[Leni is on the sofa with Cliff who is blinking to her through a looking hole.]
Leni: [gasps at Cliff's blinking] "O-M-Gosh! What does that mean?"
[It's revealed that Lincoln is viewing them through a periscope. He retracts it and heads into Lori and Carol's room where the other sisters and their dad, Me, Varie, Aylene, Lapis, Matilda, Jeri, The Ed's, Haiku, Tabby, Gabrielle, Liam, Zach, Riley, Naruto and the Girls, Ben and Gwen are gathered and closes the door.]
Lincoln: "Okay, Leni should be occupied for a while. I told her she can communicate with Cliff by blinking."
Me: Good thinking buddy.
Varie: Lets hope she doesn't come up here too soon.
Lori: [bangs her shoe gavel] "I call this meeting to order!"
Carol: Operation: Rita's Surprise Party, is a Go
Lincoln: [to the viewers] "We've tried throwing a few surprise parties in this family, but it's always gone wrong. And we all know why. Or should I say, who?"
[Flashback to one surprise party. Lynn is watching from the door's window and gets down.]
Lynn: "Okay, she's coming. Everyone hide."
[Lincoln, Luna, Luan, Lucy, Lana, Lola, and Lisa hide and Lily covers her eyes. Leni is outside with a party hat and present and Lori walks up to the door.]
Lori: "Leni, what are you doing?"
Leni: "Shh! I'm hiding for your surprise party."
[Everyone inside groans at the spoiler. Flashback to another ruined surprise with Lisa looking angry and holding something.]
Lisa: "Siblings, I am perplexed as to why I have just received an invitation to my own surprise birthday party."
Leni: "Oh! I sent that. I wanted to make sure you'd be there."
[Lori shuts her up and the others groan disappointed. Switch to another flashback with Leni talking to Luna and holding dresses.]
Leni: "Luna, should I wear the pink or blue dress to your surprise party?"
Luna: [upset] "Dude!"
Leni: [clueless] "What?"
[Enter Luan wearing two yellow and brown striped party hats.]
Luan: "I pink you just blue the surprise!" [laughs] "Get it? But seriously, you ruined it."
[End flashbacks]
Lincoln: "Well, this year, we want to throw a surprise party for Mom, which means, as much as we love her, we have to keep Leni out of it."
Lori: [showing a card of her and Carol cleaning up] "Okay, guys, let me break it down for you. Me and Carol will do the cleaning." [switches to a card of Penny, Sakura, Fu, Matilda, Lola and Lynn with treats.] "Penny, Anastasia, Sakura, Fu, Matilda, Lola and Lynn are on food." [switches to a card of Edd, Gabrielle, Naruto, Ino, Linka, Haiku, Lucy and Lana with balloons and streamers.] "Double D, Gabrielle, Naruto, Ino, Linka, Haiku, Lana and Lucy will do the decorations." [switches to a card with Aylene, Tenten, Eddy, Shannon, Mikari, Luna and Luan performing and Ben, Gwen, Jeri, Hinata and Lisa with a list.] "Aylene, Tenten, Eddy, Shannon, Mikari, Luan and Luna will handle entertainment. Ben, Gwen, Jeri, Hinata and Lisa will be in charge of the guest list." [switched to a card of Laney, Riley, Crysta, and Lily with a clipboard] Laney, Riley, Crysta and Lily will plan the whole party. [switches to a card of their parents leaving the house.] "And Dad, Tabby, Lapis, Liam and Zach will get Mom out of the house."
Lincoln: "What about me? What's my job?"
Me: What's our job?
Lori: "You, Ed, J.D. and Varie have the most important job of all." [switches to a card of Leni with a caption that says "Just make J.D., Ed, Varie and Lincoln do it".] "You four have to keep Leni distracted till Mom comes home. If she's coming our way, just yell a code word. Let's make it "daffodil"."
Me: [Salutes her] You can count on us General Lori!
Varie: We will not fail.
Ed: Leni is my girlfriend and I'm always willing to be with her!
Lincoln: "Uh, can it be something cooler? Like serpent or quasar or-"
[Leni comes in and we all scream, as does Leni.]
Leni: "Is this how we're saying hello now? I like it! Don't mind me. Just getting my polish." [grabs her polish] "Cliff blinked that he wants me to do his nails. Oh, by the way, while I have you guys, it's Mom's birthday today! I was thinking we should throw her one of our famous Loud Family surprise parties. If everyone agrees, I'll go tell her right now!"
Me: No! Uh, I mean Maybe Ms. Rita doesn't want a party this year.
Lori: "Yeah, J.D.'s right. Let's just keep it low-key."
Lynn Sr.: "Yeah. Totes."
Sisters: "Definitely. Low-key."
Lincoln: "Uh, hey, Leni, while you're here, We have some urgent fashion questions for you."
[While Me, Varie, Ed and Lincoln have Leni distracted, the rest of the family sneaks out of the room.]
Leni: "Guys, all fashion questions are urgent."
[Downstairs, the other sisters see their parents, Tabby, Liam, Lapis and Zach leaving.]
Lynn Sr.: [acting] "Okay, kids, we're leaving now! I'm taking your mother shopping because I love to shop!"
[goes out the door, winks to them, and closes the door.]
Lucy: "We should stop including Dad in the surprise party planning, too."
Me: He's not that bad.
[Later, Laney, Riley, and Lily were putting on glasses, neckties, and holding clipboards]
Laney: Official Party Planners Laney, Riley, Lily and Crysta reporting for duty! [Reads clipboard] Lets see here. Decorations. [Walks over to the living room and sees Lucy, Naruto and Ino putting up black, Orange and Purple streamers and Double D, Gabrielle, Linka, Lana and Haiku were inflating Red, Blue, Orange, Brown and Black balloons] Uh Great Job guys. But do you think we should use all the colors of the rainbow for these decorations?
Lucy: We have to keep it low key remember?
Laney: I know but it doesn't scream party yet.
[Back in Lori and Carol's room, Leni gets out a plaid fabric.]
Leni: "And this is plaid."
Me: Pretty.
Varie: Plaid is my favorite. I've always wanted to make Scottish Kilts for all of us.
Leni: That is totes adorbs!
Ed: Aw Leni, I love it when you make great clothes.
Leni: Thanks Ed.
Lincoln: "So, um...is there a difference between plaid and checkers?"
Leni: "Huge difference! But to really help you understand, I should go get some samples from downstairs."
Me: [Gasps] Wait Leni!
Lincoln: [blocks the door so she can't get out.] "No! I mean, I have a more important question. Is it ever okay to wear jorts?"
Leni: [shocked] "O-M-Gosh, Lincoln! We need to go back to square one."
[We all sigh relieved. Leni grabs him and puts him on the bed.]
Leni: "I need to hydrate before we start." [leaves the room]
Me: Rose! No! I mean, BUTTERCUP!
Lincoln: [panicking] "TULIP! I MEAN, DAISY! The heck was that word?"
[Lucy, Naruto, Ino, Gabrielle, Edd, Haiku, Linka, and Lana are doing their decorations when they notice Leni.]
Lucy: [panicking] "Ah!"
Naruto puts up a genjutsu and Leni doesn't even know its all there under the cover of an illusion.
A Fart noise is heard.
Leni: [thinking she farted] "Oh, sorry, guys. Must've been something I ate." [goes to the kitchen]
Ino: Good thinking with the genjutsu, Naruto.
Naruto: Thanks Ino.
[In the kitchen, Lola and Penny are frosting the cake, Sakura and Lynn pouring hot sauce on a sandwich, Matilda and Fu are making a pizza. Enter Leni.]
Leni: "Hey, guys!"
[The food making group yelp. Fu puts up a Genjutsu to hide everything and Leni doesn't see it all.]
Leni: "Oh, right. I forgot our new greeting." [screams and gets a glass of water; stops with inspiration.] "Even if we're not throwing Mom a party, maybe we should make her favorite cake."
Lynn: "You heard what Lori said. We're keeping it low-key."
[Enter Lincoln sweating and still panicking.]
Me, Varie, Ed and Lincoln:"DAFFODIL!" [breathes heavily]
Leni: [misinterpreting] "You're not ready for floral prints, guys."
[Back in Lori and Carol's room]
Leni: "Well, that covers everything!"
[Her whole room is filled with different design fabrics.]
Lincoln: "Literally."
Me: Yeah.
Ed: I love all of these colors.
Leni: "I'm gonna go gossip with Cliff."
Lincoln: "Wait!" [blocks the door] "Uh, hey, you're always looking for a dress model. Well..." [grins nervously] "...I'm your guy."
Me: Me too.
Varie: Same here.
Ed: Me three.
[Leni gasps and is now working on a new outfit with us as said models.]
Lincoln: [disgruntled] "My sisters owe me big time."
Leni: "What was that?"
Lincoln; "Uh, I said, I think we need to redo the hemline." [grins nervously again]
Scene shifts to me wearing a red, orange and yellow plaid Scottish Tartan Kilt that goes down to my ankles.
Me: Boy I look amazing in a Scottish Kilt.
Varie is wearing an Aqua Blue, Aqua Green and Dark Blue plaid Scottish Tartan Kilt that goes down to her ankles too. Leni made kilts of varying colors for everyone.
[Aylene, Tenten, Eddy, Shannon, Mikari, Luna and Luan are getting their props for the show and close their door loudly.]
Lori: [from the bathroom in a cleaning outfit.] "Keep it down, guys. Leni will hear."
Carol: [from the bathroom in a cleaning outfit as well] We don't want her to hear us.
Eddy: [Whispers] Sorry.
[They all nod and start tiptoeing down the hallway, but Luan's joke teeth fall out. Luna trips over it, yelps, lands with a thud and drops her instruments, making a loud crashing sound.]
Leni: [having heard the commotion] "What was that?"
Me: Nothing!
Lincoln: "Nothing! I didn't hear Luna drop her cymbals!" [realizes what he said] "Uh, I mean..." [sees Leni heading for the door] "DAFFODIL! DAFFODIL!"
[Aylene, Tenten, Eddy, Shannon, Mikari, Luan and Luna hide their props and stand casually as Leni comes by with Lincoln behind her.]
Lincoln: "Guys, you gotta-" [slips on Luna's drum, falls down the stairs, and lands with Walt flying around his head like a cartoon bird; dazed.] "Daffodil..."
[Edd, Gabrielle, Naruto, Ino, Linka, Haiku, Lucy and Lana stop their work under the genjutsu and help Lincoln up.]
Laney: Are you okay Lincoln?
Ino: Boy that was a nasty fall. Let me look you over.
Ino uses her Medical Chakra to look him over.
Naruto: I hope you didn't get a concussion Lincoln.
Lisa: "Lincoln, you need to get your proverbial act together."
Lucy: "Yeah. We'll never get this done if we have to keep starting over."
[Me, Varie, Ed and Leni come down the stairs with Lori and Carol right behind us.]
Me: Are you alright Lincoln!?
Leni: "Yeah. Are you okay, Lincoln? If you wanna jump down the stairs, I have just the thing: parachute pants! I know we're not having a party, but shouldn't we at least do a little decorating for Mom's birthday?"
Lisa: "To repeat, keeping it low-key."
Ino: He's all right everyone. He's just a little dazed but he will be okay.
Lincoln: Thank you Ino. [gets an idea] "But you know what we could use? A great card! Maybe one with a camel, in a space suit. Uh, that's also scratch-and-sniff. And that also says "Happy birthday from all of us"."
Leni: "Adorbs! But where would I find one?"
Lincoln: "The Hazeltucky Party Outlet!"
Leni: "Hmm. That's, like, three bus rides away. But it's for Mom, and she's totes worth it.
Ed: [gets an idea] Boing! And I'll come with you!
Leni: You will?
Ed: Yes I will. (Whispers to us) I'll make sure nothing bad happens to Leni.
Leni: Oh Thank you Ed my dumpling! I knew I could count on you. (Kisses his cheek) Bye!" [drags Ed and leaves]
Lana: [locks her brother into a playful noogie] "Nice thinking, big brother!"
Me: Way to go buddy.
Laney: Yeah! There's no possible way she'll ever find a card like that.
Lucy: "Can someone help me with the streamers?"
[Leni comes back and we all gasp. Lori grabs Lucy and tosses her to the other side of the room.]
Lucy: "Ah!" [crashes off-screen]
Leni: "I forgot my shoes!" [looks down and sees she's wearing them] "Oh, wait. No I didn't. 'Kay, bye!" [leaves again]
[Everyone sighs relieved]
Lori: "Okay, we lost some valuable time, but we can still do this. Everyone back to work!"
Me: [Salutes her] Yes Ma'am!
Lori: [Notices my kilt] That is a great kilt J.D.
Me: Thanks Lori. Leni made it.
[Edd, Gabrielle, Naruto, Ino, Linka, Haiku, Lucy and Lana resume decorating after Naruto released the Genjutsu and Lana comes across a problem.]
Laney: How are we doing everyone?
Lana: "Not so good Lanes. I'm out of balloons.
Laney: Well, can you find a way to get some more?
Lana: Hmm... Ooh, I know! My emergency stash of ABC gum!"
[She gets some gum from under the banister, chews a piece, and blows a grody bubble to act as a balloon. Laney Shudders]
Laney: Uhh.. Okay. We can work with this.
Edd: That is a little unsanitary Lana. But we can work with that temporarily.
[Lucy runs out of streamers and uses some of Lana's emergency toilet paper from her pocket to act as a substitute. Lana walks away.]
[In the Kitchen, Riley looks at Lynn who is working on her sandwich and dumps a jar of jalapenos on it.
Riley: Isn't that a little too spicy for your mom Lynn?
Lynn: Nah. I know the mom-ster. She can handle anything [She takes a taste, gets her face red, feels steam coming out of her eyes, screams, and thuds.] [normal] "Still not hot enough." [pours more Tabasco sauce on it]
Me: Here Lynn. Put this on it.
I hand Lynn a bottle of hot sauce.
Lynn: [Reads the Label] "Chernobyl Nightmare Carolina Reaper Death Sauce, Caution, X-Tremely Hot" Now we're talking! Thanks J.D.
Me: You're welcome.
Pours the whole bottle on it.
[Riley looks at Lola's Cake.]
Riley: Lola, what kind of cake is that?
[Lola takes a taste of her cake and suddenly gets a serious sugar rush while running around and wailing like crazy.]
Varie: Whoa! Now that is a Sugar Rush!
Sakura: No kidding.
Lola: [normal] "Mm...still not sweet enough." [pours a sack of sugar onto the cake.]
[Meanwhile, Ed and Leni are riding the bus to the Hazeltucky Party Outlet]
Leni: Thanks again for coming with me sweetie.
Ed: No problem.
Leni: I'm glad we can get a card for Mom's birthday. She's the best mom in the word and I wish we could throw her the best party ever. But for some reason everyone keeps saying we need to go low key. I just don't get it.
Ed feels really bad for Leni. All she wants to do is throw her mother a great party. Ed decides to tell her the truth.
Ed: [Takes a deep breath] Leni listen, I have a confession to make. We ARE planning Mrs. Loud a surprise party. We were just trying to make sure you didn't find out.
Leni: (Gasps) Why?
Ed: We were worried that you were gonna spoil the surprise.
Leni looks down.
Ed: But hey, I've noticed something. Leni, you may spoil surprises but you also know how to throw a good party, you think about what other people like and take the time to come up with new ways to make it better.
Leni: (Blushing) Aww, Ed!
Ed: You know what? Forget going low-key! When we get back home, we're gonna throw Mrs. Loud the best surprise party shes ever had.
Leni: Oh thank you Ed! You're the best boyfriend in the whole world! I love you!
Ed: I love you too Leni.
They kiss on the bus in front of everyone.
Everyone on the bus: AAAWWWWW!
[Later, we all is finished with our plans and are waiting for the guests when the doorbell rings.]
Lisa: "The guests have arrived."
Laney: Oh! Good! At least we all got that taken care of. [Lisa opens the door]
[Enter Flip eating a bag of chips and smacking his fingers like a slob.]
Flip: "How do!
I walk over.
Me: Flip!? What are you doing here!?
Laney: Yeah.
Officer Paul was with him.
Official Paul: He's on a special work release program for prisoners. Me and Officer Stacy are tasked with watching over him 24/7 and if he does anything cheap or anything like he was doing a while ago it's back to the Clink.
Me: Oh well. That's different.
Laney: As long as he doesn't cause any trouble.
Flip: Yep. Flip has a policy of never showing up empty-handed, so here!" [hands Lisa his gift and she can't lift it up because it was too heavy.]
Lisa: "Gadzooks! What is in this!?"
I lift it up and it was heavy.
Me: Geez! This present weighs a ton! [I shake it and hear coins jingling and metalic clanking] It sounds like loose change and something else is in here.
Officer Stacy: Flip found all that while he was working and we decided to give it to Rita Loud for her birthday.
Me: Oh. Cool. Thanks Flip. Thanks officers.
Officer Paul: You're welcome.
Flip: "You're welcome." [belches] "Eh, where's the grub?"
[Enter Mr. Grouse]
Mr. Grouse: "Eh, someone turn on the boob tube." [sits down next to Lana and turns on the TV.] "Ooh, color. Fancy."
[Enter Dr. Feinstein]
Lisa: "Dr. Feinstein! Greetings."
[Dr. Feinstein tips his hat to her and gives her a toothbrush.]
Me: Hello Doctor. I've been keeping my teeth clean. See? [I smile and my teeth are as white and sparkly as diamonds]
Dr. Feinstein: Good job J.D. [Gives me a toothbrush] Keep it up. See you in 4 months.
Me: Will do doc.
Lucy: "How in the world did you come up with this abysmal guest list?"
Lisa: "According to my algorithm, the people Mother encounters most are her employer, our cantankerous neighbor, and the owner of our local convenience store."
Me: Flip's is gone Lisa.
Lisa: Oh yeah. I forgot about that.
Laney: That happens to me too.
Lucy: "Just because she encounters them doesn't mean she likes them."
Lisa: "Well, just because she uses toilet paper doesn't mean she'll find it a suitable party decoration."
Lana: "Ugh, I told you we should've just stuck with my brown balloons."
Lynn: [sarcastic] "Yeah, because everyone wants their party to look like Cliff's litter box."
Laney looks like she's about to break down.
Lincoln: Laney are you feeling okay?
Laney: [With a forced Smile] I'm fine Lincoln. Maybe... Luan's having better luck.. finding good jokes?
[Enter Luan down the banister.]
Luan: "Hey, guys, I got some great jokes for the party." [clears throat] "Boy, Mom is so old, her social security number is 1! I would have invited guests for Mom's first birthday party, but they're all extinct!"
I laugh at Luan's joke.
Laney: Those are not the jokes I had in mind.
Lori: "I don't think Mom wants to hear jokes about how old she is."
Eddy: Yeah. You're right Lori.
Luna: "Boss man's got a point, dude. Why don't we just stick to my jams for the entertainment?" [strums her guitar wildly and wails at the top of her lungs.]
Lola: [unplugs the guitar] "Um, Mom is going to hate that! It'll make her ears bleed!"
Luna: "Right after her teeth fall out from eating your cake!"
[Flip eats a piece of Lynn's sandwich from the buffet table and due to its extreme spiciness, gets his mouth burned and he runs around screaming like a little girl and Officers Paul and Stacy are laughing hysterically as he frantically searches for water.]
Lincoln: "Lynn, what did you put in that sub? You're going to burn off Mom's taste buds!"
Me: Let me try some.
I try a piece of Lynn's sandwich and a massive Thermonuclear Explosion goes off behind me in the background.
Me: Now that's good spice. Great job Lynn.
Lynn: "Thanks J.D. [To Lincoln] Don't criticize my job when you could barely do yours!"
[They all start arguing]
Laney: [Screams] ENOUGH! [All our eyes were on her]
Luna: Whoa! What's you're deal, Lanes?
Laney: I'll tell you my deal! The food's apalling, the entertainment is bad, the guests are awful! Sorry officers and doctor.
Flip: Hey, I resent that! [Burps]
Laney: And this does not look like a birthday party for mom! [Takes off her glasses and tie] I had one job with Riley and Lily to make sure mom had the best surprise party of her life. And we blew it! [Laney breaks down crying]
Varie comforts Laney
Lori: Yeah. This party literally stinks."
Lincoln: "You're right."
Lola: "Look at this mess."
[We all agree]
Luan: "I don't get it. Where did we go wrong? We've never thrown a bad party before."
Luna: "Are we missing something?"
Mr. Grouse: [changing the channels] "Yeah! A decent sports package!"
Me: By the way, how was your Christmas, Mr. Grouse?
Mr. Grouse: It was good J.D. thank you for asking. My family was so happy to see me.
Me: I'm so glad.
Lincoln: "[gasps in realization] "It's Leni! She may spoil all the surprises, but she's the only one who knows how to throw a good party."
Me: Leni? But doesn't she just spoils the surprise?
Lynn: "Lincoln's right. Leni actually thinks about what people like."
Varie: Yeah.
Lori: "We need to call her and get her back here right now." [calls Leni]
[Over at the Hazeltucky Party Outlet, Ed and Leni is looking at the different cards and opens one. But at the same time, her phone rings, making her think something.]
Leni: [oblivious to her phone ringing] "Ooh! A musical card!"
Ed: Cool!
[closes it and opens it again at another ringing cue.]"Mm. I don't think Mom would be into that." [puts it back] "I like it, though. I should make it my ringtone."
Ed: You do that my cinnamon roll.
[Back at the house]
Lori: "She's not answering!"
Lincoln: "We have to go get her!"
Me: I will stay here with everyone else.
Varie: Me and Laney will stay here too.
[The kids go to get Leni.]
[It's late and the kids return without Leni.]
Lincoln: "I guess we really blew it. We couldn't find Leni, and now we can't give Mom an decent-"
[As he steps in and turns out the light, someone familiar greets him.]
Leni and Ed: "SURPRISE!"
[Leni has a present, decorations are everywhere, cheesy brass music is playing in the background, and guests include Aunt Ruth, Albert, Pam, Ronnie Anne, Bobby, Maria, Bill and Jill, Mom and Dad and two other women. Flip, Mr. Grouse and Dr. Feinstein were still there along with officers Paul and Stacy]
Me, and Varie are talking to Albert and Laney is talking to Aunt Ruth.
Leni: "Oh. It's you guys. Hurry up and hide. Mom will be home any minute."
Lori: "Leni, what's going on?"
Riley: Yeah.
Leni: [guilty] "Don't be mad. I know you wanted to go low-key, but I found all this great stuff at the store, and I decided maybe we should go high-key. Doesn't Mom totally deserve it?"
Ed: (Also Guilty) And I was the one who convinced her to do it. Sorry guys.
Leni: [puts the present down and holds up the card Lincoln requested.] "Plus, I found that card you wanted me to get. It is totes cute. And it's a scratch and sniff, too!" [scratches the camel]
Lola: [takes the card, sniffs it and gags] "Ugh! Camel!"
Lana: "Give me that!" [takes it, smells it, and feels intoxicated.] "Ah, camel..."
[At that moment, they hear their dad outside.]
Lynn Sr.: [acting] "I guess I'll put in the key and open the front door now!"
Leni: [gasps] "Mom's here!"
[Everyone gets into a hiding spot and the parents come in and the guests burst out.]
Us, the Kids and guests: "SURPRISE!"
Rita: [gasps with joy] "Oh my goodness!"
Leni: "Happy birthday, Mom!"
Me: Happy Birthday Ms. Rita.
Rita: "Oh, kids, you've really outdone yourselves. Look at these decorations. You remembered violet is my favorite color." [smells something] "And do I small pad thai?"
Leni: "Yep. And German chocolate cake for dessert."
Rita: "Thank you so much, kids. This is the perfect party."
Lincoln: "Actually, you should thank Leni. We tried to do this without her, but it was a disaster."
Leni: Don't worry guys. I know about that. Ed told me.
Ed: (Guilty) Sorry.
Lincoln: "Uh...yeah. We're sorry, Leni. We were afraid you'd spoil the surprise. We didn't realize you're the only one of us thoughtful enough to make a party really special."
Lori: "In fact, from now on, how would you like to be our official party planner?"
Leni: But I thought Laney was the Party planner along with Riley, Lily and Crysta.
Laney: Not anymore. I thought we could handle the pressure of planning the perfect party
Riley: But we don't even know what Ms. Rita likes.
Lily: [Hands Leni her Clipboard] Here Leni. You deserve this more than us.
Leni: [claps excitedly] "Yay! Thanks, you guys." [to her father] "You hear that, Dad? I'm planning your surprise party next! But don't worry. I'll send you an invitation."
[Everyone else in the room facepalms from Leni's big spoiler.]
THE END.
Another Fanfiction Completed.
I wanted to do this one before the beginning of the new year. Let me know what you all think. I hope this all turned out as good as I had hoped. Happy New Year Everyone and may you all have a happy 2018.
See you next time.
