Chapter Five: Confessions

"Britney knows about the Kids Next Door?" asked Wally, completely and utterly confused.

"There's no time for that right now. She's passed out. We hafta bring her home," replied Kuki.

"Ok," Wally agreed; even though he didn't like Britney, he didn't want her to lay there passed out. Who knows what might happen to her? As they drove to Britney's mansion, Wally saw that it was huge and armed with security, making it hard for them to get in. "What are we gonna do? The gate's locked."

"Help me get her outside and you'll see." Together they dragged Britney out of the car and Kuki pressed her hand on some sort of high tech pad.

"Welcome, Britney Jameson. Please enter the password," said a computerized voice.

"What's the password? I don't know. Do you? We're not gonna get inside. This is just great."

"Wally, stop rambling and carry Britney back inside the car." Kuki had opened the gates and now they were able to drive inside.

"How did you do that?"

"I know the password."

"What? How?"

"Britney told me," she said, as if it was no big deal.

"So, you're telling me that you know how to break into her house without getting caught?"

"Yeah, but I would never break in. That's why she told me that password."

They had now reached the front door, which basically had the same security as the gate. He pressed Britney's hand against the pad and Kuki typed in the password. Now all they had to do was open the door with the keys.

"Where are her keys?" asked Wally.

"Look in her purse."

"What purse?"

"Are you telling me that you didn't bring her purse with you?"

"No," he murmured, feeling like an idiot. They were so close to getting her inside the house and the only thing stopping them were her keys.

"Fine, I'll just use the backup keys."

"What backup keys?"

"These backup keys," Kuki answered holding up a pair of keys she had just taken from the hidden compartment under the doorstep. Once they had gotten inside the house, Wally carried Britney up to her room, where she would wake up tomorrow with the worst hangover.

"We'll hafta question her tomorrow. She won't wake up now," Kuki told Wally.

"Should we stay here with her?" asked Wally.

"Well, duh! She's gonna need someone to help her get over her hangover tomorrow morning."

"Can't her parents help her?"

"They're not here. They're on vacation in Europe. Britney may be a bitch but that's only because her parents neglect her. She's just like your typical rich girl."

"Well, where are we gonna sleep?"

"In the guest house, of course," Kuki said as she led Wally to a guest house bigger than his own home. It had everything you needed including a game room and wet bar. The only problem was that there was only one bed.

"Do you want me to sleep on the couch? There's only one bed," asked Wally.

"No, silly. It's a king-sized bed. It can fit the both of us."

"Ok, if you say so. But I didn't bring anything to sleep in."

"Sleep in your boxers," said Kuki casually. Wally was shocked that she could be so comfortable in a situation like this. He was totally nervous and his cheeks were burning red.

"Well, what are you gonna sleep in?"

"Uh...Britney always leave around some clothes so I'll go check the closet." She quickly came back, wearing a lacy white nightgown.

Wally stared at her with his eyes wide open and his cheeks burning; she looked so pretty in that nightgown. "Uh...uh....uh...," stammered Wally.

"What?"

"T-t-that's what you're wearing?"

"Yeah," she relied, as if it was no big deal. She was oblivious to the fact that Wally was still looking at her. She jumped into the bed, kissed him on the cheek, and said, "Good Night!!" cheerily and turned off the lights. Poor Wally was still wide awake with his mouth open in disbelief.

:::Next Morning:::

Wally and Kuki had just woken up and were eating breakfast in the kitchen on the main house when they saw Britney come in with her hand on her head.

"What are you guys doing here? What am I doing here? How'd I get here?" asked Britney.

"You got drunk last night and we drove you home," answered Kuki.

"Oh. Well, my head really hurts."

"Here, take some Tylenol," said Wally as he threw her a bottle of Tylenol and some water.

"Yeah, and go back to bed. But we still need to ask you something," added Kuki.

"Whatever," said Britney as she headed back up to her room.

"Did you call Nigel, Hoagie, and Abby and have them meet us here?" inquired Kuki.

"Yeah, they're coming over at 12," responded Wally. "But they don't know about the whole Britney thing yet."

"Can you believe Britney and Abby were friends?" asked Wally.

"No! But it does explain a lot about why Britney's always so mean to Abby."

"Yeah, I guess so. I wonder if this means they're gonna make up now."

"I doubt it. Britney's bitter and she holds grudges. But we'll probably get her to tell us all about the Kids Next Door."

"But how will she know a lot about it? She wasn't a member."

"I don't know. That's what we hafta find out."

It was 12:20 and everyone was there at Britney's house.

"Why are we meeting at her house?" Abby asked, obviously referring to Britney, who lay on the bed looking really tired.

"She knows about the Kids Next Door," answered Wally.

"SHE WHAT? HOW? WHEN? WHAT!?!?" screamed a disbelieving Nigel.

"Calm down, Nigel. It's true," said Kuki, trying to get Nigel to sit back down. He had literally jumped off the chair when he heard the news.

"Yeah, apparently, she and Abby had been friends until Abby joined the Kids Next Door and abandoned her," said Wally.

"That's why Britney's so mean to Abby. She felt betrayed," added Kuki.

"What? Really? You and I had been friends? You? Me? Really?" questioned Abby, who couldn't believe what she had just heard.

"It's true. We were best friends until the day you stopped coming over to my house or calling me. You just said you were going to join the Kids Next Door and left," Britney said softly. Everyone turned to stare at her, each with their own question to ask.

"Wait..wait...What is the Kids Next Door in the first place?" inquired Hoagie.

"It's a top secret organization of kids joining together to fight adults and teenagers," replied Britney.

"How do you know?" asked Abby.

"Well, when you stopped playing with me I wanted to find out what was going on. So I followed you to this tree house and that's where I saw you and 4 other members."

"Yeah, they were us," said Kuki, gesturing to herself and the others.

"I didn't realize that, but now that you mention it, you all look a lot like yourselves at 10 years old."

"So, is that the entire story? Or is there something else you want to tell us?" asked Nigel.

"Well...there is something else...but...uh.."

"WHAT??" they all screamed, anxious to hear more.

"I'm not proud of it, but, uh....after I found out about the Kids Next Door, I decided to join the Delightful Children, er...Teenagers from Down the Lane."

"Who?" asked Wally.

"They were your greatest enemies. I helped them to try to destroy you."

"You did WHAT?"

"Like I said, I'm not proud of it and I've quit a long time ago."

"So, if we were members of this Kids Next Door, why don't we remember it?"

"They had you decommissioned at age 13, when you became a teenager."

"That explains everything!! I don't remember any of my childhood before I was 13!" exclaimed an excited Hoagie. Everything made sense now.

"Me too!!" everyone else shouted. They had finally figured it out.

A/N: The story's not over yet! Even though they finally figured out their past, the former KND members still don't remember everything. Find out what happens next as they visit their tree house.