As they made the rocky crossing from the mainland to Kings Head, Linda and Tina were simply trying to stay on their feet. "Mom are you sure this was a good idea?!" Tina yelled. "I have to go rescue my baby!" Linda said, trying to justify her actions as the ferry nearly capsized. "Oh no I'm gonna drown and I'll never get to experience Jimmy Junior!" Tina yelled. "Tina calm down baby, I won't let you drown!" Linda said, keeping her daughter secure as the little boat finally reached the island. "Come on Tina!" Linda shouted as she dragged her oldest daughter off the boat to the Martin house. They reached it and Linda went to bang on the door. "No mom wait!" Tina yelled. "What's the matter Tina?" The bespectacled girl pointed up at the house, and Linda realized that there was only one light on in the entire place. "That can only mean one thing-their talking. Alone. About important stuff." Tina asserted. "So what should we do?" Tina asked.
A minute later the two Belchers were scaling the house to reach the second story window. "Tina be careful honey it's slippery." Linda pleaded. "Mom, trust me. I was born for stealthily trespassing in or around boys houses." Tina proclaimed as she worked her way over to the window. Linda followed behind her, feeling just a little terrified. "Can you hear them Tina?" Linda shouted. "Mom be quiet!" Tina said as she peered through the window. From the outside she could make out Louise and Reggie sitting across from one another. "Okay let's see what these two lovebirds have to say." Linda said, finally reaching the window. "So your biggest fear is the dentist?" Reggie said. "Yup. I don't do drills or needles or anything like that. What about you?" Louise asked. Reggie shivered. "Spiders. There creepy little bastards." Louise snickered. "Why spiders?" "Their unnatural! Why do they have so many legs and eyes? Just have a normal number of things!" Reggie ranted to Louise's amusement.
"Okay your turn. Favorite movie?" Louise blushed and shrunk away. "What?" Reggie asked. "It's embarrassing." Louise said. "Why?" "Because it's something you would never expect me to like! It's super girly." Louise explained. "Just tell me." Reggie urged. "Fine. The Notebook." Louise answered. Reggie smirked. "Your joking right?" Louise shook her head. "WOW. That's such a bad movie!" "Oh come on, it's good! It's emotional!" Louise explained. "Its lazy, it's cheesy, it's SO LAME." Reggie fired back. "Oh yeah, what's your favorite movie?" Louise asked. "Million Dollar Baby. Now THATS a good emotional movie." "Oh come on! That movie is so overrated!" Louise said. "It is not!" Reggie retorted. "Whatever. Next question?"
Reggie thought for a moment. If she was taking open questions, he might as well go big or go home. But what to ask, what to ask? Suddenly, he smirked. "Alright here's a question. What's something secret you do that nobody knows you do?" Louise froze up. "Ummmmmmm..." Louise mumbled. "What?" Reggie asked. The girl turned bright red. "You have to SWEAR you won't tell anyone. Okay?" Reggie nodded. "Okay. Because this is something even my parents don't know I do."
At this point, both Linda and Tina leaned in on the windowsill to better hear Louise. "I promise." Suddenly Louise smirked. "Reggie. Look to my left." Reggie did has she said and saw Linda and Tina. "Is that your mom and your sister?" He asked. "Yup."
From outside, Linda struggled to hear her daughter. "What are they saying Tina?" Linda whispered harshly. "I don't know!" Tina whispered back. "Wait, Reggie's getting up! So's Louise!" Tina said. "Where are they going?!" Linda shouted, straining for a better look. Little did they know that behind them, the window opened. Reggie peered out, air horn in hand. "Ready?" He asked. Louise nodded. "3, 2,1, BLAST!" She yelled, and her friend blasted the air horn for as long as he could. "GAH!" Linda yelled as the sound startled her and Tina right off the side of the house. "Oh no!" Tina yelled as they fell straight into a mud puddle. From the ground they could hear the youngest Belchers laughter at their predicament. "Should have stayed home T." Louise laughed as she slammed the window shut. Under the mud, Tina was fuming. "You alright honey?" Linda asked. Tina pulled herself up and wiped the mud from her glasses. "Come on Mom. We have a personal secret to uncover." The awkward girl stated. "That's mommy's girl!"
Linda began to scale the side of the house while Tina looked for another way in. After a few tries she discovered all the doors were locked. "Dammit! There's got to be another way in," Tina said, hunting for any space big enough to worm her way into the house. In the moment where she was considering the doggy door, the lights in the kitchen came on. Tina crouched down as she heard someone enter the room. "Do you see anything?" A voice asked. Silence for a moment, then a response. "No. I think they left." Tina grinned and stayed down as she listened to presumably Reggie and Louise do a sweep of the kitchen before they were ready to continue. "Okay, so what were you saying?" Reggie lead. Louise nodded. "You swear not to tell anyone?" The young boy nodded. "When it's late, and everyone's asleep or the house is empty. I like to go down to the restaurant and pretend it's mine." Louise admitted. Reggie raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean?" Louise blushed. "You know. I like to turn on the light and pretend to serve customers like it's my restaurant. I call it Louise's Burgers, because I don't have a better name." The young girl elaborated. Reggie smirked. "That's...the cutest thing I think I've ever heard." Louise lit up like a Christmas tree and pushed Reggie. "Shut up! It's not cute!" "Are you kidding it's adorable!" Reggie laughed as Louise rolled her eyes in embarrassment. Tina couldn't help but grin at her little sisters fantasy. Then it all fell apart.
"I KNEW it!" A voice exclaimed from the fume hood above the oven. Reggie was stunned. "Did that oven just talk?" He asked. Louise was not so confused. "Mom. Come out of the oven!" She yelled. Linda proceeded to fall out face first. "Ow my face! I knew you had some secret!" Linda said. "You followed me all the way here just to confirm the belief that I play pretend?" Louise asked. "No! I came all the way here to confirm the belief that your still a little girl!" Linda said, hugging her daughter tightly. "OOF! To tight!" Louise whined. "Wait, so you broke into my house for THAT?" Reggie exclaimed. Linda nodded. "I COULD HAVE TOLD YOU THAT!" "Oh. Yeah, I guess I could have asked..." Linda admitted. "Also your other daughter has spent the last 15 minutes crouched in a mud puddle for what it's worth." The three heard Tina yelp and jump up as she realized that. "Well this has been the strangest night of my life. Goodbye Belchers!" Reggie proclaimed, pushing the three out the door. As the Belchers headed back to the ferry, Louise looked at her mother. "You didn't really come out all this way for that did you?" She asked. Linda shook her head. "No. I came to make sure you were okay. I'm sorry for being so crazy Louise." The nine year old smiled and hugged her mother. "I love you to mom." As soon as she broke the hug, regular Louise returned. "Now don't tell ANYONE we hug!" Linda laughed and ruffles her daughters hair. "Yes ma'am."
(Sorry for the wield spacing, it's hard to judge how it looks on an IPhone)
