The Washington D.C. Story
Summary: When Bobby Generic, Peter, Zack, Jesse, and the other Rugrats pay a trip to our nation's capital, let's just simply say, that our nation's capital, will never be the same again! When Tommy wishes to be a spy, and Bobby wishes to be a detective, they're going to get more than they bargan for on this trip when Tommy is kidnapped by two under cover spies, who are actually criminals, and it's up to Detective Bobby Generic and the other Rugrats, to get Tommy back, before Taffy kicks off her world tour concert at National's Stadium post the big baseball game, on the last night of their trip. Story was inspired by a real trip I took to Washington D.C. back in the summer of 2012, and, everybody will be visiting all places I visited on that particular trip to our nation's capital. It should also be noted, that this story ends with Tommy turning three-years-old, making it the series finale of Rugrats, had the series continued for a tenth season.
Disclaimer: I do not own the original characters from Rugrats and Bobby's World, they're the property of their original creaters. I only own any OC's you don't recognize, including Zack and his Aunty Celeste, while Peter is owned by TCKing12, Jesse and his family are owned by Jesse Barrow Stories, Rosie, Mary and Sandy are owned by Nairobi-Harper, and Hazel and her family are owned by AsToldByHazelNut.
Chapter 1, Heading off for Vacation!
October 31, 2013…
Bobby POV
It all started on a stormy night in late October. I was suppose to go trick or treating at Halloween for the first time with my new friends, Tommy, Chuckie, Zack, Dil, Kimi, Jesse, Phil, Lil, Susie, Peter, Taffy, and not so friend, Angelica, but the weather had other plans for us. A huge rain storm came, canceling trick or treat for that year, causing us to have to stay indoors. Luckily, Taffy, our good friend and babysitter was watching us for the evening, as she was suppose to take us trick or treating around the neighborhood, and despite it being a dark and stormy Halloween night, Taffy had just the thing to cheer us up. We were all gathered on the living room floor of Tommy and Dil's house, about to hear a bedtime story, when Taffy, who was sitting in grandpa Lou's favorite easy chair, made her big announcement.
"Before we begin tonight's bedtime story minis, I have a big announcement." Said Taffy.
"What is it Taffy?" I asked.
"Well, after many months of playing gigs with my band, performing with children's song artist, Sherry Berry, and babysitting you minis, I'm about to have my big break." Said Taffy.
The toddlers gasp in concern over this news.
"Uh oh, are you going to have to go into the hospital and wear a cast?" I asked.
"Oh no Bobby, that's not what I meant. A big break means, something really exciting that you've been working really hard for, is about to happen, and for me, that's an international tour with my band, Taffy and the Salt Waters!" Said Taffy excitedly, as she leaped out of her chair.
"Oh wow! That's wonderful!" I said excitedly.
"And that's not the only thing. My big tour begins at National's Stadium in Washington D.C. next August, and I've invited all of you minis and your families, for seven days and six nights in our nation's capital, to tour the sights with me and my band, and attend our big world tour premier concert on the last night of your stay!" Said Taffy.
We all jumped up and down in excitement over the announcement of this big news.
"Oh boy that sounds like so much fun! Congratulations Taffy." I shouted.
"Thank you Bobby." Taffy replied.
End of Bobby POV
10 Months Later, August 5, 2014, 7 days before Tommy's third Birthday.
On this particular day, the Pickles, Finsters, Devilles, Randy, Lucy, and Susie Carmichael, Barrows, Wehrenbergs, Taffy and her band, the Generics, and King Peter Albany of the Confederacy, all met up at the Yucaipa Airport, to fly out of California, and head off to Washington D.C. Everybody was getting situated on the airplane for takeoff, when Stu and Drew were still standing up in their row of seats, quarreling as usual.
"Well for once Stu, you managed to get us on to the right airplane, unlike last year's cruise." Griped Drew.
"Hey, I didn't screw that up." Stu argued.
"Oh, and I suppose you didn't screw up your Reptar robot invention so we all had to go to Paris either. For once, at least we don't have to fool with one of your stupid inventions on this trip." Said Drew.
"For your information, Bro, the Air and Space museum is very interested in displaying my latest and greatest invention, my Dummi Bears hot air balloon, and I'll be presenting it to them this week while we're on our trip." Said Stu.
"Yeah, it's going to be a disaster." Muttered Drew.
"You wait and see, this is going to be my greatest invention yet." Said Stu.
"Oh we'll just see about that." Said Drew, just as a flight attendant came by.
"Excuse me gentlemen, you need to sit down, we're about to take off." Said the flight attendant.
Drew and Stu reluctantly took their seats.
"And you mam, you need to get off your phone, we're about to taxi out of here and take off." Said the flight attendant, pointing at Charlotte, who was on her phone.
"Excuse me mam but I'm trying to salvage a deal here. Jonathan?" Charlotte asked into the phone.
Drew reached up and snatched the phone away from Charlotte's ear.
"Charlotte will call you later, that is, if I let her, and she didn't sneak you on to this trip like she did when we went on the Biendaltown Express." Drew yelled into the phone, before flipping it closed before Jonathan could say anything, shutting it off, and thrusting it into his pants pocket.
"Hey! That's my phone Drew, give it back." Demanded Charlotte.
"You can have it back when we get there." Drew replied in a snappy tone.
"Oh, well you don't have to worry, I didn't sneak Jonathan on bored." Said Charlotte, as she reluctantly picked up a magazine out of the pocket on the seat in front of her, and started to read.
Once everybody was sitting comfortably in their seats, the flight attendant came on bored to announce that they were getting ready for take off, and screens came down from the ceiling to show that boring video about safety and security on the airplane. Once the video ended, the airplane taxied down the runway and took off to the sky. Near the back of the airplane, was a long row of seats that spread across the entire isle, where the toddlers sat. Tommy was next to the window on the left-hand side of the plane, with Zack immediately next to him on his right.
"Hey Tommy, when you flew with Peter to go visit Rosie a few months back, didn't you say you got to meet the piolot and help fly the plane?" Zack asked.
"Yep, I sure did." Tommy replied.
"Wow neat!" Said Phil.
"Yeah! We wanna meet the piolot!" Said Lil.
"I don't know you guys, maybe the piolot knows what he's doing, I really don't think he needs our help." Said Chuckie.
"Come on Chuckie it will be fun!" Said Kimi excitedly, as she hopped out of her seat.
"Oh, all right." Said Chuckie, as he joined up with his sister, Phil, Lil, Jesse, Zack, and Dil.
"Ok guys, follow me." Said Tommy, as he led everybody down the isle of the airplane to the cockpit.
No sooner had Tommy pushed open the door to the cockpit, when the co-piolot peered down at them, an unpleasant look on his face.
"Hey! What are you kids doing here? Go back to your seat!" Snapped the co-piolot.
"Yeah, go back to your seat before we have an accident." Barked the piolot.
Tommy turned around, a look of disappointment on his face.
"Sorry you guys, I guess this piolot and co-piolot aren't very nice." Said Tommy.
"What happened? I thought you tolded us when you went with Peter to see Rosie, the piolot and co-piolot were very nice!" Said Kimi.
"Yeah, they were, I don't know what happened." Said Tommy, as he led everybody back to their seats, the look of disappointment never leaving his face.
"Don't worry Tommy, maybe they're just cranky. It is a long flight. Maybe after they have a nappy after we land, maybe they'll be nicer on the way back." Said Zack, as he put a reassuring comforting hand on Tommy's shoulder, as they made it back to their seats.
They climbed into their seats, as Tommy just stared out the window, and unknown by the other toddlers, an uneasy feeling came over him. His last two trips he had taken hadn't gone so well. When he went to see Rosie, he got very sick with a stomach bug, and right before he left, Rosie caught it from him, and he had to head home before she got all better. Then, just a few short weeks prior to going on this trip, he had gone camping with his friend Bobby, his grandpa Lou, and Bobby's uncle Ted, only to end up with a case of poison ivy and food poisoning in the end, more or less, ruining that trip for him. And now, he was heading to Washington D.C. and all he wanted to do was let his friends have the same experience he had when going to meet Rosie of meeting the piolot and co-piolot, only to learn they weren't very nice, nearly scaring Chuckie and Dil and leaving Tommy to feel disappointed. He was only hoping things would get better once they got there.
As the never ending flight continued, two-year-old Tommy eventually, had to go to the bathroom. So he quietly hopped down from his seat and headed up through the isle to the small bathroom on the airplane. As he was making his way to the potty, he overheard several conversations from several people that had come along with him on the trip. The first, was from Peter and Bobby's big sister Kelly, who were sitting together.
"Oh Peter, I can't believe that after we return from this trip, I'm gonna be heading off to college. Like, I feel so grown up! And I only hope that on this trip, I can prove to mom and dad just how grown up I am." Said Kelly.
"Well, I think you're pretty grown up already. But careful now, I'm a king, so guess in a way, I had to grow up a lot sooner than most people my age, and sometimes, it's kind of sad. I mean, I like being a king and all, but sometimes, I just, wish I could be a normal fourteen-year-old teenager like everybody else." Said Peter.
That was all he heard of that conversation, as he passed by the seat where Taffy was sitting next to one of her band mates.
"You know, I am so excited for this tour, it's a dream come true! Also, it makes me feel so grown up finally taking this trip, as going to Washington D.C. well, it's the farthest I've been away from home in a very long time!" Tommy heard Taffy say, before he had moved past her seat, where he overheard Martha and Howie Generic talking.
"Oh Howie, I can't believe it, this is the last family trip we'll all be taking together before my oldest leaves the nest and heads off to college in the fall now don't you know." Said Martha, as a tear started to roll down her cheak.
"Now Martha, this will be a great opportunity for Kelly. Getting out there in the world, going off to college. Our little baby girl is all grown up. And the trip is going to be so much fun! Think of the educational benefits it will have on everybody. And what a great educational experience for Bobby and Derek especially." Said Howie.
"Yeah, I guess so. I mean, Bobby will be entering first grade and Derek will be entering seventh grade this year, so it will be a good way to get the boys ready to go back to school." Said Martha, as Tommy made it past their seat, out of earshot of the Generic parents.
Then, he overheard something that really caught his attention. It was a conversation his parents were having.
"Oh Stu honey, this trip is going to be so great! Visiting our nation's capital is something I've always wanted to do." Said Didi.
"And just think Deed, at the end of our trip, Tommy turns three-years-old. My little champ, no longer a baby anymore." Said Stu, as Tommy reached the door to the bathroom, which was slightly past his parents seat on the airplane.
Tommy just stood there at the door, as he had nearly forgotten about why he was there in the first place, as he thought about what his dad had just said. He knew he wouldn't stay a baby forever, but for the day to practically be here? And for this to be his final week and vacation as a baby? It was exciting and sad at the same time. As a mixture of emotions fell over the two-year-old, staring at the door to the small bathroom on the airplane, nearly ready to turn around and run back to his seat, Derek came up behind him.
"Hey sticky fingers, if you're gonna use the toilet, then go already. If you're just standing there to make trouble, get out of my way, you're not the only one on this airplane you know." Griped Derek, as he squeezed past Tommy, who then remembered why he was there.
By this point, the toddler had to go really badly, and he'd better go now, before he wet his pants. He went into the bathroom, used the potty, then headed back to his seat, where he was going to tell all of his friends about the news he had overheard from his parents, that this was their last week as babies, but when he got back there, he found that everybody was asleep, except his brother Dil.
"Uh, Dilly, can I talk to you?" Tommy asked, standing right in front of his one-year-old brother, who grew annoyed very quickly.
"Move Tommy, can't you see I'm trying to watch the movie?" Dil asked, irritated.
"What movie?" Tommy asked, unaware that the airplane people had put on a movie for everybody to watch while Tommy was using the potty.
Dil pointed up at one of the overhead televisions that had shown the safety movie before they took off, now showing a Goober movie, the last thing Tommy really wanted to be watching.
"Oh, sorry." Said Tommy, as he made his way back over to his seat, sat down, and closed his eyes, hoping he could take a nap, avoiding the movie and making what felt like the longest flight of his life, go faster.
While the toddlers took a nap and watched the Goober movie, in another part of the airplane, Angelica, Susie and Bobby were all having their own little conversation about the trip.
"My mommy says we're going to where the President lives." Said Angelica.
"Wow! You know, I was President of my kindergarten class." Said Bobby.
"Oh really? Well, I'm starting kindergarten after we get back from this trip, and I'm gonna become president." Said Angelica.
"I don't know Angelica, there's lots of stuff you have to do to become president." Said Bobby.
"Like what?" Angelica asked.
"Well, in order to become president, there's three things you must do. Mud slinging, make and keep promises, and spread rumors." Said Bobby.
"I can do all that, no problem." Said Angelica.
"Uh, correction Angelica, I think you'd make a good mud slinger and rumor spreader, but in the time I've known you, I've never seen you be able to keep a promise." Said Susie.
"Oh we'll just see about that. Don't forget, I can give pretty good speeches too." Said Angelica.
"If I may Angelica, that's another important thing. When giving your speech, don't forget to start off with a joke." Said Bobby.
"What kind of joke Bobby?" Susie asked.
"Here's one. Why did the deer cross the road?" Bobby asked.
"Why?" Angelica and Susie asked.
"Because it was the chicken's day off! Get it? Chicken's day off?" Bobby said.
Susie laughed, Angelica didn't, confused by the joke.
"Anything else Bobby?" Angelica asked.
"Oh yeah, and it doesn't end, until the fat lady sings." Said Bobby.
"Well I guess my speech is never gonna end, because there's gonna be no fat lady singing when I become president." Said Angelica.
"Enough already Angelica, everyone knows that I'm gonna be the next one elickted to be president, making me the first woman and second black person to become president of America." Said Susie.
"The only reason why you'll be the second black person to become president, is because of that Obama person. You'll be the second woman to become president, after I've lived for two terms at the white house, which will no longer be white when I'm done, as my favorite color is blue polkadots. And have you ever heard of Angelica care? It's like Obama care except with Angelica care, everybody has to take care of me. That's right, everybody has to give me all of their cookies and candy, and there will be no more broccoli and time outs. That's right, broccoli and time out will be taken away from America, forever!" Said Angelica.
"Oh boy, Angelica running for president? I can see just how this is going to go." Susie thought to herself, as she leaned back in her seat on the airplane, and the five-year-old girl started to have a daydream.
"And now, the babies have voted, and the next president and vice president of the United States are, Angelica C Pickles for President, and Harold Frumkin for Vice President!" Said an announcer as several toddlers in the audience, stood up and jumped up and down, while another several, booed with disappointment.
"Hey! I was suppose to win." Cried Susie.
"Sorry Susie, Angelica won by two extra votes over you." Said Bobby.
"Who would vote for her?" Susie asked.
"Phil and Lil, they were amazed by her awesome mud slinging."Said Bobby, pointing to a pile of mud that had collected in the corner of the auditorium.
"My dumb Americans. Yeah I could call you guys my fellow Americans like some bush who claimed he was president for years use to call you, but you're just a bunch of dumb babies to me, so I'm gonna call you dumb, cuz that's what you are. Now, my dumb Americans, as your new president, I want the white house painted with blue polkadots, and get rid of every broccoli and time out chair across the country. And to my Vice President Hairball, get me two bazillion cookies, as I decree Angelica Care, going into effect immediately." Demanded Angelica, who was standing up behind a podium.
"Do me a favor? Call me by my real name please?" Harold asked.
"As president, I will call you whatever I want Hairball. Now, as your new president, I will make sure all of your toys get fixed." Said Angelica, as she stepped on Tommy's plastic screwdriver, which had rolled beneath her seat, smashing it into tiny pieces.
"Hey!" Cried Tommy from the audience.
"Don't worry mellon head, I'll fix it." Said Angelica teasingly, as she picked up the broken pieces, and threw them into the audience, scattering them in every which direction.
"And one more thing. Anybody named Susie Carmichael must be banished from the country. I will not have no ladies singing at the end of my speech." Said Angelica, as two guards came up to Susie, put her in handcuffs, and took her away.
"No President Angelica, wait! Don't you care about me?" Susie cried, as Angelica just stood behind the podium, laughing her head off.
"Now America is mine, all mine!" Scoffed Angelica, as she put a huge grin on her face, as Susie was drug away into total darkness, unaware of her surroundings.
"Susie? Susie?" She heard her mother Lucy calling in the distance, as Susie was snapped out of her daydream, noticing she was still in her seat on the airplane, that had finally landed in Washington D.C., and people were making their way out of their seats and heading off of the airplane.
"We've arrived sweetheart, it's time to go." Said Lucy, who was standing in front of Susie in the isle of the three seats where she, Angelica and Bobby were sitting.
"Ok mommy." Susie replied, as she picked up her carry on Cynthia backpack, took her mother's hand, and everybody walked off of the airplane into the International Airport and Train Station, and met up with the others.
Once all of the toddlers were strapped into their strollers, and everybody had congregated at baggage claim and picked up their luggage, Didi pulled out a piece of paper from her purse, containing the itinerary of that week's schedule.
"So where to first Didi?" Howard D asked.
"Our first stop of the day is a trip to Capitol Hill, where we'll be meeting with California Congressman, Paul Cook, and getting our picture taken." Said Didi, as she led everybody to the exit of the airport, and everybody walked through the streets of Washington D.C. from the airport to Capitol Hill, pushing the little ones in their strollers.
"California? I thought we were from America." Said Chuckie, confused.
"California is in America Chuckie, that's where we live." Bobby replied, as he was walking next to Chuckie, holding his hand.
Tommy had thought about telling the others what he had heard on the airplane, but he had nearly forgotten all about it, when he was met by the sights and sounds of Washington D.C. as he road past in his twin stroller, riding next to Dil.
"You boys are going to get to see so much on this trip. The International Spy Museum, the National Zoo, and we're even meeting up with somebody at the Natural Museum of History in the forensics lab to learn about bones!" Said Didi excitedly, as they made their way to Capitol Hill.
"I hear the Spy Museum has some pretty good java at the Spy Café too!" Said Betty.
"Yeah! And we're gonna get to go to the Jefferson Memorial too!" Said Howard D.
"Not just the Jefferson Memorial, but we'll also see the memorials for Franklin D. Rosavelt and Martin Luther King Junior too. Plus, we'll be meeting up with one of the best tour guides to work with from the National Parks Service, Miss Jen Epstein." Said Didi, as she skimmed down at her itinerary again, before turning back to the sidewalk, to look where they were going.
"Did you hear that Lil? We're going to see Jeffery's memory!" Said Phil.
"That's the Jefferson Memorial dummies." Said Angelica.
"I also heard we're going to the Library of Congress!" Said Chaz excitedly.
"Sounds interesting! My folks in Japan are interested in checking out everything we see on this trip, so I'm planning to pick up postcards at every stop, and sending them off to my family." Said Kira.
"That's a great idea Kira." Said Chaz.
"Guess who's playing Saturday night at the baseball game before Taffy's big concert?" Stu asked Drew.
"Who?" Drew asked.
"Remember Bucky Majors, who use to play for the Grisley's? This Saturday will be his last game before he retires from baseball, as he fills in for one of the players on the Nationals team. They'll be playing against the Braves." Said Stu.
"Hmmm, I know who you're talking about, but I can't place my finger on what he looks like." Said Drew.
"Don't you remember that game we went to last year?" Stu asked.
"No." Drew replied.
"Oh that's right, pop, Tommy and I went to that game. Dad won them in some radio contest." Stu muttered.
"Too bad pop had some important wombat meeting this week, causing him and Lulu to not get to come with us." Said Drew.
Tommy turned to Zack, who was in the stroller next to his, as Celeste was now next to Stu and Didi.
"Hey Tommy, I hear we're gonna get to go to lots of cool places on this trip, it's gonna be like a huge aventure!" Said Zack excitedly.
"Uh, yeah, but, there's something you should know that I heardid about on the airplane." Said Tommy.
"What is it?" Zack asked.
But before Tommy could respond, they stopped at their final destination.
"Here we are everybody, welcome to Capitol Hill." Said Didi, as a huge building came into view.
It was a huge building, with two long flights of steps on either side of the front of the building.
"Wow!" Everybody exclaimed, at the sight of the huge building.
"Why are there two sets of steps mommy?" Susie asked.
"One side is the House of Representatives, and the other side is the Senate. Didi, do you know where Paul Cook is meeting us?" Lucy asked.
"On the House of Representatives side, which is over here." Said Didi, leading everybody over to the staircase on the left, as the adults, Taffy, Peter, Kelly and Taffy's other band members helped get all of the strollers up the stairs, and everybody made their way to the top.
After waiting several minutes, Paul Cook walked out of the building. Upon walking out, he instantly recognized King Peter Albany and walked upto him.
"Peter, I see you made it." Said Paul Cook, shaking Peter's hand.
"Yes, I did. Taffy, please meet Paul Cook, one of our fine congressmen from California." Said Peter, as he jestured to Taffy, who came up and shook his hand.
"Taffy from Taffy and the Salt Waters. We our honored to have you beginning your big tour at our Nationals Stadium this coming Saturday." Said Paul.
"Thank you." Taffy replied.
She went around and had Paul meet the rest of the families and their kids.
"Wow, what cute children and future voters of America." Said Paul.
"I'm gonna be the next President!" Said Angelica excitedly.
"How old are you little girl?" Paul asked.
"First of all, my name's Angelica, and second of all, I'm not a little girl, I'm five-years-old, and will be starting kindergarten next month." Said Angelica.
"Ah, well, you have to be thirty-five-years-old before you can become president, but maybe you could become a congressman, like me!" Said Paul, shaking Angelica's hand, who looked a bit disappointed, as she really didn't want to wait thirty years before becoming president.
"So, I bet you'd like to take some pictures with us." Said Didi.
"Yes, and I don't have much time, so it will have to be quick." Said Paul, as everybody gathered on the steps for a photo.
Howie G, who wasn't interested in being in the picture, took the photograph, before Paul had to tell everyone farewell, and head back into his office.
"Goodbye, and thank you." Said Taffy, as she waved goodbye, seeing Paul Cook head back through the doors.
"Thank you, and good luck to all of you, enjoy your stay." Said Paul, as he disappeared from view.
After that, they went around to the back of the building to the gift shop, where Kira picked up some postcards, and then, they caught a bus that came by the back of the building, and road it to the hotel where they'd be staying, The Western Inn.
While riding on the buss…
"So Deed, what are we going to do for dinner?" Betty asked.
"Well, let's get checked in at the hotel, and then we'll figure that out." Said Didi, as the bus pulled up at a bus stop near the hotel.
Everybody made their way off of the bus and headed into the hotel, where Peter went up to the desk in the lobby.
"King Peter Albany here, with Taffy and the Salt Waters tour, and fan club." Said Peter, as he pulled a bunch of papers out of a briefcase he was carrying.
"Oh yes, King Peter Albany, we've been expecting you." Said a dark haired lady behind the desk, as she took the papers from him and typed some stuff into a computer, then turned back to Peter.
"Several rooms on the eighth floor and two rooms on the sixth floor have been blocked off for you and your guests. We have a contenintal breakfast that starts every morning from 6:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. and we hope you enjoy your stay." Said the lady, as she passed out room keys to Peter, who distributed one key to each family.
"Well, so far so good, at least we can sleep in comfort this time, not like what happened at Club Fred." Said Betty.
"Uh, Club Fred, like, what's that?" Kelly asked.
"Awe, you guys have been to that g golly luxturious resort in the caribian? Wow! I've always wanted to go, what's it like?" Martha asked.
"Well Martha, it's wonderful, once the young ones lead you to the pirate treasure, and get you upgraded to a five room suite. Up until then though, it was quite uncomfortable, being cramped into one tiny room." Peter explained, as he led everybody to the elevators, and they headed up to the eighth floor to figure out who would stay in what rooms.
"Like, what happened?" Kelly asked.
"To make a long story short Kelly, a good tip to remember. Never use room reservations as sandwich wrappings. That's one of the reasons why I handled them this time, to make sure nothing like that would happen. Not to mention, while Taffy has made a lot of money from gigs and babysitting for this tour, it's thanks to money from the Confederacy's treasury that's paying for everybody's hotel stay, and the tours we've booked for this upcoming week, and the baseball game tickets and concert. Bottom line, I paid for this trip to Washington D.C." Said Peter.
"Oh Peter, you're truly a dream boat." Said Kelly, as she gazed passionately into Peter's eyes.
"Woe! I think Peter's gots the love bug!" Said Phil.
"Nah, he don't look sick like I was when I metted Rosie." Said Tommy.
"I don't know if I want my daughter hanging around so closely to the king of the Confederacy." Howie G said to himself.
"Ok everybody, let's split up and figure out who's sleeping where." Said Didi, as she went to the very end of the hall and claimed the end suite for her family.
Everybody split up, and in the end, Peter had a room to himself on the sixth floor, with Taffy and her band members next-door, and on the eighth floor, one suite was set aside for the Devilles and Barrows, another for the Generics, Susie and Angelica's family shared another suite, while Tommy, Chuckie, and Zack's families took the largest one at the very end of the hall. Where the Wehrenbergs, Pickles and Finsters were staying was eclipsed with a small kitchen, so that's where meals and hang out activities would take place on the bulk of this trip when spending downtime at the hotel.
Once everybody was settled in their rooms, it was concluded that after a day of traveling and getting a photo taken with a California congressman, everybody was exhausted. So Peter ordered pizza for everybody from a nearby Dominos Pizza that wasn't far from the hotel, and once the three party size pepperoni, cheese, and vegetarian pizzas were delivered to the hotel, everybody gathered in the Wehrenbergs, Pickles, and Finsters suite for some dinner, and saw to getting ready for bed.
"So Taffy, isn't your friend Sandy coming to see your big concert?" One of Taffy's band mates asked at dinner.
"Yes, but she's not coming until Friday night." Taffy replied.
"Hey guys, I forgotted that Sandy's coming, and you know who she's bringing with her?" Tommy asked excitedly.
"I know, Rosie and her sister Mary." Zack replied.
Tommy nodded with a huge grin on his face as he took another bite of cheese pizza.
"Well it's getting late, we'd better get the kids ready for bed. Tomorrow is our tour of the International Spy Museum." Said Didi, as she scooped up Dil to take him into the bathroom to give him his bath.
"Yep, we'll see you guys bright and early in the morning down at breakfast." Said Betty, as she scooped up Phil and Lil, and she and Howard G left for their room.
Once everybody was ready for bed and getting ready to go to sleep, Kimi and Dil off in one little bed, with Tommy, Chuckie and Zack across the room in another bed, the three older kids turned to one another.
"Hey Tommy, seems you were trying to tell me something earlier, but you kept getting interrupted. What did you hear about on the airplane that was so aportant?" Zack asked.
"Uh, guys, well, this is our lastest week as babies." Tommy replied.
Chuckie and Zack gasp.
"What are you talking about Tommy?" Chuckie asked.
"I'm serious Chuckie, I hearded Taffy, Peter and Bobby's sister Kelly, and even my mommy and daddy talking, and at the end of our trip, we're gonna be all growed up, this is our lastest week as babies, so we've gots to make it the bestest week of our lives, and get ready to become growed ups." Said Tommy.
"Oh, I think I get it. But what, what makes us growed ups anyway? I mean, all of us except for Dil is potty trained, and most of us are starting preschool after we get back, and I can already read, so what else is there that we need to do?" Zack asked.
"Well, find jobs we'll be good at, find someone to marry, which I've already founded, and I'll see Rosie later this week, and the hardest part of all, talking to the growed ups." Said Tommy.
"I don't know if I'm ready to be a growed up, I don't think I'm ready." Said Chuckie.
"Come on Chuckie, you're like, four-years-old? I'm surprised you weren't already growed up when I metted you lastest year at your third birthday." Said Zack.
"Yeah that's true, maybe my mommy and daddy forgotted, and now, everybody remembered. Oh boy." Said Chuckie.
"Don't worry, growing up is gonna be fun, and tomorrow we're going to a spy museum. I've never been to a spy museum before, let's just try to enjoy this trip and not worry about growing up till the day comes. I bet, we're more ready than we thinked we are. Anyway, goodnight you guys." Said Tommy, as he rolled over and went to sleep.
"Night guys." Said Chuckie, as he snuggled up with WahWah, and went to sleep.
"Yeah, goodnight." Said Zack, as he too curled up with his white bear Frosty, and went to sleep, eager to visit the International Spy Museum the next day.
And this, ends chapter 1. So, how will the trip to the International Spy Museum go the following day? We'll find out in chapter 2, so please, do stay tuned!
Author's Note: So, what do you all think so far? I promise, if it's been boring up to this point, it will get better as the story continues. So, at this point, the babies are led to believe this is their last week as toddlers before they become adults at the end of the week, and, they finally learn where they're really from in the country, thanks to Bobby telling them. I mean, ever since the episode, "Discover America," they knew they lived in America, but it wasn't until this story, that they learned what state they were from. They won't learn about the town in that state though until they're much older, probably at some point during preschool. And in terms of how this trip in some ways, parodies the trip I took for real to Washington D.C. back in 2012, they'll be visiting the different places in a different order than I did, with the exception of the baseball game and concert happening on their last night, as that's when it happened for me, only I saw the Wallflowers in concert at National's Stadium, not Taffy and the Salt Waters, and when I went to Capitol Hill, I also had my picture taken with a congressman, but it wasn't one from California, rather, it was one from New York named Chris Gibson. Anyway, this concludes the first of the eight chapters I plan to write for this story, since I got so delayed on starting this story, as my original plan was to start it over the weekend, and be wrapping it up today, but I also have some other plans throughout the week, I think I'm going to try to post 2 chapters a day, wrapping it up on Thursday afternoon, if life and time allows me to stick to the schedule I have mapped out for completing this story this week. So, be looking for chapter 2, coming soon!