And now, let's continue.
All the way back in the Sawyer household, Lulu groaned as she was rubbing her head. "Ugh... who knew my twin sister could throw a mean punch..."
As soon as she got herself oriented, she then looked around to see the house was a bit dark as she coughed a bit, calling out in her sweet-as-honey country voice, "Hello? Lila? Daddy?"
She looked around, but noticed that nobody was there. It was at this moment that Lulu turned and looked towards the mirror and noticed that... she was mostly in her underwear. The girl groaned, "Son of a bitch, she really did it. She's masquerading as me and foiling all of my well-crafted plans! UGH!"
Lulu then started to pace around as she turned on the light. "What do I do? What do I do? I cannot have Arnold slip from my grasp now..." She paused as she looked down and patted her belly, smiling. "Especially not with you on the way."
All of a sudden, she heard the sound of police sirens coming from outside. Wincing, Lulu peeked out the window to see a ton of police cars surrounding the building. Lulu looked confused as she raised an eyebrow... until she noted that one of the police cars happened to contain a handcuffed Fifi inside. "What th- oh shit... now EVERYTHING'S gone down the crapper!"
"All right, we see a light in there. Come on out!" One of the officers called out.
"Ugh, so much for a quiet getaway..." Lulu grumbled to herself... before her eyes widened as she noticed a picture of Lila nearby. She then gave a smirk, getting an idea. She licked her fingers as she moved the small locks of hair sticking down and moving them upwards as she quickly grabbed one of Lila's dresses, slipping it on as quickly as possible.
"Come on out quietly! Or we will use force!" The officer called out as Lulu slipped on Lila's dress and gave a very innocent smile, before walking outward, raising her arms up and looking scared.
"Gosh, what could ever be so the trouble?" Lulu asked in the country voice as the others examined her clothing.
After a moment, the officer turned and walked towards the girl as she bent down. "Excuse me, young lady, but we're looking for your sister. Is she inside?"
Lulu didn't show it, but she was heavily relieved her disguise was working. And now, she was going to work the tears. "Oh, it was ever so terrible, officers! My sister Lulu said she was going to run away with Arnold... she said she was going to drag him away to the train station!"
The officer looked over at "Lila" sympathetically as she bent down. "There, there... tell us everything..."
Phil was standing outside Arnold's door as he gave a huge sigh. He looked down, wondering if he was doing the right thing... then again, maybe it was for the best. Taking a deep breath, Phil opened the door and peeked inside. "Shortman?"
Phil looked around to see that the bed was occupied, with a football head shape and body under the covers. Phil gave a small sigh of relief as he walked over to the bed and sat down as he took a deep breath. "Okay, I know we all said a lot of things that we truly didn't mean to say... but you got to understand, I'm just looking out for you, Shortman."
Phil waited, but there was no response. Phil looked over towards the covered body and sighed. "I get it. The silent treatment. You know, I gave my folks the silent treatment too. Only they weren't as extreme as... your secret was." Phil sighed. "I just wished you'd tell me what that secret is."
More silence came as Phil sighed. "Well, I figured you'd like to know. I gave a call to your mother's folks in the country, and they said they would be willing to take you in, since... well, the city is proving too much of you. Now, don't argue with me, Shortman, I know that you love living here, and you want to help us out... but after that blow-up today, I doubt the boarders will even want to talk to you, let alone turn to you for help. Oh, I'm sure they know you didn't mean those words... unless you did."
Phil paused as he turned towards the covered body. After a couple minutes of silence, Phil sighed, "That's fine, you're contemplating your actions. But... maybe the country will be good for you. You'll get to see your cousin Arnie, I hear country work can be pretty relaxing... not that I know, I never been there... and I'm sure there won't be any distractions in Spireville. Sure, it would mean saying good-bye to your friends, but hey, I'm sure they'll understand."
More silence came as Phil waited for a response. Phil looked down. "I get it. You want to be alone. Well, I'll leave you to it, then. Good night, Shortman."
He gave a nod as he patted the football head before getting up and heading out. As he walked out, he couldn't help but think that Arnold felt a little... leather-y than usual. As he kept going downstairs to get a cup of coffee, he heard a knock on the door. Phil groaned as he walked over and peeked out to see Gerald and Phoebe outside. Phil frowned, "Ugh, you again. Look, Gerald, I already told you Arnold's not seeing anybody today and that he's going to be-"
Gerald then pointed towards his left as Phil opened the door... as Phil slowly stopped to see that the officer from earlier today was standing at his door. Phil paused, "Oh."
"Mr. Shortman, we have some information regarding Arnold that you might find a little... interesting." The officer said as he turned to the two kids. "And you can thank these kids for figuring it out."
Phil looked a little surprised as he said, "Uh, sure. Come on in."
A few minutes later, Phil had just spat out his coffee in shock as he was just talking to the police officer. "He did what?!"
Gerald and Phoebe winced a bit as the police officer repeated what he said, "Your son..."
"Grandson." Phil corrected the officer. "You've been referring to him as my son when I'm clearly too old!"
"Sorry, grandson..." The officer said. "...your grandson was in a relationship with a girl... a very sexual one."
Phil's eyes widened in horror, before giving a smile. "I'm impressed, yet horrified. Is that why he was acting so strange?"
Phoebe nodded. "It turns out, the girl that Arnold was seeing and the same one he invited to a sleepover, had secretly manipulated his mind and..." The Japanese-American girl blushed a bit. "...offered her body to him. We don't exactly know how it happens, but it turns out this girl has been secretly doing this to other boys for so long that she practically is keeping a harem at her home."
"A harem of kidnapped boys..." Phil nervously sipped his coffee. "And a receipt for a thousand dollar necklace... that would explain quite a lot, actually. So, this Lulu girl is... a bad girl?"
"Very naughty." The officer said with a sigh. "Turns out, whenever she visits her family, any boy that she sees as worthy, she'll manipulate him in her own way and take them out of the city and into her home, where she might do who knows how many things with him."
"This has happened before, with Mr. Sawyer... and Phoebe's dad." Gerald said. "Lila and Lulu's mother manipulated them to be male prostitutes working at a farm, intending for breeding purposes."
"Breeding?!" Phil yelped. "Well, it's a good thing I'm sending Arnold AWAY from her..."
"Uh, Mr. Shortman?" Phoebe said. "You're sending him to where she LIVES!"
Phil dropped the coffee cup in shock, the sound of the cup colliding with the floor was heard.
Immediately, Phil opened the door and turned on the light to Arnold's bedroom. "Arnold, I changed my mind. You're not going to Spireville after all. I know the whole story! That Lulu girl is bad for you! I know you don't want to listen to me, but you need to hear this!"
Phil then ran over and tried to shake Arnold awake. "Arnold? Come on, wake up!"
With that, Phil pulled the blanket away from the bed... only for Phil to stop as he noticed that something was off about this. Phil frowned. "Hey! You're not Arnold! You're a football and a sack of potatoes!"
Phil's eyes widened in shock as he looked over at the football laying in the pillow as something finally dawned on him. "Oh, that's why you felt leather-y when I touched... yo-"
"HE'S GONE!" Phil screamed as he came back to the kitchen, with Gerald, Phoebe and the officer turning to him in horror.
"Wh-what?" Phoebe asked as Gerald gasped.
"Oh no, it's starting already! He's already running away!" Gerald said in worry.
"Everyone, don't panic!" The officer said as all attention turned to the man. "It may look bad, but we don't even know where they're going..."
All of a sudden, they heard the radio crackling as everyone looked at the officer. "Sir, we have some interesting information! The girl known as Lulu is heading for the train station!"
Gerald, Phoebe, Phil and the officer looked at each other as they gave a nod. The officer said, "No time for the rest of the story..."
"THERE'S A REST OF THE STORY?!" Phil yelled.
"...we have to get to the train station, because if that Lulu girl is going there, chances are, your grandson is there too!" The officer said as he motioned for the three. "Come on, you can ride with us!"
Phil paused nervously, before frowning as he turned to the kids. "Well, what are you kids waiting for? Get in! We're saving Arnold from making the biggest mistake of his life! Well... the second biggest mistake of his life, anyway..."
"Thank you, Daddy!" "Lulu" gave a nod as she turned to her father.
"Be good, honey. Remember to write to us every once in a while." Mr. Sawyer smiled as he waved to his daughter.
"I will!" "Lulu" said as she waved, watching her father depart into his car and going off. As soon as she knew he was gone, "Lulu", aka Lila, looked down in guilt. "Sorry, daddy, I hope you can forgive me if I delayed Lulu's train, but I need to get to Arnold and tell him the truth!"
With a deep breath, Lila started to walk into the train station as she looked around. "Well, I don't see him, maybe I can wait outside until..."
"Lulu, my sweetheart!"
Lila's ears perked as she turned to see a smiling Arnold, holding a suitcase of his own. Lila thought this was quite unusual as she gave a smile. "Hello, Arnold. I was just about to depart back home..."
"I know. You told me to come." Arnold grinned as he put the suitcase aside, before pulling Lila over and closing his eyes as he was trying to initiate a kiss. Lila, immediately looking nervous, tried to turn her head.
"Arnold, I have a... I have a zit." Lila started to say.
"A zit?" Arnold raised an eyebrow as he gave a grin. "Heck, I don't care about a zit. You're just as beautiful as you are..."
Lila blushed a bit as she thought to herself, "Wow, Arnold is really turning on his cha-"
"EEK!" Lila squealed as Arnold put a hand on her butt and squeezed it. "A-arnold, what are you-"
"Oh, don't act like you don't love it." Arnold said in a husky-like voice.
"What is going on? Why is Arnold acting like this?" Lila thought in confusion as she coughed. "Uh, Arnold, I... want to talk to you... in private... where nobody can see us?"
Arnold's eyes lit up as on his right shoulder, Arnold's devil was giving a grin. "Oh ho ho, Lulu is offering herself again! I can't wait for another round, how about you?"
Arnold's angel, whose horns had now grown, was looking down sadly as he said, "Well, considering the old me would have been against this... I guess I'm for this..."
The shoulder devil grinned as he patted the angel-turned-demon on the back. "Now that's thinking like a true Arnold!"
"The true Arnold... I guess this is the true Arnold now..." Arnold's angel said sadly.
Arnold, giving a devilish grin, pulled Lila towards his face as he said, "Let me carry you, my love... I'm sure you'll love it..."
"Th-that's okay, I can- AHHH!" Lila screamed a bit as Arnold started to lift Lila and put her on his shoulder as if she was a bag of flour. Holding Lila in one hand and their bags in another, Arnold carried her to the train station as he started to look around someplace, all the while, Lila was looking at Arnold strangely, wondering why he was acting so weird.
"It doesn't matter why..." Lila thought to herself. "I need to get that message to him!"
Pretty soon, Arnold spotted a small corner that seemed isolated, a blind spot that nobody would approach. Giving a small grin, he carried "Lulu" and the bags over to that spot before putting the bags down, followed by putting his 'girlfriend' down on her feet.
Before Lila could say anything, she yelped as Arnold was about to reach for the knot on the shirt. "A-Arnold, what are you doing?"
"Come on, sweetie, you let me do this every time!" Arnold purred. "No pressure."
"I-I-" Lila stammered, wondering what was going on with Arnold, before shaking her head. "Arnold, I need to tell you something-"
Lila yelped as one of Arnold's hands went under the crop top and slid itself under the bra as he grasped the breast, causing Lila to yelp. "What is it you want to tell me, my love? That we're two peas in a pod, that we'll be together forever, no matter what? That you love what I do with my hands?"
"N-no..." Lila gasped as Arnold put his hand on her skirt.
"Now, let's see those panties..." Arnold said with a grin on his face, about to lift the skirt down.
Lila bit her tongue as Arnold's hands were touching her, but she knew she had to get the message across.
"ARNOLD, I'M JUST USING YOU TO CHEAT ON MY BOYFRIEND, WHO HAPPENS TO BE YOUR COUSIN!"
And that's that for now... next time, Arnold's reaction and much more! Tune in next time!
