The next day, Jodi was walking down the street of Monstropolis, when she came into contact with Sulley.
"Oh! Sulley! What are you doing here?"
"Hi, Jodi! I'm late for work, because we were all out of tape and glue, so I had to run to the store and get some because Mike's I.D. card was ripped, and I told Mike just to go to work, and I'd catch up with him with his I.D. card, all fixed up for him. And now we're both late for work, because I just realized that Mike can't get into the facotyr without his I.D. card! Hey, do you want to come and sleepover at our place tonight?"
"Oh, Sulley! For real? That would be great!" "Oh course, you have to ask your parents, Jodi. I'm not going to have you come over or sleep over, for that matter, without your parents' permission. Okay?"
"My parents? Hey, heh. Oh, sure, okay! I'll ask them, and I'm sure they'll say yes!"
"Okay! How about, oh, say, 4:00?"
"Sure! 4:00! See ya then!" Sulley went on to work, and Jodi started laughing nervously.
"My parents, right. IS HE KIDDING?! Yeah, sure, Sulley. I'll just walk right up to my parents and say 'Hey! A monsters want to know if I can sleep over!' Well, I might as well try. Oh, who am I kidding? Oh, well. I guess I'll try, at least." At 3:00, Jodi was sitting on Randall's doorsteps, with her sleeping bag, pillow, and a great big box full of movies, snacks, and games. "I can't wait until 4:00! We're going to have such a great time together! I wonder how I ever got my parents to say that I could sleep over at my friends' house! But I'm glad I didn't have to tell a lie, because they are my friends." Just then, Randall came up to Jodi.
"Excuse me, miss, but may I ask why you are sitting on the front steps of my apartment?" Jodi jumped up.
"Randall!! You scare me!"
"Well, Jodi, that's my job. What are you doing here, anyway? And what's all the stuff for?"
"I'm going to sleep over at Sulley and Mike's place. You don't mind, do you?"
"Of course not! When are you going?"
"At 4:00. Why?"
"Well, I was just wondering if you wanted to go to Screamin' Dogs, since you have a hour to spare. How bout' it, girl?" Jodi smiled.
"Well, okay, I guess. But I can't be late! I have to be on these very steps at 3:55. That's what Sulley said."
"Don't worry; you'll have plenty of time!" After Randall and Jodi went out to lunch, her took her back to his place and put her on the steps.
"Hmmm. Nope, not there. There! Perfect! Maybe they'll take you away after all! Hello, sir, we've got a lovely little girl here for sale, in perfect condition!" Jodi laughed. Just then, Sulley pulled up to the curb in Mike's brand new, bright red car, with Mike in the back.
"Hey, Jodi!" They both said.
"C'mon, Jodi hop in! Front or back, better decide quick, cause' this baby's leaving in 10 seconds!" Sulley started counting. Jodi quickly grabbed her stuff, hopped in the back with Mike, and waved to Randall. You're sure you don't mind, Randall?"
"What do you thing?"
"All right, all right. Bye, Randall!"
"See ya!" While they were on their way, Jodi pulled out a big box.
"What's the box for, Jodi?" Mike asked.
"Only one way to find out! Take a look!" Jodi opened the box as Mike looked inside.
"Wow!" Chips, brownies, cookies, nuts, crackers, candy, board games, and a whole bunch of other stuff. "Where did you get all this?"
"Everything's from my place. By the way, how in Monstropolis did Sulley get to drive your car?"
"Well, I wanted to see what you brought, but Sulley said that I couldn't look at your stuff and drive at the same time, so I had to choose between driving my own car, or looking at all your stuff."
"Yup!"
"Hey, guys, you want to stop at the video store before we go?" Sulley called to the back.
"Sure!" They both said. After they got some movies, they went to Sulley and Mike's place. They set up a snack table, with all of Jodi's snacks on it, three bowls of popcorn, a two-liter bottle of pop, and all th movies.
"I saved the best for last." Jodi said as she pulled something out of her box. Mike's mouth dropped open.
"Wow! Fudgey Carmel Gummi Drops! Where did you find these? I've been looking for them everywhere!"
"There's a whole aisle for them at Candy Castle."
"Candy Castle?! But the closest one to Monstropolis is all the way in Fright City! That's 125 miles away!"
"I know. That's why I have my baby."
"What are you talking about?"
"C'mon, and I'll show you." They all went outside. Jodi whistled, and a shiny, bright green scooter pulled up to the curb.
"A scooter. How could you get to Fright City in less than a month on a scooter?"
"Mike's right, Jodi." Sulley said. "Why'd you get a scooter?"
"You're wrong, guys," Jodi said, smiling. "because this baby can do anything!" Mike and Sulley looked at her in disbelief. Jodi sighed. "Okay, fine. I'll prove it." She pulled out a remote control and pressed a button. Instantly, the scooter morphed into a small snazzy jet-plane. "Wow!" They both said, stunned.
"That's not all it can do. Watch this!" With another press of a button, the jet-plane changed into a 4-wheeler.
"Man, I wnt one of these!" Mike started talking on and on about it.
"Hold it! One more." Jodi pressed a button, and it became a convertible!
"Wait a minute!" Sulley said. "Jodi, how old are you?"
"Ten."
"Uh huh. And how old do you need to be to drive a car?"
"Uh, sixteen?"
"That's right. Now why do you have a convertible?"
"Sull, I don't drive it!"
"What?!" Jodi opened the door.
"C'mon, hop in."
"Well ... okay."
"Yay! I get the back!" Mike ran to the car and flew into the window (which was, thankfully, open.
"Now, Jodi, how do you not dirve this?"
"Watch and learn, Sulley." Jodi pointed to a keypad. "Go ahead; type wherever you want to go." Sulley pressed a few keys, and stopped when it said "Harry Hausen's" on the screen.
"Now what?"
"Now just press the green button." Sulley did what she said, and they heard the engine start.
"What's going on?" Jodi laughed. "It's going to take up to Harry Hausen's, silly!" Oddly enough, that's exactly what it did! When they go back, Mike hopped out of the car and pulled out a piece of paper and a pencil.
"Okay, Jodi, how much do you want for it."
"What?! What are you talking about?"
"Oh, a bargainer, huh? Okay, fifty bucks, and that's my final offer."
"Mike, you are the craziest monster I have ever met!" She paused and looked around. "Make it 100 and it's a deal."
"Jodi! This thing is amazing!" Sulley said. "You can't give it up now!" But Mike and Jodi were already fighting about the price. Sulley shouted. "GUYS!" The two immediately looked at him.
"Wow, Sulley, you don't have to yell!"
"Jodi, do you really want to sell your scooter?"
"My SCOOTER! Are you crazy?! You think that--- oh, you thought--- oh, man!" Jodi started laughing. She motioned to Mike and whispered to him. Then they both started laughing! Sulley lookd at them.
"What? What's so funny?" Jodi finally said something when she could catch her breath.
"Sulley, we were making a price over my prized marble collection, not my scooter!" She held up a marble. "See? Each one looks like a top scarer." She bust into laughter again. Sulley couldn't resist. How could he have been so stupid?! Then he started laughing , too. They all laughed until they were blue in the face. (Even though Sulley was already blue)
"Okay, now can we go in?" Sulley said. When they got inside, Mike headed straight for the videos.
"Let's watch this one!"
"No, this one!"
"This one!" Just then, the doorbell rang. "You get it."
"No, you."
"YOU!"
"I'll get it." Said Sulley. He answered the door and shouted. "Mike, Jodi pizza!" As soon as they heard this, they dropped the videos with a thunk on the floor, and ran to the door. They both grabbed the pizza.
"Let go!"
"No you let go!"
"You!"
"Let gooooooooooo!"
"No, yoooooooou!" Then, Jodi grinned, and, letting go of the pizza, sent Mike flying against the wall. The pizza went up into the air, opened, and landed right on top of Mike. Then there was silence. Jodi looked at Mike, and then started laughing. Then everyone started laughing. Sulley introduced Jodi. "Jodi, this is Celia. She's the receptionist at the factory. Celia, this is Jodi. She's new around Monstropolis."
"Hi, Jodi! Where are you from?"
"Oh, just a little place called Gary."
"Hmmm, Gary. Never heard of it. Anyway, I brought a spare pizza." They all had some pizza, (Actually, Sulley and Celia each had one slice,while Mike and Jodi ate the rest.), and then they played charades. It was Sulley's turn, and Mike and Jodi were shouting things at him.
"A newspaper!"
"Mr. Waternoose!"
"A computer!"
"A kid!"
"A pizza!" Jodi stared at Mike.
"A pizza? How could Sulley pretend to be pizza? Does he just lie on the floor and you walk up and take a bite out of him?" Everyone started laughing. But then Mike and Jodi started guessing again.
"Guys, why don't you let Celia guess for once?" Sulley said. All of a sudden, everything stopped.
"Okay." They said.
"Hmmmm, let me see. A snake!"
"Finally, someone stopped to think and got it right! Congratulations, Celia! You got it!" He gave Celia an extra slice of pizza. Then in a matter of seconds, Mike and Jodi were rolling on the floor, shouting.
"If you hadn't said pizza, I could've kept guessing and gotten that slice of pizza!"
"Me?! You already had half the other pizza!"
"But you had more than me!"
"Only one extra piece of pepperoni!"
"It's your fault, gumball!"
"No way, miss I can't drive a car!"
"Give it up, ya little one-eyed freak!"
"You give up, you, you.....girl!" Jodi fell silent. She ran up to Sulley and climbed up to his shoulders.
"Take it back."
"Uh oh."
"Take that back!"
"Well, technically, you are a girl."
"TAKE IT BACK!"
"But you are a girl!"
"Why you little-"
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh! Run for your life! She's gone made!"
"I'm gonna be mad if you don't stand still! Come here you!" And with that, Jodi leapt off Sulley shoulders, heading straight for Mike.
"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH! Save me, Sulley! She's gonna get me!" Jodi was just about to jump at Mike when she was swept off the floor.
"Hey, let me go! Sulley! Put me down!" Jodi shouted, struggling to get down.
"Not unless you promise to stop fighting with Mike."
"What?! Are you crazy?! Never! Now LET ME GOOOOO!" Sulley carried the kicking, screaming Jodi to a closet, put her in it, shut the door, and locked it. Jodi started pounding on the door, screaming at Sulley. Then everything was quiet for minute. Then they heard a faint whirring sound coming from the closet. Everyone backed up as a little red light cut a hole through the door. Jodi crawled through the hole and walked up to Sulley.
"Why did you do that?" Sulley stared at the hole in the closet door.
"How did you do that?" He said, pointing to the hole. Jodi looked.
"Oh, that. I used my gun" Sulley stared at her.
"Gun? That was a laser!"
"It's my special gun. See, look." Everyone came to have a closer look. "It has all these special techniques, which all have certain numbers. For example, let's say that I was contaminated with kid germs, and was surrounded by the CDA. I need a place to escape, right? Well, I simply put 52 in the display box, point it toward the sky, and pull the trigger, like this." She demonstrated as she continued to explain. "A claw will shoot out from the gun to wherever I'm pointing at and grab onto something. Then, when I let go of the trigger, the cable will wind up into the gun, and pull me up. It's that simple. The same goes for lasers, too. You just put 45 into the display box and you've got a laser! I have 100 techniques altogether. I can even record voices, or I could record a scream and transfer it into a canister, too. Hey, do you think that I could get into scaring?"
"Well, it's worth a try. You are really good with a canister. When you were working with Randall, you really boosted his numbers! You're almost as fast as Mike! You should really look into it."
"What do you mean, almost? I could beat Mike any day!"
"Not in your life!" Jodi stared at Mike.
"Okay Mr. Hot Shot, let's have a contest, tomorrow, right after lunch. You with Sulley, Randall with me. 15 minutes. We'll see who's fastest. Deal?"
"You got it."
"Well, it's getting late. I'd better go home." Said Celia.
"Bye, Shmoopsie Poo!"
"See ya, Celia!"
"Bye, Celia!" After Celia left, they all watched a movie. Sulley was in his chair, and Mike and Jodi were on top of it, when Mike stood up and said he wanted to get some popcorn.
"Mike, no! You're gonna make us fall!" Jodi pulled Mike back, making the whole chair fall backwards! Jodi jumped off and grabbed onto a window, but Sulley fell backwards with the chair, and Mike flew up into the air, and was hanging from the light bulb!
"Somebody get me down! Help! This is really hot! OW!" Jodi swung herself over to Mike and hung onto the light blub.
"Climb down, you dope!" Mike finally got down, and Jodi jumped off the light bulb and onto Sulley.
"Okay, acrobat, time to get down. Oh, and by the way, what's this?" Sulley said, holding out the letter that she wrote to Randall yesterday. Jodi grabbed it from his hands.
"Where'd you get this?!" Sulley looked confused.
"You mean you don't know? It was on my doorstep!"
"WHAT?! What do you- oh, no! This is awful! Everything is happening too fast!"
"Jodi, what's going on? Is everything okay?"
"Did you read it?"
"Only what was there." Then Mike butted in. "Yeah, but it was cut off right when it was getting good!"
"Well, you absolutely, positively have to promise you WON'T TELL ANYONE!"
"We promise, don't worry."
"Don't worry? Don't worry?! What kind of question is that?! Jeez, give me a break, will ya!"
"Jodi! Calm down!"
"You're right; nothing's going to happen, unless YOU tell on me!"
"Don't worry, Jodi! Now what going on?"
"Well, guys, I- I think I'm in love."
"WHAT?!"