"So you pretend that we are married?"
"Sometimes… a lot of the time," (Am I sensing a BFF connection?) Libby said.
"Well, wanna come over to my house at five and we can watch the continuation?"
Libby stated to get the same butterfly type of feeling Cindy has had lately. "Sure."
Breaking what had been an awkward silence for the rest of them, since they couldn't hear Sheen and Libby talk, Brittany said, "Well that is sweet and all but I'm still HUNGRY!"
Cindy who also was trying to break the silence said, "Yea, anyone for some pancakes and sausage?"
"Hey, I'll help you make them." Jimmy said he took her hand and they exited the room and went into the kitchen. While Libby and Sheen head over to the boys' side of the room and flip on the television to channel to 778 Ultra-TV. Sheen sat on loveseat and Libby snuggled next to him as a really old episode of Ultralord came on.
Back on the other side of living room Carl and Brittany were standing there like they had been the whole time. "So you like me?"
"I never said that." Carl answered nervously. He was not sure but he thought he might be allergic to love.
"Yes you did. You said that you told Carlita that you like me." A smile wiped across Brittany's face, "Plus you smiled when I kissed you last night."
"Ok you caught me, I like you." 'Hopefully love is one of the few things I'm not allergic to.'
"I like you too."
"Well sounds like everyone else is going out but us."
"I guess I could live with a llama fan for a boyfriend."
"Hey, you didn't call me a freak! You busy tonight?"
"Nope, what did you have in mind?"
"Retroland, five O' clock, Ok with you," Carl asked?
"Sure, why not."
As if on cue Cindy comes into the living room, wearing an apron, as they kiss. She waits a few seconds then announces that breakfast is ready. She goes back into the kitchen and sits down across from Jimmy. A few seconds later Carl and Brittany came in holing hands and a few seconds after that Sheen and Libby walk in hand-in-hand. Once everyone is seated across from their partner Brittany grabs at her fork ready to take a bite when Cindy ask a question that only Libby and Jimmy knew was coming?
"Who wants to say grace?" Cindy asked.
"I will," Jimmy volunteered.
"Wait a second, what is that? Some weird way to stall my eating," Brittany asked furious about the delay.
"No, it's our way of thanking God for the food we eat and asking for his protection throughout the day." Cindy explained.
"Whatever, can we hurry-up? I'm starvin!"
"Ok, Lord, bless this food that we are about to eat. Watch over us today and watch over us while we are in Paris, that we might not get to carried-away with the idea of having no parents like we did 5 years ago. Amen.
"Thank-you Jimmy. Now, Brittany, you may eat." Cindy said.
"Finally!" Brittany exclaimed and then she dove her fork into her pancake as if she had not ate in, like, five days. Then everyone else joined in, minus the urgency.
After a few bites Libby spoke up. "Speaking of Paris, we barely survived 2 days without our parents, how are we supposed to survive a whole two weeks?"
"Libby, I can not believe you would say such a thing! We are a whole five years older now!" Jimmy exclaimed.
"True, but we are still the same kids." Libby said after taking her last bite and before getting up to get another one which at her slightest standing up Sheen, who was also done with his first pancake told her to sit down and that he would get it for her.
"We'll be in pairs, and each pair will monitor the other pair; like a checks and balance system. Plus Goddard, Cimmy, and the other robotic pet do/will have parental chips installed in the left canal of their brains next to the mechanized command central. And if someone gets hurts our parents are on speed dial."
"Oh, neat so I HAVE SPEED DIAL! Cimmy, phone please." Cindy caught the phone as it popped out of Cimmy's back. She pressed speed dial #7-Libby's mom. "Hi, Mom it's Cindy. (For the purposes of this story over the years Cindy became like extended family-step-daughter- to Libby's family and it is the same for Libby to Cindy's family) Yea, Libby's fine. I was calling on my new pet that Jimmy invented for me… Yea, we are FINALLY ok… Thanks, anyways Libs wants to ask ya something." She handed the phone to Libby and Cimmy waddled about five inches toward Libby.
"Mom? Yea See, Jimmy won a trip to Paris for him and five friends and he wanted to know if I could go… Two weeks… Jimmy, Cindy, Carl, Brittany, Sheen and if you say yes me… We're leaving Thursday night… We'll come back not the next Thursday but the Thursday after that… It cost us absolutely nothing…