Chapter 10, Heading Home Part 2
Once everybody had said goodbye to Rosie, Mary and Sandy, their bus had arrived, and they saw to heading over to Logan Airport. The bus ride was more or less, uneventful, as it was short. However, Tommy was thinking long and hard about what he wanted to be when he grew up. After witnessing that movie scene being shot the previous night at the train station, and having that dream where Bob and Mike didn't hurt him because he was behind the camera, it gave him a really good idea of something he'd like to do when he was all grown up.
"I think I knows what I'm gonna do when I'm all growed up." Tommy thought to himself, as the bus pulled up in front of Logan Airport, where a swarm of passengers got off of the bus, including the Rugrats, Generics and their families. Everyone headed inside of the airport, where they bought their tickets, thankful the flight hadn't been sold out, nor had they missed it, despite their connecting train at Pen Station running half an hour late the previous night. They got through security quickly, and were no sooner at their gate, when the plane was boarding. They got on to the plane, and just like the one they took from Yucaipa to Washington D.C. this plane also had a row of seats that went all the way across, where the toddlers sat together.
Everybody was relieved to finally be on the plane that would carry them home, as they all were ready to return home and sleep in their own beds again. The flight attendant came over the loud speaker, gave all of the information on the emergency stuff on the airplane, and before they knew it, they were taking off to the sky. While in flight, the toddlers struck up a conversation.
"So Tommy, I tried to ask you something yesterday, but you never answered me." Said Chuckie.
"What was that Chuckie?" Tommy asked.
"What do you wanna be when you're all growed up?" Chuckie asked.
"Well, I wanna make movies like that director guy was doing with the camera at the train station." Tommy replied.
"You? Make movies?" Phil asked.
"Sure! I mean, we already have lots of fun pretending and playing make believe, and if we made them into movies, we could enjoy them for years to come, and so can our children and families that come after we're gone to Heaven." Said Tommy.
"You do have a point." Said Zack.
"I think it sounds like fun!" Said Kimi excitedly.
"But even if you could make movies, we don't gots a camera." Said Chuckie.
"My daddy's gots one, I think it's called a clam quarter. The nextest time he's gots it out when we're back home, I'm gonna make my firstest movie." Said Tommy.
"What's the movie gonna be about?" Zack asked.
"Well I don't know exactly, but I'm gonna make my firstest movie, and it's gonna be the bestest movie yet." Said Tommy.
"And when I'm behind that clam quarter, I'll be safe, and no meanies can hurt me no more." Tommy thought to himself, as his secret vulnerability spoke up in his mind again, trying to calm himself down with the thought of being out of harm's way, if he directed his friend's every moves from behind a camera, opposed to crawling through an airduct replica at a Spy Museum, only to get kidnapped, and live out what had to be by far, the worst week of his life, and one week, he hoped he'd never have to witness ever again, for as long as he lived. Thinking this thought, Tommy leaned back in his seat on the airplane, as he tried to relax, and put this last week behind him, only looking towards the future, and what would soon be, a new chapter in his life.
"So Tommy, are we all growed up?" Dil asked.
"I don't know Dilly, but we're certainly not babies no more." Said Tommy.
"We're only big kids, aren't we?" Jesse asked, a bit disappointed.
"Maybe? But we did a lot on our trip to prove that we're almost all growed up, like thanks to getting help from Peter, we saved America. And even though those meanies had hurted you Tommy, you never gave up on us, even if you've grown a bit more careful over the last couple of days. Not letting us explore the train, while it tooked us by surprise, was probably the most growed up idea you've ever come up with in the time I've known you." Said Zack.
"Yeah, Tommy finally agreed with me for once." Chuckie muttered to himself.
"So Tommy, when will we be all growed up anyway?" Lil asked.
"Hmmm, I'm not sure exactly, but I do know that every year at our birthdays, our mommies and daddies will say, we're another year older, and another year wiser, as my daddy said that to me yesterday night when giving me my piece of birthday cake." Said Tommy.
"Ok so every birthday, our moms and dads will say we're another year older, another year wiser." Said Zack.
"Uh, Zack, you don't gots a mom and dad, only an aunt." Said Jesse, interrupting him.
"I've gots an idea here, let me go with it ok?" Zack asked, irritated at Jesse's comment.
"Sorry." Said Jesse.
"Ok you guys, every birthday our mommies and daddies will say, we're another year older, another year wiser." Said Tommy, getting everybody back on topic.
"We're gonna go to preschool to get an education!" Exclaimed Chuckie excitedly.
"And live each and every day like a mini vacation!" Exclaimed Kimi excitedly.
"All growed up!" Shouted all of the toddlers in unison at the top of their lungs.
"We really wanna shout it out!" Chanted Tommy at the top of his lungs.
"All growed up." Chanted all of the toddlers in unison again.
"We want the world to know!" Chanted Zack at the top of his lungs.
"All growed up." Chanted all of the toddlers in unison again.
"We really wanna shout it out!" Chanted Jesse at the top of his lungs.
"All growed up with, you! All growed up with, you!" Shouted all of the toddlers in unison, as they giggled and cheered, pleased that while they weren't babies anymore, they were officially big kids, and officially on their way, to becoming grown ups, as the plane continued to soar through the sky, traveling from Boston, Massachusetts, all the way home, to the comfort of their beds and backyards, back in Yucaipa, California.
And this concludes, The Washington D.C. Story.
Author's Note: So, I hope everyone enjoyed that story. So, what do you think? Do you feel this would have made a good series finale to Rugrats and Bobby's World? Or did you like the original series finales the two TV shows had in the first place, which I know for sure with Rugrats, it was Kimi Takes the Cake, and I believe for Bobby's World, it was Back to the Furniture. Also, there's something I forgot to point out on chapter 9. The Super Why Movie doesn't actually exist, I came up with that movie all on my own, but you never know, it could possibly happen some day, or maybe it could be a fan fic story for down the road, and the Rugrats venture into the movie to help the Super Readers save the English language. If anybody's interested in doing this idea, go for it, I look forward to reading the story when it's up! And, you may be thinking, Tommy's first venture into film making was discovered, when he took his dad's camera and shot his first film, Creatures of the Backyard, as Didi pointed out in the AGU episode, Truth or Consiquences. However, that was when his mom found out about his decision to go into film making. The toddlers knew way before that movie was ever made, and it was on their flight home from Washington D.C. one day after Tommy's third birthday, when this idea to make movies, was revealed to the toddlers at least, even if it wouldn't be known by the adults for another month, as Didi claimed Tommy was 37-months-old when he did that, which would make him 3-years-old and 1-months-old, while at the time they were traveling home from Washington D.C. he was barely 36-months-old. And finally, this had to be by far, the most difficult and challenging story I ever wrote, not to mention, probably one of the most time consuming ones at that. To everybody who supported me and reviewed this story, I thank you for sticking by my side, you fans are truly the best. With that, I hope everybody takes care, and, I can promise, there'll be plenty of more stories, coming soon!