Author's Note: Before we go on, please be sure to read and review Ultrasonic's fanfic "DW and Nadine, a Story About Mental Illness."

Chapter 2

A few days later Jenna is at her locker when Ladonna Compson comes to her.

"So, Jenna, are you excited about the sleepover tonight?" she asks her.

"I sure am, Ladonna," replies Jenna.

"It'll be great," says Ladonna, "cross my heart!"

Ladonna and Jenna head to class.

After school Jenna goes and gets herself ready to go to the slumber party, which isn't for another few hours. She also does her homework and finishes it.

A few hours later Jenna takes her baggage with her for the slumber party and walks out of the house and to the car. Mrs. Morgan stands at the door and watches while Mr. Morgan helps his daughter get her things into the car. Before Jenna gets into the car, she looks to the sky and notices gray clouds are approaching. She gets a bit nervous but hopes it's not what she thinks it is.

"Ready to go," asks Mr. Morgan.

Jenna is continuing to stare at the clouds.

"Jenna?" says Mr. Morgan.

"Oh, yes, yes," says Jenna. "I couldn't be more ready!"

Mr. Morgan does get a light funny look on his face but decides not to inquire. Jenna and her father get into the car and drive off.

Jenna arrives at the house the slumber party is supposed to take place at. Jenna gets out of the car, gets her stuff and heads for the front door and rings the bell. The door opens.

"Well howdy Jenna!" says Ladonna.

"Hi Ladonna," Jenna replies.

"I'm so glad you made it," Ladonna says. "Come on in!"

Francine and Sue Ellen are already there; later Prunella, Muffy and Fern come and those are all the girls who will be there. Ladonna's parents, Rufus and Cisley Compson are supervising the party. Bud, Ladonna's youngest brother is staying at the Read home and older sister Madison and older brother Gussie are away for the night.

Things do start out okay until Jenna looks outside again and sees the sky is all full of gray clouds. Jenna fears a thunderstorm is on the way. Although Jenna feels secure about the other girls knowing her bed-wetting problem and being required to wear a pull-up and a bell, she doesn't want them to see how afraid she is of thunderstorms.

"Hey Jenna," says Francine, "come on dinner's ready!"

Jenna looks back outside.

"Jenna are you feeling okay?" asks Francine.

Jenna snaps out of it and says "Never better!"

She goes on to say, "I wonder what we're having!"

After dinner the girls play together. Jenna tries to ignore the clouds outside and focus more on the party , a rumble of thunder can be heard, which causes her to gasp. Jenna goes back to the window and not long after she appears, she sees a lightning flashing and another rumble of thunder can be heard. Jenna gets a bit more nervous and wonders if coming to the slumber party was a good idea.

Again, Jenna is interrupted, this time by Sue Ellen.

"Hey Jenna," she says, "we're going to share secrets with each other again. It was Prunella's idea."

"Um, okay," says Jenna.

So in a room, Jenna, Francine, Muffy, Sue Ellen, Fern, Prunella, and Ladonna are all sitting in a circle and playing a game of sharing secrets. Meanwhile outside, it's starting to rain and Jenna can hear it. She even looks toward the window in the room but doesn't get up so as not to attract attention.

Three of the girls have shared their secrets and so it's Jenna's turn to share hers.

"Um," she says, "pass."

"Okay," says Muffy, "we'll come back to you. Fern, what's your secret?"

Before it's Jenna's turn again, she tries to think of something because she doesn't want to the other girls to know she's afraid of thunderstorms. Lightning continues to flash and thunder gets louder and its after sunset.

It's Jenna's turn again.

"Alright Jenna," says Muffy, "what's your secret?"

"And this time no more stalling," says Prunella.

Jenna hesitates with "uh."

Francine begins to say, "If it's about your bed-wetting problem, it's okay, we know about it already."

"I know," Jenna says, "it's not that. But speaking of which, I have to go to the bathroom."

And quickly she gets up and goes. The other girls get suspicious of her.

"Is there something else she's not telling us?" Fern asks.

"Probably," says Sue Ellen.

"Girls," says Francine, "let's not talk behind her back, it's not nice."

"Francine's right," says Prunella.

The toilet can be heard flushing and Jenna comes back to the group.

"Well Jenna?," asks Ladonna.

"Okay here's my secret," she says. "I, I..."

The girls are waiting.

"I..." Jenna says.

"Come on Jenna," says Muffy, "the suspence is killing me!"

"Okay, okay," says Jenna, "I.. I like to watch the Love Ducks!"

The girls look at her funny and turn towards each other.

"So?" says Francine. "I like them too."

"Yeah," says Prunella, "so do I."

Jenna goes on to say, "And I like Mary Moo Cow and Crazy Bus."

The other girls look at her without saying anything.

"Okay I know it's weird I like these things but..."

"Jenna," says Francine, "it's all right."

"Cross my heart," says Ladonna. "Sometimes I watch Mary Moo Cow and listen to Crazy Bus with my little brother Bud, especially when he insists I do, but it can be fun!"

Ladonna then comes up with an idea: "Hey who wants to listen to crazy bus?"

All the girls agree to do so and so Ladonna goes and gets the CD out of Bud's room and plays it on the CD player and when the music starts, everyone starts singing.

"Crazy bus, crazy bus," they all sing. "Riding on the crazy bus!"

After that they all get a good laugh out of it. But they're still unaware of Jenna's real secret.

Soon it's past bedtime and everyone is asleep, except Jenna, who is wide awake and scared to go to sleep. The storm is still raging outside, the rain is coming down hard and more lightning is flashing and more thunder can be heard. Jenna gets up and walks to the window, trying not to disturb anyone. She gazes out the window and watches the rain coming down and like before the rain comes down diagonally. Jenna fears another big clap of thunder could come just like before. Plus this storm lasts longer than the last one.

Jenna then tries to go back to her sleeping area but accidentally steps on Prunella, who let's out a scream.

'OWW!" she yells, waking everybody up, and the light can be turned on.

"What's going on?" one of the girls asks as other girls murmur among themselves.

Everyone notices Jenna is standing up and over Prunella.

"Jenna," asks Francine, "what are you doing?"

"Yeah," says Prunella, "you just stepped on me."

"I did?" asks Jenna. She puts her hand to her mouth and says "Oh I'm so so sorry."

"Jenna," says Sue Ellen. "You've been acting strangely tonight."

"Yeah you have," says Muffy.

Jenna turns and looks toward the window.

"And you've been looking out the window an awful lot," says Fern.

"Jenna," says Ladonna, "what's wrong?"

"And please just tell us," says Francine.

"Guys," says Jenna, "I have a confession to make. My secret is not that I like the Love Ducks, Mary Moo Cow, or Crazy Bus."

"Then why did you lie to us?" asks Muffy.

"That's not cool," says Prunella.

"Look everyone," says Jenna, "I'm really afraid of thunderstorms. They make me very nervous and I cannot sleep well through them."

Jenna wishes she'd stayed home now.

"It's okay," says Francine, "a lot of us are afraid of thunderstorms."

"Yeah, I can be afraid of them too," says Muffy

"Same here," says Fern.

"But you're in good company," says Prunella, "so you don't have much to be afraid of."

"Yeah," says Ladonna, "everything is gonna be all right."

But then a big flash of lightning occurs and right after, a really loud clap of thunder can be heard, causing all the girls to scream! Then the girls laugh a little. Jenna doesn't laugh though. She screams longer and she has her ears covered and her eyes closed and her head bowed just a little.

In less than a minute, Rufus comes along.

"Is everyone okay in here?" he asks.

Francine, Muffy, Sue Ellen, Fern, Ladonna, and Prunella say they're okay but Jenna is shivering like crazy.

"Speak for yourselves!" she says, "I'm not okay!"

Jenna goes on to say, "I didn't want you guys to see me like this!"

The girls all go to Jenna and try to comfort her and talk to her.

"You don't have anything to be ashamed of," says Ladonna.

"Fear of thunderstorms is a very common thing," Prunella.

"And besides," says Sue Ellen, "we all screamed.

"So we're all afraid of loud thunder too," says Muffy.

"And you don't have to worry too much about that," says Francine. "Besides, the thunder is over now."

"But what if another one comes?" asks Jenna.

After brief silence, Ladonna asks her dad if they could stay up just a little longer and he agrees. Then Ladonna says to Jenna, "I know what might make you feel better."

"What's that?" Jenna asks.

"Let's play 'Crazy Bus,' again," Ladonna says.

Prunella, Sue Ellen, Fern, Francine, and Muffy all agree.

"Well," says Jenna, "okay."

And so they sing crazy bus and it does make Jenna feel better and calmer. Then everyone goes back to sleep including Jenna.

The next morning the sun is shining and everyone is awake. They have breakfast, get themselves bathed and dressed and ready to go back to their homes. Jenna is asked about the sleepover to which she says "It was a blast."

All seems normal until Bud discovers his Crazy Bus CD is missing.

"Hey," he shouts, "who took my Crazy Bus CD?!"

The End

Author's notes: This does seem like a repeat of the episode "Jenna's Bedtime Blues," but I did try to make it a little different. Another difference, I decided to make the sleepover take place at Ladonna's instead of Muffy's. I think I chose Ladonna because a sleepover has never been featured on the show, at least not an all-girl sleepover, it's been taking place at Muffy's and one time at Fern's. But I chose Ladonna out of all the girls.

Thanks for reading.

Oh by the way, I do not own Arthur, Arthur belongs to Marc Brown, P.B.S. and W.G.B.H.