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Chapter 3 – Dinner

The next day around three o'clock, Joey nervously dialed Caytlinne's number.

"Hello?" the voice on the other line answered.

"Um, hi," Joey said, "Is Caytlinne there?"

"Yeah, one sec." Joey could hear the other girl scream. "Cayt! Phone!"

A few seconds later she picked up the phone. "Hello?"

"Caytlinne? It's Joey."

"Oh, hi." Caytlinne had been looking forward to his call all that afternoon.

"I, um, called to give you directions."

"Okay," Caytlinne said, "Hold on, I need a pen."

Joey waited about a minute before Caytlinne came back. "Sorry," she said, "This place is never clean."

"No problem," Joey said, "So, um, you know that little place by Bob's diner…"

At five-thirty, Caytlinne showed up. Joey, Steph, and Danny had been playing cards in the living room when she rang the doorbell. Joey ran up to get it. "Hi."

"Hi," she said. Joey stepped aside so she could walk in. "Wow, nice place. Very clean."

Danny laughed and stood up. "Kind of a hobby."

"You mean obsession," Stephanie said. Danny introduced himself to Caytlinne and said. "You want a drink or something?"

"Sure." Caytlinne and Joey followed Danny into the kitchen. As he opened the fridge, Caytlinne noticed a few bottles of detergent and table polish on the counter.

"Danny, your house is really nice," she said, "But I'm allergic to Pine Sol."

Joey laughed as he saw the expression on Danny's face. "I'm so sorry!" he said. Caytlinne coughed. "Um," Danny said, "The attic hasn't been Pine Soled yet. Maybe you're better off up there." Danny handed Caytlinne a glass of water and Joey led her upstairs.

"Well, this is it." Joey said, opening the attic door.

"Reminds me of Jacks room," Caytlinne said, "It looks really nice."

"Thanks." Joey wasn't sure if she was just being nice or really meant it. "I, um, really like your hair."

Caytlinne had pulled her hair back into a ponytail. "Thanks."

"So, you wanna watch TV or something?"

"Sure." Caytlinne took a sip of her water.

Joey pulled out a collection of tapes. One had about six episodes of The Flintstones on it. He popped it into the VCR and sat next to Caytlinne on his couch.

After about two episodes, Michelle knocked on the door. "Dinner!" she yelled. Joey stopped the tape and they both headed downstairs.

Stephanie was already seated at the table. Caytlinne sat in-between her and Joey. "So," Stephanie said, "Did you get better reviews this time around?"

"I guess," Caytlinne said, "They liked the 'cat' thing."

"So did I." Stephanie said.

Caytlinne smiled. Michelle came downstairs and eyed Caytlinne. "Um, hi," Caytlinne said, feeling awkward. She had hoped she wouldn't have to make any other introductions while she was there.

"Hi." Michelle said.

Joey cleared his throat. "Michelle, this is Caytlinne."

"Oh yeah," she said, "Joey's mentioned you…a lot."

Joey's face turned red and Caytlinne laughed. Danny put a platter of chicken in the center of the table. "You're, um, not allergic to barnyard animals, are you?"

Caytlinne laughed. "Not chicken," she said, "As long as you're not serving cat fur at all."

Michelle laughed.

"So Caytlinne, how long have you been in the comedy business?" Stephanie asked.

"Well, up in New Jersey I performed in a small little club with my sister," she answered, "It was to small to get many viewers but it was pretty fun."

"New Jersey?" Michelle asked, "Did you have big hair?"

Caytlinne laughed, "No, but my sister teased her's up about six inches."

"Really?" Michelle asked. She couldn't believe someone would waste their time like that.

"Yup."

Stephanie swallowed a string bean. "Did you do anything else in New Jersey, Caytlinne?"

"Not much," she said, "But my sister was an extra in Who Framed Roger Rabbit."

"Wow!" Michelle said. She was too young to see it when it first came out, but she rented it on her tenth birthday and she loved it. "Dad is on Wake Up! San Francisco. "

"I've heard of that show." Caytlinne said. She didn't watch much but Comedy Central and ABC.

"Heard of it!" Michelle said.

"I'm not a talk show person," Caytlinne said. She didn't want to hurt Danny's feelings so she added, "I'm sure it's a great show."

Joey was silently watching every move. He hoped the family really liked her.

At the Katsopolis house, Jesse was watching the twins while Becky was out shopping. He heard the boys arguing about something so he walked up to their room. "Is everything alright up here?"

Alex spoke up. "I told Nicky that you would probably name the baby Pricilla, Nicky said you wouldn't, and I said you would…"

"So we started yelling," Nicky said, finishing his brother's sentence.

Jesse laughed. "Guy's I'd never do that." He thought of Pam again. "I need to talk to Danny about this," he thought. "Come on, boys, we're going to your uncle's house.

Jesse got there as Danny was scrubbing dishes. "Hey, Jess," he said, placing a casserole dish in a cabinet.

"Can I talk to you about something?"

"Sure."
Nicky and Alex figured they'd better leave. "Let's go to the attic," Nicky said, "I bet Joey has something fun to do."

Alex followed his brother upstairs.

"What's on your mind Jesse." Danny asked, sitting down next to his brother-in-law.

"I was just thinking about the baby and…" he said, "And, you know…since it's a girl and all and…"

Danny knew what he was about to say. "You're naming it after…?"

"Maybe."

Danny hugged Jesse.

Jesse stared at Danny. "He looks thrilled," he thought. Why was he? Jesse was sad thinking about all this.

"So, you wouldn't be mad if we named the baby Pam?"

"Mad?" Danny was confused. "Jesse, as soon as I found out it was a girl I wanted you to do this."

Meanwhile, Nicky and Alex had barged into the attic to find Joey and Caytlinne talking. "Woah!" Alex shouted, "Joey found a girlfriend!"

Caytlinne found that hysterical while Joey became extremely embarrassed. "You must be Nicky and Alex," Caytlinne said.

"Who is this fruitcake?" Nicky asked, looking at Caytlinne. The way she was dressed, she had looked like a Barbie doll. She never really wore clothes like that, but she wanted to make a good first impression.

"Fruitcake?" Caytlinne said.

"Yeah."

"I'll have you know I'm a black belt in karate."

"Prove it!" Alex shouted.

"Well I need a dummy," Caytlinne eyed the twins.

"Um…we believe you!" Nicky said.

"She was kidding, loser!" Alex said as Nicky ran out of the room. Caytlinne laughed and looked at her watch.

"Alex, we'd like to be alone right now," Joey said.

"Actually," Caytlinne said, "I'd better get going."

Joey was slightly disappointed. "I'll walk you out."

Alex followed them out the door.

Jesse and Danny were sitting in the living room. When Caytlinne came down the stairs she took one look at Jesse and said, "What kind of gel to you use, Better Than Bike Helmets?"

Jesse stood up. "I see you don't use any hair products."

"I like a more natural look," Caytlinne snapped back. She cared about her hair as much as Jesse cared about his. "I don't look well in the greasy look."

"This hair has not been greasy since the '60s!" Jesse shouted, coming closer to Caytlinne.

"Yeah, sure."

"I bet your hair is dried out!"

Caytlinne removed the hair gripper that was holding her hair up and shook her hair loose. For a second Joey forgot anyone else was there.

"It's probably thin," Jesse said.

"Really?" Caytlinne was getting mad now. She tied her hair up again, walked closer to Jesse, and turned around so violently her hair whipped him in the face.

"Caytlinne!" Joey shouted. He didn't want her to get a bad rep with his family.

"Ow!"

"Um, Jesse, maybe you'd better…" Danny started to say, but Jesse ignored him.

"So maybe your hair is thick!" Jesse shouted. Michelle and Nicky came downstairs to see what was going on. "But don't think my hair isn't perfect!"

"Perfect!" Caytlinne shouted, "I guess if you call a turtle shell perfect!"

"That's it!" Jesse went to punch Caytlinne but she caught his arm and threw him back to where he was standing.

"Go Caytlinne!" Nicky, Alex, and Michelle shouted in unison.

"I'd better be leaving," Caytlinne said opening the door. "Bye, Joey!"

Joey stared at Jesse. "She'll never come here again!" he thought, storming upstairs.

"Boys, we're leaving," Jesse told the twins, heading for the back door.

"Bye Michelle," Nicky said, heading out the door.

Stephanie came up to the attic that night. Joey was sitting on his bed. "I heard everything," she said, "I'm sure she'll come back."

"Yeah, when it rains malted milk balls."

"Joey, she likes you a lot," she said, "I can tell. And as long as Jesse isn't around she'll come back."

"I hope so."

"I have work tomorrow, I'd better get to sleep," Stephanie said, heading for the door. "Good night."

"Hey, Steph," Joey said before she left, "You liked Caytlinne, right?"

"Yeah," she said, "She was really nice."

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