BFF's Chapter 4

It was Friday, and for Louise, it was the day of her first sleepover, or, at least the first sleepover she wanted to be a part of. Louise got her pajamas, her sleeping bag, some snacks, her game Xbox console, some games, and anything else she would need. She went downstairs to leave, but decided to say goodbye to her family. "Bye everyone, I'll see you on Monday morning," Louise said when she saw her family in the restaurant. "Okay, Louise, just try not to cause too much trouble. You cause enough trouble back home, we don't need you giving our new neighbors any trouble," Bob warned her before she left.

Louise just smiled to herself and said, "No promises, Dad," Louise said cryptically, causing Bob to groan to himself, knowing that that was the best that he was going to get out of her. Louise's mother came to hug her. Louise was about to push her away, but Louise had decided to try and be nicer to her mother, and hugged her back. "I'm so happy that you're finally going to your first sleepover. I just hope that you don't try and drive everyone away again, even though you do a really good job of that," Linda said, with Louise blushing with pride.

"Don't worry, Louise, me and Gene will keep an eye on your room while you're away," Tina said while waving goodbye. "Ha ha, that's really fucking funny. But, if either of you two touch any of my things, I'll cut your hands off and feed them to the stray dogs that live in the alleyway," Louise threatened as she pulled out a pocketknife. "Louise!" Tina scolded as she motioned for her to put the knife away. "I was just kidding, Mom," Louise said while laughing, and took a second to glare at Tina and gene to mouth 'I'm not joking'.

Louise gave her family one last wave goodbye and left out the door. Louise walked the very short walk to her new friend and next door neighbor's house. She knocked on the door, expecting to see Lisa answer the door. Instead of Lisa, a woman in a green dress, red fake pearls, and had a huge blue beehive hairdo. "Hello there," the woman said with a voice that Louise felt was almost as annoying as her own mothers. Louise was just staring at her weird hair was repeatedly telling herself 'Don't mention her hair. Don't mention her hair. Don't mention her hair'.

"Hello hair… I MEAN THERE! I'm Lisa's new friend, Louise Belcher. I'm here for the sleepover, surely she told you about it," Louise said, hoping that the woman didn't catch her mistake. "Oh, you're that girl Lisa's been talking about. I'm Marge Simpson, her mother. Come on in," Marge said while opening up the door fully to let Louise in. Louise walked in, and she saw a fat guy sitting on the couch, and from what Lisa had told her when she first met her, Louise assumed that he was Lisa's father.

"Hi there, I'm Lisa's new friend, Louise Belcher. Where is Lisa?" Louise asked Homer, but the father seemed zoned out and didn't notice that she said anything. Annoyed but undeterred, Louise brought out her plan B; a burger from her father's restaurant. Louise put the burger in front of Homer's face, which Homer soon smelled and took it. "Um, so where is Lisa?" Louise said once Homer knew she was there. "Oh…uh… I think she's in her room," Homer said, not being particularly interested, and still eating the burger. She ran upstairs and knocked on the door.

Lisa answered and got a huge smile on her face. "Hey, Louise, you showed up," Lisa said while motioning her to come into her room. "I wouldn't miss this for a death in the family…I mean the world," Louise corrected, trying to make what she said less weird. "Well, what do you want to do?" Lisa asked. Louise then put her backpack on the ground, and took out her Xbox. "I got my Xbox 360 and a couple of games. I got Saints Row the 3rd, Sonic and Sega All Stars Racing, and some other games we can play," Louise suggested. Lisa smiled and blushed as she responded. "Well, I've played a video game once, and I've never played another one," Lisa confessed.

Louise had her mouth agape, being very surprised at this. "Well, let's plug this into the TV and start playing," Louise offered. Lisa was about to cheer, but she just remembered, her father was watching TV, and it would be hard to get the TV away from him. "Wait! My Dad isn't going to leave the TV, believe me, I've dealt with that for eight years," Lisa explained. "Well, what should we do, Lisa? Is there another TV?" Louise asked, wanting to play video games with her new best friend. Lisa thought about it, and suddenly looked like she just remembered something.

"What is it, Lisa? You remember something?" Louise asked, suddenly getting excited. "Yeah, there's a TV my Dad found in a junkyard. It's unplugged, and kind of broken, but I think that we can fix it if we put our minds to it," Lisa explained, expecting Louise to be disappointed. "Let's do it. Lucky for you, I brought some tools from my parent's house," Louise said as she brought out some tools from her backpack. "Alright, Louise! Let's get the TV and get to work," Lisa said while going out the door, with Louise following close behind.

When they went to the base of the basement stairs, Louise stiffened up when she saw the dark basement. "Uhhhh…uhhhh… maybe we should wait till tomorrow. I mean…it's really dark in here…and…and…and we would need light to find the TV," Louise said in a very nervous manner, which was very un-Louise like. "There's a light switch right here, Louise," Lisa said before she flipped the light switch. "Now, let's go get the TV, Louise," Lisa said as she was running down the stairs. Louise got over most of her nervousness from earlier and walked down the stairs with her.

Louise and Lisa looked around the basement until they found the TV next to the furnace. Louise and Lisa tried to pick the TV up, but they both could not lift the minor flat screen TV. "Damn, we're not strong enough to lift this thing," Louise said as she tried to catch her breath from failing to lift the TV. "Well, I know someone who can help. BART!" Lisa screamed. Louise looked up at the base of the basement stairs and saw a boy wearing a red shirt, spiky hair, and blue shoes came down to the basement. "What's up, Lisa? Who's the new girl?" Bart asked once he came down to the basement. "Bart, this is my new friend, Louise. She's from the new family that moved next door," Lisa explained. Louise then decided to speak up.

"Hi…Bart is it? We need your help getting this TV to Lisa's room so we can play video games," Louise said. Bart suddenly grabbed one side of the TV with both of his hands. "Well, what are you two waiting for? Let's do this," Bart said as he attempted to lift the TV. Louise and Lisa followed suit, and together, they were able to lift the TV up the stairs, and through unbelievable feats of strength, were able to get the TV all the way up to Lisa's room. "Wow! You did it, Bart!" Lisa said with some excitement, hugging her brother. "Yeah, thanks Bart. Now, Lisa, you and I have to get this thing up and running," Louise reminded while motioning for Bart to leave.

After Bart left, Louise took out the tools, and handed some to Lisa. "You know how to use these, right?" Louise asked as she handed a screwdriver to Lisa. "I installed the TiVo on our TV. I think I'm going to be just fine," Lisa said with a smirk as she and Louise started fixing the TV. It took only an hour, and when the TV was up and running, Louise immediately plugged in the Xbox, and handed Lisa a controller. "Which game do you want to play?" Louise asked as she showed Lisa the other games she had.

Lisa picked up Sonic and Sega All Stars Racing, and showed it to Louise. "This one. It looks like its fun," Lisa said. Louise looked at Lisa and smirked. "Okay, but don't be mad when I wipe the floor with you. Nobody has been able to beat me at Sonic and Sega," Louise said full of pride and confidence. When they started the race, Louise had chosen to play as Shadow the Hedgehog, and since Lisa was kind of a noob, she just chose Sonic since he was on the cover of the game.

Surprisingly, Lisa was able to defeat Louise in the first stage. "Wow! How…how…how the fuck did you do that?" Louise asked with her jaw on the floor as she dropped the controller. "Well, I just made a strategy after failing the first lap, and decided to roll with that strategy, and it worked," Lisa said as she patted Louise on the back to console her about losing. Then, Louise noticed something in Lisa's parent's room.

"Hey, Lisa, do you know what's in that mini fridge over there?" Louise asked while pointing at the mini fridge. "Oh, it's my Dad's. He has a bunch of drinks in there. I think he keeps beer in there," Lisa said before she saw Louise going for it. Louise opened the fridge and was stopped by Lisa. "Louise, my Dad said we're not allowed to go in there," Lisa warned as she tried to pull Louise away from the mini-fridge. "Come on, Lisa. What's the worst that could happen? I mean, we'll drink a little and be done with it. Come on," Louise persuaded.

To be Continued