Here is the next episode, 'The List'! Anyway, enjoy!
Well, here we are, Friday on detention. Fortunately, Phoebe explained to every parent this was for a good reason, and that we were never in trouble, she just took everything too far. Everybody else forgave her as well, because they knew Phoebe wasn't in her right mind.
As we settled in, Phoebe looked around to everyone as she coughed. "Well, since we're going to be here for at least a half-hour, why don't we talk about our weekend plans? I'm sure it'll be better than just sitting around, doing nothing."
Everyone chattered as they nodded. Yeah, may as well.
"Okay, okay, let's go around." Phoebe smiled. "Sid, what are you doing this weekend?"
Sid smiled as he said, "I'm going to watch Saturday Morning cartoons all morning!"
"Ah, the classic Saturday Morning cartoon. May it never die." Phoebe smiled as everyone muttered in agreement. "How about you, Park?"
"Me, I'm thinking of going to the park to play catch." Park said as the kids muttered that was a good activity as well.
"A good option, a good option. Harold?" Phoebe said.
"Oh, I'm thinking about riding my bike around. Good for the exercise." Harold smiled as everyone nodded in agreement.
"Good options, all good options." Phoebe smiled. "What about you, Arnold?"
Arnold gave a small smile as he said, "Oh, I'm doing it all."
Everyone turned in confusion as Phoebe blinked, "What do you mean, 'doing it all'?"
"I mean, I'm doing it all." Arnold smirked as he pulled out a small piece of paper. "Everything on... "The List"!"
Everyone gasped as I stared in shock.
"Yep! The kid's list for a perfect Saturday!" Arnold smiled.
I then said, "The List? Arnold, that list is impossible to complete. There needs to be time management when you do that list."
"Doesn't mean I won't try!" Arnold smiled as Sid picked up the small paper.
"The List has been handed down from kid to kid for generations." Sid said.
"...I'm pretty sure most of those things on the list came from last year, when somebody wrote it up, and just gave it to some kid when HE couldn't do it." I frowned. "Anyway, everybody's gotten a hold of that list here! I had a hold on that list, and even I KNEW that the things on the list was impossible to do!"
"Anyway, it contains all the things kids love to do on Saturday." Sid said as he held the small paper up in the air. "Behold, the sacred document."
Everyone gasped as they, except for me and a very confused Phoebe and Nadine started kneeling down. "The List."
"You act like it's a form of religion when it comes to the list." Nadine rolled her eyes.
"Don't bother questioning the logic." I sighed. "I was there when the first kid wrote that list up. It was impossible to do then, it's impossible now."
"I'm sure it'll be possible if I work around everything." Arnold said, listening to my complaints.
"Oh, would you like me to read off that list and point out how IMPOSSIBLE that day would be?" I asked as I took the list.
"Go ahead and read it." Arnold said as Sid gave me the list, everybody was keen on listening.
I coughed a bit as I examined the list. "First off, according to the list, the first thing a kid must do is watch EVERY Saturday Morning cartoon starting at 6 AM right up until Dance Craze comes on."
Every kid awed in excitement.
"Don't get yourself excited." I frowned. "Saturday Morning cartoons start later now, they start at 7 AM. Plus, Dance Craze was taken off the air last month! There's an exercise informercial on now, and even then, it airs at 11 AM. Anyway, they must do this while eating three bowls of Sugar Chunks cereal, and oh boy, good luck with getting your parents' permission to do THAT! Eating THAT much cereal equals a LONG sugar rush!"
Everybody was just ignoring my complaints as they seemed to be interested in what the list implies. I read on, "Next up is the fact that a kid must ride their bike down the steepest hill in the neighborhood, which good luck trying with that and not getting yourself stuck or injured in the process..."
Everybody cheered, ignoring my rant. "Next up is play catch with EVERY kid in the park, and the word 'EVERY' is underlined three times, so they literally mean EVERY kid in the park, EVEN new kids that come in. That'll be taking all day!"
Everybody awed in excitement as I read on, "And finally, one of the most IMPOSSIBLE feats to do... going to the movies and sitting through it three times in a row. Yeah, good plan. That'll take up at least six to eight hours of your time, and you'll be out by midnight! Plus, good luck trying to sit through the movie when there are security guards everywhere in those theaters, CHECKING to make sure you have a ticket with the featured time for your watched feature, and if you get caught, you get out! Do you people see how impossible this stupid list is! I say this list is a load of mala-"
My rant was drowned out by the cheers of every kid. I groaned as I handed the list back to Sid, who handed it back to Arnold. Sid smiled to Arnold. "Here you go, Arnold. Nobody's ever done the entire list on one Saturday!"
I sighed as I turned to Phoebe and Nadine. They just shook their heads.
"Do you really think Arnold won't do the list?" Phoebe said as her, Nadine and me were walking home together.
"Honestly, yes, it's impossible and he can't do the list. No kid has!" I sighed. "But he does have guts for attempting it, I'll give him that."
"Well, what are you doing for the weekend, Rhonda?" Nadine asked.
"I figure I'll just relax to my Bond books." I sigh. "It'll be a good morning spent."
"Well, me and Phoebe are planning on going to see a new spy movie down in the theater." Nadine smiled.
"Would you like to come?" Phoebe smiled as I looked in interest. "I know they're your favorite genre."
"You had me at spy movies!" I smiled. "Sure, I'll come!"
"Great! We'll pick you up at one!" Nadine smiled.
"Awesome!" I smiled as we decided to go our separate ways for home. "See you guys tomorrow!"
I smiled as I walked along home. Tomorrow was going to get exciting!
Saturday morning, after a healthy breakfast, I was in my room, prepping myself up for this movie... and by prepping myself, I mean I was looking through yet another one of my James Bond books. I was skimming through one of my favorites, 'Thunderball' as I decided to relax a little, getting lost in that book.
I looked towards my friend Nadearie as I nodded towards her. We were about ready to break my worst enemy, Curlfinger out of jail. "Yeah, I'm ready."
Nadearie nodded as I opened the door. "Great. I'll wait for you with the helicopter."
I nodded nervously as I carefully walked in the jail cell, asked an officer for closer examinations on 'Curlfinger' as they led me towards the jail cell where Curlfinger was.
Inside Curlfinger's jail cell was Curlfinger in an orange jumpsuit, drawing what seems to be pictures of... oh God, it's me. Curlfinger looked up to me and smirked. "Well, well, look who came crawling to me. I knew you couldn't resist me."
"I am not in a relationship with you! I'm just here to... "give" you something... and don't get any ideas on what you THINK it is, because it isn't!" I glared in annoyance as I slipped Curlfinger a small cake as I then whispered to him, "In here is a small stick of dynamite. Blow up the side of your cell, then escape. Meet me and my helicopter near the wall. It's been painted a little so it doesn't show off who our secret agency is."
"Aw, you care for me!" Curlfinger smiled.
"Don't push it, weirdo. We just want you for answers!" I said as I walked off.
As soon as I left the jail cell, I caught up with the helicopter as I sat with Nadearie. I pulled out the pen and used it to trace a small Curlfinger shaped hole. We waited a moment... before we heard the dynamite go off.
A few moments of chaos later, Curlfinger was seen hopping in our helicopter as he said, "Punch it!"
Nadearie started the helicopter as we rode off into the distance.
Pretty soon, me, Nadearie and Curlfinger were seen flying in the helicopter as I glared at Curlfinger, who just smiled back at me. "Cut the flirting crap. We need you for help on finding one of our agents! Double Zero Twenty-One has gone missing, and we need your help in locating him."
"Double Zero Twenty-One... that would be Tuck-It, right?" Curlfinger smiled. "Well, I don't know how much information you can get, but I'd have to go to my informant... name, Stank. Occupation... farmer on a farmer's market."
"And where is this... 'Stank'?" I asked.
"Last I knew, travelling farmer's market going around the world." Curlfinger shrugged.
I nodded. "Nadearie, look at all travelling farmer's market, and find the name 'Stank'."
"On it, Double Zero Ten." Nadearie nodded as she started typing up various informations. "The only farmer's market with the name Stank is currently travelling to Venice, Italy."
"Then that is where we're headed." I nodded towards Nadearie and Curlfinger. "To Italy!"
We kept going forwards towards the sky, towards Venice. Hopefully, we'd find more answers...
As I put my book away, I looked at the time. Almost one. The girls will be picking me up soon.
"Rhonda, your friends are here!" My mom called.
"Be right down!" I smiled as I ran downstairs, meeting up with Nadine and Phoebe. "Hi, girls!"
"Hey, Rhonda!" The two smiled at me.
"Ready to go?" Phoebe asked.
"For sure!" I smiled as I went with my two friends towards the mall, where we decided to spend some time shopping before we went to the movies.
Me and my friends had a very good day today. We went around, did a little bit of window shopping on clothes, we ate a little lunch over at the food court where we got some food (vegetarian subs for all of us) and we were finally at the movie theater from within the mall as we relaxed inside as we enjoyed the newest James Bond movie that was recently out.
We loved every minute of the film, we got a lot of thrills. All in all, a very, VERY good day.
"Thanks girls! I had a great Saturday!" I smiled as it was getting near sunset.
"Anytime, Rhonda." Nadine smiled as we were heading towards home.
"You know what the perfect Saturday is... for a kid like me?" I asked the two. "It's not just riding your bike or watching cartoons or movies or playing catch with a lot of kids... it's hanging with your best friends and making the most out of your day. I think I got that..."
Nadine and Phoebe smiled as they both hugged me, Phoebe saying, "Rhonda, ANY Saturday is perfect... even for you or us."
"Thanks, girls." I smiled... then paused. "Speaking of perfect Saturdays... you think Arnold managed to complete everything on that list?"
"Like you said, nobody can catch the perfect Saturday, NOBODY ever attempts that stupid list in one go." Nadine said. "You said so yourself."
"Yeah... but I'd like to think he at least tried." I said. "Maybe next time we see him, we'll ask him how that went."
As we kept walking for home, we couldn't help but hear piano music from a distance. "Hmmm... nice music."
"Pretty catchy, too." Phoebe smiled as we bobbed our heads.
"This is some nice walking away music." I smiled as we kept going.
"Come on girls, let's get home." Nadine smiled as we walked together.
All in all, it's been a very, VERY good day with my friends.
And there is the twenty-fourth episode! How do you like it? By the way... RIP Saturday Morning cartoons, you were great while they lasted... will you be back? Who knows? Anyway, read, review, criticize and suggest, folks!