Thursday and Friday went by without much of a hint about Mik. However, that would change on Saturday, as Willis, Arnold, and Kimberly were watching Soul Train in the living room. It was during the famous Soul Train dance line that Willis bragged about his dancing skills.
"Man, I can do the Moonwalk better than he can!" He said, as one of the dancers was performing the move that Michael Jackson would later on that year make it famous on a TV special.
The dancer did it flawlessly, but Arnold was less than impressed.
"The only reason you can do the Moonwalk well is because them drips comin' from your hair!" Arnold said while pointing down the floor. There were puddles of activator juice everywhere.
"Bro, please. Arnold, I've been a master of the moonwalk for a long time now! Man, I do it so well, if NASA knew, they would send me to the moon!"
Arnold had a look of disbelief when he said that, and if you are familiar with Arnold now, you know what's coming up.
"Whachoo talkin' bout, Willis?"
There was a bit of a pause for a bit before he continued. "You only started doing the moonwalk last week. Besides, you gonna be wishing that NASA does send you to the moon, when Dorisha or Charlene finds out!"
Willis quickly dismissed him. "Man, I have no time to talk about that. Just let me enjoy the music."
Right after the Soul Train dance line finished came a commercial. It happened to be Soul Glo.
"Uh oh," Arnold said, then he faced Kimberly. "You know what that means?"
Kimberly nodded in agreement. "How heavy do you think this one is going to be?"
"About a Category 4, Kim. I saw him went double-pump on the activator. We might need our raincoats for this one."
Kimberly simply nodded and quickly went to get their umbrellas while Arnold went for their raincoats. Luckily, Mr. Drummond had recently covered all the furniture in plastic. Immediately, Arnold and Kim donned their raincoats.
The commercial started with a spoken intro, then the singing part started.
Just Let Your Soul Glo
Just Let It Shine Through!
As soon as the singing got started, Willis started shaking his hair all over, with activator juice flying all over. Arnold and Kimberly were using their umbrellas like a shield, yet some of it still managed to get on them.
"This is worse than the monsoon on our Hawaii trip!" Kim said to Arnold as they both had their eyes closed.
"Tell me about it!"
Finally, the commercial ended with:
Just Let Your Soooouuuul Glo Ooooh
(Spoken) Soul Glo!
After the commercial finished, the entire living room was covered in sticky activator liquid. Kimberly and Arnold looked like they just survived a hurricane.
The TV was totally covered with grease.
"I can't ever remember a time when the entire place looked like this." Kimberly lamented. "The entire TV is covered in grease. I'll go get some Windex."
"Don't bother Kimberly, it's not worth it. You'll be fighting for a lost cause." Arnold said.
"Why not?"
"Because Jermaine Jackson is about to appear next."
"Oh no…"
None of the children noticed Pearl watching them from the other end of the living room. Drenched in activator fluid, she gave Willis the evil eye before walking away.
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After the show ended and the entire living room was a greasy mess, Willis went back to his room and examined the napkin again. This time he noticed something. There was a grease stain next to the letter "k" in "Mik". It looked like something was written there before. Then it dawned on him.
"It's not Mik, nor is it Mick, but it's Mike! That makes a whole lot more sense."
He quickly went back downstairs to tell Kim about his latest eureka moment. Kim was busy trying to clean up the living room while Arnold went to see Dudley, after winning the coin toss against Kim.
"Yo, Kim. I got it wrong all this time."
Kim was puzzled at that moment. "Huh? What do you mean?"
"The dude's name is Mike! I didn't notice the grease stain next to the letter 'K' was covering up the letter 'E'!"
Kim didn't know how to act, so she asked him, "are you sure about that?"
"Positive!" But the excitement ended when he realized something. "But who is this 'Mike'? That can be anybody."
"That's true. I doubt it will be Michael Jackson though. I don't think she's his type." Kimberly joked. Will just looked at her like she was stupid.
"Alright, Arnold. Enough with the wisecracks." He said, calling her "Arnold" on purpose, as he is used to Arnold's wisecracks.
"Oh come on, Willis. Sorry to sound like Arnold, but I think you're taking this way too seriously."
"Of course, I am! She's cheating behind my back."
"And? So what? Maybe she's tired of you or something. Maybe she has interest in someone else, but really, is it that big of a deal? Is she worth chasing after?" Kimberly asked with a shrug.
Willis thought about it for a bit. Realizing how much this has obsessed him.
"You may be right. However, if you hear anything, please let me know, Kim."
"Will do, Will." She replied, with a small chuckle. Willis just rolled his eyes and went back upstairs.
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