Title: Hurricane Alice Strikes Again
Disclaimer: Rugrats belong to their original owners and no infringement is intended. Zoey, Bruce and Anthony belong to Martian-Daisy.
Summary: Betty's college roommate Sheila pays another visit with her daughter Alice. Phil and Lil fear that Alice could cause more trouble than last time. How will things play out? Read and find out!
Author's note: I wish to thank fanfiction author Boris Yeltsin for his assistance with this one.
It was a grey, windy and blustery day in Yucaipa, California at the Deville residence as Howard was making muffins and cheese sticks.
"Mmmm, those muffins and cheese sticks smell good Howie" complimented Betty as she walked into the kitchen. "Sheila and Alice are gonna like it" she added.
"Thanks, dear" replied Howard. "Oh, and I already got our bedclothes put in the basement as there's a weather alert out there with gusty winds and lighting" he added.
"Now Howie, you aren't gonna go overboard again like last time with Hurricane Alice, which never made landfall are ya?" asked Betty.
"It pays to be prepared," said Howard.
"Have it your way Howie" conceded Betty.
Meanwhile, Phil, Lil and Zoey were nearby playing as they overheard Betty and Howard.
"Did you guys heared that?" asked Phil.
"Yeah, Hurricane Alice is coming over again" replied Lil. "She'll turn our housie (house) upside down all over again.
"Who's Hurricane Alice you guys?" asked Zoey with a confused look. "She sounds like a new friend I haven't metted yet" she added.
Phil and Lil explained how they, along with Tommy, met Alice and thought she was a storm, given the conversation Betty and Howard had about a Hurricane named Alice that was potentially brewing out on the ocean. And they also mentioned Alice's liking for turning things upside down and believed the then one year old girl with that name would turn their house upside down doesn't pay too much attention whenever she played.
"Sounds like this girl is quite a handful" chuckled Zoey.
"Uh-huh" agreed Phil and Lil in unison.
"Well don't worry guys. I know what Hurricanes really are," said Zoey.
"You do?" asked Phil and Lil in unison.
"Uh-huh, my daddy taught me when I used to go sailing with him out on the big pond (ocean) before I metted you guys," said Zoey.
"What he'd tell you abouts Hurricanes?" asked Lil.
"Well," began Zoey. "Names are given to storms to keep them organized and tracked when they are brewing out in the big pond (ocean). For instance, the firstest letter of the alphabet is A. And since Alice's name begins with an A, the peoples in the National Hurricane Center keep a list of names that they'll use to name a storm"
"So, the weather peoples pick names for a Hurricane?" asked Phil.
"Uh-huh" replied Zoey.
Phil and Lil thought for a moment. Finally, they said..
"Wow, so if there's ever a Hurricane out there, would it be named after Me?" asked Phil.
"Or even Me?" added Lil.
"Well, the peoples in the National Hurricane Center do rotate boy and girl names with the firstest letter of their names when they name a Hurricane all the time" replied Zoey.
"Ahhhhh" said Phil and Lil in unison.
The Deville twins seemed to comprehend what Zoey explained to them about naming storms.
"Well, while we knows that Alice isn't an actual storm likes Me, Phil and Tommy thinkeded (thinked) the firstest time" said Lil before Phil cut in.
"The way Alice plays with things and not paying enough attention would still get us to call her Hurricane Alice in the firstest place like the lastest time," said Phil.
"Hmm, it seems Alice has short attention span" replied Zoey.
"What's that?" asked Phil and Lil in unison.
"That's easy. It's when a person would get distracted from a task or need a break if they have trouble focusing on something," said Zoey.
"Kinda likes how we always sneak away from the growed ups when they're too busy with something else anytime we goes on an adventure?" asked Lil.
"Uh-huh" replied Zoey.
"We know that Hurricane Alice means well. But how are we gonna get her from possibly turning our housie (house) upside down when we play with her today?" wondered Phil.
"That's easy Phil. We need a game plan and some teamwork," said Zoey.
"Yeah!" said Phil and Lil in unison.
Zoey, Phil and Lil started formulating their game plan for Alice as they headed up and down stairs a few times to get things set up.
After several minutes had passed, they were back in the living room. Seconds later, Betty came into the living room where the kids were.
"Howdy pups. You're going to have some company soon. My old college roommate Sheila will be here soon with her little girl Alice," said Betty.
"That sounds great Mrs. Deville" replied Zoey.
Phil and Lil nodded.
"Splendid" replied Betty.
And Betty left the living room and headed for the kitchen.
"Looks like we'll be ready for Alice you guys," said Zoey.
"Yeah!" exclaimed Phil and Lil in unison.
"I hope we don't gets into too much trouble with Hurricane Alice," said Lil.
"Me too Lil. Me too" agreed Phil.
"Don't worry guys. We're going to be okay with Alice" promised Zoey. "And even though I have yet to meet her, I bet we can agree she's probably nothing like Angelica's evil cousin Anthony,"
"Well yeah. At least Hurricane Alice never tried to hurt us on purpose like Anthony did, even when she throwed (threw) toys around," said Phil.
"Yeah. I'll take Hurricane Alice over Angelica's evil cousin Anthony any day" added Lil.
At that moment, the doorbell rang, and Betty answered it and saw Sheila and Alice waiting there.
"Sheila!" exclaimed Betty.
"Betts!" exclaimed Sheila.
Betty and Sheila embraced one another with huge heavy hugs.
"Still working out, eh?" said Betty.
"Yep. This gals still got it" replied Sheila.
"Glad to see that this eerie weather we're having isn't stopping you from visiting," said Betty.
"Rain or shine, we'd still come" replied Sheila.
Betty led Sheila and Alice inside.
"C'mon Sheila, we'll catch up over some Java," said Betty.
"You read my mind" replied Sheila as she pulled out her own cup.
Betty, Sheila and Alice made their way to the living room where Zoey, Phil and Lil were.
"Pups, here is your friend Alice," said Betty.
Zoey, Phil and Lil nodded as Betty and Sheila left the kids in peace and headed for the kitchen to have some Java and catch up.
"That's her Zoey. That's Hurricane Alice" whispered Lil.
"And it looks like she's potty trained like we are. See how her dressie (dress) is down to her knees like Lil's dressie (dress)" whispered Phil.
"Don't worry guys. We will be okay" whispered Zoey.
Alice then made her way over toward Zoey and the Deville twins.
"Hello, I'm Zoey Anderson" she said as she introduced herself.
"Hi, I'm Alice" she replied as she turned her attention over to Phil and Lil. "I thinks I members you two. You're Phil and you're Lil, right?"
"Yep" replied Lil.
"That's us" added Phil.
Alice looked around the living room. Finally, she said...
"Hey guys, you got any toys around to play with?" asked Alice.
"Sure, we gots toys" replied Lil.
"But we're gonna play something different firstest" added Phil.
"What's that?" asked Alice.
"The Mega-Diaper-Babies!" exclaimed Phil and Lil in unison.
"It's where the good babies gotta stop the bad naughty bad guys," said Lil.
"Yeah. And we each get our own superpowers and use them for good" added Phil.
"Hmmm, I like the idea of getting your own superpowers, even if it's pretend," said Alice.
"That's a good idea guys" added Zoey.
"I'll be Spitball Boy," said Phil.
"I'll be Dotted Line Girl," said Lil.
"I'll be Freedom Girl," said Zoey.
"Ooooh, I wanna be Hurricane Girl. I'd be able to blow away the bad guy," said Alice. "Only who is gonna be the bad buy that we have to stop?"
Phil and Lil walked up to Alice and whispered into her ears.
"Ooooh, that does sound likes a bad naughty bad guy we gotta stop" said Alice.
The others nodded. At that moment, the living room transformed into a big metropolis as Spitball Boy, Dotted Line Girl, Freedom Girl and Hurricane scoured the metropolis looking for any sign of trouble. Suddenly, the giant television screen had a breaking news report as it caught the attention of the Mega-Diaper-Babies and the general public.
Breaking News! Anthony the Daredevil strikes at the airport with his mischief. He apparently stole a small airplane from a hangar and took it up to the skies for a reckless joyride. He left a note that says the following and I quote 'Wait until these suckers on the ground see what's really gonna happen once the airplane is up in the air. I will be getting all the attention I never got too much from my dad' unquote. His intentions on what he's planning to do with the airplane now is unclear, but one thing is for sure, it's not going to be fun.
"This sounds like a job for the Mega-Diaper-Babies!" exclaimed Spitball Boy and Dotted Line Girl in unison.
"What's the plan guys?" asked Hurricane Girl.
"I know what we can do" Freedom Girl began. "Spitball Boy and Dotted Line Girl, we gots two-way phones don't we?"
"Uh-huh" replied Spitball Boy and Dotted Line Girl in unison.
"Good! We'll need them. Me and Hurricane Girl will track down Anthony the Daredevil from the air. Meanwhile, You and Dotted Line Girl follow us in the Reptar Mobile. We'll be able to keep in touch on the moves we make to stop him as a team," said Freedom Girl.
"Right!" replied Spitball Boy and Dotted Line Girl in unison.
"This is gonna be fun!" added Hurricane Girl.
And Freedom Girl and Hurricane Girl flew to the skies whilst Spitball Boy and Dotted Line Girl followed close behind in the Reptar Mobile.
Meanwhile, Anthony the Daredevil was full of himself as he was flying the stolen Cessna in the skies.
"He-he-he-he, suckers! I'm gonna be NUMBER ONE! And everyone will be paying very close attention to THIS ingenious stunt. I deserve to be a big STAR!" said Anthony the Daredevil as he laughed manically.
As he laughed, Freedom Girl and Hurricane Girl were hot on his tail.
"Hey you!" shouted Hurricane Girl.
Anthony the Daredevil turned around and saw two superpowered girls chasing after him.
"Well, well, if it isn't a couple of costume girls flying after yours truly. What'cha doing up here?" asked Anthony the Daredevil.
"We've come to take back the airplane you stolded!" said Freedom Girl.
"Ha! Your nuts if you think you can stop me. Besides, stealing this airplane was just a ruse to the public for my real plan" said Anthony the Daredevil.
"What is your real plans if you don't mind my asking?" said Hurricane Girl.
"To not only skydive from this high up, but also let this poor excuse for an airplane crash land to the ground on purpose without a pilot!" said Anthony the Daredevil.
Freedom Girl and Hurricane Girl gasped.
"Somebody could get hurt once you've left the plane!" said Freedom Girl.
"That's crazy!" exclaimed Hurricane Girl.
"Yes! Crazy enough to get the world's attention!" said Anthony the Daredevil as he flew the plane upward towards a higher altitude.
"We gotta let Spitball Boy and Dotted Line Girl know about this" said Freedom Girl.
Hurricane Girl nodded as Freedom Girl pulled out her two-way phone and relayed the information to Spitball Boy and Dotted Line Girl.
"I think he's nuts!" exclaimed Dotted Line Girl.
"Yeah! What if that airplane hits somebody and you can't do anything about it?" added Spitball boy.
"I know guys" replied Freedom Girl. "I have a plan. Can you guys see him from the compooper (computer)?" asked Freedom Girl.
"Yeah!" replied Spitball Boy and Freedom Girl in unison.
"Okay, here's what we're gonna do. Once this feather brain fly boy jumps out of the plane, I'm gonna save the plane from crashing to the ground. Meanwhile, Hurricane Girl will give that fly boy a good whirl with her superpowers all the way to the ground. Once on the ground, you guys can let him have it" explained Freedom Girl.
"Okay" replied Dotted Line Girl.
"Got it" added Spitball Boy.
Freedom Girl, Dotted Line Girl and Spitball boy ended the call as she turned to Hurricane Girl.
"Did you understand all that Hurricane Girl?" asked Freedom Girl.
"Um, you save the plane from crashing, and I go after that fly boy when he jumps out right?" said Hurricane Girl.
"Yes. That tells me you were paying attention to instructions" replied Freedom Girl.
Hurricane Girl smiled.
"Let's do this!" Hurricane Girl exclaimed.
"Right! For Justice!" added Freedom Girl.
And Freedom Girl and Hurricane Girl flew upward into the clouds. Soon enough, they caught up to Anthony the Daredevil as he was getting his parachute on and preparing to leap out of the Cessna as he figured he was up high enough to do his stunt.
"Alright this is it. The point of no return!" said Anthony the Daredevil.
And Anthony the Daredevil leaped out of the Cessna with his parachute on as the now unpiloted airplane started descending out of the sky as the superpowered girls acted quick.
"Alright it's hero time!" said Freedom Girl.
Hurricane Girl nodded as the two superpowered girls wasted no time getting into action.
Freedom Girl flew super-fast to the rapidly descending Cessna as she attempted to save it from crashing to the ground.
"Almost there!" said Freedom Girl.
Freedom Girl managed to make it to the front of the rapidly descending Cessna as she grabbed hold of the nose of the plane and attempted to stop it as best as she could before it hit the ground.
It took some doing, but at last, Freedom Girl managed to stop the Cessna from crashing and brought it to a safe stop as she landed on the ground.
"Phew!" said Freedom Girl as she breathed a collective sigh of relief.
Meanwhile, Anthony was about halfway from reaching the ground as he pulled the cord and his parachute opened as he slowly floated down.
"He-he-he-he! This stunt was a piece of cake. This will get A LOT of ATTENTION!" said Anthony the Daredevil.
At that moment, Hurricane Girl caught up to him.
"Well, well, if it isn't costume girl again" said Anthony the Daredevil sarcastically. "Have you come to watch me make history once I land on the ground?"
"Nope! I'm taking you on a little whirl afore you even touch the ground" replied Hurricane Girl.
Hurricane Girl started flying around Anthony the Daredevil in circles. At first, he was confused, but within seconds, Hurricane Girl was going super-fast with Hurricane force winds that spun Anthony the Daredevil in circles. As a result, the parachute cords snapped, and the parachute was blown away and Anthony the Daredevil was getting very very dizzy as if he was spun in a centrifuge preparing for a space flight. It wasn't too much longer before Hurricane Girl noticed that she saw the airport as she was reaching the ground and began to decrease her speed as she slowed down. She grabbed Anthony the Daredevil as he was way too dizzy to think, see or stand up straight or say anything.
At last, Hurricane Girl with a paralyzed daredevil in tow made it to the ground. At that moment, Spitball Boy and Dotted Line Girl pulled up to them in the Reptar Mobile.
"Okay you guys do your stuff" said Hurricane Girl.
Spitball Boy and Dotted Line Girl nodded.
Dotted Line Girl got some rope and tied up Anthony the Daredevil really good. Then Spitball Boy moved in and released a barrage of spitballs on Anthony the Daredevil. Afterwards, Freedom Girl arrived at the airport with the Cessna in tow as she carefully placed it by the hangar. Then she flew towards her superpowered friends.
"Great job you guys!" said Freedom Girl.
"Yeah!" cheered the others in unison.
At that moment, the police arrived and apprehended Anthony the Daredevil for his crimes, albeit with gloves when handing him as he was completely covered in Spitball Boy's spit.
"You kept your focus on this pretty good," said Freedom Girl.
"Really?" asked Hurricane Girl.
"Yeah!" replied Spitball Boy and Dotted Line Girl in unison.
"Thanks guys" replied Hurricane Girl.
At that moment, the scene shifted back to the living room of the Deville residence.
"Wow! That was fun," said Phil.
"Yeah, it was cool" added Lil.
"My heart pounded with plenty of excitement!" added Zoey.
"It was fun and all, but when do we get to play with the toys?" asked Alice.
"We'll play with the toys Alice" said Phil before Lil cut in.
"But we're gonna play another game nextest" added Lil.
"What's that?" asked Alice.
"Hide and Seek" replied Zoey.
"Hide and sneak (seek)?" said an obviously confused Alice.
"Yeah!" replied Phil and Lil in unison.
"Hide and seek is a great game," said Phil.
"Yeah. All the person that is it has gotta do is count as high as he or she can, while the others try to find a good hiding place. Then the person who is it has gotta try and find them" explained Lil.
"Hmmm, is that all there is to it?" asked Alice.
"Sure. What do you say Alice? Do you wanna be it?" asked Zoey.
"Well, okay. But I can't count that high yet," said Alice.
"Don't worry Alice. Just count as best as you can," said Zoey.
"Okay" replied Alice as she covered her face and began counting.
"That doesn't give us much time, come on guys," said Phil.
Zoey, Phil and Lil scattered around the house as Alice began counting as best as she could given her age of being two years old.
"One, two... seven...eleven" counted Alice.
After several more seconds, Alice felt she counted as best as she could and was ready to find the others.
"Ready or not, here I come," said Alice.
And Alice began looking around the house. She skipped the kitchen as she knew that Sheila and Betty were in there catching up with one another and probably would have spotted the others long before Alice would.
"Hmmm, there not around the playpen. Maybe they're hiding upstairs" thought Alice as she made her way upstairs.
Meanwhile, in the kitchen, Sheila and Betty were arm-wrestling on the table and boasting about how strong their muscles are from persistent weightlifting.
"Arrrgh, these puppies are still strong" said Sheila as she arm-wrestled with Betty.
"Yeah? These big dogs ain't giving up that easily dearie" replied Betty.
At that moment, Howard came into the kitchen for a snack.
"Ah, I see you ladies are busy with your catching up with one another. Well, I'll just get my snack and leave you two to your quality time," said Howard.
And Howard fixed himself a snack and left the ladies in peace with their quality time.
Meanwhile, Alice made her way upstairs to find Zoey and the Deville twins. Suddenly, she heard someone chuckling.
"Hmmm" pondered Alice as she listened carefully.
Alice heard the chuckling coming from the bathroom. As she peered inside, the chucking got easier to hear. Alice went inside and pulled back the shower curtain and found Zoey hiding there.
"I sneak-ed you Zoey" giggled Alice.
"Aw, well. You find-ed me fair in square," said Zoey.
"Thanks" replied Alice. "Can you help me find the others?" asked Alice.
"Sure" replied Zoey.
And both girls looked around upstairs for the Deville twins. After a few minutes, they heard chuckling sounds.
"Do you hear that?" asked Zoey.
"Yeah. It sounds like it's coming from that room over there" replied Alice as she listened carefully.
The room that both girls heard the chuckling sounds were coming from Phil and Lil's bedroom as they headed towards the door and looked inside.
"Hmmm, they gots to be in here" whispered Alice.
"Let's go see" whispered Zoey.
Both girls looked around the room. Then, Alice noticed that she saw blue shoes behind the curtain. She pulled back the curtain and found Phil hiding behind them.
"I sneak-ed you Phil" said Alice.
"Aw, how'd you find me?" asked Phil.
"I think your shoes gave you away" replied Alice as she pointed to Phil's shoes.
"Oops" smiled Phil sheepishly.
Over by the closet, Zoey opened the door and found Lil hiding in there.
"I find-ed you Lil," said Zoey.
"Aw, I thought I had a good hiding place" replied Lil as she came out of the closet.
"That was a great game you guys," said Zoey.
"Yeah!" replied Phil and Lil in unison.
"And you're a good finder Alice," said Zoey.
"Thanks" replied Alice. "Do you think we'll be able to play with lots of neat toys now?"
Phil, Lil and Zoey could only smile when Alice asked.
"Yep! We can play with toys now" said Phil before Lil spoke next.
"But we'll have to go on a secret mission" added Lil.
"A secret mission?" asked Alice.
"Yeah, a top-secret mission...snooping all around the housie likes spies for the bestest toys could be in toy treasure chests that aren't in our bedroom," said Lil.
"Oooooh!" went Phil, Zoey and Alice in unison.
"Are you sure about that Lil? What if we're caught?" asked Phil.
"Not if we gots somebody to keeps an eye out for the growed ups" replied Lil as she turned to Zoey.
"Me?" asked Zoey.
"Uh-huh. You are the biggerest (biggest) of us Zoey," said Lil.
"And we knows that we can count on you" added Phil.
"Uh-huh. I wanna gets my hands on the bestest toys in the place. So, what do you say?" asked Alice.
"For the sake of this top-secret mission, sure" replied Zoey.
"Alright team let's move out!" said Lil.
The others nodded in agreement as they each found some shades and toy flashlights from Phil and Lil's toy box and pretended, they were spies.
"It looks like the coast is clear guys," said Zoey.
The others nodded in agreement as they made their way over to Betty and Howard's bedroom.
"Okay guys, here's what we'll do. Zoey will wait out here and watch out for the growed ups. And the rest of us will look around our mommy and daddy's bedroom and not make too much of a mess," said Lil.
Phil, Lil and Alice searched Betty and Howard's bedroom whilst Zoey kept watch for any grownups.
After a few minutes of looking under the bed, behind the curtains, the dresser drawers and the closet, there wasn't anything of interest to play with too much and they came out of the bedroom.
"Found anything guys?" asked Zoey.
"Well, there wasn't anything that much fun to play with," said Alice.
"But at least we got to splores some things while we looked-ed (looked)" Phil chimed in.
"Where else can we look?" asked Alice.
"Ooooh, I know one other place we can look. We can go to the basement" suggested Lil.
The others nodded. Meanwhile, Betty and Sheila were busy lifting weights as Howard watched while he had his snack.
"Phew! Two odd 5. That's maintaining the Betty record," said Betty.
"Yo Howie throw the 25 pounds on," said Sheila.
Howard paused having his snack and assisted with adding a 25-pound weight plate to the barbell. Once he got them on, he was already out of breath given how heavy the weight plates are.
"Whoo!" said an exasperated Howard as he went on to finish his snack and watch the competition.
Shelia slowly but surely began lifting the barbell. Within seconds, Shelia lifted the barbell over her head like Betty did. Betty sarcastically rolled her eyes.
Meanwhile, Phil, Lil, Zoey and Alice had made their way to the basement door.
"Okay you guys. We'll looks in the basement. That's the bottom part of the housie (house)" said Lil.
"Right!" replied the others in unison.
"And Zoey, we'll need you to come with us this time. I think we'll be fine in the basement likes the lastest time the growed ups finded us there," said Lil.
"Okay" replied Zoey.
And the children headed on down to the basement and to Alice's surprise, there were a few leftover red boxes there among some other miscellaneous things that she vaguely remembered the last time she visited.
"Ooooh! What's inside those down there? Could it be the treasure we're looking for?" asked Alice.
"Let's go see!" exclaimed Phil and Lil in unison.
Within seconds, the children opened the red boxes and found most if not all of Phil and Lil's toys.
"Ooooh! These toys are the bestest kind of treasure we finded!" exclaimed Alice.
"So, what did you think of the big surprise Alice?" asked Zoey.
"Surprise?" said an obviously confused Alice. "Um, what surprise?"
Phil, Lil and Zoey smiled.
"Well, Me, Phillip and Zoey planned-ed (planned) the whole thing to see if you were paying attention and listening to what we were doing earlier afore letting you play with toys," said Lil.
"Yep. We wanted to see if you was a good listener. And since you paid more attention this time than the lastest time, we'd let you play with our toys if you promise not to throw them around and turning things upside down like the lastest time" added Phil.
"And since you did very good with all of that today, what better way would there be than a little top secret spy mission to seek out the bestest toys in the place to play with for being a good listener," said Zoey.
Alice blushed and smiled.
"Thanks guys. I guess I kinda admit I was kinda rough when playing with the toys and throwing them around when I wanted to play with something else real fast. But I guess I kinda see that when you play with games and toys the way there apposed (supposed) to be, it be a lot more fun," said Alice. "And I guess I was kinda in my own little world when I wasn't paying too much attention the lastest time. So, I'll try to be a betterer listener and not throw toys. Though anyone can throw a ball around and I'm sure that's okay" she added.
The children laughed as they began playing with the toys in the basement and having fun. A pretty good amount of time had passed as Alice began to feel sleepy from all the activities. Phil, Lil and Zoey took notice.
"It looks like someone wants to go night night Phillip" whispered Lil.
"Uh-huh" whispered Phil.
"Why don't we get her a blanket and pillow to sleep on" whispered Zoey.
Phil and Lil nodded in agreement as they did just that. Soon, Alice was cozy and comfortable in the makeshift bed.
"This is comfy," said a sleepy Alice. "Can I have that red teddy bear too?"
"Sure" replied Lil as she handed the red teddy bear to Alice.
Phil and Lil began playing bedtime music as Alice slowly began to close her eyes. And Zoey began telling Alice an impromptu story about a chubby boy, three babies and three dummi bears. It didn't take super long for Alice to fall sound asleep.
"We did it" whispered Phil and Lil in unison.
Zoey nodded in agreement. At that moment, Betty and Sheila came down to the basement and unintentionally note the children in the basement.
"Well look at that. A little angel as always," said Sheila as she picked up Alice. "Well, I reckon it's time for us to go"
"Good seeing ya" replied Betty.
Soon, Alice was in her car seat still sound asleep as Sheila bucked her up safely. And Betty and Howard came to see them off.
"Thanks for the hospitality," called Sheila.
"You betcha" replied Betty as she turned to Howard. "Good night nurse. I'm still racking my brain as to how anyone can stand to be around a woman like that all the time"
"Your guess is as good as mine dear" replied Howard.
Sheila then started her car as she and a sleepy Alice in tow drove away. Then Betty looked up to the sky and noticed something.
"Hey take a look at that, Howie. Looks like the storm clouds are parting and we won't have to worry about anything making landfall after all," said Betty.
Howard nodded in agreement as He and Betty leaned on one another's shoulders.
Meanwhile, Phil, Lil and Zoey made their way to the front door as they saw Alice leaving for home for the day.
"This was the bestest time we had today with Alice," said Phil.
"Yeah. And thanks for your help with Alice today Zoey" added Lil.
"No problem, guys. That's what friends are for" replied Zoey.
Phil and Lil nodded in agreement.
"Hey, you guys wanna watch cartoons before I head home myself?" asked Zoey.
"Sure" replied Phil and Lil in unison.
And the children headed inside to watch cartoons.
The end