Chapter 27, Epilogue, Angelica Tells the Truth
Location: Yucaipa, California, Tommy and Dil's house, February 5, 2024
Angelica and Susie were walking home from high school, originally planning to go to Susie's house to study, but Angelica turned the other way, into Tommy and Dil's driveway instead, walking up to Tommy and Dil's front door.
"I don't get it Susie? Why does everybody at school proclaim I am dead, and that I killed myself at age thirteen? Don't they know I like, turned fourteen earlier this year?" Angelica snapped.
"Probably because you spent the rest of last summer in rehab, after we got back from Camp Everwood, before your fourteenth birthday." Replied Susie, as they walked up to Tommy's front door.
"So why are we at Tommy's house anyway?" Susie asked.
"Because I need Tommy's help in making a movie." Replied Angelica.
"You? You wanna be in one of Tommy's movies?" Susie asked, surprised.
"Yes, yes I do. I texted everybody, asking them all to show up here after school, because it's time the world knows the truth." Said Angelica.
Susie started laughing.
"And what's so funny Carmichael?" Angelica snapped.
"I just can't believe it Angelica. You? Tell the truth? Yeah right…" Said Susie.
"Laugh now mush for brains, because in a minute, you're gonna be speechless." Angelica thought to herself, as she rang the annoying buzzer doorbell at Tommy and Dil's house.
Dil, walking backwards to the door, opened the door to let Angelica and Susie inside. The three of them headed to the living room, where Tommy and Chuckie were playing a video game on the TV, Reptar Cart, where they raced the different Reptar characters on go carts down different race tracks.
"Ok Pickles, it's time you stop your little video game, I need you to be a director now." Said Angelica, snatching the WII remote out of Tommy's hand, blocking his view of the TV screen.
"But Chuckie and I are playing a game. And besides, it's not like any video you make is going to be worth seeing. You just tell lies anyway, starting rumors." Said Tommy.
"That's the problem, everyone thinks I'm dead, all because I went to rehab last summer, and then, when Djang Brown came to our school last month, he told everyone at Yucaipa High about some video he found in his attic, of me, killing myself. I've got to tell everyone that this is a total fake, and to not believe it." Shouted Angelica.
"And while you're at it, you can tell everyone the truth about us too." Tommy shouted back.
"You still remember what I pulled ten years ago?" Angelica asked, surprised.
"Angelica, I may have only been three-years-old at the time, but you don't exactly forget when your best friend's cousin, goes on to Youtube, and tells the world you don't exist." Said Chuckie, who had put his WII remote down on the coffee table at this point.
"Alright alright, I'll tell the truth about everything then." Said Angelica.
A little while later, Harold, Phil, Lil and Kimi all showed up, Tommy went and got his video camera, and set it up in the living room on a tripod, ready to start filming.
"Are you ready Angelica?" Tommy asked from behind the camera, focusing on the fourteen-year-old blond.
Angelica nodded.
"Ok, action!" Said Tommy, as he hit the record button on the camera, and Angelica, began her story.
"Hello everyone, my name is Angelica Charlotte Pickles. I am fourteen-years-old. Yep, that's right people, I am fourteen-years-old, which means, I did not kill myself at age thirteen like Djang Brown's video claimed I did. I don't know what he saw, but it certainly, wasn't me." Explained Angelica.
"Wait, I know who he saw." Said Harold, interrupting Angelica's speech.
"Who?" Asked Angelica impatiently, crossing her arms across her chest.
"Remember Sheala?" Harold asked.
"No." Angelica replied.
"Oh yeah, I remember her. The girl who would dress up as other students, just to get attention." Said Susie.
"Yeah, well, she dressed up as you Angelica, and killed herself, filming herself while doing dso, just to set you up. She's a distant cousin of Djang Brown, and after her funeral, his family, got a bunch of her old stuff, that video, being one of them." Explained Harold.
"Oh… I see…" Replied Angelica.
"So, as you can see, I did not kill myself. Maybe I was in rehab during the final months of my thirteenth year, but I was feeling very depressed, between nearly almost failing eighth grade, almost, having to stay back an extra year, until the last minute, when I managed to squeak by in my classes, passing on to be a Freshman in high school, and as captain of the Yucaipa High wrestling team, if anybody continues to spread these rumors about me, the next person to stand in my path, is not going to be so lucky." Said Angelica, as she motioned for Tommy, Chuckie, Phil and Lil to all come stand next to her.
"Now, before we can end this video, now that I've cleared up the fact that I didn't kill myself at age thirteen, we have another matter to clear up, that started, over ten years ago. Some of you may, or may not know this, but when I was only the age of four, I posted a video explaining to everybody that Tommy, Chuckie, Phil and Lil, were just a segment of my imagination, and that in reality, my cousin Tommy, and his friends, Chuckie, Phil, and Lil, didn't exist. Well, as usual, I lied. Tommy was never born a stillborn. If anything, it was his older brother Spensor Pickles, who sadly, was born a stillborn. Tommy here, is just as healthy as can be, now, age 12, is now in the seventh grade, and, he loves making movies, and did you all know, he got an award for his film, Collide-a-scope Lunch? Well he did, and, he's quite proud of that award. Recall last year, I had to teach Finster here how to lie, so as to not ruin a surprise party being thrown for Tommy." Said Angelica, as she grabbed at Chuckie's shirt, and drug him over next to her.
"Which brings me to my next point. I told you all that Chuckie died, along with his mom. Well, most of you know of his mom Kira, who's Chuckie and Kimi's mom. Well, Kira Finster, is not Chuckie's biological mom. She's Chuckie's step mom, who he met when we went to Paris when we were quite little. Sadly, Chuckie's real mom did die, and at the time of her death, as well as having cancer of some kind, she was pregnant, with what would have been Chuckie's younger biological brother or sister, had his mom not died. So as you can plainly see here, Chuckie is indeed alive, now the age of thirteen, and still, maybe he's a nerd, but he's alive nonetheless, attending Yucaipa Middle School, and for once, is managing to stay out of Vice Principal Pangborn's office, which, I might add, Chuckie here has gone as far as to copy his own butt." Said Angelica.
"Uh, Angelica, I thought I didn't want that story mentioned again, now that Tommy and I are in the seventh grade, and, well, that happened way over a year ago by now." Replied Chuckie.
"There's your proof. The red headed nerd with glasses and braces, is for sure, no segment of my imagination. After all, why would I want to waste my time, dreaming up someone that clutchy and dorky?" Said Angelica, who slapped Chuckie playfully on the shoulder, and scooted over to where Phil and Lil were standing.
"And now, I should tell you about Phil and Lil Deville. Lil here, is an excellent soccer player, loves cheerleading, looking nice, and did I tell you she has a knack for making people beautiful? She's thinking of working in Cosmotology when she gets to Yucaipa High, which is where I go to school now. But yep, Lil, like Tommy, is twelve-years-old, and attends seventh grade, along with the rest of the bunch, which also includes, her twin brother Phil. Yes, Phil may be well, disgusting, immature at times, and weird, the way he shoots pudding out his nose in the school cafeteria, sending him down to Vice Principal Pangborn's office." Explained Angelica.
"Uh, Angelica, I haven't pulled that pudding bit since we all got in trouble last year and had to water Pangborn's plants for a week." Interrupted Phil.
"Quiet Phil, I'm talking here." Snapped Angelica.
Phil let out a huge sigh.
"So as you can see, Tommy, Chuckie, Phil and Lil, are all perfectly healthy, despite any quirks they might have. And oh yeah, as for Phil and Lil's mom having an abortion? Well, that happened, before she ever even got married. She was attending Yucaipa High at the time when it all happened, and she only did it, because she had gotten pregnant by her boyfriend at the time, and was in no way, shape, or form, ready to raise a child, seeing she was only sixteen or seventeen, and a senior in high school at the time of that accidental pregnancy." Explained Angelica, as she moved away from the group, back to where she was standing to start making the film.
"So, in closing, I'd like to simply say, that now, you know the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, and anybody who says otherwise, will get what they deserve. Oh, and one more thing. I never hurt Dil, rather, he's weird, because Phil and Lil dropped him on his head when we were attending an apple festival nearly ten years ago, and a girl named Gloria, tricked them into dropping Dil on his head. And, Chuckie's dad has always been a nervous wreck, even before Chuckie was born, and before his first wife died, and as for my uncle Stu? He's always been interested in inventing things, since he was a teenager, and grew fascinated by the science department at Yucaipa High. Maybe the loss of Spensor made my aunt Didi an over protective mom at times, but at least she has always looked out for me and my cousins, but I can't blame my mom for being the way she is. You see, my mom, Charlotte Pickles, she lost her mom when she was very little. For this reason, she was never raised properly, thus, allowing her to be a better mom to me. But I will say this much. Thanks to her work ethic, I'm the richest girl in the world, well, ok, maybe not the richest, but I've always had food to eat, and a roof over my head, thanks to her work ethic, and bringing in a ton of money, along with my dad of course. And yes, my late grandmother was named Cynthia, no relation to my doll, who I've had since my third birthday, and yes, while I find comfort in talking to my doll Cynthia, it has nothing to do with my mom not being around. It has more or less, to do with, well, the fact that I have always been, and still am, an only child. And deep down, while I would always say I was happy to be an only child, at times, I couldn't help, but long, for a brother or a sister. Cynthia has more or less, helped fill that gap in my heart, where a sibling was missing." Explained Angelica, as Tommy peered at the screen through the viewfinder of his camera, noticing he was almost out of film.
"Uh, Angelica, you might wanna wrap it up, I'm almost out of film, and have Hebrew school in an hour." Said Tommy.
"Ok ok, I'll wrap it up. So, in closing, I'd like to say, that I'm sorry for all of the times I lied, and especially for making everybody think my cousin and his friends didn't exist, and for making everybody think I was dead. I'm going to try harder, to tell the truth, and to not make up stories, just to get attention. After all, I am a freshman in high school, and fourteen-years-old now, it's about high time, I grow up." Said Angelica.
"And, cut." Said Tommy, as he stopped recording, and switched off the camera.
After switching off the camera, Tommy approached Angelica.
"Angelica? What you did just now, was, well, it was really mature, honest, and right down to the truth. And for this reason, not to mention, because you've tried hard to tell the truth in other situations, like that time when we all went to see Emmica, and you finally told Samantha the truth about how you never had that madalion, it was my dad's all along, well, let's make it a fresh start." Said Tommy.
"You mean?" Angelica asked.
"Yes Angelica, I trust you." Said Tommy.
Chuckie, Phil, Lil, Kimi, and Dil, all nodded in agreement.
"Way to go Angelica." Said Susie, coming up on the other side of Angelica, and putting an arm around her shoulder.
"I have to say I'm proud of you too." Said Harold, who came up in front of Angelica, and kissed her on the cheek.
"What was that for?" Angelica asked.
"Angelica, Valentine's Day is just around the corner, and, I'm looking for someone to go to the Valentine's Day dandce with. So, would you, go with me?" Harold asked.
"It would be my pleasure." Said Angelica, smiling at Harold.
Two days later, Tommy and Angelica were up on Youtube, where Angelica went up and deleted the youtube channel she had started ten years ago, never to be seen again, and Tommy, on his youtube channel, which he named ReptarLover2012, that he's had ever since he was in kindergarten, still in his dad's name, until he turned thirteen the next year, being able to take over as owner, posted the video he made of Angelica telling the truth about everything. Because Tommy's channel was the most popular channel in all of the middle school and high school, everybody saw the video, and come the next week at school, the rumors stopped, and Angelica, started to gain popularity with Savanna, and other students around campus.
And this, brings us to the end, of the story, known as Prerugrats.
Author's Note: So now you all know the truth, and now you know, that the theory that's been up on Youtube for the past year or so, is a complete lie. I hope you all enjoyed this story, and, be looking for more stories, as well as more chapters in The Offspring, Season 1, which, had the Rugrats not existed and Angelica killed herself at age thirteen, the events in my stories, Driving Disaster, A Blind Teen's Gotta Do what a Blind Teen's Gotta Do, A Coward's Work is Never Done, The Binding of Zack and Kimi, The Reunion of Tommy and Silvia, The Destruction of Spongebob Squarepants, The Offspring, Season 1, and any other stories I have yet to release during the rugrats teenage and adult lives, would sceast to exist, had that theory been true.