Meanwhile, Bart had brought Arthur up to his room, and the aardvark boy was looking around.
"Nice room you have here" he commented.
"Eh, it gets me through the day" Bart responded "I was thinking of adding a slushee machine, but my parents thought it would be too messy."
"Wow, you have a computer in your room?" Arthur marveled "I wish my parents would let me have one."
"Yeah having a computer's great" Bart replied "you can use it for homework, looking at porn, signing your dad up to join clubs he doesn't want to be part of…I'm not saying you'd do that with it, but whatever."
"Didn't your parents put blocking software on your computer?" Milhouse asked.
"No one asked you to talk" Bart replied "hey Art man, wanna check out my website?"
"Sure, what's it about?"
"Basically, it's a series of humorous clips from my daily life" Bart explained "I call it 'Really Funny Crap'".
"Sounds great" Arthur replied, unsure.
"Here are some of the videos I've uploaded so far" Bart said "you can choose from 'shower sis', 'fat man and power drill', 'fat man on toilet' and, still a classic, 'stairway to hurting.'"
"I still don't think that one's all that funny, considering I'm the one who falls down the stairs" Milhouse commented.
"Yeah, well I've got 250,000 hits that say you're wrong" Bart replied.
Meanwhile, back in the living room, Lisa was still talking to the females of the Elwood City group. Buster and Alan, bored of the conversation, wandered over to the couch to watch TV.
"Come on, I'll give you a grand tour of the house, starting with my room" Lisa said.
"I've already seen your house" Sue Ellen protested.
"Wrong, you saw a facsimile of my house" Lisa explained "and anyway, Francine & Fern haven't."
"Then lead on" Francine replied.
They headed up the stairs and made their way to Lisa's room, when a spiky-haired girl poked her head out from another door.
"Hey sis, you gonna introduce me to your friends?" Maggie asked.
"Of course" Lisa replied "this is Sue Ellen Armstrong, Francine Frensky & Fern Walters. Everyone, you remember my sister Maggie."
"Oh yeah, except she was a baby last time we saw her" Sue Ellen replied "she sure has grown up fast."
"Do I know you?" Maggie asked.
"Yes, we met them five years ago when we moved to Elwood City briefly, don't you remember?" Lisa asked.
"I remember another baby" Maggie said "but not much else. Well, a pleasure to see you again, I guess" she said and she closed the door.
"I'll catch her up later" Lisa said "in the meantime, welcome to my sanctuary."
As the kids toured the rooms, Homer came up from the basement and took a seat on the couch, only to notice its' new inhabitants.
"What the…? Who are you two and how'd you get in my house?"
"Relax Mr. Simpson, we're here to visit your daughter" Alan explained.
"Oh yeah? How do I know you're not thieves planning to steal my blu-ray player?" Homer asked.
"We're from Elwood City" Alan explained "Lisa invited our acquaintances Arthur & Sue Ellen to participate on a double-date with her and her boyfriend. However, we had such a marvelous time when we had previously interacted, that many of us wished to accompany said friends."
"Do you have any idea what he just said?" Homer asked Buster.
"Kinda, you learn to understand him after a while" Buster explained.
"Eh, good enough for me" Homer replied, as he flipped the channel.
"Twenty women vie for the chance to go out with a hapless stunt man in Super Date for Super Dave, next on VH1: the home of washed-up celebrities."
"Ooh, sounds super" Homer commented.
"I can't believe I agreed to humiliate myself on this stupid show" Super Dave Osborne whined from the TV "I really wish I had invested my money better."
"It's okay Super, maybe this mean whole new career for you" Fuji added.
"What the hell are you even doing here?" Super Dave wondered "it was because I saddled myself to you that my career's in the toilet to begin with."
"He's a stuntman" Homer explained to the kids.
"What are you going to do with that bat, Super?" Fuji asked from the TV.
"Hey, I don't see the Pema I gave you anywhere" Sue Ellen commented as she scanned Lisa's room.
"Sadly, I lost that a few years ago" Lisa replied "Bart decided to use it for one of his rocket tests."
"This is all real fun and everything, but it's hardly news" Francine said "can't we explore your city now? I'm looking forward to doing a story on this city and the people who live here."
"I guess it would be okay if we went out" Lisa said "but we'll have to ask my mom first."
"All these clips are really, well 'funny' isn't the word" Arthur told Bart "but I was hoping for a little more."
"Okay, I'll give ya a grand tour of the city" Bart said "show you all the places that Bart Simpson likes to hang."
"Can I come too?" Milhouse asked.
"I think that was implied" Bart replied.
"Of course you can take your friends on a tour sweetie" Marge said "just be back before dinner. And don't go near the old Starbucks, I hear crackheads live there now."
"Okay mom" Lisa replied.
Just then, the doorbell rang "I'll get it!" Lisa said, hurrying to open it, and seeing a very welcome and familiar face behind it.
"Hi Lisa" Colin said "I'm all set with our care package. When my dad heard what we were doing, he couldn't contribute fast enough. He loves helping the less fortunate, and trying to show up Sting. Anyway, am I too late to meet your out-of-town friends?"
"Actually, we were just heading out" Lisa explained.
Meanwhile, at that very moment, Bart, Milhouse & Arthur were coming down the stairs.
"Oh great, he's here" Milhouse said with disdain.
"Who's here?" Arthur wondered.
"Just Lisa's tree hugging limey boyfriend" Bart said "let's blow this pop stand before they start making out."
"Colin, I'd like you to meet Francine Frenksy & Fern Walters" Lisa said, introducing the two girls to her left.
"Nice to meet you" Francine said, after shaking his hand.
"A pleasure."
"And this is Sue Ellen Armstrong" Lisa said, gesturing to the curly haired girl.
"I'm glad I could finally meet you" Sue Ellen said "Lisa talks about you all the time in her e-mails."
"She talks about you a lot too" Colin added "tell me, are all the girls in Elwood City as pretty as you?" he asked, before kissing her hand.
"I like him already" Sue Ellen replied blissfully.
"Hi, I'm Arthur, Sue Ellen's boyfriend" Arthur said, forcibly pushing himself between the two
"It's nice ta meet ya Arthur" Colin said, offering his hand for a handshake "Lisa speaks the world of you and Sue Ellen."
"She speaks the world of you too, from what I hear" Arthur replied "although she didn't mention anything about you kissing other girls' hands."
"I'm sorry if I offended ya by doing that" Colin said "I was just tryin' ta be polite, I didn't mean anything by it."
"It's okay Arthur, he was just being a gentleman" Sue Ellen agreed "you know, you could try kissing my hand once in a while."
"Okay, how about that trip through the city?" Lisa said quickly, hoping to prevent any fighting.
"Hey Lis', I don't know what girly crap you were planning to visit, but I'm taking Arthur and pals on a trip to the comic book store."
"Fine, but we need to meet up somewhere later" Lisa suggested.
"How about Krusty Burger?" Bart suggested.
"Forget it."
"Okay, how about the school playground?" Bart asked "it's closed for the weekend anyway."
"Sounds like a plan" Lisa said "we'll meet up at say, two o'clock? That will leave us plenty of time for lunch."
"All right, so long losers" Bart said, as he and the others headed out of the Simpsons' doorway.
"So Buster, how do you like Springfield so far?" Arthur asked.
"I can't judge the town yet, but I'm not a big fan of that Mr. Simpson" Buster replied.
Alan nodded "the man yells at his television for minor infractions. He even gets angry at infomercials."
"I'll show you Ginsu knives!" came Homer's voice from within.
Arthur: I have a feeling this next chapter is going to be the best yet!
Bart: Why do you say that?
Arthur: Because I get to the comic book store. I wonder if they have any Bionic Bunny comics?
Bart: I'm gonna guess no. But comics will be the least of your worries once you meet Comic Book Guy.
Arthur: Is he mean?
Bart: No, he's really nice. Or as nice as a cranky middle-aged dude who believes in superheroes can be, anyway.
Arthur: Does he give away free comics?
Bart (laughing) Free comics! Oh man, you're hysterical!
Arthur: Something tells me this will not be good.
Bart: You have no idea.
Arthur: While I prepare to meet this comic man, you fans out there don't forget to…
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