The Trouble with Mom and Dad

by myfriendfiction

Having parents in politics is never easy and having Ben Wyatt and Leslie Knope as your parents means you will become very familiar with humiliation. The Knope Wyatt triplets have a lot of embarrassing scandals involving their parents to discover, among them: the bowling alley punch, cab makeouts, and nerdy pen pal letters.

3. My Dearest Todo Toadfoot

Chapter 3: My Dearest Todo Toadfoot

May 2025- Age 11-D.C.- My Dearest Todo Toadfoot, Love Dimple Broadbelt of Buckland

Sonia sat down at her desk in the front of the Mrs. Belleview's classroom just as Ashely Houghton dropped a folded up piece of paper on her desk.

"What is this a note?" Sonia said to no one in particular, "What is 2011?"

Sonia unfolded it. She read it in bewilderment. Folded it back up and turned her attention to the teacher who had just started class.

Meanwhile Wesley, in the front of Mr. Tibbs, classroom was going over some notes when a message popped up with a link. The link said something about Lord of the Rings and fanfiction so it piqued Wesley's interest, he was currently reading The Lord of the Rings. Wesley's eyebrows rose as he quickly read the article before his teacher addressed the class.

Across the hall in Ms. Housley's room Stephen hurried to finish a homework assignment when he got distracted by his classmates chatter. "So Stephen what's your Lord of Rings name? Does your family sit around on Friday nights dressed as Hobbits?"

"That was just one Halloween," Stephen managed to say before his teacher came by and gave him a pointedly look seeing unfinished homework on his desk.

Later that day on the bus to go home as Stephen was walking down the aisle Wesley grabbed him by the shirt to get his attention telling him to sit down. Stephen took his seat next to Wesley and saw that Sonia was sitting across the aisle.

"So did something weird happen to you today?" Wesley asked.

"Involving Lord of the Rings?" Sonia added.

"Um,… oh yeah. I was asked if our family dressed up as hobbits. I told them that was only one time last year for Halloween.

"We were informed of "pen pal letters that mom and dad wrote to each other as their fantasy Lord of the Rings characters."

"I get the vibe that everyone thinks that's weird," Wesley stated.

"Me too." "Yeah."

"That's dumb. I mean they all knew it was related to Lord of the Rings. The new reimagined Lord of The Rings movie had a ginormous box office and they all saw the movie."

"It was way better than the old one by that Peter Jackson guy."

"Also, I may have dabbled in writing some similar letters to Oliver," Wesley confessed.

"So have I. Written them to Oliver," Sonia also shared.

Stephen then pulled out his Gryzzl tablet and started composing his own letter to Oliver.

Up Next: Molegate (aka Your mother has been involved in multiple sex scandals)