Time for them to all say Happy birthday to two rich girls who helped the louds before and also see where else would the ordeal of Leslie and her past remain, there will be some discussions between Leslie and Hope and Gretchen, but she has to listen to them. Enjoy reading this everyone.

Family of Two.
Chapter 479: Pertland and Warwick.

(February 15. Rose Street.)

We are now at the backyard of the Pertland and Warwick mansion, and a large gathering has been made here, for those who have come are invited to celebrate the birthdays of Hope and Gretchen. Even though Hope's birthday is on the following day, both girls thought that it would be a great idea to celebrate it together, and so they chose the day when Gretchen was born.

The usual folks who have showed up are Lincoln, Jordan, and fo course Delilah and her mom, and Luna with her band who are going to provide the music, though they need to help Sully with a major issue, his keyboard is dead and they need to fix it before the whole party begins.

The games are all hired from a local carnival, which is why there is a Ferris Wheel and some carnival games, a large stage for the musical entertainment, tons of food, and the cake which is soon to come, and the two girls don't mind if they don't get any presents. The one gift they wanna enjoy, is hanging out with their friends in Royal Woods.

"Dang, the food is amazing girls" replied Jordan. They see so many food, and some of it is foreign. "You girls did came up with an awesome plan together, and are all these made by some chef's you girls hired?"

Hope nods. "Yup, our parents have these three chefs who are damn good at cooking and so we gave them the names of food we wanna serve, the food we tasted abroad and liked and we wanna have them be tried by those who haven't =, so that they can feel what it is like to eat as if they are at that faraway place."

Gretchen also agrees. "We made sure that none have been ignored, and the chefs were happy to do so, and we also asked if we could learn from them. Hope and I stayed with them in the kitchen and observed on how they made the food, and seeing it happen... I think I wanna start my own restaurant."

This surprises Lincoln, Jordan and Hope, and Jenny overhears this and is surprised. "Whoa. Did not see that one coming" replied Regina and Chastity who are approaching them. Regina then continues. "So, this is how dreams are started, I like this and I wanna figure out what my dream is."

Jordan chuckles. "That comes from a matter of chance, or something that will inspire you to try out something that could work. Also, has anyone seen Stella?"

Chastity then sees her. "There she is, talking with..." She then giggles. "Leslie Lewis Loud." They all see the two girls talking to each other and this makes them chuckle, and Lincoln is impressed.

"After so long, all this time Leslie has a thing for girls but she never bothered to figure that out. Her obsession over me is now gone and we can all rest peacefully that she is a different person. Also, I found out something... Well, my mom and I found out something about Leslie, and same with Delilah and Michelle."

The girls are confused and they ask. "What?"

"Girls, Leslie is bisexual. She likes boys and girls, she never knew it was in her the whole time, it explains why he was obsessed with me, and has a small liking for Jordan and has a relationship with Stella" replied Lincoln. "Delilah told us when we were watching the Dream Boat, and Leslie seemed kinda intense wanting Dean to win the whole thing."

The girls did not see this coming, then Regina chuckles. "Wow. Well, that sure does surprise things."

"I wish we saw that one coming" replied Chastity.

Gretchen and Hope feel like that now is the right time to talk and then Hope checks the time. "The cake won't be out yet, so Gretchen and I are gonna do something we both have been planning to do." They then walk away.

Jordan then asks. "And what might that be, girls?"

Gretchen then speaks. "We're gonna have a chat with Leslie, about some stuff." They then head off to confront Leslie who is speaking with Stella, and the two girls are blushing as they are talking, and also chatting about the Dream Boat.

Lincoln and the girls were concerned about this, but chances that they wanna tell the truth about Leslie and how they felt about her, Leslie has to listen and understand more on who she was before she lost her memory.

Leslie is still chatting with Stella, but then she sees Hope and Gretchen go towards them and so she greets them. "Hey girls, Happy Birthday and I got you two a present." She points to the two boxes gift wrapped. "Girt wrapped them myself, and I didn't know I was good at doing that."

This surprises Hope and Gretchen, apparently Leslie is now seeing that she has a lot of hidden talent she never knew about. Hope then snaps out of it and then she speaks. "Leslie, we came to talk to you alone about something."

Leslie is confused, and so is Stella, "Umm, alrighty them. Lead the way." she then follows Hope and Gretchen and thus leaving Stella on her own, and then Delilah and Michelle stand next to her.

"So, what do you think this is gonna be all about?" asked Stella.

Delilah then understands what it is. "Chances Hope and Gretchen wanna air out their words about what have gone down long ago, no shadow of a doubt."

"We can't intervene, she has to hear what Hope and Gretchen have to talk about" replied Michelle. "Something they wanna speak before they all grow up even further in life."

Stella nods and so she goes over and sees what she can do to help fix the keyboard of Sully, after all she does know her tech and a keyboard might as well be child's play for Stella Zhau.

Leslie then speaks with Hope and Gretchen by the side of the mansion, and then Hope speaks. "Leslie, the reason we wanted to talk to you was to share what we need to air out, and it involves the history we had with you, the very bad one."

"I think you know what we mean, Leslie" replied Gretchen with a voice of concern.

Leslie knows what they mean and she sighs. "Yeah, I know. So, let me hear what you girls have to say, I wanna know more about the troubling times I have done to you both."

Hope and Gretchen look to each other and nod, then they look towards Leslie and both are ready to voice their words to her.

Gretchen. "Ever since we all became classmates during the 1st grade, you were never the best person to be around and a lot of folks never liked you, or the last bame you stood for, they would always see you as an enemy, and then you made some others bad folks as well, Karen, Chastity and Regina."

Hope. "You caused trouble, made some small jokes that seemed like pranks and then you ensured that other students were beneath you, you'd mock them, push them around, bully them or tell them that they are not worth it. It hurt the others deep that they didn't even feel like coming back to school."

Gretchen. "As time went onward, you just kept doing what you did and never even dared to think twice about your own actions, and you'd do them again, and again, and again, and again without any reasons to stop. You would pick on others who are weak and not the popular students."

Hope. "You would tell everyone how tacky and pathetic they look compared to you and w0uld show off the rich and power your family had and always told people that Silver goes first before beauty and age, and you never for once gave any respect to anyone around the school or anyone else in the town."

Gretchen. "You then started to pick on us, you didn't really mock or hassle us, you would pester us on how superiorly rich you were above us, and then you'd try and reason with us to join your cause, which every time we always deny because we didn't wanna become your pawns an minions of trouble."

Hope. "We never liked you, we never wanted you around and we tried our part to make sure that you would be in trouble, and the whole thing came to bear when the truth came out and the actions brought you to juvie, and the town has never cheered with such joy from what had happened."

Leslie is surprised to hear this. She didn't think she was this troublesome, or this bad to folks. She never knew that she was a truly horrible, horrible person and deep down she feels bad for the stuff she has caused. Hope then speaks. "But, that was the old Leslie. The one known as Leslie Silver."

"We know that times have changed, and with the lack of the old Leslie inside of you, we can see a bright and good future for you, and we're happy to call you our friend" replied Gretchen. "Though some folks might think that the bad Leslie Silver is in there, in time they will see that you are now and forever will be Leslie Lewis Loud."

Hope and Gretchen then speak. "The new Leslie for the future for herself, her family, friends and everyone."

Leslie wipes away some tears and she smiles, and so she goes over and hugs them, and they return the embrace and can feel the sorrow and concern within Leslie. "Thank you, thank you... That's all I wanted to hear, and I assure you girls that Leslie Silver is never, ever coming back, ever!"

Hope and Gretchen smile hearing this and so they return the hug, then they hear the others calling them. "Looks like the cake is ready, we should go and let you two slice it" replied Leslie. Hope and Gretchen nod, and they hold Leslie's hand and they all head back to the party, glad to be friends and no longer the foes from the past.

But they don't know, that a drone is watching them and it is registered to the fallen company called: Richmund.

To be continued on February 17.

A/N: Happy B-Day to Hope and Gretchen and it looks like things have been made amends between them after the long history between the trio, and it seems like someone else is nearby, and watching them all. I hope you guys enjoyed reading this chapter everyone.

Date made: 12/18/21.