It was a great day in Royal Woods. Ronnie Anne, Lincoln's friend, was staying with the Louds for a while, just so she could spend a good amount of time with him. The Casagrande family were back in their apartment in Great Lakes City. In the living room of the Loud house, her, Lincoln, Leni, Luna, and Lily (in between the two older Loud sisters) were sitting on the couch watching TV. Rita, the Loud family matriarch, who was wearing a red dress, and white high-heeled shoes, walked over to the Loud kids, and told them, 'I'm going to the backyard to practice my dance moves!'
The Loud kids nodded and said, 'Alright.'
But out of the corner of her eye, Ronnie Anne saw her try to sneak out by dancing to the back door...
Ronnie Anne: Are you guys seeing this?
Lincoln: Seeing what?
Ronnie Anne: Your mother is dancing outside to the backyard.
All the Louds shrugged, with Luna saying, 'Yeah, we kind of do weird things like that sometimes, dudette.'
After Rita leaves, all Ronnie Anne could do is look at the back door with a confused look on her face...
Later, Ronnie Anne and Lily were in the kitchen, each just finishing a peanut butter and jelly sandwich that they had for lunch...
Ronnie Anne: This was a delicious sandwich, right Lily?
Lily then burped, and started reaching out towards Ronnie Anne, and then she picked up the toddler.
Ronnie Anne: Come on, let's play outside.
Lily: Yay!
They both went to the backyard to play hopscotch. First, R.A. threw a rock on the ground board, and Lily hopped to it, and picked the rock up. After she came back, she hugged R.A. R.A. picked her up, and Lily gave her a kiss on the cheek. Then R.A. gave Lily a kiss on the check as well...
R.A.: You're so cute, Lily.
At that moment, Rita showed up, wearing a coral-colored dress and white heels.
Rita: I'm here to check out something in the backyard,
R.A.: Okay, are you really going to do it while wearing that?
Rita: (hesitates) Uhhh, yes.
R.A. thought about asking why she was going to work in the backyard wearing fancy clothes, but decided not to for right now.
Later, R.A. was with Lincoln and Luna in her and Luan's room. They were playing music. Luna was playing her guitar, while R.A. and Lincoln were playing tambourine. Rita showed up again in front of the room, A pink dress with long sleeves and a ruffled hem, a pearl necklace, a pink ribbon around her waist and white high heels. She said to R.A., Lincoln, and Luna, 'I got some wood carving to do outside.'
Luna: Wait, Mom, are you really gonna go woodcarving in that?
Rita: Uhhh, yes. (walks away)
This made R.A. more suspicious than ever.
A little while later, Ronnie Anne was with Leni, in her and Lori's room, reading fashion magazines...
R.A.: Wow, Leni, you must really like this stuff.
Leni: They're totes fabulous!
Rita showed up in front of the room, wearing a red-pink 2-piece swimsuit that looked just a little too small for her, and was holding a turquoise purse.
Rita: Okay, I'm heading down to the beach for a bit. Don't wait up.
Leni: (curious) Wait, Mom, why are you going to the beach like that?
Rita: (thinks for a bit) Because I want to try out this swimsuit I have.
She then leaves. Afterwards, R.A. felt like she had to get to the bottom of this...
R.A.: Leni, could you carry on without me for now?
Leni: Oh, sure, we can read later.
R.A. went downstairs, and saw Rita go out the back door to the backyard. She followed her outside quietly, and after a few seconds of searching, she found a rather unusual sight. She saw Rita trying to climb through a hole in the fence. But her behind was too big, even when she's just wearing a swimsuit...
R.A.: (wondering to herself) I wonder what Mrs. Loud is doing...
Rita got herself stuck in the fence, with her lower half showing. She tried to get herself out by scraping her feet across the ground, and using force to push herself out. When that didn't work, she tried wiggling to move herself out of the fence. But that didn't work either.
R.A.: Mrs. Loud!
Rita stopped struggling, and heard R.A. call her...
R.A.: Why are you trying to climb through the fence?!
Rita was nervous, because she had been spotted, and said, 'Uhhh...'
R.A.: I'll get you out, if you promise to tell me when you're doing this.
Rita: Okay, Ronnie Anne. I'll tell you about this.
R.A. grabbed onto Rita's plump hips with her arms, then she put one foot onto the fence, and pulled back. After a short time pulling, Rita popped out of the fence, and they both fell backward...
R.A.: Okay, Mrs. Loud, now I want to know what's going on.
Rita: Well... there's a playhouse I go to.
R.A. was surprised, and replied, 'Why would you keep something like that a secret from your own family?'
Rita: Because my family wouldn't understand since I'm an adult.
R.A. Where is this playhouse located?
Rita: It's in a forest a good way from here.
R.A.: Well, why are you wearing that swimsuit, along with those other fancy clothes earlier?
Rita: I had to think of ways to get to my playhouse without having my family become suspicious of me.
R.A.: I'd like to see this playhouse looks like, so, let's go there right now.
Rita: Alright.
They walked around the fence, the easier way, then they headed out by the front of the house, and started walking.
When they got there, they stepped through a really thick forest. Getting through it was going to be pretty tricky. First, they had to walk through trees, bushes, and branches. Much of that stuff was in their way, and they had to push, pull, and walk around them to get through. Rita was in front, with Ronnie Anne right behind her...
R.A.: Why do you have a playhouse way out here?
Rita: I was keeping it a secret from a lot of people.
R.A.: Why is that?
Rita: Because it holds a lot of memories from my childhood, and I've always wanted to keep it hidden.
R.A.: Well, a forest is a strange place to have a playhouse.
Rita: It was very hard to get through here wearing those dresses! They got torn badly, thanks to going through twigs stuck on it. They each had a few tears while I got back home. The path was now blocked by leaves, wood, and litter. She and R.A. had to move that stuff out of their way as they continued making their way through the forest. Before long, they had arrived at a clearing by a total rocky cliff.
R.A.: (nervously) I don't know if I'll be able to climb all the way up there, Mrs. Loud.
Rita: But we don't have to climb it, Ronnie Anne.
Rita pointed toward the bottom of the cliff... and she and R.A. saw a hole in the cliff.
R.A.: What is that hole for?
Rita: It's the entrance to my playhouse.
R.A.: Ummm, okay, why did you put a playhouse in a hole in a cliff to begin with?
Rita: Because I wanted to keep it private.
R.A. was surprised...
Rita: What do you think of it, Ronnie Anne?
R.A,: I know you want to keep your playhouse private, but it's a strange place to keep it in.
Rita kneeled down by the hole, and says, 'I just had my own imagination while I was a child.
She then tried to crawl into the hole, but due to how big her behind is, Rita gets stuck...
Rita: (in a whisper) Oh, no.
R.A., who was watching, said, 'Are you okay, Mrs. Loud.'
Rita replied, 'I'm fine.'
But seeing that Rita was stuck, R.A. came up and used her hands to try to push her into the hole. Her hands were touching Rita's behind, which was big, hard, and squishy.
R.A.: (straining) You might have fit more easily through here when you were little.
Rita: This was back when I was at Lucy's age.
After a bit of pushing, R.A. managed to push Rita inside. After she squeezed inside, with R.A. crawling behind her, they now were going through a narrow underground tunnel. Both of them were crawling with Rita in front. But as they were crawling, R.A. has a good view of Rita's behind, which is very close to being as wide as the tunnel. While still going...
R.A.: Why did you make this playhouse underground, Mrs. Loud?
Rita: Because this one, is a special one.
About 15 seconds later, they reached the end of the tunnel. This time, Rita got through there easily. When they got there, they were in a large round room with flat rocky walls. On the side, there were pictures of a younger Rita, with some having her childhood friends on them as well. Additionally, there was a small pink table, with small red chairs, along with a blue line in the middle of the table.
R.A.: (amazed) This is amazing.
Rita gets out a blue robe, puts it on, and says, 'Ronnie Anne, welcome to the playhouse from my childhood.'
Rita then showed R.A. the stuff about it. She pointed to a mini fridge, which had some snacks: bags of Lay's potato chips, Rold Gold pretzels, cheese popcorn, chocolate chip and peanut butter granola bars, and small bottles of water.
Rita: Ronnie Anne, would you like some snacks right now?
R.A.: Thank you, Mrs. Loud, I would like to.
The two of them each had a bag of potato chips, a peanut butter granola bar, and a small bottle of water. After they finished their snacks, they went over to look at some pictures. The front one was of Rita when she was Lucy's age, with her blonde hair, tied up in pigtails, a pink dress, pink socks, and brown shoes on the left. On the right, there was an older girl next to her, with shoulder-length brown hair, green eyes, red-rimmed glasses, a black dress, and white sneakers. It was taken in front of the Dairyland Amoosement Park.
R.A.: Who is that girl with you, Mrs. Loud?
Rita: I remember her. Her name was Jennifer Reese, a close friend of mine. She was 13 when we took this. She was a happy girl who had a perfect attendance record at her school.
R.A.: (proudly) I'm happy that, no matter what, she had never missed a day of school.
Then they look at another picture from Rita's childhood, with one student that looked familiar...
Rita: I remember this one. Me and Zach's mom took this picture at Royal Woods Elementary.
On the right side of the picture, there was a younger Mrs. Gurdle, who had a low brown ponytail, blue t-shirt, red socks, white socks, and black shoes. She was 9 years old, the same as Rita's age back then. On the next picture, Rita saw herself with another kid, a black-haired boy wearing a red cap, long sleeved brown shirt, black pants, and black roller skates.
Rita: Oh, it's Mart. His name is Martin Comley, but me and my classmates usually call him 'Mart', because he thought it would make him be cooler. He was 10 years old then.
She showed the picture to R.A., who thought that Mart was cool when he dressed like that. Then they looked at the last picture Rita had of her and another kid there. It was an African American boy with a bald head, grey long-sleeved shirt, blue jeans, and black shoes.
Rita: I know him. This was 11-year old Owen Michaels. He was a serious person, who had an interest in working in the restaurant business.
R.A.: Does he work at a restaurant in Royal Woods now?
Rita: I don't know.
Rita then walked to the far end of the playhouse, where she looked through a coin-sized hole. R.A. was curious...
R.A.: What are you doing, Mrs. Loud?
Rita: Well, Ronnie Anne, come have a look at this for yourself.
R.A. looked through the coin-sized hole to see what Rita had saw. It was a mountain range mostly covered in trees, but a black building was also seen in one of the mountains. She was surprised that there was something else with the playhouse, but also stunned that there was a building there.
R.A.: Mrs. Loud, why is a black building there?
Rita: I'm still trying to figure that out.
R.A.: Also, just how long have you had this hole here?
Rita: (thinks for a bit) Since I was 14.
R.A.: Whoa... I'm surprised no one find out about this place in the cliff.
Continues in next chapter...