So first off, thank you for the review, and hey school is important. I have a lot of free time on my hands at the moment. Second of all, yes, she isn't just old fashioned, but also straight to the point. We'll see more of what she's like in this chapter and the next couple of chapters. Finally, there was plenty of stuff that I wanted to add in, in chapter 1 but I felt like the chapter would have been too long, had I done so. So I will add that stuff into chapter 2. So now onto the chapter.

Chapter 2: A Change of Plans

Spinelli's grandmother had just said that she was planning on staying longer than she had planned. She was going to stay in the guest room, which had previously been her brothers room. Spinelli wasn't sure on why her grandmother would want to stay, but she figured that it probably had nothing to do with her. It wasn't like she and her grandmother had anything on common. She decided to not think about it and decided to watch some wrestling instead.

Soon enough, it became time for dinner, and all throughout dinner, Spinelli could feel her grandmother watch her every move, but Spinelli didn't care. Maybe if she was lucky, her grandmother would change her mind about staying. Though she had gotten lucky that she didn't get into trouble for showing up late, and her parents hadn't said anything about it, so finger crossed that it wouldn't be made into a big deal.

Eventually dinner had ended, and Spinelli walked into her living room to watch some more wrestling, leaving her mom and grandma to clean up after her. Sure her mom had always wanted her to help out, but it was always a lost cause on her part. Her dad ended up joining her on watching the current match, when her mom asked him to come into the kitchen, leaving Spinelli alone in the living room.

Bob went to go join Flo and Aggie (The grandmother) at the kitchen table. Aggie eventually started talking. "Okay the reason that I wanted to talk to the both of you alone, is because of Ashley. I had already packed a bag to stay here, just in case."

"Okay what is about Ashley that you wanted to talk about." Flo asked.

"Well Flo, when I talked to you on the phone, you mentioned how Ashley has a tendency to get into trouble, and how the two of you have tried to get her to stay out of it."

"Well sure our Pookie sometimes gets into trouble, but she's just very energetic." Bob said, defending his daughter.

"Yes well, if she continues this way, then the poor girl might not have a future. But don't you worry, that is what I am here to change. Also, the way that you just defended her Bob, isn't doing the girl any good. You are clearly enabling her behavior, but I can help the two of you out. Ashley is the reason that I have chosen to stay here for a little bit longer."

"Well mom, what is it. What plans do you have for Ashley."

"Well I saw this flyer for a beauty pageant for young girls, here in town, it takes place in about five weeks. I was thinking that you could enter Ashley in it. I will take care of prepping her for it. If you two give me free hands to do as I please with Ashley, then I can guarantee you, that once I am done with her, then she will no longer get into any kind of trouble. Give me a month with her and she will be a proper young lady. The two of you clearly have your hands full already, but I can devote all of my attention to Ashley. I will not only prep her for the pageant, but also be in charge of everything else regarding Ashley. I believe that entering this pageant can be a good experience for her. It might help her round off some of her rougher edges. It might help soften her rough edges. Polish them."

"Oh mom, that idea sounds wonderful, but Ashley will never agree to do it." Flo stated.

"She might, if she's being signed on by her parents, and I can give her a choice. Either do the pageant or spend all of summer vacation with me. There's a debutant ball for young girls around Ashley's age at the end of summer, where I live. I believe that three months with me, would be very efficient on the young girl."

"Now hold on. Isn't that a bit extreme." Bob asked.

"Nonsense. It's clear that I will have to be extreme, where Ashley is concerned. She's clearly misguided, but not a lost cause. Not yet anyway. Besides, it's either this, or watch her entire future disappear."

Flo and Bob then looked at each other, before Flo said. "Okay do it, do whatever it takes to keep Ashley out of trouble." Now Flo had always wanted a girl. She had first gotten two sons, who she clearly loved. But had been so excited when her Ashley had been born. Thinking that she would finally have the little girl that she had always longed for, only to be disappointed when Ashley rejected anything remotely feminine, and instead got into trouble. It wasn't that she didn't love her daughter, she had simply wanted her to be more open towards the more feminine things and not get into trouble.

"Very well then. So here's how it's going to go, I will take the first week, and just observe Ashley. Let her do what she usually does and see how much I have to work with. Then next Saturday, I will present her with her two options. If she refuses either one of them, then the two of you will make the choice for her. I will of course, talk to the two of you first, and tell you what my plans for her are, and you can still make the choice for her."

"Of course we can make that choice for her, if it comes down to it, but we have failed our Ashley. So you must do what needs to be done, and hopefully this will be good for her, and maybe she won't hate us completely once she learns the truth." Flo said.

"She might hate you at first, but she'll come around eventually, and see that it will actually be good for her. Now, there's also talk of clothing, appearance, and the matter of her room."

"Why would that have a say in her entering this pageant." Bob asked. He was a bit skeptical about Ashley doing a pageant, but if it could keep Ashley out of trouble, then maybe it was worth it.

"Well it might not have a say in the pageant, but I'm not just here to prep her for it. I am here to help her become a young lady, and I believe that a change of clothing would do her some good. Just as a change in her room, which I presume is more akin to that of a boy's room. Now Flo, you can buy Ashley some nice clothes, and don't feel shy to buy her some really nice clothes, and you can use my credit card. But I will need her measurement so that I can sew her a dress. She will need enough clothes to change her entire wardrobe. The clothes will be given to her, the first Monday after she is presented with her options. Then you can give all of her old clothes to charity. As for the room, we can redecorate it, while she's in school. I will go out and buy what we need for the new room. And I will make an appointment with a salon for next Sunday, because I'm guessing that it's been a while, since she had a haircut.

"Oh mom, that sounds like such a fantastic idea. I have always wanted Ashley to have more feminine clothes, and for her to have a room that would be fitting for a young woman, but Ashley has never been particular feminine. I mean she would never chose to do this on her own." Flo was very quickly coming on board with these new plans for Ashley. She had always wanted her daughter to be more feminine. She already had two sons, and did not need her daughter running around, acting like boy instead of a girl.

"Yes well, if we do it for her, then she won't have much of a choice. The two of you have been way too lenient with her, and it's time she learns real consequences. This will teach her a lesson, that she soon won't forget. Besides, it's not appropriate for her to run around wearing boys clothes, getting into trouble, and acting so much like a boy, and overall having no manners. I can promise you both, that once I am done with her, she will be acting much more appropriate to that of a young girl. I will make sure that her grades go up, and she stays out of trouble."

"Okay I guess if it could help our Pookie stay out of trouble, then maybe it's worth it, but she won't like it." Bob said. He loved his daughter just as she was, but at the same time, didn't want her to get into trouble. He still wanted her to have a future. Their son Vito had been the same as a teenager, and now he was in jail. He didn't want that for Ashley. He wanted her to have a future, and if having her grandmother prep her for a beauty pageant would help her, then so be it. Even if having her get new clothes and a new room might seem extreme.

"I can guarantee you that it will. Now just take the next week and don't say anything to her. Let the next week be a normal week for you all, and then Saturday afternoon, I will talk to you both about what needs to be done. I will break the news to Ashley after dinner. It doesn't matter if she'll hate it, because you two are her parents and are supposed to raise her." Spinelli's grandmother finally stated.

Next chapter: The first week goes by, and Spinelli finally learns why her grandmother really came to visit.

So, that's it for chapter 2, hope you all enjoyed it.

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