Chapter 8: Friday Night Bite

It was Friday afternoon, and the students of Lionheart Elementary school had just been released. "So what do you guys want to do?" asked Rita to her friends. "I say we head over the new Bug-a-Burger on Mambo Avenue." suggested Bobby.

"That's a great idea." said Millie. The new Bug-a-Burger had all sorts of fun things, like video games, ball pits, and an indoor playground. "Well what're we waiting for, let's go." said Rita.

"Well, first let's drop our backpacks off at home first, then we'll go." said Harold. So each of the kids went home, to drop off their stuff, and they'd meet at the bus stop. When Rita got to the condos, she met Nick and Judy, just as they were coming in.

"Hi Rita, did you have a nice day at school?" asked Judy, as she and Nick got out of their car. "Yeah, if you'll excuse me, I need to put my backpack away, and head back out." said Rita. "And where are you going?" asked Nick.

"My friends and I are going to the new Bug-a-Burger on Mambo Avenue." Rita explained. "Well that sounds fun." said Judy. After Rita put her backpack in Nick's apartment, he gave her ten dollars to help pay for her food.

Then she met her friends at the bus stop. "Well we got our money, now let's get going." said Millie, and all the kids went off. When they got to Mambo Avenue, they went up to the entrance of the restaurant, and were about to open the door, but they were stopped, when some hoofs and paws.

"Huh?" asked Rita, she and her friends looked up to see two older kids, a lion and a hippo. "Melvin, Shaun, what are you guys doing here?" asked Rita. Melvin and Shaun were fifth graders at their school.

"We're guarding the door." answered Melvin, smugly. "Guarding it, from what?" asked Harold. "From little shrimps like you." answered Shaun. "From us?" asked Millie confused. "Yeah, Reginald says that any kids not fifth grade aren't allowed." said Melvin.

"But why?" asked Bobby. Then a hyena kid came out from the door, the kids recognized him as Reginald. "What do we have here?" he asked mealy. "We were just explaining to these squirts that they aren't allowed in." said Shaun.

"Reginald, why can't we go in?" asked Rita. "Because, Rita, this is a brand new state of the art burger joint, and it's no place for little kids like you guys." said Reginald. "Yeah, so get lost." said Melvin.

"Why don't you go to the playground, instead." sneered Shaun, and they all went inside. "Can you believe that?" asked Harold. "Well who cares what they say, let's go in." said Rita.

She opened the door, and the minute they all walked in, more fifth graders pushed them right out. It was clear that the fifth graders weren't going to let them in, so they decided to go around the side, and look in.

However it didn't help much, they saw that the older kids were having a blast eating bug burgers and nuggets, fries, guzzling down soda, and playing games. They decided to go to the park, to think about what to do.

"So what do we do now?" asked Bobby. "I don't know, but I was sure looking forward to a cricket burger." said Harold. "And I was looking forward to playing whack-a-potato." said Millie. "Those fifth graders have no right to keep us out." said Rita.

"But what are we supposed to do?" asked Harold. "We've been waiting a long time for this restaurant to open, and we're not going to let some big kids stop us from having fun." said Rita.

"But Rita, fifth graders are most meanest scariest kids in the whole school." said Millie. "I have to agree with Millie." said Bobby. "Come on guys, they're just kids like us. Besides I have an idea." said Rita.

Rita explained her plan to her friends, and they went to their houses to get the stuff. They came back with lots of clothes, and dressed up like adults. "You think this is going to work?" asked Millie, as she and the others walked up into the restaurant.

"Of course, they didn't say anything about adults not being able to go in." said Rita. They were able to get inside, and they sat down at one of the tables. "So far so good." said Harold.

Meanwhile, Melvin, Shaun, and Reginald were munching on food, when they spotted Rita and her friends wearing their disguises. "Hey, those guys look familiar." said Melvin. "Yeah, hey that's Rita and her friends." said Reginald.

Just as Rita and her friends were about to get up and order food, they felt paws on their shoulders. They all looked up and saw Reginald and her friends. "Nice costumes, losers." he sneered. And he and his friends threw them out.

"Well, that didn't work." said Rita, picking herself off the ground. "Any other ideas?" asked Harold. "Well, we tried going in as ourselves, and adults, so let's try going in as fifth graders." said Rita.

"But we don't look like fifth graders." said Millie. "Not yet we don't." said Rita. The kids got to work on their plan; Rita got on Bobby's shoulders, and Millie got on Bobby's. They put on different clothes, and once again walked into the restaurant.

"So far so good." said Rita. They had managed to order their food, and were waiting for it to be brought out to them. "This was a great idea, Rita." said Harold, from behind the shirt, he and Millie were wearing.

"Yep, they'll never know." said Rita. Meanwhile, Reginald and his friends were playing whack-a-potato, when they saw Rita and her friends again. "Hey, who are those kids?" asked Melvin. "They don't go to our school." said Shaun.

"Gentlemen, let's investigate." said Reginald, as they all went over. "Who are you guys?" asked Shaun. "Uh, I'm Nita and this is my friend Lilly." said Rita, in a different voice. "We haven't seen you two around Lionheart Elementary before." said Melvin.

"That's because we go to a different school." said Millie in a different voice. "Really, well why don't you guys come over and play some games?" suggested Reginald. "Uh, sure." said Rita.

Harold and Bobby got up, and carefully tried to balance Rita and Millie while trying to walk. But while they were walking, Harold tripped on a ball, grabbed Bobby and Rita for support, but brought them all down.

All the fifth graders laughed at them, and feeling embarrassed they left the restaurant. Rita was all out of ideas, so they all decided to go home. Rita went home to Judy's condo, where Nick and Judy were just finishing up some case reports.

"Hi, Rita did you and friends have fun at the new Bug-a-Burger?" asked Judy. "No." said Rita, sadly. "What's wrong, kiddo?" asked Nick. "These fifth graders from our school won't let us in the restaurant."

"Why?" asked Judy. "They said that because the restaurant's brand new and state of the art, and it's no place for little kids like us. So only fifth graders are allowed." Rita explained. "That's silly Rita you know you can go in if you want to." said Nick.

"I know, but every time we tried to get in, they just throw us out." said Rita, as her ears dropped, and she went into her room. Nick and Judy looked at each other with concerned looks on their faces.

Around six o clock, there was a knock on Rita's door. "Yes?" she asked. Judy opened the door, and appeared in the doorway wearing her police uniform. "Rita it's getting to be dinner time, how'd you and friends like to go to the new Bug-a-Burger?"

"That'd be great, but the fifth graders will just through us out again." said Rita. "Not to worry, you'll have a police escort." said Judy, smiling cleverly. Rita got the idea, and she got up, and followed Judy out of the condo.

Outside, Nick was wearing his police uniform, and standing outside his and Judy's police cruiser. They all piled in, and along the way they picked up Harold, Millie, and Bobby. When they got to the restaurant, they parked, and got out of the car.

Rita and her friends were about to go in, when Reginald, Melvin, and Shaun stopped them. "You guys again?" asked Melvin. "We thought we told you pipsqueaks to beat it." said Shaun. "We know, but we want to enjoy the new Bug-a-Burger." said Rita.

Her friends agreed. "We always got to do this the hard way, don't we?" asked Reginald. They were about to throw them out again, but Nick and Judy came in. The boys got a bit spooked to see the two officers.

"Is there a problem, boys?" asked Nick. "N-no Officers." said Melvin. "W-we were just welcoming them in." said Reginald. "Really, we heard they tried to get in earlier, but some kids kept throwing them out." said Judy.

"Gee, we saw them earlier, but they left." said Shaun. "Well, I'm glad, hopefully there won't be anymore trouble." said Nick. "Oh there won't be, Officers." said Reginald. "Good, now you kids go have fun." said Judy.

Finally the kids were getting to have their fun, they munched on junk food, and played games, this was the way to spend a Friday night.

That's chapter 8, plz review