Cameron surveyed the results of his handiwork. Well to be honest it was the results of Aunt Lulu, Dillon, Lucas and Mike's hard work, with help from the story Aunt Emily had told him. But it was his idea! Well maybe it was the movie's idea but he was the one who remembered it.
Mike had closed Aunt Ruby's down for the night. Aunt Lulu, Dillon and Lucas had rearranged all the tables and lit candles everywhere. There was a small dance floor set up. Mike had even cooked a special meal for tonight.
It looked perfect and this plan was going to work!
There was no Nanny Creepy around. Daddy was not scheduled to be on duty tonight. Lucas had checked on that. Mommy wasn't working tonight. Everything was going to be perfect!
He looked over the decorations one last time. Everything looked the way Aunt Emily had told him. This just had to remind them of everything. It just had to.
Dillon came up behind Cameron and put his hand on his shoulder. "Well kid, I hate to say this but I think this time you just may pull it off." Dillon shook his head. "I can't believe I didn't remember this part of the movie!"
"Really Spielberg. You loosing your touch?" Aunt Lulu called out.
"For real! Even I knew what he was talking about!" Lucas chimed in.
Cameron grinned. It was always good when you could get a movie scene by Dillon.
Aunt Lulu checked her watch. "Ok kiddo. We better get you hidden. The cars should be here any minute now."
Cameron nodded and ran off behind the small wall by the stairs. Mommy thought Aunt Lulu and Dillon were baby-sitting him at home. And Daddy thought he was home with Mommy. They couldn't see him here.
Lucas had convinced Aunt Bobbie and Mike to help with getting Mommy and Daddy here tonight. They couldn't send a limo this time. That would cause Mommy and Daddy to ask too many questions. But if they thought Uncle Nik had sent each of them a car, they wouldn't think too much about it.
His plan was simple really. Cameron couldn't believe he hadn't tried this one earlier. It would have been so much easier. And after he had Aunt Emily tell him all about it, it was way easier to put this plan together than he thought it would be.
Cameron was going to re-create Mommy and Daddy's first date. Aunt Emily had told him all the stuff Mommy had told her. He could have asked Grams but she would have told Mommy he was asking about it. Aunt Emily just thought he was curious.
He still thought No-Name was a funny name for a restaurant, but Aunt Emily was really sure about that being the name. And since Aunt Emily's brother had sent a car to get Mommy and Daddy, to make it perfect they had to send the cars to get them this time.
It had been hard trying to figure out a way to get them both to come tonight and to leave him with Aunt Lulu and Dillon. Thankfully between Lucas and Aunt Lulu, they had come up with a good story. Daddy thought he was coming for a nice dinner with Aunt Lulu for her birthday. Mommy thought Aunt Emily, Robin, Lainey and Kelly were having a dressy girl's night out and were going to start here. Once he had told Aunt Emily about his plan, she was all for helping him out.
Lucas had gotten his boyfriend's roommate to be the waiter. Josh thought it was cute what they were doing. Cameron still didn't like Josh completely for the cute comment but he was helping so he couldn't totally hate him. His plan wasn't cute! It was smart!
Lucas and Dillon had found the songs to play and Mike had added the only one that wasn't already on the jukebox. Dillon had driven him over here and parked the car behind Aunt Ruby's so Daddy and Mommy wouldn't see his car. They wouldn't know what hit them.
Wait a minute. There was something wrong. "Guys!" he called. "The lights!" If Mommy and Daddy were close like Aunt Lulu thought they were, they had to turn off the lights and make it look what Aunt Lulu called "romantic". Cameron just thought it looked dark but if that was the way it was at their first date, then that was the way it was going to be.
Lucas went and flipped the lights. Then Aunt Lulu, Dillon and Lucas all joined him behind the wall. He just hoped this time they would keep quiet. They had promised!
"If this works.." Lucas started
"You'll be shocked, amazed, in awe?" Lulu finished for him.
Lucas shook his head. "Well yes but what I was going to say is if this works, I'm coming to Cameron for all my plotting and planning needs."
"Hey! Some of this was my idea!" Dillon exclaimed.
"That's true. The parts that didn't work were all you buddy." Lucas pointed out, patting Dillon on the shoulder.
Dillon was going to say something, but Cameron spotted someone outside of Aunt Ruby's. "Shh! Someone is here!" he whispered.
To their credit, the other three quieted down quickly and watched as Mommy opened the door. Cameron thought Mommy looked very pretty in her green dress and with her hair all up like that. He thought he remembered Daddy saying he liked it when Mommy wore he hair up like that, so maybe that was a good sign.
"Hello? Em? Robin? Lainey? Kelly? Anyone here?" Mommy called out. She shrugged when she didn't get an answer. "Guess I'm the first one here then." Mommy looked around at everything.
Now all they needed was Daddy to come, Cameron thought. As if Daddy had read his thoughts, Cameron spotted a figure approaching Aunt Ruby's door. He tapped Aunt Lulu on the shoulder several times and pointed towards the window. She noticed the same figure, smiled at him and gave him a quick thumbs up. So far so good.
Mommy leaned over to fix her shoe, so Daddy didn't see it was her right away. "Lulu, I know you only turn 18 once but isn't this a bit much?" he asked.
Mommy had frozen when she heard Daddy's voice. She slowly rose up and faced Daddy. Daddy had been smiling, but when he saw it was Mommy his mouth dropped opened and he blinked several times. "You're not Lulu." He said.
"Oh good opening line. Classic line" Dillon whispered. Cameron just ignored him, but Aunt Lulu and Lucas shoved him.
Mommy laughed and shook her head. "Nope. Not Lulu."
They both looked around Aunt Ruby's, trying not to look at each other. Daddy finally spoke. "Well Mike certainly has this place set up nice. Lulu should love this."
"Lulu?" Mommy asked. "You're meeting Lulu here?"
"Yes." Daddy looked at Mommy funny. "Wait, why are you here?"
Uh oh, Cameron thought. They weren't supposed to be asking these questions so early. Thankfully Josh chose just that moment to come out of the kitchen. "A warm welcome to such a lovely couple." Josh quickly made it over to where they stood. "Here let me seat you." Before Mommy and Daddy knew what was happening, Josh had them seated. "Now if you will give me just a moment, your dinner will be served." Josh moved to go back to the kitchen, but stopped by the jukebox long enough to start the music.
"Thank goodness for Josh!" Aunt Lulu whispered.
Cameron nodded. He let go of the breath he had been holding. Josh was good. Almost as good as he was.
Mommy and Daddy just looked at each other confused. "Do you know who that was?" Mommy asked.
Daddy shook his head. "You?"
Mommy shook her head. "No. He looks familiar though."
"Crap!" Lucas whispered and smacked his head. "I forgot Josh was at Guy's birthday party and they were there too!"
Dillon smacked Lucas's head. "Finally! I have been waiting to do that!"
"Shh!" Josh being familiar to Mommy and Daddy were going to be the least of their problems if they didn't be quiet! They were going to get caught if they kept that up!
The singer started to sing on the record. "Some day when I'm awfully low…"
Both Mommy and Daddy looked at the jukebox and back at each other. "You didn't have anything to do with this?" Mommy asked.
"No. I'm supposed to be meeting Lulu for a birthday dinner."
"And I'm supposed to be meeting Emily, Robin, Lainey and Kelly for a girl's night out." She paused as she reached for the small place card Aunt Lulu had made for the table. "I'm thinking we may have been set up."
Just then Josh rushed out with their dinners. It wasn't Eli's ribs and cheese fries but apparently Mommy and Daddy hadn't started that tradition yet. Saved by Josh yet again.
"Oh my God." Mommy said softly. "Lucky." She held out the small place card. "Look at this."
Daddy read it slowly. "Welcome to the No Name." He looked at Mommy. "Our first date."
Mommy nodded and looked around the room. "That the song that was playing…."
"When we danced." Daddy finished.
This was good, Cameron thought excitedly. This was good. They were remembering.
"Someone went to an awful lot of trouble to recreate this." Mommy said.
"But who? Emily? Nik?" Daddy asked.
"I don't think so. They had to have helped I'm sure. I told Emily enough of the details that she could have done this, but it doesn't feel like them to me."
Daddy laughed. "And what would feel like them?"
Mommy shrugged. "I'm not sure exactly but probably something to do with Cameron."
Daddy nodded as if he agreed. "You know this does sorta feel familiar though. Its like I've seen this before but I can't quite place where it's from."
"Exactly! That is what I was thinking. I have seen this somewhere before. But where?"
Mommy and Daddy sat lost in thought, trying to figure this out. Cameron sent a silent prayer they would just move on and enjoy this date he had worked so hard on. Glancing at the other's faces, he saw them look a little worried too.
"The Parent Trap!" Daddy said suddenly, causing everyone to jump.
"What?"
"The Parent Trap! That's where I'd seen this before. Remember, the twins recreated their parents' first date?"
"When did you watch The Parent Trap?"
"Cameron wanted to watch it the other day."
"Cameron wanted to watch it?"
Not good. Not good. Cameron started to back away from the wall slowly. Dillon, Aunt Lulu and Lucas did the same. They were going to figure it out.
"Yes."
"Cameron watched that movie with me the other day."
Oh man this was so not good!
"Let me get this straight. Cameron watched the same movie with both of us. And this is a scene out of the movie." Daddy paused. "You know who he told me told him about this movie?" Seeing Mommy shake her head, Daddy continued. "Dillon."
"Oh crap!" Dillon whispered.
"And lately where's there's Dillon, there's Lulu." Mommy pointed out.
"Double crap!" Aunt Lulu whispered.
"Guy's birthday party!" Daddy yelled. "The waiter. He's Guy's roommate. We met him at Guy's birthday party."
"You're right so that means…"
"Lucas" they both finished at the same time.
Lucas looked at the other three. "Guys, I have one suggestion. RUN!"
They sprinted out into the night, determined to make it home before Mommy and Daddy figured any more out.