Lucy walked into her youngest brother's room, where she found Rerun scratching at the red spot's on his arms. "Lukas Jason Van Pelt, don't you dare scratch that itch!" the eight-year-old fussbudget yelled.
Rerun looked at his older sister in confusion before she continued, "Pat the itch; don't scratch. Pat don't scratch." Lucy told him.
"But it itches." Rerun replied to Lucy, who walked over to the end of his bed and showed him how to pat the rash. "Like this." Lucy explained as she patted her right arm with her left hand. "Your turn, Rerun." She then responded before noticing Rerun patting his itchy hand.
"Thanks, Lucy." Rerun called out as Lucy left his room, smiling to herself at a job well done before remembering to call her one true love.
***Meanwhile***
Peppermint Patty was all stretched out on the couch, dialing a number on the phone and getting the answering machine for the fifth time in a row. She then sat up as she decided to make a 'Get Well Soon' for her best friend. "She'll love it!" Patty told herself as she grabbed some crayons and paper and raced to her room, slamming the door behind her.
Patty laid the paper and crayons in front of her as she folded the former in half and drew a little picture of a flower on the front of the card. Humming a little, Patty wrote a nice little message inside the card and signed her name at the bottom.
"Perfect!" Peppermint Patty proclaimed proudly as she raced to the kitchen to grab an envelope, a stamp and some chocolate chip cookies. (Writing ALWAYS made her hungry)
***At the Swanson house***
Patty hung up the phone and went back to the guest room to check in on Charlie Brown. The lovable looser was still sleeping; but calling out his sick friends' names as he slept. "Charlie, wake up." Patty quietly said, nudging the round-headed boy, who opened his hazelnut eyes once he felt himself get nudged on his back.
"Patty, what's wrong." Charlie Brown questioned, only for the ten-year-old in the plaid dress to tell him that while he was sleeping, he called out the names of all his friends that had the chicken pox. "How embarrassing." Charlie told Patty before she said, "Charlie Brown, maybe we can… VISIT all our friends. We can make 'Get Well Soon' cards and try to cheer up the gang." She explained, tickling Charlie Brown.
"I don't want to get sick as well, Patty." Charlie Brown responded worrily. "Charlie, I'd risk getting chicken pox just to make sure that PigPen and Violet are alright." Patty Swanson explained. Charlie Brown looked into her lime green eyes before replying, "You win! Tomorrow after school, we'll visit our sick friends." Patty smiled at him before saying, "Get some sleep, Charlie Brown. We'll need plenty of rest." Charlie Brown crawled into the bedsheets before asking, "Isn't it 5:30?" Patty chuckled and replied, "We both need plenty of sleep for tomorrow. Good night, Charlie Brown. Sweet dreams." She then turned out the light and quietly closed the door behind her.