh! You're so cute, Linus!"
Linus sighed.
"Get off me!" Linus screamed.
Sally isn't giving up. "I'll get off you if you promise to marry me"
Linus sighed. "Fine… I'll marry you…"
"Yay! A SISTER IN LAW!" Lucy called out.
Wah wahhhh wahhhhhh wahh wahhhh (Time to go home!)As
Linus looked behind him to see the 2 girls waving "Well, I'll see you girls next time, bye!"
"Bye!" Peppermint Patty and Marcie called out.
Back home
Linus sat in the living room and sighed "Ahh… some quality time with my blanket!"
"You and that stupid blanket!" Lucy exclaimed to her brother.
"Please Lucy, please!" Linus begged.
Linus saw a black and white beagle approaching him.
"Snoopy… kiss my sister please!" Linus whispered
"WHAT DID YOU SAY, LINUS?" Lucy asked
"Nothing."
Snoopy snuck up to Linus, bit one end of the blanket and dragged him.
"AAUGH! LET GO! LET GO! LET GO YOU STUPID BEAGLE!" Linus yelled as he was getting dragged in the air.
Charlie Brown ran into the room and saw the chaos. He ran in the bedroom where Sally and Rerun were drawing pictures. He grabbed Snoopy's supper dish from them.
"Looks like I won, Rerun." Sally said "Your supper dish drawing looks more like a football"
Rerun took a glance at his drawing "I admit it. Snoopy's dog dish is shaped like a football" Rerun said
"SNOOPY!" Charlie Brown called out which made Snoopy stop and tilt his head.
"SUPPERTIME!" Without thinking, Snoopy let go of the blanket and raced towards the dog dish.
"Happiness is suppertime" Snoopy thought to himself.
Wah Wahhh Wahhhh (Kids it's suppertime!)
"We're having spaghetti and meatballs, Charlie Brown." said Linus
The 5 children sat around the table enjoying their meal.
"OW!" cried Lucy out in pain
"What's the matter?" Sally asked
"IT'S TOO HOT!" Lucy complained "MY TOUNGE GOT BURNED!"
"That's because we don't have a dog." added Rerun
"I can eat it just fine, Lucy" said Linus eating his meatballs
"That's because you were born after me!" Lucy said then crossed her arms
"I don't mind having a big brother" said Sally
"Thanks, Sally." Thanked Charlie Brown
"When you have TWO brothers, you're in trouble." Lucy turned to Sally
Everybody turned to Rerun for his opinion.
Rerun became oblivious and everybody wanted his opinion. "What? I'm just a little kid!"
Lucy raised her eyebrow. "Well...?" she asked
Rerun took a deep breath. "Having an older brother who carries a blanket around and a bossy older sister can really make your life wishy washy."
Lucy turned to Rerun and frowned. "SAY ONE MORE WORD, AND I OUTTA SLUG YOU!"
Wahh Wahhh Wah Wah Wahhhhh (Lucy! Don't threaten your brother)
"Yes mother."
Lucy sighed and pointed at Linus and Rerun "You see Charlie Brown; this is what I have to put up with when I have two brothers."
"At least Peppermint Patty is lucky… she has no brothers or sisters and she's turning out okay." Lucy said carelessly. "If I were her sister, I'd be real happy."
Linus glared at his sister.
"Rethink that, Lucy." Sally continued. "Her mother probably died or something."
"That's true." Linus said.
"Fine. I'll stay in this family." Lucy grumbled
"Or maybe you could go live with Marcie's family" Linus added.
"I'M NOT GOING TO WEAR GLASSES!" Lucy yelled at her blanket loving brother which caused him to flip in the air.
"Oh sweet babboo…" gushed Sally.
Linus sighed. "What now, Sally?"
"Would you like some of my spaghetti?" she held up her spoon which had spaghetti on it.
"No thanks, I'm kind of full." Linus said politely
"It's got my kisses on it!" said Sally holding up the spoon to his mouth.
"Blegh!" Linus said then ran into the bedroom.
"You guys finished eating?" asked Lucy.
"Rerun, Sally and Charlie Brown nodded their heads.
"Great. Let's watch TV." Said Lucy
Lucy went over and frowned. Linus was sitting in her beanbag watching his program.
"GET OFF MY BEANBAG! WE WANT TO WATCH OUR PROGRAM SO GET LOST! DO YOU HEAR ME?" Lucy cried.
"No."
"No.? NO! NO?!" Lucy complained. "I am your older sister so I want to watch what I want!"
Linus got out of the beanbag. "Fine." He said.
"Thank you." Said Lucy politely.
Lucy turned the dial while making Charlie Brown, Sally and Rerun watch.
Lucy went to the storage room and got three extra beanbags.
"Gee, thanks Lucy!" said Charlie Brown
Lucy popped the beanbags on the ground and they sat in them.
Rerun whispered to Charlie Brown. "I don't like this TV program, Charlie Brown."
Lucy smiled. "Look how beautiful those ladies are!
Lucy tugged Rerun's sleeve. "That girl is so beautiful! And she has black hair like me!" she exclaimed.
"Hey Charlie Brown! That girl has some nice red hair." Charlie Brown said nothing.
Rerun whispered something in Charlie Brown's ear. "Well, Lucy… We're going to go hang with Linus for a bit." Charlie Brown admitted.
"Ok, manager"
In the bedroom
"Hey Charlie Brown and Rerun!" Linus greeted the two boys
Snoopy came into the room and lied on top of the crate.
"So what are you doing here?" he asked
"Just decided to un-pack my stuff."
"Oh"
"Rats!" Charlie Brown exclaimed to his friend.
"What happened?"
"I forgot my pyjamas, Linus"
"Hm... I'll check if I have any spare ones"
"Ah! There we go, Charlie Brown" Linus grinned. "These are a size seven but that's okay."
"I'm a size nine, Linus."
"I'm sorry, Charlie Brown. These are the biggest ones I have."
"Turn your head while I change."
"Hm. They fit me, thanks Linus"
"That's what friends are for, Charlie Brown.
Wah Wahhh (Bed time)
Lucy and Sally raced into the room.
"I'm going in the bathroom!" called Lucy as she was holding her light blue night dress.
"Don't look while I change" said Sally loudly.
"We won't" said Charlie Brown
Rerun ran out of the room.
"DONE!" yelled Sally.
Sally looked at Linus. She twirled in front of Linus and smiled. "Do you like my pyjamas, Linus?" asked Sally
Linus sighed. "Yes, I do."
"YOU BETTER!" yelled the blonde-haired girl causing Linus to flip in the air.
Just then Lucy and Rerun walked in the room and Lucy was about to turn off the light.
"Mom says lights out NOW!" Lucy told everyone.
"Goodnight everybody" said Charlie Brown as he and the others crawled into bed.
"Goodnight" everybody else said.
"ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ" Snoopy snores
"Stupid dog!" Lucy yelled.
