Chapter 9

"Heyyy my little ladybug!" Danny said with a big smile on his face as he came home from work. His middle daughter looked at him warily.

"Dad….what do you want?" Stephanie asked.

Danny's face fell a bit. "Is it really that obvious?" he asked. Stephanie nodded.

"Yes. It is." Danny regained the huge grin on his face and shrugged.

"Oh. Oh well. Anyway, how would you and Melanie like to be on Wake Up! San Francisco, tomorrow?" Stephanie gasped.

"Seriously, Dad?" Danny nodded. Stephanie let out an excited shriek.

"Whoopee! Oh my god I have to call Melanie!" She dashed upstairs and her fingers flew as she dialed Melanie's number. Melanie answered the phone.

"Steph?"

"Mel?"

"Yeah?"

"Oh my god Mel you're never ever in the whole entire world in the whole entire universe in the whole entire….."

"Steph. Get to the point."

"Okay sorry. Anyway you and me are going to be on Dad and Aunt Becky's show tomorrow!" Melanie squealed.

"You're kidding!"

"No!"

They both shrieked and squealed until their voices were hoarse. Then they both screamed together.

"WE'RE GOING TO BE ON TV!"

The next day, Danny and Becky sat on the set of Wake Up! San Francisco. Stephanie and Melanie watched excitedly backstage, waiting for their cue.

The camera guy walked backwards as he counted down.

"And we're on in five, four, three, two, one!" The traditional Waaake up! Played and Danny and Becky started the show.

"Hi, I'm Danny Tanner."

"And I'm Rebecca Donaldson."

"And this is a special edition of Wake Up! San Francisco. My sweet little daughter Stephanie and her friend Melanie are going to be on the show today talking about their efforts to help people with disabilities. You know," Danny continued, laughing, "Stephanie was such a cute little baby….I think I have some pictures here in my wallet…..Oh here's one of Stephanie as a Honeybee! And here's one….." Becky put a hand on Danny's shoulder.

"Danny. Besides the fact that you are publicly humiliating your daughter, this is only an hour's show." Danny blushed.

"Oh yeah. Right."

"Anyway," Becky continued. "Let's bring out the guests! Come on out Stephanie, Melanie." The two girls walked out, Stephanie with a new hairstyle that D.J had done for her just that morning. Becky smiled. She was so proud of her niece.

"So, girls, what got you into helping people with disabilities?" Melanie answered first.

"Well, as you can see by my crutch, I have mild cerebral palsy. Over the years I've learned so much about my disability and other disabilities too. I hated it that someone might be looking for that very information-and I had it! So I started my website ( so I could share that information with people who needed it, and also to educate non-disabled people more about disabilities so people with disabilities would be treated better." Stephanie took over.

"When I met Melanie, she showed her website and that got me into the disability effort. Now I see why she loves helping people so much."

Becky and Danny took turns interviewing the girls after that. One particular question was aimed at Melanie.

"Melanie." Becky said. "If there was a cure for cerebral palsy, right here, right now, would you take it?" Melanie shook her head vehemently.

"No. No way." The audience gasped, then looked a bit confused. How could someone not want a cure for their disability? But then Melanie explained her reasoning.

"Having CP has influenced me in so many ways. It's influenced not only my physical being, but my personality and my philosophies as well. Taking a cure would be like taking away part of my personality." Becky and Danny's eyes both widened. They hadn't realized quite so smart this girl was!

Before they knew it, it was the end of the show. Danny wrapped up the show by saying, "Stephanie Tanner and Melanie Finegold. Two very special girls working for a very special cause." And then it was all over.

A/N: Again, sorry I haven't updated in a while. I'm now working on a Danny Phantom fic called Ghost Contradictions. I haven't uploaded it yet though, but I'll let you know if I have by the time I finish the next chapter. Anyway I'd like to thank several of my reviewers: Me (yes that's someone's pen name), for giving me the inspiration for this chapter, and I did try to take into account in this chapter that every time someone new speaks, it's a new paragraph; Kayla Tsukino for giving me all that great information on adaptive equipment when I talked to you online; and also ALL MY REVIEWERS. Thanks so much for such an enthusiastic response to my story! KEEP REVIEWING!