CHAPTER 3: MADNESS!
Sally was outside of the Van Pelt household. She was watching the door to see who came out. When the door opened, Python stepped out of the house. She didn't know Sally was watching.
"Alright, I'll see you tomorrow, girl," said Python. Just as she was heading down the walkway, Sally jumped her.
"All right, you jezebel!" she shouted. "What are you doing going out with my Sweet Babboo?!"
"Excuse me?" said a startled Python.
"Don't deny that you aren't seeing him," Sally said in her madness. "You're coming out of his house!"
"Are you talking about Linus?"
"Good grief! Who else am I talking about?! You're the one dating him, aren't you?"
"Okay, girlie. You must got me confused for someone else. I am not dating Linus. I happen to be best friends with his sister."
"You? Best friends with Lucy? She doesn't have best friends!"
"She does now, blondie! Now kindly get your hands off of me and we can sort this out like sane people." At that point, Mamba came out to see what the ruckus was all about.
"Good grief, Sally!" she exclaimed. "Are you still upset over my brother not taking you to the movies?!"
"It's more than that now, Lucy," Sally said, slightly calmer. "I heard a rumor that Linus went to the movies with another girl. And I think it was your 'best friend' here that's Linus took to the movies!"
"I swear, Sally, you are a bigger blockhead than your brother, sometimes," said Mamba. "She IS my best friend and she was here with me when you came over Christmas Night looking for Linus! And yes, he was with another girl, but it wasn't her!"
"Is that true?" Sally asked Python, who nodded yes. Sally was now embarrassed by her actions. "I'm so sorry for accusing you of dating my Linus."
"Forget it," said Python, curtly. "Please forget it!"
Turning back to Mamba, Sally asked, "Then who was with Linus on Christmas Night?"
"Your own best friend Eudora," said Mamba.
Sally paused for a moment to let it sink in. Then she started laughing hard. "HAHAHAHAHAAAAAA! Eudora would NEVER go out with Linus! Sure there was that time he gave her his blanket, but other than that, there was no chemistry between them!"
"She's downright nuts, Mamba!" Python whispered. "Are you sure she's related to Charlie Brown and not Tarantula of the Spiders?"
"No, I know Eudora would never go out with Linus," Sally continued. "She knows that he's my Sweet Babboo."
"I AM NOT YOUR SWEET BABBOO!" Linus and Eudora was standing behind Sally. Sally turned around and was shocked to see Linus and Eudora holding hands. "And it's true! Eudora and I are in fact dating! Maybe now you will get it through that thick skull of yours that we were NEVER an item!"
"You…. and… her?" Sally whimpered. Before anything else could be said, Sally started wailing.
"WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!"
Without notice, Sally ran for home crying and screaming. Eudora looked down because she knew she hurt her best friend, but was relieved that her and Linus's relationship was now in the open.
"I'm a terrible person," said Eudora, starting to cry herself.
"No, you are not!" assured Linus. "Sally was under the delusion that I was in love with her. We genuinely fell in love. I'm sorry Sally's hurt, but I'm not sorry she found out. She will get over it, eventually. Eudora, I love you, and no one can undo that!"
"Oh Linus!" Eudora said, now crying tears of joy. "I love you, too!" They kissed and hugged each other. Mamba and Python smiled. Rerun came out to see what was going on.
"Did I miss something here?" he asked. Everyone started laughing after that. Rerun stood with a confused look.
Sally ran into the house and whizzed by Charlie Brown and Frieda who were sitting in a chair reading a book together. She continued to wail and cry as she ran into her room and slammed the door. Charlie Brown and Frieda looked at each other with confusion.
"What just happened?" asked Frieda.
"I don't know," said Charlie Brown. "I'm afraid of what it may be, though."
"I think you're right, hun," said Frieda. "We should check on her." And both kids entered Sally's room. She was sobbing uncontrollably and with her head buried in a pillow on her bed.
"Sally?" Charlie Brown began. "Are you all right?"
"No, nothing's all right," Sally managed to say through racking sobs. "Linus and Eud-d-dora…. Oh WHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!"
"Good grief!" said Charlie Brown. Sally was beside herself with grief, anger, and sadness. While everyone, including him and Frieda, knew of Linus and Eudora's dating, no one knew how to approach Sally because of her endless crush (some would say obsession) on Linus.
"Sally, take a deep breath," said Frieda. Sally was almost hyperventilating. Charlie Brown gave her a paper bag to breathe into to help calm her down. Sally started to finally calm down a bit. She explained that she went to the Van Pelt's house to confront Linus about the girl he had been seeing. But when she found out it was Eudora, she never believed it until she saw the two of them together. Charlie Brown wasn't mad at Linus because he knew he would never intentionally try to hurt her, and he also knew Linus wasn't interested in Sally that way. But he still wanted to talk to him about making things right with them. He decided to go over there, probably for the first time since falling out with Lucy (Mamba), and discuss the situation.
NEXT CHAPTER: SORTING THINGS OUT