I do not own Rocket Power...
Reggie started training for the surfing contest she was planning on entering. A scholarship to any four-year college of her choice? How can she turn that down? Not only was this a good opportunity, but this was also a chance for her and the guys to go on a road trip. After a while day of training, Reggie went home because she had to make another appearance at Lars' house for dinner.
"Hey, dad!" Reggie said. "Where's Noelani?"
"Hey, Rocket Girl! She is working the shack with Tito right now. Oh...there is a letter for you on the table!" Raymundo called over from the kitchen.
Reggie dropped her board to the floor and ran to grab her letter. She opened it up and saw she had gotten accepted into UCLA!
"Oh my God! Dad, UCLA accepted me! I got in!" Reggie cried.
Raymundo ran out of the kitchen and gave Reggie a big hug, spinning her around like she was still a child.
"That's awesome! Congratulations! First, you get engaged and then you got into college!" Raymundo exclaimed. "You're growing up."
Ignoring the comment of her being engaged, Reggie said, "This is news. I have to tell Otto! Is he here?"
"No. He had a date with Trish." Ray chuckled.
Reggie looked surprised.
"Wow. I had a feeling she was sneaking off with him. She kept bailing out on me. I know why now. I'm not surprised. They looked very friendly at my party." She giggled.
Raymundo laughed and said, "You should tell Lars when you see him tonight."
"Why would I tell him?" Reggie asked.
"He's your fiancé?" Raymundo laughed. "Speaking of which, is he going down to San Diego with you for the surf contest?"
"I thought you would be against us going on trips while engaged?" Reggie suggested.
"Well he is your fiancé, and I do think this would be good training to see what living together as a couple would be like. I'm not going to tell you what to do anymore, but I would think about it."
Reggie thought for a moment and said, "I'm not sure of the guys are going to be cool with it. I mean, Otto still hates him, Twister is going to get bullied by him, and I don't think Lars cares too much about Sam."
"Reggie, this is your fiancé, and if I were you, I'd include him in this," Ray said and walked back into the kitchen.
Twister and Lars were getting food at the market on their mother's request.
"Let's see what we need..." Lars said reading the list as his brother pushed the cart. "Peppers: got them. Onions: got them. Chocolate chip cookies...man, women, and chocolate. Mom needs to lay off the cookies."
"Lars, that's our mother!" Twister cried.
"You know you're thinking the same thing. Now keep pushing that cart." Lars said.
"It's too heavy. Why aren't you pushing it?" Twister asked.
"Because shut up," Lars said. "Now push!"
Twister rolled his eyes and said, "Yes, drill sergeant."
After the boys had been done shopping, they went to pay when the cashier recognized Lars.
"Lars?" he said.
"Oh my God...Pi?" Lars reacted the same way.
The two shook hands as if they hadn't seen each other in years, which they hadn't. Pi packed on the pounds from the last time. His presence made Twister uncomfortable.
"Dude, you look...different. How you been?" Pi asked.
"Good. Just got back from the Marines a few months ago. I'm working at my uncle's auto shop, and I'm getting married too." Lars said with a smile on his face after mentioning his 'upcoming' wedding.
"You're seriously getting married? Get the hell out of here?" Pi said. "When's the big day?"
"Five years but it's worth the wait. She's worth the wait." Lars said.
"Who's the chick? She hot?" Pi asked.
"It's Rocket Dork's sister. We're getting married in five years. I proposed to her with my great grandmother's ring and everything." Lars was gushing about this.
Twister had never seen anything like this.
"Dude, I've seen her around. She's so hot. Things I'd do to her if she weren't you fiance. You got lucky there, man." Pi said.
Lars chuckled, but he didn't like how Pi was talking about Reggie.
"Listen, I still talk to the guys. We should get together one day." Pi suggested. "We should throw you a crazy bachelor party. Strippers, booze, weed and all."
"Oh yeah...definitely," Lars said. "It was good seeing you, bro."
"You too." Pi said.
The boys walked out, packed the food in the car and Lars drove home. Twister said, "Careful. Him, Animal and Sputz are the reason you went to military school."
"Twister, calm your balls. We were just catching up." Lars said.
"I noticed that you didn't like how he was referring to Reggie," Twister said smiling.
"Well she's my future wife so next time he or anyone else does that, I'm going to give them a Marine style whomping," Lars said.
Reggie went over to Lars' house to dinner. The moment he answers the door, she leapt into his arms and kissed him wildly on the lips. Lars almost lost his balance and bumped into the wall when she threw herself into his arms.
"You okay?" Lars asked chortling.
"I got into UCLA. If I win this surf competition, I will get a full scholarship for the next four years." Reggie said excitedly.
"T...that's great...congratulations." Lars said. "Um...yeah...mom made dinner and Clio's visiting as well."
"You don't sound happy for me," Reggie said.
"I am," Lars replied. "Just surprised."
Deep down, he wasn't. Once she moved into college, the engagement was off, and he didn't want that. A voice called from inside, "Is that Reggie?"
Clio walked out and attacked hugged Reggie.
"I miss you!" Clio cried. "I got a weekend job at the ice cream shop in Ocean Shores, so I'm working here until I'm off to college!"
"I got into UCLA! Otto is dating Trish!" Reggie said.
"Let's go! You need to fill me in, and I need to see that ring!" Clio pulled Reggie inside.
The whole family sat down for dinner. It was a nice and peaceful until Sandy started to talk.
"So, Reggie," Sandy started, "how is your surfing event going?"
"Oh great. I'm going down to San Diego next week." Reggie said.
"Good things are happening to you," Raoul said. "First you and Lars get engaged, then you get accepted into college."
Lars made a face at the mention of Reggie getting into college. He wanted her to himself. He had never done a temporary relationship, and it wasn't working out well for him. Even Clio noticed this.
"We're all driving down next week. It's going to be fun!" Twister said.
"Oh, he's coming too?" Lars started and looked at Reggie, "You never told me your friends were coming."
"Uh...I wanted to talk to you about that." Reggie said.
"Yeah because I thought we were going down. Just us alone." Lars said sternly.
"Oh look! You two are talking like a married couple." Clio giggled.
Clio's comment freaked Reggie out where Lars snapped, "Clio, shut the fuck up. You're so fucking annoying."
"¡Lars, cuida tu manera de hablar!" Raoul snapped.
"Sorry," Lars said sarcastically.
"Reggie, I can't express how happy I am for you. With everything." Sandy gushed.
"Thank you. I'm happy as well." Reggie said.
The next week, the guys met up with Reggie. She was packing up to head to San Diego with her friends and Lars. Lars was only going so they can make another front. Trish, Sherri, and Clio were saying their goodbyes to Reggie.
"I wish you girls were coming. I'm going to be around smelly guys all weekend." Reggie joked.
"Hey, at least your hottie fiancé is coming with," Trish said.
"Girl, that's my cousin!" Clio said.
"And don't make me tell my brother you said that." Reggie giggled.
"Tell me what?" Otto said pulling Trish into his arms.
"That you're delicious." Trish giggled running her fingers through Otto's hair.
"You know it, baby girl," Otto said and started to make out with Trish.
"Can you two get a room!" Sherri joked.
Trish gave Sherri the finger and smiled in the middle of kissing Otto. Otto broke the kiss and said to Sherri, "Yeah. The other day, we took your room."
"Ew! Otto, TMI!" Reggie smacked him.
"I have to get going to work. So, Reggie, call me when you get there." Clio said.
Reggie hugged the girl's good bye as she went to go help pack the trunk. Sam had three bags with him.
"What the hell, Sammy, you packing for Italy?" Reggie joked.
"Never know what may come in handy," Sam said gleefully.
"Yeah but we will only be there for the weekend. We are leaving Sunday morning." Reggie chortled.
"That is very true but like I said...you never knew what you might need," Sam said as he walked to the front passenger's seat.
Lars stopped him and said, "Hold up! Me: fiancé. You: dork. You go in the back seat with the other munchkins!"
Sam walked to the back seat only for Otto to walk by and grumble, "The day she called off this engagement, I'm going to be stoked as fuck."
"But we will be family," Twister said.
The boys got settled in the back seat. Reggie got into the driver's seat and started the car. Lars was smiling and saying, "Remember what happened last time you drove?"
"Are you going to bring that up?" Reggie snapped as she pulled out and started to drive.
"Relax. I'm kidding." Lars said. "Do you wanna know something?"
"What?" Reggie said as she turned the next corner.
"My mom and I were discussing when you and I have kids." Lars laughed making Reggie step hard on the break.
"Reggie, cool it with the breaks!" Otto screamed.
"Kids?" Reggie shrieked, totally ignoring Otto and putting the car in park.
"Yeah," Lars said with a smile on his face. "She said you, and I better give her a granddaughter, but I told her that you would be the mother of boys."
"What?" Reggie was stunned at the whole thing.
"I'm telling you, baby. Just imagine this being a minivan with our Rodriguez boys. Of course, I will be the one driving." Lars joked and kissed Reggie on the cheek.
"Are you serious?" Reggie looked at Lars.
"I can see it now," Lars said and turned to look at Otto, Twister, and Sam, who were holding in laughter. He looked at Twister and said, "Lars Junior, please take your brother out of the choke hold. Don't make me give you the belt."
"You're kidding me?" Reggie said in a baffled tone of voice.
"Relax. My dad gave me the belt." Lars laughed and then looked at Sam. "Adam, don't put on your mother's lipstick! No son of mine is going to be wearing makeup!"
"Lars..." Reggie started.
"Brandon," Lars looked at Otto, "keep it up, and you can walk home! I don't care if we are 15 miles from home!"
"Lars..." Reggie started again.
"Lars Junior," Lars looked at Twister again, "¡No voy a volver a repetir! ¡Una vez más y que realmente va a obtener el cinturón! No creo que no soy..."
"Lars!" Reggie screamed startling everyone. "Would you stop talking for one second! I can't keep doing this!"
"Doing what?" Lars asked looking at her.
"This...I...you're freaking me out with this talk of the future! First, you go around telling people in public that I'm your future wife and now talking to kids?" Reggie cried.
"Uh...you want us to leave?" Otto said.
"This looks like a private matter, and I feel awkward being here," Sam added.
"I don't even like being in the same room when my parents argue," Twister added.
"But we're engaged. Sorry that I'm stoked for the whole thing..." Lars mentioned, and Reggie groaned.
"We're not engaged! We're not engaged! This was supposed to give me a bit of freedom and we agreed that once I move into UCLA, this ring is coming off and I get my independence in college! But we are not engaged!" Reggie said firmly.
"Oh dear..." Sam said.
"Thank God! They aren't engaged!" Otto said relieved.
"You mean...there is no wedding?" Twister looked sincerely sad.
"You know when I put that ring on your finger..." Lars was cut off by Reggie.
"Need I remind you that Raymundo caught us making out on my doorstep and I made up we were engaged on the spot then we had to prove that we were? But to think about it, I'm getting panic attacks at 3 AM because of this and how you are talking as if we have a future together is making me rather uneasy! I don't think you should call my father 'dad' at all! When we come back from San Diego, I'm telling everyone we called off the engagement!" Reggie said flatly.
"Funny, because when we showed affection in public, it felt rather real to me," Lars said in an angry voice. "Did anything these past two months feel real to you as it did to me? Did you know that once I put that ring on your finger, I started to feel something? And here you are just going off to college and making like none of this ever happened."
"At least I can get into college!" Reggie snapped. "Tell me, did you join the Marines because you were anxious about coming back home or were you just too stupid to get into college? Because you seem stupid enough to not comprehend the fact, we aren't engaged!"
Lars looked at Reggie hurt and then turned away because he was getting angry. Even the guys in the back seat looked baffled at what she said. Otto looked at Sam and muttered, "Oooh shit..."
Lars opened up the car door and slammed it.
"Open the trunk!" he said through gritted teeth.
Reggie opened the trunk, and he grabbed his duffle bag. The bag was red and said 'USMC' in yellow lettering.
"You will be the last person ever to call me stupid. Good luck with the rest of your life. I'm sure plenty of college guys will have fun being used by you." Lars said before walking home angry.
"Uh...can I take shotgun?" Sam asked.
Reggie opened the door for Sam to get in. Otto was at a loss for words. Sure, he didn't want Reggie to marry Lars, and he did hate him but what she said was just plain mean. Twister looked angry and started out the window. Reggie drove off. 15 minutes into the ride, Twister said, "What you said to Lars was messed up! What also gets me is that you faked that engagement!"
"Twister..." Reggie looked at him through the mirror. "I was angry and didn't realize how messed up it was..."
"No! Do you know ever since you guys got fake engaged, Lars has been the happiest I've ever seen him? He was an angry kid growing up and was always causing trouble, but you changed him! And what you said hurt him! Why didn't you just slash the tires to his car because I'm sure that would've hurt less!" Twister screamed.
"Look, you don't understand..." Reggie was cut off again.
"Do you know why my great grandmother left Lars her engagement ring?" Twister asked. "Because she knew he was a monster child and believed that he would meet a girl that would turn him around! She thought Lars would find love! He never put that ring on Alison's finger because, unlike you, he knew she didn't deserve to wear it. He was saving that ring until he met that person and you hurt him!"
Twister's words hit Reggie as she was focusing on the road. She realized she was still wearing the ring even after her fight with Lars and when Twister yelled at her.
"Just drive." Twister snapped looking out the window.
Sam looked at Twister sympathetically. Otto sighed and said with sarcasm, "San Diego, here we come..."
