Wordgirl's Life Story Series
Part 4: More to the Story
(After helping Violet, as she continues to mourn over the death of her oldest son, Tommy, Becky goes to continue to write more of her book. In this chapter, she will be talking about her two best friends, Violet and Scoops.)
My Life Story
By: Rebecca Botsford-McCallister
AKA Wordgirl
Chapter 3: My Best Friends
Violet Heaslip and Scoops Ming
Violet Heaslip and Scoops Ming are my very best friends on Earth, correction, they are my very best friends in the Universe. No two humans had ever come close to their friendship and no one ever will.
What can I say about someone as sweet and kind as Violet Heaslip-Ming? She is like the number one best friend and I always believe that she deserved a better friend sometimes, because I wasn't 100% honest with her for years.
I met Violet when we were in Preschool together. She was and still is very shy, but super sweet and kind. She was raised by a single mom, but I know her father loved her as well. I mean, who wouldn't? Any parent would be honored and blessed to have Violet for a child.
So, anyway, I approached her and we began to talk like all 4 year olds do. We played with dolls, blocks, I read to her some of my favorite books. She was great in playing checkers. We became fast friends from like day one.
When I started doing my super hero work, I often had to excuse myself with some lame lie in order to cover up my secret. She seemed to always fall for my lies, which made me upset due to the fact that she's my best friend and here I was, lying to her.
And she is very gifted in lots of things. She's a great artist, poet, and she's able to make friends with anyone, due to her sweet attitude and optimistic view on things. She may seem like an airhead sometimes, but she's very smart and she is so loved by the school that she was voted 5th grade class president, she won two trophies in the Young Inventor's challenge. She won the role of Juliet in the school play.
She seems very sweet all the time, but when her friends are being threatened by anyone, she becomes very aggressive and you're thinking, "Whoa!" She is able to stand up to anyone, including some of my former villains.
The coolest thing she's done was once she thought she had gotten super powers from the full moon and she called herself, 'The Framer'. At the time, I didn't think she would make a good super hero and I was kind of, how can I put this?' annoyed. But she does make a better super hero then I did. She told me her 'secret' from the very beginning and it took me a longer time to tell her mine. The reason it took me a long time to tell her wasn't because I didn't trust her, I didn't trust others and they could threatened her or she could've accidently blurted it out.
And there was a moment when I was jealous of her. She won the heart of my other best friend, Scoops. But after awhile, my jealousy faded and I am happy that they had a great relationship.
When I decided to begin telling people my secret, Violet was the third person I told and the fourth to find out, after my parents and my grandfather.
Violet is an angel, living on Earth. She is so kind-hearted, I know, I've said that already. I couldn't ask for a better friend than her. She's always there to offer a shoulder to cry on and she welcomes anyone with open arms.
Todd 'Scoops' Ming is my other best friend. And even though his friendship will never come as close as Violet's, he still is a great friend. I met him in the 5th grade, so I didn't know him as long as I knew Violet. I had just stopped a giant space rock from crashing onto the city and that's when I met Scoops. 'Scoops' is Todd's nic-name and he was so dedicated on becoming a reporter for the Big City Times. He was first Editor-in-Chief for the Daily Rag, the Woodview Elementary school newspaper and he loved it so much. We weren't as close as Violet and I were because Scoops and I didn't always see eye to eye. He was always asking what my secret identity was and one time he found out, he wanted to tell the world, despite my objections and concerns. So I had to loose a Vocab-Bee competition in order to protect my secret. And there was another time that we had a disagreement about a mascot for the Debate Team. I wanted a unicorn and he wanted an armadillo. But we both ended up losing to Ms. Davis' decision, which was Magic Turtles. The funny thing is, even though Scoops and I disagreed about a lot and all, I was so in love with him. I don't know why, even to this day, I have no idea why I fell in love with him. He ended up falling in love with and marrying my best friend, Violet. I was jealous of them for awhile in the 5th grade and partically in the 6th grade, but by the time we started 7th grade, I pretty much given up my desire for him. I decided to tell him my secret when we were in our Junior year of high school and he was the last of my closest friends to be told. And, fortunately, he kept that secret to himself. Which is ok because I saw how happy he and Violet were together. They even ended up having three beautiful children. The first one was born when they were still in high school and he, unfortunately, died like recently. As for Scoops, the last time I saw him alive was five years ago. I was talking to him and Violet by computer, it was after Tobey had died. Scoops died like two or three years ago, when we were 87. I miss him dearly, but I know Violet suffered the loss even more so.
Well, there you have it. My two dearest friends in the Universe. I could never find two other humans to ever fill their space in my heart. Scoops and Violet Ming, the greatest friends ever.
(After Becky ends this chapter, she sits and thinks about everything that has happened.)
Violet: Hey Becky, I'm just about ready to do and visit Scoops and Tommy in the cemetery. Do you want to come along?
Wordgirl/Becky: Sure. Can we stop by the flower shop first?
Violet: Sure.
(Later, at the cemetery, both Violet and Becky place flowers on the graves of both Scoops and Tommy.)
Wordgirl/Becky: Violet, I'm still so sorry for the loss of your son and the loss of Scoops.
Violet: Thanks Becky.
(Just then, Liam and Holly come into the cemetery as well.)
Liam: Hey Mom, Mrs. McCallister.
Holly: Hi.
Wordgirl/Becky: Hi there, Liam and Holly.
Violet: Have you come to see your brother?
Liam: Yeah. Rebecca's visiting her parents, over there. (Points to the graves of Dr. Two-Brains and LRW.)
(Becky looks to where he's pointing and decides to go over there as well, to pay respects to two of her fallen, former foes.)
Wordgirl/Becky: Hey there, Rebecca.
Rebecca: Hi, Mrs. McCallister. I'm here visiting my mom and dad.
Wordgirl/Becky: Do you mind if I stand here as well?
Rebecca: I don't mind. I heard that you're writing a book about your life and all. Are you going to include my parents in that story?
Wordgirl/Becky: What would my life story be without mentioning your parents and their former villainous colleagues. They gave my life as much meaning as my Earth family and my sidekick. I'm saving his story for last. Especially your father, Steven Boxleitner. I never ended my friendship with him when he became a villlain. It was just put on hold for a few years. And, as much as I loved Tobey, my friendship with your father was special.
Rebecca: Well, it was great seeing you again and I hope your book turns out great.
(Rebecca and Liam leave the cemetery and Wordgirl rejoins Violet and Holly.)
Wordgirl/Becky: (She then sees her son, Teddy.) Teddy, when did you get here?
Teddy: Hey Mom. Stephanie told me that you were here. I was waiting for Holly to be finished and I just went to visit Dad.
Wordgirl/Becky: Do you want to see Dad with me?
Teddy: Sure.
(Becky and her son walk over to see Tobey.)
Wordgirl/Becky: Hey Tobey, guess who's here. Our son, Teddy. You should see him. He's so handsome, just like you. We both miss you, as does Stephanie and Charlene. We all love you.
Violet: Becky, Holly and I are just about to head home now.
Teddy: We're coming. See ya, Dad. I love you. (He then hugs his mother.) See ya, Mom. I love you.
Wordgirl/Becky: I love you, Teddy. (Hugs her son.)
(Teddy and Holly leave the cemetery and Violet and Becky leave later.)
Violet: So are you going to read more of your story?
Wordgirl/Becky: I sure am. This chapter's about my two dearest friends in the whole Universe.
Violet: I can't wait to hear it. So what's the next chapter about?
Wordgirl/Becky: I'm not sure yet. Probably about my villains.
Violet: That sounds like a very long chapter.
Wordgirl/Becky: Yeah, it will be. I don't know if I should include Tobey in it or not.
Violet: Well, he is a villain. You should include him with the villains.
Wordgirl/Becky: Ok. Sounds like a plan.
The End…for now
More to come…