CHAPTER 7: HAPPY LUAU TO YOU-AU

At last came the day of Hala's big luau barbecue. Everyone came to the luau, which took place in Hala's backyard. There were a lot of people, and there was ukulele music playing on the radio. Hala was grilling hamburgers and hot dogs on the barbecue, his wife Mapuana was entertaining several of the guests, and Hau was playing with his cousins (that is, the ones who weren't named Lemonjello and Orangejello).

Sun had come to the party with his family. He was dressed in a purple Hawaiian shirt and pink shorts. He was looking at the food table, seeing which dish he was going to try first.

"Mmm..." said Sun. "There's a huge buffet of food. I don't know what to take first." He eyed the dish that was in front of Nanu.

"Hey, Sun!" said Nanu. "Try some of Nanu's piri-piri chicken..just like Mother used to make."

"I love myself some piri-piri," said Sun, taking a piece of chicken.

"My nephew Manu helped make it," said Nanu.

"Manu?" said Sun.

A young man in his early twenties, with long, shaggy brown hair, big eyebrows like Nanu, an orange and grey striped tank top, and ribbed black capris, walked up next to Nanu. This was Manu, Nanu's nephew.

"Hi, Manu," said Sun.

"Don't forget the sauce!" said Manu, pouring a spoonful of piri-piri sauce on Sun's chicken. "Be careful...it's very spicy."

Sun went forward and helped himself to some more food - he took some macaroni salad, teriyaki chicken, and wagashi. Then he went to get a hot dog from Hala, which he put ketchup on. Sun grabbed a watermelon soda to wash it all down. He put it near one of the tables and hold his father to watch his plate so nobody took it.

Moon was sulking in a corner, looking really annoyed. She was wearing a maroon party dress with orange trim and blue polka dots (looking like the one Angelica wore in the Rugrats episode with Tommy's birthday). Hau walked over next to Sun.

"Whoa!" said Sun. "What is that?"

"Mom made me wear this stupid party dress!" said Moon. "It's so fucking girly!"

Hau looked at the dress and laughed. Sun couldn't help but laugh too.

"I look like I'm four years old," said Moon.

"Don't worry," said Sun. "I don't think it's...that bad."

"I know you guys think it's ridiculous," said Moon. "You're having trouble trying to hide your giggles."

Lemonjello and Orangejello, both clad in matching pink party dresses, looked at Moon's dress and burst out laughing.

"It can't get any worse than this..." said Moon.

Then, suddenly...

"HELLO, CUZ!" said a nasally voice.

"Oh no! Melvin!" said Moon.

Cousin Melvin was waving hello at Moon. Then he started to ramble about scientific knowledge.

"I'm going back to the table to eat," said Sun. "Want to get some chow, Moon?"

"Sure thing," said Moon.

Sun and Moon ignored Melvin. Moon and Hau went to get some food.

"This food is so good!" said Sun, eating his food and washing it down with watermelon soda.

Sun then heard a scream.

"OWWWWW!" said Hau. "MY TONGUE!"

"What's going on?" said Sun.

"Hau just burnt his tongue on the piri-piri chicken," said Moon.

"I told him it was extra-spicy," said Nanu. "But it looks like your boy Guzma's getting his good share." Guzma was standing under a tree, munching on piri-piri chicken.

"Here's a soda to wash it down," said Molayne, handing Hau a diet Coke. "I hope you like my wagashi!" Molayne yawned.

"It's good," said Hau, "but not as good as this malasada!" Hau shoved malasada in his mouth.

"Hau! Sensible bites!" said Mapuana.

"Okay," said Hau.

"That's my boy!" said Mapuana.

In the meantime, Lemonjello and Orangejello were messing around. They used one of their cousins as target practice while they were playing horseshoes. Then they ran across the place, running towards the food table, but they narrowly avoided wrecking the food as Manu made a scary face to get rid of them. The Jello twins screamed.

Hala told his wife to take over the grill for a second while he walked over to Nanu.

"Your granddaughters nearly knocked over my chicken," said Nanu. "To be perfectly honest, I hate those two little brats. They're so loud and obnoxious."

"I know you do," said Hala, "but just try to be polite."

"It's hard to when you're dealing with those fucking Jello twins," said Nanu.

"They've got such dumb names too," said Manu. "I wonder how their mom came up with them."

"I think I'll take them somewhere else," said Hala. He turned to the Jello twins. "Excuse me, dears, but would you like to play in the front yard? There's a lot more room, plus your mom and dad can watch you there."

"Okay..." said Lemonjello and Orangejello.

Lemonjello and Orangejello took it to the front yard.

"Hey, Lemonjello," said Orangejlello.

"Yes?" said Lemonjello.

"The cake is inside the house," said Orangejello.

"Let's each take a piece and blame it on Hau and Sun," said Lemonjello.

"Of course!" said Orangejello.

Sun, Moon, and Hau were enjoying their food and talking while the Jello twins sneaked into the house while Kina and Isaac had their backs turned.

"This party's pretty good," said Sun.

"I think so," said Moon, "even if I have to wear this stupid lame-o party dress."

"And these malasadas are so good!" said Hau, stuffing his face full of malasadas.

"Hau! Sensible bites!" said Sun.

"Okay..." said Hau.

"Sorry..." said Sun. "It's just that I don't want to see you choke. We should all be enjoying this wonderful luau."

Meanwhile, Lemonjello and Orangejello found the coconut pineapple cake. They started to scoop handfuls from the cake and started to eat it. However, while they were eating it, they accidentally knocked the cake over. The bratty twins continued to eat it anyway.

Sun, Moon, and Hau heard the crash from inside and saw the Jello twins on the ground, eating the ruined cake.

"I can't believe my eyes!" said Moon.

"You ruined Grandpa's cake!" said Hau.

"What do you have to say for yourselves?" said Sun.

Lemonjello and Orangejello started screaming and crying. They threw cake at Sun and Hau's mouths and smeared it in their hands.

Hala, Kina, Sun's father Troy, and Moon's mother Alani ran over to see what was happening. When Hala saw the ruined cake, he gasped.

"My cake!" he said.

"Who did this?" asked Troy.

Lemonjello and Orangejello burst into tears.

"It was those two boys!" said Lemonjello and Orangejello, pointing to Hau and Sun. "They hit us and knocked over the cake!"

Hala, Kina, Troy, and Alani shot angry looks at Hau and Sun.

"I can't believe you would do this!" said Troy. "This isn't like you at all, Sun!"

"Not to mention hurting your little cousins!" said Hala, grabbing Hau. "What's gotten into you?"

"But they're lying!" said Moon.

"They're little girls!" said Kina. "My little girls don't lie."

"You two get to Hau's room right now and think about what you've done!" said Hala.

"But Dad..." said Sun

"I'm sorry, Sun," said Troy, "but it's your fault. You and Hau shouldn't have knocked over the cake."

Hau and Sun frowned and went over to Hau's room.

"Now let's get back to the party," said Kina.

After the adults left, Moon looked at the cake.

"Excuse me, you little brats," said Moon, "but you and I both know that you were the ones who wrecked the cake."

"Of course we did!" said Lemonjello.

"We just didn't want to get in trouble!" said Orangejello.

Moon froze for a second.

"I'm going to tell the adults the truth," said Moon.

Moon went outside to where Sun's parents were sitting. She looked at them.

"Excuse me, Mr. and Mrs. Vieira," said Moon, "but I was at the scene and I know that Sun and Hau didn't ruin the cake."

"That's ridiculous, Moon," said Troy. "We know they did."

"But they're lying!" said Moon. "I was there, and I heard Lemonjello and Orangejello knock over the cake, and Sun and Hau were with me. When we got in, we tried to reprimand them, but the girls wouldn't listen and then they smeared cake on Sun and Hau's hands and threw some at their mouths to look like tehey did it. It's okay if you don't believe me,."

Sun's mother looked at Moon.

"I believe you," she said.

"Loretta, dear," said Troy, "you weren't there."

"But I was," said Moon. "And I know that Sun has a habit of always telling the truth. He's not one to lie."

Troy looked at his wife and frowned.

"What have I done?" he said. "I didn't believe my own son and instead I believed a pair of brats!"

"Don't worry about it," said Loretta. "We'll go talk to Sun."

"Thanks," said Moon. "I'll go talk to Hala and tell him what really happened in the kitchen."