Under The Flavershum Rooftop: A Comedy Series starring Arden, Olivia, Hunter, Mr. Flavershum, Basil of Baker Street, and Dr. Dawson

January 7th, 1898

Episode 7: Family Crisis

Olivia was very tempered about today. Arden noticed her grumbling.
"Why are you so tempered about your cousin today?" asked Arden.
"Because my snooty upper crust cousin is coming and she drives me crazy!" replied Olivia.
"Have you ever thought of trying to talk to her?" asked Arden. Olivia stopped in her tracks and twitched.
"Are you SERIOUS!" replied Olivia. "You can not explain anything to Inez. All she will do is interrupt you and brag about her life in Italy, America, France, and Rome. By the time she gets to her conclusion, you'll want her to shut up!"
Suddenly, a cab appeared and out came a female mouse. She had chestnut brown fur and black glasses. She had a greenish blue skirt that went to her knees. She wore a pink long sleeved shirt with a yellow star in the middle with a purple over shirt over it. She walked up to Arden and Olivia.
"Olivia," she said.
"Inez," replied Olivia. Inez saw Arden beside Olivia.
"This must be Arden. Our new cousin," she said.
"Uh……right," replied Arden. Inez flipped her hair and went inside the house.
"And you hate her why?" asked Arden.
"Because on the inside, she's pure evil," replied Olivia softly.
Girls come inside," called Hiram from inside. Arden and Olivia hurried inside to see Basil and Dawson there.
"What are you two doing here?" asked Olivia.
"We thought that it would be nice if we dropped by to meet your cousin," replied Basil. Arden sighed. Everyone watched as Inez looked all around.
"Cute," she replied. "Of course I think you know all about the life I have in exquisite places……oh wait you don't,"
Hiram thought for a moment.
"Wait a minute I remember something. Last time you were here, one of you broke that glass box that I needed. That's why you stopped coming here," explained Hiram. Olivia and Inez looked at each other.
"She did it!" they yelled and pointing at each other. They then laughed and soon the laughter faded with a little sigh. Inez noticed something on the wall.
"Oh look! The little age markings on the wall. I always was the tallest out of me and Olivia and I still am. Imagine that," explained Inez. She went in to another part of the house.
"See my problem?" asked Olivia.
"Now I do," replied Arden.

30 minutes later, Hunter came in to the house.
"Hey guys! Where's Inez?" asked Hunter.
"She's in the other room," replied Olivia.
"Good," returned Hunter as he went in to the room was in.
"Hey," greeted Hunter. Inez turned around.
"Hi," replied Inez.
"You know, my cousins are not who they think you are," she said.
"Really?" asked Hunter.
"Oh yes. They are not well known like me," replied Inez. Arden and Olivia were looking through the window in the other room.
"What is our evil cousin telling him?" asked Arden.
"It would be no doubt if she was trying to manipulate him," replied Olivia.
"WHAT!" yelled Arden. She busted in to the room.
"You get away from Hunter," she exclaimed. She grabbed Hunter's arm and dragged him out.

January 8th, 1898

The next day at school, Inez was flirting with every boy she passed by. Soon, many of the students were crowding around her. Arden and her friend Erynn just stared at her while they chewed gum.
"Look at her. She thinks that she is better than everyone else. It makes me sick," Arden said glaring.
"Well I'm glad you told me all about her. If you didn't, I probably would have been over there by now," replied Erynn. Inez spotted Arden and ran up to her.
"Hello, Arden. I'm sure you've done all I asked you as a favor," she said. "Now is my chance to get back at her," thought Arden.
"Oh…yes," replied Arden. "But after school, I must get going because I need to reach my boyfriend Hunter,"
By this time, Hunter was walking by, but when he heard the term boyfriend, he immediately turned.
"What was that?" asked Hunter. Arden smiled.
"Oh here is my boyfriend now," she said hugging him.
"Come with me boo," she said. Hunter looked at her.
"Who's boo?" asked Hunter.
"You're boo," replied Arden.
After school that day, Arden and Hunter were in the bed room thinking about what was going to happen.
"Why did you call me "Boo"," asked Hunter.
"I needed to say something in order for her to get jealous. With that, then she'll be able to see how I feel and if that happens, then I'll be Miss Mighty like she thinks she is," explained Arden.
"Great……how are we going to do it?" asked Hunter. Arden still thought. Suddenly she heard footsteps. She saw Inez's shadow.
"Uh-oh, here she comes now," alarmed Arden. She looked around and got an idea. She looked at Hunter and started to hug him. She looked at the door until Inez came in.
"Oh I missed you too snookums!" she exclaimed making Inez think differently about the situation.
"I heard talking in here. Is everything alright?" asked Inez.
"Everything is peachy keen," replied Arden smiling.
"Well don't forget that there's a big dinner party tonight," informed Inez.
"I won't forget. Now go. Hunter and I……need to talk," replied Arden. Inez left the room. Hunter was glaring now.
"2 things. One: DON'T YOU EVER CALL ME SNOOKUMS EVER AGAIN! I'M DRAWING THE LINE BY SNOOKUMS!" he yelled at the top of his lungs.
"Two: This……is……wrong," he said pointing out that Arden was hugging in a strange position. Arden felt discouraged.

That night, Arden was fixing something in the kitchen. Olivia came inside with a box.
"Did you forget it?" asked Arden.
"Um……it's in the box," replied Olivia looking really nervous. Arden jogged to the box and looked inside. She gasped. She took out what was in side. It was a small crab.
"Olivia……" she squeaked. "Why is it still moving?"
Olivia walked up to her.
"I know that, but, Arden, the restaurant wanted to murder him and I got him out of there. Look," replied Olivia. Inez came in to the room. Arden and Olivia turned around with surprise. They hid the crab.
"Arden is there anything I can do?" she asked.
"Uh……no," replied Arden glancing at Olivia and looking back at Inez. "Everything's under control," said Olivia. Inez walked up to the stove. Arden followed her.
"What's in here?" asked Inez. When she was about to open it, Arden closed it with her foot.
"EH! Don't look," replied Arden.
"What are having by the way?" asked Inez.
"Girl, we are having something special. No go back in to the other room," replied Arden. Inez went back in to the other room. Arden ran back to Olivia.
"Still have the crab?" asked Arden.
"Yes," replied Olivia showing it to Arden. Arden took it from Olivia's hand. She started walking around kitchen.
"Arden what are you doing?" asked Olivia.
"I'm just……showing it around. Here's the sink, the stove……AND HERE'S THE BIG VAT YOUR HEADING TOWARDS!" yelled Arden trying to put the crab. Olivia stopped her.
"Arden what the heck are you trying to do!" asked Olivia.
"I'm trying to make a meal. We have a snooty cousin the other room so I have to do this. Sorry crab boy!" replied Arden trying to put the crab in. Olivia and Arden both had their hands on. There was yelling, fighting, and bickering until the two girls fell to the ground with the crab in their hair.
"Oh no, how are we gonna deal with this?" asked Arden. Olivia tried to think. She spotted some scissors on the table.
"Uh…here we'll cut your hair," replied Olivia. Arden shot a mean look at her.
"WHAT! Why can we not cut yours!" asked Arden. Olivia stood still for a second.
"Okay, scissors are a bad idea," she said placing them back where she found them.
"How are we gonna hide this?" asked Arden.
"I think I have another idea," replied Olivia.
A few minutes later, Arden and Olivia came in to the other room. Hiram, Basil, Dr. Dawson, Inez, and Hunter were sitting at a table waiting for Arden and Olivia. Arden and Olivia had there heads put together. They tried to hide the crab behind their heads.
"Olivia came to help me serve the lettuce," said Arden. Olivia held a plate of lettuce while Arden held a big spoon. Arden scooped some up lettuce and tried to cooperate. When everyone got their lettuce, Olivia and Arden tried to make their way back to the kitchen.
"Your lettuce people will be leaving now!" exclaimed Arden.
"Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye, see ya!" Arden and Olivia said together as they headed to the kitchen. When they closed the door and were in the kitchen, there was screaming and fidgeting. Olivia pulled and pulled and was able to free herself.
"Oh I'm free!" she said happily.
"Oh…I am so happy for you," replied Arden being sarcastic. Hunter ran in feeling excited.
"Hey guys I think your cousin is warming up to me……why do you have a little crab in your hair?" asked Hunter pointing at the crab in Arden's hair. Inez came in feeling quite agitated. Arden hid under the table. Olivia placed the crab on a plate. Soon, everyone came in.
"What is going on in here?" asked Inez.
"Uh…nothing," replied Olivia.
"Where's Arden?" asked Hiram. Arden rose up from under the table with a smile on her face from ear to ear.
"Hi everybody," she whispered.
"Alright!" yelled Arden with her tail in the air. "I admit it! Inez, come over here," Inez walked over to Arden.
"Yes?" she asked.
"I have to say something to you," replied Arden.
"What would that be?" asked Inez.
"I have to admit. Your life is better than mine. All this time, I've been thinking that you were a snooty upper crust cousin. So well…you win. Your life has always been better than mine. There are even times when I have to deal with the world's greatest criminal mind named Professor Ratigan and you should be happy because you don't have to go through something like that. I hope you're happy," confessed Arden. Arden walked to the bedroom. Inez followed.
"Hold it right there Arden. You think my life is way better than yours?" asked Inez.
"It looks that way," replied Arden.
"It really isn't. I have to be everywhere at once. I don't have a real life like you do. You win actually," confessed Inez. Arden was astonished.
"Really?" asked Arden.
"Yes," replied Inez. Arden smiled and hugged her.
"Thank you," whispered Arden. Everyone smiled.
"I believe this is going to be a real turning point for those two," said Dawson. Basil nodded.

Later that night, Arden and Inez were sitting on stools eating the last of the cheese cake ice cream that they had for desert.
"Today was exciting," said Inez.
"It was," replied Arden.
"Remember what you said about Professor Ratigan?" asked Inez.
"Yes, what about it?" asked Arden.
"A Professor Ratigan or the Professor Ratigan?" asked Inez.
"The Professor Ratigan," replied Arden.
"Wow," returned Inez. Hunter walked by.
"Hey girls…I'm just going to head home," he said. Arden whispered something in Inez's ear.
"Oh I'm way ahead of you," said Inez. Inez got off her stool and walked up to Hunter and kissed him. Hunter's tail stood up and his eyes widened as Inez walked away.
"I LOVE THIS HOUSE!" he yelled.

On The Next Episode:

Will Arden help Hunter cheat on a test at school so that Hunter can stay class president?

Find out on the next episode!