The Dog Days of Leela’s Summer

By Steven Cossin

Opening shot, Bender, Fry, and Leela, are in the lounge watching T.V.

T.V. – Survivor, Space Walk:

Guy – Well what are we gonna do today?

Girl – (sarcastically) well I guess we could float around for a while.

Guy – Sounds like a plan.

Back to the Lounge.

Bender – these reality shows just aren’t trying any more.

Scruffy - This is my kinda show. You can really relate to them people.

Zoidberg runs through the room screaming, the Professor walks in carrying a huge needle.

Professor – Come back here you scaredy crab, it’s just a little shot, you probably won’t even die from it.

He ends the chase and catches his breath, then looks up at scruffy.

Professor – Who are you?

Scruffy – Scruffy the janitor.

Professor – I’m almost sure I’ve never seen you before.

Scruffy – I’ve never seen you before nether.

Professor – Well who ever the hell you all are, you have a mission to the planet Achue to pick up some of my mail.

Leela – Mail, why didn’t you just have it sent here?

Professor – OH you know those Damded Bureaucrats and there stupid regulations. You can’t even send a domes day devise to Uranus over night without them poking there noses around in it,(get it) and another thing...

Just then Hermes walks in and sits on the couch.

Hermes – What are you talking about?

Fry – The Professor was just saying that Bureaucrats are stupi….AOW (Leela hits him on his arm) the Professors mail.

Bender – What’s in the package anyway?

Professor – Oh it’s a new chemical I’ve devised for one of my new experiments that deal with mutation and what have you. I’m hopping to win the Nobel Prize you know, well off you go.

Cut to the Planet Express ships bridge. Leela at the helm, Fry on the couch with Bender who’s smoking a cigar, Amy is at Fry’s normal post doing her nails and listening to music on her antique MP3 player.

Fry – Man it’s been hours, how far is it to this planet?

Leela – Well it’s about a day’s flight into the Bio-Zone.

Fry – The Bio-Zone, what’s that?

Leela – It’s a single planet in the middle of a void where they store all kinds of deadly chemicals.

Bender – Jees, will you two just stop with the flirting for five minuets, if you don’t mind I’m gonna go off line for a couple of hours.

Bender gets up and as he walks off the bridge he takes out a Low brow and chugs it down.

Fry – so Leela seeing as how it’s Friday an all, and nether of us have a date, you wana maybe go out tonight or something?

Leela – Oh Fry please, that’s no way to ask a girl out, and anyway I actually do have a date.

Fry – What, with who?

Leela – Amy set me up on a blind date, he’s taking me to Elzars.

Fry – He’s probably going to turn out to be another showoff like Zapp or Alcazar, or that mayor’s aid Guy.

Leela – Shut up, Don’t jinx me.

Fry – Why won’t you ever even give me a chance? You know there’s something there.

Leela – Please Fry, don’t make this any harder than it is, I love you as a friend and I don’t see any way to make me feel any different.

Fry felt pretty bad; once again Leela’s crushed his hopes of him and Leela together.

Fry walked off the bridge toward his cabin.

He opened his cabin door but Bender was snoring like a fog horn so he just left. Fry ended up in the cargo bay where he hears some very loud techno music, then sees Scruffy Dancing to the fast beat.

Fry – (Confused) What are you doing?

Scruffy suddenly stops dancing and casually walks over to the stereo and turns off the music then slowly sits down.

Scruffy – Nothen at all, Why?

Fry – OK, um, no reason.

Fry continues on to the Med Bay, when he leaves the cargo bay scruffy turns the music back on and starts to dance again.

In the Med Bay, Dr. Zoidberg has made a tower out of his medical supplies.

Dr. Zoidberg – And Zoidberg places the finishing piece, AND THE CROWD GO’S WILED, Haaaaaa Haaaaaaaaaa. (Think Roswell that ends well)

Fry – (in a dull board voice) Dr. Zoidberg what are you doing?

Dr. Zoidberg – I’m building the Zoid tower. (In an excited voice) Do you need medical attention maybe?

Fry – No I’m just board.

Dr. Zoidberg – Oh

Fry – Do you know anything about women?

Dr. Zoidberg – No, but if I did I probably wouldn’t be so lonely.

Just then they felt the ship land.

Leela on the intercom – Were here, Fry, Bender, let’s hurry up and get this over with so we can leave.

Fry – I didn’t know we had an intercom.

Leela is waiting under the cargo lift for Fry and Bender to come down with the hover dollies.

The cargo lift comes alive and squeaks down. Fry and bender walk toward the post office pushing the hover dollies with Leela.

Fry – Man this place is cleaner than, well this is gotta be the cleanest place I’ve ever seen. It’s even Smells nicer than you Bender.

Bender – Bite my shinny metal Ass, I change the air freshener every month so I smell as good as my manual says I’m supposed to. (As he finishes he turns around and pops a breath mint in his mouth)

Leela – This place has a lot of hazardous chemicals so it has to be clean, so don’t touch anything.

Fry – Yea yea, I’ll be careful.

Just as he says that he hits a shelf with the hover dolly and it almost falls over. He decides to really be a little more careful from now on.

They walk through a very large entranceway into a small white room with a flickering light and no windows. There’s a desk in the middle of the room with a rather large old woman with a deep, voice, bad attitude and dressed in an ugly flowered mumu.

Woman – who the hell are you and why should I care?

Leela – Were from the Planet Express delivery company, we’re here to pick up Professor Farnsworth’s mail.

Woman – If you’re a delivery company why are you picking up other peoples mail?

Leela – Can we just have the mail please?

Woman – (in a sarcastically curious tone) So you just have that one eye hu?

Leela became very annoyed and narrow eyed.

Leela – Yes (gritting her teeth)

Woman – (in a deep throated voice) Hmm all right, just one second.

The woman began to turn very slowly still looking at Leela before she turned all the way around to call somebody on the phone.

Woman – (she turns back) your package will be brought out momentarily.

She looks back at Leela’s eye with a blank face.

Leela – (In an assertive voice) Do you have a problem?

Woman – No just never seen a freak like you before.

Before Leela could respond some guy brings the packages out on a large hover dolly (think Sal). There’s 10 crates with a 100 biohazard jars inside with some weird chemical in them.

Guy – Somebody ordered a bunch of ooze?

Leela – (talking to Fry and Bender) Well start loading them up, it’ll take about two trips.

Leela walks off back to the ship.

Bender – Forget this.

Bender picks up seven of the ten crates and throws them on to his hover dolly, as Bender is on his way back to the ship Fry gets the last three crates and follows.

Bender reaches the ship first and begins up the ships cargo lift with the crates, meanwhile Fry is standing (whistling) below waiting for the lift to come back down. Halfway up the lift gets stuck.

Leela – (meeting Fry Below) Bender what did you do?

Bender – I didn’t do it, (he hers something) what the hell’s that?

Bender hears techno music coming from the cargo bay.

Leela - Bender climbs up to see what the noise is.

Bender climbs up to see Scruffy and Dr. Zoidberg dancing to Scruffys stereo now with a laser light show. There jumping around and swinging there arms like there playing guitar, and in the excitement someone must have hit the halt switch for the cargo lift.

Bender - (in a mumbling frustrated voice) Gess I gotta do every thing myself.

Bender walks over and pushes the release button for the cargo lift. Suddenly the lift begins to fall and crashes down.

Fry – (seeing that it's gonna hit Leela Fry screams) Lookout.

Leela – Ahhhhhhhh

Fry runs and pushes Leela out of the way but couldn’t move fast enough to save himself. The crates that were stacked up on Benders over dolly come crashing down and toppled over on top of Fry.

Leela – Oh no Fry!

She runs over to the broken jars and crates to try to lift them off of Fry but before she could get there an orange haired German Shepard looking dog crawls out from under the glass and wood.

Leela stops and gasps in a frantic confusion holding her hands to her mouth.

Leela – Fry is that you.

Fry – Of course it’s me.

The dog barks at Leela as if it’s trying to tell her something.

Bender – What the hell happened, (realizing what he had done) oops I didn’t do it.

Scruffy and Dr. Zoidberg stop the music and walk over next to Bender to see.

Dr. Zoidberg – We heard a big crash and, ooo a little land animal, Can we keep it?

Bender – Hay Leela what’s with the Dog, and where’d Fry go?

Leela – I, I think this is Fry.

They all gasp.

Fry – What are you all talking about I’m not a dog.

The dog barks again.

Fry – Man I feel weird, what’s goin on, and why am I crawling.

Fry looks down at the puddle of chemicals that had splashed him and sees the reflection of a strange dog looking back at him and realizes that it’s him. He begins to freak out and run around screaming (think Roswell that ends well) but everyone else just hers barking and yelping.

Leela – This could be a problem.

Bender – this is just great, my best friends a dog, and worst of all, now I’ve gotta my own waffles now.

They quickly load up Fry’s unbroken jars and head back to Planet Express with Fry Screaming all the way.

They all gather in the Lab to see the professor examine him. Amy having been on the bridge when the accident happened was bereft on the way home.

Professor – Hmm, well this is a dog all right.

Leela – Yes we know that Professor, but this dog is also Fry. We were loading up your mail and they fell on him then he popped out as a dog.

Professor – Well this makes perfect sense.

Amy – What are you talking about Professor?

Professor – Well the chemicals were a mutagen.

Hermes – Hold on there so you’re saying that if we touch that stuff we’ll turn into some kinda dog?

Professor – Oh my no, everyone’s changes would be different due to there individual DNA.

Leela – So Fry’s was that of a dog?

Professor – Well Douwe.

Leela folds her arms and murmurs something under her breath.

Fry So I’m a dog now, Dame, Now I’ll never get a date with Leela.

Bender – So what are we gonna do with him now, Sell him?

Leela – Bender!

Bender – What?

Professor – Now now this just wont do, he’ll just have to stay at home until I can come up with a cure.

Bender – Over my shut down CPU, I’m not taking care of a dog, I didn’t even want Robo puppy.

Robo puppy is sitting in the corner.

Robo Puppy – (In his annoying robotic voice) Robo puppy is feeling neglected.

Professor – Well he’s gotta go some place cos he’s not staying here.

Leela – Well I guess I could take him, I do have a little extra space.

At that you here Fry jumping up and trying to run over to Leela on a slippery floor. You here his nails hitting the floor making a clacking sound. He runs up and jumps on Leela and starts to lick her face.

Fry – (In a very excited way) Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, I love you, (He stops and finally gets a hold of himself and gets off Leela) Man these dog emotions are hard to control.

Leela – Spla (Leela wips her face off with her arm) I don’t think Fry minds too much.

Bender – Well at least he’s acting normal, Ha ha ha haa (He opens his chest cabinet and takes out a beer) well see ya Losers, I’m gonna turn Fry’s room into a Strip Club.

We see Leela holding Fry on a leash walking home and Fry is yanking Leela all over the place smelling everything.

Fry – (really fast) Man oh man oh man oh man, so many smells, ooo look, old bubble gum, wate look a thrash can.

He jumps up, knocks the trash can over and starts ruffling through it. Then Leela comes up and yanks him out of the garbage.

Leela – No no, band Fry you don’t eat trash.

In a near ally Dr. Zoidberg is in a dumpster and hears Leela talking and thinks she’s talking to him.

Dr. Zoidberg – Well I don’t see you buying me a meal!

Fry and Leela reach her apartment Leela opens her door then Fry bolts in, runs then jumps on her bed. He’s sitting up on her bed smiling and panting.

Leela – Oh no Fry, now I understand you’re a dog an all but I think its best if you sleep on the chair or the floor but not on my bed. Besides that’s Nibblers spot.

Fry – (Frustrated) Aw man, I thought being at leela’s would be fun, and I forgot about Nibbler.

Leela – (Knelling down in front of fry who is still sitting on the bed) OK Fry lets lay down some ground rules, now #1, no jumping on the bed, 2 no going to the bathroom in my apartment, unless you can till use the toilet but I don’t think so, and well that’s about it so just don’t do those two things and we’ll get though this.

She gets up and scratches Fry’s head as she walks in the living room and sits down in her chair. She pulls a blanket over her and turns on the T.V.

Fry gets up to follow, he walks over next to Leela’s chair and tries to sit down like normal but falls over and decides to just stay there and watch T.V.

Leela sees Fry’s trouble and tries not to giggle.

Leela – I’m sorry Fry, I know this must be very hard for you, (She pets his head) but you know the Professor is working on an antidote, so hopefully this wont last long.

Fry – Oh yea that feels good, no wonder Nibbler sticks around here, it’s for the scratches.

Later they’re watching a scary movie called the In-laws.

Scary movie – the terrified woman walks into the house, she cautiously walks down the dark hallway and JUST THEN “Hello Clarence”, coming from the shadows ITS HER INLAWS, the woman Screams Bloody murder.

Fry – (Screaming) AHhhhhhhh

Scared to death Fry flies onto Leela’s lap and under her blanket, he cowers with his tail between his legs.

Leela – (Surprised) Fry what are (She then sees that he’s really shaken up) O its ok, it’s just the stupid lady on the T.V.

Leela lets him fall asleep on her lap under the covers as she soothingly strokes his back.

The next morning Fry wakes up and enjoys the few drowsy seconds before you remember where you are or what happened. He then stretches his arms and goes to roll over out of bed but falls out of Leela’s lap and on the floor.

Fry – What the hell, (Remembering yesterday) all man. (Laying upside down on the floor) Wow you can actually see the floor in Leela’s apartment, my floors are so dirty I don’t even know it I have carpet.

Leela’s awakened by Fry’s fall. She stretches as she yawns and stands up to get some coffee. Still in her clothes from last night she walks in a drowsy trance to the kitchen to get a cup of coffee. She sits at her kitchen table sipping her cup, still in somewhat of a trance she begins to think about yesterday.

Leela’s mind – hmm well I went and got the professors package then Fry was mutated, (Out loud and in a very concerned voice) Oh my god that’s right Fry was mutated.

Now remembering almost everything from yesterday Leela instinctively jumped out of her seat and ran for her room to get dressed but trips over Fry who had followed her into the kitchen.

Leela – What the, (remembers all of yesterday) oh yea, I let you stay here didn’t I, it’s all coming back to me now. (Takes a deep breath) ok well we’d better get ready, the professor might have a cure for you.

Fry suddenly looks excited as his tail begins to wag.

Fry – Wow this is neat. I never had a tail before, now I can smash people like Godzilla, only ant people.

Leela – Just let me take a quick shower and we’ll go, OK?

With that she goes to her bathroom and starts the water.

Fry – Man I’m hungry, maybe I can still open the fridge.

He begins to go for the fridge and stops.

Fry – Wait, did Leela say she’s taking a shower?

Fry thinks of the possibilities. He sits there imagining it for about ten minuets, then finally decides to see if the door is open. Just as he is about to stand up the door flies open and Leela walks out fully dressed but still combing her damp hair.

Leela – OK let’s go.

Fry – Aw man!

Back at Planet Express.

Professor – Confound you Leela, you know you’re not supposed to bring dirty animals in the office, Zoidberg shouldn’t even be in here. (In the background we here a sad Aww)

Leela – Professor its Fry, he’s not a dirty animal, well he’s not supposed to be an animal, remember your mutagen changed him into a dog?

Professor – Oh yes, well Keep That Filthy Mutt in the Hanger till I’ve come up with a cure, you to Zoidberg.

Zoidberg – (who was startled while listening in on the conversation when the Professor caught him) Fine, I know when I’m not wanted; I’ll go and talk to my good friend Hermes.

– Just as Zoidberg was saying that Hermes was walking through the conference room to his Office, as he heard Zoidberg he started to run.

Zoidberg – (speaking to Leela and the Professor) oh that Hermes, such a kidder, Hay Hermes wait up I need to tell you about my day (he runs out of the room after him).

Leela – (In a sighing voice) OK let’s go Fry.

Leela and Fry make there way down into the Hanger.

Leela – I have some work I’ve gotta do so just stay here and I’ll be back later to check on you OK.

Leela walks off to go to work. Fry paces back and forth like a little kid told to stay in his room.

Fry – Man this sucks, I’m bored and this floor is cold.

Fry decides that the ship would probably be the best place to take a nap, seeing as how it’s a little wormer than the hanger floor. He makes his way up the ships stairs and into his and Benders Room. He tries to jump up on his cot but when he lands on it it spins him out and he goes nose first onto the floor.

Fry – Stupid hamics.

He sits frustrated for a second.

Fry – Dang ship, no place for me ta sit. The only comfortable place on the ship except for the bathroom would probably be Leela’s cabin.

A minuet later.

Fry – Wait, Maybe I could just take a quick peak, Hmm I’ve never actually seen her room, well actually I have seen here underpants drawer.

Fry gets up and walks down the hall and into Leela’s room, everything is nice and neat except for the bed covers which are unmade.

Fry – Wow I’m in Leela’s cabin (Jumps on her bed) these are the thickest, softest warmest covers I’ve ever felt, I could sit her and relax all day.

Fry quickly falls asleep.

Meanwhile Leela is sitting in the loung sipping on a glass of water trying to finishing up some paperwork from their last mission when Bender walks in late. He plops down on the couch in his usual spot and kicks up his feet as he turns on the TV. He dosent pay attention to the fact that his feet are now on Leela’s Paperwork.

Leela – (Frustrated) Bender, do you mind, I’m trying to get some work done here.

Bender – Yea acually I do mind.

Leela was about to knock him off the couch When Hermes walks in.

Hermes – You guys have gotta very special delivery to make for the DOOPs flag ship.

Leela – Please don’t let it be for Za...

Hermes – (Interupting) Its for Zapp Branigan himself, its his new wordrobe of velure uniforms, XXShort. Man dat guy’s weird, but he sure pays good. (he begins to turnaround then turns back and says) Oh and I’ll be going with ya, theres some very complicated and important paper work that needs to be done and I’m tired of you having all the fun (He’s refuring to Leela).

Leela sighs as she hesitently gets up.

Leela – Well comon Bender lets go.

Bender – Ah I don’t think so, an All my circuts matation is starting in a few hours and I want to make sure that I’m all rested up and drunk.

Leela walks over to the side of the couchand tips it over, Bender falls on the ground (think Branigan begin again).

Leela – Come on Bender (colecting her paper work and her glass of water) we have a delivery.

Bender – Isant he that guy that you slept with?

Leela Grits her teeth and walk off.

Bender– I just wanted to make sure because if he was the guy how nailed you he c AAHHHHH...

Bender was hit in the head by mysterious flying Glass.

Leela, Bender, and Hermes met on the ship and prepared for take off.

Her mind still thinking of the mission Leela pilets the ship off earth and over looks one small detail.

Leela – Oh my God, I forgot about Fry.

Hermes – He’s Probably fine, right now our biggest concern is getting these forms taken care of.

knoked out of bed when the ship took off, Fry grogaly wakes up.

Fry – Oh no, they must have taken off and don’t know I’m aboard.

Fry gets up and makes his way down the hall.

Leela – (back on the bridge) Nimbus this is the Planet Express Delivery ship requesting permishion to dock.

Voice on the Radio – Planet Express ship you are clear to dock in bay 4, oh and Zapp said to tell Leela that He’ll be waiting.

Leela – (sarcasticly)Great, I mean acknoleged, Bay 4.

The ship flies in and lands in the docking bay.

Leela – OK lets get this over with.

just as they all leave and shut the door, Fry enters th bridge.

Fry Were is everybody.

He hops up on a control panal and looks out the window. He spots Hermes, Leela, and Bender rolling a large crate over to Zapp and Kif.

Zapp – Well, Well, well, what a coincidence that we should run into each other like this.

Leela – (sighs) No Zapp it’s not, you aranged to be here when we arrived. You even told the guy at the docking bay to tell us that you would be here to meet us.

Zapp – Yes it was all part of my plan.(in his suducing voice) So Leela what say you and I go try on some of my new uniforms in the Lovenasium.

Kif – Ohhhh

Leela – Just sign for your package.

Hermes – (yelling from the back) Out of de way (he runs up to Zapp) Sign here, here, here, and here, oh and anithial here. (walking away holding the forms to his chest) woo dat was fun.

Seeing Zapp’s advances on Leela Fry decides to go down and try to help her. He runs out of the ship and stands ready at Leela’s side slightly growling at Zapp.

Leela – (surprized) Fry, what are you doing here?

Fry just stand there unflinching, staring at Zapp.

Zapp – Aww, what a cute little dog (he reaches out to pet).

Kif – Sir I don’t think thats wise.

Zapp – Fif nwo what have I told you.

Kif – (knowing whats about to happen) Ohh

Leela – (holding Fry back) Zapp you don’t understand, this isant really a dog its...

Zapp – Leela please, Animals love me almost as much as th ladies do, here boy, come here.

Leela – OK Fry show Zapp how much you love him.

Leela lets go of Fry and he longes forward and before Zapp could move Fry sank his teeth into Zapps hand. With Zapp occupied Leela, Bender, and Hermes head back to the ship.

Leela turns to call Fry back to the ship, as she dose she can’t help but smile at Zapp squrming and how Fry defended her.

Leela – Fry come on let him go so we can get out of here.

After growling at Zapp one last time Fry Happily runs back to Leela who was standing at the base of the ships stairs. Fry runs up and Leela crouches down and joyfally pets himsa they make there way up the stairs.

Fry – That’ll show him, Zapp Branigan better never come close to Leela again. She’s finally starting to see me for who I really am, Ever since I changed she’s Been acting different, Wait a minute, what if she likes me like this more than the real me, what if she only likes me as a Dog.

On the bridge Fry is sitting at Leelas side as she piolets the ship back to Earth. As Fry sits there he thinks about him and Leela while Leela periodicly scratches his head.

Leela – (talking to Bender) Wow Frys really become a lot more protective since he changed, havent you noticed?

Bender – (taking the cigar out of his mouth) Please, he’s always been like that. Everytime he tried to defend you you would stop him and do it yourself.

Hermes – Dats true Leela, Hes always Had feelings for you, maybe you’ve only started to notice since he’s been able to show them to you.

Leela – thats not true, He’s asked me out lots of times and never told me that he loved me, and I noticed that.

Hermes – Ya he has, lots of times. You were so hell bent on turning him down that you just dismised it as a lie.

Leela – (confused) Ya well, thats because I wa, hmm...

Bender – Well well, The great captain is speechless.

Leela – Shut up Bender!

For the rest of the trip home Leeela just staired vacantly thinking out the front of the ship while Fry lay beside her trying to stay awake.

Meanwhile back at Planet Express.

The Professor and Zoidberg are in the lab still working on a cure for Fry.

Professor – UREKA! I’ve found it.

Zoidberg – You found the cure?

Professor – No, I’ve found the TV remote, It’s been lost eversince Bender had that scavenger hunt.

Later

Professor – HAZA, Ive really found it this time.

Zoidberg – You’ve found the VCR remote?

Professor – No no,I found a cure, and there’s only three major side effects, that is if he can bare to drink it (We see a thick lime green oozing concoction bubbling in the blinder).

Zoidberg – what about the side effects.

Professor – Well he might loss his memory for the time period when he was a dog, he’ll definetly have some nightmarish diarea for about a week, give or take a few days, and finally I added a couple sexual side effects to make it like everything else.

Just then the the ship lands in the hanger. Hermes and Bender walk off folowed by Leela then Fry a miniate later.

Hermes – Mon that was an extreemly productive trip, Im beat.

Professor – Good news everyone I’ve finally found the TV remote.

Bender suddinly dashes for the remote and snatches it out of the professors hand.

Bender – I’m gonna change channles so hard, that stupid V-chip wont know what hit it WHA HA HA Ha.

Bender escapes into the lounge.

Leela – What about the cure Professor?

Professor – The What?

Leela – (Frustrated) the cure for Fry.

Professor – Oh yes the antidote, Good news Fry, I’ve Isolated an agent that will neutrolize the chemicals that caused the changes in you.

He turns arond to get the blinder with the antidote and see’s Hermes already drinking it.

Hermes – Dats the best Lime Smoothy I’ve had in a long time, it’s just like ma use’t to make.

Leela – (yells) Hermes Stop, that wasthe antidote for Fry.

Professor – Get ready for the side effects to start kickin in.

Hermes – (his stomoch begins to rumble) OOH (he says in pain as he holds his stomach) ya just like ma use’t to make, Out a my way! (he runs out of the room)

Professor – (Upset) Great now I have to make some more, if only I could remember how.

Leela – You didnt write it down.

Professor – No, I made it the same way I make everything else, I throw a bunch of crap together and see if it works.

Leela – Come on Fry lets go watch bender channle surf, it looks like you have a few more hours like this

Fry follows Leela into the lounge while the professor mumbles as he works.

Zoidberg – (having stood there the whole time) Fine I know when I’m not wanted, If anyone needs me I’ll be in the Dumpster finishing that macaroni I found yesterday.

He waits a second to make sure someone dosent want to talk.

Nobody looks up.

Zoidberg – (IN his usual sad way) Awww

Fry and Leela sit down next to Benderon the couch, Fry takes this oppurtunity to snugle next to Leela and lays his head on her knee.

Leela almost smiles.

Leela – ya know Fry, I think I’m gonna miss you like this a little bit.

Hours later, Benders still busy flippen channles while Fry and Leela are snoring when the Professor walks in.

Professor - (in a loud voice) Wake up, wake up.

Leela, being a very light sleeper, Jumps up throwing Fry on the floor.

Leela – (Wide awake and startled) What, whats happening, oh sorry Fry.

Fry – Whats goin on

Professor – I’ve finished the antidote.

Fry – Allright now I can get back to normal,(he gets a little sad) and beyelled at and alone.

Professor – Come now lets get this over with.

they follow the Professor into the Lab.

Professor – Now then, I’ve improved the serum so that it can be injected from a suringe now and since Hermes backed up the toilet I was able to bresk it down so that theres only one side effect.

Leela – Well, what is it?

Professor – Fry will lose some of his short term memory, mainly the memories he’s acuired over the last week.

Leela – But, why will he lose his memory, can’t you make it so that he can keep it?

Professor – I’m afraid thats imposible, you see, memories are made when brain cells arainge themselves into a specific patern that is unice to that memory, and ever since Fry was mutated his memory cells have been infected by that chemical. When I inject the cure it will wipe out every trace of the chemical from his body including the brain.

Leela looks at Fry with a sadned face, at the same time Hermes slowly walks in holding his stomach.

Hermes – I think I’ll be OK now.

the whole room heres a loud rumble come from his gut.

Hermes – (turning around and running) OH NO NOT AGAIN! OUT A MY WAY!

Leela Man, how long will that last?

Professor – Oh I should imagin about two or three more days.

Fry turns to run, he decides that he dosent want to change back, but before he can get far enough the Professor sticks the needle in Frys right leg. He imidiatly gets woozy and falls over.

Leela – (concerned) Is he OK?

Professor – He’s fine, the transfermation should take just a few minuets.

Bender – (just walking in) I’ve finished flippen channels, theres nothin good on, so whats (he notices Fry).

Fry imediatly begins to change back to normal, his arms and legs get longer, his head gets bigger while his nose gets smaller, his fur begins to disapear. Two minuets later Fry is back to normal. The professor throws a blanket over the now naked Fry who lay knoked out on the floor.

Bender – (Amazed) Wow, that was so cool, can you do it again?

Professor – Sure I could, I’ll just

Leela – (inturupting) NO, you can’t do it again.

Leela bends down, picks Fry up (he is still covered only by a small blanket) and carries him over to Zoidbergs office and lays him down on the examination table. Where zoidberg hooks up all kinds of monituring eqipment, vital signs and brain wave patterns mostly.

Leela sat in a chair beside him for hours just watching him and thinking, thinking about him, about her feelings for him, and what she would do if something were to happen to him.

She eventually fell asleep in her chair with her head resting on her crossed arms on the table next to Fry.

Fry grogily opens his eyes and for a moment he dosn’t realise where he is, after a minute he realises that he’s laying in some hosbital type room naked, with some kind of equipment atatched to him. He feels a little week but just strong enough to sit up, Fry slowly rises and looks around the room, then see’s Leela with her head down asleep beside him.

Fry – (putting his hand on her sholder and jently shaking) Leela, Leela, wake up.

She gives an early morning, having to get up kind of mone.

Fry – Leela...

She lifts her head and remembers.

Leela – (Very excited / Surprised) Fry, are you, you, I mean are you OK?

Fry – (a little confused) Yea, of course I’m me, why wouldn’t I be?

Leela – (sadened) So, you can’t remember anything?

Fry – Of course I remember, I remember we went to pick up some of the professors mail and on this really clean planet, then pushing it with the hoover dolly up to the ship (he gets alarmed when he recalls what happened next) then I see a bunch of crates about to fall on you (very conserned) I ran as fast as I could to push you out of the way, then everything goes blank. Are you OK, did you get out of the way in time?

Leela – Yes, you push me out of the way, but then they fell on you and...

Bender – (walking in with his breakfast beer) hay buddy, fell better now?

Fry – yea I guess, but how did I feel before?

Bender – what, you mean when you were a dog?

Fry – WAAAAAA...

Leela – You see Fry, when the creates fell on you they broke open and spiled the professors mutation chemicals on you and you changed into a, dog.

Fry – So I was a dog, like on all fours and a tail.

Bender – Yep

Fry – (thinking thats pretty neat) Cool, so how long was I like that?

Leela – Just a few days.

Fry – Then what happened that whole time?

Bender – (He just blerts it out) Oh you stayed at Leela’s apartment, and bit Zapp Branigan, then slep on Leela’s Lap.

Fry – Wow, is that how it happened?

Leela – (feeling like she’s been put on the spot) Well ya, no, well sorta.

Fry – Well OK then, um do you think I could get dressed? (he’s still only covered by the small blanket)

The Professor walks in having just wolk up.

Professor – Ah Fry, I see your back to normal.

Fry – Yea thanks, um, Professor do you have any clothes I can wear?

Fry made his way back to his and Benders apartment whereing some of the Professors clothes, including lab coat and slippers.

Meanwhile, Leela’s walking the streets of NNY, going nowhere in particular, just thinking.

1 Leela’s Mind – (debating herself) Ok, so Fry’s a really nice guy and my friend, So what.

2LM – So you should ask him out, you know he’ll jump at the oppurtunity.

1LM – Yea but I don’t think I should rush into it, what if he wants to move to fast?

2LM – Come On, Its Fry your talking about, he’s the best guy you’ve ever known and you know it, he’d go as slow, or as fast as you wanted, if you know what I mean.

1LM – Stop, Frys, not like that, he’s very sweet, and kind, and would do anything for me.

2LM – Ok then, whats the problem, you know he’s everything you’ve ever really wanted if you think about it. You know that he’d never leave you, he’d never intentionaly hert you and would always defend you, no mater what happened, and not to mention that cute butt.

Leela – (out loud to herself) Yea that is what I want, I’m gona do it.

Later at Robot Arms, Fry’s just finishing taking a shower. He decided that this was the night he was going to ask Leela out for real.

There’s a knock at the front door. Bender’s busy watching all my sercuts.

Fry – (yelling from the other room) Bender could you get that, I’m getting dressed.

Bender – They can wait.

Fry – Bender!

Bender – Ok ok, I guess I’ll do everything around here.

Bender slowly sits up and walks to the door.

He pushes the button to open the door.

Bender – What the Hell are you doing here (takes a drink)?

Leela – Nice to see you to bender, um, is Fry here?

Bender – Yea.

Leela – (a little frustrated) Well, can I come in?

Bender – Fine, Gess, all you had to do was ask.

Bender turns around leaving the door open for Leela, she walks in and shuts the door behind her.

Leela – I ah, (pauses while she looks around, then says sarcasticly) like how you’ve decorated your place.

there are beer bottles, pizza boxes, trash, and cigar buts all over the floor, I’m not even going to get into the food in the fridge.

Bender – (not taking a hint) Thanks, I think I had Fry clean the place about a month or two ago.

Frys in his bedroom on the edge of his bed dressed in clean underpants and a white shirt, and still trying to put some pants on when Leela walks in.

Leela – (hasent seen Fry yet) Fry, its me, do you mind if, (she see’s Fry and is a little imbarased) O I’m so sorry.

Fry – (very startled) LEELA, (he falls off the bed onto the floor) (laying on his chest with is pants halfway on) what are you doing here?

Fry rolls over and and quickly pulls hais pants up while still on the floor then jumps up.

Fry he’s a little nearves, and is breathing quicker than normal) Um, Hi Leela, what brings you in here?

Leela – (looking around the room, not focusing on Fry) I ah, just wanted to see how you are.

Fry – Oh, um, I’m Ok, except I still can’t remember anything after I was mutated.

Leela – Well you really didn’t miss much, I mean we had fun in all, Oh and we found the remote for the TV...

Leela’s Mind – Stop rambling and get to the point!

Leela – (seriously) Anyway, Fry I wanted to ask you if...

Fry – (interupting) Leela, will you go out with me? I mean I know I’m not the best lookin guy in the universe, or the smartest but I love you, and I think, deep down you may like me to, and (takes a second and sighs) I just want you to know that I’ll always be there for you, even if the answer is still no, but before you say no can I at least buy you some dinner, please.

Leela’s Mind – YES YES YES, I WILL!

Leela – (Moves in a little closer and smiles) Yea, I’d like that a lot.

Fry – (stands there for a second then realises what she’s just said) Really, you’ll go out with me, (junps up in the air and his pants fall off again) YAAHOOO!

The End

Bender – Ya’ll come back now ya here, OR ELSE (shaking his fist at you) (fade to credits).

Well that was my very first Fan Fic and I really apprishiate you all for taking the time to read it. Now I know that you all want to congradulate me for makeing this master peice but I’m to modist for all that, so if you really want to tell me how it was, ya know if it was the greatest thing you’ve ever read in your lives, or if it just sucked, you can Email me at fordmail4us@yahoo.com