Chapter 2, The Bad Old Days
Before Tommy could come up with another idea to help get Angelica's memory back, Betty, Chaz and Kira, Laura, and Aunty Celeste, had all shown up to pick up their kids and head for home. After they all left, and Drew, Stu, and Didi had finished cleaning up the messy house, everyone sat down for dinner, where they were surprised to see Angelica was eating her broccoli.
"Usually Angelica doesn't like broccoli." Said Drew, who looked towards Didi with a sad expression.
"I just want my little girl back." Drew said to himself.
"Don't worry Drew, I'm sure she'll be back to herself in no time." Said Didi reassuringly.
"Well the doctor said we should surround her with familiar things." Said Drew.
It was then, that Tommy got his big idea.
The following day, everyone showed up to play, but Angelica hadn't arrived yet.
"Any luck at getting Angelica's memory back Tommy?" Phil asked.
Tommy nodded.
"We've gots to talk about the memories we have of Angelica with her when she gets here. It's the onliest way to gets her memory back." Said Tommy.
Just then, Charlotte and Drew arrived with Angelica, and brought a photo album and Cynthia. Angelica ran up to the playpen carrying Cynthia.
"Morning Angelica." Said Kimi.
"Good morning babies." Replied Angelica.
"Do you know who that is?" Zack asked, pointing at the Cynthia doll.
"I don't know, some doll named Cynthia." Replied Angelica.
The babies gasp. They couldn't believe that Angelica didn't remember who Cynthia was.
"You mean you don't know who Cynthia is?" Dil asked.
"You take her everywhere with you!" Added Kimi.
"I even remember the time me and Tommy losted Cynthia when we needed a captain for our bote, so Tommy decided we'd use Cynthia. You almost turned us into blobs of apple sauce, but Spike showed up with Cynthia, before anything bad could happen." Explained Chuckie.
"Yeah, and one time, you wanted candy, so you tolded us that Cynthia was kidnapped, only for us to find out later, that you were the kid dropper." Said Tommy.
"Why would I do that?" Angelica asked, confused that she would do stuff like that.
"Cuz you're Angelica." Replied Kimi.
"Good answer." Said Zack.
"Guys, we've gotta keep talking about the memories we have of Angelica, in hopes that she'll remember who she is." Said Tommy.
"I don't know Tommy, it's not like the memories your grandpa has of the good old days." Said Phil.
"Yeah it's more like the bad old days. Like that time Angelica turned me into a butterfly." Said Lil.
"Oh yeah, Angelica thought she could do magic, and turndid you into a butterfly Lil." Said Phil.
"I'm glad I changed back though." Replied Lil.
"I did that?" Angelica asked.
The others nodded.
"What else did I do?" Angelica asked.
"Well, you've especially haven't been nice to me." Said Chuckie.
"Oh?" Angelica asked.
"Yeah. You've tolded me that there was a monster under my bed, and that I'd go down the drain, and you took my glasses during hide and go peak once, and I couldn't see anything without my eyes." Explained Chuckie.
"I did all of that?" Angelica asked.
"Uh huh? And that's not the worstest of them all. One day, you and I were stuck together, with those handcuffs. Had I not founded the key on the floor under the puppet, we still might be stuck together, and we both might have losted our memories a few yesterdays ago." Said Chuckie.
"Oh wow." Said Angelica.
"And remember when I was your slave? I saved your life, so I had to be your slave for a day, and had to climb up to the highest place in the world, the top shelf of the upstairs closet to get you candy." Said Chuckie, who started to shiver at this point.
"And how about that time when we played circus, and you made me the human candy ball. And the time you poured sand on my head, and we spent the afternoon looking for nickles, after I found that one, and it disappeardid. It was bad you guys, real bad." Explained Chuckie.
"Awe come on Chuckie, it wasn't so scary." Replied Tommy.
"I don't know Tommy, Angelica hasn't exactly been nice to us." Said Phil.
"Yeah. Remember when she told us about the favorite and the reject?" Lil asked.
"I thought I was the favorite." Said Phil.
"No me!" Argued Lil.
"No me." Argued Phil.
The two of them continued to argue back and force, until Zack put a stop to it.
"Guys! Uh, stop it already!" Said Zack.
"Oh, sorry." Said Phil.
"Anyway, we both became the rejects, and then, you tolded us you made it up cuz we weren't playing with you." Said Lil.
"Yeah, you've made up all kinds of stuff, till you had lied so much, that your nose got really big, just like Pastacio's." Said Chuckie.
"I did?" Angelica asked.
"Yeah, you said that Fluffy ate Tommy's grandpa's candy." Said Lil.
"And Spike broke a wigsaw puzzle." Added Chuckie.
"Oh. And who's Fluffy?" Angelica asked.
"You know, she's your kitty. You brought her over one time and Fluffy made a mess, but you tolded everyone Spike did it." Said Tommy.
"I did that? Man, I'm mean, aren't I?" Angelica asked, looking very sad.
"You're not always mean." Replied Tommy.
"What are you talking about?" Jesse asked.
"Sure Angelica has done a lot of mean things to us, like, throwing my ball into the next yard, and breaking my clown lamp, and I was so sick of it, that I turned you into a statue once, but you changed back, after I wished you to turn back into real enough, and you've done a lot of nice things for us too." Said Tommy.
"I have?" Angelica asked.
"Yeah, like, you helped us make a can of monster food to feed Hubert, when my mommy and daddy would only feed it one little can. You led us to the kitties when we were in Los Begas, and kept the grown ups entertained by singing, while we freed the kitties. And that's not all! You even got rid of my hippups." Said Tommy.
"No she didn't." Said Chuckie.
"Yeah, we tried to scare you, but it didn't work." Added Phil.
"Yeah, you were too brave." Said Lil.
"Yeah, I was doomed, until her scare machine fell on top of her, making me ascared Angelica was hurted, and it made my hippups go away!" Said Tommy.
"I did that? Anything else?" Angelica asked.
"Well you helped us find Jack, so we could go to the Dummi Bears concert." Said Tommy.
"Who's Jack?" Angelica asked.
"He's the guy who fixes cars. Remember?" Replied Tommy.
Angelica sat there for several minutes, trying to recall all of these memories, but it was no use. She couldn't remember anything, and started to cry.
"Awe, don't cry Angelica." Said Kimi, who put a hand on Angelica's shoulder.
"I don't know who I am, and I can't remember anything." Said Angelica through her sobs.
Just then, Cynthia P.I. came on the TV.
"Hey, maybe we should watch Cynthia P.I. Maybe that will help you remember stuff." Said Tommy, as everybody left the playpen and went and watched Cynthia P.I.
At one point during a commercial, everyone overheard the grown ups talking in the kitchen.
"You know, since it's Saturday, maybe we should let the kids stay over for a slumber party." Said Laura.
"That's an excellent idea!" Replied Aunty Celeste.
"I'm all for it. The kids just love their little sleepovers." Said Didi with a smile.
"Hey Angelica, what's a slumber party?" Jesse asked.
"Um, it's when we get to sleep together." Replied Angelica.
"Hey, wait a minute. I thought the answer was, if you have to ask, you'll never know. Or at least that's what you tolded me a long time ago." Replied Tommy.
"Angelica's memory isn't back, is it Tommy." Replied Phil.
Tommy nodded and frowned.
Just then, Zack spotted Angelica's karaoke machine in the corner of the living room.
"Hey, remember this? It's your tafioki machine." Said Zack, picking up the microphone and talking into it.
"I thought we weren't allowed to play with it." Said Kimi.
"You can play with my toy if you'd like to." Replied Angelica.
Everyone gasp. They couldn't believe how nice Angelica was being, and letting them play with her toy.
"Yeah but I seem to recall I couldn't come to anymore of your concerts until I was potty trained." Said Dil.
"I said that?" Angelica asked.
Dil nodded.
"I don't think this is working. You got anything else?" Chuckie whispered to Tommy.
Tommy left the room, and went down to the basement, where he opened a cabinet and got out the voice mojulater, and brought it back upstairs. He walked into the living room, carrying the voice mojulater, and handed it to Angelica.
"What's this? Hey! My voice sounds like mommy's!" Said Angelica, who was talking into the voice mojulater at this point, making her sound like Charlotte.
"Ok, she remembers who her mommy and daddy are. Now, you're suppose to use the hellophone with that thing, and make cookies appear at the door." Explained Tommy.
"But Tommy, didn't your grandpa's teeth disappear the lasted time Angelica did that?" Chuckie asked.
"Yeah, but maybe things will be different this time. Come on Angelica, don't you want some cookies?" Tommy asked.
"I'm not doing it. It just, sounds too mean." Replied Angelica with a shrug.
"I don't think this trip down memory lane is working Tommy." Said Zack.
"You're right Zack, we need to try something else." Said Tommy.
"Like what?" Lil asked.
Just then, Kimi went upstairs, and found a canister of vanishing cream, and brought it back down to the living room.
"What's this?" Angelica asked.
"I don't know." Kimi replied.
"Angelica, it's vanishing cream. When you wear it, it makes you invisible! Come on, try it." Said Tommy.
"No, I don't wanna get all messy." Said Angelica.
The babies shrugged their shoulders. They knew this just, wasn't working. Then, they overheard the grown ups talking in the kitchen.
"I'll never forget when I took Tommy and Angelica to work with me. Angelica wanted her own toy town, but I couldn't get her one right then. So she and Tommy went off, and broke an important model we were using for a presentation." Explained Charlotte.
"Oh yes. Didn't you have to come home and take a shower to wash away the cent of failure that day?" Drew asked.
Charlotte nodded.
"And remember when I almost had another baby? Angelica wasn't happy about that." Said Charlotte.
"She had a terrible nightmare too." Added Drew.
"Do any of those memories the grown ups are talking about in there sound familiar to you at all?" Chuckie asked.
Angelica nodded with a frown.
"Even the grown ups can't get her memory back." Said Lil.
"You're right Lil. We've gotta keep trying other stuff." Said Tommy.
"Like what?" Phil asked.
So, what are they going to try next? You'll have to wait and find out, in chapter 3.
