Louise's Little Friend
Bob was wandering around the restaurant with a colander on his head and a wooden spoon in his hands. Gene, and Louise were looking at them with suspicion and curiosity. "Uh, Dad, Halloween isn't for another 6 months. Why are you dressed like that?" Louise asked in a joking manner. "OH MY GOD! It's Halloween already? Why didn't anyone tell me?" Gene said as he was about to rocket upstairs to make a costume. "Gene, it's not Halloween," Bob told Gene, which caused Gene to go back to his seat disappointingly.
"So, why are you dressed up?" Gene asked. "It's because mom and dad are chasing a rat that they found earlier today," Tina said, coming from upstairs. "Tina! How'd you know that?" Bob asked. He told Linda not to tell the children just in case they freaked out like he was. "Mom told me while she was crawling around upstairs," Tina answered. "That's what's got you freaked out? Why do you care about a rat being in here?" Louise asked. Louise really liked animals, especially furry and small animals, even rodents like the class chinchilla.
"Louise, rats are filthy, disease carrying wastes of space. That thing will probably spread something like the Black Plague in the restaurant, which could kill all our customers," Bob said, envisioning his restaurant as people in it began dropping like flies. "Plus, that ass wipe, Hugo would have my ass if he found out there was a rat in here," Bob told them. Just then, Linda poked her head out of the stairwell, and looked worriedly at Bob. "Linda, did you find that rat?" Bob asked. "Uhhhh, no. The rat ran up to the air ducts and stopped in the attic," Linda said.
Bob just put his face in his hands. "Dammit! Louise, I need your help," Bob told her. "With…?" Louise asked. "You're small enough to go into the attic crawlspace, and bring that rat out of there, and give it to us so that we can capture it," Bob told her. "Well, I've got nothing better to do," Louise said as she went upstairs. "Be careful, Louise," Tina told her. "Don't worry Tina, it's just the attic. What could possibly go wrong?" Louise said. "Timmy Turner said that, and look what's been happening to his show now!" Gene yelled out, now extremely worried for Louise. Louise just rolled her eyes and went upstairs.
Louise then met her mother where the crawlspace was. "OK, Louise, I'm going to give you a boost into the crawlspace so you can get that creature out of here," Linda said as she cupped her hands together, and put them down. Louise then put her foot in Linda's cupped hands, and Linda pushed her up to the crawlspace. Louise then got into the attic, and started looking around. "Louise, do you see anything yet, sweetie?" Linda asked. "Not yet Mom, and what have I told you about calling me 'sweetie'?" Louise responded, while blushing a little at the title of 'sweetie'.
Louise went further into the attic, and tripped over one of the many boxes in the attic. "Dammit! Stupid attic with its stupid boxes!" Louise said in annoyance before she saw something move, and tiny feet bouncing off of the floor. Louise looked over at where it went. As she got closer to it, she heard that same sound again, indicating it was running away. Louise then jumped onto the pile of boxes, and ended up lying down in pain. When she got up, she felt something on her head. Louise put her hand over her head and felt something fuzzy until it jumped off of her head. It was the rat her Dad was talking about.
"AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!" Louise screamed, which caused the rat to hide behind a box. The rat had white fur, and one of its ears was scratched. Louise calmed down, and walked closer to the rat. "Hey, don't worry. I'm not here to hurt you," Louise said in an attempt to calm the rat. The rat then showed itself, and just looked at Louise. Louise's inner girly girl absolutely squealed on the inside. She always wanted to have a pet, but her parents said that she was 'irresponsible' and that they 'couldn't afford it'. But, this rat could be the answer to her prayers. She can feed this rat her table scraps (and as a 9 year old girl, she usually had a lot of vegetables left on her plate), it didn't take up too much space, and she could easily take it anywhere.
Louise knelt down and held her hands out to the rat. The rat hesitated before jumping into her hands. Louise holds the rat up closer to her, and the rat responded by rubbing it's head on Louise's cheek. "You are such a cute little thing! I think I'll call you…uh…Misako! What do you think of that, Misako?" Louise asked while petting it's head. The rat responded by rubbing her hand with it's head. Louise then continued to pet her new friend until…
"Louise! Did you find the rat yet?" Bob asked. Louise looked at her new pet and gulped.
Well, that's the end of the first chapter. Let me know what you think.