At Buddy's apartment...
The next morning, Sophia just got off the phone with Dorothy and she was shocked to hear about Sally and Stan. She was desperate to tell Buddy. Buddy was sitting next to her reading the paper.
"Buddy, I have some news!" Sophia exclaimed.
"Really? What kind of news? Good? Bad? Ugly?" Buddy asked.
"Ugly! This concerns one of your writing staff friends," Sophia replied.
"Did Rob and Laura have a nasty fight?" Buddy asked.
"No! Listen!" Sophia yelled snatching the paper from Buddy.
"What?" Buddy asked, annoyed.
"This doesn't concern Rob and Laura! It concerns the blonde bimbo and my daughter's ex husband," Sophia said.
"Wait! They met up and got back together again!" Buddy guessed.
"Yeah! W-wait a minute! How did you know?" Sophia asked being confused on how Buddy guessed what was going on.
"Lucky guess! That happened last time," Buddy replied.
"Yeah, you're right," Sophia added.
"Hey, Pickles is out for the day so why don't we spend the day together?" Buddy suggested.
"Sure! There's this Italian restaurant where I used to take the kids to every weekend! Do you wanna have lunch there?" Sophia asked.
"Yeah! That'd be great! Under one condition! We play the game, 20 questions! I play the game with Sally all the time when we're on road trips," Buddy replied.
" Rob doesn't go on road trips with you guys?" Sophia asked.
"Sadly, no. We ask him if we wants to come, but he usually can't because he has a family of his own to take care of and I understand," Buddy explained.
Sophia nodded in response.
"Can we visit Dorothy? I wanna see my daughter," Sophia requested.
"Of course, we can! I need to have a talk with Sally, so it works out," Buddy replied as he got the keys to the door, and unlocked it to leave the apartment and Sophia followed him.
At Sally's apartment...
Dorothy and Blanche were sitting on the couch and Blanche was showing Dorothy the divorce papers she got.
" Well, she has to sign here," Dorothy pointed out on one of the papers.
"Dang it! I wanted to do it without her knowing!" Blanche complained.
"You can't! Your spouse has to approve too!Just give her the papers and she'll sign what she needs to sign," Dorothy exclaimed.
"What if she won't do it?" Blanche asked worriedly.
"Well, we'll figure something out if that happens," Dorothy replied as she saw Stan in the kitchen.
"Why is he still here?" Dorothy muttered to Blanche.
"I have a feeling he slept with her, with no protection," Blanche whispered.
"Oh Blanche, don't be silly," Dorothy replied.
"Silly? What if Sally got pregnant?" Blanche asked.
"I guess you're right! Why did Sally have to pick him of all men? I was clear that he would hurt her," Dorothy asked.
Just then, Sally overheard the conversation.
" No other man could hurt Sally! Shoot her down, she rises back up," Sally replied in third person as she wrapped her arms around Stan and started kissing him.
At the Petrie house...
Rob was typing on the typewriter and Laura got him distracted with a kiss.
"Hi honey," he said.
"Hi darling! I got a call from Sophia and she invited us to play football in some field," Laura told him.
"Really? When?" Rob asked.
"Tomorrow night. Also, the other girls and your work friends will be playing," Laura added.
"Well, that's gonna be fun!" Rob exclaimed.
"Yeah, my family and I used to play football every Thanksgiving," Laura told him.
Rob nodded in response.
"We had such a blast! The reason was because everyone was being good sports and not too competitive," Laura explained.
The next day in the office...
"Rob, I think it's best that we don't play football," Sally told him.
"Why not?" Rob asked.
"Boy, do I have a story time for you! So this was before you became head writer and started working here. I invited Sally over for one Thanksgiving and my family and I play football before we have our feast. Sally and I were captains and we got very competitive. We fought about who scored a touchdown," Buddy explained.
"Well, that was years ago! I'm sure you two have matured by now," Blanche added.
"Well, I'm sure I have. I'll just control myself tonight. Buddy, are you in?" Sally asked.
"I guess so," Buddy replied.
"What's important is that we have a good time and we be good sports," Blanche said.
Just then, Mel came in the office.
"Hi Mel," Rob, Sally, and Blanche said.
" I should put a sign that says knock before you enter," Buddy joked.
" Rob, is the script ready?" Mel asked.
Sally handed Mel the script.
" Hey Mel, so we're going to play football tonight and we're a player short-,"Blanche got cut off.
"Who's not playing?" Rob asked.
"Sophia's not playing. Dorothy didn't want her to play because the sport would be too dangerous for her,"Blanche explained.
"We're just asking if you like to play tonight in Sophia's place," Sally continued.
"Oh, sure!" Mel replied.
"Thank you, Mel! This means a lot," Rob thanked him.
"No it doesn't! He already ruined the game by joining us," Buddy replied and Mel ignored him.
"Anything for you, Rob," he said as he left the office.
That night at a football field...
The whole gang was in the football field and they were warming up and picking teams.
"Wait, are there going to be captains?" Laura asked while stretching.
"Well, I think we should. That's not a bad idea,"Rob replied.
"I nominate Rob as captain!" Buddy exclaimed.
" I nominate me!" Rose exclaimed.
"Rose, you can't nominate yourself," Blanche said.
"Does this look like the Emmy's, Blanche?" Rose asked in response.
"Alright fine, Rose! You can be captain,"Blanche replied.
"Do you even know how to play football?" Dorothy asked.
"Hey, let her be captain and leave her alone!"Sophia exclaimed.
"Sophia's right! Now, let me be captain!" Rose added.
"Rose, you're elected as captain," Dorothy told her.
Hello poodles! I have a big surprise! No, I'm not announcing the guest stars yet, but I will within the next chapter or two! My big surprise is that I have two meme accounts you should follow on Instagram! The first one is dickvandykeshowmemes and the second one is pattymaxenelaverne. Yes, I made meme accounts on the Dick Van Dyke Show and The Andrews Sisters! Again, you should follow them! Also, this chapter was inspired by an episode of Friends where the friends play football until Thanksgiving dinner! That's it for now and I hope you all have/are having/ had a wonderful day and peace out my poodles!
-DCPOODLEXX