"Mom, how long do you thin your friend and this Johnny guy going to stay?"
"Joanie, it's only for the weekend. They won't be staying for very long."
"He better be an interesting person to hang out with for the rest of the weekend. If he isn't the way I expected, I will go back to Chachi."
"I know, Joanie. It's just for the weekend, and then should get back to normal after that," Marion told her.
"Okay. I hope he's a friendly guy like you have been telling me."
"His mother told me he is. We will find out for ourselves what he's like. This is the first time your father and I will meet him, too."
"I thought you met him once before," Joanie said.
"No. I only have pictures of him, but that's about it."
"Oh."
Joanie told herself that she would want Chachi to be there in case she was bored with Johnny Bravo.
Next time she and Chachi get together again, she will mention this conversation she and Marion had. She hoped she wouldn't bore Chachi when she was together with her and Johnny. If that did happen, she was sure that it wouldn't happen, but you may never know.
Joanie now had another question she wanted her mother to answer. Howard was away, so he wasn't around for this conversation about the Bravos.
Now Joanie forgot what her question was, but she said something anyway.
"I was going to ask you something, Mom, but I forgot what it was."
"I'm sure it will come back."
"Maybe. I do love you, Mom."
"Thank you, dear. I am going to the grocery store. Do you want to come along?"
"I wish I can, but I have something else going on. Maybe next time."
Marion knew better than not to ask her daughter what she had in mind, and that was Joanie's business, and not hers.
"Do you need anything?" Marion asked.
"Not at the moment. The only thing that I can think of is shampoo. I am running low."
"How about conditioners?"
"I'm good on that one, but thank you for asking. You better get going. I promised Chachi I would help him clean up our place today. I hope you're not angry about it."
"I'm fine. Who says I would be mad?"
Joanie didn't bother answering that question, so she said nothing else.
It never came back to her.
"Mom, would you like to drop me off so I can help Chachi get started?"
"I can do that, Joanie. I'm leaving now, so you better hurry," Marion said.
"Okay. Just let me put my jacket on first, and then I will be ready."
"I will meet you in the car."
Joanie didn't say anything as she heard her mother get the motor on. Joanie did what she needed to do. Whatever she had to do besides her jacket, she went to her old bedroom and turned out her light. Then she was ready to go on this trip with her mother.