A/N: Okay, I know people don't really watch Charlie Brown anymore, but I however still love it!! I slipped back into my old obsession after watching the Charlie Brown Valentine's Day specials that were on tonight. I got a cool idea for a Peanuts fic and since I've watched every Charlie Brown movie there is, I hope I can be in character with everybody. Anyway, this is my first Peanuts fic, so be nice! I am open to helpful tips.
Disclaimer: I do not own Charlie Brown, or any of the Peanuts gang. Charles Schulz used to...but I guess his family does now. :(
Today was a typically bad day for Charlie Brown, as it was every day. He actually thought that a good day was what was a pretty bad day was for others. Today happened to one of those bad days. He had failed a spelling test, his locker had gotten jammed, and the school bully had taken his lunch. Fortunately his best friend, Linus Van Pelt, came to the rescue with his security blanket. In just mere moments and with the crack of his blanket, Linus had returned with Charlie Brown's lunch sack.
"Here you go, Charlie Brown," Linus said, handing him the brown bag. "Everything is still in there, from what I can see." Charlie Brown took back the lunch and rummaged through it. "Yes, everything's in there," he answered. "Thanks, Linus." Charlie Brown and Linus were in the middle of their lunch when Lucy, Patty, Violet, and Frieda walked over, holding pink pieces of paper in their hands. "What's that you're holding?" Charlie Brown, noticing the papers and their smiles.
"Oh, just invitations to a birthday party," Frieda answered, gingerly patting her red curls for the millionth time that day. Lucy added with a smug look on her face, "That just happens to be a certain little red-haired girl's party." That sure caught Charlie Brown's attention. He jumped up, the contents of his lunch falling to the floor. "The little red-haired girl?!" Charlie Brown repeated, his mouth dropped open.
Violet nodded. "It's a shame you weren't invited, Charlie Brown," she said sarcastically with a poisoningly sweet smile. Lucy shrugged. "I don't find it a shame," she retorted with a scoff. "Who would want to invite a stupid blockhead like Charlie Brown?"
Linus crossed his arms, blanket in hand, prepared to use it if necessary. "Don't listen to them, Charlie Brown," he said to his crestfallen friend. "She probably has one for you, but she hasn't gotten a chance to give it to you yet." Linus happened to look up and see the little red-haired girl walking toward them, an invitation in her hand. "Here she comes now!"
Charlie Brown and the girls spun around and indeed see the little red-haired girl walking toward them. The girls' mouths dropped open in shock as Heather (which is the little red-haired girl, I found out her name from the movie, It's Your First Kiss, Charlie Brown) passed them and stopped right in front of Linus and Charlie Brown. Charlie Brown was nervously sweating yet he was smiling as if the best thing in the world had happened to him. This had been the moment he had dreamed of for so long! "Hi, t-t-thank you so much-" He started to say, but was cut off as Heather placed the invitation in Linus's hands!
"I hope you can come to my birthday party," Heather said to Linus, then walked away. Linus looked as shocked as Charlie Brown, except Charlie Brown also looked crushed. Lucy, Violet, Frieda, and Patty snickered. "Ha! Told you that she would never, ever invite Charlie Brown!" Patty exclaimed. The girls bursted into a fit of laughter as they turned and walked away.
"Charlie Brown, I had no idea-" Linus began, but stopped when Charlie Brown's shoulders slumped. "I should've known, Linus," Charlie Brown sighed. "Who would want to invite me to their birthday party? Who, Linus? I guess I hoped for too much. I thought I had a chance, but...I guess dreams never come true."
Linus snapped his blanket in the air, getting Charlie Brown's attention. "Pull yourself together, Charlie Brown!" he said strictly. "Of course you're going to get to go to that birthday party! We just need to think of something." Just then Schroeder and Franklin walked up. "Whose birthday party?" Schroeder asked. Charlie Brown buried his face in his hand and used his other to point to where Heather was passing out invitations. Franklin and Schroeder nodded in understanding. "Ah, I see," Franklin said.
Heather approached them again with two more invitations, and Charlie Brown looked hopeful, but then his face fell again when she handed the invitations to Franklin and Schroeder, who looked sheepish. When the little red-haired girl walked away, Charlie Brown banged his head on a nearby wall. "AUGH!" he shouted. Schroeder, Franklin, and Linus walked over to him. "You can have my invitation if you like, Charlie Brown," Schroeder offered. Charlie Brown shook his head and leaned against the wall. "I thought it would be so special if the little red-haired girl would give it to me in person," he sighed. "Wouldn't that be something?"
His friends hated seeing Charlie Brown so depressed. "That will probably happen," Linus argued. "Have a little faith in yourself, Charlie Brown." They were interrupted by the bell, which signaled them back inside. Charlie Brown sighed as he followed his friends inside, empty-handed. Off to increase my brain capacity..
A/N: Yeah, I know, kinda boring first chapter, but I promise it'll get better and more interesting! XD I hope I did okay for my first try. It's been a while since I've written anything about Peanuts. I have some ideas for future chapters, but I am open to suggestions! Review, please!