Cindy Lou and Aggie secretly headed upstairs to Cindy Lou's room for a secret meeting. They kept themselves quiet so the Grinch won't notice them. When they reached for Cindy Lou's room, Aggie told her about the friendship problem.
"So, you're saying that the friendship problem is Mr. Grinch is afraid to tell my mom that he likes her?" She asked.
"It's not like a friendship lesson. It's more like a love problem," Aggie said.
Cindy Lou then inquired, "So, what are you going to do?"
The winged human replied, "Well, as my job, and being a matchmaker, I have to get Mr. Grinch and Ms. Donna together."
"Can I help?"
Aggie turned to Cindy Lou with a combination of worry and shock on her face. She's just worried for Cindy Lou that she might not like the idea of having her mother and the Grinch being together. The little girl just her dad and she's probably loyal to him.
"I-I don't know, Cindy Lou. Not because I don't trust you, it's just that…" Aggie wasn't sure what to say to the child as she rubbed the back of her neck nervously, "I don't think you'll take it so well. I mean… what about your dad?"
Cindy Lou began to frown when Aggie mentioned her father, who already passed on before the birth of her brothers, "Of course I still love my dad. I missed him, and so was my mom, but I don't her to be lonely if she stayed loyal to Dad even if he's gone. Buster and Bean are born fatherless, and I lost him at this age. I'm still six years old. I just want someone to act as my dad for a little while or longer. All of my friends have both parents. Sure I love my family. I'm still okay as long as I still have my mom and my brothers, but I always felt that something is missing in my family. And I think Mr. Grinch could be the one because… I don't know, but I feel so bad for him that he's been alone for so long. He only has Max, but he doesn't have a family of his own. Honestly, Aggie, I don't want the people I know to be sad for the rest of their lives. Even Dad doesn't want us to be an incomplete family. He wants mom to be happy. I want mom to be happy. And maybe if Mr. Grinch will be part of our family soon, we won't feel so incomplete anymore." The little girl choked the sadness in her throat, and tried not to let it out.
Aggie almost broke into tears, but she only sniffed and wiped the rolling tears from her face. As the leader of her group and the youngest daughter of her parents, she never wanted the people she loved to be sad. That's why she did everything she could to make them happy, and sacrificed her own life to keep them safe and away from danger. When she finished wiping her tears, Aggie knelt down to Cindy Lou, and picked her up, "Cindy, even though you're still too young to understand, you already know the true meaning of happiness. I felt the same as you felt when I was almost your age, except I had both of my parents, I wanted my family and friends to be happy, and they did the same thing to me in return. And that, we are all equally happy. Alright, you can help."
Cindy Lou grinned, "Really?"
"I can't say 'no' to a little girl like you," Aggie playfully pinched the little girl's nose. "Plus, you volunteered to, so I'll let you help."
"Thank you so much, Ms. Aggie, and I promise I'll do whatever I can to accomplish your mission."
"You mean 'our' mission. We have to get your mom and Grinch together."
Just then, they heard the Grinch's voice from the down stairs
"Cindy Lou?! Aggie?! Where are you two?!"
"We better go before Mr. Grinch finds out what we were doing." Cindy Lou said.
Aggie nodded as she carried Cindy Lou in her arms, and flew out of the room.
When the two girls are now downstairs, the Grinch was in the middle of his work with Max as his assistant.
"Sorry, Grinch. Cindy Lou and I were playing in her room upstairs," Aggie explained, only to have lied a bit.
"That's okay. Just let me know next time," Grinch said.
"Can we help you?" Cindy Lou asked.
The Grinch turned to look and the girls and froze. All his life, he knew how to make gizmos and gadgets on his own without any help. But, this time, he has to make more of these for the whole house. He can't do it alone a whole day.
"Well, I need a little help though, but are you sure you know how to build?" He asked.
Aggie confidently snatched a wrench from the Grinch's toolbox, "Grinch, I have many friends from different worlds who are inventors, and they trained me how to build inventions and gadgets. So, to answer your question, yes. I know how to build."
"Alright then! Let's get started. We don't have all day."
As they began, Aggie and Cindy Lou attached some handy bendy robotic arms behind the faucets of the sink, and in the chimney just above the stove, while the Grinch attached some wirings and cables to connect the robotic arms that the two girls put to the switch, which he hasn't made one yet. He even upgraded the refrigerator into something secret and special.
When he successfully attached the red button switch on the wall, Grinch pushed the button to test it. The arms from the chimney appeared, and cooked eggs and bacon on the stove. The arms on the sink automatically washed the plates one-by-one, and placed them on the plate holder. And, much to Aggie and Cindy Lou's surprise, a small door from the refrigerator opened, and a long narrow conveyor took out a glass of mango smoothie.
"Wow, this is incredible, Mr. Grinch," Cindy Lou commented.
"I told you I can do it," Grinch said proudly. "And she said I can't handle it."
"Uh, you really needed our help," Aggie reminded him.
"Yes, and I thank you two for that. Alright! Guess our work here is done," Grinch rubbed his hands to remove the dust off.
"Umm…" Aggie interrupted as she showed him around that the room is almost a mess, and there are still Christmas decorations around.
The Grinch groaned, "Right. Donna needed to take down the decorations for New Year."
"And that's what you like when you still hate Christmas," Aggie murmured softly, nut the Grinch heard her and glared at her. Aggie noticed that too, "Sorry for reminding you that!"
"Well, I guess I can't do this alone. Cindy Lou, Aggie, you'll take down the decorations outside, while Max and I will do it inside, and I'll put the twins to bed." He instructed.
"Thanks, Mr. Grinch," Cindy Lou gave him a salute.
"We'll handle it," Aggie carried Cindy Lou in her arms, and flew out towards the door.
When the two girls are out, the Grinch exhaled and looked down to his dog, "Come on, Max, let's get the twins to their bed." When he turned around to get the twins, he noticed the babies yawned on their baby chair. Probably that they're tired of eating their sweet food. The Grinch smiled for their cuteness, "Aww, look at you two. Very tired." He carried both babies, and took them upstairs to their room.
Grinch placed the two babies in their baby crib, and covered them with one big blanket when they went to sleep. He tiptoed out of their room so they won't wake up. Grinch slowly closed the door, then, at his right, he noticed another door. Possibly not Cindy Lou's room. Curiously, he entered of what was in that door, and found out this is Donna's room.
He can tell this is her room because her nurse uniforms, daily clothes, and small things are scattered on the floor and bed. She didn't have time to put them in a laundry basket as she was in a hurry, "Wow, Donna was having a hard time." Grinch said to himself as he used his gadgets that he used to steal presents to pick up all Donna's clothes, and threw them in the laundry basket. Then, with his bare hands, Grinch picked up all of Donna's scattered things, like pencils, lipstick, papers, etc., from the floor. But when he did that, he noticed a small portrait on the drawer besides the bed. When he looked closer, he found out it's a small picture portrait of her and her husband in their wedding clothes. This is the picture from their wedding day. The Grinch observed the picture, and saw how happy Donna is with her husband when he was still alive. No wonder they have three children. They really love each other, and were supposed to be one happy family. The Grinch realized how lucky Mr. Lou Who was when he has Donna, but he's already gone, leaving his wife alone with her oldest daughter and two infant sons. Grinch always wondered why Donna is still on her own working at the hospital and taking care of her kids without someone else to help her, and didn't have time to find someone new for her. He only thought that not because she's so busy, but because she still loves her husband and remains loyal to him, just for their family. The Grinch frowned that maybe Donna can't fall in love again, and couldn't fall in love with someone like him. She's already happy with her life, even without her husband by her side.
Outside the window, Cindy Lou flew up with pixie dust all over her, and noticed the Grinch holding her parents' picture.
"Mr. Grinch, what are you doing?" She called.
The Grinch heard the little girl's voice as he quickly put the picture back on the drawer, and turned to see Cindy Lou out of the window, "Nothing! I was just cleaning your mom's bedroom. Wait, how did you get up here?"
"Ms. Aggie gave me pixie dust for me to fly!" The girl squealed as she did a loop in the air. "Isn't it great?!"
The Grinch chuckled, "Yeah. It's great. Just don't mess around. We don't wanna waste our time." He walked out of the room and closed the door.
"Okay, Mr. Grinch," Cindy Lou said, hoping he could hear her. Then, she started to pull the garlands from the walls slowly.
Aggie removed the Christmas lights and wreaths all over the house with just 5 seconds because of her super speed of running and fast flying power, and put them on boxes that have labels on them. One box labeled 'Christmas lights, the other box labeled 'Garlands', and the third box labeled 'Christmas wreaths', which is where Cindy Lou put all of the garlands she picked.
Meanwhile, back inside the house, the Grinch gathered all of the Christmas decorations and stockings with the gadgets he made when he 'stole' Christmas, and kept them in the attic, including the Christmas tree, which he used with one of his gadgets that making the tree wrapped into a thinner tree. He couldn't believe that Aggie found and brought them from his workshop. He tried to forget these gadgets that reminded him of his bad deeds to the Whos in Christmas, so he kept them away. Unfortunately, they were found, so he decided to use them for good deeds this time.
After removing the decors outside and put them in boxes, Aggie and Cindy Lou brought them in the attic, and met up with the Grinch and Max downstairs.
Cindy Lou looked around to see the room has no Christmas decorations anymore, "Wow, Mr. Grinch, you work so fast!"
The Grinch was still nervous and embarrassed to explain it, "Umm, I'll tell you later, but right now, we have to decorate the house with New Year decorations."
"Why do we have to put New Year decorations? We never have those before."
"Trust me. She won't have to redecorate the house for New Year anymore, plus let's make something new for this New Year's eve. So, any suggestions?"
"I have plenty," Aggie called as she rapidly tapped something on a giant hologram of an Internet window from her wand staff.
"What are you doing?" Cindy Lou asked her.
"Searching for New Year decoration in the Internet," Aggie replied.
"Okay, what kind of actual world you lived in?" Grinch inquired.
Without answering his question, Aggie tapped the search button, and revealed some results, "Aha! There they are!" She showed to her new friends the results she found on the internet about New Year decorations.
"Huh, they're fine, but they look so… plain," Grinch complimented.
"Then, we'll make them a little more stylish."
"Fine. Let's go out and buy some materials."
"No need for that, Grinchy," Aggie used her wand staff to poof up a large box with label 'New Year decors'. "I'm a party planner, guys, so I have all party stuff and material right here. And since this is New Year, this box contains all my New Year decors that I used last year." She opened the box to show them to her friends.
"Are you sure about this?"
"Do you have a better idea?"
"No. Let's get this over with."
Cindy Lou created her own New Year decoration: Black, white and gold stars on strings—as she cut them from cardboard and papers. Aggie and Max blew up balloons, and the Grinch taped up the used and finished decorations, like paper flower balls and honeycomb balls, on walls and ceilings. He even decorated outside of the house. Aggie had to keep the confetti and balloons hidden for a while on the ceiling of the room via magic to wait for the actual New Year's eve. She even created letter balloons that spelled, HAPPY NEW YEAR, and numbers that showed the year number '2043'. The number balloons were also kept in the ceiling with the other decorations.
When their activity is done, the four have to make sure there won't be a single mess on the flour, so, with enough time left. the Grinch built a small robotic vacuum cleaner with four robotic arms that held a mop and three small brooms. The vacuum cleaner roamed around the room to sweep ever paper cuts on the floor with Max riding on it.
When the night came and she just finished her shift, Donna Lou went home by taking the bus. But when she made in front of her house, she noticed that the Christmas decorations are gone and were replaced with interesting black, white and golden decorations. There are balloons, paper stars, paper flower balls, honeycomb drop balls, and golden balloon letters on top of the house that said, "HAPPY NEW YEAR".
"This is so peculiar," Donna said to herself as she walked towards the door to enter inside the house, only to find Cindy Lou napping on the Grinch's lap, Max was beside him, and Aggie was eating a cotton candy cloud. The four are all on the couch.
When she heard the door open, Cindy Lou woke up and saw her mother at the door, "Mom, you're home!" She rushed in to hug her mother.
"Wow, am I in the right house?" Donna asked teasingly.
"You're in the right house, Ms. Donna. You're house," Aggie answered. "Surprise!"
"What is really going on here?"
"We took out our Christmas decorations, and replaced them New Year ones," Cindy Lou explained.
"It was all Grinch's idea. We knew you want to take down the decorations for New Year, but he added up the idea to replace them with New Year decors," Aggie added.
"And there's more…" Cindy Lou dragged her mother to the kitchen as Grinch, Max and Aggie followed.
Donna noticed robotic arms on her kitchen countertop, "What are these?"
"Those are the gizmos I built so you won't have anymore trouble washing the dishes and cook food so quickly. Here, let me show you," The Grinch pushed the red button switch to activate the robotic arms on the counterpart.
The arms from the chimney started to cook food on the stove, the other arms washed the dishes on the sink, and the conveyor appeared from the refrigerator door, taking out a strawberry smoothie.
Donna was very impressed as she took the smoothie, "Wow, this is incredible."
"That's what I said to him," Cindy Lou said.
"And there's one more thing right here," Aggie pointed a small robovac on the floor, which was still sweeping and vacuuming the floor and Max is still riding on it
"And I can't believe you've done all of this in a day. Removing the decorations, cleaning up the room. That's so fast," the mother added.
"Why, thank you. But I couldn't have done without Cindy Lou, Aggie and Max's help. They helped me a lot today," Grinch explained, giving his friend some credit for their hard work.
"Really? That's very good."
"That's nothing, Mom. I like helping," the little girl replied.
"Seriously, she is, and we are," Aggie added, then Max barked in respond.
The Grinch looked at his watch, and noticed it's almost 10pm, "Well, it's getting late. We better go."
"Wait, you'll take an hour to go back to your home, and it's almost late. You should stay with us until tomorrow," Donna Lou said.
"What?! Oh, I don't want to impose, Donna. It's so embarrassing," Grinch hesitated.
"No, really, I insist. You've done so much for me today. Let me do something for you in return. Just stay with us. We have our guest room where you, Max and Aggie can stay," Donna insisted.
"See? They have guest rooms. It won't be bad," Aggie started to search for her guest room, but Donna stopped her.
"Umm, we only just have one guest room," she corrected her. "You three have to share a room."
This is an embarrassing time for the Grinch and Aggie. The two are opposite genders, and it's very awkward if they take Donna's advise. Aggie feared that this might compromise her mission. She has to do something to get herself out of here.
"You know, I can sleep in the living room."
"Oh, that's not very healthy for you, Aggie. You needed a bed," Donna Lou said.
"I can make my own bed here. I have magic," besides the couch, Aggie poofed up a cotton candy cloud with a pillow and blanket as her bed. "See? Very comfy."
"Yes, it is, but you shouldn't just…"
Before Donna can continue, she and the rest noticed that Aggie already fell asleep onher cotton candy cloud, and snored very loud.
"Wow, that girl sure is tired," Donna chuckled, then she picked up her daughter. "Now, it's your turn to go to bed, young lady."
"But Mom, I'm not tired," Cindy Lou yawned.
"Yes, you are," the mother said as she went upstairs carrying her daughter to her room. Then, she looked down at the Grinch. "I'll show you to your room, right after I put Cindy Lou to bed."
"That's okay. I'll wait," Grinch replied.
When she reached upstairs to Cindy Lou's bedroom, Donna Lou tucked her to her bed, and kissed her on the forehead.
"Mom, can I ask you something?" Cindy Lou asked.
"What is it, sweetie?" Donna inquired.
"What do you think of Mr. Grinch?"
Donna Lou just paused a little, quite shock of her daughter's question, "Why do you ask that?"
"I was just wondering. You started to trust him a lot," Cindy Lou replied.
"Well, he was a helpful, smart and a nice gentleman. I can't believe he can be so thoughtful, and he cares for you a lot. He looks so familiar… I think I met him before."
"You do?"
"I don't know. A little. I think I was just a kid that time, but I already forgot that. Now, enough story telling. You should sleep."
"Goodnight, Mom."
"Goodnight, sweetie."
Donna Lou turned off the lights as Cindy Lou slowly went to sleep.
Meanwhile, the Grinch sneakily tried to get a pinch of cotton candy from Aggie's cloud, but she slapped his hand to stop him. She's still asleep though, but she can probably felt it or saw it in her dreams.
Just then, Donna Lou went down stairs to meet up with him. "Follow me. I'll take you to your room." She grabbed the Grinch wrist, and led him to the guest room, making him blush a little.
When they arrived, Donna opened the door of the guest room, revealing just a bed with pillows and blanket, and a closet with old clothes.
"Sorry about this. The room hasn't been used for a long time," She apologized.
"That's okay. I understand. Thank you," the Grinch smiled as he and Max entered the room.
Before she could close the door, Donna wanted to say something, It's so sweet that you help me a lot these days. It's too much to ask."
"I just want to return the favor after you invited me to your Christmas dinner. It means a lot to me." Grinch answered.
"Well, thank you for everything today. Goodnight."
"Goodnight."
When Donna closed the door, the Grinch and Max sat down on the bed, only the two started to have a conversation when Max began to bark.
"Arf!"
"What? What do you mean?"
"Arf! Arf!"
I like her? Of course I like her. She's so kind to me, so I'm only returning the favor."
"Arf! Arf!"
"No! I don't like like her. We're just friends! You know, Max, you're just tired, and so do I. I'm just going to bed."
The Grinch lied down to bed with his head on the pillow, and covered himself with a blanket. Max just rolled his eyes, and slept on his master's feet.
In the middle of the night, Cindy Lou woke and secretly went down stairs to have another meeting with Aggie, who was waiting for her for five minutes.
"So, how's it go?" Cindy Lou asked.
Aggie sighed, "Completing this mission is harder than I thought. It didn't see a sign between your mom and Grinch that they are interested at each other. If only they knew each other from the past, that can't be a problem."
"Wait a second. Mom said last night that she kinda met Mr. Grinch before."
"How old was she?"
"When she was a kid. I don't know. She haven't told me."
"There could be a possibility that those two can be together. Their first encountering from the past can be a sign of true love… or second true love in your mom's case."
"But what about Mr. Grinch? Did he know my mother before?"
"He never told me that. I'll ask him tomorrow. Right now, you should go to bed before we're going to get ourselves in trouble for waking up so early. Thanks for the information."
"You're welcome, Ms. Aggie. Goodnight."
"Goodnight, Cindy Lou."
When Cindy Lou rushed back upstairs to her room, Aggie went back to her cotton candy cloud bed, and went back to sleep.