Ralph woke up the next morning feeling fresh.
"Morning already? Time flies," Ralph said when he saw the time on the clock next to his bed read 8:00 AM.
He flew out of bed pretty quickly and changed out of his pajamas and took a quick shower and ate breakfast.
"Today I'm job hunting," Ralph said to himself as he dried himself with his towel.
After changing into that day's clothes, he turned on the blow dryer and dried his hair and had breakfast after his hair was dried.
"I feel fresh today," Ralph said as he walked into the kitchen and made himself bacon and eggs.
Ralph finished eating breakfast around 8:45 that morning. He found his house keys and locked the apartment door behind himself and found his car waiting for him in the parking lot. One thing he didn't notice about his car when he started the engine that morning was that his car was running out of gas.
The minute he started the engine it turned itself off.
"Great. Just great. How else am I going to get into town today?" Ralph asked himself not happy his car died down.
Ralph got out his cell phone and called Fonzie's apartment. He heard a sleepy Fonzie answer the phone.
"Hi, Fonz. I've got an emergency for you," Ralph said, hearing Fonzie yawn on the other end of the line.
"Not now, Malph. The Fonz is still sleeping," Fonzie told Ralph sleepily.
"Sorry, Fonz. My emergency is my car ran out of gas," Ralph said.
"Go to a gas station and get more gas. This ain't the Fonz's problem," Fonzie said, still tired.
"That's just the problem, Fonz. Can you bring your truck and bring my car to the gas station? My car died," Ralph said.
That woke Fonzie up.
"If you're that serious, Malph, give the Fonz a few minutes. I ain't awake yet. I need to eat first," Fonzie said.
"All right, Fonz. The car will be waiting," Ralph said as he heard Fonzie's phone click on the other end.
Fonzie gave out a groan as he got out of bed. He couldn't believe the phone call he had just gotten from one of his friends. He slowly got out of bed and changed into his usual clothes and headed for the Cunningham house for breakfast.
"Morning, my favorite middle class family," Fonzie said.
"Good morning, Fonzie," Howard said.
"Morning, Mrs. C," Fonzie said.
"Good morning, Arthur," Marion said and gave Fonzie a kiss.
He blushed.
"I see you're not fully awake, Fonzie," Howard said.
He could tell Fonzie was still tired.
"That's right, Mr. C. I am still tired. I just got a telephone call from Ralph. He wants me to get his car to the gas station for him," Fonzie said.
"Couldn't he do that himself?" Howard asked.
"He says his car ran out of gas and it died down," Fonzie said, "so I have to do it."
"I see, Fonzie. I guess it calls for your tow truck," Howard said.
"That's what Malph wants me to do," Fonzie said.
Fonzie took a seat at the kitchen table with the Cunninghams after taking his thermos from Marion.
"Thank you for filling this up, Mrs. C," Fonzie said.
"You're welcome, Arthur," Marion said.
Fonzie ate quickly. Both Howard and Marion noticed.
"Busy day, Fonz?" Howard asked.
"Kind of. I have to take care of Malph now. I'll see you Cs later," Fonzie said and thanked Marion for breakfast and was out of the door.
Fonzie arrived at Ralph's apartment and found Ralph waiting for him in the car in the driver's seat.
"Thank goodness you finally got here, Fonz. The car never responded to me," Ralph said in disappointment.
"Ain't that a shame, Malph. Let me see what we can do at the gas station," Fonzie said.
"Get more gas? I want to get started on a job hunt. I need a classroom since my class is getting bigger by the season, Fonz. I can't teach it in my apartment anymore," Ralph told Fonzie.
"Good luck, Malph," Fonzie said.
He didn't seem interested in hearing about the piano class much but knew Ralph did it for the fun of it. He knew Ralph taught grades of all ages except college because Ralph couldn't get the college kids interested and they walked out on him every time he tried getting the college kids into piano.
"I am also planning on leaving Milwaukee to meet Karen's parents, Fonz. They live in Washington, D. C. They know who I am. They aren't letting me sleep in their apartment. That's what Karen tells me and I don't plan to do so. I know the hotel is better than sleeping in strangers' apartments," Ralph said.
"You're smart enough to figure that out for a nerd, Malph," Fonzie said.
"When are you planning on leaving town to meet your girlfriend's parents, Malph?" Fonzie asked.
"I haven't figured that out yet, Fonz. I'm still thinking of a date to leave town. Karen's helping me with that," Ralph said.
Fonzie liked the idea and didn't say anything.
"I'm sure her parents would love you, Malph. Maybe you can tell them some of your jokes," Fonzie suggested.
"I plan to do that, Fonz. Karen tells me her father is a red-head like the two of us. I can't wait to see his hair," Ralph said, not knowing Don McCarey was already bald since he was in his nineties.
"Red fits your in – laws if you ever marry her, Malph," Fonzie said.
"I think so too, Fonz. I'm thinking of marrying her," Ralph said.
Fonzie didn't reply to Ralph's statement so he stayed quiet. Fonzie took Ralph's car to the garage to work on that day so Ralph had to take the bus around Milwaukee for his job hunt until his car was ready. Ralph went all over the schools for interviews and every one of them told him they would call him once he got the job. Weeks later he got a call from Jefferson High School, saying he got the job in a couple of weeks. Ralph knew it was a bad time for him to start his job at the high school on Monday and he told the principal he couldn't make it that Monday because he already had a trip to Washington, D. C. planned out. She told Ralph that was all right and they would see him once he came back.
