(A few days later)
Sam: How are you feeling kids?
Jessica: Still sore.
Alex: Me too.
(Others groan too)
Sam: Well, I'm not surprised. You kids' ghost halves were separated from you pretty painfully.
Alex: I know, Ma. Please don't remind us.
Sam: (chuckles) Well, I'll leave you kids be. You want anything?
Jessica: No, we're fine. Thanks, anyway.
Sam: Well, I'll be right upstairs if you need me.
(Sam leaves)
Jessica: Ow, my aching everything!
Alex: Stop your complaining. It won't help anything.
(Upstairs)
Sam: Okay, then, honey. You take a nap. I'm gonna check on your brother. You want anything?
Raquel: Mom, please, we're fine!
Terri: We'll be okay for a few hours.
Sam: Okay! Just asking.
(In Dan, Melissa and Brad's room)
Kids? Are you okay?
Melissa: Yeah, Mommy. We're fine. Just (yawns) sleepy.
Sam: Alright then, you go to sleep.
Bradley: Mum?
Sam: Yes, Bradley, dear?
Bradley: I'm not tired at all. I want to play.
Sam: Okay, then. Dan, Melis, we'll be downstairs, call if you need anything.
Dan: You do that.
(Sam closes door)
Sam: Okay, darling, let's go play!
Bradley: When's dad coming home?
Sam: In a few hours, maybe.
Bradley: But I want him to come home now!
Sam: (gritting her teeth) He'll come home when he can, Bradley.
Bradley: Fine. But I want him to come home.
Sam: (angrily) What did I just say?
Bradley: I'll be quiet, Mum.
Sam: Good.
(Later)
(Danny comes in the door, panting and sweaty)
Sam: (holding baby Alyssa) So, how bad was it today?
Danny: Horrible. Skulker, Technus and Ember all tried to take over the city, again!
Sam: Maybe you should just get rid of your powers and get a normal job?
Danny: I can't do that. More than half my life I've been a half-ghost. It's part of me. I can't just let that go.
Sam: (bouncing Alyssa up and down) Maybe you're right.
Danny: I am right. So, where are the kids?
Alex & Jessica: (in living room watching TV) Hi Dad!
Sam: Resting.
Danny: Still sore?
Sam: Apparently. When do you think they'll be better?
Danny: By the end of the summer maybe, perhaps in October.
Jessica: What?! I cannot miss homecoming! That's one of my V.I.D.'s!
Danny: V.I.D.'s?
Jessica: Very Important Dances, duh.
Danny: Right.
(Doorbell rings)
Raquel: (in her wheelchair) I'll get it. (Opens door) Hi, Uncle Tuck!
Tucker: Hey Raquel. You've gotten so big! Wow. Hey Danny, Sam.
Danny: Hey, Tuck. How's Elaine?
Tucker: Couldn't be better. She just gave birth to twins last week.
Sam: Congratulations. Boy or girl?
Tucker: Both boys.
Danny: So, how many is that now? Three, four?
Tucker: Five. Four boys, one girl.
Danny: Oh, right! Hannah! How is she?
Tucker: She's gonna be a senior soon.
Sam: Oh! Where from?
Tucker: University of California.
Sam: Nice.
Tucker: I brought Tucker Jr. and Andrew with me to see their friends.
Tucker Jr.: Dan!
Dan: TJ! I missed you dude!
Tucker Jr.: I did too. Let's go to your basement and play on your computer!
Dan: Alright. Let's go.
(They go to te basement)
Andrew: Jess!
Jessica: Andy! (Hugs him) How've you been? I missed you!
Andrew: Great. I missed you too. (Whispers) Can I see your room? I never got to see it last time I was here.
Jessica: Sure.
(They go upstairs)
Sam: Leave the door open!
Danny: I guess they're feeling better.
Tucker: What do you mean?
Sam: We just separated the kids from their ghost halves and they've been in a lot of pain.
Tucker: I bet they are. So how long are they gonna lounge around the house?
Danny: Whole summer.
Sam: (sarcastically) Joy.
Danny: Hell yeah.
Tucker: I forgot to ask, who's the little one? (Points to Alyssa)
Sam: This is Alyssa, our new baby.
Tucker: She's adorable.
Danny: Thanks, Tuck.
Tucker: Anytime.
(Upstairs)
(In Jessica's room)
(Jessica and Andrew are making out on Jessica's bed)
Jessica: I love you so much, Andy.
Andrew: I know. I do too. (Kisses her) You ever thought about getting your own room?
Jessica: Yeah. (Tongues him)
Andrew: And?
Jessica: The 'rents said no.
Andrew: Bummer. (Kisses her back)
Jessica: I know. (Kisses his neck) But since we're going to the same college, we can finally be together in private.
Andrew: Got that right.
(They continue to make out)
(Raquel rolls by; she sees that Jessica's door is open and she hears laughing; Raquel looks inside and sees Jessica and Andrew hooking up)
Raquel: (gasping) Ooh! I'm telling Mom!
Jessica: No! (Runs to the door and slams it shut) You cannot tell Mom. It'll break up me and Andy. (Andrew waves forcibly)
Raquel: And what if I do tell Mom?
Jessica: (sighs) Fine, squirt. I'll give you my allowance for the month.
Raquel: Sweet. Bye!
(She leaves)
Jessica: Now that Twinkie's gone, let's get back to business.
Andrew: I like the way you think.
(They start kissing again)
(September)
(Everyone is sitting at the table eating breakfast)
Sam: (while holding Alyssa) Jessica, Alex and Raquel! Get your stuff! Your bus is here!
(The three run out of the house to the bus)
Terri: Why do they have to leave so early? It's only eight-fifteen.
Sam: High school starts at eight-thirty. And they're the last on the bus, so they have to leave now.
Dan: But Mom, will we have to go to school that early?
Sam: Probably.
Bradley: We never see Daddy anymore. He leaves before we get up in the morn and gets home at eight! I miss him!
Terri: But we see him on weekends, loser.
Bradley: True. But I still miss him.
Terri: (starts filing her nails) Will you stop being a brat for once? (Stops) All you talk about is "how you miss Daddy", "this about Daddy", "that about Daddy"! Enough! No one wants to hear it! Jeez. (Starts filing again)
Bradley: That's not true. Right, Mummy?
Sam: I'm sorry, darling. But, they're right.
Bradley: What?! I can't believe you Mum!
Sam: No one really wants to hear it anymore.
Dan: It's true Brad. So, shut up already!
(Bus horn honks)
And I'm late.
Terri: Me too. Bye Mom. (Kisses her goodbye) See you after soccer!
Sam: Bye kids!
Bradley: I cannot believe them! How rude! Mum, when will I be able to go to school?
Sam: (feeding Alyssa) Soon, sweetheart.
Bradley: I'm going to play in my room where they can't make fun of me anymore. Humph!
(Goes to his room)
(Sam goes into her room to lie down with Alyssa)
(Danny walks in the door quietly)
Danny: Sam?
Sam: Danny! (Puts Alyssa in her crib) What are you doing back so early?
Danny: (holding Sam) I have great news.
Sam: What?
Danny: I just got a promotion at work.
Sam: That's wonderful! (Kisses him)
Danny: One slight detail. They've also transferred me to Rochester.
Sam: New York?
Danny: Yeah. It'll be great! They company gave us a huge house for five years.
Sam: What happens after that?
Danny: I don't know. But won't it be great?
Sam: I don't know. We've lived here for about fifteen years.
Danny: I know. But, this is a once in a lifetime opportunity.
Sam: Yes, but (sighs) let's talk this over with the children.
Danny: They'll say no for sure.
(Later)
(After Danny and Sam told them the news)
Kids: No!
Danny: (to Sam) Told ya.
Sam: Kids, think of it this way. You each get your own room and you won't have to share anything with your siblings anymore.
(Melissa raises her hand)
Yes, Melissa?
Melissa: Does that include bathrooms?
Sam: There are four bathrooms in the house: your father and mine, the first floor, and you kids have two near your rooms.
All Kids except Bradley: Sounds good to me.
Bradley: But I don't wanna move!
Kids: You don't count!
Danny: Then it's settled. We're moving in a month.
Jessica: Finally! My own room! I have to call Andy.
(Rochester, NY; two months later)
(Jessica's in her new room)
Jessica: I can't believe this room is all mine!
Melissa: And mine!
Jessica: What?! No! You cannot stay in here!
Melissa: Why not?
Jessica: Because your room is down there, next to Alex's room.
Melissa: But Bradley took my room.
Jessica: Well, let's fix that.
(Takes Melissa's hand and they go into Brad's room)
(points to Brad) You. (points out) Out.
Melissa: This is my room!
Bradley: Is not!
Jessica: It's my little sister's room and you're not my little sister.
Bradley: Am too!
(Everyone starts laughing)
Alex: Man, he's such a dork!
Bradley: Am not!
(Laughing continues)
Alex: (takes Bradley up to the attic) Your room is up here.
Bradley: But all my stuff...
Alex: It'll get here. (Laughs as he leaves)
(Bradley sits down on a box and starts crying)
Bradley: No one likes me! (Sobs)
(Lilly walks in)
Lilly: I like you Bradley Fenton.
Bradley: Really? (jumps off the box) Well, in that case. (Kisses her sloppily)
Lilly: Ew! Bradley Fenton! You are disgusting! I never wanna talk to you again! (Storms out of room)
Dan: Who was that?
Bradley: Oh, this girl, Lilly, from my preschool. She used to like me.
Dan: Why'd she run out?
Bradley: I snogged her.
Dan: Dude, you are way too young to kiss girls. Or even think about girls.
Bradley: Says you!
Dan: Dude, no one in this family likes you. Not even Alyssa likes you.
Bradley: Mum likes me.
Dan: Mom doesn't count.
Bradley: But—
Dan: Whatever. Go find some friends.
Bradley: But no one likes me.